Wofford Football Defeated at Western Carolina - FOX Carolina News
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CULLOWHEE, N.C. (Fox Carolina) – The Wofford College football team was defeated 26-10 by Western Carolina on Saturday afternoon at E.J. Whitmire Stadium. The Catamounts scored first and took a 16-0 lead, but the Terriers scored the next ten points to make it a 16-10 game in the third quarter. The Catamounts scored the final ten points of the game.
Wofford is 5-5 overall and 3-4 in the SoCon. Western Carolina is 5-5 overall and 3-3 in the SoCon. The Terriers were led by Gerald Modest Jr. with 71 rushing yards, giving him 1,000 for the season. Kaeden Gilstrap was 9-of-18 passing. The Catamounts were led by Lex Thomas with 23-of-35 passing for 237 yards.
“The kids played with good effort,” said head coach Shawn Watson. “I thought our defense again played a really good game. They were stingy, and we couldn’t get going offensively. We just did not play a clean game at all. We had way too many penalties, and again got down in the tight red zone and didn’t get points. You just can’t do that, not in this league.
The defense took the ball away twice a day and gave us good field position. We’ve got to get our bearing straight on offense.”
Wofford had the ball to open the game and had one first down on a pass interference call before punting. The Catamounts had one first down and punted, with the Terriers then having one first down and punted. Western Carolina had four first downs, including a 28-yard reception, to move inside the five. A three-yard touchdown run gave the Catamounts a 7-0 lead at the 4:18 mark of the first quarter.
On Wofford’s next drive, they had one first down before punting. Western Carolina had a 13-play drive with four first downs that was capped by a 47-yard field goal for a 10-0 with 13:42 left in the second quarter.
The Catamounts went three-and-out and punted. Wofford had one first down after a penalty, but a sack on third down forced a punt. Starting across midfield, Western Carolina had two first downs before an 11-yard touchdown run for a 16-0 lead, as the point after was missed at the 7:10 mark of the second quarter. With the ball back, a sack on third down by Western Carolina forced a Terrier punt.
The Catamounts went three-and-out and punted. Kaeden Gilstrap came into the game for the Terriers and had a rushing first down to move across midfield. After a Tay Franklin first down run, Gilstrap scrambled for a first down inside the 20-yard line. On fourth-and-one from the seven, Gerald Modest Jr. ran to the one-yard line for a first down.
A false start backed the Terriers up five yards and on a touchdown run by Gilstrap, a holding penalty erased the score and Wofford settled for a 34-yard field goal by Conner Deveney to make it a 16-3 game with one second left in the half. Western Carolina threw an incomplete pass to end the half.
Western Carolina used an 83-yard kickoff return to the four-yard line. On third down, Javario Tinch had a strip-sack with the fumble recovered by Nicholas Mathious at the 18-yard line. Wofford had one first down before a fumble was recovered by the Catamounts. They went three-and-out and punted. With Wofford taking over at the 10-yard line, three first downs moved the ball across midfield.
After a pass interference call, Terrence Honeywood ran for a 26-yard touchdown as Wofford cut the lead to 16-10 with 6:49 on the clock in the third quarter. The Catamounts had four first downs and then had a 33-yard field goal to make it a 19-10 game with 2:44 left in the quarter. Wofford and Western…
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