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Coastal Carolina tops winless Furman 41-21

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CONWAY — Tyler Keane threw for two touchdowns, Kenneth Daniels returned a blocked field goal 65 yards for a score and Ky’Jon Tyler scored on an 80-yard punt return in Coastal Carolina’s 41-21 win over Furman on Saturday.

Keane hit De’Angelo Henderson on an 8-yard TD pass on Coastal Carolina’s opening drive after Devin Brown’s 63-yard kickoff return. Keane finished 9 of 14 for 130 yards passing, including an 18-yard scoring strike to Chris Jones.

Kerron Johnson recovered a Furman fumble to set up a 43-yard field goal by Ryan Granger and the Chanticleers (3-1) were up 27-7 at halftime.

Kealan Dirks scored on a 3-yard run for the Paladins (0-4). Reese Hannon threw TD passes of 23 yards to Thomas Gordon and 5 yards to Triston Luke. Hannon was 26 of 45 for 305 yards with three interceptions — one that Alex Scearce returned 31 yards for a touchdown.

WOFFORD 31

ETSU 0

SPARTANBURG — Lorenzo Long rushed for a season-high 156 yards with two touchdowns and Wofford rolled over ETSU 31-0 on Saturday.

Andre Stoddard added a pair of short first-quarter touchdown runs for the Terriers (3-1, 1-0 Southern Conference).

Wofford rolled up 303 yards of total offense, while limiting ETSU (2-1, 1-1) to 76 yards and just five first downs.

Charleston Southern 35

Monmouth 7

BRANCH, N.J. — Mike Holloway rushed for 151 yards — including a 75-yarder for a score — which helped ignite Charleston Southern in a 35-7 win over Monmouth.

Charleston Southern (2-2, 1-0 Big South) dominated the line of scrimmage outrushing Monmouth (2-2, 0-1) 322 to 57.

S.C. State 48

Florida A&M 14

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Caleb York threw four touchdown passes and South Carolina State overpowered Florida A&M, 48-14 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both schools.

York’s 55-yard scoring strike to Deangel Frazier made it 34-7 after three quarters.

Dayshawn Taylor returned an interception 52 yards to cap the scoring for S.C. State (1-3, 1-0). York was 18 of 36 for 241 yards.

From wire reports