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Payton Scott
28
Lincoln (MO) LUM 0-4 , 0-4
69
Winner Central Okla. UCO 2-3 , 2-3
Lincoln (MO) LUM
0-4 , 0-4
28
Final
69
Central Okla. UCO
2-3 , 2-3
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
LUM Lincoln (MO) 6 8 6 8 28
UCO Central Okla. 21 13 28 7 69

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

Bronchos Bully Blue Tigers

EDMOND – The University of Central Oklahoma football team scored early and often Saturday, blowing out Lincoln (Missouri) 69-28 in an MIAA matchup at Wantland Stadium.
 
Central Oklahoma snapped a three-game slide with the victory and is now 2-3 on the season. The Bronchos will hit the road for the next two weeks, playing at Northeastern State next Thursday before heading to Fort Hays State on Oct. 16.
 
"We executed better today," UCO head football coach Nick Bobeck said. "We got a chance to play a lot of guys and they played well. We still think there is room to improve but today was good. It's good to stop the bleeding if you will and get back in the win column."
 
Central Oklahoma put up 21 points in the first quarter, taking command of the game early. The Bronchos added 13 in the second quarter for a 35-14 halftime lead. UCO then put up 28 more points in the third quarter and added seven in the final stanza to earn the win.
 
Central posted 590 yards of total offense, more than double its season average leading up to Saturday's Week 5 contest. The Bronchos had 339 yards rushing to go with 251 yards passing.
 
Five Bronchos carried the ball in the game Saturday and despite the 339 total yards, no player hit 100 individually. But there were some pretty close similarities in the box score.
 
Jayce Gardner led the team with 88 yards on 13 carries. Payton Scott had 87 yards on 12 carries. Stephon Brown added 84 yards on 12 carries. And Tucker Pawley (10-61) and Drake Parker (7-21) also chipped in. All five of them scored. Brown found the end zone three times Saturday. Gardner, Scott, Pawley and Parker each scored once.
 
Keats Calhoon finished the day 11-for-13 passing with 143 yards and one touchdown. Brown went 4-for-7 for 51 yards, and Central wideout Josh Moore was 1-for-1 with a 57-yard touchdown pass.
 
Moore caught four passes for 69 yards. Markiese King, who hauled in Moore's deep ball, had four receptions for 105 yards including the 57-yard score. Andrew Kelow (2-17) also had a 12-yard touchdown he caught from Calhoon.
 
Defensively, Central was paced once again by Dylan Buchheit, who made six tackles to go with a fumble recovery. Hunter Largent also had six tackles, including one sack. Central had five stops for a combined 29 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Daniel Baughman forced the fumble Buchheit recovered. Vakameilalo Tuifua also forced a fumble on the day that Lincoln recovered but the freshman defensive stalwart also had a blocked extra point. Joseph Roque made it two blocked kicks for the Bronchos on the day when also got a hand on an extra point.
 
Lincoln got the ball to start the game but after a quick 3 & out, the punter mishandled the snap on fourth down and UCO started its first offensive possession just nine yards away from the end zone. Brown scored on a 2-yard rush on the second play from scrimmage to put UCO up 7-0.
 
Brown scored again on a 1-yard rush, flying over the line to cross the goal line and cap off a 10-play, 51-yard scoring drive that made it 14-0 UCO.
 
After LU's first score, Pawley got in the books with a 4-yard touchdown run to make it 21-6, Central, which was the score after one quarter of play.
 
Kelow caught his first touchdown pass in a Broncho uniform in the second quarter, hauling in the 12-yard score on a pass from Calhoon over the middle of the end zone. That made it 28-6.
 
Lincoln scored again and converted a two-point conversion to make it 28-14, but the Bronchos added six back with a pair of Alex Quevedo field goals. The senior kicker connected on a 26-yard field goal and a 45-yard field goal to give the Bronchos a 34-14 halftime lead.

The latter kick by Quevedo is the second longest of his career, just one yard off a personal best. Quevedo also moved up to No. 6 on Central Oklahoma's all-time scoring list with 249 career points (149 XPT/32 FG).
 
In the first half, Central scored a touchdown on its first four possessions and scored on 6 of 7 total possessions.
 
In the third quarter, Gardner found the end zone first on a 25-yard touchdown rush right up the middle to give UCO a 41-14 lead. King, sprinting wide open down the left sideline, made it 48-14 with his 57-yard score.
 
Lincoln added another score in the third but the Bronchos kept pushing on offense.
 
Scott found the end zone on an 8-yard rush before Brown scored for the third time on another 1-yard rush to the right side. Brown's third rushing touchdown of the game gave the Bronchos a 62-20 lead.
 
Lincoln scored one last time early in the fourth quarter but Parker's 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter made it the final, 69-28.
 
UCO scored on its first five possessions of the second half and officially scored on 5 of 6 possessions thanks to a kneel down to end the game. Central scored a touchdown on 9 of 13 total possessions and put points on the board on 11 of 13 drives.
 
UCO will play at Northeastern State on a rare Thursday night game in Week 6. Kickoff in Tahlequah is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Bronchos will then get a bit of an extended break before traveling to Fort Hays State for a 7 p.m. kick on Oct. 16. The Bronchos return home in Week 8 and will host Washburn for its annual Homecoming game Saturday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m.
 
 
 
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