Austin Peay Hangs 63 on Morehead State with 694 Total Yards
694 yards. Austin Peay gained that many against Morehead State, 377 of them on the ground on just 33 carries, and won 63-7. That is 11.4 yards every time the Governors ran it.
Morehead State did get the first word. David Parsons hit Riley Purcell from 16 yards out with 10:00 left in the first quarter, and Morehead led 7-0 for all of 18 seconds. Denver Harper caught a 72-yard touchdown from Chris Parson to tie it, and Kaden Williams ripped off a 40-yard run to make it 14-7. After that it was a parade.
The second quarter alone went for 35 points. Isaiah Groves scored from a yard out, Parson threw a 1-yard touchdown to Jaden Robinson, Williams broke an 80-yard run, Harper caught a 31-yarder, and then Harper took a punt back 67 yards with 0:14 left in the half to make it 49-7. Corey Richardson added a 4-yard run in the third and Kelvin Perkins III a 1-yarder with 1:54 left in the fourth. Nine touchdowns in all, if you count a punt return as a drive (I do not).
Morehead managed 206 total yards, 137 of them passing, and lost a fumble. Austin Peay threw an interception and still had 317 passing yards on top of the rushing, with Parson going 12 of 15 for 260 yards and three touchdowns. Williams had 120 yards on two carries. Read that again.
Austin Peay is 2-0, Morehead State 0-1. For fantasy, this was a feast: Parson, Harper and Williams went 30.1, 28.2 and 24.0, and all of them had a season high.