CHARLOTTE – It was billed as the Queen City Showdown, but by
the time it was over, it was clear who the top team was in this intercity
rivalry. Kalif Phillips ran for three touchdowns, Matt Johnson threw for another,
and the Charlotte 49ers accumulated over five hundred yards of offense in an
impressive 56-0 shutout win over Johnson C. Smith.
From the opening possession, it was clear that the Golden
Bulls were no match for Charlotte's hurry-up offense. Moving quickly down the
field, the 49ers engineered three touchdown scoring drives of less than two
minutes each in the first quarter alone. Phillips scored two of his team
record-tying three rushing scores in the first quarter to help push the 49ers out
to a 23-0 lead after the first fifteen minutes. Phillips wasn't alone in
finding the end zone as Maetron Thomas added a second half score to go along
with his team leading sixty-seven yards.
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| T.L. Ford with his first collegiate touchdown reception |
On defense, the 49ers kept the Golden Bulls pinned up for
most of the day, allowing less than two hundred yards of offense and no points.
Linebacker Mark Pettit was a beast for the Charlotte defense, registering two sacks
and three tackles for loss as well as a forced fumble. Prince Mayala got the
49ers defense on the scoreboard with a forty-eight yard pick-6 early in the
third quarter.
Head coach Brad Lambert was proud of his team's effort. "We
challenged our football team to come out and execute early in the game and I
think they did that," Lambert commented after the game. The 56-0 win is
the first shutout in Charlotte 49ers football history. Charlotte (2-0) travels
to Durham next week to take on North Carolina Central, who defeated the 49ers
40-13 last year while Johnson C. Smith (0-1) hosts Kentucky State.
1
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2
|
3
|
4
|
Total
|
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Johnson C. Smith
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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Charlotte
|
23
|
13
|
13
|
7
|
56
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Scoring Summary
Qtr
|
Time
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Scoring Play
|
V-H
|
1st
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13:17
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CHA - PHILLIPS, Kalif 6 yd TD RUSH 6-65 1:43
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0-6
|
1st
|
10:20
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CHA - FORD, T.L. 24 yd TD PASS from JOHNSON, Matt (KICK by
BREWER, Blake), 6-77 1:52
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0-13
|
1st
|
06:01
|
CHA - BREWER, Blake 26 yd FG 8-43 2:47
|
0-16
|
1st
|
02:32
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CHA - PHILLIPS, Kalif 4 yd TD RUSH (KICK by BREWER,
Blake), 5-86 1:10
|
0-23
|
2nd
|
12:32
|
CHA - PHILLIPS, Kalif 6 yd TD RUSH (KICK by BREWER,
Blake), 4-17 1:03
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0-30
|
2nd
|
06:39
|
CHA - MUSCARELLO, S. 22 yd FG 7-65 2:33
|
0-33
|
2nd
|
00:00
|
CHA - BREWER, Blake 17 yd FG 7-73 3:46
|
0-36
|
3rd
|
13:01
|
CHA - MAYELA, Prince 48 yd TD INT (KICK by BREWER, Blake),
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0-43
|
3rd
|
08:05
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CHA - BREWER, Blake 27 yd FG 7-30 3:05
|
0-46
|
3rd
|
03:31
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CHA - MUSCARELLO, S. 22 yd FG 5-14 3:02
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0-49
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4th
|
14:07
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CHA - THOMAS, Maetron 60 yd TD RUSH (KICK by BREWER,
Blake), 4-77 1:55
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0-56
|
JCSU
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CHA
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FIRST DOWNS
|
12
|
22
|
Rushing
|
5
|
5
|
Passing
|
6
|
14
|
Penalty
|
1
|
3
|
NET YARDS RUSHING
|
23
|
165
|
Rushing Attempts
|
33
|
42
|
Average Per Rush
|
0.7
|
3.9
|
Rushing Touchdowns
|
0
|
4
|
Yards Gained Rushing
|
91
|
190
|
Yards Lost Rushing
|
68
|
25
|
NET YARDS PASSING
|
174
|
381
|
Completions-Attempts-Int
|
21-34-1
|
17-24-1
|
Average Per Attempt
|
5.1
|
15.9
|
Average Per Completion
|
8.3
|
22.4
|
Passing Touchdowns
|
0
|
1
|
TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS
|
197
|
546
|
Total offensive plays
|
67
|
66
|
Average Gain Per Play
|
2.9
|
8.3
|
Fumbles: Number-Lost
|
4-2
|
1-0
|
Penalties: Number-Yards
|
12-76
|
6-54
|
PUNTS-YARDS
|
9-357
|
2-59
|
Average Yards Per Punt
|
39.7
|
29.5
|
Net Yards Per Punt
|
39.7
|
-3
|
Inside
|
20
|
2
|
50+ Yards
|
1
|
0
|
Touchbacks
|
0
|
0
|
Fair catch
|
0
|
1
|
KICKOFFS-YARDS
|
1-52
|
11-688
|
Average Yards Per Kickoff
|
52
|
62.5
|
Net Yards Per Kickoff
|
-62
|
62.5
|
Touchbacks
|
0
|
4
|
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD
|
0-0-0
|
7-65-0
|
Average Per Return
|
0
|
9.3
|
Kickoff returns: Number-Yards-TD
|
7-114-0
|
0-0-0
|
Average Per Return
|
16.3
|
0
|
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD
|
1-0-0
|
1-48-1
|
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards
|
2-0
|
|
Miscellaneous Yards
|
0
|
9
|
Possession Time
|
29:53
|
30:07
|
1st Quarter
|
07:21
|
07:39
|
2nd Quarter
|
06:58
|
08:02
|
3rd Quarter
|
07:46
|
07:14
|
4th Quarter
|
07:48
|
07:12
|
Third-Down Conversions
|
5 of 18
|
3 of 12
|
Fourth-Down Conversions
|
0 of 1
|
0 of 0
|
Red Zone Scores-Chances
|
0 of 1
|
9 of 9
|
Touchdowns
|
0
|
4
|
Field Goals
|
0 of 1
|
5 of 5
|
Sacks By: Number-Yards
|
0-0
|
2-18
|
PAT Kicks
|
-
|
5-5
|
Field Goals
|
0 of 1
|
5 of 5
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