MOREHEAD, KY. ? Morehead State forced Drake into six turnovers as the Eagles' spoiled the homecoming of former head coach Steve Loney with a 33-0 Pioneer Football League victory Saturday.

"We haven't played well in our last three road games," said Loney who served as head coach at Morehead State from 1981-83. "We're not the same team."

Morehead State limited Drake to a season-low 111 yards total offense.

Meanwhile, the Eagles rolled up 399 yards total offense, while controlling the line of scrimmage with 38 minutes six seconds in time of possession.

"We fought field position the entire game and some of that was our own doing," added Loney, whose team fell to 6-4 overall, including a 3-3 league mark. "We never got good field position. Our ball security was bad and we didn't do a good job with pass protection."

Morehead State, which entered the game leading the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing defense allowing opponents only 22.5 yards per game, held Drake to minus five yards rushing in 22 carries.

Drake ball carries rushed for 41 yards, but the Bulldogs had minus 46 yards in team rushing because of two poor center snaps on punts.

For the second consecutive road game a miscue in Drake's special teams proved critical.

On the Bulldogs' first possession of the game punter Brandon Wubs had the snap from center Travis Klatt at the 26 Drake yard line sail over his head into the end zone, resulting in a safety.

Then the Eagles parlayed a interception thrown by Drake quarterback Derek Retherford into their first touchdown.

Behind runs of 13 and seven yards by Scott Phaydavong, the Bulldogs marched to the Morehead State 37 yardline late in the first quarter before safety Bryan Gray halted the drive by picking off a Retherford pass at the 33 yardline.

Six plays later Jerrod Pendleton scored on a one-yard burst to push the Eagles' lead to 9-0 with 14:02 left in the second quarter.

Pendleton added a two-yard touchdown run with 1:10 left in the second quarter.

Senior tight end Daniel Marx had a game-high five receptions for 30 yards for Drake, while junior receiver Zach Brower caught four passes for 73 yards.

Senior fullback Willie Cashmore led Drake with 31 yards on the ground in five carries. Scott Phaydavong rushed for 23 yards in seven carries.

Linebacker Stephen Platek led Drake with 11 tackles, while senior safety Andy Green had 10 tackles. Freshman linebacker Matt Murphy and senior cornerback Tyler Marley had interceptions for Drake.

Drake will close out the season playing host to Dayton in a 1 p.m. kickoff next Saturday.

"We need to learn from this and come back," said Loney. "We have a lot of seniors who have played a lot of good football for Drake and will be closing out their college careers next week."