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09/05 20:00 CDT Gavin Garcia rushes for 3 TDs to lead The Citadel past
Charlotte 43-41 in 3OT
Gavin Garcia rushes for 3 TDs to lead The Citadel past Charlotte 43-41 in 3OT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) --- Gavin Garcia rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns
as The Citadel beat Charlotte 43-41 in triple overtime on Saturday in the
49ers' season opener, following a 1-hour and 15-minute delay due to severe
weather.
Garcia scored on runs of 2 and 1 yards in regulation before breaking a 25-yard
touchdown run on the Bulldogs' first overtime possession.
Nick Billoups added 38 yards and two touchdowns, and Sebastien Boyle had 70
yards and a score as the Bulldogs rushed for 268 yards and six touchdowns
combined.
Charlotte tied the game at 28 with 24 seconds remaining after Cole Gonzales
found Jaylen Hampton for a 6-yard touchdown.
Each team scored a touchdown in the first two overtimes, with Nick Billoups'
2-yard run pulling The Citadel even at 41 in the second. Both teams failed on
their respective conversion attempts.
The Bulldogs converted their two-point attempt to open the third overtime,
before Gonzales' pass on Charlotte's try fell incomplete.
Gonzales threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns and was intercepted twice.
Hampton caught eight passes for 117 yards and two scores. Khamani Alexander
rushed for 138 yards, including a 66-yard touchdown on his first carry since
transferring from Appalachian State.
The Citadel won the schools' only previous meeting, 63-56 in double overtime in
2014.
Up next
49ers: Visit No. 9 Ole Miss next Saturday.
Bulldogs: Host Charleston Southern on Saturday. -__
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