ASHLAND, VA – The Randolph-Macon Football team put up 35 first-half points en route to a 54-14 road victory over Methodist in the 2010 season opener for both teams.

R-MC (1-0) racked up 487 yards of total offense as it tallied its highest point total since scoring 55 points against Guilford in 2008.

The Yellow Jackets got an efficient 17-for-22, 253 yard, three touchdown performance from senior quarterback Austin Faulkner. Faulkner's main target Earl Peoples made 10 catches for 165 yards and two scores. R-MC also gained 206 yards on the ground as well.

David Fetter and Billy Knarr led the Randolph-Macon defense with eight tackles each.

R-MC held Methodist (0-1) to a three-and-out on the game's opening drive, then took just three plays to score, as Faulkner and People's hooked up on a 54 yard scoring strike.

Scruggs then helped the Yellow Jackets double their lead, scampering for a 10 yard score with 5:34 to go in the first quarter.

Scruggs struck again at the 9:18 mark of the second quarter, running for a 15-yard touchdown to put R-MC up 21-0.

After Methodist got on the board with two yard run plunge by Joe Strickland, R-MC scored two touchdowns in the final 2:11, including a nine yard pass from Faulkner to Peoples with 31 seconds to go in first half, putting R-MC up 35-7 heading into the intermission.

The Monarchs defense held the Jackets on the first possession of the second half, but MU fumbled the punt return, which was recovered by R-MC and led to a scoring pass from Faulkner to Chase Phillips, pushing the R-MC advantage to 41-7.

Randolph-Macon will be back in action next Saturday when it entertains Johns Hopkins. Kickoff is slated for 2:00 p.m. in Ashland.

-Yellow Jackets-