(Wofford Athletics) - The Wofford College football team was defeated 24-22 by Kennesaw State on Saturday night at Fifth Third Bank Field. The Terriers scored first, but the Owls had a 24-9 lead in the fourth quarter. In the final ten minutes, the Terriers scored two touchdowns and had the ball at midfield when time expired. Wofford begins the season 0-4, while Kennesaw State is 1-2. The Terriers were led Jimmy Weirick with 358 passing yards on 25-of-39 passing. Landon Parker had six catches for 166 yards. The Owls were led by Jonathan Murphy with 138 rushing yards on 28 carries and two touchdowns. “Obviously a really tough football game for our program tonight,” said Wofford head coach Josh Conklin. “There were a lot of good things that we did. I thought we competed for four quarters. We were forced to throw the ball late in the game and made some big plays which was awesome to see. I feel bad for our guys. They put it all together and are trying to get that first win. I think that these last four games will help us in the next seven conference games. Too many mistakes on offense early on hurt us and you can’t win a lot of games giving up a pick-six. We are going to have to clean those mistakes up. They fought hard and there is a lot of progress being made.”The Terriers had the ball first and had a 47-yard pass from Jimmy Weirick to Rickie Shaw II on the opening play. After two more first downs, David Legette scored from three-yards out. The point after was missed, giving the Terriers a 6-0 lead with 13:41 on the clock. The Owls responded with five first downs on their first drive and scored on a one-yard run by Jonathan Murphy for a 7-6 advantage with 7:27 left in the first quarter. With the ball back, the Terriers had three first downs before an interception by Markeith Montgomery was returned 79-yards for a touchdown and a 14-6 lead with 2:20 remaining in the opening quarter. Wofford had two first downs before being forced to punt. Taking over at the 20-yard line, the Owls fumbled the ball on their second play of the drive and Micheal Mason recovered the ball at the 28-yard line. The Terriers converted the turnover into points on a 37-yard field goal by Atkins Roberts for a 14-9 score with 11:23 on the clock in the second quarter. The Owls then gained three first downs before attempting a 51-yard field goal that was short and wide right. With 5:18 left in the second quarter, Wofford took over at the 34-yard line and had first down passes to Landon Parker and R.J. Khayo to move across midfield. After a first down run by Nathan Walker, Jimmy Weirick was intercepted by Deontre Morris and returned to the 46-yard line with 1:44 remaining in the half. They gained two first downs before facing fourth-and-three from the 11-yard line. The Owls came out to go for it, but after a timeout by Wofford they attempted a 28-yard field goal that was wide left with 14 seconds on the clock. The Terriers took a knee to end the half. To open the second half, the Owls had a 34-yard run and a 28-yard pass which set-up a three-yard touchdown run by Jonathan Murphy. The lead was extended to 21-9 with 11:57 on the clock. On the first drive of the half by the Terriers, they gained one first down before having to punt. The Owls had two first downs before a fumble was recovered by John Michael DiRoberto at the 28-yard line. Wofford was unable to gain a first down and had to punt. With the ball back, the Owls ran one play to end the third quarter. They had two first downs before facing a fourth-and-one from the 13-yard line. A false start was called on the Owls and they then kicked a 35-yard field goal to extend the lead to 24-9 with 11:52 remaining in the game. On the ensuing drive, Jimmy Weirick found Landon Parker at the 35-yard line and Parker got to the 2-yard line before being tackled. Weirick was roughed on the play moving the ball to the one-yard line and a quick pass to Jordan Davis cut the lead to 24-16 with 10:42 on the clock. The Owls were sacked on third down by David Powers and punted back to the Terriers. After a first down pass to Dylan Djete, Weirick found Landon Parker for a 48-yard gain. Nathan Walker had a first down run to the one-yard line and on third down Nathan Walker scored. The two-point conversion attempt was intercepted leaving the Owls with a 24-22 lead with 6:08 on the clock. The Owls had one first down before punting back to Wofford with 1:35 left in the game. The Terriers had two first downs to reach midfield. On fourth-and-three with 23 seconds left, Weirick found Landon Parker for a first down. Jimmy Weirick was sacked to end the game. Wofford had 393 total yards, with 358 passing yards. Kennesaw State had 328 total yards, with 221 of those rushing yards. Wofford had a 21 to 20 advantage in first downs. Wofford was 5-of-13 on third down and 2-of-2 on fourth down. Kennesaw State was 8-of-14 on third down and 1-of-1 on fourth down. Both teams were called for five penalties. The Owls had a 31:36 to 28:24 time of possession advantage.