ELLENSBURG, Wash. — If word has yet to get out concerning two aspects of Central Washington's football team, it should quickly.

On one front, it is exceedingly difficult to run the ball on the Wildcats. On another, it's similarly tough to shut down Johnny Spevak.

The uninformed among Division II football observers should thus consider the events of Saturday in Tomlinson Stadium, where fifth-ranked Central held Dixie State to negative rushing yards and Spevak broke two school receiving records in a 37-6 win.

Neither accomplishment should be taken lightly.

The Wildcats have fielded dominant defensive teams before, most recently in 2004, but none has limited successive opponents to minus ground yardage.

Central pinned a negative 29 on Dixie's ground game, and the week prior allowed minus 33 at Idaho State — the worst total in Bengals history.

"Our defense continues to play extremely well," said CWU coach Blaine Bennett. "They've been dominant. They play fast, they play well and they're fun to watch."

Spevak, meanwhile, continued his run as one of Central's best multisport athletes.

An eight-catch, 71-yard, two-touchdown day pushed the redshirt senior (and four-year basketball starter) past Brian Potucek for career receiving yards (3,905). And Spevak's first scoring strike was his 50th, making him the first Central receiver to reach that mark.

"A guy on their team is one of my best friends," said CWU quarterback Cole Morgan, whose 5-yard, second-quarter throw was Spevak's 50th TD. "He was telling me, hey, that (No.) 84, I don't think he's any good. We're going to shut him down.

"I told him, 'Just watch.' It's hard to explain how he's good, or why. He just is."

Morgan, a senior transfer from Western Washington, was a prime player in Central's improvement to 6-0 and its 26th consecutive GNAC triumph.

Summoned to replace a struggling Ryan Robertson to start the Wildcats' fourth offensive series, and with CWU down 6-3, Morgan led the offense to Garrett Rolsma field goals of 41 and 29 yards.

He followed with his touchdown pass to Spevak, then engineered a 75-yard drive in only 59 seconds that was highlighted by a 49-yard slant pattern to Sam Togar and culminated in a 7-yard TD toss, also to Togar, with 28 seconds left in the first half.

"I just wanted to slow things down for Ryan," Bennett said, "and let him watch some things. He'd made some bad throws and a couple of bad checks, and Cole Morgan came in and did a very nice job for us.

"But Ryan's our quarterback. There is not a controversy here."

Robertson, having thrown four interceptions at Idaho State, was 2-for-6 for 10 yards before being spelled, and finished 10 of 21 for 80 yards and a 14-yard TD to Spevak with no picks.

"It was fun to be out there," said Morgan, a Ballard High grad who began his college career at Washington State before moving to Western. "I thought I did a good job. And it was fun to be a part of Spevak's record stuff."

Spevak thought so, too.

"Mostly it was neat for my Mom," he said, smiling. "She was telling me before the game which records I needed to break."

Then, looking at his jersey number, which was worn by Potucek, Spevak said, "I still think Brian was the best receiver who's played here."

While the defense continued to dominate, led by linebacker Adam Bighill's 11 tackles plus a pass interception, the special teams (Tyler Cardin) blocked a punt for the second straight week. And this time Jamal Weems took the recovery 15 yards for the game's final touchdown.

"Offensively," said Spevak, "we didn't play that great. We'll have to play better to win on the road, or to win a playoff game."

Dixie State fell to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the GNAC.