ELON, NC – Jesse McCoy rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown as 14th-ranked Wofford downed Elon 34-9 in its season finale Saturday afternoon at Rhodes Stadium. Entering the contest, McCoy needed just 97 yards to become the first non-quarterback Terrier in 23 years to reach 1,000 single-season rushing yards.

With the victory, Wofford (9-3) kept its hopes alive for an at-large invitation to the 2002 NCAA-IAA playoffs. Concluding its second campaign at Rhodes Stadium, Elon (4-7) finished 3-2 in home contests.

The two teams battled to a scoreless deadlock after the first quarter. McCoy put the Terriers on the board with a 49-yard TD run just 47 seconds into the second quarter. Wofford stretched its advantage to 14-0 on Curtis Nash’s 18-yard scoring run with 9:02 left in the second period.

Elon’s Anthony Turowski ended the shutout by connecting on a career-best 47-yard field goal with 12 seconds remaining before halftime. A nine-yard TD scamper by Jeff Zolman in the third quarter and a four-yard scoring run by Melvin Jones early in the fourth fattened Wofford’s lead to 27-3 with 12:57 left to play.

Marcus Johnson scored the lone Phoenix touchdown on a five-yard sprint with 4:22 remaining. J.R. McNair’s three-yard TD run with 12 ticks left decided the game’s final margin.

The Terrier defense held the Phoenix to 172 total yards, including 109 on the ground. Wofford rolled up 346 yards of total offense, including 282 rushing. Entering the contest, Elon was averaging 234.5 rushing yards to rank 13th nationally while the Terriers held the country’s second-best average with 347.6 rushing yards.

Running back Rashaud Palmer (70 rushing yards on 13 carries, 5.4 average) and quarterback C.W. Singletary (4-for-9 passing, no interceptions, 65 yards) led Elon’s offensive efforts. Phoenix linebacker Calvin Sutton collected a game-high and career-high 13 tackles, including three for a loss of eight yards.

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