Central Connecticut Never Trails in a 42-20 Win over New Haven
It was 28-6 before New Haven scored its first touchdown. By then Central Connecticut had Brett Griffis running the show, and it went on to win 42-20 without ever trailing. It scored first, on a 3-yard Griffis run, and the closest New Haven got after that was a single point.
New Haven answered the opening score with two Liam Quigley field goals, from 34 and 41 yards, to get within 7-6. Then Davon Smith Jr. ran in from 2 yards and from 7 yards in the second quarter, and it was 21-6 at the half. Griffis threw to Isaac Stopke from 9 yards in the third and to David Pardo from 22 yards before the quarter ended, for 35-12.
New Haven's first touchdown did not come until 5:07 of the third quarter, a 15-yard pass from Jake Tripptree to D'Arious Reed (the two-point try failed). It did come back at it in the fourth, with Caleb Williams running in from 2 yards and Jake Tripptree finding D'Arious Reed on the two-point try to make it 35-20 with 10:41 to go. Michael Trovarelli caught a 7-yard touchdown from Griffis with 1:48 left, and that was that.
The ground numbers are the funny part. New Haven threw for 304 yards and ran for 2, on 21 carries. It also lost two fumbles and threw an interception, while Central Connecticut ran for 153 yards, outgained it 385 to 306 and sacked the passer four times. Central Connecticut moves to 3-2, New Haven falls to 2-5.
For fantasy, Griffis scored 35.7 with three touchdown passes and a rushing score, and Smith and Trovarelli rounded out the top three.