Box Scores vs. VMI

LEXINGTON, VA - Virginia Military Institute amassed 659 total yards of offense on their way to beating the visiting Hawks with a final score of 69-20. Of that 659 yards, 517 came on the ground. Chowan squeaked out 20 points, all coming in the second half of the game but totaled 329 of total offense.

CJ Westler connected on 19 of 32 passes attempted for 289 yards and three touchdown strikes. He also gave up two interceptions and was sacked five times on the day. The Hawks scrambled for 40 yards as a team on the ground led by freshman JJ Spates who had eight carries and 30 yards. Spates showed his versatility by also catching three passes for 35 yards.

Eddie Coard led the receiver core with 129 yards on nine catches with one touchdown strike. James Fox caught two of Westler's touchdown passes and totaled four catches and 76 yards.

Defensively Jomo Brown had a game-high 15 tackles while Joshua Barrett had 10 tackles, his highest total of the season as freshman.

Chowan falls to 1-3 overall while VMI improves to 2-1 on the season. Chowan will host Virginia Union University on Saturday, September 27th at 6:00pm.