Maine Scores 21 in One Quarter and Survives Towson
Maine scored three touchdowns in the second quarter, none in the other three, and won 21-18. That is the whole offense, and it was enough. Towson did the math the hard way: 379 total yards to Maine's 335, and still a loss.
The 21 points came in a hurry. Eddie Buehler hit Malik McNeely from 16 yards at 8:38, Rashawn Marshall ran 32 yards at 2:38, and Buehler found Nick Laughlin from 30 yards at 0:42. That was 21-0, and it took less than eight minutes of game clock. Towson got something back before the half, with Andrew Indorf throwing a 4-yard touchdown to Aaron Enterline at 0:11 and hitting him again on the two-point try for 21-8.
In the third quarter Indorf threw a 59-yard touchdown to Cleveland Charlton at 5:11, and Zaydaan Faridi's 39-yard field goal at 12:18 of the fourth made it 21-18. Then nothing. Maine led from the first score to the last, with no lead changes and no ties, and Towson had the final 12 minutes to find a go-ahead score and did not. Towson turned it over twice, one interception and one lost fumble, and Maine did not turn it over at all. Maine also had six sacks to Towson's one. (The scorebook says Indorf finished with minus-30 rushing yards on 10 carries, so draw your own conclusions.)
Maine starts 1-0 and Towson 0-1. The top fantasy scorer was on the losing side: Charlton had 4 catches for 136 yards and a touchdown, and still lost a fumble. Buehler and Indorf were right behind at 20.9 and 19.7. Three points separated the teams.