Houston Beats Southern 77-6 with Eleven Touchdowns
Eleven touchdowns, eleven made extra points, 77 points. Southern's share of the evening was six points, on one play.
That play was a 79-yard pass from Wyatt McCauley to Wydell Clark Jr. in the third quarter, with the extra point blocked. It was 70-0 when it happened, which gives you the timeline. Houston never trailed and the shutout lasted until the last five minutes of the third quarter. Houston was up 28-0 after one quarter and 49-0 at the half.
The scoring was a team effort, and I mean everybody. Conner Weigman threw three touchdown passes in the first half (9 yards to Patrick Overmyer, 8 to Amare Thomas, 43 to Koby Young) and then Keisean Henderson took over and threw two more (7 yards to Young, 20 to John Hebert) and also ran 54 yards for a touchdown. Re'Shaun Sanford II, Makhi Hughes, DJ Butler, Hebert and Luke Carney added rushing touchdowns of 9, 1, 9, 7 and 8 yards.
Houston finished with 591 yards, 388 of them on the ground, and did not turn the ball over. It is now 2-0. Southern is 0-1 and probably glad the season is long.
For fantasy, the points were spread thin, and the top three were all Houston. Henderson, whose position is not listed, had 26.7 points on 6 of 7 passing for 83 yards and two touchdowns plus the 54-yard run. Weigman's 23.4 came on 9 of 12 passing. Hebert's 21.5 came on two touchdowns, one by air and one by ground, which is a fine way to spend five carries and one catch.