Welch leads Samford to blowout win over The Citadel 55-7

<p>CHARLESTON, S.C. &mdash; Liam Welch accounted for 445 total yards and four touchdowns and Samford beat The Citadel 55-7 on Saturday.</p>
<p>Welch by himself outgained The Citadel 445-330 in overall offense. He threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 139 yards on 13 carries and scored once on the ground.</p>
<p>All before halftime, Welch threw touchdowns of 70 and 20 yards to Jai’Rus Creamer, a 25-yarder to Michael Vice and ran it in from 9-yards out for a 34-7 lead at intermission. DeMarcus Ware added two rushing touchdowns for Samford (3-3, 3-3 Southern Conference) in the second half.</p>
<p>Darique Hampton’s 25-yard touchdown pass to Raleigh Webb in the second half prevented the shut out.</p>
<p>It was The Citadel’s (0-9, 0-5) worst home loss since a 51-0 drubbing from Appalachian State in 1999. The Citadel was without the services of four suspended starters and turned it over seven times, fumbling it away on six occasions.</p>
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