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Eagles Earn Season Opening Victory at The Factory

Friday's MAC Football Results
Eastern Michigan 35, Saint Francis (Pa.) 15
Eastern Michigan 35, Saint Francis (Pa.) 15
Box Score

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Samson Evans scored three, short rushing first-half touchdowns and Eastern Michigan beat FCS-member St. Francis (Pa.) 35-15 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

Evans, who finished the game with 11 yards rushing, scored a pair of 1-yard runs in the first quarter for a 14-0 lead before Jawon Hamilton ploughed in from 2-yards out for a three-score lead in the second.

The Red Flash got on the board when Marques DeShields carried it in from 2-yards out and Samson closed the half with a 4-yard scoring run.