Beau Brungard Runs and Throws Youngstown State past Mercyhurst
Beau Brungard ran 21 times for 119 yards and two touchdowns, threw for 232 more and three more scores, and finished with 51.2 fantasy points. Five touchdowns in a 43-10 Youngstown State win is the sort of line you frame.
Mercyhurst did take the first lead, a 24-yard Rocco Marcantonio field goal at 9:38 of the first quarter, and that was the last time Mercyhurst scored until the final two minutes. Brungard ran 5 yards for a score at 3:59 and it was 7-3. In the second quarter he threw an 11-yard touchdown to Lynn Wyche-El and hit Max Welter on the two-point try for 15-3, Jaden Gilbert ran 24 yards at 5:13, and Brungard added a 9-yard run with 0:23 left in the half. That was 29-3 at the break.
The third quarter brought a 27-yard touchdown to Bryan Hunt, and the fourth an 8-yard one to Gilbert at 9:52, and it was 43-3. Mercyhurst got a 2-yard touchdown from Alex Gevaudan to Sha'lik Hampton with 1:50 left and that was the whole offense. Youngstown State had 484 yards to Mercyhurst's 242, and the ground game was the difference: 252 rushing yards on 36 carries against 30 on 19. Mercyhurst threw two interceptions and Youngstown State one.
Youngstown State starts 1-0, Mercyhurst 0-1. For fantasy purposes the three top scorers were all Youngstown State players: Brungard, Gilbert at 26 points and Wyche-El at 16.5. Brungard was the clear one. Fifty-one points is a lot of points, (yes, with an interception in there too).