The football team survived a slow start against Eastern New Mexico University in the Lone Star Conference Football Festival on Saturday night, picking up the pace in the second quarter to win 42-17.
Dominique Rouse kick started the offensive run with a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter.
MSU scored the next three touchdowns, first from a 52-yard pass from Jake Glover to Statron Jones.
“We got the chance to make big plays,” said head coach Bill Maskill in the post-game conference.
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Glover connected with Levy Wilson for a 74-yard touchdown pass before halftime.
Early in the third quarter Glover and Jones connected again, this time for a 68-yard touchdown pass, bringing Jones to 127 yards on the night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Eastern New Mexico was able to make one last touchdown with a 12-yard run from D’Maujeric Tucker.
MSU scored two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter with a 35-yard run from Chaucey Harris and a 46-yard run from Adrian Seales to end the game.
The team’s next game is Sept. 27 at Tarleton State University.
2014 Lone Star Football Festival
Brandon Allen, mechanical engineering sophomore, cheers with members of the stang gang at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Austin Coker, freshman, marches during halftime at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Austin Coker, freshman, marches during halftime at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Austin Glenn, music education freshman, marches with the Midewstern State University band during halftime at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Brandon Allen, mechanical engineering sophomore, cheers with members of the stang gang at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Cierra Phillips, physcology sophomore, marches with the band during halftime at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Coleman Reidling, history sophomore, cheers with the stang gang at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Crystal Afutit, wife of an MSU Mustang, and Lenora Alexander, MSU fan, cheers on Afutit's husband, defnesive line Bernard Afutiti, #30 at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Dante Taylor, kinesiology sophomore, tries to make it around the line of scrimmage before being tackled at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Defensive back Dominique Rouse, business junior, runs the ball down field for a touchdown at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Destiny Zynda, excercise physiology sophomore, playing trashketball at the tailgating outside during the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Destiny Zynda, excercise physiology sophomore, playing trashketball at the tailgating outside during the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Destiny Zynda, excercise physiology sophomore, playing trashketball at the tailgating outside during the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Destiny Zynda, excercise physiology sophomore, teamed up with Richard Millsap, geology sophomore, to play trashketball at the tailgate outside the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Destiny Zynda, excercise physiology sophomore, teamed up with Richard Millsap, geology sophomore, to play trashketball at the tailgate outside the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Dominique Rouse, business junior, answers questions from reporters about his first Midwestern State University career play where he scored the first MSU touchdown on an interception at MSU v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Dominique Rouse, business junior, runs his interception back for the first idwestern State University touchdown at MSU v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Dominique Williams, criminal justice junior, stops Eastern New Mexico wide reciever Jacob Johnson at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico Jordan Wells runs the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico quarterback Jeremy Buurma is tackled by Midwestern State University's Marqui Christian, criminal justice junior, and Deneldric Hudgens, sport and leisure studies senior, at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico quarterback Jeremy Buurma is tackled by Midwestern State University's Marqui Christian, criminal justice junior, and Deneldric Hudgens, sport and leisure studies senior, at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico quarterback Jeremy Buurma runs with the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico quarterback Jeremy Buurma runs with the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico quarterback Jeremy Buurma runs with the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico running back D'Maujeric Tucker runs the ball as Midwestern State University's Phillip Sanders, kinesiology junior, tries to catch him at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico running back Jordan Wells is run out of bounds by Midestern State University's Herb Whitehurst, kinesiology junior, at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico running back Jordan Wells is tackled by Marqui Christian, criminal justice junior, at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico running back Jordan Wells is tackled by Marqui Christian, criminal justice junior, at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Eastern New Mexico running back Kamal Cass runs the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Head football coach Bill Maskill answers questions from reporters during the press conference after the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Head football coach Bill Maskill answers questions from reporters during the press conference after the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Head football coach Bill Maskill answers questions from reporters during the press conference after the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Head football coach Bill Maskill answers questions from reporters during the press conference after the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Head football coach Bill Maskill at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Head football coach Bill Maskill talks to players during a timeout at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Hoss Barnes, music education junior, marches with the band at halftime at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Jake Glober, quarterback, throws the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Jake Glover, accounting senior, Daniel Laudermilk, history junior, Ricardo Riascos, criminal justice senior, and Shadow Stokes, exercise physiology senior, join Eastern New Mexico captains for the coin toss at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Jake Glover, accounting senior, Daniel Laudermilk, history junior, Ricardo Riascos, criminal justice senior, and Shadow Stokes, exercise physiology senior, join Eastern New Mexico captains for the coin toss at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Joe Clever, history senior, directs the band at halftime during the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Kevin Nop, mechanical engineering freshman, Zach Davis, history and education freshman, Coleman Reidling, history sophomore, and Brandon Allen, mechanical engineering sophomore, cheers as members of the stang gang at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Kevin Nop, mechanical engineering freshman, Zach Davis, history and education freshman, Coleman Reidling, history sophomore, and Brandon Allen, mechanical engineering sophomore, cheers as members of the stang gang at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Levy Wilson, junior wide reciever, runs the ball up the field at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Bradley Wilson
Malachi Smith, undecided freshman, tackles Eastern New Mexico's Ryan Greene at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Malaeni Ramos, biology freshman, cheers the Mustangs on with friends at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Malaeni Ramos, biology freshman, cheers the Mustangs on with friends at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Malaeni Ramos, biology freshman, cheers the Mustangs on with friends at the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Malaeni Ramos, biology freshman, Tim Torres, biology freshman, Ben Massey, biology freshman, and Rodrigo Mireles, marketing freshman, getting excited after Midwesten scored a touch down. Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Malaeni Ramos, biology freshman, Tim Torres, biology freshman, Ben Massey, biology freshman, and Rodrigo Mireles, marketing freshman, getting excited after Midwesten scored a touch down. Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Mark Brown, excercise physiology senior, playing trashketball at the tailgate during the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Micah Whitworth, criminal justice freshman, and Kevin Nop, mechanical engineering freshman, cheer with the stang gang and surroundung students at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Micah Whitworth, criminal justice freshman, cheers with the stang gang at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Micah Whitworth, criminal justice freshman, covers his face at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Rachel Johnson
Quarterback Jake Glover, accounting senior, looks for an open reciever at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Quarterback Jake Glover, accounting senior, throws the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Quarterback Jake Glover, accounting senior, throws the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Quarterback Jake Glover, accounting senior, throws the ball at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Quaterback Jake Glover, accounting senior, hands the ball of to running back Chauncey Harris, criminal justice senior, at Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts
Rachel Johnson, mass communications freshman, interviewis Destiny Zynda, excercise phsyiology, and Richard Millsap, geology sophomore, out at the tailgating during the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Bradley Wilson
Richard Millsap, geology sophomore, and Destiny Zynda, excercise physiology sophomore, win their first game of trashketball at the tailgate during the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Bradley Wilson
