YARMOUTH — Telstar wasted little time showing unbeaten Yarmouth it was going to play with a nothing-to-lose spark on a soupy Senior Night Friday.

But the Rebels whiffed on their onside kick attempt to start the game and the ball rolled only two yards, well short of the required 10 yards. That gave the Clippers the short field every opponent dreads giving the defending Class C champions.

Yarmouth scored on that possession and its next five and rolled over its eager visitors, 47-6.

Playing shorthanded in the backfield, the Clippers (7-0) didn’t miss a beat, racking up all of their 370 yards on the ground. Senior Dennis Erving, playing his first game at running back, led the charge with 128 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. Sophomore fullback Matt Woodbury chipped in with 92 yards and two touchdowns.

“We’re missing two running backs tonight, for odd reasons, and so the fullback was new and Erving was brand new tonight,” Yarmouth coach Jim Hartman said. “That’s his first game as a running back. And Woodbury started the first game of the season then was replaced and came back tonight. He sure set the tone for us tonight.”

With star senior running back Anders Overhaug benched for disciplinary reasons, Erving, Woodbury and junior Caleb Uhl (seven carries, 55 yards, two TDs) all found the end zone in the first half.

Uhl was the first to hit paydirt with a 15-yard run four plays after the Rebels’ unsuccessful onside try gave the Clippers the ball at Telstar’s 42.

Telstar coach Tim O’Connor didn’t have any regrets about the aggressive call.

“We don’t have anything to lose. We were going to put it all out there,” he said. “We thought with the turf, the ball is going to bounce, so let’s try something different.”

“Nobody’s kicked deep to us deep this year,” Hartman said. “I watch kickers that can kick it to the goal line and they just (squib) it. So we knew that before the game (the onside may be coming).”

What the Clippers probably didn’t see coming was the Rebels’ response to the opening score. Quarterback Dom Haines found a wide open Drew Wilson along the right sideline. A defender tracked Wilson down and appeared to tackle him at the 20, but Wilson’s knee didn’t touch the turf and he alertly ran the rest of the way for a 68-yard touchdown that pulled Telstar (0-7) back within a point.

“The coaches knew that we were going to be in a game,” Hartman said. “I scouted them last week. There are some fabulous athletes there that are just learning. They’re going to be hell next year because they’re all juniors.”

Telstar had success throwing the ball much of the night, particularly to Wilson (four catches, 111 yards). But the yardage through the air did little to open up the running game. Yarmouth limited the Rebels to just 13 net yards rushing on 21 carries.

The Clippers, meanwhile, had little trouble on the ground. Uhl scored from 16 yards out to make it 13-6 and Yarmouth pulled away from there on touchdown runs by Woodbury (one yard), quarterback Brady Neujahr (three yards), Erving (19 yards) and Bart Gallagher (60 yards) to take a 41-6 lead into halftime.

Woodbury added a 9-yard touchdown run late.