AMHERST, Mass. -- Bilal Ally ran for 116 yards and three touchdowns, both career highs, Ross Comis threw for three touchdowns and UMass rolled to a 55-20 win over mistake prone Georgia Southern on Saturday.
Comis had scoring passes of 1, 68 and 26 yards in the first quarter as the Minutemen (1-6) opened a 21-0 lead. Ally carried the ball 16 times with scores of 19, 2 and 57 yards.
Andrew Ford also had a 43-yard scoring pass as UMass piled up 670 yards.
On the first offensive snap of the game, the Eagles (0-6) gained 71-yards on a pass play but fumbled the ball away on the UMass 3.