QB throws 10 TDs in offensive debut

Not even new Presbyterian football coach Kevin Kelley expected the record-setting offensive fireworks from his team and quarterback Ren Hefley on Saturday.

Hefley threw an FCS-record 10 touchdown passes as Presbyterian defeated St. Andrew’s 84-43. Hefley, a former walk-on at Michigan, completed 38 of 50 passes for 538 yards.

“I’d knew we’d be creative on that side of the ball,” Kelley said. That’s what Kelley was known for at Pulaski Academy, an independent high school in Arkansas he led to nine state titles in 18 years. Kelley became known as the coach who never punted, something he continued with the Blue Hose this week.

Presbyterian, located in South Carolina, threw 12 touchdowns passes as it put up 621 yards through the air against St. Andrews, an NAIA school from Laurinburg, North Carolina. The Blue Hose tried nine onside kicks — recovering none — and converted four of five fourth-down tries. They outgained St. Andrews 814 yards to 315.