Well, that was not optimal. What is killing UMass is those long bombs that we give up a couple times a game.
The UMass defense actually did pretty well otherwise. The Minutemen had two INT's, one for TD. UMass had 2 FF, one leading to a Minutemen TD. We held Miami, a rushing team to 144 yards with a longest gain of 19 yards.
Subtract one of the long passing plays from both New Mexico State and Miami and our defensive stats would look a lot better. Seven forced turnovers against those two teams..
Carlos Davis did all we could ask in his first start. He went 22-32 244 yards, 3 TD's and no INT's. That's the best passing performance we've seen in a long time.
We have to keep grinding. UMass is not that far away.
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MassLive reports Miami and the weather spoiled UMass' home opener.
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Liberty rang up 526 total yards and beat New Mexico State 33-17.
Auburn, who crushed UMass last week, needed a late drive to squeak by Cal 14-10. The Bears held Auburn to 230 total yards..
Eastern Michigan was out-gained 413 to 152 in total yards but only lost 25-6 to Minnesota.
New Mexico blew out FCS Tennessee Tech 56-10.
Arkansas State turned the ball over four times and lost to Memphis 37-3
Toledo obliterated Texas Southern 73-3. The Rockets scored 50 points in the first half.
Penn State crushed Delaware 63-7.
Army beat Delaware State 57-0. That was the Black Knights biggest margin of victory since 1956.
Merrimack lost a close game to Lehigh 14-12.
Liberty pasted New Mexico State as related earlier.
Georgia state had 250 rushing yards to handle UConn 35-14.
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