Gardner-Webb 27, VMI 23

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	26	18
Total Yards	416	296
Passing	301	109
Rushing	115	187
Penalties	6-50	5-43
3rd Down Conversions	8-17	3-13
4th Down Conversions	1-3	5-6
Turnovers	1	4
Possession	32:32	27:28

Air/Ground Leaders
Gardner-Webb Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Doolittle 32/51 301 1 1	Virginia Military Institute Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hughes 5/16 72 1 1 Ray 1/1 31 0 0
Gardner-Webb Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Peoples 12 70 0 37 Doolittle 12 40 0 12	Virginia Military Institute Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Abegesah 15 50 0 6 Maypray 11 36 1 8
Gardner-Webb Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Perry III 11 139 1 32 Sanders 4 43 0 21	Virginia Military Institute Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Scott 2 51 1 41 Church 1 31 0 31

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				WEBB	VMI
	SF	13:38	Graham Purvis Tackled By Trae Watkins In End Zone	0	2
	TD	00:03	Tim Maypray 6 Yd Run (Jeff Sexton Kick)	0	9
SECOND QUARTER				WEBB	VMI
	TD	06:38	James Perry III 2 Yd Pass From Stan Doolittle (Ryan Gates Kick)	7	9
	FG	00:46	Ryan Gates 36 Yd	10	9
THIRD QUARTER				WEBB	VMI
	TD	08:02	Mario Scott 41 Yd Pass From Kyle Hughes (Jeff Sexton Kick)	10	16
	FG	05:56	Ryan Gates 44 Yd	13	16
	TD	00:11	Tim Maypray 86 Yd Punt Return (Jeff Sexton Kick)	13	23
FOURTH QUARTER				WEBB	VMI
	TD	11:09	Patrick Hall 1 Yd Run (Ryan Gates Kick)	20	23
	TD	08:33	Patrick Hall 3 Yd Run (Ryan Gates Kick)	27	23

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Stan Doolittle threw for 301 yards and one touchdown to lead Gardner-Webb past Virginia Military Institute 27-23 on Saturday.

The Runnin' Bulldogs (3-1, 1-0 Big South Conference) took a 27-23 lead on a 3-yard touchdown run by Patrick Hall with 8:33 left to play.

The Keydets (1-3, 0-1) then started a rally when Greg Walker blocked Graham Purvis' punt, taking over possession on the Gardner-Webb 29-yard line.

VMI moved the ball to the 9-yard line, but threw four straight incompletions.

The Runnin' Bulldogs, who came into the game with a plus-9 turnover margin, forced three VMI fumbles and had an interception.

Gardner-Webb had 416 yards of offense compared to 296 by VMI.

Phillip Peoples rushed for 70 yards on 12 carries for Gardner-Webb.

Kyle Hughes was 5-for-16 passing with 72 yards and a touchdown for the Keydets.