Freeman Earns Victory #1 With Chanticleers In Familiar Territory
Anthony Prude bounced back from a turnover filled debut with 366 yards and four touchdowns as Coastal avenged Coach Freeman in South Bend.BOXSCORE
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| #11 Coastal Carolina | 14 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 40 |
| #9 Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
ScoringSummary
| Q | Team | Time | Play | Coastal Carolina | Home |
| 1st | Coastal Carolina | 6:01 | Fredrick McCallum, 1 Yd Run | 7 | 0 |
| 1st | Notre Dame | 5:13 | Adrian Hasty, 50 Yd FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1st | Notre Dame | 2:16 | Greg Emery, 45 Yd Pass From DeSean Emery | 7 | 10 |
| 1st | Coastal Carolina | 0:00 | Darin Best, 2 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude | 14 | 10 |
| 2nd | Coastal Carolina | 1:01 | Anthony Prude, 6 Yd Run | 21 | 10 |
| 2nd | Coastal Carolina | 0:07 | Gene Marable, 41 Yd FG | 24 | 10 |
| 4th | Coastal Carolina | 7:02 | Gene Marable, 21 Yd FG | 27 | 10 |
| 4th | Coastal Carolina | 1:32 | Darin Best, 16 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude | 34 | 10 |
| 4th | Coastal Carolina | 0:00 | Darin Best, 9 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude | 40 | 10 |
Coastal Carolina Notre Dame
Passing | Stats Passing | Stats
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Anthony Prude | 26/35, 307 Yds, 3 TD DeSean Emery | 21/37, 286 Yds, TD
Rushing | Stats Rushing | Stats
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Fredrick McCallum | 19 Att, 103 Yds, TD DeSean Emery | 9 Att, -20 Yds
Skylar Lichtensteiger | 8 Att, 35 Yds Conor McAllister | 9 Att, 42 Yds
Anthony Prude | 6 Att, 59 Yds, TD Kevin Vick | 3 Att, 17 Yds
Receiving | Stats Receiving | Stats
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Darin Best | 9 Rec, 94 Yds, 3 TD Ray Van Roten | 9 Rec, 79 Yds
Fredrick McCallum | 7 Rec, 76 Yds Tavares Angel | 4 Rec, 37 Yds
Braydon Tabor | 4 Rec, 91 Yds DeShawn Dahl | 4 Rec, 72 Yds
Malcolm Briggs | 4 Rec, 30 Yds Connor McAllister | 3 Rec, 48 Yds
Marco Sawyer | 1 Rec, 7 Yds Barry Richardson | 1 Rec, 5 Yds
Chester Dukes | 1 Rec, 9 Yds Greg Emery | 1 Rec, 45 Yds, TD
Defensive | Stats Defensive | Stats
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
DE Monte Miner | 10 Tkl, 4 TFL, 1 Sack CB Jared Bowe | 11 Tkl, TFL
LB Trevor Bausby | 7 Tkl, TFL SS Alphonso Willis | 10 Tkl, TFL
DE Russ DeVan | 2 Tkl, 2 TFL, 1.5 Sacks MLB Jackson McCown | 7 Tkl, TFL
DE Gill Frantz | 2 Tkl, TFL, 1 Sack LB Erick Creer | 7 Tkl, TFL
South Bend, IN. - “I said all week this was just another game, but I’d be lying if I said there weren’t tears in my eyes when I took the field,” Marcus Freeman admitted after earning his first win as Coastal Carolina’s head coach, and doing it inside Notre Dame Stadium, where he once compiled over 100 victories before being dismissed in 2031.
The Chanticleers handed Freeman the game ball afterward, a symbolic nod that this one was for him. And fittingly, it was the defense that delivered the first real momentum swing of the day.
Coastal opened the night with an 11 play touchdown drive capped by a one yard plunge from Fredrick McCallum. Notre Dame looked ready to answer, marching inside Coastal territory, but on 3rd and 10, quarterback DeSean Emery was flushed from the pocket and threw the ball away instead of taking a sack that would’ve pushed the Irish out of long field-goal range. The 51 yard kick made it 7–3.
A strong punt return after a Coastal punt set up Notre Dame at midfield, and one snap later Emery hit Greg Emery for a 45 yard score to put the Irish up 10–7.
Coastal responded immediately. Completions of 31 yards to Braydon Tabor and 19 to McCallum set up Anthony Prude’s two yard strike to Darin Best, retaking the lead. Notre Dame answered with a grinding 12 play march, converting a 4th and 1 near midfield, then opting to go for it again on 4th and 2 at the Coastal 5. This time, the Teal Wall held, stuffing Connor McAllister for a turnover on downs.
Prude made the Irish pay. The redshirt freshman led a 96 yard drive with three third down conversions before slicing through the defense on a six yard keeper, a near 10 point swing after Notre Dame passed on a chip shot field goal. A quick defensive stop followed, and a pair of late Prude scrambles set up Gene Marable’s 41 yard kick to give Coastal a 24–10 halftime lead.
The Irish opened the third quarter with a marathon 19 play drive that drained eight minutes off the clock. Coastal forced a field goal after a sack on 3rd and 3, but a roughing the kicker penalty gave Notre Dame new life. Even then, the Irish stalled again, facing 4th and goal from the 11. Despite having just made the field goal moments earlier, head coach Steve Sarkisian rolled the dice. The pass sailed into the stands, and Coastal responded with a 16 play march of their own that ended in another Marable field goal.
From there, Notre Dame never threatened again. Two turnovers on downs set up the final Coastal touchdowns, including Best’s third score of the night as the clock hit zero, a moment that briefly sparked tension between both sides.
To his credit, Sarkisian quickly settled his players before the handshake and clarified afterward there was no bad blood.
“I think that was more of a final finger to the university leadership that let him go than anything toward me,” Sarkisian said, noting he spoke with Freeman on the field.
For Coastal, the win was the response they desperately needed after looking nothing like their championship selves in Week 1.
“This is Chanticleer football,” Freeman told his team afterward. “We pick each other up. We execute. And if we keep playing like this? Minnesota might have company in the three peat club.”
Coastal stays on the road next week, heading to No. 15 Louisville (1–1) to open ACC play.
Twice the Irish came away empty handed in the red zone, with this stop turning into an Anthony Prude touchdown and a 21-10 Chanticleer lead.
DeSean Emery found Greg Emery, of no relation, for the 45 yard score but unbeknownst to them, it would be the last points for the Irish in the 40-10 loss.
After only nabbing one sack last week, Coastal Carolina racked up six to keep the Irish offense off-balance and behind the sticks all afternoon. @ Virginia Tech (1-2) 28
34 Wake Forest (1-1) @
Boston College (1-1) 37
0 FCS @
Georgia Tech (2-0) 36
31 NC State (1-1) @
Florida (1-1) 33
30 West Virginia (1-1) @
#7 Clemson (2-0) 42
7 FCS @
North Carolina (1-0) 45
21 Florida State (1-1) @
Duke (2-0) 27
38 Virginia (2-0) @ Syracuse (0-2) 28
21 #15 Louisville (1-1) @
#8 Georgia (1-1) 26
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but with a whole new team and new sliders against a 99 overall team it isn't the biggest surprise. But if its not for 3 lost fumbles and six total, we're in it. The pick six was my fault completely. I switched to placement passing with the new slider set and didn't know how to run the RPO so I double tapped the icon and it lobbed the bubble screen in - easy pickings 
