HCU surrenders 70 in half, falls to UIW
SAN ANTONIO — Lindsey Scott Jr. tied a school record with seven touchdown passes in the first half as Incarnate Word took a 70-6 halftime lead in a 73-20 rout of Houston Christian on Saturday.
Scott is now the program record holder with 51 touchdown passes this season. He led Incarnate Word (9-1, 4-1 Southland) to 49 points in the second quarter to set another program record for scoring in any quarter.
Justin Fomby was intercepted three times for Houston Christian (2-7, 1-4), including on a pick-six by Kelechi Anyalebechi. Fomby finished 27-of-45 for 267 yards, and the Huskies’ Ismail Mahdi rushed for 87 yards.
S.E. LOUISIANA 47, LAMAR 31
Cephus Johnson III threw for a touchdown and ran for two more and Maurice Massey had 10 receptions for 150 yards and two touchdowns as the Lions won in Beaumont.
Massey, who began his college career at Missouri in 2019, went into the game with 15 receptions for 202 yards and two TDs this season.
Johnson scored on a 13-yard run with 6:07 left in the first quarter and the Lions never trailed. Southeastern Louisiana (6-3, 3-1 Southland) has won three in row and six of its last seven.
Mike Chandler threw three touchdown passes for Lamar (1-8, 1-4), including a 62-yarder to Andre Dennis.
UTSA 44, UAB 38 (2OT)
The Roadrunners moved a step closer to competing for a repeat Conference USA championship, rebounding from a late Blazers rally to win in double overtime in Birmingham, Ala.
UTSA (7-2, 5-0 C-USA) remains the only undefeated team in league play. The Roadrunners also hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over the league’s lone one-loss team, North Texas.
After the Blazers (4-5, 2-4) erased a 14-point lead in the final five minutes of regulation, UTSA and UAB exchanged touchdowns in the first overtime. Blazers quarterback Jacob Zeno found Tejhuan Palmer for an 11-yard touchdown before the Roadrunners responded with a 2-yard connection from quarterback Frank Harris to Tykee Ogle-Kellogg.
The Roadrunners struck first in the second overtime on a 14-yard pass from Harris to Joshua Cephus. On the ensuing possession, a sack by Nick Booker-Brown forced UAB into a desperate fourth-and-long pass that was off the mark, sealing UTSA’s win.
NORTH TEXAS 52, FIU 14
Austin Aune passed for 384 yards and five touchdowns — all in the first half — as the Mean Green rolled in Denton.
Ayo Adeyi ran for a 2-yard touchdown and Aune sandwiched a 45-yard scoring strike to Jordan Smart and a 10-yarder to freshman Var’Keyes Gumms around an Ethan Mooney field goal as North Texas (6-4, 5-1 C-USA) led 24-0 after one quarter.
ULM 31, TEXAS STATE 30
Tyrone Howell had 12 catches for 176 yards and two scores as the Warhawks stormed back from a 21-0 deficit after one quarter to stun the visiting Bobcats.
Layne Hatcher was 29-of-41 for 236 yards and two touchdowns for Texas State (3-6, 1-4 Sun Belt).
NORTHWESTERN STATE 41 TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 14
Zach Clement threw four touchdown passes as the visiting Demons held the Lions scoreless in the second half to remain undefeated in Southland Conference play.
The only wins this season for Northwestern State (4-5, 4-0) have come in the Southland.
Three quarterbacks were a combined 17-of-35 for 147 yards and two touchdowns with an interception for Texas A&MCommerce (5-4, 3-2).