UC Football flies past Notre Dame College 52-27


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Chavon Wright scoring his third touchdown against Notre Dame College.

When the clock hit zeros, the University of Charleston not only came away with a 52-27 victory over the Mountain East Conference's reigning champions Notre College, but the Golden Eagles are now the leagues remaining undefeated team at 6-0.

UC got it done with a balanced offensive attack. Quarterback Javonte Howard was 20-of-29 passing for 261 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Howard connected with nine different receivers on the afternoon, and Yves Bosmans led the Golden Eagles receivers with 7 catches for 102 yards.

The offensive line kept Howard upright, as the QB was sacked just once, and created holes for a rushing attacked that netted 370 yards on the ground.

Chavon Wright led the way with 276 yards on 30 carries, finding the endzone 3 times. The sophomore averaged 9.2 yards per carry, and most of the day wouldn't go down on initial contact.

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UC NOTRE DAME COLLEGE FB EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS

Charleston trailed 7-0 in the first quarter until Howard led a pair of scoring drives that finished with touchdown passes to Tae Marrero (13-yard touchdown) and Damon Mouzon (21-yard touchdown) respectively. In the second quarter, leading 14-10, Wright extended the lead to 21-10 when he busted through the line and outran the Notre Dame defense to the endzone for a 25-yard touchdown.

The Falcons wouldn't go away and inched closer with just under 5 minutes to play in the second quarter when Krys Riley-Richardson scored on a 13-yard touchdown run that capped off a 10 play 70-yard drive. Golden Eagles led 21-17 at the half.

UC had a response to start the third quarter when Howard and Marrero connected for their second touchdown; this one good for a 46-yard score.

UC pulled away in the fourth quarter when Wright found the endzone twice with scoring runs of 24 and 2 yards respectively.