Western Carolina @ The Citadel, Week 8 · 2025

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Sat, Oct 18, 2025Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC

HOW IT WENT

Week 8 · 2025
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Western Carolina71714745
The Citadel14371438

PLAY-BY-PLAY

156 plays
Q4Western Carolina3 plays · 35 yds · 1:3545–38
  1. 0:162nd & 13 at CIT 13Taron Dickens run for a loss of 1 yard to the CIT 13
  2. 0:451st & 10 at CIT 10Markel Townsend run for a loss of 3 yards to the CIT 13
  3. 1:331st & 10 at CIT 48Markel Townsend run for 38 yds to the CIT 10 for a 1ST down
  4. 1:351st & 10 at CIT 35James Platte kickoff for 13 yds
Q4The Citadel6 plays · 75 yds · 1:25 · Touchdown45–38
  1. 1:364th & 3 at WCU 20Cobey Thompkins 20 Yd Run (Ben Barnes Kick)
  2. 1:523rd & 8 at WCU 25Cobey Thompkins run for 5 yds to the WCU 20
  3. 2:002nd & 8 at WCU 25Cobey Thompkins pass incomplete to Braylon Knauth
  4. 2:041st & 10 at WCU 27Garrison Johnson Sr. run for 2 yds to the WCU 25
  5. 3:001st & 10 at CIT 25Garrison Johnson Sr. run for 10 yds to the CIT 35 for a 1ST down
  6. 3:011st & 10 at WCU 35Stephen Brantley kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
  7. 2:371st & 10 at CIT 35Cobey Thompkins run for 38 yds to the WCU 27 for a 1ST down
Q4Western Carolina11 plays · 87 yds · 4:57 · Touchdown45–31
  1. 3:012nd & 13 at CIT 18Taron Dickens pass complete to Dominic Dutton for 18 yds for a TD (Marcus Trout KICK) (Marcus Trout KICK)
  2. 3:491st & 10 at CIT 15Markel Townsend run for 2 yds to the CIT 13
  3. 4:343rd & 2 at CIT 25Taron Dickens pass complete to Josiah Thomas for 10 yds to the CIT 15 for a 1ST down
  4. 5:391st & 10 at CIT 33Taron Dickens pass complete to Dominic Dutton for 6 yds to the CIT 27
  5. 5:501st & 10 at CIT 48Taron Dickens pass incomplete to Malik Knight for a 1ST down The Citadel Penalty, Defensive pass interference (Drew Nyangweso) to the CIT 33 for a 1ST down
  6. 6:143rd & 1 at CIT 49Markel Townsend run for 1 yd to the CIT 48 for a 1ST down
  7. 7:001st & 10 at WCU 42Markel Townsend run for 5 yds to the WCU 47
  8. 3:082nd & 8 at CIT 13Western Carolina Penalty, personal foul (Zach Watson) to the CIT 18
  9. 5:112nd & 4 at CIT 27Markel Townsend run for 2 yds to the CIT 25
  10. 6:352nd & 5 at WCU 47Markel Townsend run for 4 yds to the CIT 49
  11. 7:231st & 10 at WCU 30Taron Dickens run for 12 yds to the WCU 42 for a 1ST down
  12. 7:571st & 10 at WCU 13Taron Dickens pass complete to Markel Townsend for 17 yds to the WCU 30 for a 1ST down
Q4The Citadel4 plays · 20 yds · 2:50 · Punt38–31
  1. 7:584th & 12 at CIT 42James Platte punt for 45 yds
  2. 8:064th & 7 at CIT 47The Citadel Penalty, delay of game (James Platte) to the CIT 42
  3. 8:573rd & 5 at CIT 49Quentin Hayes sacked by Sean Morris and Jackson Banks for a loss of 2 yards to the CIT 47
  4. 9:452nd & 5 at CIT 49Quentin Hayes run for no gain to the CIT 49
  5. 10:461st & 10 at CIT 22Quentin Hayes run for 22 yds to the CIT 44 for a 1ST down
  6. 10:181st & 10 at CIT 44Beau Herrington run for 5 yds to the CIT 49
Q4Western Carolina3 plays · 4 yds · 1:27 · Punt38–31
