Tuesday, October 10, 2017

S.C. STATE FOOTBALL: Bulldogs still building offensive unit in preparation for road games

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- Having won two of three home games in their last four contests, the South Carolina State Bulldogs (2-3 overall, 1-2 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) will travel to play their next two football games.

The hope is that the offensive output seen in Friday night's second half in a 35-14 home win against Morgan State travels well. The 28 unanswered points added up to the biggest scoring outburst the team has produced this season.



"We won a football game and now it's one of those situations where we need to figure out how to keep it going," Bulldogs head coach Buddy Pough said on Monday at his weekly press conference. "We played pretty ordinarily against Morgan State on Friday night, but we did finally find a running back who wanted to do a little something.

"I was proud of the fact that we came back to win after being down (10-7) at the half. I couldn't fathom what it would be like around here this week had we lost that game."

Redshirt senior receiver-turned-tailback Trey Samuel broke out for 146 rushing yards on 19 carries and scored three touchdowns to give the Bulldogs the most potent pop of offense the team has had this season. Redshirt junior receiver Quan Caldwell also caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from redshirt sophomore quarterback Dewann Ford Jr., and redshirt senior All-American linebacker Darius Leonard returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown.

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