Box score
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Charleston Southern rolled up a school record
641 total yards and sophomore quarterback Collin Drafts threw for a
school record 419 yards as the Buccaneers defeated visiting Allen
University, 58-6, Saturday afternoon at Buccaneer Field.
Drafts completed 24-of-29 passes, three for touchdowns, to lead
the Buccaneers to their fifth win in eight outings. The five wins
ties the school record for victories in a season with at least two
games remaining on the schedule. The 5-3 Buccaneers host Big South
Conference foe Gardner-Webb next week in the home finale.
"It was important to get that fifth win and put ourselves in a
position to do something that no other team in school history has
done, which is have a winning season," said CSU head coach Jay
Mills. "I thought our team played with great focus and we executed
very well. It was a good team victory for us."
Senior wide receiver Harry Seabrook had eight receptions for 103
yards and two scores while Eddie Gadson, the leading receiver in
the Big South Conference, tallied seven catches for 150 yards and a
touchdown.
On the ground, the Buccaneers rushed for 222 yards, including a
season-high 82 yards on 11 carries by sophomore Robert Adams, who
scored twice. Kijana Thomas rushed for 67 yards on 10 carries and
Travis Mays added 65 yards on 10 attempts.
CSU's defense had a solid outing as well, limiting Allen (3-5)
to 225 total yards, 190 of those yards coming on the ground. Junior
end Adam DeGraffenreid had five tackles, three for loss and a sack
to pace the defense, while sophomore reserve linebacker Jada Ross
had eight total tackles.
CSU scored twice in the first quarter as Adams scored on a
three-yard run and Seabrook caught an eight-yard pass from Drafts,
capping a five-play, 90-yard drive with 2:35 to play in the opening
stanza.
Nick Ellis added an 18-yard field goal for a 17-0 lead with 5:30
to play in the second, then Drafts connected with Gadson on a
15-yard scoring pass with :10 left in the half for a 24-0 halftime
lead.
The Buccaneers opened the third quarter with a six-play, 80-yard
drive, culminating in a Draft-to-Seabrook 14-yard pass with 10:20
remaining in the third. From that point, most of the CSU offense
centered on the running game.
Adams scored on a 41-yard run with 1:51 to play in the third,
capping a 91-yard drive. Backup quarterback Clint Chappell scored
on a one-yard run with 13:45 left in the game, followed by a Mays
scoring run of 29 yards and a five-yard run by Craig
Washington.
Allen's lone touchdown came with 10:50 to play in the game on a
27-yard pass from Markus Webb to Antonio Grier.
CSU NOTES
Charleston Southern averaged 8.8 yards per offensive play in the
game and had five scoring drives of more than 70 yards.
Seabrook eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in receiving yards for his
career, becoming the fifth player in school history to reach that
plateau.
Freshman receiver Maurice Price had five receptions for 113
yards, a career-high.
The previous school record for total yards in a game was 630
yards, tallied against North Greenville during the 1998 season.
Drafts now has 2,089 passing yards for the season. The school
single-season passing yardage record is 2,297 yards, set by Jake
Sills during the 2001 season.
Eddie Gadson and Harry Seabrook each went over the 500-yard mark
in receiving yards for the season, marking the first time in school
history the program has had two 500-yard receivers in the same
season.