William & Mary 41, Charlotte 24
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Darius Wilson passed for two touchdowns, Bronson Yoder rushed for 120 yards and a score, and FCS member William & Mary scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat FBS school Charlotte 41-24.
The Tribe gained 560 total yards in posting its first FBS win since topping Virginia in 2009.
Yoder gave William & Mary a 27-24 lead early in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run to cap a 10-play, 75-yard drive. On the Tribe's next possession, Lachlan Pitts caught a pass from Wilson and raced 65 yards for a score.
Wilson was 12 of 18 for 237 yards and he added nine carries for 68 yards for William & Mary (1-0). Malachi Imoh and Donavyn Lester also rushed for a touchdown as William & Mary totaled 298 yards on 47 carries.
Xavier Williams passed for 201 yards and rushed for 48 yards and two scores for Charlotte (0-2), which lost 43-13 to FAU last week. Elijah Spencer caught five passes for 107 yards.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
W&M | Char |
| W&M |
FG |
12:17 |
Ethan Chang 36 yd FG |
3 |
0 |
| Char |
FG |
5:19 |
Antonio Zita 32 yd FG |
3 |
3 |
| W&M |
TD |
4:28 |
Tyler Rose 31 yd pass from Darius Wilson (Ethan Chang kick) |
10 |
3 |
| Second Quarter |
W&M | Char |
| W&M |
TD |
10:22 |
Donavyn Lester 22 yd run (Ethan Chang kick) |
17 |
3 |
| Char |
TD |
6:34 |
ChaVon McEachern 3 yd run (Antonio Zita kick) |
17 |
10 |
| Char |
TD |
0:13 |
Xavier Williams 2 yd run (Antonio Zita kick) |
17 |
17 |
| Third Quarter |
W&M | Char |
| W&M |
FG |
4:30 |
Ethan Chang 28 yd FG |
20 |
17 |
| Char |
TD |
2:18 |
Xavier Williams 67 yd run (Antonio Zita kick) |
20 |
24 |
| Fourth Quarter |
W&M | Char |
| W&M |
TD |
12:31 |
Bronson Yoder 1 yd run (Ethan Chang kick) |
27 |
24 |
| W&M |
TD |
9:54 |
Lachlan Pitts 65 yd pass from Darius Wilson (Ethan Chang kick) |
34 |
24 |
| W&M |
TD |
7:38 |
Malachi Imoh 17 yd run (Ethan Chang kick) |
41 |
24 |
| Team Stats |
| |
William & Mary |
Charlotte |
| First downs |
25 |
22 |
| Rushing |
13 |
9 |
| Passing |
9 |
10 |
| Penalty |
3 |
3 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
3-11, 27% |
7-15, 47% |
| 4th down efficiency |
2-2, 100% |
0-2, 0% |
| Rushes-Yards |
47-303 |
37-131 |
| Passing Yards |
256 |
248 |
| Return Yards |
22 |
108 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
13-19-0 |
17-31-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--1 |
4--42 |
| Punts |
2 |
4 |
| Punts-Average |
41.5 |
47.3 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
7-80 |
9-83 |
| Time of Possession |
32:05 |
27:55 |
| William & Mary Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| D. Wilson |
12 |
18 |
237 |
2 |
0 |
| H. Mathis |
1 |
1 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
| William & Mary Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Charlotte Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| William & Mary Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| W. Whitehurst |
2 |
83 |
41.5 |
| Charlotte Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| B. Rice |
4 |
189 |
47.3 |
| William & Mary Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Newton |
1 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
| Charlotte Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| V. Tucker |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
| William & Mary Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Yoder |
1 |
23 |
23.0 |
| William & Mary Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| E. Chang |
37 |
| Charlotte Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| A. Zita |
50 |
