Box Score Kentucky Wesleyan took care of business by defeating Alfred State 69-8 on Saturday afternoon at Steele Stadium. It was the most points scored and largest win margin of a victory in history. It also improved their record on the year to 3-4.
In the first quarter of action,
Terrance Brooks put the Panthers on the board with an early touchdown to make it 7-0. Later on in the quarter, Alfred State took it down the field for their only touchdown of the game. They went on to convert the two-point conversion to briefly give the Pioneers an 8-7 lead. From then on, it was all Kentucky Wesleyan. The Panthers would go on to out-score Alfred State 62-0.
33 seconds later,
Dalton Oliver hooked up with
Keelan Cole on a 72-yard touchdown pass to put Kentucky Wesleyan back in front at 14-8. The Oliver-Cole combination continued later on in the quarter with a 26-yard touchdown pass to extend the Panthers lead to 13. Kentucky Wesleyan would score three more touchdowns in the quarter, with two rushing scores from
Dylan Byrd and
Darius Chandler, and a receiving touchdown from
Xavier Mitchell from twelve yards out to extend the lead to 42-8 at halftime.
The Panthers would do the rest of their damage early in the third quarter. On their first two possessions they scored two touchdowns.
Travion Tucker scored off a 37-yard-pass from Oliver, and Trey Beets would score off a short pass from backup quarterback
Eman Westmoreland. Westmoreland would run a touchdown in by himself later in the quarter.
Xavier Mitchell scored the final touchdown of the game on a 55-yard punt return to make the score 69-8.
Dalton Oliver made good use of his short time on the field with 288 yards passing and four touchdown throws.
Keelan Cole also saw limited action, and still put up 145 receptions yards along with two scores.
Travion Tucker put together 97 receiving yards too. Twelve Panthers had at least one rushing attempt throughout the game.
The Panthers rushed for 173 yards in the game, and held the Pioneers to just 75 yards. Kentucky Wesleyan achieved over 500 yards of total offense, while Alfred State managed 123 yards. The Panthers defense also held Alfred State to 48 passing yards.
Kentucky Wesleyan will play host to UNC-Pembroke next Saturday at 1 p.m. at Steele Stadium.
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