  1. 11:443rd & 14 at WCU 21Taron Dickens run for 8 yds to the WCU 29
  2. 11:443rd & 9 at WCU 26Western Carolina Penalty, false start (Brayden Blackmon) to the WCU 21
  3. 11:472nd & 9 at WCU 26Taron Dickens pass incomplete to Josh Perry, broken up by Mikey Rosa
  4. 12:151st & 10 at WCU 25Josh Perry run for 1 yd to the WCU 26
  5. 12:211st & 10 at CIT 35Ben Barnes kickoff for 55 yds , Dominic Dutton return for 15 yds to the WCU 25
  6. 10:594th & 6 at WCU 29punt for 49 yds
Q3The Citadel10 plays · 75 yds · 5:27 · Touchdown38–31
  1. 12:214th & 4 at WCU 8Quentin Hayes 8 Yd Run (Ben Barnes Kick)
  2. 13:073rd & 12 at WCU 16Quentin Hayes pass complete to Braylon Knauth for 8 yds to the WCU 8
  3. 13:512nd & 8 at WCU 12Beau Herrington run for a loss of 4 yards to the WCU 16
  4. 14:321st & 10 at WCU 14Javonte Graves-Billips run for 2 yds to the WCU 12
  5. 15:004th & 1 at WCU 27Quentin Hayes run for 13 yds to the WCU 14 for a 1ST down
  6. 0:00End of 3rd Quarter
  7. 0:053rd & 3 at WCU 29Cobey Thompkins run for 2 yds to the WCU 27
  8. 0:462nd & 9 at WCU 35Cobey Thompkins run for 6 yds to the WCU 29
  9. 1:271st & 10 at WCU 36Cobey Thompkins run for 1 yd to the WCU 35
  10. 2:092nd & 10 at CIT 25Cobey Thompkins pass complete to Javonte Graves-Billips for 39 yds to the WCU 36 for a 1ST down
  11. 2:481st & 10 at CIT 25Garrison Johnson Sr. run for no gain to the CIT 25
  12. 2:481st & 10 at WCU 35Stephen Brantley kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
Q3Western Carolina6 plays · 60 yds · 2:36 · Touchdown38–24
  1. 2:481st & 10 at CIT 37Malik Knight 37 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)
  2. 3:404th & 9 at WCU 41Isaac McLellan run for 22 yds to the CIT 37 for a 1ST down
  3. 4:283rd & 17 at WCU 33Taron Dickens pass complete to Malik Knight for 8 yds to the WCU 41
  4. 4:322nd & 12 at WCU 38Taron Dickens pass incomplete to Painter Richards-Baker
  5. 4:541st & 20 at WCU 30Taron Dickens pass complete to James Tyre for 8 yds to the WCU 38
  6. 5:311st & 10 at CIT 35Ben Barnes kickoff for 61 yds , Dominic Dutton return for 36 yds to the WCU 40
  7. 4:303rd & 12 at WCU 38Western Carolina Penalty, false start (Steven Hamby) to the WCU 33
  8. 5:241st & 10 at WCU 40Markel Townsend run for a loss of 9 yards to the WCU 31 Western Carolina Penalty, Offensive holding (Manasseh Ripert) to the WCU 30
Q3The Citadel11 plays · 75 yds · 6:02 · Touchdown31–24
  1. 5:312nd & 6 at WCU 12Beau Herrington 12 Yd Run (Ben Barnes Kick)
  2. 6:493rd & 1 at WCU 17Quentin Hayes run for 1 yd to the WCU 16 for a 1ST down
  3. 7:292nd & 6 at WCU 22Beau Herrington run for 5 yds to the WCU 17
  4. 8:091st & 10 at WCU 26Sebastien Boyle run for 4 yds to the WCU 22
  5. 8:154th & 1 at WCU 41Quentin Hayes pass incomplete to Javonte Graves-Billips for a 1ST down Western Carolina Penalty, Defensive pass interference (Ken Moore Jr.) to the WCU 26 for a 1ST down
  6. 8:593rd & 14 at CIT 46Quentin Hayes pass complete to Javonte Graves-Billips for 13 yds to the WCU 41
  7. 9:082nd & 14 at CIT 46Quentin Hayes pass incomplete to Javonte Graves-Billips
