Kamario Taylor Throws Four Touchdowns in Mississippi State Rout
Kamario Taylor was 22 of 34 for 354 yards with four touchdown passes, and he ran for another score. That is five touchdowns, and Mississippi State scored eight in a 62-13 win over UL Monroe.
It was 21-0 before the first quarter ended. Taylor hit Sanfrisco Magee from 6 yards, then Zion Ragins from 22, then ran in from 26 himself. Abram Murray's 43-yard field goal got UL Monroe on the board at 21-3, and that was about the last good news for a while. Anthony Evans III caught a 10-yard score, Kyle Ferrie kicked two field goals, and Xavier Gayten ran in from 14 yards with 35 seconds left in the half. 41-3 at the break.
Marquis Johnson's 70-yard catch early in the third made it 48-3, and UL Monroe answered with a Derrick Jameson 40-yard touchdown and a 52-yard Murray field goal to make it 48-13. J.J. Hill then ran 57 yards at 7:50 of the fourth and 8 yards at 2:44, and the scoreboard ended at 62.
The team numbers are silly. Mississippi State ran for 350 yards on 36 carries (9.7 a carry) and threw for 417 for 767 total yards, without a turnover and with two sacks on defense. UL Monroe had 282 total yards (140 passing, 142 rushing) and also did not turn it over, which is the only thing both teams agreed on. Austin Carlisle was 6 of 10 for 73 yards and a touchdown.
Mississippi State is 1-0 and UL Monroe is 0-1. Taylor's 50.1 Promethium points is the sort of line you frame, and Evans (24.8) and Hill (23.8) were not far behind.