By RANGERS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
The Northwestern Oklahoma State Football Team took care of business on Saturday against East Central as they took home a nice 16-point, 42-26 victory on Homecoming.
Reid Miller had another exceptional game as he threw for 267 yards on 20-of-32 passing, adding five touchdowns to four different receivers.
Arte’ Miura Jr. was the go-to receiver today as he caught five passes for 143 yards and two scores to lead the Rangers’ offensive attack.
The attack was not all through the air however as the Rangers rushed for 144 yards on the day, led by Jalen Williams who carried the rock for 70 yards on the night, followed by Jacob Peyton who came away with 45.
Devin Peyton led the way for the Rangers on defense this evening as he recorded nine total tackles on the night.
A little over five minutes into the game, ECU put a score on the board on a 51 yard pass to David Moore to make it 7-0, but the Rangers had a quick answer as Horatio Smith crossed the goal line with 2:35 left to go in the first, to make it a 7-7 game.
From then on, it was a back and forth battle for who was getting in the end zone. The half ended at 28-26 and following the time away, Northwestern controlled the rest of the game as they put up 14 more points on the Tigers to put them away in 16-point fashion.
Northwestern led in time of possession in this contest as they have only done that one other time this season. Both teams struggled on third down as the Tigers were 1 of 11 on conversions and Northwestern finished at 4 of 15.
Before this evening, the Rangers were perfect when in the redzone, but the streak ended this evening as Northwestern was 2-for-3 inside the redzone.
Northwestern will hit the road for two straight weeks as they will travel to Durant next Saturday to take on the Savage Storm of Southeastern Oklahoma State at 2 p.m.