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FORD 20-50 UTC
CIT 41-38 CCU
COLG 27-20 UNH
SUU 39-42 SHSU
SDKST 17-24 UMT
EIU 17-53 UNI
DUQ 49-52 W&M
WIU 24-7 DAY

• Best Performance: Tennessee-Chattanooga 50, Fordham 20 - The Mocs outrush Fordham 349-87 (Chase Edmonds had 3 carries for 5 yards) and also score 9 points on defense in a complete rout.
  
  Worst Performance: Eastern Illinois 17, Northern Iowa 53 - Eastern Illinois has now lost 12 straight playoff games against non-conference opponents, 8 of them by double digits.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Duquesne 49, William & Mary 52 - The Dukes get 6 TD passes from Dillon Buechel and score a season-high in points against DI competition despite W&M being by far their best overall opponent.

SWAC

SU 23-34 GRAM (in New Orleans, LA)
TXSO 7-38 AAMU
ALCORN 14-10 JSU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 5-14
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 0-6
  
  
  Best Performance: (#21) Grambling 34, Southern 23 - The Tigers finish 9-0 in SWAC play largely thanks to a 2-0 turnover advantage.
  
  Worst Performance: Texas Southern 7, Alabama A&M 38 - Tigers give up 238 rushing yards to a team that was averaging just 138 coming in.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Alcorn St. 14, Jackson St. 10 - This was Alcorn's closest win in more than 3 years.

I think Southern Utah deserves consideration for worst performance because of the way in which their point after touchdown aspect was a factor in the game. Their point after touchdown performance resulted in a net 5 point advantage for Sam Houston State in a game Sam Houston State won by 3 points. I guess now I know why they went for two at the end of the game against Portland State.

Eastern Illinois was outmatched. They weren't going to win. Southern Utah had a chance to win and what they did when it was time to try to convert points after touchdowns REALLY hurt them.

Another thing is that they gave up 344 yards rushing even though Sam Houston State played most of the game without it's #1 and #2 running backs on the depth chart. That's not real good for a team that was supposed to have a good defense. Yes I know Sam Houston State has a good running game but their season average going into that game was 264 yards per game rushing. Southern Utah gave up the second highest rushing total to Sam Houston State of anybody Sam Houston State played this season. Only Northwestern State did worse (384 yards). Lamar gave up 194 rushing yards to the Bearkats. Friggin' Houston Baptist gave up 256. That was a horrendous performance by a defense that was supposed to be good; especially (again) considering that Sam Houston State played most of the game without it's top 2 running backs.

JohnStOnge wrote:I think Southern Utah deserves consideration for worst performance because of the way in which their point after touchdown aspect was a factor in the game. Their point after touchdown performance resulted in a net 5 point advantage for Sam Houston State in a game Sam Houston State won by 3 points. I guess now I know why they went for two at the end of the game against Portland State.

Eastern Illinois was outmatched. They weren't going to win. Southern Utah had a chance to win and what they did when it was time to try to convert points after touchdowns REALLY hurt them.

Another thing is that they gave up 344 yards rushing even though Sam Houston State played most of the game without it's #1 and #2 running backs on the depth chart. That's not real good for a team that was supposed to have a good defense. Yes I know Sam Houston State has a good running game but their season average going into that game was 264 yards per game rushing. Southern Utah gave up the second highest rushing total to Sam Houston State of anybody Sam Houston State played this season. Only Northwestern State did worse (384 yards). Lamar gave up 194 rushing yards to the Bearkats. Friggin' Houston Baptist gave up 256. That was a horrendous performance by a defense that was supposed to be good; especially (again) considering that Sam Houston State played most of the game without it's top 2 running backs.

OK, but the "worst performance" isn't relative. Getting blown out by UNI is definitely worse than losing close to Sam Houston.