Kent State Scores 21 Straight to Bury Akron 35-20
Akron led 17-14 with 2:37 left in the third quarter. Kent State scored the next three touchdowns, and Akron got nothing but a late field goal. Final: 35-20.
It started the other way. Jordan Gant ran for a touchdown in the first quarter and another early in the third, and Akron held a 14-7 edge until Dru Deshields found Wayne Harris for 55 yards to tie it. Aidan Stire's 40-yard field goal put Akron back in front, and that was the last time they led. Kent State answered 1:25 later with a two-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Hopperton, added a 19-yard score to Harris, and then Deshields punched in a one-yard run himself.
The team numbers point the wrong way for the winner. Akron had 422 total yards to Kent State's 378 and ran 37 times for 147 yards, against 24 carries for 84. Both teams lost a fumble, Akron threw an interception, and Kent State had three sacks to Akron's none. Yards are nice. Touchdowns are the thing you need, and Kent State had five of them to Akron's two.
Kent State goes to 3-5 and Akron slides to 1-7. Stire's 50-yarder with 1:12 left made the final look a little closer than the game was.
Fantasy managers who started Deshields or Harris got the week they wanted. Deshields threw four touchdown passes and ran for a fifth score, and Harris caught three of the four. Gant did his part for the losing side with 162 rushing yards and two scores.