Monmouth Kicks past Dartmouth 31-28 on a Late Field Goal
A 25-yard field goal from Sky Sholder with 1:09 left decided it, and Monmouth beat Dartmouth 31-28 after the two teams traded the lead and the tie all afternoon. Three times the score was even, and the visitors were the ones holding the last kick.
Monmouth opened 7-0 on an Elijah Jennings run, then led 21-7 after two Frankie Weaver touchdown passes, 17 yards to Christian Harrison and 23 to Tra Neal. Dartmouth did not go quietly. Myles Craddock ran 28 yards for a score and Grayson Saunier threw a 2-yarder to Taysire Williams with nine seconds left in the half to square it at 21-21.
Saunier ran in a 3-yard touchdown late in the third to put Dartmouth up 28-21, which was the home team's only lead, and Kenny Smith Jr. tied it with a 4-yard run early in the fourth. Then nothing, until Sholder.
The yardage says Monmouth should have won comfortably: 484 to 383, with Weaver completing 33 of 42 for 313. Dartmouth ran 43 times for 235 yards, Craddock alone going for 140 on 22 carries, but threw for only 148 and completed 11 of 27. Each team lost a fumble. Monmouth is 3-1 and Dartmouth is 0-2.
Fantasy takeaway: Saunier did the most with the least, 30.5 points on 148 passing yards because he also ran for 66 and a score.