The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team improved to 2-0 on the young season Saturday, defeating Presbyterian College 34-0 in front of 8,370 at Finley Stadium.
The sixth-ranked Mocs will start Southern Conference play next week, traveling to Furman.
The Mocs’ shutouts of Shorter and Presbyterian were the first back-to-back shutouts for the program since 1964.
Quarterback Alejandro Bennifield threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns, matching the career high he set last week against Shorter University. He also rushed for a score. The first-team UTC defense was equally as stout, holding the Blue Hose to 109 yards of total offense in three quarters of action.
UTC’s offense averaged 11.6 yards per play in the first three quarters in building a 34-0 lead. They had 497 yards of total offense in that span, with Bennifield completing 11 of his 15 pass attempts for 279 yards and four touchdowns. He had three scoring tosses to Xavier Borishade – who scored on all three of his catches, totaling 168 yards – and a fourth to James Stovall.