Coastal Carolina vs. Troy: Live updates, score, results, highlights, for Thursday's NCAAF game
Live scores, highlights and updates from the Coastal Carolina vs. Troy football game
Game Recap
On Thursday, the Troy Trojans were out to avenge their 42-38 loss to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers from their previous meeting last December, but they had no such luck. The Trojans fell to Coastal Carolina 35-28. Troy hasn't found any success against Coastal Carolina since Sept. 29 of 2018, this defeat making it three in a row.
It was another big night for Coastal Carolina's QB Grayson McCall, who passed for two TDs and 294 yards on 26 attempts in addition to rushing for one TD and 59 yards. Near the top of the highlight reel was McCall's 71-yard TD bomb to RB Braydon Bennett in the second quarter. RB Shermari Jones was in the mix, too, providing Coastal Carolina with two touchdowns.
A silver lining for the Trojans was the play of RB Kimani Vidal, who rushed for one TD and 142 yards on 22 carries.
The loss dropped Troy back to even at 4-4. The win improved the Chanticleers' record to 7-1.
Troy will take on the South Alabama Jaguars at 3:30 p.m. ET next week at Larry Blakeney Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. As for Coastal Carolina, they will face off against the Georgia Southern Eagles at 6 p.m. ET next week at Allen E. Paulson Stadium.