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NCAAF Game Recap - Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech
Sat Sep 2, 2017 7:00 PM EDT

FlaSt
7
Bama
24
F
OSU
49
Ind
21
F
WestMI
31
USC
49
F
Kent
3
Clem
56
F
Akr
0
PSU
52
F
UTEP
7
Okla
56
F
Wash
30
Rut
14
F
UtSt
10
Wisc
59
F
Tuls
24
OkSt
59
F
Mich
33
Fla
17
F
GaSo
7
Aub
41
F
BYU
0
LSU
27
F
App
10
UGA
31
F
Lou
35
Purd
28
F
B-C
13
MiaFL
41
F
Stony
17
SoFL
31
F
C Ark
19
K St
55
F
WVU
24
VaTec
31
F
MD
51
Tex
41
F
MonSt
0
WaSt
31
F
Tenn
42
GATec
41
F(1OT)
FLInt
17
UCF
61
F
Presb
7
Wake
51
F
URI
27
C Mi
30
F(2OT)
TnSt
17
GASt
10
F
Elon
13
Toled
47
F
Buff
7
MIN
17
F
APSU
14
Cin
26
F
UND
16
Utah
37
F
HolyC
20
UConn
27
F
FlaAM
7
Ark
49
F
ULMon
29
Mem
37
F
NMS
31
AzSt
37
F
Ford
6
Army
64
F
UNCC
7
E Mi
24
F
Rich
34
SamHu
48
F
CenCt
7
Syr
50
F
Navy
42
FlAtl
19
F
ColSt
3
Colo
17
F
BC
23
NIU
20
F
MoStU
43
MIZ
72
F
Wyo
3
Iowa
24
F
Ball
21
Ill
24
F
BGSU
10
MSU
35
F
Cal
35
UNC
30
F
YSU
21
Pitt
28
F OT
PorSt
32
OreSt
35
F
VMI
0
AF
62
F
NCSt
28
SCar
35
F
AlaAM
7
UAB
38
F
NEV
20
NW
31
F
W&M
10
UVA
28
F
Temp
16
ND
49
F
Troy
13
Boise
24
F
EWa
10
TxTch
56
F
KY
24
SMiss
17
F
ChaSo
0
MissSt
49
F
Alb
17
OD
31
F
JMU
34
ECU
14
F
NCC
7
Duke
60
F
MiaOH
26
Marsh
31
F
HBU
11
TxSt
20
F
Hamp
0
Ohio
59
F
SFA
14
SMU
58
F
E Ky
17
W Ky
31
F
Lamar
14
NorTx
59
F
NWSt
24
LT
52
F
SouLA
48
ULLaf
51
F
SEMO
16
Kans
38
F
Lib
48
Bayl
45
F
UMass
28
CoCar
38
F
CAPly
13
SJSU
34
F
SoAl
27
Miss
47
F
Gram
14
Tul
43
F
Abil
14
NM
38
F
JacSt
0
TCU
63
F
ArkSt
36
Neb
43
F
Vand
28
MidTN
6
F
NoIa
24
IASt
42
F
SoUt
21
Oreg
77
F
UCDav
17
SDSU
38
F
How
43
UNLV
40
F
(N/A)
0
Fres
66
F
NoAZ
24
Ariz
62
F
WCU
18
Hawaii
41
F
TxAM
44
UCLA
45
F
Hou
UTSA
Canc

Louisiana Tech 52, Northwestern State 24

Boxscore

Recap

Sep 2, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Northwestern State (0-1)

7

3

14

0

24

Louisiana Tech (1-0)

10

14

7

21

52
Louisiana Tech beats Northwestern State 52-24
Sat Sep 2, 2017 11:05 PM

RUSTON, La. (AP) J'Mar Smith threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns and Louisiana Tech scored the final 28 points on Saturday night to beat Northwestern State 52-24 in the season opener for both teams.

