Toledo Scores 63 on Central Connecticut and Gets a Blocked-punt Touchdown
Central Connecticut led. For about three and a half minutes, anyway. Jack Hennessey kicked a 25-yard field goal to make it 3-0, and Toledo then scored the next eight touchdowns (no really, eight in a row) on its way to a 63-10 win.
The Rockets went ahead on a four-yard pass from John Alan Richter to Connor Walendzak, then Richter threw 85 yards to Rico Bond with 0:52 left in the first quarter for 14-3. Autavius Ison and CJ Miller ran for scores in the second, and Hayden Roy returned a blocked punt for a touchdown with 1:23 left in the half for 35-3. The third quarter was Adjatay Dabbs from four yards, Walendzak from a yard, and Khamoni Robinson from 38 for 56-3.
Central Connecticut finally scored again in the fourth, when Mel Jacobs returned an interception 14 yards for a touchdown. That was the only way it found the end zone, and it was one of two Toledo giveaways (the Rockets also lost a fumble). Cooper Rusk made it 63-10 with a 40-yard catch from Walter Moses late.
The margin was 53, and Toledo reached 63 without needing a single field goal. Toledo scored by pass, by run and on a blocked punt, which is a fairly complete menu. It finished with 571 yards (313 passing, 258 rushing) and is 1-1. Central Connecticut is 0-1.
If you had Richter, you got 28.2 points on 15 of 24 passing. Bond's one touchdown was 85 yards long, and it was most of his 135 yards.