Gardner-Webb Throws Three Picks and Still Wins 34-10
Gardner-Webb's quarterback threw three interceptions. His team won by 24. If you can explain that without the yardage column, you are better at this than I am.
The column is easy enough: the Runnin' Bulldogs gained 422 yards and Southeast Missouri State gained 187, 131 of them through the air and 56 on the ground. Adrian Cormier started the scoring with a 59-yard touchdown run with 7:54 left in the first quarter. SEMO tied it 7-7 only because KJ McRae picked off a pass and took it 50 yards the other way with 4:17 left. That was 7 of the Redhawks' 10 points, and none of them needed the offense. The offense itself managed 3, a 44-yard field goal from Justin Keller in the second quarter.
Gardner-Webb went back in front 10-7 on a Tyler Simpson field goal with 2:23 left in the first, and never gave the lead back. The Runnin' Bulldogs added a 14-yard touchdown pass from Lan Farmer to Christian Vann at 12:16 of the second, Farmer's own 8-yard run at 3:54, and a 43-yard Simpson kick with 46 seconds left in the third. It was 27-10 entering the fourth, and Farmer found Kory Jones from 18 yards with 9:51 to play for the last score.
Take away McRae's pick-six and Gardner-Webb still wins 34-3. Three giveaways, and the margin never really got tight. Southeast Missouri State threw two interceptions of its own and could not turn any of them into a comeback.
Gardner-Webb moves to 3-4. Southeast Missouri State falls to 5-3 and will not be happy about how little its offense did.