CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Wofford College football team scored the final two touchdowns in a 21-10 win over Chattanooga on Saturday afternoon at Finley Stadium. The Terriers rushed for 442 yards in the game and held the Mocs' offense to only 186 yards on the day.
 
Wofford opens the season 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the Southern Conference, while Chattanooga is 4-2 overall and 2-2 in league play. The Terriers were led by Joe Newman with 155 rushing yards and two touchdowns, while also completing 8-of-9 passes. Andre Stoddard added 111 rushing yards. The Mocs were led by Nick Tiano with 21-of-33 passing for 165 yards and a touchdown.
 
"A road win in the Southern Conference is always a good thing," said Wofford head coach Josh Conklin. "It was a hard-fought game all the way to the end. We made some plays when we needed to and got lucky a few times as well. We need to clean up turning the ball over and then the penalties were unacceptable. Overall I thought it was a solid game. I have to give credit to their coaching staff for adjusting to what we were doing offensively. They have good players and we had a chance to shut some things down, as did they. We knew it would be close all the way to the end and we kept rotating guys in to keep them fresh in the fourth quarter. We knew they were not going to go away and we earned it today."
 
The Mocs had the ball first and methodically drove down the field picking up five first downs. The drive was capped with an eleven-yard pass from Nick Tiano to Bryce Nunnelly for a 7-0 lead with 8:03 on the clock. Wofford picked up four first downs on their first drive of the game and scored when Joe Newman ran the ball in from 12-yards out. The game was tied at 7-7 with 3:59 left in the first quarter.
 
On the next drive by Chattanooga, Jireh Wilson was ejected for targeting and an additional unsportsmanlike conduct penalty gave the Mocs 30 yards on one play. The drive ended with a 42-yard field goal for a 10-7 lead with 43 seconds left in the quarter. Wofford had a 35-yard run by Andre Stoddard to move the ball into Chattanooga territory. Lennox McAfee scored from four-yards out on a pitch to give Wofford a 14-10 lead with 10:54 on the clock in the second quarter. The Mocs had a first down, but then on third down T.J. Neal sacked Nick Tiano and forced a fumble that was recovered by Chattanooga to force a punt. The Terriers and Mocs then traded punts. Wofford got the ball back with 2:08 left in the first half and gained two first downs. A 47-yard field goal attempt by Luke Carter as time expired was wide left and the Terriers had a 14-10 lead at the half.
 
The Terriers had the ball to open the second half and had two first downs before punting. The Mocs then had one first down before punting. Wofford had a first down and punted, while the Mocs went three-and-out and punted. With the ball back, the Terriers had three first downs. T.J. Luther had a first down on a reverse but fumbled inside the ten and the ball was recovered by Chattanooga.  The Mocs threw three incomplete passes and punted. On the next play, Joe Newman ran 66 yards for a touchdown and Wofford had a 21-10 lead with 12:01 left in the fourth quarter.
 
After two first downs, the Mocs had a first down on a pass interference call. Facing fourth-and-two, the pass was incomplete and Wofford took over on downs with 8:55 on the clock. Miller Mosley took over at quarterback and after four first downs the Terriers had first-and-goal. A 23-yard field goal was wide left by Luke Carter and the Mocs had the ball with 2:09 remaining. George Gbesse picked off a deep pass by Nick Tiano on the Mocs' first play and Wofford took over. Lennox McAfeee had a pair of first downs and then the Terriers took a knee to secure the win.
 
Wofford had 511 total yards, with 442 rushing yards. Chattanooga had 186 total yards, 165 of which were passing. Wofford had a 25 to 16 advantage in first downs. Wofford was 8-of-14 on third downs. Chattanooga was 2-of-9 on third down. Chattanooga was called for two penalties to a season-high eight for Wofford. Wofford had a 37:08 to 22:52 time of possession advantage.
 
Wofford vs. Chattanooga Post-Game Notes
With 111 rushing yards, Andre Stoddard had his second 100+ rushing game of the season and fourth of his career.
 
Joe Newman added 155 rushing yards, his second career 100+ rushing game. Wofford had a pair of 100+ rushers for the second straight game this season.
 
Domo Lemon and JoJo Tillery tied for the team lead in tackles with seven. Jireh Wilson was ejected for targeting in the first quarter, however returned in the second half when the call did not hold up to video review.  
 
With three PATs, Luke Carter has made 65 consecutive PATs in his career, extending his school record.
 
The touchdown by the Mocs on their opening drive was the first score by a Wofford opponent in the first quarter this season.
 
Game captains were Justus Basinger, Lennox McAfee, Jireh Wilson and Brandon Zamary.    
 
Attendance was 8,010 at Finley Stadium.
 
Wofford will be back in action on October 13 at Furman to end a four-game road trip. The Terriers will return home until Saturday, October 20 against ETSU as part of Homecoming weekend.