Elon Pulls Away from Maine for a 43-17 Win
Elon scored 24 straight points in the second half and beat Maine 43-17 to go to 3-1. Maine is 1-2.
The Phoenix did it with a field goal, a safety and some long plays. Luke Barnes kicked a 39-yarder in the first quarter and a team safety made it 5-0 with 33 seconds left in the quarter. Samuel Tremblay's 24-yard field goal got Maine on the board, and then Elon went deep: Elijah Guttman threw a 57-yard touchdown to Dylan Magazu, and Kamerin McDowell-Moore ran 55 yards for another with 2:09 left before the break. It was 19-3 at halftime.
Maine made it 19-10 on a 30-yard Rashawn Marshall run early in the third quarter. That was the closest it got. McDowell-Moore scored again from 6 yards out at 6:46 of the third, Barnes added a 34-yard field goal, TJ Crews IV threw a 39-yard touchdown to Kenaz McMillian at 11:19 of the fourth and Magazu ran one in from a yard out with 6:46 left. That is 24 unanswered points. Caden Drezek threw an 8-yard touchdown to Kevin Jackson with 3:11 to go for the final margin.
Elon had 376 total yards to Maine's 315. Maine ran for more (167 yards to 158), but lost a fumble, and Elon threw one interception. So the gap was in the big plays: two Elon touchdowns of 55 and 57 yards, plus the 39-yard score.
For fantasy, McDowell-Moore had 24.6 on 14 carries for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Magazu, a tight end, scored both a rushing and a receiving touchdown for 18.8, and Marshall had 18.6 for Maine.