HICKORY, N.C. – For the second time in his career,
Kyle Dugger returned two punts for touchdowns in the same game as Lenoir-Rhyne throttled UVA Wise 63-6 on Homecoming. Dugger had returns of 68 and 67 yards as LR put up 63 points on Homecoming for the second straight season.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 63, UVA Wise 6
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (5-0, 3-0 SAC), UVA Wise (1-4, 0-3 SAC)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Moretz Stadium
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STATS OF THE GAME:
• No player in LR history ever had multiple punt returns for touchdowns in the same game until Dugger did it against Newberry last season. He did it again today with two returns in the first 6:29 of the contest. Dugger's first run back spanned 68 yards as he broke a handful of tackles to put LR ahead 14-0. Just over three minutes later, Dugger took one back 67 yards as LR put 28 points on the board in the first seven minutes of the game.
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Dareke Young and
Jace Jordan each found the end zone twice in the contest, once on the ground and once through the air. Jordan ran 43 yards on the Bears first drive to put LR on the board and Young caught a 38-yarder for the third TD of the first quarter. They each would score again in the second quarter.
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Tre Luttrell and
Joshua Stewart each recorded their first career touchdowns in the blowout.
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Grayson Willingham finished 5-for-7 for 91 yards and a pair of TD strikes in his two quarters of action. Willingham's 10 TDs this season gives him 37 for his career, just two shy of tying the all-time record which has stood since 1989.
• Three different players registered a sack on defense.
Quentin Hayes, who finished with a team-high seven tackles, was joined by
Myles Jackson and
Jaquan Artis in the sack column.
Clayton Horn and
Javoris Smith added interceptions with Horn coming two yards shy of adding a pick-six.
• Lendon Redwine made his first career start for UVA Wise and went 15-for-29 for only 71 yards. The stingy LR defense allowed just nine first downs on the day and 165 total yards.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
• The Bears have recorded multiple interceptions in four of their five games on the season. They have also recorded at least three sacks in a game four times.
• No team has rushed for over 100 yards against the stout LR defense this season. This is the second opponent that LR held under 200 yards.
• This is the 68th all-time homecoming game with LR now owning a 41-27 record. This also marks the first game against new SAC opponent UVA Wise who becomes the 99th different program LR has played in its 100 year history.
UP NEXT:
LR continues conference play when they travel to Tusculum on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.