FROSTBURG, MD - Sophomore Grant Burrough (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) threw a career-high three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to lead Frostburg State to a 55-24 blowout of Chowan College for Parents' Weekend Saturday at Bobcat Stadium.

The Bobcats, who scored their most points since a 60-3 drubbing of Greensboro on October 11, 1997, got rolling on just the second play of the game when sophomore Anthony Long (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) took a short pass from Burrough, spun away from one defender and outran several others for a 66-yard score.

Bobcat sophomore Andy Wilson (La Vale, Md./Allegany) then blocked a punt on Chowan's ensuing possession, with the ball rolling out of bounds at the Brave 15-yard line. Burrough, who finished 13-of-17 for 134 yards and added 30 yards on the ground, followed with a two-yard dive three plays later to give FSU a 14-0 lead less than five minutes into the game.

Frostburg State (2-1) used more strong special teams play later in the quarter to build a 21-0 bulge. Senior Derek Kirk (Silver Spring, Md./Chopticon) returned a punt 78 yards down the Chowan 11-yard line and Burrough ran in from 11 yards out on the next play.

Chowan (1-3) pulled to within 21-10 in the second quarter. Craig Janney connected on a 37-yard field goal for the Braves' first points of the afternoon, and Jimmy Sterling recovered a ball that rolled 20 yard into the end zone following a bad punt snap for a touchdown with 6:07 remaining in the first half.

Bobcat freshman Kevin Culbert (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) blocked another Chowan punt on the first series of the third quarter and senior DeNelle Hale (Baltimore, Md./Dunbar) followed with a nine-yard scoring run on the next play to move the hosts in front, 28-10.

Burrough gave FSU a 25-point cushion with a 15-yard touchdown pass to junior Tim Wilkins (Baltimore, Md./Mervo) before Chowan quarterback Chris Stodgill responded on a five-yard scoring run just under five minutes later.

Burrough capped his strong afternoon with a 12-yard pass to freshman Adam J. Snyder (Scottdale, Pa./South Moreland) on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Hale's 66-yard punt return led to sophomore Edward Kearney's (Bel Air, Md./Calvert Hall) first career touchdown, a three-yard run with 12:23 remaining, and Kearney added a nine-yard scoring run following Chowan.