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UCF Knights - Week 2 vs. Idaho

Posted on January 21, 2012 at 05:17 AM.

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Knights Use Second Half To Steamroll Vandals

Orlando, FL - New offensive coordinator Dakota Jones cracked a smile after the game was over, and with good reason. His adjustments were finally starting to pay off as the Knights scored 31 second half points in a 41-14 rout of Idaho.

The Knights struck first, with Caleb Cleveland dancing around multiple defenders to reach the endzone and a 7-0 lead. Idaho struck back, however, when quarterback Jon Hester tossed a hail mary downfield to Greg Underwood to tie the game.

The Knights were able to earn a field goal after they were stoned by Idaho's run defense, but Idaho came back with something worse, as they marched downfield and Randall Woods dove into a crowd of UCF defenders for the score, putting the Knights in a 14-10 deficit.

"I told the guys that they needed to get fired up," said new OC Dakota Jones. "I told Wright that even though he'd been struggling a bit, he needed to try to throw when he could. Both of us knew he had a good arm, but it took awhile for it to come out."

Wright helped the explosion begin when he tossed a long ball downfield on 3rd down all the way to Nils Woods. Although he was tackled, that gave an opportunity for Caleb Cleveland to find the endzone again. On the next drive, however, Wright really showed potential when he threw the ball over everyone, but Nils Woods somehow caught the long ball and ran it in for the score.

In the fourth, Jake Hodges completed a march down the field for a touchdown, and Caleb Cleveland completed his hat trick with a long run when he broke away from Idaho defenders.

"This kid is talented," said Jones of Cleveland. "I have nothing but positive things to say about this kid and I'm very impressed with how he's played so far."

Kyle Hargrove tacked on a late field goal, completing the rout of the Vandals.

"We can't sit back for too long," said Jones. "We need to prepare for Arizona State."

Idaho Vandals at UCF Knights
Sep 3, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Idaho Vandals (0-1)	7	7	0	0	14
UCF Knights (2-0)	7	3	14	17	41

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	UCF
1:23	(UCF) TD: C. Cleveland, 10 Yd run (K. Hargrove kick)	0	7
0:35	(IDHO) TD: G. Underwood, 67 Yd pass from J. Hester (A. Thornton kick)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	UCF
3:50	(UCF) FG: K. Hargrove, 33 Yd FG	7	10
1:42	(IDHO) TD: R. Woods, 3 Yd run (A. Thornton kick)	14	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	UCF
3:43	(UCF) TD: C. Cleveland, 13 Yd run (K. Hargrove kick)	14	17
2:03	(UCF) TD: N. West, 71 Yd pass from D. Wright (K. Hargrove kick)	14	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	UCF
4:58	(UCF) TD: J. Hodges, 1 Yd run (K. Hargrove kick)	14	31
3:31	(UCF) TD: C. Cleveland, 57 Yd run (K. Hargrove kick)	14	38
0:05	(UCF) FG: K. Hargrove, 17 Yd FG	14	41