Box Score St. Cloud, Minn. --- The 17^th-ranked St. Cloud State Huskies used 303 yards of rushing offense en route to a 31-13 victory over Minnesota State Saturday afternoon in front of 3,982 fans in Husky Stadium.

The Mavericks opened the game with a 13-play, 57-yard opening drive capped off with a 32-yard field goal by junior Daniel Padilla.  The Huskies responded with a one-yard touchdown run before Padilla nailed a 42-yard field goal to cut the score to 7-6 with 13 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

St. Cloud State then rattled off ten unanswered points in the second quarter to take a 17-6 halftime lead.  Redshirt freshman Andy Pfeiffer led MSU with 10 carries for 69 yards in the first half, 68 of which were in the first quarter to pace the Mavericks.

Minnesota State opened the second half with an 11-play, 80 yard drive that used five minutes and eight seconds and was capped by a one-yard touchdown rush by junior quarterback Jon Daniels.  Pfeiffer paced the Mavericks on the drive with 40 yards of rushing on the ground while Daniels hit big third down passes to both junior wideout Jon Daniels and senior wideout LaMark Brown.

The Huskies then made it a two-possession game when quarterback Brad Meade found Nick Angellotti for a ten-yard touchdown pass with 13:11 remaining in the fourth quarter.  SCSU then added a touchdown with 3:47 to put the game out of reach.

Pfeiffer led MSU with 23 carries for 142 yards in the loss, marking his fifth straight 100-yard rushing game.  Daniels finished the game 17-of-29 for 148 yards, spreading his completions out to six different receivers.  Defensively, redshirt freshman LaMark Brown led MSU with eight tackles, including a forced fumble and a sack.

The Mavericks (4-2, 4-1 NSIC) return to action next weekend as they travel to Upper Iowa for a 1 p.m., contest against the Peacocks.
 
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