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Massachusetts
4-0
Sacramento State
1-4
Final · 35 - 6
WEEK 4 · MAC Hornet Stadium, Sacramento
Sat, Sep 26 1:00 AM Hornet Stadium, Sacramento
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Recap
The Massachusetts Minutemen rolled into Hornet Stadium and absolutely dominated, silencing the home crowd with a commanding 35-6 victory over Sacramento State. UMass controlled the game from start to finish, building an insurmountable lead while holding the Hornets to just a single score. The 183 plays told the story of a methodical beatdown, with the Minutemen executing their game plan to perfection on both sides of the ball. Sacramento State had no answers for the visitors' relentless attack, managing only six points in what became a frustrating afternoon for the home squad. UMass's stifling defense made life miserable for the Hornets' offense, while their own unit cruised to nearly six touchdowns. This wasn't just a win—it was a statement performance by the Minutemen in California.
KEY PERFORMERS
The difference-makers on both sidelines.
Final Stats
Massachusetts Sacramento State- 101 Pass Yards 221
- 232 Rush Yards 102
- 333 Total Yards 323
- 16 First Downs 23
- 30% 3rd Down Conv. 40%
- 0 Turnovers 3
- 50 Penalty Yards 85
- 28:08 Time of Possession 31:52
Play Breakdown
- Run plays 30 of 77 snaps 39%
- Pass plays 47 of 77 snaps 61%
Drive Chart
Q4
Q3
Q2
Q1
Play by play
Rush
Elias Brown rush to the middle for 9 yards to the Sac14. Tackled by Robert Ekins.
Rush
Brian Salazar rush to the middle for 3 yards to the Sac5. Tackled by Robert Ekins and Aubrey Melvin.
PRIOR DRIVES
UMass · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Edward Phillipson punts for 39 yards to Sac2. No return.
Offense Time Out
Minutemen timeout.
Rush
Justin Lewis rush to the middle for 0 yards to the Sac41. Tackled by Leki Holani and Joshua Holani.
Rush
Justin Lewis rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Sac41. Tackled by Austin Aten and Collin Kallhoff.
Rush
Justin Lewis rush to the middle for 7 yards to the Sac43. Tackled by Malachi Kindle.
Rush
Justin Lewis rush to the middle for 11 yards to the UMass50. Tackled by Darson Jeanty.
Sac · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Hamish Adams punts for 41 yards to UMass39. No return.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Khai Taylor.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Raiden Brown.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Raiden Brown defensed by Robert Ekins.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the middle to Khai Taylor for 9 yards to the Sac20. Tackled by Michael Pangaro.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Onterrio Smith Jr..
Rush
Jackson Sharman rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Sac11. Tackled by Robert Ekins.
Penalty
Penalty: Personal Foul on Hornets (Noah King) -9 yards.
UMass · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Edward Phillipson punts for 47 yards to Sac19. No return.
Rush
Logan Inagawa rush to the middle for 7 yards to the UMass34. Tackled by Leki Holani.
Rush
Jordan Washington rush to the left for 1 yard to the UMass27. Tackled by Tim Thomas.
Rush
Jordan Washington rush to the middle for 6 yards to the UMass26. Tackled by Collin Kallhoff and Leki Holani.
Penalty
Penalty: Illegal Plyr Downfld on Minutemen (Samu Suominen) -5 yards.
Sac · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Hamish Adams punts for 39 yards to UMass25. No return.
Sack
Jackson Sharman sacked at Sac36 for a loss of 8 yards by Joshua Nobles.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the middle to Raiden Brown for 5 yards to the Sac44. Tackled by Joshua Iseah.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Isaiah Ene for 3 yards to the Sac39. Tackled by JC Clark.
Penalty
Penalty: Illegal Formation on Hornets -5 yards.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the middle to Matt Coleman for 13 yards to the Sac41. Tackled by Michael Pangaro.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the middle for 5 yards to the Sac28. Tackled by Romando Johnson and Justin Krueger.
UMass · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Edward Phillipson punts for 48 yards to Sac23. No return.
Rush
Jordan Washington rush to the middle for 1 yard to the UMass29. Tackled by Leki Holani and Miles Bailey.
Rush
Jordan Washington rush to the middle for 5 yards to the UMass28. Tackled by Warren Smith Jr. and Leki Holani.
