Louisiana Tech Forces Five Troy Turnovers in a 41-17 Win
Troy lost four fumbles and threw an interception. Louisiana Tech lost two fumbles and still scored 41. That is how a game with 351 yards for one team and 262 for the other ends 41-17. Louisiana Tech goes to 7-2 and Troy falls to 4-5.
Troy had the early lead, 7-3 after Gavin Griffin ran 2 yards, but Marcus Calwise Jr. caught a 28-yard touchdown from Blake Baker at 14:55 of the second quarter and Louisiana Tech did not give the lead back. It was 20-7 after a Sergio Snider 7-yard run, and Troy made it 20-10 with a Hayden Wolfe field goal before the half.
Troy scored on a fumble return in the third (Delvin Whitaker, 0 yards) to cut it to 20-17, and that was the end of Troy's scoring. Louisiana Tech scored the next 21 points: Eli Finley caught a 2-yard touchdown from Trey Kukuk at 5:43 of the third, Andrew Burnette ran 11 yards 17 seconds later, and Alonzo Jackson Jr. returned a fumble 66 yards for a touchdown with 1:05 left in the game.
Take the two return touchdowns out of the equation (one for each side) and Louisiana Tech still wins 34-10, so the turnovers did not just decorate the score. Troy ran for just 47 yards on 32 carries, about a yard and a half per try. Louisiana Tech had the 245 passing yards, and Calwise had nine catches for 137 of them.
Fantasy: Calwise was the top scorer at 28.7 points, a season high, and Finley added 15.4 on a touchdown catch.