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Winner Mo. Southern St. MSS 1-2 , 1-2
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Central Okla. UCO 1-2 , 1-2
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Central Okla. UCO
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MSS Mo. Southern St. 7 0 0 7 14
UCO Central Okla. 0 10 0 0 10

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

Central Slips In Home Loss To Missouri Southern

EDMOND – Central Oklahoma lost to Missouri Southern Saturday night at Wantland Stadium after a final-minute touchdown put the Bronchos in a deficit too late to overcome.
 
Missouri Southern 14, Central Oklahoma 10.
 
"I thought we played well for 59 minutes and 20 seconds," UCO head football coach Nick Bobeck said. "There's not much to say about this one. We didn't play great and we let them have a chance and they got us."
 
UCO trailed 7-0 in the first quarter but built a 10-7 lead before halftime. The game remained at that score till Missouri Southern's 54-yard touchdown pass with 41 seconds left in the game.
 
Central had the Lions of Joplin, Missouri to its final down and with no timeouts left. But on 4th & 4 from the MSSU 46, a streaking Brian Boyd caught a pass in stride on the Southern sideline and darted down the field for the game-winning score.
 
UCO threw an interception on its first play from scrimmage after the score and Southern took a knee in victory formation.
 
Central Oklahoma posted 194 yards rushing Saturday, a season high after three weeks. Stephon Brown ran for a game-high 70 yards on 22 carries and Payton Scott added 67 yards on 12 carries. Jayce Gardner rushed for 19 yards on four carries before a game-ending injury.
 
Tucker Pawley had 34 yards on six carries and added UCO's lone touchdown, a 19-yard scamper in the second quarter.
 
Brown also went 16-for-21 passing for 71 yards and two interceptions.
 
The first of those came on the Bronchos' opening drive. After Southern missed a field goal on the first drive of the game, Brown threw to his left and MSSU's Dylan Bolden jumped the route and logged a 27-yard interception return to give the Lions a 7-0 lead with 8:35 to play in the first quarter.
 
Pawley put the Bronchos on the board in the second quarter. UCO had a monster drive of 17 plays for 73 yards that spanned 10:07 from the first quarter to the second. Pawley found room on the left side of the field and found the endzone for the first time in his career to tie the game, 7-7, with 8:44 to play in the first half.
 
UCO punted on its next possession but got the ball back thanks to a fumble that Derrick Shaw recovered. Alex Quevedo then gave UCO the lead with a 26-yard field goal to make it 10-7 UCO with just 10 seconds left before the half.
 
In the second half, Central punted on four of its first five possessions, fumbled on the other, and then threw an interception on its sixth and final drive of the second half.
 
UCO's defensive effort was led Saturday by Michael Slater, who had five tackles and a sack to go with a fumble recovery. He made two stops behind the line of scrimmage including the sack. Tre'Vaughn Craig also had five tackles. Dylan Buchheit, Elijah Wright, and Shaw each had four stops. Zane Adams and Hunter Largent teamed up for one sack. Darius Hawkins joined Slater on the other sack.
 
Central Oklahoma is back on the road in Week 4. The Bronchos will pay a visit to Northwest Missouri. Central returns home in Week 5 to face Lincoln in the UCO Athletics Hall of Fame Game.
 
 
 
 
 
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