New Mexico State Scores 38 Straight to Bury Mercyhurst
Mercyhurst led 14-13 in the second quarter. It then got outscored 38-0, and New Mexico State walked away with a 51-14 win.
The Aggies scored first on a 26-yard interception return by Nick Session. Mercyhurst tied it 7-7 with a 2-yard Byron Cardwell Jr. run, TJ Washington Jr. put NMSU back on top 13-7 (the extra point was blocked), and Camden Lewis caught a 14-yard pass from Alex Gevaudan with 12:44 left in the second quarter for the 14-13 lead. That was the last Mercyhurst score of the day. A 39-yard Ilya Uvaydov field goal and a 46-yard James Jones run made it 23-14 at the half, and Washington's second touchdown run made it 30-14 entering the fourth.
The fourth quarter was a parade. Jones caught a 2-yard pass from Trey Hedden, Terrione Graves ran under an 83-yard Hedden throw at 12:32, and Adam Damante (3 of 3 for 42 yards) hit AJ Williams III from 23 yards with 4:29 left. New Mexico State finished with 532 yards (295 passing, 237 rushing on 40 carries), no turnovers on offense and two sacks. Tyler King caught three passes for 94 yards, and Graves' single catch, the 83-yarder, was worth 15.3 points all by itself. Hedden needed only 20 attempts to throw for 253.
The Aggies are 1-1 and Mercyhurst is 0-1. Jones led the fantasy scorers with 26.9 points, from 137 rushing yards and a touchdown both ways, rushing and receiving. Hedden had 21.4 on two touchdown passes, and Washington had 20.5 on seven carries.