Richmond Survives Three Picks to Beat Furman 13-9
Three interceptions from your quarterback and a lost fumble on top. Most teams lose that game. Richmond won it 13-9 over Furman and moved to 4-0, because Furman lost two fumbles of its own and never found the end zone.
Furman's whole offense was Nathan Chapman's right leg: field goals of 33, 42 and 49 yards, the last of them as the first half expired. That kept the Paladins within 10-9 at the break, and they did not score again. Richmond had opened with a 26-yard Kyle Bitsko field goal, then got its only touchdown on a 6-yard pass from Ashten Snelsire to Carson Derey in the second quarter.
Bitsko's 30-yarder with 5:34 left in the third made it 13-9, and that was the last score of the day. The game was tied once, at 3-3 after the first quarter, and Furman never held the lead. The last 20 minutes of football went by without a point, which is a funny thing to say about a game with six turnovers between the teams.
The pass rush may be what saved it. Richmond sacked Furman five times to Furman's one, and Richmond outgained the Paladins 355 to 215, running 38 times for 188 yards against Furman's 78 on the ground. Furman falls to 1-2.
Fantasy takeaway: Aziz Foster-Powell carried it 25 times for 125 yards and still did not score a touchdown. Snelsire threw for 167 yards on 19 of 40 and got 13.6 points, 6.7 of them from passing yards and 6 from the one touchdown pass.