Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at Charleston Southern Buccaneers
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27 - 13
Kekoa Visperas, defense propel Tennessee Tech to 27-13 victory over Charleston Southern
Tennessee Tech (6-0, 3-0 OVC-Big South Association), ranked No. 7 in the FCS coaches poll, forced a three-and-out on the opening possession and a 19-yard punt gave the Golden Eagles the ball on the Buccaneers' 40-yard line. Visperas had a 2-yard touchdown toss to Maury Sullivan seven plays later for a 7-0 lead.
Zach Gordon's 37-yard field goal at the end of an 11-play drive made it 7-3 after one quarter.
Obie Sanni's 6-yard touchdown run 6 seconds into the second quarter upped Tennessee Tech's advantage to 14-3.
Charleston Southern (1-6, 0-3) answered with a 17-play 70-yard drive that took 9:51 off the clock. Zolten Osborne's 9-yard touchdown pass to Rashawn Cunningham capped the drive and cut it to 14-10.
Q'Daryius Jennings' 1-yard touchdown run finished off a nine-play 75-yard drive and the Golden Eagles led 20-10 at halftime after the missed extra-point.
Aidan Littles scored on a 16-yard run late in the third quarter to up Tennessee Tech's lead to 17.
Visperas completed 17 of 27 passes for 157 yards with two interceptions. He carried nine times for a team-high 72 yards.
Osborne had 80 yards on 11-for-24 passing with an interception. The Buccaneers managed only 63 yards on 31 rushes and finished with 209 yards of offense.
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Scoring Summary
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TD | 1st Period 10:52 | Maury Sullivan 2 Yd pass from Kekoa Visperas (Dom LeBlanc Kick) |
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FG | 1st Period 5:57 | Zach Gordon 37 Yd Field Goal |
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TD | 2nd Period 14:54 | Obie Sanni 6 Yd Run (Dom LeBlanc Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 4:57 | Rashawn Cunningham 9 Yd pass from Zolten Osborne (Zach Gordon Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 1:39 | Q'Daryius Jennings 1 Yd Run (Dom LeBlanc PAT failed) |
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TD | 3rd Period 3:11 | Aidan Littles 16 Yd Run (Dom LeBlanc Kick) |
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FG | 4th Period 4:18 | Zach Gordon 24 Yd Field Goal |
Statistics
 TNTC |
 CHSO |
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|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1st Downs | 14 |
| 4-10 | 3rd down efficiency | 8-19 |
| 1-2 | 4th down efficiency | 2-3 |
| 397 | Total Yards | 209 |
| 157 | Passing | 146 |
| 17/27 | Comp/Att | 15/34 |
| 5.8 | Yards per pass | 4.3 |
| 240 | Rushing | 63 |
| 43 | Rushing Attempts | 31 |
| 5.6 | Yards per rush | 2.0 |
| 10-114 | Penalties | 7-55 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Fumbles lost | 0 |
| 2 | Interceptions thrown | 1 |
| 31:11 | Possession | 28:49 |
Game Information
Location: Charleston, SC
Attendance: 1,505 · Capacity:
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