Bowling Green Runs past Sacramento State 38-10
Bowling Green had 218 rushing yards on 41 carries and only 137 through the air, and it still won by 28. That is what a good ground game buys you. Sacramento State got 87 yards on 33 carries and lost a fumble that went the other way for a touchdown.
The Hornets did lead, briefly. A 33-yard field goal in the first quarter made it 3-0, and that was the last time the visitors were ahead. Austyn Dendy ran it in from a yard out in the second quarter, a field goal made it 10-3, and Jay Kastantin hit Joseph Saffold from nine yards with 0:04 left in the half to make it 17-3. Seventeen unanswered before the break is a hard hole to climb out of.
Dendy added a 30-yard score in the third for 24-3, and Kastantin punched in a seven-yard run early in the fourth for 31-3. Then D'kyah Banks returned a fumble 27 yards for a touchdown, and it was 38-3. Take away that one play and it is 31-3, which is still a rout, so do not give the fumble too much credit. Sacramento State finally got on the board when Jackson Sharman found Matt Coleman from 55 yards out with 5:37 to go, and that set the final margin.
Bowling Green moves to 2-4 and Sacramento State falls to 1-5. The Falcons outgained the visitors 355 yards to 232 and threw one interception to the Hornets' none, so the turnover that mattered was the fumble.
For fantasy, Kastantin led everyone with 21.6 points despite the pick, and Dendy's two rushing scores made him a quiet 20.6. Coleman's 20.5 from the losing side is the kind of number that wins a week for somebody.