Oct. 14, 2000

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Jesse McCoy rushed for 114 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Wofford to a 40-31 victory against Western Carolina Saturday.

McCoy put Wofford on the scoreboard with a 73-yard TD pass from Travis Wilson on the Terriers' (4-2, 3-1 Southern Conference) first play from scrimmage in the first quarter.

He carried 33 yards to the Western Carolina 3-yard line to set up a Tony Hudson scoring run on the next snap to give Wofford a 14-6 lead with 11:53 left in the second quarter.

The Catamounts (2-5, 1-4) tied the game at 14-14 when David Rivers connected a 6-yard TD pass with Brian Rucker. But Wofford's Darren Brown kicked field goals of 44 and 30 yards to put the Terriers up 20-14 at the half.

Wilson, who was 11-of-14 for 224 yards while adding 95 yards rushing on 15 carries, also scored on an 8-yard run in the third quarter.

He connected a 14-yard TD pass with McCoy in the fourth quarter to give Wofford a 40-17 lead.

Western Carolina cut the Terriers when Rivers connected TD passes of 54 and 16 yards with Michael Banks and Caesar Campana for the final margin.

Western Carolina quarterback David Rivers set single-game school records for passing yards (474) and total offense (495) while tying the mark for single-game completions by hitting on 31-of-44 attempts. Lamont Steward's 12 receptions (174 yards) ranks as the second-most single-game catches in school history.