SHEPHERDSTOWN -- The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcat football team took the opening drive of the game and scored a touchdown against the 11th-ranked Shepherd Rams here Saturday afternoon.

Unfortuanley for the 'Cats, things went south in a hurry after that opening drive en route to a 56-7 setback in a MEC conference outing.

Wesleyan set up shop at their own 26-yard-line following a Chase Blackwell return.

The Bobcats scored in 12 plays on a drive that chewed almost five minutes.

A key play on the drive was the Bobcats executing a seven-yard pass from Jeremy Musselman to Blackwell on a fourth-and-two play.

The drive ended on a 10-yard Mussleman touchdown run.

Kasper Bernild kick attempt was good to give Wesleyan a 7-0 lead.

The lead was short-lived as Shepherd's C. J. Davis took the kick-off back 91 yards for a Ram score tying the game at 7-7.

It was all Shepherd after that as they scored 37 unanswered in the first half to a 44-7 lead at the intermission.

The Rams tacked on 12 second-half points.

Wesleyan was their own worst enemy in the game committing four turnovers, being whistled for nine penalties and allowing four sacks.

Wesleyan's high-potent offense was held to a season-low 158 yards -- 127 yards in the air and 31 on the ground.

Bernild was actually the leading ground-gainer for Wesleyan as he picked up 37 yards on a fake punt. Wesleyan's other backs combined for -6 yards on 29 attempts.

Musselman completed 12 of his 25 passes for 112 yards.

His top target was Dylan Davis who had four catches for 80 yards.

Shepherd amassed 338 yards of offense.

The Rams improved to 4-0 on the season.

The loss dropped Wesleyan to 1-3 overall.

The Bobcats will return to action next Saturday when they host Glenville State at noon.