The Bulldogs scored touchdowns on four straight possessions beginning with Jaqwis Dancy's 4-yard TD run to make it 31-24 with 58 seconds left in the third quarter.

Dae'Von Washington intercepted passes to end Northwestern State's next two drives. Louisiana Tech followed each turnover with short-field touchdown drives and, after forcing a Demons punt, capped the scoring with an eight-play, 69-yard drive with 3:33 left.

Jarred Craft ran for 86 yards and two TDs on 16 carries and Smith added 72 yards on the ground.

J.D. Almond had 162 yards passing for Northwestern State. The Demons scored on the opening possession of the game, a three-play, 75-yard drive.

Passing

NWSt Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
J. Almond 21 11 52.4 1 162 52 0 93.8
C. Holgorsen 17 7 41.2 0 49 14 2 9.3
LT Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
J. Smith 35 18 51.4 2 276 53 0 96.8

Rushing

NWSt Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
C. Jones 16 60 3.8 22 1
J. West 5 34 6.8 23 0
LT Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. Craft 16 86 5.4 21 2
J. Smith 10 72 7.2 22 0

Receiving

NWSt Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
B. Chan-Chan 7 77 11.0 29 0
J. Watson 1 52 52.0 52 1
LT Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
B. Scott 4 55 13.8 32 0
J. Woodard 1 53 53.0 53 0

Fumbles

NWSt F FL
J. West 1 0
J. Almond 1 0
LT F FL
R. Bonnette 1 1
J. Smith 2 2

Returning

NWSt KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
X. Bell 6 22.5 0 30 0 0 0
H. Bourgeois 0 0 0 1 11.0 0 11
LT KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
T. Veal 0 0 0 4 21.5 1 66
R. Bonnette 3 16.3 0 22 0 0 0

Punting

NWSt Punt Yds Avg LgPu
E. Piccione 8 329 41.1 48
LT Punt Yds Avg LgPu
B. Farlow 4 180 45.0 47

Takeaways

LT Int Yds InTD
D. Washington 2 26 0

Team Stats Comparison

NWSt LT
Points For 24 52
Total Yards 389 497
Rushing Yards 133 221
Passing Yards 256 276
Passing Completions / Attempts 20/40 18/35
Turnovers 3 3
Interceptions Thrown 2 0
Fumbles - Lost 3/1 3/3
First Downs 22 22
Penalties - Yards 8/54 5/50
Time Of Possession 38:38 22:22
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 3/14 7/15
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/0 0/1
Punts - Average Yards 8/41 4/45

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter NWSt LT
NWSt 01:33 TD Jaylen Watson 52 yd pass from J.D. Almond (Eric Piccione kick) 7 0
LT 11:02 FG Jonathan Barnes 31 yd FG 7 3
LT 11:14 TD DeJuawn Oliver 26 yd fumble return (Jonathan Barnes kick) 7 10
2nd Quarter NWSt LT
LT 05:14 TD Teddy Veal 66 yd punt return (Jonathan Barnes kick) 7 17
NWSt 11:49 FG Eric Piccione 26 yd FG 10 17
LT 13:58 TD Jarred Craft 2 yd run (Jonathan Barnes kick) 10 24
3rd Quarter NWSt LT
NWSt 00:15 TD Chris Jones 3 yd run (Eric Piccione kick) 17 24
NWSt 01:55 TD Lucas Morgan 27 yd pass from Bobby Chan-Chan (Eric Piccione kick) 24 24
LT 14:02 TD Jaqwis Dancy 4 yd run (Jonathan Barnes kick) 24 31
4th Quarter NWSt LT
LT 03:21 TD Jarred Craft 2 yd run (Jonathan Barnes kick) 24 38
LT 05:20 TD Rhashid Bonnette 36 yd pass from J'mar Smith (Jonathan Barnes kick) 24 45
LT 11:27 TD Jarred Craft 17 yd pass from J'mar Smith (Jonathan Barnes kick) 24 52

Game Information

Stadium: Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, Louisiana
Attendance: 24,002
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