Samford 31, Miles 12

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Team Stat Comparison
	MIL
1st Downs	10	14
Total Yards	160	293
Passing	132	85
Rushing	28	208
Penalties	11-100	8-66
3rd Down Conversions	6-19	2-13
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-2
Turnovers	1	3
Possession	33:06	26:54

Air/Ground Leaders
Miles Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hill 13/27 132 2 0 Thomas 0/2 0 0 0	Samford Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Taliaferro 9/22 85 1 2
Miles Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Minor 7 19 0 9 Law 7 18 0 7	Samford Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Evans 23 162 1 51 Taliaferro 8 31 2 24
Miles Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Cody 5 70 2 24 Green 2 20 0 15	Samford Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Covington 3 30 1 21 Franklin 1 28 0 28

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				MIL	SAM
MIL	TD	11:55	Jeremy Cody 24 Yd Pass From Carlton Hill (Pat Failed)	6	0
MIL	TD	11:18	Jeremy Cody 17 Yd Pass From Carlton Hill (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	12	0
	FG	06:50	Cameron Yaw 34 Yd	12	3
THIRD QUARTER				MIL	SAM
	TD	14:16	DeMarcus Covington 7 Yd Pass From Dustin Taliaferro (Cameron Yaw Kick)	12	10
	TD	07:45	Dustin Taliaferro 1 Yd Run (Cameron Yaw Kick)	12	17
FOURTH QUARTER				MIL	SAM
	TD	12:02	Dustin Taliaferro 5 Yd Run (Cameron Yaw Kick)	12	24
	TD	06:27	Chris Evans 7 Yd Run (Cameron Yaw Kick)	12	31

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Dustin Taliafero scored three touchdowns and Chris Evans rushed for 162 yards and a score to lead Samford over Miles 31-12 on Saturday.

The game was the first of two this season to feature College Hall of Fame members squaring off as head coaches. Samford coach Pat Sullivan earned the recognition in 1991 from his days as a Heisman winner at Auburn, and Miles coach Billy Joe got the nod in 2007 due to his spot behind Eddie Robinson for the second most coaching wins in black college football history (241).

Taliafero was only 9 of 22 passing for 85 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions, but rushed for 31 yards and a pair of TDs.

Samford (2-1) scored 31 straight points after trailing Miles (2-2) early in the second quarter. Taliafero scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter and a 5-yarder in the fourth.