  8. 9:511st & 15 at CIT 45Quentin Hayes run for 1 yd to the CIT 46
  9. 10:111st & 10 at CIT 50The Citadel Penalty, false start (Darwin Murillo) to the CIT 45
  10. 10:542nd & 5 at CIT 30Quentin Hayes run for 20 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
  11. 11:331st & 10 at CIT 25Quentin Hayes run for 5 yds to the CIT 30
  12. 11:331st & 10 at WCU 35Stephen Brantley kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
  13. 6:181st & 10 at WCU 16Quentin Hayes run for 4 yds to the WCU 12
Q3Western Carolina7 plays · 73 yds · 3:19 · Touchdown31–17
  1. 11:353rd & 6 at CIT 9James Tyre 9 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)
  2. 12:362nd & 12 at CIT 15Taron Dickens run for 6 yds to the CIT 9
  3. 13:031st & 10 at CIT 13Taron Dickens sacked by Mikey Rosa for a loss of 2 yards to the CIT 15
  4. 13:271st & 10 at CIT 33Taron Dickens pass complete to James Tyre for 20 yds to the CIT 13 for a 1ST down
  5. 13:551st & 10 at WCU 42Taron Dickens pass complete to James Tyre for 25 yds to the CIT 33 for a 1ST down
  6. 14:242nd & 10 at WCU 27Taron Dickens pass complete to Patrick Boyd Jr. for 15 yds to the WCU 42 for a 1ST down
  7. 14:531st & 10 at WCU 27Patrick Boyd Jr. run for no gain to the WCU 27
  8. 15:001st & 10 at CIT 35Ben Barnes kickoff for 63 yds , Dominic Dutton return for 25 yds to the WCU 27
Q2Western Carolina2 plays · -2 yds · 0:29 · Interception14–14
  1. 7:471st & 10 at WCU 13Taron Dickens pass complete to Josh Perry for a loss of 2 yards to the WCU 11
Q2The Citadel4 plays · 18 yds · 2:47 · Punt14–14
  1. 7:534th & 3 at CIT 30James Platte punt for 57 yds , James Tyre returns for no gain to the WCU 13
  2. 8:313rd & 3 at CIT 30Sebastien Boyle run for no gain to the CIT 30
  3. 9:122nd & 7 at CIT 26Cobey Thompkins run for 4 yds to the CIT 30
  4. 9:531st & 10 at CIT 23Beau Herrington run for 3 yds to the CIT 26
  5. 10:291st & 10 at CIT 12Cobey Thompkins pass complete to Beau Herrington for 11 yds to the CIT 23 for a 1ST down
  6. 10:411st & 10 at WCU 35Stephen Brantley kickoff for 60 yds , Braylon Knauth return for 7 yds to the CIT 12
Q2Western Carolina7 plays · 38 yds · 1:05 · Field Goal21–17
  1. 0:102nd & 21 at CIT 31Taron Dickens pass complete to James Tyre for 24 yds to the CIT 7 for a 1ST down
  2. 0:161st & 10 at CIT 20Taron Dickens sacked by Mikey Rosa for a loss of 11 yards to the CIT 31
  3. 0:192nd & 2 at CIT 27Taron Dickens run for 7 yds to the CIT 20 for a 1ST down
  4. 1:041st & 10 at CIT 45Taron Dickens pass incomplete to Malik Knight, broken up by Drew Nyangweso
  5. 0:401st & 10 at CIT 35Taron Dickens pass complete to Josiah Thomas for 8 yds to the CIT 27
  6. 1:012nd & 10 at CIT 45Taron Dickens pass complete to James Tyre for 10 yds to the CIT 35 for a 1ST down
Q2The Citadel3 plays · 6 yds · 0:51 · Punt21–17
  1. 1:054th & 4 at CIT 31James Platte punt for 14 yds
  2. 1:153rd & 5 at CIT 30Quentin Hayes run for 1 yd to the CIT 31
  3. 1:192nd & 5 at CIT 30Quentin Hayes pass incomplete to Saul Diaz
  4. 1:561st & 10 at WCU 35Stephen Brantley kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
