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Jacob Delso
31
Ouachita Baptist OBU 10-2 , 10-1
38
Winner Central Okla. UCO 11-1 , 8-1
Ouachita Baptist OBU
10-2 , 10-1
31
Final
38
Central Okla. UCO
11-1 , 8-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT F
OBU Ouachita Baptist 7 0 7 17 0 31
UCO Central Okla. 7 7 10 7 7 38

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

Bronchos Win Overtime Playoff Thriller In Edmond

Central Oklahoma Beats Ouachita Baptist 38-31 In Overtime To Advance To Second Round

EDMOND – Zane Adams and Hunter Largent combined for the seventh UCO sack of the game to propel Central Oklahoma to a 38-31 overtime victory against Ouachita Baptist in the NCAA Division II Football Championship First Round game at Chad Richison Stadium.
 
UCO made its first appearance in the playoffs in 21 years and earned its first win 25 years with Saturday's overtime thriller in Edmond. The Bronchos led throughout the game before a late rally by OBU prompted a Central comeback.
 
And the Bronchos did just that.
 
Trailing 28-24 with 3:18 to play in the game, Jett Huff led the Bronchos down the field on a 10-play, 75-yard scoring drive to give UCO a 31-28 lead. Huff hit Jacob Delso for a 12-yard touchdown pass with Delso making a highlight snag dragging his feet on the sideline while reaching above his hands for the grab and the score.
 
OBU though marched right back down the field and kicked a game-tying field goal with five seconds left to force overtime.
 
The GAC Champion Tigers from Arkadelphia, Arkansas won the overtime coin toss and chose defense. But Huff moved UCO to the 3-yard line on three plays, then hit Delso again for a touchdown to give UCO a 38-31 lead.
 
Ouachita picked up one first down in overtime, but on the fifth play of the drive, OBU threw an incomplete pass and it was 4th & 5 from the UCO 7-yard line.
 
Ouachita's backup quarterback was in the game after UCO knocked out the starter for the second consecutive week. He dropped back to pass with the game on the line but Adams and Largent collapsed on him for the game-ending sack.
 
Central Oklahoma advances in the playoffs and will play Ferris State in the second round Saturday, Nov. 30 at 12 p.m. (Eastern) in Big Rapids, Mich.
 
Saturday in Edmond, Central Oklahoma came out with the first strike – a 73-yard touchdown run by Jaylen Cottrell to give UCO the 7-0 lead with 7:07 left in the opening quarter.
 
Cottrell scored on 1st & goal from the OBU 20 to give UCO a 14-7 lead with 7:32 to play in the second quarter. That capped off an 11-play, 72-yard scoring drive.
 
Nicky Quevedo kicked a 29-yard field goal to give Central a 17-7 lead early in the third quarter, then Ashton Schumann's 25-yard touchdown reception with 3:31 to play in the third gave UCO a 24-14 lead.
 
Into the fourth quarter is when OBU made its move. A 36-yard touchdown run and a 47-yard touchdown pass gave the Tigers a 28-24 lead.
 
Huff finished the day 36-for-58 with 371 yards and three touchdown passes. Terrill Davis led UCO's receivers with 14 receptions for 155 yards.
 
Cottrell finished with 17 carries for 151 yards and two scores. He was the second leading receiver with seven catches for 62 yards. William Mason, who had nine carries for seven yards, was big in the pass game and had five catches for 70 yards.
 
Delso finished with four receptions for 37 yards and the two touchdowns.
 
The defense for UCO, under constant scrutiny for allowing too many yards, finished with 12 tackles in the backfield including seven sacks.
 
Adams and Largent both finished with 10 tackles. Adams had 2.5 sacks, with Largent earning the half-sack on the final play. Connor Johnson had seven tackles and also finished with 2.5 sacks.
 
Jack Puckett finished with eight tackles and had one sack. Marcus Sowell and Wesley Hudson both had sacks as well for the UCO defense.
 
The Bronchos also had three pass breakups, two QB hurries, and Kobey Stephens finished with one interception.
 
 
 
 
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