Elon Shuts Out Davidson 38-0 to Open the Year
Davidson threw for 202 yards and still did not score. Elon won 38-0, and the Wildcats finished with 251 total yards, 49 of them on the ground, which is not a number that wins anything.
It began quietly with a 39-yard Luke Barnes field goal in the first quarter, and then the second quarter turned into a parade. Kamerin McDowell-Moore ran 29 yards for a touchdown with 11:37 left, Jimmyll Williams scored from 3 yards with 9:26 left, and Williams added a 1-yard score with 27 seconds left before the break. That was 24-0 at halftime, and it was never close to being a game after that. TJ Crews IV hit Jaedon Alford for a 36-yard touchdown in the third, and McDowell-Moore finished it with a 1-yard run with 8:27 left in the fourth.
Elon had 348 yards (191 passing, 157 rushing) and committed no turnovers. Davidson lost a fumble. Elon was credited with two sacks and Davidson with one. Elon never trailed, and with a lead that large the second half was mostly about running out the clock, which the scoring plays suggest it did, scoring only twice after halftime.
Flip the script and picture Davidson with those 202 passing yards on the other side of the ball and you still have a team that could not find the end zone once. Zero points is zero points. The first quarter had just the field goal, and the fourth had only one score.
Elon is 1-0, Davidson is 0-1. On the fantasy side, a shutout means every useful point came from one team, and the Elon backs split the touchdowns almost evenly.