Western Michigan Rolls Monmouth 49-14
Western Michigan was up 28-0 before Monmouth had a scoring play, and the 49-14 final never got interesting. Broc Lowry threw three touchdowns, Jalen Buckley ran for three, and the Broncos did not turn the ball over.
Lowry opened it with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Baylin Brooks in the first quarter and hit Egypt Nelson from 23 yards in the second. Buckley ran in from a yard out late in the half and again from 11 yards to start the third, making it 28-0 with 14:03 left in that quarter. Monmouth finally got on the board when Frankie Weaver found Tra Neal from 5 yards out, but Lowry answered with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Brooks about two minutes later and Buckley added another 1-yarder to make it 42-7.
Western Michigan finished with 415 yards (266 passing, 149 rushing on 31 carries), no interceptions, no fumbles lost, and a sack on defense. Backup Trey Petty even got in on it with a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ryan Brotherton in the fourth. Nazir Treadwell's 1-yard run with 0:15 left made the score look a little nicer than the game was. The Broncos never trailed and never gave up a first-half point, so the outcome was settled well before the fourth quarter. Backups got work too: Petty added 54 passing yards on 4 of 5, and Harper Hughes chipped in on the ground and through the air.
Western Michigan is 1-1 and Monmouth 0-1. Fantasy-wise, three Broncos put up big lines on a day when the lead was safe by halftime, and Lowry's 30.5 points were a season high by a mile.