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Carl Roscoe vs. MTU
Michael Dubicki
Carl Roscoe passed for a career-high 239 yards vs. MTU.
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Winner Michigan Tech MT 1-0 , 1-0
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Wayne State WSU 0-1 , 0-1
Winner
Michigan Tech MT
1-0 , 1-0
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Final
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Wayne State WSU
0-1 , 0-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MT Michigan Tech 3 3 3 9 18
WSU Wayne State 10 0 0 7 17

Game Recap: Football | | Jeff Weiss, AssocIate Athletics Director for Media Relations

Football Falls On Game's Final Play

Warriors fall 18-17 to Michigan Tech.

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DETROIT -- The Wayne State University football team (0-1 overall, 0-1 GLIAC) allowed a 25-yard field goal on the game's final play to Michigan Tech's Garrett Mead, his fourth field goal of the contest, to fall 18-17 to the Huskies in the season opener for both teams.

After Mead connected on a 23-yard field goal to conclude the game's first drive, the Warriors responded with a three-play, 69 yard drive culminating in a 63-yard touchdown pass from junior Carl Roscoe (Kentwood, Mich. / Kelloggsville) to senior wide receiver Michael Johnson (Detroit, Mich. / Clintondale) on a third-and-four play.

Following an MTU punt, WSU went 78 yards with redshirt freshman Paul Graham (Commerce Twp., Mich. / Orchard Lake St. Mary's) converting a 24-yard field goal try for his first collegiate three pointer.  The big play of the drive was a 58-yard reception by senior running back Desmond Martin (Redford, Mich. / Thurston).  Wayne State led 10-3 after the opening stanza.

Following another Huskie punt that was downed at the WSU one-yard line early in the second quarter, the game was delayed 58 minutes due to inclement weather.

A three-and-out for WSU led to another Mead field goal, this time from 29 yards to cut the Warrior lead to 10-6 with 7:14 left before intermission.

Neither team was able to score the rest of the first half.  WSU led 170-153 in total offense through 30 minutes despite the Huskies holding a 21:27 to 8:33 edge in time of possession.

Wayne State garnered a pair of first downs to start the second half but the drive ended with a punt.

Michigan Tech drove 83 yards in nine plays with Mead connecting from 21 yards out on a fourth-and-goal.

The third period ended with Wayne State holding a slim 10-9 advantage.

A Warrior drive that carried over into the fourth quarter concluded with another touchdown toss from Roscoe to Johnson, this one from seven yards on a third-and-goal.  Graham's PAT increased WSU's lead to 17-9 with 11:02 left.

Wayne State's defense held on downs, before a bad exchange led to a lost fumble near midfield.

MTU capitalized with a four-play, 47-yard scoring drive with Huskie quarterback Tyler Scarlett completing a 16-yard screen pass for a touchdown to running back Charlie Leffingwell.  Leffingwell's two-point conversion run came up just short on a nice tackle by Wayne State's Valorian Cunningham (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Loy Norrix) maintaining WSU's two-point edge at 17-15 with 5:36 left.

The Warriors had an eight-play drive which used up 3:36 on the clock, but the Huskies had exactly two minutes left and one timeout.  Scarlett engineered a 14-play drive covering 69 yards leading to Mead's 25-yard field goal attempt on the game's final play.

Martin led all rushers with 90 yards along with a game-best 155 all-purpose yards.  Leffingwell gained a team-best 85 rushing yards for MTU.

Roscoe set a career-high with 239 passing yards on 12-of-16 with two touchdown passes.  Scarlett was 26-of-45 for 235 yards with one touchdown pass.

Johnson led all receivers with 107 yards and two scores, while MTU's Andrew Clark hauled in a game-high eight passes for a team-best 65 yards.

Wayne State junior safety Zak Bielecki (Macomb, Mich. / Lutheran North) totaled a game-high 16 tackles (13 solo, 3 assisted) including one for loss and a pass break-up.  Senior linebacker Nores Fradi (Dearborn Heights, Mich. / Dearborn) had three tackles for loss among his nine solo stops.

Michigan Tech's Brett Gervais had 10 tackles (8-2), While Tanner Agen recorded three tackles for loss.

Wayne State will play its lone non-conference game of 2014 at home on Saturday, Sept. 13 vs. the Carson-Newman Eagles.
 
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