Highlights
YOUTUBEWin probability
EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODELKICKOFF: NICH 84% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 8 PTS
Scoring plays
13 SCORES
Trae Self 21 Yd Run (Storm Ruiz Kick)
0-7
Julien Gums 21 Yd Run (Gunnar Jones Kick)
7-7
Stefano Guarisco 14 Yd pass from Chase Fourcade (Gunnar Jones Kick)
14-7
Storm Ruiz 21 Yd Field Goal
14-10
Storm Ruiz 22 Yd Field Goal
14-13
Jeremy Rounds 4 Yd Run (Gunnar Jones Kick)
21-13
Xavier Gipson 47 Yd pass from Trae Self (Storm Ruiz Kick)
21-20
Julien Gums 9 Yd Run (Gunnar Jones Kick)
28-20
Storm Ruiz 35 Yd Field Goal
28-23
Chase Fourcade 19 Yd Run (Gunnar Jones Kick)
35-23
Allen Arclies III 10 Yd pass from Trae Self (Storm Ruiz Kick)
35-30
Chase Fourcade 6 Yd Run (Gunnar Jones PAT failed)
41-30
Julien Gums 4 Yd Run (Gunnar Jones Kick)
48-30
What happened
ESPN RECAPGums, Fourcade lead Nicholls past Stephen F. Austin 48-30
NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- Julien Gums rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns and Chase Fourcade threw a TD pass and ran for two scores as Nicholls cruised past Stephen F. Austin 48-30 in a Southland Conference opener on Saturday. Stephen F. Austin took a 7-0 lead on Trae Self 's 21-yard run, but Gums answered with a 21-yard scoring run of his own to knot the score at 7 at the end of the first quarter. Fourcade put the Colonels (2-1, 1-0) up 14-7 just 48 seconds into the second quarter on a 14-yard TD toss to Stefano Guarisco . The Lumberjacks (0-4, 0-1) pulled within a point on two Storm Ruiz field goals before Jeremy Rounds scored on a 4-yard run for a 21-13 Nicholls lead. Again Stephen F. Austin got within a point after Self connected with Xavier Gipson for a 47-yard scoring strike, but Gums answered again with a 9-yard TD run to extend the Colonels' lead to 28-20.
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Team stats
NICH · SFAHOMER BRYCE STADIUM, NACOGDOCHES · ATTENDANCE 10,304
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