The Chattanooga Mocs football team amassed nearly 300 yards on the ground and held a pair of early leads before eventually falling to FCS-power No. 3 Tarleton State 52-24 in the first-ever meeting between the two programs on Saturday night inside Memorial Stadium in Stephenville, Texas.

Tarleton State leads 1-0 after today's inaugural meeting.

Chattanooga jumped ahead twice (7-3, 14-10) in the first quarter following lengthy touchdown runs from Justus Durant (27 yards) and Ryan Ingram (22 yards).

Tarleton State answered with four second quarter scores which included a pair of long touchdowns (48 & 39 yards) and two long field goals (50 & 49 yards) to create a 30-14 lead at the halftime break.

The Mocs received the second half kick and put together a nine-play, 56-yard scoring drive tha

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