Western Carolina Runs for 325 Yards and Buries Presbyterian 58-14
Josh Perry scored a rushing touchdown in each of the first three quarters, and Western Carolina was never in danger of anything but running out of clock. The Catamounts beat Presbyterian 58-14, and the lead only ever went one direction: 7-0, 14-0, 17-0, and so on up to 58.
The ground game was the story. Western Carolina ran 52 times for 325 yards (6.3 a carry, for those keeping score at home), then added 334 through the air for 659 total yards. Presbyterian managed 243 total yards on 30 carries that netted 72. Perry's 62-yard burst late in the second quarter made it 24-7, and Presbyterian's answer 2:16 later cut it to 24-14. Then Bryan McCollum kicked a 45-yard field goal as the half expired, and the Blue Hose did not score again. McCollum finished with three field goals (39, 45 and 27 yards) on top of seven extra points.
Presbyterian did land two touchdowns of its own, a 5-yard pass from Landon Sharpe to Caleb Johnson and a 6-yard run by Damion Moate, but Sharpe threw an interception and the defense took four sacks without giving one back. Western Carolina lost one fumble and nothing else. Isaac Lee, who threw only 8 passes, hit Kale Woodburn from 36 yards for the last score.
Western Carolina moves to 2-1 and Presbyterian sits at 0-2. On the fantasy side, this was a Perry game: 37.2 points, a season high by a mile, and a reminder that a running back on a team scoring 58 can pay off in a hurry.