Black Beats White in Football Spring Game
CORVALLIS – The Black team scored 20 first-half points, the White squad rallied to score a pair of second-half touchdowns, and the end result was a 20-14 win by the Black during the Oregon State football’s team spring game on Saturday at Reser Stadium.
On a warm, mostly overcast day in front of 6,796 fans, the Beavers split up into two fairly evenly matched teams. Both halves were played with a 60-minute running clock.
had the best day among four OSU quarterbacks that saw action. He completed 17 of 30 passes for 224 yards and one touchdown with one interception for the Black squad. saw the most action for the White squad, and he went 13-for-28 for 168 yards and one touchdown.
A few OSU players were held out for precautionary reasons, including , , , William ‘Akau’ola Vea, and . To keep the Beaver quarterbacks safe, defenders were not allowed to hit them today.
After both teams went two possessions without scoring, the Black struck on one big play. On the first and only play of the drive, Canfield flipped a shovel pass to , and the running back took it 70 yards for the opening score.
The Black defense made it 14-0 moments later. Moevao dropped back and faked a pass, but had the ball ripped out of his hands by blitzing linebacker . Cornell had no one between himself and the end zone and he raced 42 yards for a touchdown.
Canfield later led the Black on a nice drive, mixing short passes with runs by various players, but it stalled at the White 28-yard line. came out and kicked a 45-yard field goal to make the score 17-0.
Late in the first half, following a fumble recovery by the Black’s Evan Hull, Serna kicked another field goal from 54 yards. That would be the Black team’s final points, however.
The White began the second half with an impressive 14-play, 70-yard drive that ended with a six-yard touchdown pass from to . The key play during the drive was a 16-yard completion on fourth-and-nine from Gunderson to .
On their last possession of the second half, the White squad took over at the 50-yard line, and two plays later, they were in the end zone. Moevao connected with for 34 yards, and then found Camp for a 16-yard touchdown pass.
The Black squad drove into White territory on four of their five possessions in the second half, but couldn’t come up with anything.
The White squad forced two turnovers in the game: a first-half interception by and a second-half fumble recovery by . The White team had a total of eight sacks (officials would whistle the play dead when a quarterback was touched), while the Black team had three sacks.
The Beavers announced their 2007 team captains, which were selected by a team vote: Bernard, Doggett, Darlin, and Van Orsow.
Prior to the game, a moment of silence was observed to honor those affected by the Virginia Tech tragedy. The OSU band then performed the Virginia Tech fight song, followed by the national anthem. OSU’s players have been wearing “VT” logo decals on their helmets the past couple of weeks.
are now on sale for the six-game 2007 home season.
1st-Half Scoring
Black: Polk 70 pass from Canfield (Serna extra point good)
Black: Cornell 42 fumble return (Serna extra point good)
Black: Serna 45 field goal
Black: Serna 54 field goal
2nd-Half Scoring
White: Oltman 6 pass from Gunderson (Kahut extra point good)
White: Camp 16 pass from Moevao (Kahut extra point good)
Rushing
White: Sorem 7-12, Stewart 5-11, Carrasco 5-10, Gunderson 1-2, Johnson 1-0, Moevao 4-(-18).
Black: Fuller 10-46, Polk 9-31, Brown 1-5, Stewart 1-3, Canfield 9-(-41), Sim 1-(-7).
Passing
White: Moevao 13-28/168/1 TD/0 INT, Gunderson 7-13/75/1 TD/0 INT.
Black: Canfield 17-30/224/1 TD/1 INT, Sim 0-4/0/0 TD/0 INT.
Receiving
White: Morales 4-71, Camp 4-54, Oltman 4-35, Reese 3-37, Johnson 3-24, Brown 2-24, Stewart 1-(-1).
Black: Nichols 4-57, Kavanaugh 3-35, Halahuni 2-24, Adeniji 2-23, Polk 1-70, Fuller 2-(-1), Brown 1-4, Stroughter 1-3.
