Texas Southern Flips a 14-point Hole into a 42-30 Win
North Carolina Central led 14-0, then 21-7, then 24-14 at halftime, and went home 0-1. Texas Southern outscored the visitors 28-6 after the break to win 42-30.
The start belonged to Nelson Layne. He broke a 60-yard run at 7:16 of the first quarter, threw a 10-yard touchdown to Connor Everett before the quarter ended, and scored again from 2 yards in the second. Texas Southern kept getting a score back, though: Jaquan Mcgee caught an 11-yarder from Cam'Ron McCoy in the second and a 25-yarder with 20 seconds left in the half. Riley Daniels hit a 25-yard field goal on the final play of the half for a 24-14 lead.
The third quarter was the turn. McCoy hit Roriyon Richardson from 45 yards at 13:54 to make it 24-21. Then Jordan Thompson took a punt back 34 yards for a touchdown at 9:47, and Texas Southern had its first lead, 28-24. That was the only lead change of the game. Daniels kicked a 32-yarder to make it 27-28, Athean Renfro Jr. ran in from 14 yards at 2:17 for 35-27, and Daniels added a 37-yard kick early in the fourth to cut it to 35-30. Jacob Washington put it away with a 20-yard run at 2:07.
The yardage is lopsided in a way the scoreboard is not: Texas Southern ran 33 times for 280 yards and passed for just 185, completing 8 of 19 throws. North Carolina Central had 339 total yards to Texas Southern's 465. Each team threw one interception, and neither lost a fumble. Texas Southern is 1-0, and North Carolina Central is 0-1.
For fantasy, Layne put up 34.8 points, and he still lost.