Southern Utah Outlasts Weber State in 47-42 Shootout
Thirteen touchdowns, six lead changes, and the last one went to a running back who had already scored twice. Floyd Chalk IV ran 22 yards for his third touchdown with 9:13 left in the fourth quarter, and Southern Utah held on to beat Weber State 47-42.
The Thunderbirds trailed by as many as nine (22-13 in the second quarter) and still ran for 371 yards on 50 carries. Will Burns scored on an 11-yard run, then broke a 75-yarder 12 seconds after Weber State's Zach Smith returned a blocked punt 25 yards for a touchdown. Chalk added scores from 4 and 39 yards, and Burns threw touchdowns of 16 yards to Joshua Acord and 16 yards to Devin Downing in the third quarter to put Southern Utah up 41-36. Noah Kjar's 24-yard catch with 13:53 left pulled Weber State to 42-41 (the two-point try failed), and the Wildcats never got the lead back. Chalk's score went up 47-42, also without the conversion.
Weber State had 464 total yards to Southern Utah's 517, and threw for 282 against 146. Burns alone ran for 148 yards, which tells you where the yards came from, and the Wildcats had no answer for the run when it mattered. Each team threw one interception, and Weber State lost a fumble on top of that. Both finish 1-1.
The finish was oddly quiet for a game with this many points. After Chalk's last touchdown with 9:13 left, neither team scored again, so the six lead changes were all done by then and the margin stayed at five.
Fantasy owners got a lot to chew on. Two different players cleared 36 points, and a quarterback who threw for 146 yards still put up 44.6.