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Post-Game Notes
Western Carolina 35, Furman 17
Paladin Stadium
Greenville, S.C. - Saturday, September 27, 2014
Att: 9,789

With the Win ...
- Western Carolina has its first three-game win streak since the 2005 season which included a road win at Chattanooga and home wins over Elon and Wofford ... This season, WCU has home wins over Brevard and Catawba coupled with Saturday's road win over Furman;

- It snaps the Catamounts' eight-game losing skip against the Furman Paladins ... It is the first win over the Paladins since 2005 and first road win in the series since 1994 (W, 35-24);

- Ends WCU's 22-game winless drought on the road, a skid that dated back to 2010 and was the fourth-longest in all of FCS football ... WCU's last road win before today occurred at The Citadel (24-13 on Oct. 13, 2010) ... It also ends WCU's 15-game SoCon road losing streak;

- Gives the Catamounts their most victories in a season since 2008 when they finished 3-9.

- Gives WCU its best start since 2002 when the Catamounts opened the season 3-1.

Post-Game Notes:
- Through four games the WCU defense has allowed just three first quarter points including none over the last three games;

- Troy Mitchell attempted 112 passes without an interception to open the 2014 season. The streak ended with 7:36 left in the first quarter of the game against Furman;

- In the first four games of the season, Western Carolina has scored a total of 146 points ... It is the first-time since 1984 that WCU has scored 30-or-more in four-straight games (Sept. 29, 1984 - 34 vs. Tennessee Tech; Oct. 6, 1984 - 34 at Appalachian State; Oct. 13, 1984 - 33 vs. The Citadel; Oct. 20, 1984 - 31 vs. Wofford);

- With a pair of rushing touchdowns against Furman, freshman tailback Detrez Newsome has scored two touchdowns in three-straight games;

- Junior quarterback Troy Mitchell threw for 182 yards on Saturday ... His two TD passes represented the third time this season - and the eighth time in his Catamount career - that he had tossed two-or-more touchdowns in a game. He also carried the ball 16 times for 70 yards to finish second on the team in rush yards;

- Redshirt sophomore WR Spearman Robinson had five catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns all coming in the first half ... the two touchdowns are a career-high and the 120 yards is the second-highest total in his career;

- Junior RB Darius Ramsey carried the ball 17 times for 113 yards and one touchdown ... It was his sixth time going over the century mark and first time this season;

- Western Carolina's defense came away with two interceptions against Furman ... It was the second time this season the Catamounts have picked off two passes ... Sophomore Fred Payne made his second career interception while sophomore Trey Morgan came away with his second career INT late in the fourth quarter;

- Freshman punter Destry Barnwell punted four times for 162 yards, averaging 40.5 yards per boot including a long of 46;

- Junior Darius Ramsey (114 rush yds) and redshirt sophomore Spearman Robinson (120 rec yds) became the first Catamount teammates to record over 100 rushing and 100 receiving yards in the same game since Oct. 19, 2013 when Ramsey (103 rush yds) and Kamorris Benson (116 rec yds) achieved the feat at #12 Wofford;

- Junior TE London Richardson recorded his first career reception with a first half catch;

Miscellaneous Notes:
- Western Carolina's team captains for Saturday afternoon's game were: junior QB #10 Troy Mitchell; senior QB #18 Garrett Brown; junior RB #20 Darius Ramsey; senior DB #28 Ace Clark; and senior LB #37 K.P. Hicks ... Furman won the coin toss and deferred to the 2nd half. WCU received the opening kickoff.