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Cal Poly's Chris Gocong had 11 tackles, including a sack in the Mustangs' loss at Eastern Washington.
 
 
Eastern Washington Upends Cal Poly, 38-21

CHENEY, Wash. - Junior quarterback Erik Meyer passed for 417 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 21 Eastern Washington to a 38-21 non-conference victory over No. 11 Cal Poly on Saturday at Woodward Field.

Meyer, who completed 21 of 32 passes, connected with Eric Kimble on nine passes, three for touchdowns, and with Tyler Coleman on the other score as the Eagles improved to 7-3 on the season.

Cal Poly (7-2) suffered its second straight loss after opening the season with seven consecutive victories.

Cal Poly tied the game at 7-7 and 14-14, but never held the lead as Meyer produced the fifth-best passing performance in Eastern Washington history and became the first player to pass for over 400 yards against the Mustangs since J.T. O'Sullivan of UC Davis amassed 415 yards in 2000.

Mustang junior quarterback Anthony Garnett completed 21 of 44 passes for 341 yards, his third 300-yard passing game in four weeks, and threw three touchdown passes.

Garnett connected with Anthony Randolph on an 8-yard scoring pass in the second quarter moments after an Eastern Washington fumble was recovered by Kyle Shotwell.

Garnett also completed an 89-yard scoring pass to Darrell Jones early in the third quarter, tying the game at 14-14. That score came on the first play after Shotwell intercepted a Meyer pass.

But the Mustangs would be outscored 24-7 the rest of the way as Meyer threw two more scoring passes, Sheldon Weddle kicked a 39-yard field goal and Toke Kefu ran one yard for the final score of the game with 2:30 to play.

Garnett hit Randolph with a five-yard scoring pass with seven minutes to play, cutting Eastern Washington's lead to 31-21.

Randolph finished with 10 catches for 141 yards, both career highs, and his two scoring catches tied a career high.

Cal Poly was held to just two yards rushing. Garnett was sacked five times to cut into the Mustangs' total. Adam Martinez had 38 yards on five caries while Geno Randle added 33 yards on 10 trips.

Jones matched his career high with eight catches for 163 yards.

Defensively, Cal Poly was led by linebacker Jordan Beck with 21 tackles, second-most in his four-year Mustang career. He had one sack and another 1.5 tackles for lost yardage. Shotwell finished with 13 tackles, including 1.5 sacks, and Chris Gocong had 11 tackles, including a sack.

Both Beck and Gocong are Buck Buchanan Award nominees.

Cal Poly's defense recorded six sacks, raising its season total to 31, and one interception, giving the Mustangs 19 on the year.

Cal Poly will host Northern Colorado for a Great West Football Conference game next Saturday at 6 p.m. in Mustang Stadium.