Samford 16, W. Carolina 3

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	11	16
Total Yards	163	266
Passing	115	103
Rushing	48	163
Penalties	8-61	4-45
3rd Down Conversions	6-13	5-16
4th Down Conversions	0-0	2-2
Turnovers	3	0
Possession	29:46	30:14

Air/Ground Leaders
Western Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Jaynes 12/19 115 0 2	Samford Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Taliaferro 14/24 103 0 0
Western Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Grate 9 24 0 13 Johnson 8 22 0 14	Samford Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Evans 26 140 1 23 Barnett 8 19 0 6
Western Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Pittman 5 61 0 17 Mitchell 1 17 0 17	Samford Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Covington 6 45 0 19 Evans 4 39 0 13

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				WCU	SAM
	TD	11:27	Chris Evans 2 Yd Run (Cameron Yaw Kick)	0	7
	FG	05:00	Blake Bostic 44 Yd	3	7
	FG	01:05	Cameron Yaw 35 Yd	3	10
THIRD QUARTER				WCU	SAM
	FG	02:28	Cameron Yaw 27 Yd	3	13
FOURTH QUARTER				WCU	SAM
	FG	08:08	Cameron Yaw 47 Yd	3	16

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Cameron Yaw kicked three field goals, including a career-long 47-yarder, and Samford defeated Western Carolina 16-3 on Saturday.

Yaw, a freshman, also had kicks of 35 and 27 yards.

The Bulldogs (3-2, 1-1 Southern Conference) had 163 yards rushing, while holding the Catamounts (0-5, 0-3) to just 48.

Bryce Smith had nine tackles and an interception, Ty Levie recovered a fumble and Corey White also had an interception for Samford.

Chris Evans led the Bulldogs with 140 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries. Dustin Taliaferro was 12-for-24 for 103 yards for Samford.

Zack Jaynes was 12-for-19 with 115 yards and two interceptions for Western Carolina. Jaynes also had 12 carries for 20 yards.

Blake Bostic hit a 44-yard field goal for Catamounts with 5 minutes left in the first half.