Charleston Southern Buccaneers

3-6

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Charleston Southern Buccaneers beat the Eastern Illinois Panthers

3-5 16 – 17

3-6

Final · Sat, Oct 25

Game Details

Buccaneer Field (Charleston) · 3,891 fans · ESPN+

Recap

Charleston Southern scores 14 points in 4th, blocks late FG try to beat Eastern Illinois 17-16

Zolten Osborne threw for 280 yards, David Portu blocked a field-goal attempt with 10 seconds left and Charleston Southern held on after scoring the last 14 points inside the final six...

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
EIU	0	6	7	3	16
CHSO	0	3	0	14	17

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Game Leaders

Eastern Illinois Panthers

Cole LaCrue · 10/18, 123 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Charles Kellom · 15 CAR, 71 YDSRushing Yards
Landers Green · 3 REC, 37 YDSReceiving Yards
Gerliaer Ervin · 1Sacks
Tylan Foster · 10Tackles

Charleston Southern Buccaneers

Zolten Osborne · 26/38, 280 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Ke'Marion Baldwin · 17 CAR, 33 YDSRushing Yards
Mekhi Campfield · 6 REC, 80 YDSReceiving Yards
Malik McKinzie · 1.5Sacks
Malik McKinzie · 13Tackles

2026 Ohio Valley Conference Standings

Team
Western Illinois
Gardner-Webb
Lindenwood
Southeast Missouri State
Eastern Illinois
UT Martin
Tennessee State
Charleston Southern

Scoring

Q4 1:57

TD Hakeem Watters 1 Yd Run (Zach Gordon Kick)16–17

Q4 5:49

TD Rashawn Cunningham 5 Yd pass from Zolten Osborne (Zach Gordon Kick)16–10

Q4 12:49

FG Drew Schiller 25 Yd Field Goal 16–3

Q3 3:34

TD Joe McNab 23 Yd pass from Cole LaCrue (Drew Schiller Kick)13–3

Q2 0:00

FG Zach Gordon 27 Yd Field Goal 6–3

Q2 6:13

FG Drew Schiller 30 Yd Field Goal 6–0

Q2 12:09

FG Drew Schiller 22 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

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Offense

284 Total Yards 341

123 Passing Yards 280

161 Rushing Yards 61

17 First Downs 17

Efficiency

1-10 3rd Down 7-15

0-0 4th Down 1-2

10/18 Completions 26/39

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 2

3-15 Penalties 4-45

30:38 Possession 29:22

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Cole LaCrue	10/18	123	6.8	1	0
Team	10/18	123	6.8	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Charles Kellom	15	71	4.7	20
Cole LaCrue	14	64	4.6	24
Jay Pearson	9	26	2.9	8
Team	38	161	4.2	24

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Landers Green	3	37	12.3	0	25
Joe McNab	1	23	23.0	1	23
CJ Nelson	2	23	11.5	0	14
Cooper Willman	2	21	10.5	0	14
Jay Pearson	1	11	11.0	0	11
Charles Kellom	1	8	8.0	0	8
Team	10	123	12.3	1	25

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Jay Pearson	1	0
Cole LaCrue	1	0
Jihad McCall	0	1
Kefa Pereira	0	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Tylan Foster	10	8	0	0	1	0
Isaiah Houi	6	6	0	0	2	0
Moses Alexander	6	5	0	0	0	0
Ja'Wuan Nickson	6	4	0	0	1	0
Knowledge Davis	3	3	0	1	0	2
Tienne Fridge	2	2	0	0	1	1
Jordyn Stewart	2	2	0	0	0	0
Saipeti Maiava Jr	2	2	0	0	0	0
Nick Vecchiarelli	2	1	0	0	0	0
Kefa Pereira	2	1	0	1	0	0
Dillon Conway	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gerliaer Ervin	1	1	1	1	0	0
Taylor Goodson	1	1	0	0	0	0
DeAirious Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jihad McCall	1	1	0	0	1	0
James Collins II	1	1	0	1	0	0
Cole Silzer	1	1	0	0	0	0
Christopher Sharp	1	1	0	0	0	0
Trevon Piggee	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Hare	1	1	0	1	0	0
Sam Robles	1	1	0	1	0	0
Maximo Vaughn	1	1	0	0	0	0
Phoenix Porter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Drake Van Hyfte	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cole LaCrue	1	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Engle	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	58	46	1	6	6	4

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cooper Willman	2	21	10.5	13	0
Team	2	21	10.5	13	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Drew Schiller	3/5	60.0	30	1/1	10
Team	3/5	60.0	30	1/1	10

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Mason Miller	3	161	53.7	2	64
Team	1	31	31.0	1	31
Team	4	192	48.0	3	64

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Zolten Osborne	26/38	280	7.4	1
Team	0/1	0	0.0	0
Team	26/39	280	7.2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ke'Marion Baldwin	17	33	1.9	0	9
Hakeem Watters	8	23	2.9	1	7
Zolten Osborne	3	6	2.0	0	7
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	29	61	2.1	1	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Mekhi Campfield	6	80	13.3	0	24
Rashawn Cunningham	5	77	15.4	1	30
Hakeem Watters	2	50	25.0	0	43
Nebanye Moore	6	47	7.8	0	12
Ke'Marion Baldwin	2	12	6.0	0	10
Jamil Bishop	4	10	2.5	0	4
Quay Kindell	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	26	280	10.8	1	43

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Jamil Bishop	2	1
Ke'Marion Baldwin	1	1
Team	3	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR
Malik McKinzie	13	9	1.5	3.5	0
Knai Cook	7	4	0	0	0
Champ Brantley	6	2	1	1.5	0
Anthony Paulk	5	4	0	0	0
Nick Bartalo	5	3	0	1	0
Steve Zayachkowsky	5	2	0.5	1	0
Tylan Hollis	5	0	0.5	0.5	0
David Portu	3	2	0.5	0.5	1
Justin Waters	3	0	0	0	0
Avery Dixon	2	2	0	0	0
Kason Hooks	2	1	0	0	0
Austin Brown	1	1	0	0	0
Jason Hertz	1	1	0	0	0
Brandon McDonald	1	1	0	0	0
Tristan Lennon	1	1	0	0	0
Austin Brown	1	1	0	0	0
Mylan Bowen	1	0	0	0	0
CJ Landrum	1	0	0	0	0
Taivon Snipe	1	0	0	0	0
Canii Tucker	1	0	0	0	0
Sharode Richardson	1	0	0	0	0
Team	65	33	4	8	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Hakeem Watters	2	44	22.0	25	0
Team	2	44	22.0	25	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jamil Bishop	3	18	6.0	16	0
Team	3	18	6.0	16	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Zach Gordon	1/1	100.0	27	2/2	5
Team	1/1	100.0	27	2/2	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Gilbert Brown	4	150	37.5	0	1	47
Team	4	150	37.5	0	1	47

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