NCAAF Game Recap - Murray State at Southeast Missouri State
Sat Nov 23, 2019 2:00 PM EST

Ark
20
LSU
56
F
PSU
17
OSU
28
F
TxAM
13
UGA
19
F
WCU
3
Bama
66
F
Oreg
28
AzSt
31
F
Utah
35
Ariz
7
F
TCU
24
Okla
28
F
MIN
38
NW
22
F
Mich
39
Ind
14
F
Tex
10
Bayl
24
F
Purd
24
Wisc
45
F
BC
7
ND
40
F
Sam
0
Aub
52
F
Temp
13
Cin
15
F
Mem
49
SoFL
10
F
Ill
10
Iowa
19
F
Boise
56
UtSt
21
F
SMU
28
Navy
35
F
OkSt
20
WVU
13
F
TxSt
13
App
35
F
Pitt
0
VaTec
28
F
E Mi
45
NIU
17
F
Ohio
66
BGSU
24
F
Akr
17
MiaOH
20
F
Toled
30
Buff
49
F
NCSt
26
GATec
28
F
ColSt
7
Wyo
17
F
Ball
38
Kent
41
F
JMU
55
URI
21
F
UCF
34
Tul
31
F
ECU
31
UConn
24
F
Kans
31
IASt
41
F
Lib
27
UVA
55
F
MSU
27
Rut
0
F
BYU
56
UMass
24
F
HBU
14
SamHu
37
F
SoAl
15
GASt
28
F
E Ky
29
JacSt
23
F
AF
44
NM
22
F
GaSo
33
ArkSt
38
F
UCLA
35
USC
52
F
ETenn
0
Vand
38
F
LT
14
UAB
20
F
W Ky
28
SMiss
10
F
NorTx
14
Rice
20
F
Mer
7
UNC
56
F
Neb
54
MD
7
F
UT-M
7
KY
50
F
Marsh
13
UNCC
24
F
SJSU
35
UNLV
38
F
Cal
24
Stan
20
F
UTEP
35
NMS
44
F
Syr
34
Lou
56
F
OD
17
MidTN
38
F
CoCar
42
ULMon
45
F
Troy
3
ULLaf
53
F
FlAtl
40
UTSA
26
F
K St
30
TxTch
27
F
MiaFL
24
FLInt
30
F
Hou
24
Tuls
14
F
Tenn
24
MIZ
20
F
Abil
7
MissSt
45
F
Duke
27
Wake
39
F
OreSt
53
WaSt
54
F
Wash
14
Colo
20
F
NEV
35
Fres
28
F
SDSU
11
Hawaii
14
F
Ohio
52
Akr
3
F
WestMI
14
NIU
17
F

Southeast Missouri State 31, Murray State 24

Nov 23, 2019, 2:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Murray State (4-8)

7

17

0

0

24

Southeast Missouri State (9-3)

3

14

0

14

31

Santacaterina rallies SE Missouri St. past Murray St. 31-24
Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:57 PM

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) Daniel Santacaterina threw a pair of touchdown passes to Zack Smith late in the game that made the difference as Southeast Missouri State rallied to beat Murray State 31-24 in a regular-season finale on Saturday.

Murray State says it has reassigned head football coach Mitch Stewart to another position in the athletic department and will begin "an efficient" national search for his replacement.

Stewart was 19-27 in five seasons with the Racers and 15-23 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Murray State finished 4-8 and 2-6 in the OVC after losing its season finale 31-24 to Southeast Missouri on Saturday.

The school said in a release Saturday night it would have no further comment until the search is concluded. Athletic director Kevin Saal thanked Stewart and his wife Rikki for their contributions over 10 years with the school and added, "Their sacrifice and effort have built a foundation from which we must grow and improve upon as a program."

The Redhawks (9-3, 7-1) trailed 24-17 at the start of the fourth quarter when Santacaterina capped a 12-play, 68-yard drive with a 17-yard touchdown throw to Smith to tie it 24-all. They took over on downs after a failed Murray State drive and Santacaterina once again went to Smith, this time from 6 yards, for another score and a 31-24 lead with 8:57 to go.

Santacaterina finished with 215 yards and three touchdowns passing for the Redhawks. Zion Curtis carried 15 times for 86 yards and Kristian Wilkerson had 11 receptions for 95 yards and a score. Zach Hall had a 61-yard interception return for a touchdown.

Preston Rice threw for 284 yards and two touchdowns for the Racers (4-8, 2-6).

Passing

Murr Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
P. Rice 48 34 70.8 2 284 28 1 91.0
T. Gray 1 1 100.0 0 23 23 0 118.8
SEMO Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
D. Santacaterina 39 29 74.4 3 215 21 1 102.0

Rushing

Murr Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
P. Rice 13 73 5.6 18 1
J. McCray 5 11 2.2 5 0
SEMO Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
Z. Custis 15 86 5.7 12 0
D. Santacaterina 7 9 1.3 11 0

Receiving

Murr Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Moss 6 64 10.7 20 0
A. Hayes 2 51 25.5 28 1
SEMO Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
K. Wilkerson 11 95 8.6 16 1
A. Alston 7 53 7.6 17 0

Fumbles

SEMO F FL
D. Santacaterina 1 0

Returning

Murr KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
Q. Turner 3 20.3 0 32 0 0 0
D. Dallas 1 35.0 0 35 0 0 0
SEMO KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
S. Davis 0 0 0 3 8.7 0 13
Z. Custis 2 22.0 0 38 0 0 0

Punting

Murr Punt Yds Avg LgPu
S. Dawson 4 176 44.0 52
SEMO Punt Yds Avg LgPu
J. Reynolds 3 118 39.3 42

Takeaways

Murr Int Yds InTD
J. Johnson 1 0 0
SEMO Int Yds InTD
Z. Hall 1 61 1

Team Stats Comparison

Murr SEMO
Points For 24 31
Total Yards 400 363
Rushing Yards 93 148
Passing Yards 307 215
Passing Completions / Attempts 35/49 29/39
Turnovers 1 1
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 1/0
First Downs 22 24
Penalties - Yards 9/82 4/52
Time Of Possession 23:23 37:37
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 5/15 5/12
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/3 1/4
Punts - Average Yards 4/44 3/39

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Murr SEMO
Murr 05:47 TD Preston Rice 5 yd run (Zaden Webber kick) 7 0
SEMO 12:18 FG Kendrick Tiller 35 yd FG 7 3
2nd Quarter Murr SEMO
Murr 03:27 FG Zaden Webber 26 yd FG 10 3
SEMO 06:39 TD Kristian Wilkerson 7 yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Kendrick Tiller kick) 10 10
SEMO 07:23 TD Zach Hall 61 yd interception return (Kendrick Tiller kick) 10 17
Murr 09:32 TD LaMartez Brooks 3 yd pass from Preston Rice (Zaden Webber kick) 17 17
Murr 14:17 TD Armani Hayes 28 yd pass from Preston Rice (Zaden Webber kick) 24 17
3rd Quarter Murr SEMO
No scores this quarter
4th Quarter Murr SEMO
SEMO 00:05 TD Zack Smith 17 yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Kendrick Tiller kick) 24 24
SEMO 06:03 TD Zack Smith 6 yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Kendrick Tiller kick) 24 31

Game Information

Stadium: Houck Stadium, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Attendance: 2,764
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