  5. 1:541st & 10 at CIT 25Sebastien Boyle run for 5 yds to the CIT 30
Q2Western Carolina8 plays · 75 yds · 3:21 · Touchdown21–17
  1. 1:562nd & 2 at CIT 7Markel Townsend 7 Yd Run (Marcus Trout Kick)
  2. 2:571st & 10 at CIT 43Taron Dickens pass complete to Patrick Boyd Jr. for 28 yds to the CIT 15 for a 1ST down
  3. 4:001st & 10 at WCU 46Patrick Boyd Jr. run for no gain to the WCU 46
  4. 4:562nd & 9 at WCU 26Taron Dickens pass complete to Patrick Boyd Jr. for 4 yds to the WCU 30
  5. 5:171st & 10 at WCU 25Patrick Boyd Jr. run for 1 yd to the WCU 26
  6. 5:171st & 10 at CIT 35Ben Barnes kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
  7. 2:161st & 10 at CIT 15Markel Townsend run for 8 yds to the CIT 7
  8. 3:292nd & 10 at WCU 46Taron Dickens pass complete to Patrick Boyd Jr. for 11 yds to the CIT 43 for a 1ST down
  9. 4:203rd & 5 at WCU 30Taron Dickens pass complete to James Tyre for 16 yds to the WCU 46 for a 1ST down
Q2The Citadel5 plays · 20 yds · 2:01 · Touchdown14–17
  1. 5:174th & 14 at WCU 24B. Barnes 42 yd FG GOOD
  2. 5:343rd & 4 at WCU 14Cobey Thompkins run for no gain The Citadel Penalty, Offensive holding (Tyler Heggins-Hill) to the WCU 24
  3. 6:322nd & 9 at WCU 19Garrison Johnson Sr. run for 5 yds to the WCU 14
  4. 7:151st & 10 at WCU 20Cobey Thompkins run for 1 yd to the WCU 19
  5. 5:263rd & 14 at WCU 24Cobey Thompkins pass incomplete to Whit Hobgood The Citadel Penalty, illegal touching (Temarcus Elam) to the WCU 24
Q1Western Carolina11 plays · 70 yds · 5:03 · Touchdown14–14
  1. 10:414th & 2 at CIT 5Josiah Thomas 5 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)
  2. 11:313rd & 9 at CIT 12Taron Dickens pass complete to Markel Townsend for 7 yds to the CIT 5
  3. 12:112nd & 6 at CIT 9Taron Dickens sacked by Josh Cole for a loss of 3 yards to the CIT 12
  4. 13:032nd & 4 at CIT 27Taron Dickens pass complete to Painter Richards-Baker for 14 yds to the CIT 13 for a 1ST down
  5. 12:381st & 10 at CIT 13Markel Townsend run for 4 yds to the CIT 9
  6. 13:271st & 10 at CIT 33Markel Townsend run for 6 yds to the CIT 27
  7. 13:563rd & 4 at CIT 39Taron Dickens pass complete to Markel Townsend for 6 yds to the CIT 33 for a 1ST down
  8. 14:232nd & 4 at CIT 39Taron Dickens run for no gain to the CIT 39
  9. 15:001st & 10 at CIT 45Taron Dickens pass complete to Malik Knight for 6 yds to the CIT 39
  10. 0:00End of 1st Quarter
  11. 0:011st & 10 at WCU 41Markel Townsend run for 14 yds to the CIT 45 for a 1ST down
  12. 0:441st & 10 at WCU 30Markel Townsend run for 11 yds to the WCU 41 for a 1ST down
  13. 0:531st & 10 at CIT 35Ben Barnes kickoff for 64 yds , Dominic Dutton return for 29 yds to the WCU 30
Q1The Citadel3 plays · 2 yds · 1:59 · Punt7–7
  1. 7:134th & 8 at CIT 27James Platte punt for 35 yds
  2. 7:403rd & 7 at CIT 28Quentin Hayes run for a loss of 1 yard to the CIT 27
  3. 8:252nd & 5 at CIT 30Beau Herrington run for a loss of 2 yards to the CIT 28
  4. 9:071st & 10 at CIT 25Beau Herrington run for 5 yds to the CIT 30
  5. 9:071st & 10 at WCU 35Stephen Brantley kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
