Holy Cross Holds Off Lafayette Despite Three Lafayette Turnovers Swinging It
Lafayette outgained Holy Cross 370 yards to 362 and lost 38-30. The difference was three turnovers, two lost fumbles and an interception, against none for Holy Cross.
Holy Cross never trailed. Joseph Williams ran in from 3 yards out to open the scoring, and David Lynch threw touchdowns of 19 yards to Mason McSweeney and 14 yards to Ty Curran to make it 20-7 after one quarter (the extra point after the Curran score failed). Owen Saraceno added a field goal, and Lynch found Lincoln Fisher from 26 yards for a 30-10 lead late in the second quarter.
Lafayette did not go away. Daniel Lipovski threw all four of his touchdown passes to either Carson Persing or Mason Kuehner, and Kuehner caught three of them, from 20, 4 and 15 yards. The 20-yarder with 1:56 left in the first half made it 30-17, the 4-yarder cut it to 30-24 late in the third, and Curran answered with a 33-yard touchdown early in the fourth. Holy Cross converted a two-point try on that one, which made it 38-24. Lafayette's last touchdown came with 0:54 left and the two-point attempt failed, so the final was 38-30.
Holy Cross had the lead for the whole game, so the turnovers never had to be fatal, but they did keep Lafayette from getting its yardage to count. Holy Cross moves to 1-3 and Lafayette drops to 1-2.
The fantasy story is simple: six players topped 20 points in this one, and Kuehner topped them all at 43.2.