Central Connecticut Scores 42 by Halftime, Beats Wagner 45-14
The first score came 14 seconds into the game. Gabriel Wiggins took the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown, and Central Connecticut never looked back on the way to a 45-14 win over Wagner.
The lead was 21-0 by the 6:44 mark of the first quarter. John Manning IV ran for 9 yards and Brett Griffis threw 4 yards to Michael Trovarelli. Wagner got on the board with seven seconds left in the quarter on an 85-yard interception return by Julio Tatis, but that was the only thing going its way for a while. Griffis ran for a score from 6 yards, then threw to Wiggins from 18 and to Isaac Stopke from 33, and it was 42-7 at the half. A 50-yard Jack Hennessey field goal in the third made it 45-7, and Wagner's only other score was a 73-yard Jason Wiley pass to Richard Perkins Jr. early in the fourth.
The box score keeps it honest. Wagner threw for 277 yards and ran for 45 on 23 carries, and Central Connecticut had 402 total yards to Wagner's 322. Central Connecticut also sacked Wagner's quarterbacks four times to Wagner's one. Central Connecticut ran 39 times for 201 yards and threw for 201 more, an even split. Each team threw one interception, and the one Wagner picked off went back for six, which is the only reason the first half was not 42-0.
Central Connecticut is 1-2. Wagner is 0-2.
For fantasy, Griffis led the way with 37.4 points, nearly double the best Wagner player had.