SPARTANBURG, S.C. – On Saturday afternoon, the Wofford College football team defeated VMI 38-3. The Terriers had four different players score touchdowns in the contest, which marked the 500th win in program history.
 
The Terriers are 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the Southern Conference, while VMI is 1-8 and 0-4 in league play. Wofford was led by Lorenzo Long with 125 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Octavius Harden added 100 rushing yards. Quarterback Michael Weimer ran for a touchdown and also threw for a 19-yard touchdown. The Keydets were led by quarterback Al Cobb, who was 14-of-25 passing for 11 yards.
 
"We played hard and we played well for the most part," said head coach Mike Ayers. "We did a nice job on offense, defense, and in the kicking game. They are a scary football team. Sparky is going to get it going and they have kids that are going to scrap. We knew that we could not let them hang around, because if you do then it might be a result that you don't like. I was never comfortable in the game until we were able to take a knee on the last drive. I am disappointed in a couple of series that we had, but overall we played pretty well."
 
The Terrier had the ball first and used a 38-yard run by Lorenzo Long to move inside the 20-yard line. On fourth-and-one from the one, Lorenzo Long scored a touchdown to give Wofford a 7-0 lead with 9:23 on the clock in the first quarter. On the first possession by the Keydets, Al Cobb was intercepted by Drake Michaelson and Wofford took over at the 18-yard line. After a loss of two yards on a fumble, Michael Weimer found Will Irwin for a 20-yard touchdown reception. The Terriers led 14-0 with 7:21 left in the first quarter.
 
The Keydets went three-and-out and punted. Wofford attempted a deep pass, but the ball was intercepted in the endzone. VMI gained three passing first downs, but the drive stalled and they punted. Wofford took over at the three-yard line and methodically moved down the field, converting two fourth downs on the way. The Terriers settled for a 27-yard field goal by David Marvin to take a 17-0 lead with 5:08 left in the second quarter.
 
VMI was able to drive late in the second quarter and got on the scoreboard with a 41-yard field goal. The score was 17-3 with 1:24 left in the first half.  Wofford had the ball back and a 40-yard completion to Will Irwin moved the Terriers inside the 30-yard line. Lornezo Long added a first down run to get to the five. On third-and-goal from the one, Michael Weimer dove for the near pylon and scored. Wofford had a 24-3 lead with one second left on the clock. VMI recovered the short kickoff as time expired.
 
To open the second half, VMI went three-and-out and punted. Wofford then used an eleven play drive to go 68 yards, with Lorenzo Long going in from two-yards out for the touchdown. The Terriers had a 31-3 lead with 7:41 on the clock in the third quarter. The Keydets drove inside the five yards line. On the first play of the fourth quarter, the Keydets had fourth-and-two from the six. The pass attempt was incomplete and the Terriers took over on downs. Wofford gained one first down with Brad Butler at quarterback before punting.
 
VMI began their next drive with 11:34 left in the fourth quarter. They went three-and-out and punted. Wofford failed to gain a first down and also punted. After another three-and-out by the Keydets resulted in a punt, the Terriers took over at the 38-yard line with Brandon Goodson at quarterback. A 24-yard pass to Hunter Windham gave Wofford a first-and-goal, with Chris Martin going in from four yards for the touchdown. The Terriers lead was 38-3 with 2:04 left in the game. On the Keydets final drive, Hayden Alford was intercepted by Lincoln Stewart and he returned it 33 yards. Wofford had the ball at the 25 and took a knee twice to end the contest.
 
Wofford had 499 total yards, with 374 on the ground. VMI had 197 total yards, 139 of which were passing. Wofford had a 23 to 14 advantage in first downs. Wofford was 9-of-15 on third downs and 3-of-3 on fourth down. VMI was 4-of-12 on third down and 0-of-1 on fourth down. Wofford had six penalties, while VMI had two. Wofford had a 36:38 to 23:22 time of possession advantage.   
 
Wofford vs. VMI Post-Game Notes
 
The contest marked the 69th Homecoming game at Wofford. The Terriers are 46-21-2 all-time in Homecoming games, while Mike Ayers is 21-6 in Homecoming games at Wofford.
 
The win was the 500th in school history. The Terriers are 500-490-36 all-time dating back to a win in 1889 against Furman.
 
RB Lorenzo Long had 125 rushing yards on 19 carries. It was his fourth career game with 100+ rushing yards. RB Octavius Harden ran for 100 yards on seven carries. It was his first career 100+ rushing game. Wofford has had seven 100+ individual rushing performances this season.
 
LB Lincoln Stewart had his first career interception in the fourth quarter. LB Drake Michaelson had his second career interception in the first quarter.
 
RB Nick Colvin (hamstring), QB Evan Jacks (foot), CB Bernard Williams (knee), DL Tyler Vaughn (ankle), and DL Chris Boudreaux (knee) missed the game due to injury. DL Steven Cornellier (knee) and DL Boston Bryant (concussion) left the contest with injuries.
 
Game captains were Will Gay and Kevin Thomas.
 
Attendance was 8,010 at Gibbs Stadium.
 
Wofford will be off on November 1 and return to the field on November 8 at Chattanooga in a game that will be broadcast on ESPN3.