Wofford Answers an 11-point Hole with 38 Straight and Beats VMI 41-14
Gerald Modest ran 20 times for 173 yards and three touchdowns, and Wofford turned an early 14-3 deficit into a 41-14 win over VMI. VMI led twice in the first quarter and never again after the second.
The Keydets scored on a 54-yard fumble return by Isaiah Grevious with 10:10 left in the first quarter and then added a 61-yard Traveion Slaughter run to go up 14-3. They did not score again. Wofford ran off 38 straight points. Modest scored from 12 yards out and from five to make it 17-14 in the second quarter, and J.T. Fayard hit Ivory Aikens for 56 yards with 45 seconds left in the half to make it 24-14 at the break. Modest added a 65-yard run in the third, Conner Deviney kicked a field goal, and Fayard found Anjuan Coleman Jr. for 43 yards in the fourth to close the scoring.
The yardage is lopsided. Wofford had 516 total yards (270 passing, 246 rushing) and VMI had 188, with just 36 of them through the air. VMI ran 47 times for 152 yards, so it did try, and Slaughter's 4 carries went for 75 of those. Wofford lost one fumble all day and VMI got a touchdown out of it. Take that play away and the Keydets have 7 points.
Wofford moves to 5-2. VMI falls to 0-6, still looking for its first win of the year. For fantasy, Modest's 40 points was a season high, and Fayard, who had been averaging 1.3 points over his last three, put up 22.3.