Liberty Holds Sam Houston to a Field Goal, Wins 35-3
Sam Houston scored three points, and it did not score them until 16 seconds before halftime. Liberty won 35-3, led from the first scoring play to the last, and ran for 297 yards on 39 carries without ever needing its passing game to do much (114 yards, to be exact).
The Flames opened with a 15-yard touchdown pass from Deshawn Purdie to Bryce Randolph with 10:48 left in the first quarter. Ethan Vasko scored from a yard out early in the second for 14-0, and Sam Carpenter's 36-yard field goal at 0:16 kept Sam Houston off the zero. Vasko ran in from three yards at 8:04 of the third, and Liberty took a 21-3 lead into the fourth quarter. Kam Davis added a three-yard score at 14:58 of the fourth for 28-3, and Terron Kellman finished it with a nine-yard run at 7:49 for 35-3.
The yardage was lopsided without being a rout. Liberty outgained the Bearkats 411 to 243. Neither team turned the ball over, so the gap was just Liberty running the ball better, 297 yards to 105. Sam Houston threw for 138 yards with no interceptions, which would have been fine if the offense had found the end zone even once.
Liberty is 5-1 after this one, and Sam Houston is 1-4.
For fantasy purposes it was a scattered game. Purdie led the group with 16.3 points, Davis had 12.7, and Vasko had 12.4 on three carries and two touchdowns, which is a very good use of three carries.