Florida Atlantic Holds Off a Navy Rally, 38-30
Caden Veltkamp threw five touchdown passes in the first three quarters, and Florida Atlantic needed every one of them. The Owls beat Navy 38-30 after leading 38-7 late in the third.
It started on the first scoring play of the game: Veltkamp hit Easton Messer from 76 yards at 14:18 of the first quarter. Navy tied it at 7 with a 48-yard Braxton Woodson run, and that was the last time the Midshipmen were even close for a while. Messer caught another from 36, Kelby Valsin one from 30, Dom Henry one from 13, and Collin Rogers kicked a 60-yard field goal as the half ended. 31-7 at the break. AJ Johnson added a 5-yard touchdown late in the third to make it 38-7.
Then Navy started scoring. Jackson Gutierrez hit Jordan Collins from 64 yards, threw 8 yards to Charles Robinson (the two-point run failed), a safety followed, and Gutierrez ran 49 yards with 1:46 left and converted the two-pointer. That is 23 points in the last stretch, and it still left them 8 short.
The totals look odd for a game this lopsided on the scoreboard. Navy ran 36 times for 246 yards and had 393 total yards to FAU's 430. But Veltkamp went 27 of 32 for 386, and FAU did not turn it over once, while Navy threw an interception and lost a fumble. Both teams are 1-1.
For fantasy, Veltkamp's 43.2 and Messer's 37.9 were the two biggest lines of the day. Gutierrez rescued some Navy owners too, with 29.5 on a mere six completions.