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RICHMOND, Ky. – Holding on with a three-point cushion, No. 14 Chattanooga scored a late touchdown to secure a 23-14 victory over the Eastern Kentucky University football team Saturday evening at Roy Kidd Stadium.

A 55-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback #T.J. Pryor to sophomore Matt Lengel# with 16 seconds left in the first half sent Eastern to the locker room with a 14-10 lead at the break. The Mocs took the lead for good on a 17-yard run by Marquis Green with 7:36 left in the third.

The margin remained at three points until Chattanooga added a touchdown on a one-yard rush by Taharin Tyson with 54 seconds left in the game.

Chattanooga quarterback B.J. Coleman completed 26-of-40 pass attempts for 277 yards and one touchdown. The Mocs out-gained Eastern, 377-233.

The Colonel offense was stymied by third down conversions, finishing just 2-for-15 on the night. Pryor went 15-for-28 for 164 yards. He tossed two touchdown passes, but also tossed a pair of interceptions. Junior Tyrone Goard caught six passes for 65 yards, including one touchdown.

EKU got on the board late in the first quarter on Pryor’s 29-yard pass to Goard. After reaching 1st-and-goal at the four-yard line, Chattanooga had to settle for a 23-yard field goal with five minutes left in the second quarter. On UTC’s next possession, Coleman found Joel Bradford from 13 yards out to give the Mocs their first lead of the game, 10-7.

The Colonels answered on the second play of their next possession. Pryor found his tight end on the left side.  Lengel caught the pass, broke a tackle, dodged a defender and had nothing but open field ahead to finish off the 55-yard touchdown play with 16 seconds remaining before the half.

One week after running the ball for 245 yards against Missouri State, Eastern Kentucky was limited to 69 yards on the ground against Chattanooga.

The Colonels play their next two games on the road, beginning at Austin Peay on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. ET.

NOTES
--EKU saw its six-game home winning streak come to an end.

--T.J. Pryor’s 55-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter made the EKU junior just the fifth player in program history to reach the 4,000-yard passing plateau. He entered the game needing 88 yards to join the club.

--Jeremy Caldwell’s third quarter interception was his first of the season and the 14th of his career. He entered the game tied for second among active FCS players for career interceptions.

--Chattanooga’s field goal in the second quarter marked the first points allowed by EKU in the first half of a game this season.

--T.J. Pryor threw his second touchdown pass of the season, and the 20th of his career, in the first quarter.  He added another late in the second quarter.

--Tyrone Goard caught his first touchdown pass of the season in the first quarter. It was the sixth of his career.

--Matt Lengel caught his first career touchdown pass late in the second quarter. It was Lengel’s second reception of the season and the fifth of his career.