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Scoreboard

dendy bc header
Terrance Wolfolk
45
Winner Benedict BCFB 5-0 , 3-0
13
Fort Valley State FVSU 4-1 , 1-1
Winner
Benedict BCFB
5-0 , 3-0
45
Final
13
Fort Valley State FVSU
4-1 , 1-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
BCFB Benedict 13 7 20 5 45
FVSU Fort Valley State 6 0 0 7 13

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Myers

Tigers Pounce on Wildcats, Spoil The Valley Homecoming

FORT VALLEY, Ga. – With the week's weather off far to the east and a beautiful day outside, the Wildcats could not ride the home field excitement Saturday afternoon. Benedict College pounced on Fort Valley State with scoring drives on its opening two possessions and spoiled Homecoming in The Valley, 45-13, in the battle atop the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference East Division ranks.

On the opening offensive play, the Tigers (5-0/3-0 SIAC East) used a halfback sweep pass gadget play for 32 yards and it spelled the type of day it would be for both teams in opposite ways. Benedict quarterback Eric Phoenix fired scoring passes of 16 and nine yards for an early 13-0 lead and extended a 20-6 halftime advantage with 20 unanswered tallies in the third quarter for the victory over FVSU (4-1/1-1 SIAC East).

After the first two Tigers scores, the Wildcats put together a long 83-yard drive with running back Emanuel Wilson providing the driving force with runs of 19 and 25 yards on back-to-back rushes. Troy Dendy capped the drive with an 11-yard touchdown burst to cut the score to 13-6, but the home team would get no closer from there.

FVSU proved to have a tough time against Benedict on both sides of the ball Saturday. The Tigers outgained the Wildcats, 473 to 207 yards. FVSU also committed three turnovers which Benedict scored 14 points off them and suffered two quarterback sacks.

Wilson was the offensive bright spot as the SIAC's leading rusher rumbled for 108 yards on 20 carries.

Dialo Mosley paced the home defense with 13 tackles with 2.5 stops for a loss. Landon Austin chipped in 11 tackles and a pass breakup and Tyler Moore added 10 tackles, a tackle for loss and two breakups.

Phoenix completed 14 of 24 passes for 142 yards and two touchdowns for the Benedict offense, while he rushed for another 83 yards on seven attempts.

FVSU travels to the Buckeye State for its next contest next Saturday, Oct. 8, at Central State in Wilberforce, Ohio. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m.
 


 
 
 
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