VMI 31, Presbyterian 20

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	16
Total Yards	504	338
Passing	80	302
Rushing	424	36
Penalties	5-31	5-57
3rd Down Conversions	3-11	4-13
4th Down Conversions	2-3	2-3
Turnovers	4	3
Possession	37:21	22:39

Air/Ground Leaders
Virginia Military Institute Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hughes 5/6 80 0 0 Maypray 0/1 0 0 0	Presbyterian Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Webb 15/24 222 0 0 Miley 8/18 53 0 2
Virginia Military Institute Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Abegesah 25 165 3 37 Hughes 13 108 0 45	Presbyterian Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Dendy 13 47 1 16 Byrd 1 1 1 1
Virginia Military Institute Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Scott 2 48 0 35 Talley 1 20 0 20	Presbyterian Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Adegbola 4 133 0 68 Bailey 6 46 0 14

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				VMI	PRE
	TD	04:08	Tim Maypray 1 Yd Run (Jeff Sexton Kick)	7	0
	TD	02:05	Howard Abegesah 1 Yd Run (Jeff Sexton Kick)	14	0
SECOND QUARTER				VMI	PRE
	TD	04:26	Parker Fleming 27 Yd Pass From Myron Gary (Aaron Mayes Kick)	14	7
	TD	03:50	Howard Abegesah 37 Yd Run (Jeff Sexton Kick)	21	7
THIRD QUARTER				VMI	PRE
	TD	00:53	Howard Abegesah 12 Yd Run (Jeff Sexton Kick)	28	7
FOURTH QUARTER				VMI	PRE
	TD	12:20	Trandon Dendy 2 Yd Run (Aaron Mayes Kick)	28	14
	FG	06:57	Jeff Sexton 32 Yd	31	14
	TD	06:31	Lance Byrd 1 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	31	20

CLINTON, S.C. -- Howard Abegesah rushed for three touchdowns to lead Virginia Military Academy in a 31-20 win over Presbyterian on Saturday.

Abegesah ran for 165 yards on 25 carries for the Keydets (2-5, 1/3 Big South Conference), and Kyle Hughes ran for 108 yards on 13 carries.

VMI took a 14-0 lead on 1-yard runs by Abegesah and Tim Maypray late in the opening quarter. After the Blue Hose (0-7, 0-2) pulled within seven on Myron Gary's 27-yard touchdown pass to Parker Fleming on a fake field goal, Abegesah's 37-yard score put VMI up 21-7 at halftime.

Abegesah's final touchdown run, a 12-yarder, pushed the VMI lead to 28-7 late in the third.

In the fourth, Trandon Dendy rushed for a 2-yard touchdown for Presbyterian and Lance Byrd added a 1-yarder but it wasn't enough for the Blue Hose.

Presbyterian has lost 10 straight games, while the win snapped a five-game losing skid for VMI.