Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 | 12 p.m.
Fort Lewis Vs. Western New Mexico University
Durango, Colo. | Ray Dennison Memorial Field

LAST TIME OUT
Dominick Barnett caught a 46-yard touchdown pass from Bo Coleman on the opening drive to give the Fort Lewis College football team a 6-0 lead at Colorado State-Pueblo Saturday afternoon.  The Skyhawks were held scoreless until the fourth quarter as the ThunderWolves handed FLC a 33-12 setback.

CSUP scored 26 straight points before Bo Coleman rushed in for a touchdown for his team leading fourth rushing touchdown of the season.

The Skyhawks recorded 328 yards of total offense on 67 plays and possessed the ball for more than 37 minutes.  FLC was in the red zone twice, converting once for a touchdown.  CSUP went 5-for-5 on redzone scores.
 
Coleman completed 13-of-21 passes for 155 yards and one score (two interceptions).  He also led FLC in rushing with 86 yards and one touchdown.

Joseph Cavale averaged 52.4 yards on five punts, including a long of 67 yards.

The Skyhawks defense was led by Cory Witt who had 10 tackles.  Ryneal Lewis-Adams added six tackles, one tackle for a loss of nine yards, two pass breakups and a sack for nine yards.

The Skyhawks 46 rushing attempts, 173 rushing yards and 3.8 yards per rush were the most allowed by any CSU-Pueblo opponent this season.

The ThunderWolves 151 rushing yards and 330 yards of total offense were the second fewest yards CSUP gained this season.

LOOKING AHEAD
Fort Lewis College will play a non-conference game on Saturday at home against Western New Mexico University.  A former member of the RMAC, the Mustangs are now a member of the Lone Star Conference as of 2016.

The Skyhawks enter the weekend in 10th place in the RMAC standings with a 1-6 league record (1-6 overall).  

Western New Mexico is 2-5 overall and 2-4 in the LSC.  The Mustangs posted wins against Oklahoma Panhandle State (W, 44-21) and UT-Permian Basin (W, 68-17).  WNMU is currently on a three game losing streak and own a 1-3 road record.

STATS LINEUP
As a team, Fort Lewis is ranked in the top five in the RMAC in rushing defense (second, 124.7 yards), total defense (second, 349.9 yards), punting (second, 34.5 yards), rushing offense (third, 236.1 yards), pass efficiency (third, 142.3) and pass defense (fourth, 225.1 yards). 

The Skyhawks continue to lead the league in time of possession (34:11) with a 1:37 minute margin over Dixie State.

Bo Coleman has the third best passing efficiency in the RMAC with a 161.5 mark.  He also ranks seventh in total offense with 177.4 yards per game.
 
Two of the top RMAC rushers hail from FLC.  Drake Griffin is third in the league with 110.3 rushing yards per game (two touchdowns) and PJ Hall is sixth with 74.3 yards per game (one touchdown).

Griffin has tallied 772 rushing yards this season.  He needs to average at least 57.0 rushing yards over the final four games to eclipse the 1,000 career rushing mark.

Linebacker Andrew Ike has the sixth most tackles in the league.  Ike is averaging 8.3 tackles per game.  Twenty of his 58 tackles have been solo stops.

Thanks to an average of 52.4 yards on five punts last week, Joseph Cavale leads the RMAC in punting with a 42.7 average (1,024 yards-24 punts).

OJ Thompson's 7.5 tackles for a loss of yards is the third most in the RMAC.  Thompson also ranks 10th in the RMAC in sacks with three.

ACADEMICS
Five Skyhawks were named to the 2016 RMAC Football All-Academic team: Jordan Gillen was voted to the first team while Jacob Bigham, Dre Cortez, Gabe Ogbonnaya and Dalton Wadkins earned Academic Honor Roll accolades.