Box Score

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Eight touchdowns and a pair of field goals vaulted the University of Charleston football team to a 62-0 rout of Kanawha Valley rival WV State, Saturday afternoon.

Senior running back Jordan Roberts (Madison, WV) made a splash in what could be his final career game exploding for 301 total yards and setting a plethora of records. Roberts came off the opening kickoff by running with a purpose that led to an NCAA Division II record 273 rushing yards in the opening half, 190 of those yards came in a two touchdown first quarter. The quick start was also enough to eclipse the University of Charleston school-record for yards in a game which was previously 229 yards set in 2009, the last time UC was 9-2.

Roberts scored two additional touchdowns in the second quarter and one in the third en route to setting a school-record with five total touchdowns on the afternoon. He kept the record setting going with his final touchdown run putting him over the single season rushing record he set last season (1,430). Roberts' final total for 2012 was 1,572 yards on 238 attempts, while also setting yet another school-record with 18 touchdowns to bring his career scoring total to 46 touchdowns.

C.J Stallworth (Orange Park, FL), Ricky Steele (Cincinnati, OH) and Darrell Byrd (Columbus, OH) each accounted for scores, while a pair of field goals by Puma Nuredini helped set the score at 62-0.

To say the offense dominated WV State for the day would be an understatement as the running game was able to take as many yards as they wanted on the afternoon regardless of who was carrying the ball. Nine runners saw action in the game to tally 419 yards on 52 carries. Quarterbacks Maurice Leak (Waxhax, NC) and John Knox (Salisbury,NC) combined to complete six passes, five of which went to senior Chris Maxwell (Fort Lauderdale, FL) who booked 62 yards.

Nuredini wasn't called upon to punt until the fourth quarter but blasted two punts for an average of 52.0 yards with a long of 61 yards.

Defensively, senior Ahmed Shakoor (Stone Montain,GA) led the way with eight tackles and a fumble recovery that ended the Yellow Jackets' only scoring threat of the day. The entire defense did their part in posting the shutout of WVSU by limiting the visitors to just 150 yards of total offense with seven sacks on the day.

The victory puts UC at 9-2 with an outside hope of making the NCAA Playoffs, which will be determined with a Sunday night NCAA Selection Show.