Butler Beats Chicago State 47-20 After Three Lost Fumbles
Butler scored 16 points before the first quarter was five minutes old, and Chicago State never really got off the mat. Butler won 47-20, helped along by three Chicago State fumbles and a team that ran for 260 yards on 37 carries.
Here is the opening: Gabe Passini ran in from 9 yards out at 12:41 of the first quarter, then Chicago State fumbled out of the back of its own end zone for a safety, and Passini threw 32 yards to Nick Munson at 10:04. 16-0. Chris Edmonds answered with a 74-yard run (the extra point was blocked), and Butler had Drew Sullivan's 16-yard catch to go up 23-6 before the quarter ended. Chicago State got it to 23-14 on an 11-yard pass from Ashton Pannell to Arshawn Powell and a two-point conversion, but Sam Manna's 1-yard run with 1:57 left in the half made it 30-14, and the Bulldogs never got closer than 13 again.
The third quarter was scoreless. The fourth had the rest. Evan Windley kicked a 45-yard field goal, Edmonds caught a 77-yard touchdown pass (the two-point try failed), then Passini hit Michael Nix from 14 yards and Desmin Jackson broke a 72-yard run for the last score. Jackson had 164 yards on 15 carries. Take away that run and he has 92 on 14, which is a fine day by itself.
Butler passed for only 109 yards, with Passini going 12 of 23, and it did not matter. Chicago State lost three fumbles to Butler's none. Butler is 1-1 and Chicago State is 0-2.
For fantasy, Edmonds and Passini were nearly tied at 31.2 and 31.1, and Pannell finished third with 23.5 in a losing cause.