NCAAF

Lamar Cardinals at Nicholls Colonels

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5-5, 2-3 Away
Final
24 - 37
5-4, 2-2 Home

McQuaide, Spears and Guggenheim help Nicholls cruise to 37-24 victory over Lamar

McQuaide completed 9 of 17 passes for 106 yards that included a 29-yard touchdown pass to Spears, his longest of the game. Spears ran for 177 yards on 16 carries and had also had scoring runs from 69 and 14 yards. Guggenheim carried the ball 13 times for 113 yards for Nicholls (5-4, 6-0 Southland Conference).

Nicholls remains atop the conference standings, a game up of Incarnate Word (7-2, 5-1). Nicholls concludes its regular season at Southeastern Louisiana next Saturday while Incarnate Word plays at Houston Christian.

Robert Coleman was 17-of-35 passing for 289 yards and threw two touchdown passes and two interceptions for Lamar (5-5, 4-2). Coleman’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Kyndon Fuselier pulled the Cardinals to 20-18 midway through the third quarter.

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Scoring Summary

LAM TD 1st Period 9:12 RJ Carver 1 Yd Run (Chris Esqueda Kick)
NICH TD 1st Period 5:00 Jaylon Spears 29 Yd pass from Pat McQuaide (Gavin Lasseigne Kick)
NICH TD 2nd Period 13:09 Quincy Brown 3 Yd pass from Pat McQuaide (Gavin Lasseigne PAT blocked)
LAM D2P 2nd Period 13:09 Ramond Stevens Defensive PAT Conversion
NICH TD 2nd Period 10:48 Jaylon Spears 69 Yd Run (Gavin Lasseigne Kick)
LAM SF 2nd Period 4:07 Team Safety
LAM TD 3rd Period 7:45 Kyndon Fuselier 19 Yd pass from Robert Coleman (Chris Esqueda Kick)
NICH TD 3rd Period 6:29 David Robinson Jr. 15 Yd pass from Pat McQuaide (Gavin Lasseigne Kick)
NICH TD 3rd Period 3:05 Jaylon Spears 14 Yd Run (Gavin Lasseigne Kick)
LAM TD 4th Period 14:54 Devyn Gibbs 14 Yd pass from Robert Coleman (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
NICH FG 4th Period 8:35 Gavin Lasseigne 28 Yd Field Goal

Statistics

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18 1st Downs 24
5-14 3rd down efficiency 7-13
3-6 4th down efficiency 1-1
416 Total Yards 455
289 Passing 106
17-35 Comp-Att 9-17
8.3 Yards per pass 6.2
127 Rushing 349
31 Rushing Attempts 48
4.1 Yards per rush 7.3
5-39 Penalties 3-19
3 Turnovers 0
1 Fumbles lost 0
2 Interceptions thrown 0
26:14 Possession 33:46

Game Information

Venue: Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium

Location: Thibodaux, LA
Attendance: 6,845 · Capacity:
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