The Game Facts:
Scores: Roanoke 52, Guilford 24
Location: Greensboro, N.C. – Appenzeller Field
The Short story: Roanoke College sophomore
Jerrett Shepherd ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns Saturday afternoon as the Roanoke College football team took down Guilford College 52-24 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
How it happened:
*Roanoke scored on its first drive in just three plays as reigning ODAC Offensive Player of the Week
Linwood Johnson found
KJ Bratton for a 33-yard touchdown. The Quakers countered with a rushing touchdown but didn't convert the extra point.
*Shepherd put the Maroons up 14-6 with a nine-yard rushing score.
*A Guilford field goal and touchdown gave the home team a 16-14 lead late in the second quarter.
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Cole Chizuk caught a 25-yard touchdown pass to put RC back ahead and the Maroons took the 21-16 lead into intermission.
*Shepherd ran 75 yards to pay dirt on the opening play of the second half.
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Ethan Cyr drilled a 45-yard field goal, Johnson completed passes to
Grey Deal and
Jackson Swanson, and Shepherd ran it in from 18 yards out to complete the scoring. The Maroons scored 31 points in the second half.
Inside the numbers:
*Shepherd needed just 12 carries for his 166 yards, averaging 13.8 yards per rush.
*Johnson completed 16-of-26 passes for four touchdowns.
*Chizuk corralled six passes for 82 yards and one score.
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JaePharoah Carpenter made nine tackles and broke up two passes.
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Landon Altizer and
Brayden Andrews each made nine stops.
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Lane Shoemaker,
Connor Cox and
Briggs Smithson recorded interceptions.
*The Maroons outgained Guilford 242-50 on the ground.
*Josh Long caught five passes for 112 yards for the Quakers (1-3/0-1).
Up Next: The Maroons (4-0/1-0 ODAC) host Hampden-Sydney College Saturday at 4 p.m.
