Southern Pigskin
Icon

SoCon Weekend Recap

b’

Back To SoCon

By Robbie Ross
SouthernPigskin.com
Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin.  Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page

Furman has now lost 11 of its last 12 games dating back to last season.

nChattanooga exacts revenge

nChattanooga continued its recent dominance of the SoCon by avenging its lone conference loss since 2013 by beating Mercer 52-31.xc2xa0 Last season, the Bears snapped the Mocsxe2x80x99 12-game SoCon winning streak with a 17-14 upset in Macon.xc2xa0 Since 2013, Chattanooga sports a 23-3 record against league foes.xc2xa0

nVMI notches big win

nVMI picked up a home win over ETSU, 37-7, behind Al Cobbxe2x80x99s 212 yards and three touchdown passes.xc2xa0 The 30-point SoCon win for the Keydets was their largest margin of victory in a league game since a 1995 win over The Citadel, 34-7.xc2xa0 VMI now has three wins on the year, which equals its highest win total since 2010, when it finished 3-8.
nxc2xa0
nFurmanxe2x80x99s struggles continue

nWith their 38-21 loss to Samford on Saturday, the Paladins are 7-22 since the beginning of the 2014 season, the worst stretch of losses since an 8-21 record over 29 games spanning the 1957, 1958 and 1959 seasons.xc2xa0 Furman has lost 11 out of its last 12 games dating back to a 20-17 Halloween win over Samford, the worst since losing 16 of 17 spanning the 1968, 1969 and 1970 seasons.xc2xa0 The Paladinsxe2x80x99 nine-game losing streak is the longest since losing 11 games in a row in 1954 and 1955.xc2xa0

nWeek 6 scores:

nThursday, October 6th

nCitadel 38 North Greenville 14

nSaturday, October 7th

nSamford 38 Furman 21
nVMI 37 ETSU 7
nChattanooga 52 Mercer 31
nWofford 31 Western Carolina 19

nWeek 7 schedule

nSaturday, October 15th

nFurman at ETSU, 12:00
nChattanooga at The Citadel, 3:00
nVMI at Samford, 3:00
nWestern Carolina at Mercer, 4:00

Robbie Ross – Robbie Ross is Southern Pigskin’s lead SoCon writer. A 19-year veteran of the Furman Radio Network, Ross also spent time with the Georgia State Radio Network prior to his ventures with Southern Pigskin. He is a voter in the STATS FCS Top 25 Poll.


Southern Pigskin

Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page

SouthernPigskin.com is the leading name in southern college football coverage. We love the sport in general, but have a special place in our heart for the ACC, SEC and the Southern Conference.



become a partner

Pigskin Partners