Air Force Runs 71 Times, Throws for 19 Yards, Wins 34-0
Nineteen passing yards. That was the entire Air Force aerial attack, and the Falcons still beat Duquesne 34-0. They ran the ball 71 times for 431 yards, which is not a typo.
Kemper Hodges got it started with a four-yard run in the first quarter, and Liam Szarka made it 14-0 with a one-yarder early in the second. Carter Cremascoli then kicked field goals from 21 and 52 yards, so it was 20-0 at halftime. Szarka added a two-yard score late in the third for 27-0, and Evan Medders ran one in from four yards out with 8:19 left in the fourth to finish the job.
Here is the part I like. Air Force put up 450 total yards, and all but 19 of them came on the ground. Szarka threw five passes and completed three. Medders threw two and completed none. Hodges did not throw one. Nobody turned the ball over, and Duquesne never got a point on the board. Take away Cremascoli's two field goals and it is still 28-0. For the record, Rocco Conti led the non-quarterbacks with 10 carries for 74 yards, and Owen Allen had 10 more for 38. That is a lot of handoffs and very little else.
That makes Air Force 1-0 and Duquesne 0-1. For fantasy purposes it was a muddle. Szarka led the way with 17.9 points, Hodges had 13.2 on six carries for 72 yards (twelve a carry), and Medders had 10.8. Three quarterbacks in the top three. If your league makes you pick one Falcon, good luck.