Lamar Holds Off Abilene Christian 21-14 Behind McCown
Abilene Christian gained 78 more yards than Lamar and lost by a touchdown. Lamar won 21-14, and all 21 points came on touchdown passes by Aiden McCown.
Lamar scored first when McCown hit Davin Driskell from 5 yards at 7:36 of the first quarter. Abilene Christian tied it at 7-7 on an 8-yard pass from John David Black to Romelo Boykin with 1:54 left in the half, which is the only time the score was level. Lamar answered in 1:41: McCown threw a 33-yard touchdown to Blake Thomas with 13 seconds on the clock, and it was 14-7 at halftime.
That was the score for most of the second half. McCown and Driskell connected again from 5 yards at 14:53 of the fourth quarter, and Lamar led 21-7. Black threw to Cristian Driver from 4 yards at 3:58, and that was the last score.
Abilene Christian outgained Lamar, 358 yards to 280, and ran 29 times for 151 yards to Lamar's 33 for 97. It also threw two interceptions to Lamar's none. Take the turnovers out of it and the yardage says this was a coin flip. The scoring was spread thin: five scoring plays in the entire game, all touchdowns, and not one field goal. Two of them were Lamar touchdowns from 5 yards out, to the same receiver, from opposite ends of the game. Lamar is 1-0, and Abilene Christian is 0-1.
Fantasy-wise, McCown threw 17 of 32 for just 183 yards and still led everybody with 27 points. Three touchdowns will do that.