Rush
Jordan Washington rush to the middle for 3 yards to the UMass23. Tackled by Leki Holani and Warren Smith Jr..
Sac · 3rd Quarter Downs
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Onterrio Smith Jr..
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Matt Coleman.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Daniel Swinney.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the middle for 5 yards to the UMass20. Tackled by Isaiah Reed and Joshua Iseah.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the left to Kyle Koontz for 11 yards to the UMass25. Tackled by Kendall Bournes.
Penalty
Penalty: Illegal Substitution on Minutemen 5 yards.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the middle for 2 yards to the UMass41. Tackled by Joshua Nobles.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the middle for 2 yards to the UMass43. Tackled by Zeraun Daniel and Aubrey Melvin.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Jordan Williams for 4 yards to the UMass45. Tackled by Raheim Sexil.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the left to Cincere Rhaney for 3 yards to the UMass49. Tackled by Zeraun Daniel and Hollis Dirstine.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the left to Onterrio Smith Jr. for 8 yards to the Sac48. Tackled by Zeraun Daniel.
Rush
Isaiah Ene rush to the left for 4 yards to the Sac40. Tackled by Isaiah Reed.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the middle to Raiden Brown for 8 yards to the Sac36. Tackled by Joshua Iseah.
Rush
Isaiah Ene rush to the middle for 3 yards to the Sac28. Tackled by Tim Passmore Jr. and Joshua Iseah.
Kickoff
Derek Morris kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
UMass · 3rd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Derek Morris extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Kezion Dia-Johnson rush to the right for 3 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the left for 2 yards to the Sac3. Tackled by Alex Rocha and Diego Davis.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the middle for 3 yards to the Sac5. Tackled by Xavier Williams.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the middle for 9 yards to the Sac8. Tackled by Dionte Thornton and Diego Davis.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the left for 10 yards to the Sac17. Tackled by Warren Smith Jr..
Defensive Time Out
Hornets timeout.
Rush
Elijah Faulkner rush to the middle for 5 yards to the Sac27. Tackled by Dionte Thornton.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Hornets (Dionte Thornton) 10 yards.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the right to Jabari Lewis for 10 yards to the Sac42. Tackled by Elias Mullican and Amari Wallace.
Sack
William Watson III sacked at UMass48 for a loss of 9 yards by Fata Puloka and Xavier Williams.
Fumble
Edward Phillipson punts for 47 yards to Sac35. Matt Coleman return for 0 yards to Sac35. FUMBLE, recovered by UMass (Grant Mills).
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the middle for 0 yards to the UMass18. Tackled by Isiah Chala.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the left for 6 yards to the UMass18. Tackled by Fata Puloka and Dionte Thornton.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the middle for 3 yards to the UMass12. Tackled by Alex Rocha.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Minutemen (Khari Bendolph) -9 yards.
Sac · 3rd Quarter Punt
Punt
Hamish Adams punts for 45 yards to UMass17. T.Y. Harding return for 1 yard to UMass18. Tackled by Adam Taylor.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Onterrio Smith Jr..
Sack
Jackson Sharman sacked at Sac38 for a loss of 9 yards by Justin Krueger and Aubrey Melvin.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the middle for 0 yards to the Sac47. Tackled by Tyler Martin.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the middle for 12 yards to the Sac47. Tackled by Zeraun Daniel and Raheim Sexil.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the left to Onterrio Smith Jr. for 8 yards to the Sac35. Tackled by Raheim Sexil and Kendall Bournes.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Raiden Brown for 14 yards to the Sac27. Tackled by Khari Bendolph.
Sack
Jackson Sharman sacked at Sac13 for a loss of 7 yards by Hollis Dirstine.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the middle for 5 yards to the Sac20. Tackled by Timmy Hinspeter and Tyler Martin.
Kickoff
Derek Morris kicks off to the Sac0. Adam Taylor return for 15 yards to Sac15. Tackled by Isaiah Reed.
UMass · 3rd Quarter Def TD
Made Extra Point
Derek Morris extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Interception
Jackson Sharman pass intended for Matt Coleman INTERCEPTED by Timmy Hinspeter and returned for 49 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Sac · 3rd Quarter TO
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Sac36. Tackled by Tyler Martin and Zakar Morris.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the middle to Jordan Williams for 9 yards to the Sac34. Tackled by Tyler Martin.
