Football Posts Third-Straight Win in 49-13 Rout at Samford
GoMocs-The Chattanooga Mocs football team used 35 unanswered points to help earn its third-straight victory after posting a 49-13 rout at Samford during Southern Conference action Saturday afternoon inside Pete Hanna Stadium in Birmingham, Ala.
Quick Records & Series
Chattanooga: 4-4, 3-1 SoCon | Samford: 1-7, 1-5 SoCon
Series: 50th all-time meeting… Chattanooga now leads the series 35-12-3.
Breakdown
- Samford opened the scoring on its second possession with a seven-play, 47-yard touchdown drive capped off with a one-yard plunge to allow for an early 7-0 lead (1Q 8:20).
- Chattanooga responded with 35 unanswered points over the next two-plus quarters. The Mocs led 14-7 at halftime after A.J. Little returned a punt 47 yards for a touchdown midway through the second quarter.
- Camden Orth tossed a pair of third-quarter touchdowns, first finding John McIntyre from four yards out before connecting with Little on 15-yard toss, to extend the Chattanooga lead to 28-7 (3Q 1:15).
- UTC scored three more times in the final quarter as Solomon Locke sealed the game on two lengthy touchdown runs of 35 (4:35) and 31 yards (1:07). On just five fourth-quarter carries, Locke racked up 115 rushing yards in addition to the two touchdowns.
Scoring Plays
1Q 8:20 (SAM) · B. Stober 1-yard TD rush (XP) · 7-0 (SAM)
1Q 2:22 (UTC) · C. Orth 6-yard TD rush (XP) · 7-7
2Q 10:58 (UTC) · A. Little 47-yard punt return TD (XP) · 14-7 (UTC)
3Q 7:17 (UTC) · J. McIntyre 4-yard TD rec. from C. Orth (XP) · 21-7 (UTC)
3Q 1:15 (UTC) · A. Little 15-yard TD rec. from C. Orth (XP) · 28-7 (UTC)
4Q 14:47 (UTC) · J. Robinson 42-yard TD rec. from C. Orth (XP) · 35-7 (UTC)
4Q 7:18 (SAM) · K. Cherry 2-yard TD rush (failed XP) · 35-13 (UTC)
4Q 4:35 (UTC) · S. Locke 35-yard TD rush (XP) · 42-13 (UTC)
4Q 1:07 (UTC) · S. Locke 31-yard TD rush (XP) · 49-13 (UTC)
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Chattanooga Top Performers
QB Camden Orth: 11-20, 172 yards, 3 TD, 7 carries, 50 yards, TD
RB Solomon Locke: 5 carries, 115 yards, 2 TD
WR A.J. Little: 4 receptions, 93 yards, TD
LB Zion Rutledge: 10 total tackles (7 solo)
DB KJ Sejour: 5 total tackles (3 solo), INT
Notes to Know
- 21 points in the final period for the Mocs…fourth quarter this season with 21 points: 1st (Stetson), 3rd (Stetson) & 4th (ETSU)…last time with four in a season? 2014: at Austin Peay, VMI, at Western Carolina & at Tennessee Tech.
- A.J. Little’s 47-yard punt return for touchdown is his second of the season…1st with two-plus punt return scores since Tommy Hudson in 2014…Little ended up with 140 all-purpose yards…had four catches for 93 yards on offense…the TD was set up by punter Heath Jehu’s 41-yarder being downed on the one by Keyshawn Jackson…the defense got a 3-and-out with zero yards given up on a QB run and two pass incompletions.
- RB Solomon Locke got his first career 100-yard game as a Moc…five carries for 115 yards and two TDs, all in the fourth quarter…scores came on 35 and 31-yard runs between the tackles…had a long of 40 yards…4th Moc with a 100-yard game this season joining Justus Durant, Journey Wyche and QB Camden Orth.
Quotable
Rusty Wright, head coach – “It’s getting closer. It is. I didn’t know what was going to happen today, they don’t have much to lose on that side, but we’ve gotten a lot better from week one to now. Our kids are growing up. I’m not sure when it’s all going to happen, but we’re growing. We’re not a complete football team yet. I love that they feel winning, it really keeps spirits up. We just have to continue to keep growing.”
