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Kobey Stephens
37
Winner Central Okla. UCO 8-1 , 6-1
34
Missouri Western MWS 3-6 , 2-6
Winner
Central Okla. UCO
8-1 , 6-1
37
Final
34
Missouri Western MWS
3-6 , 2-6
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT F
UCO Central Okla. 7 7 6 14 3 37
MWS Missouri Western 0 7 10 17 0 34

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

Bronchos Win Wild MIAA Road Game

Central Oklahoma Wins 37-34 Overtime Thriller At Missouri Western

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Nicky Quevedo's 47-yard field goal in overtime gave No. 13 Central Oklahoma a 37-34 victory at Missouri Western Saturday in a wild and frantic game that left the Bronchos in first place in the MIAA.
 
Central Oklahoma trailed 34-20 with 5:36 to play in the game. The Bronchos turned the ball over on downs on the next possession. But then the Bronchos forced a punt and things changed dramatically.
 
Kobey Stephens fielded the punt at his own 8-yard line, darted toward the UCO sideline to beat the first two tacklers, and found his way all the way up the sideline for a 92-yard punt return touchdown. That made it 34-27 with 2:54 to play.
 
UCO attempted an onside kick, but Missouri Western batted the ball out of bounds and retained possession. The Bronchos needed to get the ball back with one timeout and the two-minute timeout left. And Central did just that.
 
On 3rd & 17 from its own 48, Missouri Western's quarterback scrambled in open field 17 yards for what would be the first down. But UCO safety David Williams leveled the QB at the first down marker, forcing a fumble that went out of bounds two yards back. That left it to a 4th & 2 and the play of the game.
 
MWSU rolled out to the right and threw a pass that Stephens broke up and gave UCO a chance to drive down the field to tie.
 
Dawson Herl came out for the drive at quarterback and the sixth-year veteran led the team down the field on a 6-play, 60-yard scoring drive to make it 34-34 with 13 seconds left in the regulation.
 
Herl completed passes to Dominique Dunn for 21 yards, Jaylen Cottrell for 11 more, and then Terrill Davis for 26 yards down to the 2-yard line. Herl then gained one yard trying to score, and then scored on the next play from a yard out. Quevedo's PAT tied the game.
 
In overtime, Central Oklahoma won the toss and chose defense. Missouri Western ran for six yards, then two, then one to setup 4th & 1 from the 16-yard line. The hosts went for it and gained zero yards on the rush and UCO took over needing a score to win.
 
The Bronchos ran for no gain on first down, then threw an incomplete pass in the end zone on second down. After a false start by UCO, the Bronchos threw another incomplete pass to setup Quevedo's 47-yard field goal attempt.
 
The senior kicker, who earned All-American honors as a sophomore, nailed the kick for the game winner.
 
With the win, Central Oklahoma improved to 8-1 on the season and 6-1 in the MIAA. The Bronchos are in first place in the league standings after losses by No. 5 Pittsburg State (7-2, 6-2) and No. 11 Emporia State (7-2, 5-2) earlier in the day.
 
UCO has to travel again in Week 10, playing at Washburn at 1 p.m. Nov. 9. The Bronchos finish the regular season with Emporia State in Edmond Nov. 16.
 
Saturday's game was a story in three parts.
 
Act I: The Bronchos took a 7-0 lead with a 2-yard touchdown run by Andrew Carney in the first quarter. UCO made it 14-0 when Jett Huff connected with Davis for a 37-yard touchdown pass.
 
Central went to halftime with a 14-7 lead, but made it 20-7 when Huff rushed for an 11-yard score with 8:15 to play in the third quarter.
 
Act II: After MWSU kicked a 35-yard field goal to make it 20-10 with 5:35 to play in the third, a lightning strike in the area forced a 30-minute delay.
 
Including the field goal before the delay, Missouri Western rattled off 27 unanswered points to take a 34-20 lead 5:36 to play in the game.
 
Act III: Central Oklahoma mounted the improbable comeback to force overtime and get out of town with the win.
 
 
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