Kickoff
Derek Morris kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
UMass · 2nd Quarter
Rush
Elijah Faulkner rush to the middle for 10 yards to the UMass23. Tackled by Chakai Scott and Amari Wallace.
Penalty
Penalty: Personal Foul on Minutemen (Jaxon King) -13 yards.
Defensive Time Out
Hornets timeout.
Rush
Elijah Faulkner rush to the middle for 5 yards to the UMass26. Tackled by Ivan Moore Jr. and Warren Smith Jr..
Incomplete Pass
William Watson III incomplete pass to the right intended for Reece Adkins defensed by Xavier Williams.
Sac · 2nd Quarter FG Miss
Missed Field Goal
40 yard field goal attempt by Grant Meadors is NO GOOD.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Hornets (Vae Soifua) -5 yards.
Penalty
Penalty: Offside on Minutemen (Raheim Sexil) 5 yards.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Onterrio Smith Jr..
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the left intended for Raiden Brown.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the left intended for Raiden Brown defensed by Joshua Nobles.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the middle to Onterrio Smith Jr. for 15 yards to the UMass21. Tackled by Raheim Sexil.
Offense Time Out
Hornets timeout.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the left to Matt Coleman for 7 yards to the UMass36. Tackled by Jahmad Harmon.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Raiden Brown.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Jordan Williams for 4 yards to the UMass43. Tackled by Isaiah Reed.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Raiden Brown for 9 yards to the UMass47. Tackled by Khari Bendolph.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Jordan Williams for 5 yards to the Sac44. Tackled by Khari Bendolph.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Raiden Brown for 14 yards to the Sac39.
Kickoff
Derek Morris kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
UMass · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Derek Morris extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
William Watson III pass to the right to Max Dowling for 7 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the right to T.Y. Harding for 26 yards to the Sac7. Tackled by Caleb Reese.
Penalty
Penalty: Unsports. Conduct on Hornets (Boogsie Silvera) 15 yards.
Rush
William Watson III rush to the right for 1 yard to the Sac48. Tackled by Austin Chambers.
Rush
T.Y. Harding rush to the left for 4 yards to the Sac49. Tackled by Warren Smith Jr..
Penalty
Penalty: Pass Interference on Hornets (Amari Wallace) 15 yards.
Penalty
Penalty: Offside on Hornets (Nick Dimitris) 5 yards.
Incomplete Pass
William Watson III incomplete pass to the middle intended for Jabari Lewis.
Rush
William Watson III rush to the middle for 2 yards to the UMass27. Tackled by Malikai Nichols.
Kickoff
Saul Marks kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Sac · 2nd Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Grant Meadors 29 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the left intended for Matt Coleman.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the right for 2 yards to the UMass11. Tackled by Zakar Morris and Timmy Hinspeter.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Jordan Williams defensed by Zakar Morris.
UMass · 2nd Quarter Punt
Blocked Punt
Edward Phillipson punt blocked by Ivan Moore Jr..
Incomplete Pass
William Watson III incomplete pass to the left intended for Jabari Lewis.
Offense Time Out
Minutemen timeout.
Rush
William Watson III rush to the middle for 0 yards to the UMass17. Tackled by Xavier Williams.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the middle for 3 yards to the UMass17. Tackled by Tim Thomas and Miles Bailey.
Sac · 2nd Quarter TO
Fumble
Isaiah Ene rush to the middle for 7 yards to the UMass14. Tackled by Kendall Bournes. FUMBLE, recovered by UMass (Raheim Sexil).
Rush
Isaiah Ene rush to the middle for 1 yard to the UMass21. Tackled by Jahmad Harmon and Zakar Morris.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the left to Matt Coleman for 11 yards to the UMass22. Tackled by Kendall Bournes.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the right for 0 yards to the UMass33. Tackled by Isaiah Reed and Michael Robinson.
Rush
Raiden Brown rush to the right for 24 yards to the UMass33. Tackled by Chris Stanley.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the middle for 8 yards to the Sac43. Tackled by DD Snyder.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Sac35. Tackled by Andrew Depaepe and Tyler Martin.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the left intended for Raiden Brown.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the left to Jordan Williams for 19 yards to the Sac34. Tackled by Isaiah Reed and DD Snyder.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Hornets (Jeremiah Stallworth) -10 yards.
