Valparaiso Buries Morehead State 37-3 Behind a Punt Return
Morehead State scored first. It was the last good news it got. Valparaiso answered with 37 straight points and finished 37-3, and the first seven came without the offense doing anything at all.
Jordan Price kicked a 28-yard field goal with 10:35 left in the first quarter to make it 3-0. Then Chris Gundy returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown, and Valparaiso led 7-3 with 5:53 left in the quarter. It never gave the lead back. Luke Scoma added field goals of 25 and 21 yards (the second with three seconds left in the half) for a 13-3 lead, and the second half belonged to Rowan Keefe. He threw 19 yards to Daniel White and 7 yards to Colin Hayes in the third quarter, and Cedric Benning Iii ran in from a yard out early in the fourth. Talan Samosky tacked on a 26-yard field goal.
The turnovers tell you why this was a rout. Morehead State threw three interceptions (David Parsons had two, Bryce Patterson one) and lost a fumble, four giveaways against none for Valparaiso. Those two quarterbacks completed 8 of 30 passes between them for 114 yards. Valparaiso outgained Morehead State 389 yards to 252 and ran the ball 46 times for 161 yards.
Valparaiso goes to 1-3, and this is its first win of the year. Morehead State is 0-3 and scored exactly one field goal.
For fantasy, Keefe, Benning and White all finished in double digits, and it took a punt return and a 34-point margin to get there.