00:00to get to 35 umass and 16 game losing streak with 37 to 21 win at ruckers pop watson three
00:18passed
00:18for 197 yards and three touchdowns as umass ended a 16 game losing streak with a 37 to 21 win
00:26over
00:26ruckers in the season opener for both teams thursday night it ended the longest active losing streak in
00:32the fbs the minutemen's last win against an fbs school was against army in 2023 watson connected
00:39with elijah faulkner on two touchdowns and joseph griffin jr for one touchdown as umass built a 24
00:46to 7 halftime lead it was the minutemen's first halftime lead against a power conference school
00:51since leading mississippi state in 2017. umass 16 point victory is the largest win by an underdog of
00:5829 plus points since texas state defeated houston 30 to 13 in week one on september 1st 2012 in the
01:06bobcats first game as an fbs program according to espn research texas state was a 35 point underdog
01:14entering that game we got outlicked outplayed and outcoached ruckers coach greg sciano said
01:20there is no other way to say it i didn't have them ready watson effectively scattered his 19
01:27completions among eight umass receivers the transfer from virginia tech was equally comfortable throwing
01:33and running the ball primarily out of the shotgun he picked up 40 yards on six carries leading umass to
01:40scores in seven of its 10 drives ruckers continued its defensive woes from last season when it allowed at
01:46least 30 points in eight of its 12 games new quarterback dylan lonergan had mixed results in
01:52his ruckers debut he passed for 242 yards and two touchdowns but through three interceptions and lost
01:59to fumble sciano said he was lifted in favor of aj cirrus in the fourth quarter due to an undisclosed
02:06injury kj duff an ap all america's second team wide receiver caught three touchdown passes for ruckers
02:12before becoming umass coach joe harasimiak served as ruckers defensive coordinator from 2022
02:19to 2024 he grew up in waldwick new jersey about 40 miles from the ruckers campus harasimiak had a
02:27handful of family and friends at shi stadium to witness the minutemen's biggest win since joining
02:33the fbs in 2012. i think probably the most special part about it is my mom my dad are here
02:39and my two
02:40brothers harasimiak said i just facetime my wife and my kids they're at home so certainly growing up
02:47here an hour away working here for coach chiano it means a lot but i'm just really proud about our
02:53team
02:53and what we did
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