Tennessee Tech Erases a 14-point Hole to Edge Wofford 42-38
Wofford led 28-14 at halftime and lost. Tennessee Tech scored 28 points in the second half, took its first lead of the game with 1:06 left, and won 42-38 to stay perfect at 4-0.
Wofford had been the better team for a while. Ethan Drumm threw touchdown passes of 40, 10, 76 and 11 yards to four different receivers, and Colby Alexander, Isaiah Scott, Jack Ewell and Terrence Honeywood were all on the receiving end. Tech kept pace with Jax Leatherwood throwing to Qua Ashley and Ivan Hoyt, but Wofford was still up 14 at the break.
The turn came right after halftime. Ashley returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown at the very start of the third quarter, and it was 28-21. Gerald Modest Jr. answered with a 14-yard run to make it 35-21, and then Wofford did not score a touchdown again. Eric Weatherly caught a 24-yarder to cut it to 35-28, and M.J. Flowers caught an 8-yarder with 3:23 left to tie it at 35-35.
Sam Spence kicked a 53-yard field goal with 1:46 to go to put Wofford back up 38-35. It lasted 40 seconds. Leatherwood found Weatherly from 15 yards, and that was the game. The rushing totals were identical, 76 yards each, so this was a passing contest: 427 yards for Tech, 304 for Wofford. Wofford falls to 2-2.
Fantasy takeaway: both quarterbacks were fantasy gold. Leatherwood scored 46.5 and Drumm 35.4, and Drumm still lost.