MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Greensboro College football fell to Huntingdon 31-20 on Saturday. Greensboro threw for 225 yards and ran for three touchdowns, but two interceptions and 10 penalties for 84 yards accompanied the loss.
Greensboro produced 20 first downs and held statistical advantages in both rushing and passing yardage, running for 111 yards and throwing for 225 while limiting Huntingdon to 45 rushing yards and 144 through the air. Greensboro's defense recorded five sacks and recovered a fumble, but the offense also took five sacks, threw two interceptions and was flagged 10 times for 84 yards. The Greensboro scoring drives included a 10-play, 65-yard possession and a later three-play drive that covered 58 seconds.
Greensboro answered Huntingdon's kickoff-return touchdown with a 10-play, 65-yard drive, capped by
Cameron Turner's 2-yard touchdown run with 1:23 left in the first quarter. Earlier,
Kyjuan Westmoreland scored on a 6-yard run after Greensboro took over at the Huntingdon 35. The quarter ended with Greensboro ahead 13-7.
Greensboro was held scoreless in the second quarter, with all four of its possessions ending in punts while Huntingdon scored twice through the air.
Cameron Turner's 35-yard completion to Sincere Mcintyre helped Greensboro move out from its own 1-yard line on its first drive of the quarter, but the offense did not cross midfield in the quarter. The defense added sacks by
Ziere Ray,
Charlie Rogers,
Jay Law and
Brayden Anderson-Sidbury, but Greensboro went into halftime trailing 21-13.
Greensboro was held scoreless in the third quarter, and Huntingdon scored the only points on Kenyon Watkins' 1-yard touchdown run with 35 seconds left. Earlier,
Kamauri Davis and
Aaron Ingram combined on a third-down sack to force a punt, and
Cameron Turner later helped Greensboro move from its 7 to its 34 before the drive stalled. Greensboro ended the quarter trailing 28-13.
Greensboro turned an Anderson-Sidbury sack and
Ja'Quavious Crumpler blocked punt into its lone fourth-quarter score, going 36 yards in three plays as Turner hit Sincere Mcintyre for 22 yards before running in a 12-yard touchdown and
Jacob Cook's PAT made it 28-20. Greensboro later got a fourth-down stop at its 24, but its next snap was intercepted, and Huntingdon converted the short field into a 28-yard field goal with 1:55 left. Greensboro advanced as far as the Huntingdon 40 on the ensuing possession before the game ended with Huntingdon ahead 31-20.
Greensboro Top Performers
Cameron Turner
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- 18-for-35 passing for 219 yards
- 58 rushing yards on 18 carries
- Season-high 2 rushing touchdowns
Sincere Mcintyre
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- Career-high 10 receptions
- Career-high 144 receiving yards
Kyjuan Westmoreland
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- 21 rushing yards on 6 carries
- 1 rushing touchdown
- 3 receptions for 34 yards
Jay Law
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- 10 tackles
- At least 10 tackles in 2 consecutive games
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