Holy Cross Buries Bucknell 34-3 Behind 274 Rushing Yards
Bucknell led for exactly 32 seconds. Juan Garanton kicked a 28-yard field goal at 10:14 of the first quarter, and Joseph Williams answered at 9:42 with a 47-yard touchdown run. Holy Cross never looked back and won 34-3.
The game was close to over before the first quarter ended. With 14 seconds left in it, Chisom Onwuzurigbo returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown (the extra point missed, so it was 13-3 and not 14-3). Ty Curran caught a 35-yard pass from David Lynch at 5:51 of the second quarter, then an 8-yarder at 3:10 of the third for 27-3. Jake Croce ran in from 15 yards at 8:29 of the fourth to close the scoring.
Holy Cross ran 36 times for 274 yards while throwing for only 110, and Lynch threw an interception of his own on 11 of 20. Bucknell threw three interceptions, gained 267 yards and did not score again after that first field goal. Datrell Jones added 9 carries for 80 yards and Croce had 5 carries for 35 yards and that closing touchdown, so Holy Cross got real work from three different backs. Michael Cadden ran 26 times for 102 yards for the Bison, which is a tidy line for a team that lost by 31.
Holy Cross is 3-4 and has now won by 31 on a day its quarterback threw for 110 yards. Bucknell is 1-6.
Fantasy takeaway: Curran's two touchdowns made 24.7 points and a season high, and Williams added 21.8 on 144 yards. Williams' 47-yard touchdown run came just 32 seconds after Bucknell's only points.