Box Score LEXINGTON, Va. (Sept. 12, 2015) – Rival Washington & Lee raced out to a 21-0 first-half lead en route to a 28-10 win over the Sewanee football team, Saturday, at Wilson Field.
W&L improved to 2-0 while Sewanee dropped to 1-1.
The Tigers opened the game by forcing a W&L turnover when John Cleveland recovered a fumble at the Sewanee 19.
Sewanee would march 33 yards on nine plays on its first drive. On the ensuing Sewanee punt, Cleveland, the current SAA Special Teams Player of the Week, forced W&L to start at its own 11-yard line.
A play later, the Generals ripped off a 79-yard run by Duncan Maxwell. That setup Charlie Nelson, who scored on third and goal from five yards out.
The Generals would score two more times in the first half. Once on a Josh Malm reverse from 32-yards out and then on a long run by Nelson from 82 yards.
Sewanee finally got on the board, when Callum Wishart connected on a 37-yard field goal with 9:36 left in the third quarter. The Tigers then held W&L to a three and out which set up a Cody Daniel 14-yard touchdown run six plays later.
The Generals would answer back to start the fourth when W&L went 68 yards on nine plays. Again it was Nelson with the touchdown, this time from two yards out.
Overall, the Generals finished with 407 rushing yards and forced seven Sewanee fumbles.
The Tigers were led on offense by Daniel. The Sewanee quarterback finished with 120 passing yards to go along with a team-high 51 yards on the ground.
Nelson led W&L with 108 rushing yards and three scores.
On defense, Alex Kops finished with 11 tackles. Linebacker Tony Dykes also played well with seven stops and four tackles for a loss.
Sewanee returns to action with a 1:00 p.m. game at SAA foe Birmingham-Southern, Sept. 19.
