SPARTANBURG, S.C. – With 28 seconds left and facing fourth down, the Presbyterian College football team scored an 18-yard touchdown to earn a 23-20 win over Wofford College on Saturday evening at Gibbs Stadium. The Terriers had taken the lead in the third quarter, but the Blue Hose scored the final ten points in the game.
 
Wofford opens the season at 0-3, while Presbyterian is 2-1 overall. The Terriers were led by Bryce Corriston who ran four times for 78 yards and a touchdown, while completing 6-of-13 passes. Ryan Ingram added 12 carries for 70 yards and a touchdown. The Blue Hose were led by Wesley Tyler with 16-of-41 passing for 281 yards and two touchdowns.
 
"I think the first thing you have to do is give credit to PC and the game that they played," said head coach Shawn Watson. "We did not make tackles at times and we gave up big plays on defense. Offensively we did not deliver big plays in the passing game. We had some protection issues we need to fix, which is on us as coaches. On offense we have to take advantage of the nice plays that special teams had tonight. We just have to keep working and the grind will get us there."
 
The Terriers had the ball first and had three first downs. After a holding penalty, a 51-yard field goal try was short. On the first play from scrimmage by the Blue Hose, they scored a touchdown on a flea flicker for a 66-yard reception to take a 7-0 lead with 10:29 on the clock. On the next drive by Wofford, they went three-and-out and punted. Presbyterian had two first downs before having to punt and then the Terriers went three-and-out again. With the ball back, the Blue Hose had a 30-yard reception to move to the 25-yard line when the first quarter ended. They added to the lead with a 41-yard field goal at the 14:06 mark of the second quarter.
 
On the ensuing series, Wofford was faced with third-and-long but Bryce Corriston broke free and went 70-yards for the touchdown. The score was 10-7 in favor of the Blue Hose with 12:40 left in the second quarter. Presbyterian then had three passing first downs to move to the red zone. On a 35-yard field goal attempt, Isaiah Wadsworth came from the edge and blocked the kick to give the ball back to the Terriers. Wofford went three-and-out and punted. The Blue Hose then went three-and-out and lined up to punt. The snap was over the head of the punter, Ezra King, who then threw a pass that was intercepted by Kyle Watkins. The Terriers then had two first downs before tying the game with a 36-yard field goal by Bridger Jones with 1:56 left in the first half. With two first downs, including a 31-yard reception, the Blue Hose moved across midfield. A 50-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining was short and to the left. Wofford then ran one play before the half ended.
 
To begin the second half, the Blue Hose had a 33-yard pass and a 17-yard run to move downfield and converted a third down to move inside the 20-yard line. The drive ended with a 32-yard field goal for a 13-0 lead at the 11:10 mark of the third quarter. After a 37-yard kickoff return by Kyle Parsons, the Terriers had three first downs to move inside the five-yard line. Pauly Seeley entered the game at quarterback and Ryan Ingram capped the drive with a two-yard run for a 17-13 lead at the 5:31 mark of the third quarter. The Blue Hose then went three-and-out. With the ball back, Seeley found Kyle Pinnix for a 33-yard completion and then Bryson Dickerson had a 21-yard completion. The drive ended with a 23-yard field goal by Bridger Jones for a 20-13 lead at the 14:49 mark of the fourth quarter.
 
Presbyterian responded with a drive with three first downs and added a 37-yard field goal for a 20-16 score with 9:55 left in the game. After Wofford went three-and-out, the Blue Hose went three-and-out and had a 15-yard punt to give the Terriers the ball at the 45-yard line. Wofford could only gain five yards on the drive and had to punt. Presbyterian converted a pair of third down plays to move across midfield. On a third-and-ten a pass was incomplete with 2:06 remaining in the game. The Blue Hose went for it on fourth-and-ten and the ball was intercepted by Maximus Pulley, but a roughing the passer call gave Presbyterian a first down. After three incomplete passes, they had another fourth-and-ten with 1:42 on the clock. A quarterback scramble picked up the first down. The Blue Hose had a short gain then two incomplete passes. On fourth-and-six from the 18-yard line, they came up with an 18-yard touchdown reception down the middle to Worth Warner for a 23-20 lead with 28 seconds remaining. Wofford faced a fourth-and-one on the final play of the game but were unable to score.
 
Wofford had a season-high 310 total yards, with 193 rushing yards. Presbyterian had 405 total yards, with 281 of those passing yards. Wofford had twelve first downs to 21 for Presbyterian. Wofford was 5-of-14 on third down and 1-of-1 on fourth down. Presbyterian was 8-of-20 on third down and 2-of-3 on fourth down. Wofford was called for seven penalties and Presbyterian was called for just two in the game. The Blue Hose had a 32:59 to 27:01 time of possession advantage.
 
Wofford vs. Presbyterian Post-Game Notes
This was the 86^th meeting between the two teams, dating back to the 1914 season. Wofford holds a 42-41-3 lead in the season.
 
Pauly Seeley entered the game in the third quarter and his first career pass was a 33-yard completion to Kyle Pinnix.
 
Kyle Watkins had his first career interception in the second quarter on special teams. Isaiah Wadsworth had a blocked field goal in the second quarter as well.
 
On defense, Jalen Marshall led the Terriers with nine tackles and John Michael DiRoberto had seven tackles. Marshall also had two tackles for loss, including a sack.   
 
Wofford will return to the road on Saturday, September 23, when they begin Southern Conference play at VMI.  
 
Game captains were Bryce Corriston, Quincy Hughes, Maximus Pulley, and Chuck Smith.
 
Attendance at Gibbs Stadium was 3, 907.