Tyshon King scores on runs of 62, 2 yards, Youngstown State beats Valparaiso 52-10
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- — Tyshon King ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns, Mitch Davidson threw for a TD and ran for another, and Youngstown State beat Valparaiso 52-10 Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.
Davidson was 11-of-19 passing for 130 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown pass to CJ Charleston, and scored on a 1-yard run.
After each team went three-and-out on its first possession, King ripped off a 62-yard touchdown run to make it 7-0 with 10:08 left in the first quarter and Valparaiso trailed the rest of the way.
Ryan Mann scored on a 2-yard touchdown run with 31 seconds left in the second quarter to trim Valparaiso's deficit 17-10 going into halftime.
The Beacons, however, went three-and-out on the opening drive of the third quarter. Michael Voitus blocked the punt before Jaylen Castleberry grabbed the ball and easily scored from 7-yards out to spark a 28-point third quarter — which matched the program record for most points in a third quarter.
Devin Lee's strip-sack of Valparaiso's Mikey Appel set up Davidson's TD run with 7:57 left in the period before Moise Tezzo fumbled on the kickoff return and Youngstown State's Preston Zandler recovered at the Beacons' 12. King, a 5-foot-11, 210-pound senior, added a tackle-breaking 1-yard touchdown run with 5:56 left and, on the first play after a strip-sack by Deamontae Diggs recovered by Dylan Wudke, Da’Shawn Whatley raced 54-yards for a TD a little more than 2 minutes later.
Beau Brungard's 5-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter capped the scoring.
Mikey Appel completed 17 of 29 passes for 155 yards and was sacked five times for Valparaiso.
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2024 Pioneer Football League Standings
| Team | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Drake | 6-1 | 7-2 |
| Butler | 5-2 | 9-2 |
| San Diego | 5-2 | 7-3 |
| Morehead State | 5-2 | 7-4 |
| Dayton | 4-3 | 6-4 |
| Davidson | 4-3 | 6-4 |
| St. Thomas-Minnesota | 4-3 | 5-6 |
| Presbyterian | 3-4 | 5-6 |
| Valparaiso | 1-5 | 3-7 |
| Marist | 1-7 | 1-10 |
| Stetson | 0-6 | 2-8 |
2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | 7-0 | 10-1 |
| South Dakota State | 6-1 | 9-2 |
| South Dakota | 6-1 | 8-2 |
| Missouri State | 6-1 | 8-3 |
| Illinois State | 5-2 | 8-3 |
| Indiana State | 3-4 | 4-7 |
| Youngstown State | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| North Dakota | 2-5 | 5-6 |
| Southern Illinois | 1-6 | 3-8 |
| Northern Iowa | 0-7 | 2-9 |
| Murray State | 0-7 | 1-10 |
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