Lehigh Runs past Georgetown 45-14 Despite Three Lost Fumbles
Three lost fumbles, one of them returned for a touchdown, and Lehigh still won 45-14. That is how much room Georgetown left on the table.
The fumble return is the only reason it was ever close. Lehigh opened with a 4-yard Luke Yoder run at 8:21 of the first quarter, and Michael Bonsu scooped one up and went 22 yards at 13:54 of the second to tie it 7-7. It was the only time the game was level. Yoder answered with a 20-yard run at 9:18, caught a 7-yard touchdown from Hayden Johnson at 2:46, and Connor Poole's 27-yard field goal made it 24-7 at the half. Yoder's 9-yard run at 8:16 of the third made it 31-7.
Johnson hit Joseph Marranca from 2 yards at 13:08 of the fourth, and Aidan Mayfield ran 12 yards at 3:56 for the 45th point. Georgetown scored last, Jack Johnson to Jonathan Alexander from 4 yards with 24 seconds left, which kept the margin at 31 instead of 38.
The numbers behind it: Lehigh ran 54 times for 302 yards and finished with 573 total, to Georgetown's 239. Lehigh also had the ball taken away three times to Georgetown's one (an interception), and was still never in trouble after the first few minutes. Flip the fumble return and it is a 45-7 game.
Lehigh is 2-0. Georgetown is 0-1, and its offense needs a better answer than 124 passing yards and one interception. Neither team turned this into a close game, and Lehigh's lone worry is what it does with the football.
Yoder scored four times and was the best fantasy play of the day, with Johnson and Mayfield behind him.