Villanova Hits Fordham for 28 First-half Points, Wins 38-17
Villanova had 483 total yards, five sacks, no turnovers and a 38-10 lead late in the third quarter. Fordham passed for 60 yards the whole game. You can guess how this one went.
Isaiah Ragland ran 15 yards for the first score at 11:15 of the opening quarter, and Gunnar Smith tied it for Fordham at 7-7 with a 17-yard run less than three minutes later. That was the only tie, and the only time Fordham was in it. Ja'briel Mace ran in from seven yards for 14-7, Braden Reed caught a 14-yard touchdown at 10:47 of the second for 21-7, and after a Bennett Henderson 27-yard field goal Pat McQuaide ran in from four yards at 0:08 to make it 28-10 at the half.
The second half started with a 1-yard touchdown pass from McQuaide to Julian Glantz at 9:49 of the third, and Dominic LeBlanc's 25-yard field goal at 4:55 made it 38-10. Smith ran in again from three yards at 8:29 of the fourth for the last score. Fordham ran 37 times for 223 yards and threw one interception, and its 17 points came from two Smith runs and a field goal.
Villanova is 3-3, and Fordham is 2-4. Fordham did get one more touchdown than a blowout usually allows, but it came with 8:29 left and the game long decided. The fantasy report: McQuaide scored 30.7 points, a season high, Ragland had 20.1, and Reed had 19.1. Villanova's top three were a quarterback, a back and a receiver, which is how you draw it up. Villanova's offense also handed out the points evenly: Mace and McQuaide scored on the ground, Reed and Glantz through the air, and Ragland got the first one.