Sacramento State falls 28-17 to Eastern Michigan in FBS debut<\/p>\n
YPSILANTI, Mich. \u2014<\/p>\n
Noah Kim threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Eastern Michigan past Sacramento State 28-17 in a season and Mid-American Conference opener on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The win marked the Eagles\u2019 500th victory as they opened their 135th season.<\/p>\n
The game was Sacramento State\u2019s debut in the Football Bowl Subdivision and the first for Alonzo Carter as their head coach. The Hornets are a MAC member in football and have joined the Big West Conference in all other sports.<\/p>\n
Kim completed 27 of 38 passes for 279 yards. Sacramento State\u2019s Carson Conklin went 25-for-46 for 221 yards and was intercepted once.<\/p>\n
Although the first quarter was scoreless, the Eagles had driven to the Sac State 6-yard line at the end of the period. At the other end of the field, they finished off their nine-play, 79-yard drive after Kim scored on a 5-yard run.<\/p>\n
Kim\u2019s 40-yard scoring pass to Santonyo Isaac made it 14-3, and a 7-yard run by Braydon Bennett made it 21-3 with five minutes left in the first half. Kim fumbled while being sacked by Fata Puloka later in the quarter, though, and Xavier Williams returned it 29 yards for a Hornets touchdown.<\/p>\n
Eastern Michigan led 21-10 at halftime, and Kim\u2019s 31-yard strike to Nick Devereaux made it 28-10 early in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Isaiah Ene\u2019s 37-yard run was the highlight of a 75-yard touchdown drive that got the Hornets within 28-17, but Conklin was intercepted by Jason Marshall deep in EMU territory on Sacramento State\u2019s only remaining possession.<\/p>\n
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