Chattanooga Football Notes
No. 4 Chattanooga at Furman
Paladin Stadium – Greenville, S.C.
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016
TEAM
- The No. 4 Chattanooga Mocs scored a 21-14 win at Furman tonight. UTC improved to 3-0 (1-0 SoCon) for the first time since 1991…Furman dropped to 0-3, 0-2 SoCon.
- Mocs Record When … under Huesman:
- vs. SoCon – 37-18
- on the road in the SoCon – 18-10
- Scoring first – 36-10
- Games decided by 7 points or less – 13-18
- More TOs than opponent – 7-18
- No TOs caused by UTC – 6-6
- Leading after the 3
rd quarter – 46-6
- The Mocs gave up a TD in the fourth quarter tonight … first points allowed by UTC this season … Mocs started the year holding opponents scoreless for 171:51 minutes.
- UTC won its fifth-straight in the series against Furman … first time for that since the series began in 1928.
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Keionta Davis blocked a FG attempt at the end of the first half … first one in his career … first by a Moc since Davis Tull at Central Michigan (8/28/14).
INDIVIDUAL
Alejandro Bennifield – Jr.-QB
- 11-14 passing for 146 yards, TD, INT.
- Ran 12 times for 38 yards and a score.
C.J. Board – Sr.-WR
- Four catches for 48 yards and a TD.
- TD catch was 33 yards.
- 20
th-straight game with a catch.
- 2
nd TD catch of the season … 7
th of his career.
Xavier Borishade – Sr.-WR
- Two catches for 51 yards.
- Came into the game leading the nation with 39.3 yards per catch.
Derrick Craine – Sr.-RB
- Ran 18 times for a game-high 79 yards.
- 2-yard TD run was the 21
st of his career … fifth all-time at UTC.
Keionta Davis – Sr.-DL
- 1.0 sack in the 4
th quarter.
- 22.5 in his career is 3
rd all-time at UTC.
- Finished with four tackles.
- Added a PBU and QBH to go with his blocked FG.
Nakevion Leslie – Sr.-LB
- Tied a career-high with 15 tackles.
- Fifth career game with 10+ tackles.
- Also had a sack and 1.5 TFLs.
- Added three PBUs.
Montrell Pardue – So.-DB
- Career-high nine tackles.
Dale Warren – Jr.-LB
- Tied a career-high with eight tackles for the second game in a row.
