Appalachian State rips Ga. Southern
Published 12:40 am Friday, October 28, 2016
- Appalachian State's Clifton Duck (22) intercepts Georgia Southern's ball as the intended receiver BJ Johnson III watches in an NCAA college football game in Statesboro, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Appalachian State won 34-10. (Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP)
STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Taylor Lamb passed for 199 yards and ran for 94 yards and two touchdowns to help Appalachian State beat Georgia Southern 34-10 on Thursday night.
Jalin Moore added 126 yards rushing and Marcus Cox ran for 115 yards for the Mountaineers (6-2, 4-0 Sun Belt). Each had a touchdown run in the final quarter and Appalachian State scored the final 34 points after falling behind early.
Lamb put the Mountaineers on the board with a 14-yard run in the middle of the second quarter. Michael Rubino added field goals on each side of halftime and Lamb made it 20-10 with a 30-yard keeper late in the third.
Younghoe Koo’s 32-yard field goal opened the scoring for the Eagles (4-4, 3-2) and Ukeme Eligwe returned a fumble 90 yards to make 10-0 late in the first quarter.
Georgia Southern never got moving on offense, though, and was outgained by the Mountaineers 498-159.
