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Crowton era begins with bang
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PROVO, UTAH -- New coach, same offense.
Brandon Donnan threw for three touchdowns and Luke Staley ran for three scores in the first half as Brigham Young won its first game under coach Gary Crowton with a 70-35 victory over Tulane in the Black Coaches Association Classic.
It was the beginning of a new era at Brigham Young, where Crowton took over for the legendary Lavell Edwards, who retired after last season. With quarterbacks such as Jim McMahon, Steve Young and Ty Detmer, Edwards brought a high-powered offense to BYU that became the school's trademark.
 Crowton, who spent the last two seasons as offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears, unveiled a potent offense of his own on Saturday.
The Cougars matched their highest point total since a 70-31 win over Utah in 1989 and were just 13 points short of the school record set in 1980.
"It was an exciting day for and an exciting win for myself and the players," Crowton said. "I wasn't surprised by the offensive power because I knew the plays and I knew what they were going to do."
BYU rolled up 734 total yards and Tulane collected 508.
 "I didn't realize we were all invited to a track meet today, but obviously we were exposed in some areas," Tulane coach Chris Scelfo said.
Staley had TD runs of two, 29 and 65 yards in the first quarter and finished with 142 yards on 10 carries.
Donnan completed 25-of-31 passes for 286 yards and three scores and also ran 11 times for 115 yards and a TD.
With the score tied 21-21 after one quarter, the Cougars broke open the game. Donnan threw an eight-yard TD pass to tight end Spencer Nead, a 12-yarder to Gabriel Reid and a 27-yarder to Nead.
After Tulane countered with a 10-yard TD pass from Patrick Ramsey to Mewdele More, Brian McDonald scored on a  26-yard TD run to make it 49-28 at halftime.
McDonald added TD runs of one and five yards in the second half and was the third BYU back with over 100 yards, gaining 110 on 18 carries.
Ramsey completed 20-of-43 passes for 263 yards. Terrell Harris caught nine passes for 133 yards.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th f
tulane 21 7 7 0 35
byu 21 28 14 7 70
1st quarter
13:56 tul - Moore 75-yard run (Marler kick)
11:46 byu - Staley 3-yard run (Payne kick)
8:27 tul - Coleman 2-yard run (Marler kick)
4:41 byu - Staley 30-yard run (Payne kick)
2:54 byu - Staley 65-yard run (Payne kick)
:54 tul - Williams 5-yard catch from Ramsey (Marler kick)
2nd quarter
14:56 byu - Nead 8-yard catch from Doman (Payne kick)
10:09 byu - Reid 12-yard catch from Doman (Payne kick)
5:51 byu - Nead 28-yard catch from Doman (Payne kick)
1:26 tul - Moore 10-yard catch from Ramsey (Marler kick)
:41 byu - McDonald-Ashford 26-yard run from (Payne kick)
3rd quarter
13:04 byu - Doman 14-yard run (Payne kick)
8:01 tul - Moore 15-yard catch from Ramsey (Marler kick)
5:43 byu - McDonald-Ashford 1-yard run (Payne kick)
4th quarter
9:25 byu - McDonald-Ashford 5-yard run (Payne kick)
FIRST DOWNS................... 27 30
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 43-219 49-437
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 289 297
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 49-23-1 33-27-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 92-508 82-734
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 7-134
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-133 3-93
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 1-17
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 7-47.0 2-38.5
Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-0 4-1
Penalties-Yards............... 5-35 7-68
Possession Time............... 29:45 30:15
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 3-27
RUSHING: Tulane-MOORE, Mewelde 22-176; RESHARD, Gee 5-21; LOSMAN, J.P. 3-12;
COLEMAN, Kris 3-9; NARCISSE, Nick 1-9; HOCKE, Brant 4-3; RAMSEY, Patrick
5-minus 11. Brigham Young-STALEY, Luke 10-142; DOMAN, Brandon 11-115;
McDONALD, Brian 18-103; MAHE, Reno 1-55; PETERSON, Charl 1-10; NIELSEN, Mike
3-10; STEARNS, Ned 2-3; MORTENSEN, Todd 3-minus 1.
PASSING: Tulane-RAMSEY, Patrick 20-43-1-263; LOSMAN, J.P. 3-6-0-26. Brigham
Young-DOMAN, Brandon 25-31-0-286; PETERSON, Charl 2-2-0-11.
RECEIVING: Tulane-HARRIS, Terrell 9-133; MOORE, Mewelde 5-66; WILLIAMS,
Royde 5-50; ROBINSON, Zande 1-15; DUNN, James 1-9; HOOVER, Bobby 1-8;
JOSEPH, Derrick 1-8. Brigham Young-MAHE, Reno 12-96; STALEY, Luke 4-52;
NEAD, Spencer 2-35; CHRISTENSEN, To 2-33; RIGELL, Mike 2-15; McDONALD, Brian
1-23; JOLLEY, Doug 1-14; REID, Gabriel 1-13; HALLADAY, Soren 1-9; ORD,
Andrew 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS: Tulane-None. Brigham Young-WALKENHORST, Pa 1-17.
