Cedar City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) – Eastern Washington went West … and to
the end zone, as usual.
His second-ranked Eagles playing without quarterback Vernon Adams for the first
time since he was lost to a broken right foot, redshirt sophomore Jordan West
had a strong debut with three touchdown passes in a 42-30 Big Sky victory at
Southern Utah on Saturday.
West completed 20-of-27 pass attempts for 288 yards, connecting on two
touchdowns to Kendrick Bourne and another one to Zach Wimberly. He also threw
one interception.
Eastern Washington (6-1, 3-0), the two-time defending Big Sky champion under
coach Beau Baldwin, used terrific offensive balance to post an 11-minute, 6-
second edge in time of possession.
Mario Brown (22 carries, 134 yards, one touchdown) and Jalen Moore (22 carries,
133 yards, two touchdowns) spearheaded a 280-yard ground attack. The Eagles
gained 568 offensive yards.
Adams is expected to be sidelined for 3-6 weeks.
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The Sports Network FCS Top 25
All Times ET
Saturday, Oct. 11
No. 1 North Dakota State (6-0, 2-0 Missouri Valley) 38,
No. 12 Southern Illinois (5-2, 2-1) 10
Quarterback Carson Wentz threw second-half touchdown passes to Luke Albers (9
yards) and Trevor Gebhart (75 yards), and the top-ranked Bison pulled away to
their 30th straight win since 2012.
John Crockett rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown as part of the Bison’s 252-
yard ground assault.
SIU’s Malcolm Agnew rushed for 117 yards and All-American tight end MyCole
caught a 26-yard touchdown pass in the loss.
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No. 3 Coastal Carolina (7-0, 1-0 Big South) 40 Presbyterian (3-3, 0-1) 28
Alex Ross passed for 258 yards and two touchdowns, and De’Angelo Henderson
rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns to power Coastal Carolina in its Big
South opener.
Bruce Mapp caught six passes for 111 yards and one touchdown.
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No. 10 William & Mary (4-1, 1-0 CAA) at No. 4 New Hampshire (4-1, 2-0), 3:30
p.m.
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No. 5 McNeese State (3-1, 1-0 Southland) at Sam Houston State (2-3, 1-0), 4
p.m.
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No. 6 Villanova (5-1, 3-0 CAA) 44, Rhode Island (0-6, 0-2) 21
Villanova built a 44-0 lead before URI closed the score with three touchdowns
in the final 8 minutes, 38 seconds.
By then, Wildcats quarterback John Robertson (13-for-16 for 189 yards and four
touchdowns; 61 yards on eight carries) was long gone from the game. He threw a
pair of touchdowns to Poppy Livers.
Junior linebacker Don Cherry led the Wildcats with 11 tackles and two forced
fumbles.
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No. 7 Montana (4-2, 2-0 Big Sky), Idle
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No. 8 Jacksonville State (4-1, 2-0 OVC) at No. 25 Tennessee State (4-2, 1-1), 3
p.m.
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No. 9 Southeastern Louisiana (4-2, 2-0 Southland) at Lamar (4-2, 1-1), 7 p.m.
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No. 11 Montana State (4-2, 2-0 Big Sky) at UC Davis (1-4, 0-2), 7 p.m.
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No. 13 Chattanooga (3-2) at Tennessee (2-3), 4 p.m.
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No. 14 Fordham (6-1) 60, Penn (0-4) 22
Fordham quarterback Michael Nebrich was unstoppable, completing 36-of-47 pass
attempts for 566 yards and six touchdowns.
Tebucky Jones hauled in 10 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns, while Sam
Ajala had eight receptions for 199 yards and one touchdown. The Rams scored 29
points in the second quarter.
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No. 15 Illinois State (4-0, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at No. 20 Indiana State (4-1,
1-0), 3 p.m.
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Western Illinois (2-4, 0-2 Missouri Valley) at No. 16 Youngstown State (4-1,
1-0), 7 p.m.
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Eastern Illinois (1-4, 1-0 OVC) at No. 17 Eastern Kentucky (5-0, 2-0), 6 p.m.
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Howard (1-5, 0-3 MEAC) at No. 18 Bethune-Cookman (4-1, 1-0), 4 p.m.
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Missouri State (3-2, 0-1 Missouri Valley) at No. 19 South Dakota State (3-2,
0-1), 7 p.m.
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No. 21 Northern Iowa (2-3, 0-1 Missouri Valley) at South Dakota (2-3, 0-1), 4
p.m.
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No. 22 Richmond (3-2, 0-1 CAA) at Albany (4-1, 1-1), 3:30 p.m.
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No. 23 Southeast Missouri State (4-2, 2-0 OVC) at Murray State (1-4, 0-2), 4
p.m.
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No. 24 Charleston Southern (5-0) at Vanderbilt (1-5), 7:30 p.m.
