Air Force Almost Needed Third Digit on Scoreboard, Wins 72-0

by Jeremy Mauss on Sep 5, 2009 2:39 PM PDT in Mountain West Football

Final - 9.5.2009	1	2	3	4	Total
Nicholls St. Colonels	0	0	0	0	0
Air Force Falcons	17	28	27	14	72

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This was expected to be an easy Air Force win, but 72-0 is just crazy. The Falcons just did what they are good at by running the ball for 474 yards with 10 players with 18 or more yards. The main back was Jared Tew who had three touchdowns on 57 yards and then there were three other players who averaged over nine yards per carry.

The passing game was actually present in this game with Tim Jefferson going five-for-seven and 102 yards and a score. The defense showed up by recovering four fumbles and limiting the Colonels to 151 yards and 1-14 on third down conversion.

The odd stat of the game was that the time of possession 30.5 minutes to Air Force and 29.5 to Nichols State, quite odd for a team that dominated rushing the ball.

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A few thoughts from Section M24

Nicholls State didn’t cross midfield until halfway through the 3rd quarter.
They only did it once more, in the 4th quarter.
The altitude seemed to take a heavy toll, as NSU players were doubled over early and often.
Almost 20% of NSU’s total yardage came on the fake punt in the 1st quarter.

The Fourth Class Cadets had to do a total of 418 pushups over the course of the game.

by torch on Sep 6, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions