Joey Chestnut devours Coastal Carolina players in pizza-eating contest

Coastal Carolina players tackled Joey Chestnut in a pizza-eating contest and lost

Coastal Carolina football players won the game on the field Saturday.

They then went out and were destroyed in a pizza-eating contest by Joey Chestnut.

After defeating Texas State, 35-21, a few Chanticleer players took on the eating legend … and didn’t fare as well.

The food event started with all the fanfare of the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog East Contest that takes place July 4 on Coney Island.

And then there was a slice — or slices — of life and lessons to be learned. Don’t mess with the best.

Per Myrtlebeachonline:

Joey “Jaws” took on super seniors Silas Kelly, Trey Carter and Charles Ouverson in a two-minute inhalation of the Italian treat.

“You couldn’t have combined our other three guys and eaten what he did in two minutes,” CCU coach Jamey Chadwell said. “It was pretty sweet though.” Chestnut was contacted through a friend in the media about attending the game and taking part in something with the team. Chestnut said he was pushed a bit in the competition. “Kelly, that guy’s an eater. He’s definitely the best eater on the team but I still put him down,” Chestnut said. “I almost finished the whole pizza, but it had been sitting out a little bit and the crust was a little rough.”