Chatt Tech Football Continues Perfect Season

The club football team maintained its perfect record with a 26-10 road win over the Birmingham Southern College junior varsity team on Sunday. Chattahoochee Tech, 5-0 and ranked No. 1 in the National Club Football Association coaches poll, scored on its first two possessions of the game to take control early.

Paul Walton set the tone with a 65-yard touchdown run on the first play of scrimmage.

Quarterback Bryan Owens had his most prolific passing game of the season, hitting Chasten Burns from 14 yards out to take a 13-0 lead in the first quarter. Later in the half he found Aldarien Bryant for the Golden Eagles’ third touchdown of the day. Bryant’s touchdown reception was the longest passing play of the year to date, as Owens aired it out on a deep post pattern that went for 76 yards.

The Golden Eagles led 20-7 at halftime, and Alex Camp iced the game early in the fourth quarter with a 1-yard run. 

The win gives the Golden Eagles two consecutive wins over collegiate JV programs after they defeated the Shorter University JV last Monday. The Birmingham Southern JV program supports a four-year, NCAA Division III squad that plays in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with such well-known Southeastern schools as Rhodes College and Sewanee. The Panthers varsity entered the D3football.com Top 25 poll this weekend after moving to 5-0.

“Birmingham Southern had a high level of talent,” said Chatt Tech head coach Tim Freeman in a press release. “They feed into a Division III team. They had a higher talent level than anyone we’ve played so far this season.”

The first three Chatt Tech victories of the year came over NAIA Point University varsity, the Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech club team and the Columbus State University club team.

The Golden Eagles will travel to play the Valdosta State University JV squad, which supports a powerhouse D-II program for the Blazers, Monday at 6 p.m.