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September 17, 2005 SAM LOGAN SETS CONFERENCE AND SCHOOL RECORD BUT ISU FALLS TO MURRAY STATE, 27-15 MURRAY, Ky.– Nick Turner returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown, threw a TD pass and ran for a third score to lead Murray State to a 27-15 win over Indiana State on Saturday night (Sept. 17). Turner rushed for 86 yards for the Racers (1-1), who came back from an early 10-0 deficit. Kyle Hooper opened the scoring with a 23-yard field goal four minutes into the game. Blayne Baggett threw a 6-yard TD pass to Sam Logan six minutes later for a 10-0 Indiana State lead. Baggett completed a school-record 33 passes in the effort while also attempting a school-most 58. He threw for 262 yards in the contest. Baggett had tied the school-record with 32 pass completions in the season opener against Eastern Illinois. He is the first ISU quarterback to pass for over 200 yards in each of his first three games as a Sycamore. Logan finished with a school-record 17 catches for 151 yards. Those 17 receptions also are a Gateway Football Conference single-game record, besting the previous mark of 16, set by Northern Iowa’s Eddie Galles against Southern Illinois in 2003. He entered the contest with 13 total receptions on the season. His total of 30 through three games is 25 shy of the school-record 55 receptions he tallied in 2004. After Logan's touchdown, Turner got the Racers on the board with his long return. Hooper kicked a 40-yard field goal in the final minute of the opening quarter to give the Sycamores a 13-7 lead. He has now connected on each of his last 13 attempts. Hooper is a perfect 5-for-5 on the season. ISU expanded its lead to 15-7 when Murray State’s Ken Topps slipped in his own end zone for a safety. Madison Miller and Kyle Mitchell combined for the sack of Topps. Mitchell recorded a pair of one half sacks in the contest, which upped his career total to 23 – just one off the career school-record. Turner, a senior running back, found Mauri Marchman for a 71-yard pass play with 8:11 left in the first half and added a 5-yard touchdown run seven minutes later to give the Racers the lead for good. Chad Cook had a 1-yard TD run in the third quarter. The Sycamores outgained the Racers 457-354, but had 14 penalties and converted only 5 of 18 third downs. Indiana State travels to Texas Tech on Sept. 24 to face the nationally-ranked I-A Red Raiders in Lubbock. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. (CDT).
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