Coastal Carolina uses fast start to top Marshall 24-13

Published 10:57 pm Saturday, October 29, 2022

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Grayson McCall had a touchdown run and a scoring pass as Coastal Carolina did most of its damage in the first quarter in a 24-13 victory over Marshall on Saturday night.

McCall opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run for Coastal Carolina (7-1, 4-1 Sun Belt Conference). Bryce Carpenter scored on a 3-yard run and McCall fired a 37-yard scoring strike to Jacob Jenkins to give the Chanticleers a 21-0 lead after one quarter.

Marshall (4-4, 1-3) pulled within 21-10 at halftime on Khalan Laborn’s 2-yard touchdown run and Rece Verhoff’s 40-yard field goal. Both teams traded field goals in the second half.

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McCall completed 13 of 24 passes for 121 yards for Coastal Carolina, which managed just 271 yards of offense while yielding 357.

Cam Fancher threw for 320 yards on 19-of-36 passing for the Thundering Herd.

Coastal Carolina 21 0 0 3 24
Marshall 0 10 3 0 13

First Quarter

CCAR–McCall 2 run (Hensley kick), 9:52.

CCAR–B.Carpenter 3 run (Hensley kick), 4:23.

CCAR–Jenkins 37 pass from McCall (Hensley kick), 1:03.

Second Quarter

MRSH–Laborn 2 run (Verhoff kick), 8:00.

MRSH–FG Verhoff 40, 4:23.

Third Quarter

MRSH–FG Verhoff 39, 2:49.

Fourth Quarter

CCAR–FG Hensley 27, 11:24.

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CCAR MRSH
First downs 20 18
Total Net Yards 344 407
Rushes-yards 45-150 37-87
Passing 194 320
Punt Returns 2-15 2-16
Kickoff Returns 1-22 3-57
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 14-24-0 19-38-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-26 3-23
Punts 9-40.222 5-38.4
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2
Penalties-Yards 6-65 11-93
Time of Possession 34:41 25:19

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–Coastal Carolina, White 6-43, Carpenter 13-38, Jar.Brown 5-34, Beasley 8-20, McCall 11-12, Mobley 1-5, Duplessis 1-(minus 2). Marshall, Laborn 15-68, E.Payne 6-28, Fancher 12-7, C.Montgomery 3-(minus 6), Keaton 1-(minus 10).

PASSING–Coastal Carolina, McCall 14-24-0-194. Marshall, Fancher 19-37-0-320, (Team) 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING–Coastal Carolina, Jar.Brown 7-130, Beasley 3-12, Jenkins 2-39, Mobley 1-8, S.Pinckney 1-5. Marshall, Gammage 8-187, Keaton 3-52, E.Horton 3-39, C.Montgomery 3-33, Coombs 1-7, Laborn 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS–Marshall, Verhoff 45.