Samford Beats Furman 13-6 in a Field Goal Game
One touchdown. That was the entire difference in a game Samford won 13-6.
Samford's Ty Ippolito kicked a 22-yard field goal and then a 42-yarder, which was the entire first half. Furman's Nathan Chapman answered with a 24-yarder late in the third quarter and a 37-yarder with 11:12 left in the fourth, tying it at 6-6. Then Gabarri Johnson threw 14 yards to Cayden Aukerman with 6:42 to go, and Ippolito's extra point made it 13-6. Nobody scored after that, and Samford never trailed.
Furman actually had the better numbers, if you only read the yardage line: 313 total yards to 306. But Furman threw two interceptions and lost a fumble, while Samford gave it away zero times, and that is a seven-point game. Connor Ackerley was 15 of 25 for 216 yards with both of those picks, which is a lot of yards to carry that kind of cargo.
Johnson's line was modest, 18 of 26 for 206 yards and the lone touchdown, and Ken Cherry ran 15 times for 64. For Furman, Ben Croasdale carried 17 times for 49 yards and lost the fumble, and Daniel Haughton caught six passes for 92 yards. Six of Samford's 13 points came on Ippolito's field goals, which is about the right amount of credit for a game like this. Neither team scored in the second quarter, and Furman's three sacks were not enough to turn it.
Samford moves to 2-5. Furman falls to 1-5. For fantasy purposes it was thin: the top score of the game was 17.8 points, and it went to a receiver whose position the box score does not even list.