Chants Visit Old Dominion Saturday Afternoon - Coastal Carolina University Athletics

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CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina returns to the road this Saturday as the Chanticleers travel to Old Dominion for its final Sun Belt road trip of the regular season. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET. Chip Tarkenton and Andy Mashaw will have the call on ESPN+. CCU fans can hear the Chanticleer Sports Radio Network broadcast with Joe Cashion, Layne Harris, Chris Burgin, and Joe Catenacci on WRNN 99.5 FM and online at wrnn.net.

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ROAD WARRIOR MODE ACTIVATED
• Coastal Carolina is playing its fourth road game in its last five contests.

• The Chants haven't played four true road games in a five-game span during a single season since opening the 2018 season with five road games in six weeks.

• Coastal Carolina has won at least three road games in each of the past three seasons.

PINCKNEY EYEING HISTORY
• Wide receiver Sam Pinckney has caught a pass in 53 consecutive games and is one game away from tying the all-time FBS record of 54 consecutive games set by Bryan Anderson of Central Michigan from 2006-09.

• Pinckney currently sits in seventh place on both CCU's career receiving yards list and the career receptions list.

• He needs 21 more receptions to move into sixth place in career catches at Coastal Carolina.

BE OUR GUEST
• Quarterback Jarrett Guest had a career day in his first start of the season, throwing for 289 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 36 yards against Marshall.

• Guest became the first Chanticleer quarterback to throw for three touchdowns in a game since the 2022 Sun Belt Conference championship game.

• Guest also completed seven passes of at least 20 yards, the most for the Chants in a single game this season.

RUNNING WITH PURPOSE
• The Chanticleers have rushed for at least 150 yards in each of their last four games, the first three-game stretch for Coastal Carolina with at least 150 yards rushing since Sept. 17-Oct. 8 of 2022.

• CCU has also tallied at least one rushing touchdown in four straight games for the first time since the same stretch.

• Coastal Carolina is 5-0 this season when the Chants finish the game with at least 35 rush attempts.

DEFENSIVE STANDS
• Coastal Carolina held Marshall to just 283 total yards, marking the fewest yards the Chants have allowed since surrendering just 227 yards to Georgia Southern on Nov. 6, 2021.

• CCU also kept the Thundering Herd out of the end zone, the first time the Chanticleers have done so since a 59-6 win over ULM on Oct. 2, 2021.

TURNOVER MACHINE
• The Chanticleers forced five turnovers against Marshall, intercepting four passes and recovering one fumble.

• Five different Chants tallied turnovers as Courtney Eubanks, Keonte Lusk, Tray Brown, and Dre Pinckney recorded interceptions, while Micheal Mason forced and recovered a fumble.

• Coastal's five turnovers were the most forced in a game by the Chants since Sept. 10, 2022, when CCU turned Gardner-Webb over five times.

SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES
• Coastal Carolina has cashed in on 11 of its 17 takeaways this season, turning them into 65 points.

• Defensively, the Chanticleers have prevented teams from scoring after five of Coastal's 11 turnovers this year.

BAD, BAD JARED BROWN
• Jared Brown enters Saturday needing just 109 receiving yards to move into 10th place on CCU's career receiving yards list.

• Brown is also nine receptions away from breaking into the top-10 on the Chanticleers' career repections list.

SCOUTING THE MONARCHS OF OLD DOMINION
• Old Dominion is 4-4 (3-2 SBC) and is coming off a 30-27 loss at James Madison.

• Linebacker Jason Henderson was a second-team All-American last season and is the third player in program history to record 100 tackles in back-to-back seasons.

• Old Dominion's 58 newcomers are the seventh-most of any FBS team in the country this season.

• Henderson and safety Terry Jones rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the Sun Belt Conference in tackles this season with 117 and 82, respectively.

• Old Dominion's offense has registered five pass plays of 50 or more yards this season, including a 58-yard touchdown pass against James Madison.

• Cornerback LaMareon James returned an interception and a fumble return for a touchdown against Wake Forest, becoming the seventh player in FBS history to do both in the same game and the first to do so since 2017.

• Old Dominion has 10 scoring drives this season of less than one minute and is averaging 2:16 per scoring drive this season.

• Wide receiver Kelby Williams has 14 catches for 338 yards this season and ranks second in the nation with 24.1 yards per reception.

SERIES SNAPSHOT WITH OLD DOMINION
• Coastal Carolina and Old Dominion have met twice on the gridiron with the Monarchs holding a 2-0 lead in the series.

DATE       LOCATION RESULT
12/01/12 Norfolk, VA L, 35-63
10/15/22 Conway, SC L, 21-49

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Players Mentioned

Jared Brown

Tray Brown

Courtney Eubanks

Jarrett Guest

Keonte Lusk

Micheal Mason

Dre Pinckney

Sam Pinckney

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