Western Carolina remains unbeaten after 52-50 SoCon opener
CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Tyree Adams passed for 229 yards and three scores, rushed for 117 more and another touchdown as Western Carolina held on for a 52-50 victory over VMI on Saturday.
The game was the Southern Conference opener for the Catamounts (3-0, 1-0), who are undefeated after three games for the first time since 1976.
This was a nail-biter as the Keydets (0-4, 0-3) scored two touchdowns in the final four minutes, wrapped around an interception, closing to 52-50 when Reece Udinski threw to Jakob Herres on a fourth-and-10 with 22 seconds left in the game. Udinski's two-point conversion pass to Devone Humphrey in the back of the end zone failed.
Udinski threw 72 passes, completing 43, for 491 yards -- all single-game records at VMI -- and four touchdowns.
VMI led 24-21 at halftime, but early in the third quarter Adams put together back-to-back drives -- with TD passes to Nate Mullen and Owen Cosenke -- boosting Western Carolina into a 35-24 lead, which it did not relinquish.
Adams moved into fifth place in WCU's career passing yards with 5,461.
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Game Information
2023 Southern Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Furman | 7-1 | 10-3 |
Chattanooga | 6-2 | 8-5 |
Mercer | 6-2 | 9-4 |
Western Carolina | 5-3 | 7-4 |
Samford | 4-4 | 6-5 |
VMI | 4-4 | 5-6 |
East Tennessee State | 2-6 | 3-8 |
Wofford | 2-6 | 2-9 |
The Citadel | 0-8 | 0-11 |