Sacramento State Shuts Out Mississippi Valley State 52-0
A shutout, and not a close one. Sacramento State beat Mississippi Valley State 52-0, and the Hornets scored in every quarter, including a 63-yard touchdown pass with 2:00 left in the third.
The first score came on a 5-yard pass from Jackson Sharman to Matt Coleman with 10:52 left in the first quarter, and Jamar Curtis ran in from 1 yard before the period ended to make it 14-0. A 25-yard Grant Meadors field goal, a 19-yard connection from Sharman to Coleman and a 24-yarder to Jace Wilson with 28 seconds left in the half put it at 31-0 at the break. Coleman's 63-yarder pushed it to 38-0, and it stayed there entering the fourth. Jaylen Patterson (a quarterback, 3 carries for 50 yards) broke a 43-yard run, and Daniel Swinney finished it with a 3-yard run with 3:21 left.
Sacramento State had 455 yards, 250 passing and 205 rushing on 39 carries, with four sacks on defense. It was not spotless: Sharman threw an interception and lost a fumble, and the team finished with one of each. It did not matter. Patterson's 50 yards on three carries and Swinney's 58 on eight rounded out a ground game that never had to hurry.
The Hornets are 1-1 and Mississippi Valley State is 0-1. The fantasy story is Coleman, who caught six passes for 141 yards and three touchdowns for 38.1 points. Sharman threw four touchdown passes for 34 points, and Wilson added 13.8. Three of Sharman's four scoring throws went to Coleman, so that is where the points were.