UC Davis Rallies to Beat No. 19/18 Cal Poly, 22-21

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UC Davis Rallies to Beat No. 19/18 Cal Poly, 22-21

11/13/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Randy Wright hit Sean Creadick with a pair of touchdown passes in the final 10 minutes to rally UC Davis to a 22-21 victory over No. 19/18 Cal Poly in a Great West Conference football game Saturday night before 11,075 in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

Cal Poly scored the first 21 points of the game on a trio of touchdown runs by its fullbacks, but couldn't hold on as the visiting Aggies produced three field goals by Sean Kelley and the two touchdown passes from Wright to Creadick for the win in the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe.

Cal Poly finishes the regular season with a 7-4 record and claims third place in the Great West at 2-2. UC Davis improves to 5-5 overall and 3-1 for second place in the conference with one game remaining against Sacramento State next week.

Mustang junior Jake Romanelli scored on a pair of one-yard runs in the first quarter and Jordan Yocum, one of 18 seniors playing their final game at Cal Poly, added a five-yard scoring run in the second quarter to give the Mustangs their 21-0 advantage.

UC Davis finally got on the scoreboard with 1:14 remaining in the first half on a 39-yard field goal by Sean Kelley.

Kelley added two more field goals in the second half spanning 20 and 19 yards as the Aggies trimmed Cal Poly's lead to 21-9.

Wright hit Creadick with a 16-yard touchdown pass with 10:22 to go in the game and the comeback was complete when Wright connected with Creadick on a five-yarder with 35 seconds to play and Kelley hit the extra-point kick.

It was a tale of two halves for each team.

Cal Poly amassed 268 yards of total offense in the first half while holding UC Davis to 97 yards, including minus-four yards on the ground.

But in the second half, the Aggies compiled 229 total yards while holding Cal Poly to 91 yards.

Wright completed 23 of 40 passes for 302 yards and his favorite targets were Creadick with five catches and Anthony Soto and Dean Rodgers, each with four.

Mustang quarterback Tony Smith was eight of 16 for 131 yards, going just three of nine for 20 yards in the second half. Dominique Johnson caught six passes for 113 yards.

Cal Poly junior slotback Mark Rodgers produced his third 100-yard game of the season, netting 102 yards on 17 carries. Yocum finished with 65 yards on 14 trips and Romanelli added 51 yards on 12 carries.

Senior linebacker Marty Mohamed led Cal Poly defensively with eight tackles, including a sack. The Mustangs had five sacks in all, but did not force any turnovers while turning the ball over three times themselves.

Byron Gruendl had nine tackles and an interception for UC Davis, which leads Cal Poly 18-16-2 in the series dating back to 1939.

Members of Cal Poly's 1980 NCAA Division II National Championship team returned to San Luis Obispo for a 30-year reunion over the weekend. Several players participated in the coin toss and the team was honored at halftime.