Q1The Citadel1 play · 61 yds · 0:13 · Touchdown0–7
  1. 11:231st & 10 at CIT 39Braylon Knauth 61 Yd pass from Cobey Thompkins (Ben Barnes Kick)
Q1The Citadel8 plays · 80 yds · 4:27 · Touchdown7–14
  1. 0:533rd & 5 at WCU 5Quentin Hayes 5 Yd Run (Ben Barnes Kick)
  2. 0:532nd & 5 at WCU 5Garrison Johnson Sr. run for no gain to the WCU 5
  3. 2:152nd & 3 at WCU 18Garrison Johnson Sr. run for no gain to the WCU 18
  4. 3:241st & 5 at WCU 20Javonte Graves-Billips run for 2 yds to the WCU 18
  5. 4:361st & 10 at WCU 25Garrison Johnson Sr. run for no gain to the WCU 25 Western Carolina Penalty, substitution infraction (Ken Moore Jr.) to the WCU 20
  6. 1:061st & 5 at WCU 5Quentin Hayes run for no gain to the WCU 5
  7. 1:533rd & 3 at WCU 18Quentin Hayes run for 13 yds to the WCU 5 for a 1ST down
  8. 5:181st & 10 at CIT 20Garrison Johnson Sr. run for 55 yds to the WCU 25 for a 1ST down
Q1Western Carolina4 plays · 12 yds · 1:48 · Punt7–7
  1. 5:274th & 10 at WCU 50Stephen Brantley punt for 50 yds
  2. 6:242nd & 10 at WCU 50Taron Dickens pass incomplete to Josiah Thomas
  3. 6:421st & 10 at WCU 50Markel Townsend run for no gain to the 50 yard line
  4. 6:193rd & 10 at WCU 50Taron Dickens run for no gain to the 50 yard line
  5. 7:081st & 10 at WCU 38Taron Dickens pass complete to Josiah Thomas for 12 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Q1Western Carolina6 plays · 70 yds · 2:10 · Touchdown7–7
  1. 9:072nd & 8 at CIT 14Malik Knight 14 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)
  2. 9:401st & 15 at CIT 21Patrick Boyd Jr. run for 7 yds to the CIT 14
  3. 10:021st & 10 at CIT 16Taron Dickens pass complete to Painter Richards-Baker for a loss of 5 yards to the CIT 21 Western Carolina Penalty, illegal shift (Jhamari Pierre-Louis) to the CIT 21
  4. 10:301st & 10 at WCU 46Taron Dickens pass complete to Malik Knight for 38 yds to the CIT 16 for a 1ST down
  5. 10:532nd & 5 at WCU 35Taron Dickens run for 11 yds to the WCU 46 for a 1ST down
  6. 11:161st & 10 at WCU 30Taron Dickens run for 5 yds to the WCU 35
  7. 11:231st & 10 at CIT 35Ben Barnes kickoff for 35 yds , Dominic Dutton return for no gain to the WCU 30
Q1Western Carolina3 plays · -7 yds · 1:19 · Punt0–0
  1. 11:544th & 17 at WCU 23Stephen Brantley punt for 38 yds
  2. 12:192nd & 9 at WCU 31Patrick Boyd Jr. run for 1 yd to the WCU 32
  3. 12:023rd & 8 at WCU 32Taron Dickens sacked by Mikey Rosa and Jeremiah Holmes for a loss of 9 yards to the WCU 23 Western Carolina Penalty, illegal block (Evan Carney) to the WCU 23
  4. 12:551st & 10 at WCU 30Taron Dickens run for 1 yd to the WCU 31
Q1The Citadel3 plays · 2 yds · 2:05 · Punt0–0
  1. 13:124th & 8 at CIT 27James Platte punt for 43 yds , James Tyre returns for no gain to the WCU 30
  2. 13:483rd & 11 at CIT 24Cobey Thompkins run for 3 yds to the CIT 27
  3. 14:252nd & 12 at CIT 23Cobey Thompkins run for 1 yd to the CIT 24
  4. 15:001st & 10 at CIT 25Cobey Thompkins run for a loss of 2 yards to the CIT 23
  5. 15:001st & 10 at WCU 35Stephen Brantley kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback

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