Weber State Buries Northwestern State 49-20
Twenty-one points before the first quarter hit the 9:00 mark. That is how Weber State started, and the rest of the afternoon was just arithmetic.
Nate Dahle hit Marvin Session for 11 yards with 12:42 left in the first. Tre Turner then returned a blocked field goal 67 yards for a touchdown, and Spencer Ferguson ran in from 23 yards out, 21-0 with 9:42 to play in the quarter. Northwestern State got a Zach Wilcke touchdown pass to Brendan Webb in the second (the extra point was blocked, so 21-6), but Seth Rigtrup scored from a yard out with 28 seconds left in the half and it was 28-6 at the break.
The second half added Rigtrup from 6 yards and a 37-yard Dahle touchdown pass to Ammon Munyer, so it was 42-6 going to the fourth. Wilcke threw 5 yards to Joseph Moreland, Semisi Kinikini plunged in from a yard out to make it 49-13, and Wilcke found Zay Davis from 38 yards with 6:18 left to dress up the final.
The yardage is closer than the score. Weber State had 441 total yards to 390 for Northwestern State, with 229 of them on the ground against 99. Weber State also threw two interceptions, which sounds like a problem until you see it never mattered. Northwestern State had none, lost a fumble, and lost by 29.
Weber State is 2-1. Northwestern State is 0-2. Wilcke, who threw 52 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns, led all scorers in fantasy points, which is what happens when you spend the day playing from behind.