The Ferrum Panthers came ready to play ball Saturday, and they did not disappoint. From the outset, Ferrum looked to be in control of the game on both sides of the ball. Ferrum received the opening kickoff, and methodically moved the ball down field. Eventually, Ferrum's drive stalled giving Seth Deaton his first chance to put points on the board. Deaton launched a Ferrum College record 48 yard field goal to give the Panthers the lead 3-0.
Guilford would take over at their own 25 after a touchback. After a 5 play drive, that only netted 5 yards, the Quakers would have to punt. On their next possession, Zach Wyatt and Co. engineered a 13 play 78 yard drive that ended with Jahylen Lee finding the end zone from five yards out. With the Deaton extra point, Ferrum would lead 10-0.
Defenses Take Over
After the kick off the Ferrum defense went to work and held Guilford to a three and out, forcing the Quakers to punt again. This time the Quaker defense woke up, and held Ferrum to a three and out and forcing William Hutton to punt. The quarter would end with Guilford getting a first down. as the drive went on in the second quarter, Ferrum again held forcing a punt. The punt was fumbled by Ferrum and recovered by Guildford, but Guilford also picked up an unsportsmanlike foul, nullifying the play, and forcing Guilford to punt again. Even though this punt was worse than the previous one, Ferrum, again could not get any traction for the offense. They were held to a three and out, and had to punt. At the 11:39 mark of the 2nd qtr. Guilford took over and again was stopped after three plays, and had to punt back to Ferrum. The Panthers started putting together a drive picking up two first downs. This was short lived however as Ferrum fumbled and Guilford recovered. This drive, starting at Ferrum's 25 yard line was not good news for Ferrum as the Quakers scored in three plays, cutting the Ferrum lead 10-7. Each team would have possession once more in the half, but this is how the teams would go in at halftime Ferrum 10 Guilford 7.
The second half had Ferrum kicking off to Guilford, but the Panther defense again looked strong and forced the Quakers to punt after 3 plays. Ferrum began a nice drive that started at their own 30, but after some nice runs by Jahylen Lee, and runs by Aiden Vaught, and Zach Wyatt, Ferrum found themselves at the Guilford 10. Seth Deaton would add another three points, giving Ferrum a 13-7 lead.
Ferrum would go on to score one more time on the day at the 8:07 mark of the 4th quarter. Aiden Vaught took the ball into the endzone from 5 yards out and with Deaton's extra point they extended the lead to 20-7.
That score would be the final, but there are a few things I want to point out. Ferrum's defense played an outstanding game. Jahylen was ODAC offensive player of the week as he amassed 211 yards on the ground with one touchdown. The penalties were few, and Ferrum played a disciplined style of football that worked in their favor. If there was one stat that really concerned me, it was the fumbles. Ferrum put the ball on the ground 8 times. That is the most fumbles I can ever remember in one game ....and the field conditions were not a factor. Luckily, Ferrum recovered 6 of those miscues, and they were not hurt by them overall. This will not be the case against a powerful Randolph-Macon team.
Go Panthers!
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