Louisiana Tech Holds Off Army's Late Rally, 31-29
Dylone Brooks touched the ball nine times. Two of those touches were touchdowns of 72 and 74 yards, and Louisiana Tech needed every point of them. The final was 31-29 and Army scored with 1:07 left to make it that close.
It started even. Sergio Snider ran 24 yards for Louisiana Tech, Zach Mundell answered from 21 yards for Army, and it was 7-7 after a quarter. Brooks then broke a 72-yard run late in the second for a 14-7 halftime lead. Army took its only lead of the day right out of the break, when Samari Howard ran 54 yards and Cale Hellums added the two-point conversion for 15-14. Louisiana Tech took the lead back 71 seconds later (11:47 left in the third) on a 74-yard pass from Marcus Calwise Jr. to Brooks, and with a successful two-point try it was 22-15. Trey Kukuk added a 7-yard run, the extra point failed, and it was 28-15.
Hellums scored from a yard out at 13:11 of the fourth to make it 28-22, and Hunter Rioux's 32-yard field goal at 7:28 pushed it back to 31-22. Hellums hit Parker Poloskey from 6 yards at 1:07 to cut it to two. Take away Brooks's two touchdowns, 15 points with the kick and the conversion, and it is 29-16 Army.
Louisiana Tech had 505 total yards to Army's 421, passing for 259 and running for 246 on just 31 carries. Army ran for 270 yards on 45 carries and threw an interception, and still scored 29. Both teams finish the day at 2-2.
For fantasy, Brooks led everyone with 34 points, and Howard, a wide receiver who ran 12 times for 158, was the best of the Army side.