Jacksonville, GA- Clark Atlanta Panthers kicked off their '22 season with a win against Edward Waters Saturday evening, 39-34.

The Panthers took the lead in the late stages of the first quarter on a touchdown run to go up 13-7. They added a field goal with a 12:00 remaining until halftime to try and keep their lead. Deshaun Hugee for EWU ran a wheel route on the ensuing possession and hauled in a 33-yard TD to give EWU two points making the score 16-14. Just before halftime Clark Atlanta would add a touchdown keeping their lead at 23-14.

The second half kickoff went the Tigers way once again as Cowart scored his second touchdown, this time of the 95-yard variety to make it a 23-20 to start the 3rd. CAU QB Sean Stephens scored on a 2-yard TD to push the lead to 10 at 30-20 and later added three more on a field goal to give the Panthers a 33-20 advantage.

Then on the final play of the contest, a botched snap on what would have been the game winning field goal, turned out to be the game winning touchdown as CAU's holder found his tight end to give the Panthers the victory.

Clark Atlanta's rushing attack proved to be problematic for the Edward Waters defense as several times in the contest, the Panthers gashed the Tigers on huge runs.

Penalties and a slow offensive start once again proved to be the Tigers (0-2, 0-1 SIAC) undoing in the home opener as EWU racked up 11 penalties for 105 yards, their second straight game with 10+ penalties for 100+ yards.

The Panthers next game will be at home as they get ready to host Erskine College on Saturday, Sep 10 at 4pm.