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Jett Huff
35
Winner Central Mo. UCM 3-2 , 3-0
34
Central Okla. UCO 2-3 , 2-2
Winner
Central Mo. UCM
3-2 , 3-0
35
Final
34
Central Okla. UCO
2-3 , 2-2
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
UCM Central Mo. 7 21 0 7 35
UCO Central Okla. 0 21 0 13 34

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

Bronchos Fall 35-34 To Mules In Edmond

EDMOND – Central Oklahoma lost 35-34 to Central Missouri Saturday night in Edmond, falling short in the MIAA matchup at Chad Richison Stadium.
 
UCO is 2-3 overall and 2-2 in league play following the loss.
 
"Tough break tonight," UCO head coach Adam Dorrel said. "A lot of things could have gone differently tonight. We had our chances and didn't get it done."
 
UCO racked up 617 yards of total offense, including 394 yards passing from quarterback Jett Huff. The junior returned from a three-week absence due to injury to record his seventh 300-yard game as a Broncho and tie the UCO school record for most 300-yard games in a career (T.J. Eckert, 2013-16).
 
Huff went 32-for-48 for 394 yards and four touchdowns. His last one put UCO within a point, 35-34, with 2:56 remaining in the game. But the Bronchos missed the PAT wide right.  Central Missouri gave the Bronchos the ball back on their own 8-yard line with five seconds remaining but no miracle play would be in the cards on Saturday night.
 
Ashton Schumann was UCO's leading receiver, catching 10 passes for 188 yards and one touchdown, his first of the season. Dominique Dunn caught eight passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns. Kristian Valeriano caught five balls for 57 yards and one score, a highlight worthy one-handed grab that made it 28-28 with 6:36 left in the fourth quarter.
 
William Mason led UCO's rushing attack with 168 yards on 21 carries. Jaylen Cottrell totaled 50 yards on 13 carries and scored on a 9-yard run in the second quarter.
 
UCO's defense gave up an even 500 yards of total offense, with most of it coming from the passing game. UCM threw for 348 yards and rushed for 152. Reese Roller and Braden Waters led the team with eight tackles each. Roller added one sack and had two tackles in the backfield. Waters had 1.5 stops in the backfield. Abner Dubar finished the game with seven tackles.
 
UCM took a 14-0 lead in Saturday night's game. The Mules scored on a 16-play, 80-yard scoring drive to go up 7-0 and then in the second quarter, capped a 5-play, 88-yard scoring drive with a 1-yard touchdown rush to go up 14-0. The 1-yard score followed an awkward play for the Bronchos. Daniel Ekwese forced a UCM fumble, but Chris Fitzpatrick was charged with illegal batting the ball out of the end zone and the visitor's had 1st & goal at the 1-yard line.
 
Schumann's 22-yard touchdown reception with 12:00 to go in the second quarter made it 14-7, but UCM took a 21-7 lead with 10:54 to goal on a 72-yard touchdown pass.
 
UCO got one back with Dunn's 12-yard reception with 7:57 to go in the half, but UCM scored with 7:24 to play in the second quarter that made 28-14. Cottrell's 9-yard rush with 3:10 to play in the half made it 28-21.
 
Valeriano tied it up with 28-28 with his catch, then UCM took a 35-28 lead with 5:05 to play. Dunn's second touchdown catch made it 35-34 with 2:56 remaining.
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