Wofford Throws Four Touchdowns in the First 15 Minutes and Holds On
Wofford needed one quarter to put this game out of reach, and then spent the rest of the afternoon making sure Furman could not quite undo it. The final was 32-25, and Wofford never trailed.
Ethan Drumm opened the game with a 70-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Scott (the extra point was a two-point run, so it was 8-0 right away). Drumm hit Ivory Aikens from 6 yards 46 seconds later, and Scott again from 80 yards with 4:01 left in the first. At 15:00 of the second quarter Drumm and Aikens connected from 71 yards for a 29-8 lead. That is four touchdown passes of 70, 80 and 71 yards plus a short one, in the first 15 minutes of game time. Scott and Aikens combined for 270 receiving yards. I would like to see the defensive game plan that allowed it.
Furman was not dead, though. Ryan Earl returned an interception 21 yards for a score in the first quarter (a two-point conversion made it 15-8 at that point), C.J. Stokes ran for 7 yards, and Nathan Chapman kicked a 29-yard field goal to make it 29-18 midway through the third. Conner Deviney answered with a 22-yard field goal with 0:11 left in the quarter for 32-18. Furman got one more, an 18-yard touchdown from C. Ackerley to E. Harris with 4:47 left, and that was all.
Wofford had 414 total yards to Furman's 387, and 308 passing yards to 264. Furman lost two fumbles and Wofford threw one interception, though that one was returned for a score. It was 3-2 for Wofford after this one and 1-3 for Furman.
For fantasy, Scott and Drumm were the clear picks: 39 and 35.7 points, both season highs.