Eagles roar past Mars Hill on the road 43-27 Eagles pick up bizarre 45-28 win over Shorter 70 ROME, Ga. – No. 18 Carson-Newman (5-1) forced Shorter (0-6) into six three-and-outs, but also allowed four touchdowns that covered a combined 250 yards in a wild 45-28 win for Carson-Newman at Barron Stadium. The win is the Eagles first over Shorter and their sixth in Barron Stadium. Carson-Newman forced four turnovers to, in part, set up six scoring drives that begin in Shorter territory. “There are times when we’re really a good football team,” C-N coach Ken Sparks said. “But there are times when I think Mother Goose Elementary could gain big yardage on us. I’m grateful that they reach down in there and get it. But at other times I’m ashamed to be their coach because I can’t find a way to get it done.” Carson-Newman led Shorter 31-14 with 12:36 in the fourth quarter following a Brandon Baker (Miami, Fla.) two-yard touchdown run – his first of the season. But that’s when the fireworks started. Shorter scored 14 unanswered in the matter of 1:05. Hawk quarterback Eric Dodson ripped off a 54-yard run to bring Shorter within 10 before Roderick James went 83 yards on a pitch play to bring the Hawks within three with 9:52 left in the game. The 83- yard run was the first 80-yard plus run on C-N since 1995 when an Elon player pulled the feat. However, Carson-Newman answered with a Baker 63-yard rush on the next play to preserve the win. Baker’s second score moved him past Nate Inman and into 10th place on the all-time rushing touchdowns list with 29 for his career. Randall Freeman (Ooltewah, Tenn.) cemented the win with a one-yard run with 4:53 left in the fourth. Anthony Eubanks (Pendleton, S.C.) became the first Carson-Newman wide receiver to make eight catches in a game since Tim George grabbed eight against Lenoir-Rhyne in 1972. Eubanks’ grabs covered 95 yards. “It was a team effort,” Sparks said. “Anthony ran the right patterns, and the other guys around him also ran the right routes to enable that to happen. It couldn’t happen without them working together.” Carson-Newman also had several missed opportunities. The Eagles fumbled the football away three times inside the Shorter 45 and twice when driving inside the Hawks’ 20. “There were times where it felt like where we were promoting a disaster,” Sparks said. “They same team that got six three and outs and gave the offense the ball in the offense twice, but gives up four long scores – it doesn’t add up. There’s something malfunctioning. That malfunction is probably the head coach, cause he can’t get it done.” Shorter’s scoring drives covered a grand total of 80 plays. The touchdowns combined for 250 yards of the Hawks’ 392 yards of total offense. Quickie Statistics (Final) #20 Carson-Newman vs Mars Hill (Oct 05, 2013 at Mars Hill, N.C.) C-N MHU Score 43 27 FIRST DOWNS 22 29 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 61-433 37-106 PASSING YDS (NET) 38 341 Passes Att-Comp-Int 13-4-0 49-23-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 74-471 86-447 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-1 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1--3 2-1 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-78 5-72 Interception Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-40.6 5-28.4 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 12-134 6-44 Possession Time 28:37 31:15 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 14 7 of 18 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 4-6 Carson-Newman Mars Hill Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Andy Hibbett 14 132 0 132 2 48 9.4 De'Andre Thomas 16 91 9 82 1 36 5.1 Marcellas Pope 9 71 0 71 1 20 7.9 TraShaun Ward 4 56 0 56 0 29 14.0 Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Shaikel Davis 24 76 17 59 0 14 2.5 F. Gordon-Lamar 5 38 0 38 0 15 7.6 Trent Miller 6 36 9 27 0 19 4.5 M. Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack De'Andre Thomas 4-13-0 38 0 16 0 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Trent Miller 23-48-1 341 3 66 2 Cameron Shuford 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Anthony Eubanks 1 16 0 16 Luther Walker 1 15 0 15 Aaron Seward 1 10 0 10 Brandon Baker 1 -3 0 0 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Dimitri Holmes 10 191 3 66 Cameron Shuford 5 69 0 22 Jeremy Hughes 3 31 0 14 Shaikel Davis 3 24 0 16 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Curt Duncan 5 203 40.6 52 1 0 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Michael Ashley 4 126 31.5 46 0 0 Trent Miller 1 16 16.0 16 0 0 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Marcellas Pope 1 -3 0 0 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Matthew Maennle 2 1 0 3 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Marcellas Pope 2 77 0 56 Anthony Eubanks 1 0 0 0 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Shaikel Davis 3 56 0 24 Dimitri Holmes 1 10 0 10 Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Anthony Baskin 5-4 9 0.0 0.0 Dante Thomas 5-3 8 0.0 0.0 Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Troy Harris 9-7 16 0.0 1.0 Drew Martin 5-6 11 0.0 0.0 Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 09:30 MHU - Victor Yurco 33 yd field goal, 11-39 4:30 0 - 3 04:48 C-N - Andy Hibbett 5 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 5-29 1:48 7 - 3 04:30 MHU - Dimitri Holmes 66 yd pass from Trent Miller (Victor Yurco kick), 1-66 0:12 7 - 10 02:12 C-N - Curt Duncan 31 yd field goal, 7-30 2:07 10 - 10 2nd 11:20 MHU - Victor Yurco 33 yd field goal, 9-57 3:24 10 - 13 07:59 C-N - De'Andre Thomas 3 yd run (Curt Duncan kick blockd), 12-70 3:20 16 - 13 06:18 C-N - Jason Williams 1 yd fumble recovery (Curt Duncan kick) 23 - 13 00:16 C-N - Curt Duncan 37 yd field goal, 9-60 1:51 26 - 13 3rd 05:48 MHU - Dimitri Holmes 8 yd pass from Trent Miller (Victor Yurco kick), 11-66 3:15 26 - 20 03:51 C-N - Andy Hibbett 48 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 5-76 1:57 33 - 20 4th 08:58 C-N - Curt Duncan 33 yd field goal, 7-43 3:50 36 - 20 02:09 C-N - Marcellas Pope 20 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 8-74 5:13 43 - 20 00:49 MHU - Dimitri Holmes 14 yd pass from Trent Miller (Victor Yurco kick), 8-90 1:15 43 - 27 Quickie Statistics (Final) Carson-Newman vs Shorter University (Oct 12, 2013 at Rome, GA) C-N SU Score 45 28 FIRST DOWNS 24 12 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 69-363 42-283 PASSING YDS (NET) 140 109 Passes Att-Comp-Int 19-12-0 18-8-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 88-503 60-392 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-24 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-0 1-1 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-78 2-63 Interception Returns-Yards 1-41 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-41.3 7-27.9 Fumbles-Lost 7-4 4-3 Penalties-Yards 8-70 4-41 Possession Time 34:11 25:49 Third-Down Conversions 9 of 19 1 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-8 0-1 Carson-Newman Shorter University Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Brandon Baker 16 145 0 145 2 63 9.1 De'Andre Thomas 22 109 12 97 2 20 4.4 Randall Freeman 9 68 0 68 1 19 7.6 Andy Hibbett 18 56 0 56 1 8 3.1 Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Dodson, Eric 21 172 35 137 2 73 6.5 Jones, Roderick 3 89 0 89 1 83 29.7 Moon, Bradley 12 36 1 35 0 7 2.9 Clay, Wesley 1 8 0 8 0 8 8.0 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack De'Andre Thomas 12-19-0 140 0 28 1 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Dodson, Eric 8-18-1 109 1 40 4 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Anthony Eubanks 8 95 0 28 Luther Walker 3 32 0 15 Aaron Seward 1 13 0 13 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Jones, Roderick 2 53 1 40 Hawkins, Kareem 2 35 0 19 Moon, Bradley 1 7 0 7 Turner, Darius 1 6 0 6 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Curt Duncan 3 124 41.3 59 1 1 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Mize, Aaron 7 195 27.9 38 0 0 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Marcellas Pope 2 0 0 0 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Clay, Wesley 1 1 0 1 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long