Memphis Rolls Charlotte 59-8 as Marcus Stokes Throws Five Touchdowns
Five touchdown passes on 25 attempts. If you started Marcus Stokes you had a good week: 20 of 25 for 318 yards, five scores and 48.8 Promethium points in Memphis' 59-8 win over Charlotte.
Memphis was ahead from the first score to the last. Stokes hit Jermane Hayes for 93 yards with 10:25 left in the first quarter, then Jemyri Davis from 25 for 14-0, and Stonka Burnside from 28 early in the second for 21-0. A 20-yard field goal as the half expired made it 24-0.
Charlotte got on the board early in the third, when Henry Rutledge broke a 75-yard run and Charlotte converted a two-point try to make it 24-8. That was the last Charlotte scoring. Memphis then scored 35 unanswered points: Burnside from 19 yards, Hunter Tipton from 24, a Dallan Hayden eight-yard run, a seven-yard pass from Air Noland to Brady Kluse and a one-yard run by Jordan Thompson with 5:31 left.
The yardage tells the same story. Memphis had 677 (386 passing, 291 rushing) and Charlotte had 229, with 77 passing yards. Charlotte lost three fumbles and threw an interception, four giveaways against none for Memphis. Rutledge ran six times for 111 yards, and that 75-yarder was most of it. For fantasy, Hayes caught six passes for 123 yards and a touchdown and Tipton had two scores of his own, so the Memphis passing game gave three different owners a great week. Brady Kluse caught a seven-yard touchdown from Air Noland as well.
Memphis is 4-1. Charlotte is 0-5.