ST. GEORGE, Utah — Colorado Mines jumped to an early 10-point lead, but Western Washington rallied in the second half behind two Adam Perry touchdown passes for a 25-10 win in the Dixie Rotary Bowl on Saturday at Hansen Stadium.
In rattling off 25 unanswered points, Western Washington (6-5) got two scores on Perry-to-Cullen passes of 8 and 11 yards. Trailing 10-0 in the second quarter, Perry put the Vikings on the board with a 1-yard run for a TD.
Colorado Mines (8-4), the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference runner-up playing in its second Division II bowl game in as many years, got an early advantage after Colin Baker’s 33-yard field goal and Corey Huck’s 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
Perry finished 21-of-33 passing for 275 yards with two touchdowns. Mines quarterback David Pesek was 18-of-35 for 137 yards with three interceptions.
Colorado Mines 10 0 0 0 — 10
Western Washington 0 10 9 6 — 25
First quarter: CSM — FG Baker 33, 3:37. CSM — Huck 1 run (Baker kick), :01. Second quarter: WWU — Perry 1 run (Lider kick), 4:58. WWU — FG Lider 29, :45. Third quarter: WWU — Cullen 8 pass from Perry (Lider kick blocked), 12:51. WWU — FG Lider 39, 1:50. Fourth quarter: WWU — Cullen 11 pass from Perry (Perry pass failed), 6:26. A — 2,598.
CSM WVU
First downs 16 29
Rushes-yards 30-97 35-113
Passing 137 275
Att-comp-int 35-18-3 35-21-1
Total off. plays-yards 65-234 70-388
Return yards 192 104
Punts-avg. 5-38.0 3-38.0
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 12-106 8-58
Time of possession 27:32 32:28
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Colorado Mines, Huck 12-51, Pesek 12-29, Baum 4-13, Hahn 1-4, Haniszewski 1-0. Western Washington, Eldridge 24-134, team 2-(minus 4), Gardiner 2-(minus 6), Perry 7-(minus 11).
PASSING — Colorado Mines, Pesek 18-35-3-137. Western Washington, Perry 21-33-1-275, Gardiner 0-2-0-0.
RECEIVING — Colorado Mines, Vinnola 7-68, Huck 5-10, Moyer 3-23, Saur 2-25, Kastens 1-11. Western Washington, McCann 6-86, McKee 6-71, Cullen 3-51, Eldridge 2-16, Copsey 1-18, Dallas 1-17, Clark 1-10, Hekker 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS — Colorado Mines, Ferren 1-0. Western Washington, Schrader 2-23, Green 1-0.
