Rainey honors former teammate; The Citadel wins finale
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Quarterback Brandon Rainey, wearing a special jersey to honor a former high school teammate who died earlier in the day, ran for a touchdown and passed for another as The Citadel beat Charleston Southern 43-14 in the teams' season finale on Thursday night.
Rainey wore No. 82 in remembrance of Vanderbilt tight end Turner Cockrell, who was a high school teammate of Rainey's at Allatoona High School in Acworth, Georgia. Cockrell died at home after battling cancer for more than a year.
Thursday's game was a makeup for a Sept. 15 contest that was postponed because of Hurricane Florence. The makeup was dependent on neither team making the FCS postseason.
Rainey ran 8 yards for the game's first score and Joe Douglas blocked a punt that Dante Smith returned 24 yards for a 14-0 first-quarter lead.
Theo Goodwin blocked a Citadel punt that Darin Smalls returned for a score but the Keydets responded with a safety, a 77-yard kickoff return by Raleigh Webb, a Grant Drakeford 21-yard TD run and Rainey's 18-yard scoring pass to Ryan McCarthy to lead 37-14 at halftime.
The Citadel (5-6) outgained the Buccaneers 328-75, holding Charleston Southern (5-6) to minus-1 yards rushing. There were 231 yards of penalties.
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2020 Big South Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Monmouth | 3-0 | 3-0 |
Kennesaw State | 2-1 | 4-1 |
Charleston Southern | 2-2 | 2-2 |
Campbell | 0-0 | 0-4 |
North Alabama | 0-0 | 0-4 |
Gardner-Webb | 0-2 | 2-2 |
Robert Morris | 0-2 | 0-3 |
2020 Southern Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
VMI | 6-1 | 6-1 |
Chattanooga | 3-1 | 3-2 |
East Tennessee State | 4-2 | 4-2 |
Mercer | 5-3 | 5-6 |
Samford | 4-3 | 4-3 |
Furman | 3-4 | 3-4 |
The Citadel | 2-6 | 2-10 |
Wofford | 1-4 | 1-4 |
Western Carolina | 1-5 | 1-8 |