Official Football Box Score

West Virginia State vs. Carson-Newman

8/30/2025 — Jefferson City, TN (Burke-Tarr Stadium)

Attendance: 3833 • Duration: 2:44 • Weather: Sunny, 83°, SE 5mph

Score by Quarters

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
West Virginia St. (0-1)	3	0	0	7	10
Carson-Newman (1-0)	7	14	7	13	41

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play	Score
1st	09:47	West Virginia St. — Ton Hornbuckle 30 yd field goal. Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards in 5:11.	3 - 0
	01:13	Carson-Newman — Jaden Griffin 66 yd pass from Tedros Gleaton. ( Bennett Smith kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 76 yards in 2:05.	3 - 7
2nd	05:57	Carson-Newman — Cam Ferguson 9 yd pass from Tedros Gleaton. ( Bennett Smith kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 88 yards in 5:34.	3 - 14
	02:23	Carson-Newman — Tedros Gleaton 42 yd run. ( Bennett Smith kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 51 yards in 1:22.	3 - 21
3rd	05:33	Carson-Newman — Mario Sanchez 8 yd run. ( Bennett Smith kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards in 3:58.	3 - 28
4th	11:30	Carson-Newman — Jayden Sullins 3 yd run. ( Bennett Smith kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 90 yards in 5:13.	3 - 35
	08:16	West Virginia St. — Justin Pessoa 1 yd run. ( Ton Hornbuckle kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 3:14.	10 - 35
	03:33	Carson-Newman — Mario Sanchez 3 yd run. ( Ryder Lawson kick blocked). Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards in 4:40.	10 - 41

Team Statistics

West Virginia St.		Carson-Newman
18	FIRST DOWNS	22
6	Rushing	15
9	Passing	6
3	Penalty	1
133	NET YARDS RUSHING	345
34	Attempts	46
3.9	Avg. Per Rush	7.5
1	Rushing TDs	4
166	Yards Gained	357
33	Yards Lost	12
241	NET YARDS PASSING	132
16- 25- 1	Comp.-Att.-Int.	6- 10- 0
9.6	Avg. / Att.	13.2
15.1	Avg. / Comp.	22.0
0	TDs	2
374	TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	477
59	Plays	56
6.3	Avg. / Play	8.5
1- 1	Fumbles-Lost	0- 0
7- 54	Penalties-Yards	5- 47
4- 137	Punts-Yards	3- 130
34.3	Avg. / Punt	43.3
0	Inside 20	0
0	Touchbacks	1
3	Fair Catch	1
3- 139	Kickoffs-Yards	7- 428
46.3	Avg. / Kickoff	61.1
0	Touchbacks	3
0- 0- 0	Punt Returns: No-Yds-TD	0- 0- 0
-	Avg. / Return	-
3- 97- 0	Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD	2- 47- 0
32.3	Avg. / Return	23.5
0- 0- 0	Int Returns: No-Yds-TD	1- 0- 0
0- 0- 0	Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD	1- 0- 0
28:38	POSSESSION TIME	31:22
25% (3 of 12)	Third-Down Conversions	67% (6 of 9)
33% (1 of 3)	Fourth-Down Conversions	0% (0 of 0)
2- 3	Red Zone: Scores-Chances	4- 4
0	Touchdowns	0
0	Field Goals	0
1- 3	Sacks: Number-Yards	4- 23

Individual Offense

Passing

West Virginia St.

	Player	Att	Cmp	Int	Yds	TD	Lg
10	Kaleb Jackson	25	16	1	241	0	43
Totals		25	16	1	241	0

Carson-Newman

	Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	TD	Lg
1	Tedros Gleaton	5	3	83	2	66
6	Mario Sanchez	3	2	37	0	23
10	Zane Whitson	2	1	12	0	12
Totals		10	6	132	2

Rushing

West Virginia St.

	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
5	Justin Pessoa	17	64	3.8	1	17
10	Kaleb Jackson	12	21	1.8	0	12
6	Nasean Hill	1	19	19.0	0	4
23	Jojo Restall	1	18	18.0	0	18
1	Amare Ary	3	11	3.7	0	6
Totals		34	133	3.9	1

Carson-Newman

	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
10	Zane Whitson	4	73	18.3	0	36
23	Jayden Sullins	13	67	5.2	1	18
1	Tedros Gleaton	5	57	11.4	1	42
6	Mario Sanchez	9	36	4.0	2	9
21	Keithan Washington	1	32	32.0	0	32
12	Jaden Jones	2	27	13.5	0	19
34	James Maddox	3	24	8.0	0	13
4	Jaden Griffin	2	18	9.0	0	12
22	Josh Adams	2	4	2.0	0	2
29	Trey Gunnings	1	4	4.0	0	4
0	Cam Ferguson	2	2	1.0	0	2
3	Jeremiah Carroll	1	2	2.0	0	2
TM	TEAM	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Totals		46	345	7.5	4

Receiving

West Virginia St.

	Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lg
1	Amare Ary	5	76	15.2	41
7	Malik Baker II	3	67	22.3	43
2	Javian Jones	2	63	31.5	33
5	Justin Pessoa	3	13	4.3	8
3	Jr., T Gregory	1	12	12.0	12
23	Jojo Restall	1	10	10.0	10
4	Adrien Mosley	1	0	0.0	0
Totals		16	241	15.1

Carson-Newman

	Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
4	Jaden Griffin	1	66	66.0	1	66
17	Kade Parker	2	37	18.5	0	23
14	Cade Meeks	2	20	10.0	0	12
0	Cam Ferguson	1	9	9.0	1	9
Totals		6	132	22.0	2

Kicking

West Virginia St.

	Player	FGA	FGM	Lg	PAT-A	PAT-M
36	Ton Hornbuckle	1	1	30	1	1

Carson-Newman

	Player	FGA	FGM	Lg	PAT-A	PAT-M
18	Bennett Smith				5	5
47	Ryder Lawson				1	0

Individual Defense

Tackles

West Virginia St.

	Player	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL	Sacks
2M	Marsha Mankins	4	5	9	1
19	Kyeran Garcia	4	4	8	0.5
8W	Mike Wilson	1	6	7	0.5
3R	Shawn Russ Jr.	3	3	6	0.5
9M	Keontav McGrew	2	4	6	1.5
99	Dwight Fialor	0	4	4	0.5	0.5
7B	Adrian Bowers	1	2	3	0.5	0.5
1F	Daryl Fletcher	2	0	2	0.5	0.5
1O	Mike Fontaine	1	1	2	0.5	0.5
6M	Eric McGuire	1	1	2	0.5	0.5
31	Gemel Smith	1	1	2	0.5	0.5
44	Key Washington	1	1	2	0.5	0.5
47	Daesea Jackson	0	2	2	0.5	0.5
1C	Jacob Camacho	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
1L	Keenan Libecca	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
3M	Malcol Maxwell	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
4M	Amir Muhammad	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
5D	Covington-Grigg	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
8	Dehron Johnson	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
18	Malik Brown	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
20	TJ Lomax	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
32	Gregor Deloach	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
41	Jabari Henry	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
58	Dontae Harris	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
80	Demary Toney	0	1	1	0.5	0.5

Carson-Newman

	Player	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL	Sacks	PD
5D	Terry Lemon	1	6	7	0.5	0.5
6D	Cruz Temple	2	5	7	0.5	0.5
0D	Jeterryous Jones	3	2	5	0.5	0.5
2D	Dre'Von Hollis	2	3	5	0.5	0.5	1
1D	Mekhi Brown	1	3	4	1	1
3D	Richemard Mellien	3	1	4	1	1
4D	Martavis Mason	2	2	4	2	1.5
9D	Jacob Mattison	1	3	4	2	1.5
41	Jesse Combs	0	4	4	0.5	1.5
15	Storm Livesay	2	1	3	0.5	1.5
42	Jimi Olarinde	1	2	3	0.5	1.5
7D	Isaiah Cane	0	2	2	0.5	1.5
8D	Champ Baker	1	1	2	0.5	1.5
11	Fortune Woods	1	1	2	0.5	1.5
12	Jaden Jones	1	1	2	0.5	1.5
20	Isaac Bohleber	0	2	2	0.5	1.5
24	Jerron Blakely	1	1	2	0.5	1.5
25	Javian Winston	1	1	2	0.5	1.5	1
88	David Alexander	0	2	2	0.5	1.5
96	Luke Scott	0	2	2	0.5	0.5
33	Brady Weatherly	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
37	DJ Thornton	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
40	Kireese Willis	1	0	1	0.5	0.5	1
90	Brandon Dumezil	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
94	Mason Swindle	0	1	1	0.5	0.5

Sacks

West Virginia St.

	Player	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds
58	Dontae Harris	0	1	1	2
99	Dwight Fialor	0	1	1	1
Totals				1	3

Carson-Newman

	Player	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds
1D	Mekhi Brown	1	0	1	1
4D	Martavis Mason	1	1	2	7
5D	Terry Lemon	0	1	1	1
6D	Cruz Temple	0	1	1	7
96	Luke Scott	0	1	1	7
Totals				4	23

Interceptions

West Virginia St.

	Player	No	Yds	TD	Lg
None.

Carson-Newman

	Player	No	Yds	TD	Lg
40	Kireese Willis	1	0	0	0
Totals		1	0	0

Fumbles

West Virginia St.

	Player	No	Lost
6	Nasean Hill	1	1
Totals		1	1

Carson-Newman

	Player	No	Lost
None.