Gage
Gubrud of Eastern Washington University was Big Sky Conference football offensive
“Player of the Week” for a game played 9/3/2016 evening.
In the
opening season contest for both teams, EWU upset favored Washington State,
45-42, at WSU’s Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.
Making his first start at
quarterback for the victorious Eagles, Gubrud, a sophomore from McMinnville (McMinnnville High Class of 2014), had
a record-breaking performance.
He completed 34-of-40 passes for
474 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 77 yards. Gubrud’s 30-yard bootleg TD
with 1:39 left in the game followed by a PAT kick gave EWU a 45-35 lead.
(Gubrud’s 551 yards of total
offense broke the EWU record of 518 set by QB Vernon Adams Jr. against Oregon
State in 2013, when he passed for 411 yards and rushed for 107 yards.)
EWU coach Beau Baldwin said
Gubrud’s “played like we went live in a scrimmage – and we’ve done that before.
“He didn’t go out there wide-eyed
or nervous. He didn’t play perfect – nobody played perfect and I didn’t coach
perfect. You’re always searching for that, but he went out there with
confidence and attacked it. I think that helps you a lot when you settle down
and don’t pay attention to everything else that’s going on.”
Story based on Big Sky Conference news release
of 9/5/2016 and other sources.
