Holmes runs for 132 yards, 2 TDs; ETSU tops The Citadel

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Quay Holmes ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries to help East Tennessee State beat The Citadel 48-21. The Buccaneers (6-0, 3-0 Southern Conference), who have never won seven straight to open a season, are off to their best start since 1969. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against The Citadel and then a 48-yard catch by Will Huzzie set up Holmes’ first TD and made it a two-score game with 5:14 left in the third quarter. Holmes scored on a 1-yard run to cap a six-play, 78-yard drive less than four minutes later gave ETSU a 41-21 lead. Jaylan Adams was 5-of-15 passing for 54 yards with a touchdown and an interception and added 14 carries for 102 yards and a score for The Citadel (2-3, 1-1).