Emmett Brown Throws Four Touchdowns in Incarnate Word Rout
Emmett Brown threw four touchdown passes to four different receivers and ran for a fifth score, and Incarnate Word beat McNeese 38-6 without ever being behind.
It was over by halftime. Dane Farley caught a 27-yard touchdown at 14:24 of the first quarter for the opening score, Roy Alexander added a 29-yarder with 2:05 left in the second quarter, and Jacob Emmers took a 56-yarder 34 seconds later. That was 21-0. McNeese finally got on the board with a 31-yard pass from Brady Barrier to Reed Boyd with 59 seconds left in the half (the two-point try failed), and Isaiah Champagne answered with a 26-yard score with five seconds left before the break. Halftime, 28-6.
The second half barely mattered. Brown added a 38-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter and Nick Rigas kicked a 25-yard field goal to finish the scoring at 38-6. There was no scoring at all in the third.
The yardage was every bit as lopsided as the score. Incarnate Word gained 513 yards (287 passing, 226 rushing) to McNeese's 285, threw no interceptions and sacked McNeese five times. McNeese turned it over twice, once on an interception and once on a lost fumble.
Brown threw four touchdowns to four different receivers, and that is worth a second look. Farley, Alexander, Emmers and Champagne each caught exactly one, and none of them needed more than four catches to do it.
Incarnate Word improves to 3-3, McNeese slips to 2-4. For fantasy, Brown's 48.5 points are the headline, and he got them with 19 completions in 26 attempts. That is a very efficient night.