NCAAF Game Recap - Western Carolina at Citadel
Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:00 PM EDT

Bama
47
TxAM
28
F
FlaSt
14
Clem
45
F
SCar
20
UGA
17
F(1OT)
Fla
28
LSU
42
F
Okla
34
Tex
27
F
MSU
0
Wisc
38
F
USC
27
ND
30
F
PSU
17
Iowa
12
F
Colo
3
Oreg
45
F
Hawaii
37
Boise
59
F
Utah
52
OreSt
7
F
Mich
42
Ill
25
F
WaSt
34
AzSt
38
F
Lou
62
Wake
59
F
UVA
9
MiaFL
17
F
TxTch
30
Bayl
33
F(1OT)
Mem
28
Temp
30
F
Cin
38
Hou
23
F
App
17
ULLaf
7
F
Syr
10
NCSt
16
F
ULMon
24
TxSt
14
F
ColSt
35
NM
21
F
MiaOH
16
WestMI
38
F
Toled
7
BGSU
20
F
MissSt
10
Tenn
20
F
MD
14
Purd
40
F
Rut
0
Ind
35
F
GATec
23
Duke
41
F
JacSt
28
E Il
20
F
Vill
24
JMU
38
F
Ball
29
E Mi
23
F
OD
17
Marsh
31
F
Lamar
20
SamHu
17
F(2OT)
NMS
28
C Mi
42
F
NIU
39
Ohio
36
F
Kent
26
Akr
3
F
BYU
23
SoFL
27
F
UConn
7
Tul
49
F
SJSU
38
NEV
41
F
UNLV
34
Vand
10
F
IASt
38
WVU
14
F
URI
17
VaTec
34
F
MidTN
13
FlAtl
28
F
GASt
31
CoCar
21
F
UAB
33
UTSA
14
F
Fres
24
AF
43
F
Army
8
W Ky
17
F
NorTx
27
SMiss
45
F
Miss
27
MIZ
38
F
UMass
21
LT
69
F
UNCC
23
FLInt
48
F
Navy
45
Tuls
17
F
Neb
7
MIN
34
F
Ark
20
KY
24
F
Wyo
22
SDSU
26
F
Wash
51
Ariz
27
F

Citadel 35, Western Carolina 17

Oct 12, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Western Carolina (1-5)

3

7

7

0

17

Citadel (3-4)

14

14

0

7

35

Rainey efficient in The Citadel's 35-17 win over W. Carolina
Sat Oct 12, 2019 6:46 PM

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Brandon Rainey completed three passes - all for touchdowns - and ran for two more and The Citadel beat Western Carolina 35-17 on Saturday.

The Catamounts' lone lead came on their opening drive when Julian Peltz kicked a 32-yard field goal.

The Citadel (3-4, 1-2 Southern Conference) proceeded to take control of the game scoring touchdowns on its first four possessions. Rainey it in from a yard out, he threw a 17-yard TD pass to Remus Bulmer, again ran it in from a yard out and threw a 39-yard TD pass to Raleigh Webb with 7:32 left before halftime. Rainey threw another 17-yard TD toss, again to Bulmer, to round out the scoring with 9:44 left to play.

Rainey was 3-for-5 passing for 73 yards and ran for 87 yards on 18 carries. Clay Harris rushed for 154 yards on 24 carries and The Citadel amassed 339 rushing yards on 56 carries; a 6.1-yards per carry average.

Tyrie Adams led the Catamounts (1-5, 0-3) with 210 yards passing with a touchdown but threw two interceptions.

Passing

WCU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
T. Adams 30 22 73.3 1 210 36 2 75.7
D. Thorpe 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6
Cit Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
B. Rainey 5 3 60.0 3 73 39 0 143.8

Rushing

WCU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. Adams 20 87 4.3 40 1
D. Spencer 7 25 3.6 10 0
Cit Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
C. Harris 24 154 6.4 63 0
B. Rainey 18 87 4.8 30 2

Receiving

WCU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
D. Patten 9 98 10.9 36 0
N. Mullen 5 43 8.6 12 0
Cit Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
R. Webb 1 39 39.0 39 1
R. Bulmer 2 34 17.0 17 2

Fumbles

WCU F FL
C. Young 1 1

Returning

WCU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
N. Mullen 1 9.0 0 9 1 2.0 0 2
C. Ferguson 1 32.0 0 32 0 0 0
Cit KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
R. Bulmer 2 31.5 0 43 0 0 0
L. Botkin 0 0 0 1 10.0 0 10

Punting

Cit Punt Yds Avg LgPu
G. Russell 2 68 34.0 35

Takeaways

Cit Int Yds InTD
J. Howard 1 0 0
D. Mack 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

WCU Cit
Points For 17 35
Total Yards 338 412
Rushing Yards 128 339
Passing Yards 210 73
Passing Completions / Attempts 22/31 3/5
Turnovers 3 0
Interceptions Thrown 2 0
Fumbles - Lost 1/1 0/0
First Downs 19 21
Penalties - Yards 9/76 4/37
Time Of Possession 39:39 21:21
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 12/18 2/11
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 2/4 4/4
Punts - Average Yards 1/55 2/34

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter WCU Cit
WCU 03:56 FG Julian Pletz 32 yd FG 3 0
Cit 08:41 TD Brandon Rainey 1 yd run (Jacob Godek kick) 3 7
Cit 14:09 TD Remus Bulmer 17 yd pass from Brandon Rainey (Jacob Godek kick) 3 14
2nd Quarter WCU Cit
Cit 07:20 TD Brandon Rainey 1 yd run (Jacob Godek kick) 3 21
Cit 07:28 TD Raleigh Webb 39 yd pass from Brandon Rainey (Jacob Godek kick) 3 28
WCU 13:34 TD Tyrie Adams 4 yd run (Julian Pletz kick) 10 28
3rd Quarter WCU Cit
WCU 09:55 TD Jaylin Young 3 yd pass from Tyrie Adams (Julian Pletz kick) 17 28
4th Quarter WCU Cit
Cit 05:16 TD Remus Bulmer 17 yd pass from Brandon Rainey (Jacob Godek kick) 17 35

Game Information

Stadium: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 8,023
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