CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina football program is celebrating its 20th season this year, having played the inaugural season in 2003.
 
As part of the celebration this season, each week the Coastal Athletics Department will feature a memorable game, championship, or moment that makes up the history of the Coastal Carolina football program.

Week 1: First Football Game in Program History (Sept. 6, 2003)
Week 2: Chants Knock Off No. 1 JMU (Sept. 10, 2005)
Week 3: Coastal Upsets No. 3 Furman 29-27 (Oct. 7, 2006)
Week 4: Chants Win First-Ever Road Game on Thursday Night (Sept. 25, 2003)
Week 5: Football Gets Dramatic 24-23 Win at No. 17 S.C. State (Oct. 1, 2005)
 
Coastal Gets 13-7 Win at Idaho for First Sun Belt Victory (Nov. 18, 2017)
Idaho scored on the opening possession of the game but was shutout the rest of the way as Coastal Carolina's Evan Rabon hit field goals of 52 and 34 yards to lift the Chanticleers to a 13-7 victory over the Vandals Saturday afternoon at the Kibbie Dome.

The win was Coastal's first versus a Sun Belt program and improved the Chanticleers to 2-9 on the season and 1-6 in the league. Idaho drops to 3-7 overall and 2-4 in conference play.

Coastal's defense allowed 75 yards on the opening drive but only surrendered 202 yards the rest of the way, including just 103 in the second half.

Not only did Idaho score on its opening drive, but the Vandals nearly duplicated the feat on its first drive in the second half. However, Coastal would force a 29-yard field goal attempt that Anthony Chesley tipped and forced the ball wide right.

After that, neither team got much going on offense through the third. On Coastal's first drive of the fourth quarter, Rabon's 34-yard field goal put CCU up six, 13-7.

The teams traded punts over the next two drives. Then, on fourth-and-five near midfield, Idaho went for it with 3:14 left in the game. Coming out of a timeout, Marcus Williamson sacked Mason Petrino for a 15-yard loss to give CCU the ball with 3:08 left on the Vandal 32-yard line.

Coastal ran four plays, giving the ball back to Idaho with just 41 seconds left in the game. Coastal's defense closed the game out from there to secure the win.

Alex James, who scored CCU's lone TD, finished with 85 rushing yards on 10 attempts. Kilton Anderson was 11-for-23 for 100 yards. Shane Johnson led the way on defense, while Williamson and Myles White each had two tackles for losses.

Idaho took the opening kickoff and scored on a nine-play, 75-yard drive. On the first play, Petrino hit Jacob Sannon for a 20-yard pass to midfield. Then, on third-and-six, Petrino found David Ungeerer for 12 yards. Two plays later, Petrino threw a screen pass to Alfonso Onuwor for an 18-yard score and an early 7-0 lead.

Midway through the second quarter, Coastal's offense got on track and tied the game at 7-7 with 6:57 left in the period. The drive was kept alive early as Anderson, on third-and-seven, threaded the needle for a nine-yard completion to Chris Jones. James then finished the drive with a career-long 42-yard rushing touchdown.

With 31 seconds left before the break, Rabon was called on and responded with a 52-yard field goal to give Coastal a 10-7 lead. The boot tied a career-long -- matching his effort versus Western Illinois earlier this year -- and is one yard shy of the CCU record (53 yards by Alex Catron at Gardner-Webb in 2014).

Coastal nearly scored as the first half ended. Fitz Wattley picked off his third pass of the season and returned it 45 yards inside the Idaho 25. He fumbled the ball on the play only to have CCU's Chandler Kryst recover it to end the second quarter.

As the third quarter began, Coastal punted and Idaho drove inside CCU's 15. The Chant defense would force Idaho to attempt a 29-yard field goal. However, Chesley got his fingertips on the ball, which hit the right upright and missed to the right.

Coastal nearly turned the ball over early in the fourth quarter, but it was confirmed on replay the Anderson-to-Marcus Outlow pitch was a forward pass and incompletion. The Chanticleers took advantage two plays later when Rabon split the uprights from 34 yards out to give CCU a 13-7 lead with 11:46 left.

The Chanticleers would go on to win the regular-season finale at home versus Georgia Southern (Dec. 2) to end the season on a two-game winning streak.

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