College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
South Florida 34, Chattanooga 13
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 1, 2012
Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Temperature: 86°
Head Official: Jerry McGinn
Attendance: 41285

South Florida 34, Chattanooga 13: B.J. Daniels passed for three touchdowns and ran for the final score in the fourth quarter as the Bulls held off the visiting Moccasins.

Eleven different receivers caught passes for the Bulls. Daniels threw for 265 yards and connected with Derrick Hopkins, Terrence Mitchell and Sterling Griffin for scoring strikes.

Mitchell, who missed most of last season with a concussion, had five receptions for 78 yards and compiled 69 in punt returns.

After Mitchell took a punt back 22 yards, the Bulls only had to go 23 more to take the lead with 7:41 left in the first quarter. Demitris Murray plowed in from the 2-yard line.

A fumble by Daniels set up a Nick Pollard 39-yard field goal, but the senior answered with two touchdown passes for a 21-3 advantage. Daniels hit Hopkins for 19 yards in the left corner and Mitchell for 38 on a post pattern.

Chattanooga had a touchdown nullified by a holding penalty late in the second quarter and missed a field goal. But D.J. Key picked off a Daniels pass to set up a Keon Williams 2-yard run with 30 seconds left in the half and it was 21-10 at halftime.

Daniels hit Griffin for 39 yards and a score in the third quarter then ran 20 yards for a touchdown with 9:52 left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: South Florida kicker Maikon Bonani became the school’s all-time scoring leader. Bonani has 248 points, passing Santiago Gramatica (246 from 2001-04). … The Bulls are 11-0 when opening the season at Raymond James Stadium. … It was the first meeting between the teams.

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Chattanooga   South Florida
Marquis Green Player Demetris Murray
4 Attempts 16
25 Yards 55
6.2 Avg Yards 3.4
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
Chattanooga   South Florida
Faysal Shafaat Player Terrence Mitchell
6 Receptions 5
45 Yards 78
7.5 Avg Yards 15.6
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Chattanooga 151 49 102 1 2 1 2.0 1
South Florida 329 85 244 5 0 0 6.0 0