The defense held UIW to just 146 yards of offense and a total of 15 yards rushing, along with recording a season-high eight sacks.  WT junior linebacker Kyle Voss had a game-high 14 tackles with two sacks and three tackles for loss for 15 yards.  In all, the defense had 13 tackles for loss for 81 yards, as well as forcing a fumble and an interception.

 Offensively, the Buffaloes were led by junior wide receiver Lance Ratliff who had two catches for 68 yards and both were touchdowns.  Junior Torrence Allen had another strong outing with nine receptions for 86 yards.  Junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan was 19 of 32 with one interception for 243 yards and two scores.  Senior Khiry Robinson, in his second game of the season, had 13 carries for 58 yards and four receptions for 51 yards.

 Through a scoreless first quarter, the Buffs changed that quickly in the second as senior quarterback Dustin Vaughan hooked up over the middle for a 45-yard touchdown pass Ratliff 30 seconds into the quarter for a 7-0 lead. 

 On third and long very long for the Cardinals after a great jump and sack from Voss on second down from their own 17, Taylor Woods threw a short screen pass to Trent Rios who broke coverage for 54 yards, but the Buffalo defense came up big again pushing the Cardinals out of field goal position. On the ensuing punt, Emmanuel Nunez couldn’t handle the snap and fell on the ball at the 50 where WT took over.

 On a fourth and one from the 42 of UIW, the Buffs went for it as senior running back Khiry Robinson ran up the middle for two yards and a first down with 3:45 remaining in the half.  The Buffs went for it again on fourth down, but didn’t get to the first down marker giving the ball back to UIW with two minutes remaining in the half.

 Moments later, Woods was intercepted by senior defensive back Jordan Smith with 1:24 remaining in the half at the WT 44.

 A nice pass Allen gave the Buffs a first and 10 at the UIW 33 with 1:15 remaining in the half.  The Buffs then had a second and seven at the 15 with 40 seconds remaining in the half.  After a WT timeout, Vaughan escaped a sack and scampered to the six yard line with 25 seconds left.  WT settled for a field goal from junior Sergio Castillo, Jr., for a 10-0 lead at intermission.

 Just as in last week’s game, it took the offense a half to get things going, but in the third quarter it got going with two touchdowns courtesy of the second Vaughan to Ratliff on a 23-yard pass, followed by some good special teams as the Buffs blocked a UIW punt as junior defensive lineman David Christmas picked up the ball and ran in for a score for a 24-0 lead. 

 It was the first shutout for the Buffaloes since a 49-0 win over Texas A&M-Commerce on Nov. 12, 2011.  It also was the first road shutout since a 27-0 win at Angelo State on Oct. 25, 2008. 

 UIW was led by Rios who had 66 yards on the ground on 14 carries and had six receptions for 67 yards.  Woods played instead of starter Zach Rhodes who had a concussion last week and was held out.  Woods went 14 of 26 with an interception for 123 yards.

 The Buffs return home to host Tarleton State next Saturday at 6 p.m. at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium.

Scores around the LSC

15.Midwestern St.      45
TAMK                         28

19. ACU                     23
Angelo St.                  28

ENMU                        23
Tarleton St.                35