New Mexico Scores 63 Straight and Beats Mercyhurst 70-7
It was 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. Then New Mexico scored 63 points in a row, and Mercyhurst finished 0-2 with a 70-7 loss.
Luke Moga's 1-yard run put the Lobos up with 0:27 left in the first, and Mercyhurst tied it 14 seconds later on a 75-yard touchdown pass from Anthony Wolter to Jeremy Yancey. That was the last time Mercyhurst scored. The second quarter was a blur: Kiefer Sibley ran 36 yards, Moga hit Cade Keith from 42, Scottre Humphrey ran in from 2, Toa Faavae threw a 64-yard touchdown to Troy Omeire, Faavae ran 26 yards for a score himself, and Humphrey added a 3-yarder with 0:50 left. That is six touchdowns in the quarter and a 49-7 halftime lead.
Deshaun Buchanan's 5-yard run and Moga's 35-yard touchdown to DJ Darling made it 63-7 in the third, and Jerod Terry Jr. closed it with an 8-yard run in the fourth. New Mexico ran 52 times for 287 yards, threw for 173, did not turn the ball over and sacked the Mercyhurst quarterback five times. Every one of its ten touchdowns was followed by a made kick. Mercyhurst got its 7 points on one play and spent the rest of the afternoon on the wrong end of the arithmetic. Moga, Faavae and Humphrey all scored more than once, and the Lobos' defense gave up that one 75-yard pass and almost nothing else we can see.
New Mexico is 2-0. For fantasy, the points were spread across three backs and two quarterbacks, which is a polite way of saying you needed the right one.