#26 Salisbury 54, Greensboro 20 

Salisbury, Md - Junior quarterback Travis Peters, making his first collegiate start, rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns to lead Salisbury to a 54-20 non-conference win over Greensboro at home. The Sea Gulls improve to 4-0 overall, while Greensboro falls to 0-3. 

Greensboro scored first and led 7-3 after one quarter. Corey Eadie (6 catches for 93 yards) scored on a pass from Justin Roberson with 4:57 left in the first quarter. 

Yet Salisbury rebounded with 37 straight points in the second and third quarters. 

Peters put Salisbury ahead for good with a three-yard touchdown run at 10:43 of the second period, capping a six-play, 53-yard drive. Peters didn’t take long to find the end zone a second time, scampering 49-yards on the first play of Salisbury’s next possession to push the lead to 16-7. 

Brock Boland’s second field goal of the game, a 42-yarder at 3:09, and fullback Leroy Satchell’s 21-yard touchdown run with 2:25 left in the quarter extended Salisbury’s lead to 26-7 at halftime. 

Peters scored his third rushing TD of the game at 9:36 of the third quarter on a 41-yard run. DB Byron Westbrook’s 30-yard fumble return for a touchdown six minutes later pushed the lead to 40-7 at the end of the quarter. 

Greensboro answered with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, with Mike Pollard scoring on a 42-yard run and WR Korey Johnson catching a 16-yard touchdown pass from QB Roberson (15-of-31, 146 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INT), pulling the Pride to within 40-20 with 8:25 left. 

Salisbury capped the scoring with a pair of three-yard touchdown runs by freshman back-up quarterback Justyn Lankford in the final 4:19 of the game. 

The Sea Gulls generated 327 yards rushing and 418 total yards.Greensboro finished with 92 yards rushing, with Pollard leading the way with 40 net yards. The Pride committed four turnovers overall. 

Greensboro plays at Guilford in the eighth Souper Bowl next Saturday. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. 

GC record 0-3; Streak L3: Up next Souper Bowl @ Guilford, 10-2, 1 p.m.