CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Glenville State's offense never got in gear here Thursday night inside Finley Stadium as the Pioneers suffered a 35-0 road defeat to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
The Mocs (1-2) scored on their first three drives of the game and that included starting with the ball at the GSC 49, 42 and 36 yard lines. Terrell Robinson's 44-yard touchdown catch from Jacob Huesman and Nick Pollard's extra point attempt with 13:14 left in the opening quarter put the hosts ahead for good.
Huesman, who hit 16 of 26 passes for 210 yards and was picked off once by Terry Reese in the end zone, hit tight end Faysal Shafaat on a 10-yard scoring strike with 8:04 left in the first for a 14-0 advantage.
UTC's first score came after a Pioneer fumble and Keon Williams' 1-yard plunge put GSC in a 21-0 hole with 3:45 still left in the opening quarter.
Glenville State, which returns to action at 7 p.m. next Friday with a road trip to Missouri to face off against Lindenwood, amassed just 78 total yards and managed only five first downs. The Mocs rolled up 31 first downs and 477 total yards of offense.
Marquis Green, who led all rushers with 56 stripes, scored from the 5 at 4:37 of the third after teammate Wes Dothard picked off Pioneer signal-caller Darold Hughes to make it 28-0. Hughes connected on 13 of 23 passes for 61 yards on a night when the G-men rushed 21 times for 17 yards.
Fact Box
UT Chattanooga 35, Glenville State 0
Glenville State (1-2) 0 0 0 0 - 0
UT Chattanooga (1-2) 21 0 7 7 - 35
UTC: Terrell Robinson 44 pass from Jacob Huesman (Nick Pollard kick) 13:14, 1st (GSC TO)
UTC: Faysal Shafaat 10 pass from Huesman (Pollard kick) 8:04, 1st
UTC: Keon Williams 1 run (Pollard kick) 3:45, 1st
UTC: Marquis Green 5 run (Pollard kick) 4:37, 3rd (GSC TO)
UTC: Green 8 run (Pollard kick) 10:34, 4th
Team stats
Glenville State: First downs: 5; Rushes-yards: 21-17; Passing yards: 61; Total yards: 78; Passing: 13-24-1; Punts-average: 7-39.6; Fumbles-lost: 2-1; Penalties-yards: 7-39
UT Chattanooga: First downs: 31; Rushes-yards: 55-230; Passing yards: 247; Total yards: 477; Punts-average: 1-49; Fumbles-lost: 2-1; Penalties-yards: 4-35
Individual stats
Glenville State: Rushing: Rahmann Lee 9-26, Justin Feagin 2-(-5), Quin Thornton 1-1, Darold Hughes 5-(-15), Derek McRae 3-11, Orlandus Harris 1-(-1); Passing: Hughes 13-23-1, 61 yards, Feagin 0-1-0, 0 yards; Receiving: Feagin 3-20, Robert Jiles 3-22, Darian Cleckley 1-4, Orlandus Harris 3-6, Lee 3-9
UT Chattanooga: Rushing: Keon Williams 9-42, Marquis Green 9-56, Jacob Huesman 7-46, J.J. Jackson 11-34, Terrell Robinson 6-24, Kendrix Huitt 8-39, Nick Pollard 1-(-12), Taharin Tyson 1-5, Ethan Poe 1-1; Passing: Huesman 16-26-1, 210 yards; Robinson 4-7-0, 37 yards; Receiving: Robinson 2-52, Tommy Hudson 6-64, Jackson 3-37, Faysal Shafaat 3-25, Tyson 2-35, Huesman 1-9, Jarrett Burns 1-9, Troy Dye 1-9, Jarrod Coleman 1-7
Next games: Appalachian State at UT Chattanooga (homecoming) 6 p.m. next Saturday; Glenville State at Lindenwood 7 p.m. next Friday.
Green's touchdown from 8 yards out with 10:34 left in the contest capped the scoring as the Mocs now will have homecoming at 6 p.m. next Saturday versus Appalachian State.
This game marked the first time Glenville State (1-2) had been shut out since a 55-0 road loss on Sept. 28, 2002 against Eastern Kentucky.
