FORT VALLEY -- Morehouse’s David Carter wears No. 32 on game days.

The running back, however, might as well have had a question mark embroidered on his jersey Saturday at Wildcat Stadium. Fort Valley State simply had no answer for the SIAC’s leading rusher.

Carter needed merely a half to break the Morehouse single-game program record for rushing yards, finishing with 351 on 32 carries. The junior also scored on touchdown runs of 60, 45, 22 and 2 yards as Morehouse throttled FVSU 49-12.

Morehouse rang up 536 of its 662 yards on the ground.

“We couldn’t tackle the big running back,” FVSU head coach Donald Pittman said. “Defending the run has been our Achilles’ heel.

“We gave them a short field a lot of times to work with, and we had some key people that did not make plays. That kept the defense out on the field.”

Wildcats senior linebacker Courtney Daniel said he was disappointed in his unit’s effort against Carter, especially since it was his final home game.

“We weren’t wrapping up,” the former Putnam County standout said. “We were arm-tackling and (Carter) just kept cutting back against the grain.

“It’s real tough. I had high expectations. I thought we’d come out strong. Instead, we were flat.”

FVSU (2-7, 2-4) couldn’t find any rhythm offensively from the outset. The Wildcats alternated between quarterbacks Cameron Pearson and Winfred McAllister early, but neither could lead the team to a first down in a first quarter which saw FVSU held to 5 yards of offense.

FVSU then turned to Antonio Henton, who provided somewhat of a spark off the bench with the deep ball. Henton finished the game 10-of-24 for 209 yards. He threw two touchdowns, but was intercepted five times.

“After the freshman couldn’t move us, we tried some different things,” Pittman said. “I didn’t plan on (Henton) playing that much. It just kind of worked out that way.”

FVSU entered the game averaging 125 yards rushing but was held to a staggering minus-10. The Wildcats did manage 210 yards through the air.

“We knew it was going to be hard to run against them,” Pittman said. “We thought we would have to have a good game passing to beat them.”

Morehouse (7-2, 4-1) overwhelmed FVSU in the first half, rolling up 16 first downs and 300 rushing yards. Comparatively, the Wildcats could manage just four first downs and 5 rushing yards while committing six turnovers. Carter’s 251 first-half rushing yards outgained FVSU’s total offense output by more than 100 yards.

Carter, who left the game midway through the third quarter, took the first play of the Maroon Tigers’ second possession 45 yards untouched for his first touchdown less than four minutes into the game.

“We knew we had to establish the run against a big, strong team like Fort Valley State,” Carter said. “The offensive line did an amazing job of opening up holes.”

Brandon Anderson returned the ensuing kickoff to the Morehouse 35 before fumbling. Cameron Ford recovered for the Maroon Tigers and two plays later, Byron Ingram found a wide open Thomas Williams over the middle for a 59-yard scoring pass and a 15-0 lead.

Ingram’s sneak from a yard out gave Morehouse a 22-0 lead less than midway through the first quarter after McAllister was intercepted by Latavius Watts.

McAllister was again intercepted -- this time by Justin Oliver -- on the first play of the second quarter at the FVSU 36, which led to Carter’s second touchdown run -- a 22-yarder with 13:03 to play in the first half.

FVSU looked like it would finally break through when Demario Barber hauled in a fingertip grab from Henton. As Barber neared the goal line, however, he was caught from behind and stripped of the ball, which bounded into the end zone before being recovered by Morehouse’s Darrius Williams.

On FVSU’s next possession, the Wildcats again burned the Maroon Tigers’ secondary. Henton connected with Christopher Slaughter for a 41-yard touchdown pass. Later in the quarter, Henton again found Slaughter for a 20-yard scoring pass. Slaughter finished with seven catches for 127 yards.

Carter scored his fourth touchdown with 5:05 remaining in first half after Raynard Ware intercepted Henton at the Morehouse 41.

Mychal Harrison scored on a 10-yard run with 2:19 remaining in the third quarter after Henton’s fourth interception.