TraShaun Ward 4 52 0 22 Marcellas Pope 1 26 0 26 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Turner, Darius 1 23 0 23 Jones, Roderick 1 40 0 40 Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Jaycob Coleman 5-1 6 1.0 1.0 William Alderman 3-2 5 1.0 2.0 Jamar Neal 3-2 5 0.0 0.5 Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Henfield, D. 8-6 14 0.0 1.0 Wilson, Luke 6-5 11 0.0 0.0 Brown, Reggie 6-0 6 0.0 0.0 Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 11:30 C-N - Curt Duncan 41 yd field goal, 6-17 2:08 3 - 0 04:06 SU - Jones, Roderick 40 yd pass from Dodson, Eric (Langford, Kenny kick), 1-40 0:14 3 - 7 2nd 08:50 C-N - De'Andre Thomas 18 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 4-29 1:40 10 - 7 07:15 C-N - Andy Hibbett 2 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 1-2 0:04 17 - 7 3rd 09:45 SU - Dodson, Eric 73 yd run (Langford, Kenny kick), 2-80 0:44 17 - 14 06:10 C-N - De'Andre Thomas 9 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 8-65 3:35 24 - 14 4th 12:36 C-N - Brandon Baker 2 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 2-6 0:22 31 - 14 10:57 SU - Dodson, Eric 54 yd run (Langford, Kenny kick), 4-75 1:39 31 - 21 09:52 SU - Jones, Roderick 83 yd run (Langford, Kenny kick), 1-83 0:14 31 - 28 09:34 C-N - Brandon Baker 63 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 1-63 0:11 38 - 28 04:35 C-N - Randall Freeman 1 yd run (Curt Duncan kick), 7-39 2:57 45 - 28 MARS HILL, N.C. – No. 20 Carson-Newman (4-1, 2-1 SAC) pounced on a pair of first half Mars Hill (1-4, 0-2 SAC) miscues en route to scoring 16 unanswered points for a 43-27 road victory at the Ammons Family Athletic Center Saturday afternoon. Carson-Newman took advantage of a botched punt by Lion punter Michael Ashley when Jarrett East- Brown (Burlington, N.J.) knocked the ball free toward the end zone, enabling Jason Williams (Fayetteville, Ga.) to scoop it and score it from a yard away. That play, and a Curt Duncan (Morristown, Tenn.) 37-yard field goal following a Victor Yurco 29-yard miss gave C-N a 13-point halftime lead it would not relinquish. “I thought our guys made a lot of decisions today that weren’t easy to make because it was so hot out there,” Carson-Newman head coach Ken Sparks said. “The temperature on the field today was close to 90. We played that whole ball game with six defensive linemen. It’s amazing to me to see what those guys were able to do today.” Those linemen helped limit Mars Hill all-SAC tailback Shaikel Davis to 35 yards on 24 carries. Davis averaged 150 coming into the game and was seventh in the nation in the category. “I’m surprised we were able to contain him,” Sparks said. “But they threw for 190,000 on us. After a major letdown last week, it was important for us to build this week and we did that. We had some guys who can be pleased with themselves after this one and rightly so.” The Lions did pass for 341 yards, bolstered by Trent Miller’s 23-for-48 day. He connected with Dimitri Holmes for three scores. “We didn’t defend the pass very well,” Sparks said. “But the offense went down and scored when we needed to. We got stops when we needed to.” Mars Hill got the scoring started with a 33-yard Victor Yurco field goal after Carson-Newman failed to score on its opening drive of the game for the first time all season. The Eagles would crack the scoreboard thanks to an Andy Hibbett (Corryton, Tenn.) touchdown run with 4:48 left in the first quarter. Hibbett took a pitch from quarterback De’Andre Thomas (Milledgeville, Ga.) and waltzed into the end zone from five yards out around the right side of the line. Mars Hill scored on the very next play and a reverse quarterback pass to Holmes to retake the lead. However, a Duncan 31-yard field goal would lead to the 16 unanswered points for the Eagles. Carson-Newman rushed for 442 yards, led by Hibbett’s 132 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries. Hibbett’s 48-yard score in the second half to distance the lead back out to two touchdown’s was the longest of his career.
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