Eastern Michigan 42, Eastern Kentucky 34
Associated Press
YPSILANTI, Mich. - Taylor Powell passed for 271 yards and three touchdowns, Samson Evans rushed for 89 yards and two scores and Eastern Michigan beat FCS member Eastern Kentucky 42-34.
Powell rushed for a 7-yard score early in the fourth quarter to extend Eastern Michigan's lead to 35-17. After 10 straight points from EKU, Powell led a six-play, 65-yard drive ending in a 22-yard scoring pass to Hassan Beydoun for a 42-27 lead with 3:22 left.
EKU scored on Parker McKinney's 9-yard completion to Dakota Allen with 1:11 remaining, but Eastern Michigan secured the onside kick to seal it.
Tanner Knue caught four passes for 43 yards and two touchdowns for Eastern Michigan. Hassan Beydoun added 48 yards receiving and a score.
McKinney was 35-of-51 passing for 351 yards and three scores for Eastern Kentucky. McKinney also rushed for 49 yards and a score. Allen caught nine passes for 118 yards and two scores.
| Scoring Summary |
| Second Quarter |
EastKy | EastMi |
| EastKy |
FG |
14:52 |
Patrick Nations 33 yd FG |
3 |
0 |
| EastMi |
TD |
10:39 |
Tanner Knue 15 yd pass from Taylor Powell (Jesus Gomez kick) |
3 |
7 |
| EastMi |
TD |
5:36 |
Samson Evans 8 yd run (Jesus Gomez kick) |
3 |
14 |
| EastKy |
TD |
2:24 |
Jaden Smith 19 yd pass from Parker McKinney (Patrick Nations kick) |
10 |
14 |
| Third Quarter |
EastKy | EastMi |
| EastMi |
TD |
11:39 |
Samson Evans 2 yd run (Jesus Gomez kick) |
10 |
21 |
| EastMi |
TD |
8:07 |
Tanner Knue 12 yd pass from Taylor Powell (Jesus Gomez kick) |
10 |
28 |
| EastKy |
TD |
4:38 |
Parker McKinney 23 yd run (Patrick Nations kick) |
17 |
28 |
| Fourth Quarter |
EastKy | EastMi |
| EastMi |
TD |
11:00 |
Taylor Powell 7 yd run (Jesus Gomez kick) |
17 |
35 |
| EastKy |
FG |
8:16 |
Patrick Nations 40 yd FG |
20 |
35 |
| EastKy |
TD |
7:13 |
Dakota Allen 14 yd pass from Parker McKinney (Patrick Nations kick) |
27 |
35 |
| EastMi |
TD |
3:22 |
Hassan Beydoun 22 yd pass from Taylor Powell (Jesus Gomez kick) |
27 |
42 |
| EastKy |
TD |
1:11 |
Dakota Allen 9 yd pass from Parker McKinney (Patrick Nations kick) |
34 |
42 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Eastern Kentucky |
Eastern Michigan |
| First downs |
29 |
23 |
| Rushing |
5 |
8 |
| Passing |
21 |
12 |
| Penalty |
3 |
3 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
12-18, 67% |
6-11, 55% |
| 4th down efficiency |
1-1, 100% |
0-0, -% |
| Rushes-Yards |
28-141 |
33-124 |
| Passing Yards |
351 |
271 |
| Return Yards |
44 |
110 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
35-51-1 |
21-30-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--2 |
3--16 |
| Punts |
3 |
3 |
| Punts-Average |
33 |
42 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-1 |
1-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
12-108 |
6-59 |
| Time of Possession |
31:48 |
28:12 |
| Eastern Kentucky Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| P. McKinney |
35 |
51 |
351 |
3 |
1 |
| Eastern Michigan Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| T. Powell |
21 |
30 |
271 |
3 |
1 |
| Eastern Kentucky Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| J. Hayes |
1 |
0 |
| Eastern Michigan Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| B. Bogan |
1 |
0 |
| Eastern Kentucky Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| J. Edwards |
3 |
99 |
33.0 |
| Eastern Michigan Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Tomasek |
3 |
126 |
42.0 |
| Eastern Kentucky Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Eastern Michigan Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Eastern Kentucky Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Sloan |
2 |
44 |
22.0 |
| Eastern Kentucky Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Eastern Michigan Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
