Wingate, N.C.----The 14th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs held visiting Limestone College to a season-low 193 yards of offense Saturday night, rolling to a 34-3 victory in South Atlantic Conference football action at Irwin Belk Stadium. Wingate improves to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the SAC, while the Saints fall to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in league play.

THOUGHTS FROM DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR RASHAAN JORDAN

"I have been blessed with the talent that we have. We have a lot of veteran guys who have seen a lot of hard football games. We took this Limestone football program and offense very seriously. They put up some major points against a defense we respect in Catawba. We knew they were going to have a lot of firepower coming out into this game, so the concentration was there, the focus was there, the intensity was there in practice to go out and execute and do our jobs there and that was the result that they got and I am proud of them. It always starts with the run game. Our defensive line is fabulous. We've got that great linebacker corp. You've got to stop the run first. And that makes things difficult on offenses when they have to get behind the sticks. Our D-Line was able to control the line of scrimmage and our linebackers were hitting the gaps. Limestone got into some uncomfortable situations and that is where you get the picks."

NOTES

- Wingate starts a season 6-0 for the second time in three years
- The Bulldogs are outscoring teams 66-3 in the third quarter this year (21-0 tonight)
- The 'Dogs improve to 6-0 all-time against Limestone; 3-0 at Irwin Belk Stadium
- Wingate is outscoring Limestone 227-97 in the series
- Five of the six wins have come by 19 points or more
- First time Limestone has been held without a touchdown since 2016
- Wingate is now 32-9 since 2016; most wins of any SAC team
- The 'Dogs have won 12 straight regular season games
- WU is outscoring opponents 421-200 in the streak
- Wingate has won 13 of its last 14 contests overall
- The Bulldogs are a league-best 20-5 in SAC play since 2016
- Wingate is now 11-1 all-time under the lights at Irwin Belk
- The Bulldogs have won 16 of their last 18 regular season home games
- The 'Dogs have won 23 straight games when scoring at least 30 points
- WU has scored at least 30 points 11 times since the start of the 2018 season

KEY STATS

- Wingate outgained Limestone 315-193 on the night
- The 'Dogs had 148 rushing yards and 167 passing yards
- Limestone had 118 passing yards and 75 rushing yards
- The 'Dogs had 15 first downs compared to Limestone's 11
- The Saints had three turnovers (two interceptions, lost fumble); the 'Dogs lost one fumble
- WU converted four-of-12 third downs; LC was six-for-16 on third down
- The 'Dogs scored on all six trips to the red zone with four touchdowns
- Wingate had the ball for 36:18 compared to Limestone's 23:42
- The Saints piled up five sacks on the night; the Bulldogs had one sack

KEY BULLDOGS

- Domineke McNeill ran for 96 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries
- Nijere Peoples had 48 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries
- Shaw Crocker was 12-for-19 for 167 yards and a touchdown
- RaQuan Simmons had six catches for 81 yards
- Jalen Brooks had two catches for 10 yards and a TD, adding a 29-yard run
- McNeill also had two receptions for 34 yards
- Elijah Gilmore had five tackles and a forced fumble
- Justin Armwood and Cedric Jones each had an interception
- Isaac Allen had a sack for the Bulldogs
- Matthew Ellis-White had two pass break-ups, a QB hurry and five tackles
- Jaquan Edwards led Wingate with six tackles
- McLean Robertson hit field goals of 41 and 27 yards, adding four PATs
- Ethan Evans averaged 39 yards per punt on five punts, putting three inside the 20
- He allowed just one punt return yard on the night
- Evans also had three touch backs on seven kick-offs

FIRST QUARTER

- The 'Dogs went 65 yards on seven plays on the opening drive of the game
- Crocker found Simmons for 40 yards to get inside the Limestone 20
- Peoples scored from three yards out
- Thomas Cook's 28-yard field goal got Limestone on the board with just over a minute left in the frame

SECOND QUARTER

- Robertson capped an eight-play, 35-yard drive to add some insurance heading to halftime
- He drilled a 41-yarder with seven seconds left to make it 10-3 heading to intermission

THIRD QUARTER

- The 'Dogs outscored the Saints 21-0 in the third quarter
- Cal Hanford recovered a sack forced by Gilmore on Limestone's opening drive
- WU took over at the LC 29 and scored four plays later
- McNeill ran it in from 15 yards out to make it 17-10
- WU added a five-play, 37-yard drive to add to its lead on the next drive
- Crocker hit McNeill on the opening play for 23 yards to get it to the Limestone 14
- Crocker hit Brooks from five yards out to make it 24-3
- WU stopped Limestone on fourth down, taking over at the LC 33
- Peoples scored from 15 yards out to put the 'Dogs on top 31-3

FOURTH QUARTER

- Robertson's 27-yard field goal put Wingate on top 34-3 five minutes into the final frame
- The field goal was set up by Armwood's interception

UP NEXT

- Wingate is in the midst of a three-game home stand
- The 'Dogs host UNC Pembroke next Saturday at 6 p.m.
- The home stand wraps up Oct. 26 against UVA-Wise on Homecoming at 6 p.m.
- Every home game will air on ESPN3 this season