Inside the Sun Belt · recap
Old Dominion shut out at Louisiana Tech
The Breakdown Media Team
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Old Dominion carried the ball 22 times at Louisiana Tech on Saturday night and finished with minus 13 rushing yards. Louisiana Tech sacked the quarterback six times.
Louisiana Tech 26, Old Dominion 0, at Joe Aillet Stadium.
A third quarterback
Jaxon Potter made his first start of the season. He went 18 of 34 for 154 yards with an interception, and he was the only Old Dominion player to throw a pass.
Quinn Henicle and Ryan Huff, who both played and both threw touchdown passes against Georgia Southern nine days earlier, did not play. Old Dominion did not give a reason. Rotowire reported before the game that both had been ruled out with undisclosed injuries.
How it went
Louisiana Tech scored on its first two possessions. The first was 15 plays, 75 yards and 6:19, finished by a four-yard Blake Baker run. The second was five plays and 66 yards, and Trey Kukuk ran it in from five. It was 14-0 after one quarter and 17-0 at halftime.
Baker completed 28 of 34 passes for 303 yards. Louisiana Tech held the ball for 39:19 and had 24 first downs to Old Dominion's 13.
Old Dominion's best chance came in the third quarter, down 23-0. It drove 63 yards to the Louisiana Tech 22 and missed a 40-yard field goal. It also turned it over on downs twice in the fourth quarter, both times in its own territory.
Linebackers Ja'Mez Drummer and Jackson Forrest set career highs with 15 and 11 tackles. Drummer had three and a half tackles for loss.
What the coach said
"I'm disappointed," Ricky Rahne said, according to Old Dominion's release. "Old Dominion nation deserves more than this and we're not giving it to them right now."
Where it leaves them
Old Dominion is 2-6 and 1-4 in the Sun Belt. It has lost two straight since winning at App State.
Louisiana Tech is 5-2, and it was the Bulldogs' second straight shutout.
Marshall comes to S.B. Ballard Stadium next Saturday at 1pm for homecoming. Attendance at Ballard has dropped at every home game this season, from 21,944 for Norfolk State to 17,912 for Georgia Southern.