UMass Football Blog: UMass Football News--October 29th, 2023

Sunday, October 29, 2023

UMass Football News--October 29th, 2023

Taisun charges up the UMass team

Nearly every morning for the last four years I've made a post on the blog. And there has not been a lot of positive news to talk about. Yesterday's win at Army is hopefully a milestone in our road back to respectability. Yesterday was a fun day. UMass won and they deserved it.

The UMass defense held Army to 14 points. Special mention to Billy Wooden who was in the Black Knights backfield all day and twice ended the game.

Kay'Ron Adams ran for 234 yards (the best rushing total since 2015). UMass actually had more time-of-possession than Army, something rarely accomplished. Adams has 926 rushing yards for the season with three games to go. He should close with well over 1,000 yards.

I would also like to mention Taisun Phommachanh. Because of his injury he has been functioning as a pocket passer. That's not his game. He did much better than Army QB Bryson Daily, a dual-threat guy with the same limitation. Daily went 3-13 and two INT's. He missed wide open receivers and did not manage the Black Knights offense very well. Phommachanh went 17-23 123 yards and was very accurate on short and medium yardage throws.

All in all a great win for the program and UMass fans.

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UMass write-up here.

Army write-up here.

The Gazette reports Kay'Ron Adams runs over Army.

G5 Football Daily says UMass has its highest win total since 2018.

The Daily Collegian reports Kay'Ron Adams leads UMass to victory.

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New Mexico State won on 10/24 to become bowl eligible.

Auburn overcame a slow start to beat Mississippi State.

Eastern Michigan lost big to Western Michigan.

Miami of Ohio beat Ohio to take the lead in the MAC East.