Nov. 20, 2010

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Citadel's Ben Dupree scored on an eight-yard run with 3:04 to go in the game to lift the Bulldog football team to a 13-12 win over Samford Saturday afternoon at Seibert Stadium.

With the loss, Samford ends the season with a record of 4-7 overall and 2-6 in Southern Conference play. The Citadel finishes the season at 3-8 overall and 1-7 in SoCon play. Prior to the game, Samford honored the 25 seniors on the 2010 team.

"This is probably as sick of a feeling as I've ever had in my career in athletics because I wanted so badly for these seniors to go out with something positive because of all of the things they've done for this university," Samford head coach Pat Sullivan said. "We had our chances today, on offense, defense and special teams."

For Samford offensively, quarterback Dustin Taliaferro completed 28-of-36 passes for a season-high 286 yards. Chris Evans rushed 28 times for 91 yards to end his career with a school and state record 4,575 rushing yards.

Sophomore place-kicker Cameron Yaw provided all of Samford's scoring in the game. He was 4-for-4 in field goals, making kicks of 19, 21, 27 and 42 yards.

Defensively for Samford, Bryce Smith had nine tackles, including two tackles for a loss and one sack in his final game in a Samford uniform. Brothers Andy Davis and Alex Davis finished with eight tackles each. Thomas Broussard had a fumble recovery for Samford for the lone turnover of the game.

As a team, Samford tallied 446 yards of total offense to 203 for The Citadel. The visitors won the time of possession battle, with The Citadel holding the ball for 30:17, compared to 29:43 for Samford.

The Citadel's Dupree completed 3-of-5 passes for 29 yards. Rickey Anderson and Terrell Dallas had 37 yards rushing each to lead The Citadel's ground game.

The game-winning score for The Citadel was set up when Luke Caldwell hit Rickey Anderson on a reverse-pass for 55 yards giving The Citadel the ball at the Samford eight yard line. Dupree scored on an eight-yard run on the next play. The Citadel attempted a two-point conversion, but Dupree's pass fell incomplete to make the score 13-12.

Samford drove to The Citadel's 30-yard line in a late comeback attempt. However, on a fourth-and-two play, Taliaferro's pass, intended for Chris Cephus, was batted away by Demetrius Jackson, sealing the win for The Citadel.

The Citadel started the scoring in the first quarter when Milford Scott blocked a Bob Hooper punt and Travis Ruff recovered it in the end zone with 1:06 to go in the first quarter. Ryan Sellers added the extra point to give The Citadel a 7-0 lead.

Samford got on the scoreboard for the first time when Yaw kicked a 19-yard field goal with 11:33 left in the second quarter to cut the lead to 7-3. Yaw added a 21-yard field goal with 5:31 to go in the second quarter and another from 27-yards out with five seconds to go before halftime to send Samford to halftime with a 9-7 lead.

Samford added to its lead midway through the fourth quarter. Yaw booted a 42-yard field goal with 8:29 left in the game to push Samford's lead to 12-7.