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59
Winner UNC Pembroke PEM 6-2 , 3-1
0
Barton BAR 1-6 , 0-3
Winner
UNC Pembroke PEM
6-2 , 3-1
59
Final
0
Barton BAR
1-6 , 0-3
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
PEM UNC Pembroke 17 21 14 7 59
BAR Barton 0 0 0 0 0

Game Recap: Football | | Alex Pearce, Assistant AD / Communications

Football Tames Bulldogs In Shutout Win

WILSON - UNC Pembroke racked up 571 yards of total offense and held Barton to just 63 yards on the way to a 59-0 shutout win in Conference Carolinas action Saturday afternoon at Truist Stadium.

Josh Ehrlich threw for five touchdowns for the second-consecutive week, while Malik Brown hauled in two touchdown grabs for the second-straight game.

UNCP (6-2, 3-1 CC) moved to 2-0 in the all-time series with Barton (1-6, 0-3 CC).
 
THE BASICS
SCORE: UNC Pembroke 59, Barton 0
RECORDS: UNC Pembroke 6-2, 3-1 CC; Barton 1-6, 0-3 CC
LOCATION: Wilson, N.C. (Truist Stadium)
HOW IT HAPPENED
1ST QUARTER
UNCP's second drive of the game ended quickly with a score, as Josh Ehrlich found Jonathan Barnett for a nine-yard completion before Jake Davids took the next play 43 yards to the house. (7-0 UNCP)

The Braves next drive went 60 yards in six plays and started with a Malik Brown 13-yard catch, while Avery Curtis added a 16-yard grab. Curtis would add an 11-yard run to get into the red zone as Ehrlich later found Bryson Simpkins for a 17-yard touchdown. (14-0 UNCP)

UNCP stopped Barton on fourth-and-ten to get the turnover on downs, but had to settle for a 42-yard field goal from Jared Navidad to extend the lead. (17-0 UNCP)
2ND QUARTER
The Black & Gold used a 20-yard catch from Barnett and runs of 11 and 10 yards from Ehrlich and Rashad Dockery to enter the red zone, before Ehrlich found Malik Brown for an 11-yard touchdown to polish off the seven-play, 61-yard scoring drive. (24-0 UNCP)

After forcing a Barton three-and-out on the ensuing possession, the Braves started in plus territory while Ehrlich connected with Aaron Osborne for a 28-yard touchdown. (31-0 UNCP)

The Braves got the ball back with 2:20 remaining in the half, with Ehrlich immediately finding Barnett for a 22-yard grab and a 21-yard completion to Brown to enter the red zone. Ehrlich found Simpkins again for his second touchdown catch of the day, this time an 11-yard reception to cap off a successful two-minute drill, going 60 yards in six plays. (38-0 UNCP)
3RD QUARTER
UNCP reeled off a 10-play, 67-yard scoring drive to open the second half, aided by a 25-yard reception from Brown and a 28-yard catch from Davids on fourth-and-15 to extend the drive and enter the red zone. Dockery went for runs of five and six yards before Ehrlich found Brown from two yards out for his second touchdown grab of the day. (45-0 UNCP)

After another stalled drive from the Bulldogs, the Braves would put together a nine-play, 62-yard drive aided by a 33-yard reception from Osborne before Davids eventually found paydirt from 24 yards out. (52-0 UNCP)
4TH QUARTER
Another possession that started in Barton territory ended in a six-play, 47-yard scoring drive, highlighted by a Caleb Butler 15-yard completion to DonNez Alford and capped off by a 16-yard touchdown pass from Butler to Dockery. (59-0 UNCP)
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
+ Josh Ehrlich completed 18 of 28 passing attempts for 278 yards and five touchdowns, while also adding 47 yards on the ground.
+ Jake Davids carried nine times for 99 yards and two touchdowns and also added two catches for 36 yards.
+ Malik Brown caught seven passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
+ Bryson Simpkins hauled in two catches for 28 yards and two touchdowns.
+ Jonathan Barnett added six receptions for 72 yards.
+ Jadin Baptist tallied a game-high eight tackles and also added two TFLs.
+ Fred Giles racked up four tackles, two TFLs, two sacks, and a forced fumble.
NOTABLES
+ UNC Pembroke out-gained Barton 571-63.
+ The Braves went 6-for-12 on third downs and 3-for-4 on fourth downs while holding Barton to just 4-for-16 on third downs.
+ The UNCP offense racked up a season-high 27 first downs.
+ The 63 yards allowed were the second-fewest in a game in program history, just behind the 2008 team who allowed 59 to Concord on November 1, 2008.
+ The 59-point win for the Braves was the largest margin of defeat in Barton program history.
UP NEXT
The Braves will return to action on Saturday, October 24 as they host Chowan for Homecoming and Senior Day. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. at Grace P. Johnson Stadium. 
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