Kennesaw State 44, Middle Tennessee 28: 25 unanswered points bury the Blue Raiders

Twenty-five unanswered points. From Dominic Bourgeois's second field goal late in the first half to Daniel Kinney's fourth-quarter kick, Kennesaw State scored 25 straight and turned a 17-19 scrap into a 44-28 win over Middle Tennessee.

The first half gave little warning. Boogie Woods III opened the scoring for the Owls, Roman Gagliano answered for the Blue Raiders, and the sides went into the second quarter level at 7-7. Antonio Martin's touchdown nudged Middle Tennessee in front, but Davis Bryson and Dylan Gary replied with touchdowns — neither extra point good — and Bourgeois's field goal sent the Blue Raiders in behind, 17-19.

The third quarter swung the game. Tywon Christopher reached the end zone, Woods III ran in the two-point conversion, and although Bourgeois drilled his second field goal to make it 20-27, the Blue Raiders were already chasing. The fourth quarter brought the avalanche: Dylan Gary's second touchdown, Woods III's second, Kinney's field goal — 20-44 — before Santana Fleming's score and Gagliano's two-pointer trimmed the final margin to 28-44. The Owls won the fourth 17-8, and three failed extra points on the day could not dilute a 16-point win.

Woods III was the decisive actor. A touchdown in the first quarter, a two-point conversion in the third, another in the fourth — he stamped three separate periods of this game. Gary added two scores of his own, and Christopher's third-quarter touchdown stretched the lead before Bourgeois's field goal trimmed it back to seven.

Middle Tennessee scored last. Kennesaw State scored most — and in one ruthless burst, scored enough to settle everything.