GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Yellow Jacket offense amassed 468 yards of total offense, including 262 yards on the ground, as football registered a 47-0 ODAC victory over Guilford on Saturday afternoon.
The Basics
Score: #20 Randolph-Macon 47, Guilford 0
Venue: Greensboro, N.C. / Guilford College / Herb Appenzeller Field
Records: Randolph-Macon (6-1, 5-0 ODAC); Guilford (2-5, 1-4 ODAC)
How it Happened
- Randolph-Macon started the party early in the first quarter, scoring in just two plays. Jason Moore (Craven County, N.C./Havlock) took the jet-sweep handoff 41 yards, setting up the Lemon and Black in Guilford territory. On the very next play Mitchell Johnson (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) secured the edge and put the Yellow Jackets on the board with a 34-yard touchdown.
- Guilford was moving the ball on its second drive of the game into Yellow Jacket territory. Brandon Watson (York, Pa./Central York) jumped a Luke Hyatt pass and took the interception back for a 71-yard touchdown. Randolph-Macon used the defensive touchdown to double its lead to 14-0 with 9:08 left in the quarter.
- In the back half of the quarter, the Yellow Jackets used a ten play 72-yard drive that lasted almost five minutes to extend their lead to 20-0. Dante Casciola (Charlotte, N.C./Weddington) hit Cullen Martin (Moore, N.C./Pinecrest) on a 20-yard slant pass to score the touchdown. The scoring drive gave the Lemon and Black a 20-0 lead after one quarter of play.
- Randolph-Macon got the ball towards the beginning of the second quarter, taking over six minutes off the clock on a 12 play drive. Casciola threw his second touchdown pass of the afternoon with a 13-yard pass to Basit Qadri (Ashburn, Va./Rock Ridge). The Yellow Jacket lead would be extended to 27-0 with 7:56 left in the half.
- The Lemon and Black only needed one play nearing the end of the half, as Jake Mulhern (Nokesville, Va./Kettle Run) hit a streaking Moore for a 62-yard touchdown pass with 2:12 left on the clock. The touchdown extended the lead to 34-0 for Randolph-Macon.
- In the first half, the Yellow Jacket defense recorded three sacks, eight total tackles for loss and held Guilford to 57 total yards. Randolph-Macon would take a 34-0 lead into halftime.
- The third quarter started with a 48-yard completion to Andrew Ryman (Bealeton, Va./Liberty-Bealeton) by Ryley Justus (Chesterfield, Va./Matoaca), setting up the Lemon and Black in the redzone. Jaxon Jones (New Hanover, N.C./Eugene Ashley) capped off the drive with a 1-yard rushing touchdown with 6:20 on the clock, extending the RMC lead to 41-0.
- The Yellow Jackets held the ball for the final four minutes of the third quarter and carried a 41-0 lead into the final 15 minutes.
- Trever Luther (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg Senior) knocked in a 38-yard field goal to start the fourth quarter, pushing the lead to 44-0 for the Lemon and Black.
- The late stages of the quarter saw Luther knock through another field goal, sending a 25-yarder through the uprights and increasing the Yellow Jacket lead to 47-0.
- Randolph-Macon holds the Quakers out of the endzone in the final moments of the game, defeating Guilford by a score of 47-0.
By The Numbers
- The Yellow Jackets outrushed Guilford 262-to-2 in the game.
- Randolph-Macon had 206 passing yards to the Quakers 95.
- The Lemon and Black recorded 13 tackles for losses in the game.
- Casciola led the team in touchdown passes with two and Mulhern added one of his own in the game.
- Cameron Chatmon (Willow Springs, N.C./Green Level) led the stable of running backs with 58 yards on ten carries.
- Detric Brown (Winchester, Va./Millbrook), Johnson and Moore combined for 135 yards rushing. Johnson added in a touchdown to begin the game.
- Moore, Martin and Qadri all recorded a receiving touchdown for the Lemon and Black.
- Watson led the defense with his second pick six of the year and added three tackles.
- Neftali Reyes (Falls Church, Va./Justice) had five tackles and a sack to his stat line.
- Jeffrey Acheampong (Montgomery, Md./Sherwood) and Parker Funk (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle-Antrim) each had a sack and totaled three tackles between the duo.
For the Record
- The win marks the 30th straight conference victory for the Yellow Jackets.
- The 47-0 shutout is the first shutout since last season's 63-0 win over Guilford.
- Randolph-Macon has scored 124 points in back-to-back games, being the second highest total in school history. The Yellow Jackets most points scored in consecutive games was in the 2023 season, totaling 129 points against Guilford and Averett.
Up Next
Randolph-Macon will stay on the road to take on Galluadet on October 25 at 1:00 p.m.
