Defense Continues To Lead the Charge Against Volunteers
MLB Anthony Atogwe dropping the mic after a 1st half touchdown for a Chanticleer defense that despite three long touchdowns, shutdown Tennessee otherwise in the 45-21 victory.
BOXSCORE
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| #12 Tennessee | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| #1 Coastal Carolina | 0 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
ScoringSummary
| Q | Team | Time | Play | Tennessee | Coastal Carolina |
| 2nd | Coastal Carolina | 6:42 | Fredrick Meredith, 4 Yd Run | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Tennessee | 6:25 | Lee Kasa, 89 Yd Run | 7 | 7 |
| 2nd | Coastal Carolina | 2:26 | Anthony Atogwe, Returned Fumble 25 Yds | 7 | 14 |
| 3rd | Tennessee | 9:43 | Deontay Treggs, 88 Yd Pass From Quincy Walters | 14 | 14 |
| 3rd | Tennessee | 7:36 | Deontay Treggs, 56 Yd Pass From Quincy Wlters | 21 | 14 |
| 3rd | Coastal Carolina | 3:30 | Cordell Jennings, 3 Yd Run | 21 | 21 |
| 3rd | Coastal Carolina | 3:25 | Steven Middlebrooks, Returned Fumble 12 Yds | 21 | 28 |
| 4th | Coastal Carolina | 9:19 | Gene Marable, 45 Yd FG | 21 | 31 |
| 4th | Coastal Carolina | 5:25 | Duke Kryspin, 1 Yd Run | 21 | 38 |
| 4th | Coastal Carolina | 3:00 | Cornell Jennings, 3 Yd Run | 21 | 45 |
Tennessee Coastal Carolina
Passing | Stats Passing | Stats
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
Quincy Walters | 22/38, 359 Yds, 2 TD Fredrick Meredith | 18/28, 209 Yds, INT
Rushing | Stats Rushing | Stats
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
Lee Kasa | 11 Att, 88 Yds, TD Cornell Jennings | 24 Att, 129 Yds, 2 TD
Quincy Walters | 9 Att, -64 Yds Fredrick Meredith | 12 Att, 39 Yds, TD
Fredrick McCallum | 10 Att, 88 Yds
Fredrick McCallum | 10 Att, 88 Yds
Receiving | Stats Receiving | Stats
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
Charles Kahn | 5 Rec, 76 Yds Fredrick McCallum | 6 Rec, 55 Yds
Deontray Treggs | 5 Rec, 185 Yds, 2 TD Jamal Stephen | 3 Rec, 55 Yds
Lee Kasa | 4 Rec, 27 Yds Dorian Allen | 2 Rec, 27 Yds
Jose Olvera | 3 Rec, 20 Yds Malcolm Briggs | 2 Rec, 24
JR Duarte | 3 Rec, 38 Yds Bernie Bender | 2 Rec, 25 Yds
Dom Goings | 1 Rec, 3 Yds Tyler Hagg | 2 Rec, 25 Yds
Victor Bartu | 1 Rec, 10 Yds Tavares Tinker | 1 Rec, -2 Yds
Defensive | Stats Defensive | Stats
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
LB Brayden Rugamba | 15 Tkl, 2 TFL, 0.5 Sack FS Keke Allotey | 11 Tkl, 4 TFL
CB Darious LaBoy | 8 Tkl, INT DE Alfonso Smith | 9 Tkl, 9 TFL, 5 Sacks, FF
DT Kenyon Vales | 6 Tkl, 2 TFL, 0.5 Sack MLB Anthony Atogwe | 8 Tkl, TFL, FR, TD
DE Monte Miner | 2 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack DE Monte Miner | 2 Tkl, 2 TFL, 1.5 Sacks
DE Ezekiel Ogletree | 3 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack DT Jermaine Uzomah | 3 Tkl, 3 TFL, 1.5 Sacks
Conway, SC. - The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers moved to 4–0 with a 45–21 win over the Tennessee Volunteers, and once again it was the defense — not the returning offensive firepower — that stole the show. Behind another dominant performance from their defensive front and key special teams plays, the defending champs continued to find ways to win even as their passing game sputters.
Outside of an 89-yard touchdown run by Tennessee’s Lee Kasa, the Volunteers offense was largely bottled up in the first half. Coastal’s offense wasn’t much sharper early, but a 36-yard burst by Fredrick McCollum set up a short keeper from quarterback Fredrick Meredith, and moments later defensive captain Anthony Atogwe scooped up a forced fumble from Alfonso Smith for a score. Coastal led 14–7 at the break despite a slow offensive start.
Tennessee briefly swung momentum out of halftime behind quarterback Quincy Walters, who connected twice with star wideout Deontray Treggs on deep shots to grab a 21–14 lead. But after a fiery sideline exchange between defensive coordinator Tony White and corner Emmanuel Abrams, the Chants’ defense responded with authority.
“Hold up a bit longer — we gon’ get to him again,” senior defensive end Alfonso Smith told Abrams afterward. Smith delivered on that promise, racking up three second-half sacks to finish with a school-record five on the day. Coastal piled up nine sacks total, completely suffocating the Vols offense the rest of the way.
The offense leaned on the ground game to close things out, with Cornell Jennings rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns, while McCollum added 88 rushing and 55 receiving yards.
Quarterback Fredrick Meredith, meanwhile, continues to face scrutiny after another rough outing where he failed to throw a touchdown pass while tossing one to the other team.
“For all the talk about the extra work they put in, they just look out of sync — missed throws, off routes, bad timing,” noted the Coastal radio color commentator during the broadcast.
Head coach Kade Vaughn brushed off the criticism postgame. “We’ve faced some elite defenses to start this season,” Vaughn said. “Fred will be fine.”
The road doesn’t get any easier — Coastal heads to Tallahassee next week for an ACC showdown with 4-0 Florida State.
Lee Kasa making the defender look silly with a filthy spin move on his 89 yard touchdown run.
Alfonso Smith continued to be a one man wrecking crew with five more sacks, bolstering his total to 13 already on the season.
Deontay Treggs showing why he's in the Heisman running with two long touchdown catches as Tennessee briefly took the lead out of the break.
Week Four ACC Results
10 FCS @
Florida State (4-0) 59
9 Georgia Tech (1-3) @
NC State (2-2) 31
7 North Carolina (2-2) @
#16 Louisville (2-1) 20
41 Syracuse (4-0) @ Wake Forest (1-3) 16
20 Virginia Tech (2-2) @
West Virginia (3-1) 28
14 Boston College (2-3) @
#3 Ohio State (3-0) 48
38 #6 Miami (3-1) @ Virginia (1-3) 14
35 Clemson (1-3) @ Pittsburgh (3-2) 14
37 Notre Dame (4-1) @ Duke (1-3) 24
Notable Week Four Results
17 BYU (1-2) @
#10 SMU (4-0) 41
39 #12 UCLA (4-0) @ Boise State (2-1) 31
30 Arkansas (2-1) @
#4 Ole Miss (4-0) 48
16 #14 Texas A&M (4-1) @
#24 Georgia (3-0) 24
24 #9 Michigan State (4-0) @ #20 Purdue (2-2) 17
43 #23 Florida (1-2) @
#2 Alabama (4-0) 50