VMI 69, Chowan 20

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Team Stat Comparison
	CHO
1st Downs	19	26
Total Yards	329	659
Passing	289	142
Rushing	40	517
Penalties	11-73	8-56
3rd Down Conversions	3-12	7-12
4th Down Conversions	1-2	3-3
Turnovers	2	0
Possession	31:37	28:23

Air/Ground Leaders
Chowan Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Westler 19/32 289 3 2	Virginia Military Institute Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Maypray 1/1 74 1 0 Hughes 2/10 44 1 0
Chowan Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Spates 8 30 0 15 Myrick 7 13 0 14	Virginia Military Institute Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Abegesah 12 124 3 63 Jones 8 97 0 65
Chowan Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Coard 9 129 1 35 Fox 4 76 2 29	Virginia Military Institute Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Semalulu 1 74 1 74 Itoka 1 34 1 34

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				CHO	VMI
	TD	14:45	Daud Semalulu 74 Yd Pass From Timothy Maypray (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	0	6
	TD	11:29	Howard Abegesah 4 Yd Run (Greg Stevens Kick)	0	13
	TD	08:10	Howard Abegesah 63 Yd Run (Greg Stevens Kick)	0	20
SECOND QUARTER				CHO	VMI
	TD	14:49	Timothy Maypray 60 Yd Run (Greg Stevens Kick)	0	27
	TD	08:35	Howard Abegesah 2 Yd Run (Greg Stevens Kick)	0	34
THIRD QUARTER				CHO	VMI
	TD	03:07	Gabe Itoka 34 Yd Pass From Kyle Hughes (Greg Stevens Kick)	0	41
FOURTH QUARTER				CHO	VMI
	TD	12:26	Bobby Epps 1 Yd Run (Greg Stevens Kick)	0	48
CHO	TD	12:07	James Fox 22 Yd Pass From Cj Westler (Cory Cline Kick)	7	48
	TD	10:25	Gabe Itoka 9 Yd Run (Greg Stevens Kick)	7	55
	TD	03:54	Aaron Lewis 24 Yd Pass From Justin Hickman (Greg Stevens Kick)	7	62
CHO	TD	02:29	Eddie Coard 17 Yd Pass From Cj Westler (Cory Cline Kick)	14	62
	TD	00:34	Cameron Jones 8 Yd Run (Greg Stevens Kick)	14	69
CHO	TD	00:00	James Fox 29 Yd Pass From Cj Westler	20	69

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Howard Abegesah rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries to lead Virginia Military Institute to a 69-20 victory over Chowan on Saturday.

Abegesah scored on runs of 63, 4 and 2 yards as the Keydets (2-1) totaled 517 yards rushing, setting a Big South Conference record.

Chaz Jones rushed for 97 yards, including a 65-yard run, Tim Maypray had 73 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown run, and Bobby Epps added 54 yards on the ground for VMI, which averaged 9.2 yards an attempt.

Maypray also threw a 74-yard touchdown pass to Daud Semalulu to give VMI a 6-0 lead just 15 seconds into the game.

Abegasah scored the first two of his touchdowns for a 20-0 first-quarter lead before Maypray scored on another big play, running 60 yards for a 27-0 lead. Abegesah capped the first half with a 2-yard run and a 34-0 lead.

Gabe Itoka scored on a 34-yard pass from Kyle Hughes and on a 9-yard run in the second half for VMI.

CJ Westler was 19 of 32 for 289 yards and three touchdowns for Chowan (1-3).