Chattanooga Grinds Out a 27-8 Win at The Citadel
The first score of the game was a 56-yard punt return by Davon Kiser, and for a long time that was the only one. Chattanooga took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter (the extra point failed) and sat on it through the whole first half. Nobody else scored until the third quarter.
Then Kevin Lalin took over. He ran 12 yards for a touchdown with 3:01 left in the third and 26 yards for another with 8:32 left in the fourth, which made it 20-0. Battle Alberson added a 25-yard run with 2:22 to play for 27-0. The Citadel never scored until Whit Hobgood caught a 3-yard pass from Quentin Hayes with 16 seconds left and the Bulldogs converted a two-point try, so the final was 27-8 and nobody was fooled.
Chattanooga passed for 74 yards. That is not a typo. It ran 38 times for 241, and the whole offense totaled 315 yards. The Citadel ran 45 times for 172 and threw for 61, and lost a fumble. Chattanooga is 3-2. The Citadel is 0-3.
It was not pretty, and it did not have to be. Chattanooga never trailed and never needed to throw.
Fantasy takeaway: Lalin, whose position is not listed, scored 19.9 points on two short-field runs and was the best play on the board.