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Trevon Woolfolk
21
Neb.-Kearney UNK 0-1 , 0-1
24
Winner Central Okla. UCO 1-0 , 1-0
Neb.-Kearney UNK
0-1 , 0-1
21
Final
24
Central Okla. UCO
1-0 , 1-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
UNK Neb.-Kearney 7 0 7 7 21
UCO Central Okla. 3 14 7 0 24

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

'Chos Roll In Opener

Central Oklahoma Beat Nebraska Kearney 24-21 In The 2023 Season Opener

EDMOND – Central Oklahoma opened the 2023 season with a 24-21 victory over Nebraska Kearney in an MIAA matchup at Chad Richison Stadium.
 
"I'm proud of the guys for getting it done tonight," UCO head football coach Adam Dorrel said. "We were sloppy in some parts, but we did really good overall. Kearney is a really good team, they're going to win a lot of games. We found a way to get it done and come away with a win."
 
UCO went down 7-0 in the first quarter after Kearney went 12 plays for 75 yards to take an early lead. But the Bronchos reeled off 17 unanswered after that to take command in the first half.
 
Nicky Quevedo put through a 29-yard field goal in the first quarter. Stephon Brown then found Oscar Hammond on a 33-yard touchdown and Trevon Woolfolk scampered for a 19-yard touchdown to give the Bronchos a 17-7 lead with 4:01 left in the first half.
 
UNK got back in the game with a touchdown in the third quarter before a huge play by the Bronchos proved to be the difference in the game.
 
Loper QB T.J. Davis, who earned MIAA Player of the Year honors in each of the past two seasons, threw an interception on the visiting sideline and J.K. Moore, a starting cornerback in his first game in a Broncho uniform, snatched the ball and sprinted 54 yards for a touchdown. The pick-six gave UCO a 24-14 lead with just over four minutes left in the third quarter.
 
UNK added a late touchdown to make it a one score game, 24-21 with three minutes left, but UCO ran the clock out on the victory.
 
Central Oklahoma finished the game with 417 total yards, putting together 247 rushing yards and 170 passing yards.
 
Brown went 13-for-24 with the 170 yards passing and one touchdown. He added 13 carries for 50 yards. Hammond led the receiving corps with seven catches for 95 yards and one touchdown.
 
Woolfolk had 12 rushes for 101 yards and a touchdown. Andrew Carney added 60 yards on 15 carries and Payton Scott had 41 yards on 11 carries.
 
Johnathan Mosley led the defense with six tackles. Moore had five with the interception and Kobey Stephens also had five tackles.
 
Central Oklahoma hits the road in Week 2 to take on Central Missouri (1-0) in Warrensburg, Mo. Saturday, Sept. 9 at 1 p.m.
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