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Jaylen Cottrell
17
Mo. Southern St. MSS 3-7 , 1-7
44
Winner Central Okla. UCO 5-5 , 5-3
Mo. Southern St. MSS
3-7 , 1-7
17
Final
44
Central Okla. UCO
5-5 , 5-3
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MSS Mo. Southern St. 3 7 0 7 17
UCO Central Okla. 7 14 10 13 44

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Brannick

Central Oklahoma Wins Home Finale

Bronchos Beat Missouri Southern 44-17 In Edmond On Senior Day

EDMOND – Central Oklahoma put together a clinic on Saturday, holding Missouri Southern at nearly every turn while scoring all afternoon in a Senior Day blowout win at Chad Richison Stadium.
 
UCO 44, MSSU 17.
 
The Bronchos put up 471 yards of total offense and limited Missouri Southern to just 171, including 23 total rushing yards for the game. Saturday marked the fewest rushing yards allowed by the Bronchos since Oct. 1, 2022 against Lincoln.
 
"Proud of our team for responding to the last two weeks and sending the seniors out with a win," UCO head football coach Adam Dorrel said. "We challenged them to do that and they responded. We can't change what happened the last two games but we made sure it wasn't going to today and I'm proud of the team for that."
 
UCO is 5-5 on the season with one game remaining. The Bronchos travel to Missouri Western in St. Joseph, Missouri next Saturday for the final. UCO has a chance to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2017 & 2018 with a win.
 
Central Oklahoma's rushing attack paved the way on Saturday in Edmond. Senior Jaylen Cottrell rushed for 81 yards on 15 carries and one touchdown. Sophomore Dev Mathews rushed for 53 on 14 carries and scored two touchdowns. Emmanuel Crawford had 23 yards, Jett Huff had 17, and Ashton Schumann added 16 yards. William Mason totaled 15 yards and one touchdown before being sidelined with an injury. Clayton Creasey added 10 yards too.
 
The Bronchos put up 210 yards on 51 carries to control the game, possessing the ball for 38:53, nearly two-thirds of the contest.
 
Huff was spot on in the passing game too. He went 23-for-27, 85.2 percent, for 246 yards and one touchdown. Clayton Creasey went 1-for-1 for 15 yards and a score too to give the Bronchos 261 yards through the air.
 
Schumann led the attack as he has all season. He hauled in 12 receptions for 135 yards. Hagen Hacker had two catches for 50 yards and touchdown. Braden Turner caught his first career touchdown pass from Creasey on his only catch of the day.
 
Reese Roller had five tackles to lead the defense and Connor Johnson made four stops. Cameron Done and Jack Puckett both had quarterback sacks and Willie Rice forced a fumble that was recovered by Dalton Hurd.
 
Mason's 2-yard touchdown run gave UCO a 7-0 lead with 10:22 left in the opening quarter. The scoring drive last 4:06 and UCO started the game on defense. Southern responded with a 42-yard field goal with 5:03 left in the opening quarter to make it 7-3.
 
Huff connected with Hacker on an 18-yard touchdown pass and Cottrell ran for a 21-yard score to give Central a 21-3 lead late in the second quarter. Missouri Southern caught a 31-yard touchdown pass in the end zone as time expired and the game went to halftime 21-10, UCO.
 
Mathews scored his first touchdown from two yards out with 8:09 to play in the third quarter and Joseph Kim connected on a 21-yard field goal with 59 seconds remaining to make it 31-10.
 
Mathews scored again from a yard out with 14:09 to play in the final quarter to make it 37-10 (Southern blocked the PAT).
 
MSSU struck again late on a 23-yard touchdown pass to make it 37-17 and Creasey connected with Turner to make it the final, 44-17, with 2:28 remaining.
 
Central Oklahoma is 5-5 on the season and 5-3 in the MIAA. The Bronchos are in third place and can secure that spot with a win next week at Missouri Western. Four teams are 4-4 behind the Bronchos. MWSU is 3-7 overall and 2-5 in league play.
 
 
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