Toledo Grinds Out a 20-17 Win at Sacramento State
Nobody in this game scored more than 16.1 fantasy points. That tells you most of what you need to know about a 20-17 Toledo win that ran almost entirely on the ground.
Toledo opened with an 18-yard John Alan Richter touchdown pass to Anthony Simpson, Sacramento State answered with a 38-yard field goal, and then Jackson Sharman found Matt Coleman from two yards out with 9:30 left in the second quarter for a 10-7 lead that held through halftime. Toledo then ran off 13 straight points: a 34-yard Reice Griffith field goal tied it at 10-10 in the third, Autavius Ison scored from 19 yards out with 1:26 left in the quarter to make it 17-10, and Griffith added a 40-yarder with 7:51 to go for 20-10.
Jamar Curtis ran in from three yards with 2:20 left to make it 20-17, and that was the last score of the night. Toledo had 231 rushing yards on 48 carries (CJ Miller had 27 of them for 135, Ison 15 for 101), only 60 passing yards and an interception, and still won, because Sacramento State had 8 rushing yards on 31 carries and Toledo's defense recorded five sacks. The Hornets also lost a fumble.
Toledo is 7-2. Sacramento State is 2-8, and the gap on this night was a running game that existed on only one sideline.
Fantasy managers got little from this one, but Ison's 101 yards and touchdown led the way, followed by Raiden Brown's 108 receiving yards on five catches.