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Trevon Woolfolk
27
Mo. Southern St. MSS 3-2 , 3-2
30
Winner Central Okla. UCO 2-3 , 2-3
Mo. Southern St. MSS
3-2 , 3-2
27
Final
30
Central Okla. UCO
2-3 , 2-3
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MSS Mo. Southern St. 7 10 7 3 27
UCO Central Okla. 7 3 14 6 30

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

Homecoming Walkoff!

Central Oklahoma Beats Missouri Southern 30-27 Thanks To Game-Winning Field Goal As Time Expired

EDMOND – Nicky Quevedo kicked a 29-yard field goal as time expired and Central Oklahoma beat Missouri Southern 30-27 in MIAA play at Chad Richison Stadium Saturday afternoon.
 
The win was the second for the Bronchos, who are now 2-3 overall and 2-3 in the MIAA.
 
"Today was the first time we really played well for all four quarters and we needed every bit of it," UCO head football coach Adam Dorrel said. "Missouri Southern is a really good team and a well-coached team. We needed our guys to be good today and they were. I'm really proud of the team."
 
Central Oklahoma battled back throughout the day. Missouri Southern took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, and a 17-10 lead in the second quarter. It was 24-17 midway through the third quarter. The Bronchos tied the game late in the third, and then three field goals were the only points in the fourth quarter, with Quevedo giving UCO a 27-24 lead, and then ultimately, a 30-27 win.
 
Central Oklahoma put up 440 yards of total offense on Saturday. The Bronchos managed 224 yards rushing and 216 yards passing in one of the most balanced attacks of Dorrel's time at UCO.
 
Stephon Brown returned to the lineup after missing Week 4 with an ankle injury. He went 13-for-15 with 196 yards a touchdown. He also had 15 carries for 75 yards.
 
Trevon Woolfolk added 106 yards on 16 carries to go with two touchdowns.
 
In the passing game, only five receivers caught a pass. Terrill Davis had five catches for 91 yards and a touchdown. His 37-yard catch from Brown in the third quarter tied the game, 24-24.
 
Darius Melton had three receptions for 42 yards and Jaylen Cottrell added three catches for six yards out of the backfield. Oscar Hammond had two receptions for 62 yards and Payton Scott added one for 15 yards.
 
Defensively, Central Oklahoma held Missouri Southern to 345 yards of total offense, allowing 180 yards passing and 165 yards rushing. Rae'Quan Wicks led UCO with 11 tackles, Connor Johnson added nine, and Jack Puckett had seven.
 
Johnson had one sack as the Bronchos made three tackles in the MSSU backfield. UCO didn't force any turnovers for the fourth week in a row, but the Bronchos did have six pass breakups, including three by J.K. Moore.
 
Missouri Southern took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. The Bronchos received the opening kickoff, then punted quickly to Southern. But UCO forced a quick punt back, however, a muffed punt return gave Southern short field. The Lions scored after five plays and just 28 yards.
 
Woolfolk then capped off a big response by the Bronchos. The junior running back shoved one defender out of his way into the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown run to finish off a 7-play, 77-yard scoring drive that tied the game, 7-7, with 5:11 to play in the first quarter.
 
Quevedo then hit the first of his three field goals with 13:12 to play in the second quarter. He connected from 22 yards to give the Bronchos a 10-7 lead.
 
Southern scored to go in front 14-10, capping off an 11-play, 78-yard drive, then the Lions got the ball back and went 14-play, 65-yards and ended the first half with a 22-yard field goal to take a 17-10 lead at the break.
 
Woolfolk scored for the second time in the third quarter on a 3-yard rush. The Bronchos went 8-plays, 66 yards to tie the game 17-17 with 8:07 left in the frame. But Southern answered quickly to go back in front 24-17 with 5:24 left after a 6-play, 75-yard scoring drive that only took 2:43.
 
Davis caught his first career touchdown pass in the third quarter. His 37-yard score was just the fourth play of the drive that went 70 yards in 2:04.
 
Quevedo hit his second field goal with 10:58 left in the game to give the Bronchos a 27-24 lead. Southern tied it again with 4:31 to go, connecting on a 43-yard field goal.
 
But then it was the Bronchos with the final shot.
 
Cottrell ran for 12 yards to start the drive before an incomplete pass from Brown to Hammond. Brown ran four yards up the idlee after that, then on 3rd & 6, Brown hit Scott for a 15-yard gain and a first down.
 
After a 15-yard run by Andrew Carney and a 3-yard scramble by Brown, the quarterback threw again and went after Madison Ridgeway in the end zone. Southern was whistled for pass interference and the Bronchos suddenly had 1st & 10 at the Missouri Southern 11-yard line.
 
An illegal substitution moved the Bronchos back to the 16-yard line, then Woolfolk ran seven yards to the nine.
 
UCO then went with a kneel down on consecutive plays as it positioned Quevedo for the final play.
 
Payton Hunt snapped it, David Vargas held it, and Quevedo, a Don Hansen All-American in 2022, connected on the game-winning 29-yard field goal.
 
Central Oklahoma hits the road in Week 6, taking on Northwest Missouri in Maryville. The Bronchos beat Northwest (2-3, 1-3 MIAA) last season in Edmond.
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