CLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College’s football team leaves Clinton for the last time this season on Saturday, heading to Kentucky for a noon Pioneer Football League kickoff at Morehead State.
The Blue Hose are 4-5 overall and 3-3 in league play. Morehead State sits at 2-8 and 1-5. Saturday’s game is the next-to-last of the year for PC, which is coming off an open week after a Halloween loss to Butler.
First-year head coach Matt Rahl’s team needs a strong finish. Two more wins would hand Presbyterian three straight winning seasons, something the program has not managed in close to 20 years. A win in Kentucky would at least pull the Blue Hose back to even.
PC has lost its last two games after beating St. Thomas, Davidson and Stetson in a row in league play, and it has put up only 17 points across those two defeats. Quarterback Landon Sharpe, the team’s top offensive weapon, has been sidelined since an Oct. 24 injury against Valparaiso. In his absence, both Max Holtzclaw and Zay Batten have taken snaps, and Sharpe’s availability for Saturday is unclear.
Even so, the offense ranks among the top five in the league in first downs, rushing yards per game and total yards per game. Tailback Damion Moate has run for 450 yards and six scores, and receiver Caleb Johnson tops the team with 395 yards through the air.
Morehead State lost 14-13 at Marist last week. Eagles quarterback Bryce Patterson has thrown for 1,603 yards and 12 touchdowns, many of them to Anthony Ice, who leads the league with eight touchdown catches. Defense has been a problem for the Eagles, who allow 40.5 points a game.
The series has usually been tight. Four of the six meetings since the schools became league rivals were settled by single digits. PC blanked Morehead State 41-0 in Clinton last season, but the Eagles won 14-7 the last time the Blue Hose made the trip to Kentucky in 2024.
Kickoff is set for noon at Jayne Stadium in Morehead, and the game will be streamed online.
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