UTC quarterback Jacob Huesman (14) breaks through a tackle attempt by UT Martin’s Devontay Barnett (36).
UTC running back Keon Williams (22) reacts against Austin Peay.It took the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga nine possessions to score its first points of this football season. Points have come a lot easier since.
The Mocs were shut out in the first half of their season-opening 31-21 loss to UT-Martin, finally scoring on their sixth possession of the second half. UTC then scored on three of its next five, a trend that continued the next two weeks.
At Georgia State, UTC scored on six of its first seven full drives — not counting a kneel at the end of the first half — and led the Panthers 42-0 early in the fourth quarter of their 42-14 win.
A week later, against Austin Peay, the Mocs scored on their first three possessions and six of their first eight in a 42-10 rout.
“We want to score every time we have the ball, and the last two games we scored first possession, which really set the tone,” UTC quarterback Jacob Huesman said. “If you look at the Martin game, it took us a bunch of possessions to get points on the board. … If we can score early, I think that we can really get some momentum going.”