Kickoff
Derek Morris kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
UMass · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Derek Morris extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
William Watson III rush to the right for 32 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the right to T.Y. Harding for 19 yards to the Sac32. Tackled by Boogsie Silvera.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the left to Reece Adkins for 10 yards to the UMass49. Tackled by Boogsie Silvera.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the left to Kezion Dia-Johnson for 1 yard to the UMass39. Tackled by Boogsie Silvera and Dionte Thornton.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the left to Reece Adkins for a loss of 1 yard to the UMass38. Tackled by Ivan Moore Jr. and Devyn Blake.
Defensive Time Out
Hornets timeout.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the middle to Jabari Lewis for 12 yards to the UMass39. Tackled by Chakai Scott.
Rush
Elijah Faulkner rush to the middle for 3 yards to the UMass27. Tackled by Ivan Moore Jr..
Pass
William Watson III pass to the right to T.Y. Harding for a loss of 1 yard to the UMass24. Tackled by Elias Mullican.
Kickoff
Saul Marks kicks off to the UMass5. No return.
Sac · 1st Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Grant Meadors 20 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Raiden Brown defensed by Raheim Sexil.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Raiden Brown.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the middle for 0 yards to the UMass2. Tackled by Aubrey Melvin and Timmy Hinspeter.
Penalty
Penalty: Pass Interference on Minutemen (Isaiah Reed) 13 yards.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the middle to Matt Coleman for 11 yards to the UMass15. Tackled by Jahmad Harmon.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the middle for 2 yards to the UMass26. Tackled by Samu Suominen and Joshua Iseah.
Incomplete Pass
Jackson Sharman incomplete pass to the right intended for Matt Coleman.
Rush
Jackson Sharman rush to the left for 2 yards to the UMass28. Tackled by Isaiah Reed.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the middle for 3 yards to the UMass30. Tackled by Tyler Martin.
Rush
Isaiah Ene rush to the left for 6 yards to the UMass33. Tackled by Aubrey Melvin.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the middle for 9 yards to the UMass39. Tackled by Jahmad Harmon and Aubrey Melvin.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the middle for 4 yards to the UMass48. Tackled by Aubrey Melvin and Tyler Martin.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Raiden Brown for 11 yards to the Sac48.
Rush
Daniel Swinney rush to the left for 5 yards to the Sac37. Tackled by William DePaepe.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the left to Isaiah Ene for 16 yards to the Sac32. Tackled by David Chiavegato.
Rush
Jackson Sharman rush to the left for 5 yards to the Sac16.
Penalty
Penalty: Personal Foul on Hornets (Jamel Howard) -11 yards.
UMass · 1st Quarter FG Miss
Missed Field Goal
40 yard field goal attempt by Derek Morris is NO GOOD.
Rush
Elijah Faulkner rush to the middle for 4 yards to the Sac22. Tackled by Tim Thomas.
Incomplete Pass
William Watson III incomplete pass to the right intended for Jabari Lewis.
Incomplete Pass
William Watson III incomplete pass to the right intended for Max Dowling.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the left for 20 yards to the Sac26. Tackled by Elias Mullican.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the middle for 0 yards to the Sac46. Tackled by Xavier Williams and Austin Chambers.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the right to Jabari Lewis for 16 yards to the Sac46.
Sac · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Hamish Adams punts for 44 yards to UMass38. No return.
Sack
Jackson Sharman sacked at Sac18 for a loss of 8 yards by Joshua Iseah.
Pass
Jackson Sharman pass to the right to Isaiah Ene for 4 yards to the Sac26. Tackled by Tyler Martin.
Rush
Cincere Rhaney rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Sac22. Tackled by Tim Passmore Jr. and Zakar Morris.
Kickoff
Derek Morris kicks off to the Sac0. Adam Taylor return for 20 yards to Sac20. Tackled by David Timson.
UMass · 1st Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Derek Morris extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
William Watson III rush to the right for 13 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Curtis Kimmons IV rush to the middle for 5 yards to the Sac13. Tackled by Jamel Howard.
Pass
William Watson III pass to the left to Max Dowling for 2 yards to the Sac18. Tackled by Xavier Williams.
Rush
William Watson III rush to the middle for 33 yards to the Sac20. Tackled by Elias Mullican.
Rush
Elijah Faulkner rush to the middle for 5 yards to the UMass47. Tackled by Alex Rocha and Xavier Williams.
Rush
T.Y. Harding rush to the right for 17 yards to the UMass42.
Kickoff
Grant Meadors kicks off to the UMass5. No return.
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