Central Florida 56, South Carolina State 10
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. - John Rhys Plumlee threw four touchdown passes, the UCF defense allowed less than 100 yards, and the Knights defeated FCS South Carolina State 56-10.
In addition to Plumlee's TD passes, he ran for a fifth score, Isaiah Bowser ran for two and Quadric Bullard recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for UCF's eighth touchdown.
The Knights outgained the Bulldogs 600 yards to 91. Central Florida had 308 passing yards, 292 rushing yards and 29 first downs. South Carolina State managed 56 passing yards, 35 rushing yards and nine first downs.
Plumlee completed 20 of 31 passes for 308 yards. He was the game's leading rusher with 99 yards on 13 carries and Bowser had 21 carries for 80 yards.
South Carolina State's touchdown came on a 26-yard pass from Corey Fields to Shaquan Davis.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
SCSt | UCF |
| UCF |
TD |
11:10 |
Javon Baker 12 yard TD pass from John Rhys Plumlee (Daniel Obarski Extra Point) |
0 |
7 |
| UCF |
TD |
7:17 |
Kemore Gamble 25 yard TD pass from John Rhys Plumlee (Daniel Obarski Extra Point) |
0 |
14 |
| UCF |
TD |
3:10 |
John Rhys Plumlee 17 yard TD run (Daniel Obarski Extra Point) |
0 |
21 |
| Second Quarter |
SCSt | UCF |
| UCF |
TD |
11:02 |
Isaiah Bowser 1 yard TD run (Daniel Obarski Extra Point) |
0 |
28 |
| SCSt |
FG |
3:24 |
Gavyn Zimmerman 23 yard field goal |
3 |
28 |
| Third Quarter |
SCSt | UCF |
| SCSt |
TD |
8:14 |
Shaquan Davis 26 yard TD pass from Corey Fields (Gavyn Zimmerman Extra Point) |
10 |
28 |
| UCF |
TD |
5:23 |
Johnny Richardson 18 yard TD pass from John Rhys Plumlee (Daniel Obarski Extra Point) |
10 |
35 |
| UCF |
TD |
0:46 |
Isaiah Bowser 1 yard TD run (Daniel Obarski Extra Point) |
10 |
42 |
| Fourth Quarter |
SCSt | UCF |
| UCF |
TD |
13:15 |
Zach Marsh Wojan 21 yard TD pass from John Rhys Plumlee (Daniel Obarski Extra Point) |
10 |
49 |
| UCF |
TD |
12:18 |
Quadric Bullard 0 yard blocked punt return for TD (Daniel Obarski Extra Point) |
10 |
56 |
| Team Stats |
| |
South Carolina State |
UCF |
| First downs |
9 |
28 |
| Rushing |
4 |
16 |
| Passing |
2 |
12 |
| Penalty |
3 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
2-16, 13% |
9-15, 60% |
| 4th down efficiency |
2-3, 67% |
1-1, 100% |
| Rushes-Yards |
33-35 |
48-301 |
| Passing Yards |
56 |
304 |
| Return Yards |
5 |
109 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
7-23-1 |
22-34-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
2-19 |
2-13 |
| Punts |
8 |
3 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
1-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
7-45 |
10-85 |
| South Carolina State Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Fields |
5 |
17 |
42 |
1 |
1 |
| T. Nick |
2 |
3 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
| P. Franklin II |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| UCF Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Plumlee |
22 |
33 |
304 |
4 |
0 |
| T. Castellanos |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| South Carolina State Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Nick |
6 |
28 |
4.7 |
0 |
| D. Roberts |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| T. Walker |
3 |
4 |
1.3 |
0 |
| K. Flowers |
8 |
3 |
0.4 |
0 |
| P. Franklin II |
2 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
| J. Benson |
4 |
1 |
0.3 |
0 |
| A. James |
4 |
1 |
0.3 |
0 |
| J. Shaw |
2 |
-2 |
-1.0 |
0 |
| C. Fields |
3 |
-7 |
-2.3 |
0 |
| UCF Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Plumlee |
16 |
103 |
6.4 |
1 |
| I. Bowser |
22 |
84 |
3.8 |
2 |
| J. Richardson |
4 |
50 |
12.5 |
0 |
| R. O'Keefe |
2 |
33 |
16.5 |
0 |
| T. Castellanos |
2 |
32 |
16.0 |
0 |
| J. McDonald |
2 |
-1 |
-0.5 |
0 |
| South Carolina State Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| S. Davis |
2 |
35 |
17.5 |
1 |
| R. White |
1 |
13 |
13.0 |
0 |
| R. Bailey |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| J. Benson |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| K. Flowers |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| A. James |
1 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
0 |
| UCF Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Baker |
5 |
84 |
16.8 |
1 |
| K. Gamble |
3 |
77 |
25.7 |
1 |
| R. O'Keefe |
3 |
48 |
16.0 |
0 |
| J. Richardson |
3 |
28 |
9.3 |
1 |
| I. Bowser |
4 |
25 |
6.3 |
0 |
| J. Griffin |
3 |
21 |
7.0 |
0 |
| Z. Marsh Wojan |
1 |
21 |
21.0 |
1 |
| South Carolina State Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| UCF Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| D. Wilson |
1 |
0 |
| South Carolina State Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| D. Roberts |
7 |
339 |
48.4 |
| UCF Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| A. Osteen |
2 |
93 |
46.5 |
| South Carolina State Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Moody |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
| UCF Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. Wilson |
2 |
21 |
10.5 |
| X. Townsend |
1 |
19 |
19.0 |
| South Carolina State Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| UCF Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| R. O'Keefe |
2 |
50 |
25.0 |
| South Carolina State Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| UCF Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| D. Obarski |
43 |
