Kent State dominates St. Francis
Flashes put up 45 after slow start
By Don Knotts | @theotherdonknotts | September 7, 2024, 6:41pm EDT
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14 | 45
Saturday September 7th 2:30 PM ET
Location: Kent, Ohio | Dix Stadium
0-1 | 1-1
STF|07|07|00|00|14
KSU|00|21|14|10|45
KENT STATE QB TOMMY ULATOWSKI SCORES A RUSHING TD
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Kent, OH - After a close loss last week at Pitt the Flashes were looking for a convincing win as they played host to St. Francis at Dix Stadium. It was St. Francis who got on the board first via an eight yard touchdown run by Dorian O'Neal. The score was set up by St. Francis' Dre Leverette picking off a Tommy Ulatowski pass in the endzone to spoil what looked like a promising first drive for Kent State.@14 | 45
Saturday September 7th 2:30 PM ET
Location: Kent, Ohio | Dix Stadium
0-1 | 1-1
STF|07|07|00|00|14
KSU|00|21|14|10|45
KENT STATE QB TOMMY ULATOWSKI SCORES A RUSHING TD
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Kent State tied the game on the first play of the second quarter when Ky Thomas powered into the endzone from a yard out. Thomas' score was set up by a pair of long Ulatowski passes, first to Chrishon McCray for a gain of 18 and then to Isaiah Batton for 35 yards. Batton led all receivers with 142 yards and two scores. Gavin Garcia ran for a gain of twelve and then Ulatowski scrambled for a gain of 10 yards down to the one yard line.
Later in the second quarter Ulatowski scored on a nine yard run and connected with Batton for a 16 yard score. St. Francis cut into the lead with a Noah Schwartz touchdown grab courtesy of Brock Ladler for a five yard score just before the break.
With a score of 21-14 at halftime Kent State was not where they had hoped to be.
The second half was all Golden Flashes with Thomas scoring a second one yard TD and Ulatowski and Batton connecting for a 74 yard touchdown in the third quarter.
Andrew Glass connected on a 23 yard field goal and Garcia picked up a two yard rushing touchdown to make the final 45-14 Kent State.
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Scoring
1Q STF D. O'Neal 7 Yd run (A. McFoles kick) 1:16
2Q KSU K. Thomas 1 Yd run (A. Glass kick) 7:57
2Q KSU T. Ulatowski 9 Yd run (A. Glass kick) 4:20
2Q KSU I. Batton 16 Yd pass from T. Ulatowski (A. Glass kick) 1:56
2Q STF N. Schwartz 5 Yd pass from B. Ladler (A. McFoles kick) 0:34
3Q KSU K. Thomas 1 Yd run (A. Glass kick) 3:12
3Q KSU I. Batton 74 Yd pass from T. Ulatowski (A. GLass kick) 1:06
4Q KSU A. Glass 23 Yd FG
4Q KSU G. Garcia 2 Yd run (A. Glass kick)
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Key Statistics
Kent State
Passing - T. Ulatowski 15/21 297Yds 2TD 1Int, J. Sherrod 3/5 19Yds
Rushing - K. Thomas 16Car 131Yds 2TD, G. Garcia 16Car 101Yds 1TD, T. Ulatowski 6Car 37Yds 1TD
Receiving - I. Batton 5Rec 142Yds 2TD, C. McCray 4Rec 78Yds, L. Floriea 4Rec 47Yds, S. Brown 3Rec 30Yds
Tackles - J. Dotson 9, L. Fulton 9
Sacks - S. Nelson 1.0
Takeaways - N/A
Kicking - Andrew Glass 1/1FG 6/6XP
St. Francis
Passing - B. Ladler - 11/18 136Yds 1TD
Rushing - D. O'Neal - 4Car 39Yds 1TD, C. York 11Car 37Yds
Receiving - D. O'Neal 4Rec 68Yds, M. Matthews 2Rec 30Yds, N. Schwartz 2Rec 11Yds 1TD
Tackles - D. Leverette 14, R. West 12
Sacks - A. Conroy 1.0, A. Culpepper 1.0
Takeaways - D. Leverette 1Int, A. Conroy 1FF 1FR
Kicking - A. McFoles 0/1FG 2/2XP
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