Tennessee Cruises past Kennesaw State 42-9
Kennesaw State scored three times, all of them field goals, and never found the end zone. Tennessee won 42-9, went to 3-0, and sent the Owls to 1-2.
The Volunteers took the game early and never gave it back. DeSean Bishop ran in from three yards for the opening touchdown, Daniel Kinney answered with a 35-yard field goal, and then Braylon Staley caught a 13-yard pass from Faizon Brandon with 26 seconds left in the first quarter. Luca Wolf ran in the two-point conversion, which made it 15-3. Cooper Ranvier added field goals of 40 and 43 yards in the second quarter, the second with 23 seconds left in the half, for 21-3 at the break.
Daune Morris ran 42 yards for a score in the third quarter, and Brandon added a five-yard run for 35-3 entering the fourth. Kennesaw State added a 25-yarder from Kinney, Hunter Barnes ran in from three yards out for Tennessee, and Kinney kicked one more from 20 yards with 2:45 left. Tennessee ran 41 times for 268 yards and had 446 total yards to Kennesaw State's 291, and the Volunteers lost a fumble while the Owls lost one too. Neither team threw an interception, and the 33-point margin came without a single Tennessee pass touchdown longer than 13 yards.
For fantasy, this was a rushing game. Morris had 116 yards on 14 carries, and Brandon had 23.8 points even with a lost fumble. The surprise was Kennesaw State's Zion Booker, who caught ten passes for 78 yards and cracked the top three for the Owls.