2008 Woodie Awards
Western Kentucky holds on to beat Chattanooga 28-21
Stefan Hunt
Issue date: 9/21/06 Section: Sports
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By Stefan Hunt
sports editor
The UTC football team lost their second consecutive game last Saturday night as Western Kentucky held off a late Chattanooga rally to defeat the Mocs 28-21.
The loss drops Chattanooga's record to 1-2, and more importantly served as notice that the Mocs still have a ways to go if they want to be considered among the elite 1-AA teams.
Hilltopper quarterback Justin Haddix threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Western Kentucky picked up their first victory of the season and snapped a six-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Junior quarterback Antonio Miller, a Charlotte, N.C., native, scored three times on the ground to account for all the Chattanooga points.
Miller wasn't just doing it on the ground, as he passed for 224 yards to go along with his 40 rushing yards, but it wasn't enough to give Chattanooga a victory in a game most considered one of the biggest in the Rodney Allison era.
Western Kentucky started the scoring off first when running back Tyrell Hayden scored off the right side from eight yards out to cap off a 11-play, 94-yard scoring drive to give the Hilltoppers an early 7-0 lead.
Miller would tie the game at 7-7 at the 10:33 mark in the second quarter on a six-yard run on a drive spanning 85 yards on 15 plays.
The score would remain tied at 7 until the third quarter when Haddix ran a quarterback keeper from one yard out at the 5:12 mark that put the Hilltoppers back on top for good. Haddix swung the momentum in Western Kentucky's favor with a big 26-yard completion on third-and-14 that set up the touchdown.
Haddix continued his assault on the Moccasin defense when he hit wide receiver Curtis Hamilton on a 42-yard bomb that gave the Hilltoppers a 21-7 lead with 1:04 remaining in the third quarter.
Miller's second touchdown of the night from five yards out brought Chattanooga within 21-14 with 12:54 to play. The Mocs were aided on the drive by 35 yards of penalties committed by the Hilltoppers.
sports editor
The UTC football team lost their second consecutive game last Saturday night as Western Kentucky held off a late Chattanooga rally to defeat the Mocs 28-21.
The loss drops Chattanooga's record to 1-2, and more importantly served as notice that the Mocs still have a ways to go if they want to be considered among the elite 1-AA teams.
Hilltopper quarterback Justin Haddix threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Western Kentucky picked up their first victory of the season and snapped a six-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Junior quarterback Antonio Miller, a Charlotte, N.C., native, scored three times on the ground to account for all the Chattanooga points.
Miller wasn't just doing it on the ground, as he passed for 224 yards to go along with his 40 rushing yards, but it wasn't enough to give Chattanooga a victory in a game most considered one of the biggest in the Rodney Allison era.
Western Kentucky started the scoring off first when running back Tyrell Hayden scored off the right side from eight yards out to cap off a 11-play, 94-yard scoring drive to give the Hilltoppers an early 7-0 lead.
Miller would tie the game at 7-7 at the 10:33 mark in the second quarter on a six-yard run on a drive spanning 85 yards on 15 plays.
The score would remain tied at 7 until the third quarter when Haddix ran a quarterback keeper from one yard out at the 5:12 mark that put the Hilltoppers back on top for good. Haddix swung the momentum in Western Kentucky's favor with a big 26-yard completion on third-and-14 that set up the touchdown.
Haddix continued his assault on the Moccasin defense when he hit wide receiver Curtis Hamilton on a 42-yard bomb that gave the Hilltoppers a 21-7 lead with 1:04 remaining in the third quarter.
Miller's second touchdown of the night from five yards out brought Chattanooga within 21-14 with 12:54 to play. The Mocs were aided on the drive by 35 yards of penalties committed by the Hilltoppers.
