SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South football team suffered a 30-20 loss to Centre College, Saturday afternoon from Historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium on the 74th Homecoming.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Centre (7-2, 4-2) 30, Sewanee (0-9, 0-6) 20
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-Sewanee and Centre played defense in the first quarter, as neither team was able to find the endzone. However, early in the second stanza, a 26-yard field goal by Cam Tegge gave the visitors a 3-0 lead.
-After Sewanee muffed the kickoff return, the momentum was definitely in the hands of the visitors. Patric Edwards used two rushing plays, a 29-yard run and a three-yard rush, to find the endzone with 13:47 left in the opening half.
-Following a Sewanee three-and-out, Centre marched down the field for an 11-play, 64-yard drive that chewed up 5:53 off the clock. The drive was capped by a seven-yard touchdown reception by Jordan Gunter.
-However, the Tigers found life on their next possession. After starting on their own 26-yard-line,
Tucker Kirk flipped the field with a 48-yard run to put the Purple and White at the Centre 26. Next,
George Morrice caught the reverse from
Hunter Jones and punched it in for the score.
-Sewanee had one more opportunity to add the score in the first half, but the Centre defense stood tall as they took a 17-7 lead into the locker room.
-On the Colonels' first drive of the second half, the duo of Trentin Dupper and Edwards gave the visitors the 23-7 lead as Dupper ran six yards out for the score.
-Late in the third, Morrice capped out a 13-play, 73-yard drive that took almost six minutes off the clock with a four-yard touchdown run to cut the deficit back to 10 points, 23-13, with 38 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
-However, Centre responded with a big drive of their own. Using up 6:20 of the clock, Edwards, who touched the ball 10 times out of the 14 plays, scored from one yard away to seal the contest.
-Sewanee would get a late touchdown by Kirk on a two-yard rush, but on the ensuing kickoff, the Tigers were not able to recover the onside kick attempt.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Tucker Kirk posted 64 passing yards and added 87 yards on the ground with a 2-yard touchdown score.
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George Morrice and
Michael McGhee heahc had 36 yards on the ground. Morrice added two scores.
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Harris Cravens and
Daniel May each picked off the quarterback in Saturday's contest.
CENTRE KEY STATISTICS
-Patric Edwards tallied 210 rushing yards on 30 carries and two touchdowns. In the second half, he ran for 133 yards and the late score in the fourth quarter.
-Trentin Dupper posted over 200 yards on the day, 161 through the air and 53 on the ground with two touchdowns. However, the Sewanee defense held the second-best accurate quarterback in the league to a 44% completion rate (12-of-27) and they picked him off twice. Dupper entered the game with one interception on 211 pass attempts.
-Miles Smith tallied seven total tackles and four for a loss.
UP NEXT
The regular season concludes next weekend with a home contest against Hendrix.
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