R-MC Football Earns 23-19 Road Victory at Frostburg State

FROSTBURG, MD - The Randolph-Macon football team used a strong defense and a series of key special teams plays to score a 23-19 non-conference road win at Frostburg State on Saturday afternoon. R-MC has now won four in a row to up its record to 4-2 on the season.

The Yellow Jackets blocked two extra points, a punt, recovered a fumble for a touchdown and had an interception that led  directly to a score en route to the victory over the Bobcats.

FSU (0-6) got on the board first when quarterback Josh Volpe connected with Christian Cook for a 19-yard scoring strike. R-MC blocked the extra point and the Jackets' Scott Shope returned it for two points, making the score 6-2 with 9:22 to go in the first quarter.

The Bobcats capped a nine play, 47-yard drive with a one-yard plunge by Volpe on the first play of the second quarter to go ahead 13-6.

R-MC cut the lead to 13-9 with just under seven minutes to go in the first-half when Austin Faulkner found tight-end Ian Overstreet on a five-yard, play action pass. The drive was set up by a key interception by R-MC's Akeem Hardy.

The score remained that way through halftime and into the second half before R-MC's Brandon Harrison took advantage of an FSU miscue in the punting game, recovering a bad snap in the end zone for a touchdown, putting the Jackets out in front 16-13.

The Bobcats took the lead back on its first-possession of the fourth quarter; driving 60 yards on 10 plays, going ahead 19-16 on a four yard scamper by Volpe. FSU's extra point attempt was blocked by Jeremy Bowery, keeping it a one-possession game with 9:14 to go.

After R-MC's ensuing possession stalled, punter Ben Keyser pinned FSU back on its own 15-yard line. The Jackets defense then forced a Bobcat punt attempt that was blocked by Calvin Fleming and returned to the one yard line by Brandon Easter, setting up a quarterback sneak by Faulkner on the next play to give R-MC the lead for good at 23-19.

Thaddeus Scruggs led the offense for R-MC with 66 yards on 15 carries. Christian Stahl made 10 tackles on the day, while Shope had eight stops and Joe Pricone, Trey Haddon, Gamal Alwan and Jayrd Grimsley each had seven.

Randolph-Macon will be back in action next Saturday at home versus Emory & Henry. Kickoff is slated at 1:00 p.m.