Appalachian State Routs Maine 55-3 in the Opener
Malachi Singleton threw 24 passes and completed 22 of them. Appalachian State scored 55 points. Maine scored three.
The Mountaineers beat Maine 55-3 and were never in danger of losing, tied or even behind. Treyaun Webb scored from two yards out in the first quarter, James London added a 31-yard field goal, and then the second quarter went off. Singleton threw touchdowns of five yards to Darrin Fugitt, 14 yards to Sam Pickett III and seven yards to Pickett again with seven seconds left in the half, which made it 31-0 at the break. Jaquari Lewis ran in from 12 yards in the third quarter to make it 38-0, and Maine's only points were a 40-yard Samuel Tremblay field goal with under a minute left in that quarter.
The fourth quarter brought two long runs, Nate Branch for 36 yards and Jackson Grier for 28, and then a 32-yard London field goal with 2:12 left for the last of it. Appalachian State finished with 647 total yards, 348 through the air and 299 on the ground from just 39 rushes (a bit over seven and a half a carry). It lost one fumble and threw no interceptions, and it sacked Maine twice.
Appalachian State starts 1-0 and Maine 0-1. Maine's lone score was that field goal, so the Mountaineers' defense had a quiet day to go with the loud offense.
The fantasy note is that three different Mountaineers scored over 20 Promethium points. Singleton had 28.7, Pickett 24.6 and Branch 20.9, and Branch is listed as a receiver who also ran for a touchdown.