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35
Winner Pittsburg St. PSU 7-1 , 6-1
21
Central Okla. UCO 7-1 , 5-1
Winner
Pittsburg St. PSU
7-1 , 6-1
35
Final
21
Central Okla. UCO
7-1 , 5-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
PSU Pittsburg St. 14 14 0 7 35
UCO Central Okla. 7 7 7 0 21

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

No. 9 UCO Falls For First Time In '24

EDMOND – No. 9 Central Oklahoma dropped its first football game of the season Saturday with a 35-21 loss to No. 6 Pittsburg State in a crucial MIAA showdown at Chad Richison Stadium.
 
UCO is now 7-1 on the season and 5-1 in the MIAA. Pitt State is 7-1 overall and 6-1 in league play.
 
"We let them run all over us and we need to work on correcting that before next week," UCO head football coach Adam Dorrel said. "We played a mostly clean game and didn't turn the ball over, but we couldn't get the stops we needed. Credit to Pitt, they deserved it today."
 
Central Oklahoma found itself down 14-0 in the first quarter before a late score put the Bronchos on the board.
 
To cap off a 19-play, 84-yard scoring drive, Jett Huff connected with Terrill Davis for a 13-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-7.
 
But Pitt went right back at the Bronchos and took a 21-7 lead. The game appeared to be trending toward an offensive shootout.
 
Huff found Ashton Schumann for a 10-yard touchdown to make it 21-14 with 7:55 to play in the second quarter. But again, Pitt answered with a score to go up 28-14.
 
UCO had a chance to score before the half, but when the drive stalled, Nicky Quevedo's 31-yard field goal attempt went wide left and the game went to halftime 28-14.
 
Davis caught his second touchdown pass of the game in the third quarter. This time a 16-yard pass from Huff to cap off a 9-play, 75-yard scoring drive to open the half and put the Bronchos in striking distance.
 
Davis' second touchdown of the game put him at 11 on the season. That mark is tied for the second most in school history for a single season, one shy of the record with three weeks remaining.
 
For the remainder of the third, and nearly all the fourth, the game became a defensive contest. The teams traded punts before a Kobey Stephens interception – the only turnover of the game – gave UCO life. However, nine consecutive possessions following that pick ended with punts.
 
The final touchdown ended that stretch as Pitt scored with 1:52 left in the game to go up 35-21. UCO turned it over on downs trying to get down the field for one more score and Pitt State knelt down the final play.
 
Huff finished the day 29-for-61 with 386 yards passing and three touchdowns. Davis and Schumann both had nine receptions, with Davis tallying 119 yards and two scores and Schumann 87 yards and one score. Madison Ridgeway also had six catches for a game-high 127 yards.
 
UCO only managed 92 yards rushing on 28 carries. Jaylen Cottrell had 11 for 45 yards, including a 25-yard carry in the first quarter. William Mason chipped in 29 yards on eight carries.
 
Jack Puckett led the defense with 15 tackles and one pass breakup. Dylan Buchheit added 12 tackles. Noah West had two tackles and the team's only sack. Connor Johnson forced a fumble, and Stephens had the one interception.
 
Central Oklahoma will play on the road the next two weeks. UCO travels to St. Joseph, Missouri to take on Missouri Western next Saturday, then to Topeka, Kansas for a matchup with Washburn on Nov. 9. The Bronchos wrap up the regular season with No. 14 Emporia State (7-1, 5-1) on Nov. 16.
 
 
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