ULs Win In A Nutshell theadvertiser/story/sports/college/ul/2014/11/01/uls-win-nutshell/18357187/ Tim Buckley, 10:49 p.m. CDT November 1, 2014 (Photo: Paul Kieu, The Advertiser) ______________________________________ WHAT HAPPENED: Tied going into the final quarter, UL used a 32-yard field goal from Hunter Stover to take the lead with 11 minutes and 28 seconds remaining and tacked on an 8-yard Elijah McGuire touchdown run with 5:01 left to beat South Alabama 19-9 on Saturday night at Cajun Field. Christian Ringos recovery of a Kendall Houston fumbled led to the score by Stover, who was 4-of-4 on field goals and made his only PAT. The victory was ULs fourth straight, and it snapped South Alabamas four-game win streak. The Ragin Cajuns rallied from 9-3 down late in the second quarter, and held the Jaguars scoreless in the second half. McGuire finished with 119 yards rushing and 90 receiving with nine catches. TURNING POINT: South Alabama tried to run up the middle on third-and-goal from the UL 2 to break the 9-9 tie in the fourth quarter, but backup quarterback Matt Floyd – playing because starter Brandon Bridge had hobbled off with an ankle injury – lost the ball trying to hand off to running back Kendall Houston. Ringo pounced on it to stave off a Jaguars score and initiate ULs go-ahead drive. MOST SPECTACULAR PLAY: Facing third-and-28 from its own 45, redshirt freshman wideout Devin Scott – despite two Jaguar defenders converging on him, including right in front of him – somehow came up with a Terrance Broadway pass to keep ULs opening drive alive and set up Stovers first field goal. BY THE NUMBERS: After going 16-of-28 for 216 yards Saturday, Broadway is now just the third quarterback in Cajun history with at least 500 career completions – joining Jerry Babb (583) and all-time leader Jake Delhomme (655). … Stover wound up one made field shy of ULs school record of five. … UL finished with 412 yards in total offense to South Alabamas 336. … With one Saturday, UL running back Alonzo Harris has lost three fumbles this year. Held to 23 yards, Harris is now 19 shy of 3,000 career yards. … Temperature at kickoff was 61 degrees. RECORDS: UL: 5-3 (4-0 in the Sun Belt Conference). South Alabama: 5-4 (4-2 Sun Belt). HE SAID IT: Louisiana-Lafayette outplayed us a little in the fourth quarter. … We had a chance to get down inside the 2-yard line and turned it over. Give them credit. They did a good job playing in the fourth quarter. – South Alabama coach Joey Jones NEXT UP: UL visits New Mexico State on Saturday night. South Alabama is at Arkansas State on Saturday.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:49:11 +0000
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