Sacred Heart Pulls Away from Winless Hampton, 35-21
Hampton scored first, and that was the high point of its day. Tre'Von Taylor hit Sejhe Jackson from a yard out with 1:50 left in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead. Sacred Heart outscored it 35-14 from there and won 35-21.
Sacred Heart quarterback Snyder tied it at 7 with a 5-yard pass to Nick Gentilella early in the second, and Chuck Webb ran in from 2 yards to make it 14-7 at the break. Snyder scored from 5 yards early in the third, Isaiah Smith caught a 38-yarder from Taylor to get Hampton within 21-14, and Snyder added a 1-yard run for 28-14 entering the fourth. Webb's 3-yard run with 10:08 left made it 35-14. Xavier Brookins' 38-yard run with 5:32 to go was the last score, and it made the margin look closer than it was.
The yardage backs it up. Sacred Heart had 379 yards (198 passing, 181 rushing on 42 carries) to Hampton's 329 (221 passing, 108 rushing on 37 carries), and neither team threw an interception. The difference was a fumble: Hampton lost one and Sacred Heart none. Sacred Heart also sacked the Hampton quarterback twice to Hampton's one. Snyder was 18 of 21, which is the kind of number you have to read twice.
Sacred Heart is 3-3 after this one. Hampton is 0-5 and still looking for its first win, and a 7-0 lead after one quarter is as close as this one got to going its way. Fantasy managers who owned Snyder or Webb were happy: 30.1 and 27.7 points, Snyder with three touchdowns and Webb with two.