The Citadel 70, VMI 28

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	15
Total Yards	509	243
Passing	221	36
Rushing	288	207
Penalties	8-80	8-89
3rd Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	1	3
Possession	26:07	33:53

Air/Ground Leaders
Citadel Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Blanchard 12/18 221 3 0	Virginia Military Institute Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hughes 4/10 36 0 1
Citadel Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Cooper 22 174 3 0 Blanchard 8 62 1 0	Virginia Military Institute Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Robinson 10 82 1 0 Collins 8 72 2 0
Citadel Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Roberts 7 128 1 0 Higgins 3 45 2 0	Virginia Military Institute Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Scott 2 21 0 0 Barnson 1 9 0 0

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				CIT	VMI
	TD	14:16	Tory Cooper 2 Yd Run (Mike Adams Kick)	7	0
	TD	06:51	Bart Blanchard 30 Yd Run (Mike Adams Kick)	14	0
SECOND QUARTER				CIT	VMI
	TD	11:55	Tim Higgins 10 Yd Pass From Bart Blanchard (Mike Adams Kick)	21	0
	TD	11:15	Joey Robinson 35 Yd Run (Patrick Sweeney Kick)	21	7
	TD	07:36	Tory Cooper 8 Yd Run (Mike Adams Kick)	28	7
	TD	04:44	Tory Cooper 50 Yd Run (Mike Adams Kick)	35	7
	TD	01:00	Tim Higgins 9 Yd Pass From Bart Blanchard (Mike Adams Kick)	42	7
THIRD QUARTER				CIT	VMI
	TD	14:46	Timothy Maypray 99 Yd Kickoff Return (Patrick Sweeney Kick)	42	14
	TD	14:06	Ta'Mar Jernigan 23 Yd Run (Mike Adams Kick)	49	14
	TD	12:23	Andre Roberts 30 Yd Pass From Bart Blanchard (Mike Adams Kick)	56	14
	TD	04:50	Taylor Cornett 6 Yd Run (Mike Adams Kick)	63	14
	TD	00:29	Zach Collins 59 Yd Run (Patrick Sweeney Kick)	63	21
FOURTH QUARTER				CIT	VMI
	TD	12:09	Cam Turner 3 Yd Run (Mike Adams Kick)	70	21
	TD	00:49	Zach Collins 4 Yd Run (Patrick Sweeney Kick)	70	28

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Tory Cooper rushed for 174 yards and three touchdowns to lead The Citadel to a 70-28 win over VMI on Saturday.

Freshman Bart Blanchard threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score for The Citadel (7-4), which scored 70 points for the second time this season. The Bulldogs beat Webber International 76-0 on Sept. 8 to break a 14-year-old school record for points scored.

It marked the second straight week that VMI (2-9) gave up that many points. The Keydets lost to Liberty 73-34 on Nov. 10.

Cooper had first-half TD runs of 2, 8 and 50 yards as The Citadel raced to a 42-7 lead.

Blanchard, who had a 30-yard TD run in the first quarter, had 62 yards on eight carries. He completed 12-of-18 passes for 221 yards.

Tim Higgins had TD catches of 10 and 9 yards from Blanchard. Andre Roberts, who caught seven passes for 128 yards, had a 30-yard scoring grab.

The Citadel compiled 509 total yards.

Zach Collins had TD runs of 59 and 4 yards, Tim Maypray returned a kickoff 99 yards for a score and Joey Robinson scored on a 35-yard run for VMI.

VMI had three turnovers and was limited to 243 yards of offense.