Butler's Gabe Passini Runs for 162 in a 27-10 Win at Presbyterian
Gabe Passini is listed as a quarterback, and he ran 18 times for 162 yards. That is the number to remember from this one. Butler ran 44 times for 252 yards as a team, threw for 145, did not turn the ball over once, and beat Presbyterian 27-10.
It was never close in the sense that matters. Desmin Jackson ran in from 4 yards at 7:53 of the first quarter, and Passini hit tight end Drew Sullivan from 21 yards at 2:20 to make it 14-0. Presbyterian got on the board with a 28-yard Kade Bailey field goal at 2:35 of the second quarter, and Evan Windley answered with a 45-yarder as the half ended. That was 17-3 at the break.
Passini put the game away himself with a 19-yard touchdown run at 4:45 of the third quarter (24-3). The only real moment for Presbyterian came 2 minutes later, when Noah Perrin threw a 66-yard touchdown to Eric Nelson, and that cut it to 24-10. It was Nelson's only catch of the game and it was a long one. Beck Janki added a 22-yard field goal with 3:37 left and that was the last of the scoring.
Presbyterian gained 207 yards (87 rushing) against 397 for Butler. Butler goes to 5-2, Presbyterian falls to 3-5. Butler never trailed. Without Nelson's 66-yarder it is a 24-3 game.
For fantasy purposes, a quarterback with 162 rushing yards is a gift. Passini finished with 34.0 Promethium points, which was the most of anyone in the game by almost 20.