Lafayette Beats Bucknell 20-7 on Three Takeaways
Bucknell turned the ball over three times, two interceptions and a lost fumble, and Lafayette did it zero times. A 20-7 final looks about right.
The game was a field-goal affair for a while. Jack Simonetta kicked a 33-yarder with 16 seconds left in the first quarter for a 3-0 lead, then Bucknell went in front 7-3 when Emmett Dowling hit Tom Arth with a 3-yard touchdown at 9:11 of the second. That was Bucknell's lead, and its only score. Jakyre Henley ran 14 yards at 6:53 to put Lafayette ahead 10-7, and Lafayette held it from there. Henley scored again from seven yards at 5:37 of the third for 17-7, and Simonetta's 28-yard field goal at 1:44 of the fourth made it final.
Lafayette ran 45 times for 164 yards and passed for 166, 330 in all, against 256 for Bucknell (25 carries for 117, 139 through the air). Bucknell did have 5 sacks, which would suggest a better afternoon than the score says. Bucknell is 1-5 and Lafayette is 2-3. The Bucknell total is not terrible for a team that threw two interceptions, and the pass rush did its part, but 25 rushing attempts to Lafayette's 45 says who controlled the ball.
For fantasy, Henley led everyone with 24.1 points on 22 carries, 121 yards and two touchdowns. Mason Kuehner, who had 43.2 in one game earlier this season, had a quiet 11.5, and Michael Cadden, Bucknell's top scorer, had 11.0. Bucknell scored once and gave it away three times, which is not a formula that works.