FUMBLES: Tulane-HOCKE, Brant 1-0; MOORE, Mewelde 1-0. Brigham Young-DOMAN,
Brandon 2-1; McDONALD, Brian 1-0; RIGELL, Mike 1-0.
Stadium: Edwards Stadium Attendance: 40008
Kickoff time: 2:36 pm End of Game: 6:18 Total elapsed time: 3:42
Officials: Referee: David Neal; Umpire: Jim Thomas; Linesman: Norman Eubank;
Line judge: Harold Deines; Back judge: Thomas Workman; Field judge: William Simons;
Side judge: David Chesney;
Temperature: 91 Wind: 2-5,NW Weather: Sunny
SACKS (UA-A): Tulane-None. Brigham Young-DENNEY, Ryan 2-0; AH YOU, C.J. 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Tulane-MITCHELL, Adria 8-2; ELPHEAGE, Lynar 5-2; SPINCER,
Brando 6-0; SANCHEZ, Jeff 5-1; FONTENOT, Terry 4-2; BROWN, Quentin 4-1;
DORSEY, David 3-1; BARNES, Meldon 3-1; HEATH, Wesley 2-2; GODFREY, Trey 2-2;
SHELVIN, Roxie 2-2; BOGER, Tra 2-1; ALGERE, Edgar 2-0; HOCKE, Brant 1-1;
DORSEY, Floyd 1-1; BRAcy, Darlvon 1-0; ROTTMAYER, Bran 1-0; TICKLES, Marlon
1-0; ASHTON, Jay 1-0; RAMSEY, Patrick 1-0; SAPP, Darren 1-0; DAVIS, CARL
0-1; BRANON, Percy 0-1; BLACKMON, Kenan 0-1. Brigham Young-ENA, Justin 6-3;
DENNEY, Ryan 7-0; FRANCISCO, Aaro 4-2; ELLIOTT, Kurt 4-1; STALEY, Dustin
4-1; GILFORD, Jernar 4-0; KELLEY, Isaac 3-1; FARRIS, Alex 2-2; MARQUARDT,
Mich 3-0; KEISEL, Brett 2-1; WALKENHORST, Pa 2-1; AH YOU, C.J. 1-2; WRIGHT,
Bill 1-2; BOCKWOLDT, Colb 1-2; LAFITTE, Michae 2-0; MAUGA, Ammon 1-1;
STEPHENS, Brand 1-1; SLATER, Ryan 1-0; CARLSON, Brent 1-0; POPPINGA, Brady
1-0; NIELSEN, Mike 1-0; WILSON, Derrus 0-1; PILI, Ifo 0-1; PAYNE, Matt 0-1;
WARD, Anthony 0-1.
Player participation:
Tulane: 4-BROWN, Quentin, 5-SPINCER, Brando, 6-BRAcy, Darlvon, 11-JOSEPH, Derrick,
17-LOSMAN, J.P., 21-RESHARD, Gee, 23-BOGER, Tra, 25-DUNN, James, 27-HOCKE, Brant,
30-SAPP, Darren, 31-GODFREY, Trey, 33-BARNES, Meldon, 36-ROUSSEL, Casey,
38-COLEMAN, Kris, 47-MARLER, Seth, 50-BRANON, Percy, 54-TICKLES, Marlon,
57-ALGERE, Edgar, 83-DAVIS, CARL, 88-HOOVER, Bobby, 91-BLACKMON, Kenan,
97-ASHTON, Jay, 98-ROTTMAYER, Bran.
Brigham Young: 3-STEARNS, Ned, 5-WILSON, Derrus, 8-RIGELL, Mike, 12-CUSICK, Brian,
14-MORTENSEN, Todd, 15-KUKAHIKO, Jason, 17-PETERSON, Charl, 18-LAFITTE, Michae,
22-NIELSEN, Mike, 23-PHILLIPS, Danny, 25-SUMKO, Mike, 26-WILKERSON, Rod,
27-FARRIS, Alex, 28-BARKER, Todd, 29-EDMONDS, Aaron, 30-MEIBOS, Jared,
31-ELLIOTT, Kurt, 34-HEANEY, Brandon, 35-MAUGA, Ammon, 37-BURBIDGE, Jon,
38-PAYNE, Matt, 42-REID, Gabriel, 44-TANNER, Mike, 46-BOCKWOLDT, Colb,
49-POPPINGA, Brady, 52-CARLSON, Brent, 53-WRIGHT, Bill, 57-VINCENT, Hanale,
59-KEELE, Ryan, 61-MAILE, Naki, 64-JACKSON, Scott, 66-MARQUARDT, Mich,
73-HERRING, Isaac, 75-JOHNSON, David, 76-XANTHOS, Vincen, 80-CHRISTENSEN, To,
82-HALLADAY, Soren, 84-HOLDER, Curtis, 85-ANDERSON, Justi, 86-JOLLEY, Doug,
87-STEPHENS, Brand, 88-SLATER, Ryan, 90-AIONO, Aissac, 91-AH YOU, C.J.,
94-COWART, Jeff, 97-WARD, Anthony, 98-ROBERTS, Jim.
BCA Classic
BCA Classic Most Valuable Player: Brandon Doman
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