VMI snaps road losing streak with 28-21 win over Mercer

MACON, Ga. -- Al Cobb passed for 391 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday to lead VMI to a 28-21 win over Mercer that snapped a 30-game road losing streak. Cobb, who threw three interceptions, completed 28 of his 40 passes, including TD throws to Samuel Patterson and Quan Myers . Derrick Ziglar rushed for 104 yards on 22 carries, including a pair of first half touchdowns. Aaron Sanders had a school-record 16 receptions for 218 yards for VMI (2-6, 1/3 Southern), which piled up 567 total yards and won on the road for the first time since 2010. Mercer narrowed the gap to 28-21 midway through the fourth quarter when Chandler Curtis snagged a 2-yard touchdown pass from John Russ . The Bears then drove 67 yards to the VMI 25 in the closing minutes but the Keydets defense held and got the ball back on downs with 1:34 left.