VALDOSTA, Ga.- The Valdosta State offense put on a show Saturday night as junior Sammy Edwards threw for four touchdowns and 479 yards through the air, giving the Blazers a decisive 49-25 win over National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) foe No. 2 Keiser. 
 
VSU improved to 3-0 on the year and won its second game in two seasons over the Seahawks, improving to 2-0 all time against KU. The Seahawks fell to 1-2 on the year. 
 
Coming off of a less than stellar passing performance last week, the Blazer offense had a whopping 479 yards through the air. Edwards was 28 of 36 completing passes to nine different targets in the matchup. Two different Blazer receivers had over 100 yards as graduate student B.K. Smith led the team with 124 yards on eight receptions and a touchdown while graduate student Xavier Williams had four receptions for 118 yards. Meanwhile, the Blazer rushing attack finished with 63 rushing yards, led by junior Bud Chaney who rushed for 36 total yards and two touchdowns. 
 
Defensively, VSU was led by sophomore Terrell Dudley with eight total tackles while the Blazers combined for one sack for four yards and four tackles for loss for 17 total yards. 
 
The Seahawks went out front early after quarterback Bryce Veasley hit D'Andre Golden for a 63-yard touchdown pass in just over two minutes following the opening kickoff. Keiser ended up missing the extra point as KU led VSU 6-0 with 12:40 remaining in the quarter. 
 
The Blazer offense responded swiftly, marching down the field at will. On a third-and-16, Edwards completed a massive 48-yard pass to junior Council Allen to flip the field. A few plays later and Edwards delivered once again, hitting Smith for a 17-yard touchdown pass to put the Blazers up by one, 7-6 with 10 minutes remaining in the first quarter. 
 
The Blazer defense held up on the next Keiser drive, forcing a quick three-and-out to bring the Valdosta State offense back out on the field. In the blink of an eye, the Blazers scored once again in just three plays as Edwards completed his second touchdown pass of the night. This time it was sophomore Ted Hurst who made the grab on a 37-yard pass to the end zone, giving VSU the lead, 14-6 with 6:50 left to play in the first. 
 
Early in the second quarter, the Blazers fumbled at the Keiser 28 following a big gain by the offense as the Seahawks took over on their own 15-yard line. KU muscled its way down the field as a VSU penalty put the Seahawks in the red zone. Following the flag, Jaden Meizinger was able to rush into the end zone, cutting the VSU lead to just one, 14-13 with 9:06 left to go in the half. 
 
Later in the closing minutes of the second quarter, the VSU offense mustered up a physical drive that came down to third-and-10 following a massive VSU catch that was later overturned. However, Edwards launched a 39-yard pass downfield Williams for a Blazer first down at the Keiser seven-yard line. Edwards finished off the drive with a swift seven-yard pass to Allen to give Valdosta State the 21-13 lead heading into the half. 
 
For the first half, the Blazers amassed 304 passing yards behind Edwards, who was 16 for 21 with three touchdowns. Meanwhile the rushing game had a slow start, only producing 20 total yards on the ground. For the Seahawks, Veasley was 9 for 15 for 149 yards with one touchdown while the Keiser rushing game grinding out 56 total yards for the half. VSU had a 11-7 advantage in first downs for the half. 

Valdosta State received the kickoff to start the second half as the offense went straight to work. In just five minutes, the Blazers dinked-and-dunked down the field as Smith caught two passes on the drive for 44 total yards. Sophomore Isaiah Flowers punched the ball in from the Keiser one to give the Blazers a two-possession lead, 28-13 with 10:00 left in the third quarter. 
 
Later in the third quarter, the Blazers fumbled, once again, as Keiser recovered the ball at the VSU 45. The Seahawks then drove their way down the field on 45-straight rushing yards from Meizinger and Wendol Philord as Meizinger rushed into the end zone, cutting into the Blazer lead. However, VSU blocked the extra point attempt, resulting in a 28-19 lead for Valdosta State. 
 
The Blazers responded almost immediately as Williams returned the Keiser kick to the KU 31 for 60 yards, putting the VSU offense in excellent field position. In just three plays, Edwards hit redshirt-freshman Rodney Bullard in the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown pass, bringing Edwards' touchdown total to four and putting VSU up 35-19 with 4:22 left to play in the quarter. 
 
At the end of the third quarter, heading into the fourth, Keiser constructed a lengthy 12-play, 75-yard drive that last 5:44. Keiser drove all the way down to the VSU 15 where Valdosta State forced a fourth-and-five. In what looked like a uncatchable throw, Veasley threw a pass out of the back of the end zone which resulted in a pass interference call on the Blazers, putting the Seahawks first-and-goal on the VSU 2. Veasley then rushed for a loss of one which the Valdosta State coaching staff challenged as a fumble after the ball popped out at the end of the play. However, the call stood and Veasley rushed into the end zone on the next play. The Blazer special teams then stopped a two-point conversion to make the Blazer lead 35-25 with 13:38 remaining in the game. This is the second week in a row the VSU special teams has stopped a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter as the Blazers had a huge stop on a two-point conversion last week in the 21-16 victory at Albany State.
 
The Blazer offense responded in explosive fashion as Edwards hit a wide-open Williams for a 40-yard gain. The Seahawks then suffered a pass interference call of their own, putting VSU in the red zone once again. Chaney then rushed for eight yards on two plays, blasting into the end zone to go up 42-25 with 12:12 remaining. 
 
VSU had the ball once again after sophomore DeVon Reaves brought down Veasley with a monstrous strip sack. The ball was recovered by the Blazers at the Keiser nine as a Keiser pass interference call resulted in Chaney once again cashing in for a two-yard rushing touchdown, putting the Blazers up big, 49-25 with 11:05 left to play.  
 
Keiser had one more drive in which they could not convert on a fourth-and-eight at the VSU 13-yard line due to the resiliency of the Blazer defense with 6:08 remaining. The Blazers ran out the clock to win their third game of the season, 49-25. Veasley ended the game with 217 yards and one touchdown while Meizinger rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns. 
 
The Blazers open Gulf South Conference play next weekend when they host North Greenville at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.