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Complete Game Notes - Fairmont State | Concord

The Matchup
- Fairmont State will make its final road trip of the season Saturday when it visits Athens for a noon Mountain East Conference game with Concord University.
- Fairmont State enters Saturday's game with a 6-3 overall record after completing its largest comeback of the season in last Saturday's victory over West Virginia State. In a game played in a steady rain with temperatures in the mid-40s FSU overcame a 24-7 halftime deficit thanks to 27 straight points in a span of just 20:54 en route to a 34-27 victory.
- The win secured the team's third consecutive winning season – something which hasn't been accomplished at FSU since 1999-2001. It also keeps Fairmont's chances alive to record the school's first back-to-back regular seasons of eight or more wins since 1964 and 1965.
- FSU scored 24 points in the third quarter of its game with West Virginia State last Saturday to take a 31-24 lead it never relinquished. The 24 points are the most scored in a single quarter by the Falcons since they scored 24 in the first quarter of a 31-27 victory over West Virginia Wesleyan on Oct. 8, 2015.
- The Mountain Lions are 2-7 overall, 1-7 in the MEC and coming off a 44-14 loss on the road against West Liberty Saturday.
- FSU leads the all-time series between the schools, 44-35-2. The Falcons have not won in Athens since 2008.

Scouting The Offense
- It took nine weeks but senior Terrell Charles finally became the first FSU running back to rush for 100 or more yards in a game this fall with his 104 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries in the victory over West Virginia State.
- Charles, who averaged 5.5 yards per carry in the win, rolled up 70 of those yards on 12 attempts in the game-changing second half.
- When Charles wasn't doing damage on the ground in the final 30 minutes for FSU sophomore Rakeem Darden was. He finished with 98 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns on just 12 carries. Darden got 97 of his career-high 98 yards in the second half on 11 attempts.
- The 202 combined rushing yards by Charles and Darden topped their best-ever showing together which was a combined 181 rushing yards last season in a 16-3 win over Alderson-Broaddus.
- Charles now has a team-high 495 yards and three touchdowns on 125 carries for the season. For his career he has 1,930 yards and 19 touchdowns on 468 carries. He needs just 176 yards and one more rushing TD to crack the Top 10 in school history in career rushing yards and career rushing touchdowns.
- FSU receiver Jeff Iweh is currently 28^th in the country and second in NCAA Division II in yards per reception (18.45).
- The FSU offense is outscoring opponents in every quarter this season, except the second. In the second quarter of games, FSU is being outscored by an 88-45 margin.
- Takwan Crews-Naylor will make his third career start at quarterback on Saturday, after turning in a pair of quality starts in place of senior JuJuan Young-Battle who is out due to injury. Crews-Naylor has completed 29-of-55 pass attempts for 365 yards.
- Jeff Iweh (20-369) and Shawn Harris (22-300) are leading the FSU passing game this season, after Andre Hall went down with a season-ending injury against Shepherd.
- For the season, FSU is converting on just 29 percent of third-down opportunities (33/113).
 
Scouting The Defense
- With FSU trailing 10-7 in the first half of Saturday's game, the Falcons committed back-to-back turnovers that led to two more State touchdowns in a span of just 2:22 and at the half FSU found itself trailing by 17. In the first 30 minutes Fairmont's defense was on the field for 50 plays and surrendered 274 yards of total offense, 16 first downs and 24 points. The Falcons' offense possessed the football for just 6:53 in the opening half, ran a mere 15 plays and compiled just two first downs and 42 yards of total offense.
- Feeding off the resurgence of its offense, FSU's defense was outstanding in the final 30 minutes of last Saturday's game against WV State. The Falcons held State to just 79 second-half total yards, four first downs and three points on 29 total plays.
- Fairmont scored on its first four possessions of the second half and also got a special teams touchdown when junior linebacker Antonio Harris scooped a fumbled punt snap and raced 21 yards to the end zone.
- FSU's defense heads into its final two games ranked 23^rd in NCAA Division II in total defense (295.9), 24^th in points allowed (18.3), 29^th in passing yards allowed (173.8) and 36^th in rushing yards allowed (122.1).
- The Falcons are also fifth in the country in forced turnovers (24) and have the ninth-most interceptions in Division II with 15 on the season. Stephen Turner, Jerry Iweh and Michael Porter each have three interceptions apiece to lead the FSU defense. Turner (50) and Iweh (48) are also second and third on the team in tackles this season.
- In addition to the turnovers, the Falcons are also tied for first in the country in defensive touchdowns with six and are 12^th in the nation in tackles for losses (78).
- Fairmont State's defense held West Virginia State's high-powered offense to its second-lowest point total of the season (27) and it's lowest amount of total yards in a game this fall (353). The Yellow Jackets entered last Saturday's game averaging 38.2 points and 480.5 yards of total offense.
- Senior middle linebacker Marcus Porter leads the FSU defense with 79 tackles on the year, which ranks fourth in the MEC and 52nd in the country. Porter also has 12.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and a fumble recovery this season.
- D.J. Adediwura leads the FSU defensive front with 12.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. As a team, the Falcons rank 15^th in the country in in sacks per game (3.22).
- The FSU defense has allowed opposing offenses to score on just 77 percent of redzone chances (24-31), including touchdowns on just 13-of-31 attempts (42 percent).
 
Special Teams Notebook
- Senior place kicker Sam Keil nailed field goals from 34 and 24 yards in Saturday's victory over West Virginia State and with those two makes became Fairmont State's record holder for made field goals in a single season with 17.
- Keil is now 17-of-22 on field goals for the season and 26-of-40 for his two-year career at FSU. He needs just two more field goals to tie Johnny Dearstine (28) for the most made field goals in school history.
 - For his career Keil, who is 61-of-70 on PATs, has scored 139 points for the Falcons. He needs nine more points to move into a tie for 10^th place in school history in career points scored.
- Keil is currently ranked third in the country in field goals made per game this fall with an average of 1.89.
- FSU sophomore punter Sam Tucker enjoyed another good performance in the win over the Yellow Jackets. He punted four times for an average of 46.5 yards and placed one of those punts inside of the State 20-yard line.
 - For the season Tucker is ranked 12^th in the nation in NCAA Division II with a 41.9 yards per punt average.

Scouting Concord
- Since reaching the Final Four of the NCAA Division II Playoffs in 2014 Concord has gone just 9-21, including a combined 4-16 mark since the beginning of the 2016 season.
- One of those losses was a 28-0 setback at the hands of Fairmont State last fall in Fairmont. However, prior to that Concord had won seven straight over the Falcons.
- Concord enters Saturday's game as the least penalized team in the MEC with only 63 penalties on the season at an average of 59.9 penalty yards per game (9 games).
- Freshman Adam Fulton has started the last six games for Concord at quarterback and leads the offense by completing 84-of-174 passes for 962 yards. Fulton has thrown 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
- Senior Jamal Petty leads the ground attack with 86 carries for 403 yards and is tied with senior Nick Loftin for the team lead with two rushing touchdowns.
- Sophomore Camari Murray leads all CU receivers with 15 catches for 318 yards and four touchdowns. Sophomore Brandon Plyler leads the team in total receptions (29).
- Junior-West Virginia State transfer Zach Malone anchors the defense with 84 total tackles.
- Colton Neal and Malik Trollinger lead the team with five sacks, while redshirt-freshman Jonathan Roebuck leads the team with three INT's.