Alcorn State Beats Texas Southern 43-40 in Overtime After Blowing a 22-Point Lead
Alcorn State was up 34-12 in the third quarter and needed overtime to win. That is the short version of a 43-40 game that ended on a Fred Robertson 1-yard run.
Robertson was in everything early. He caught a 27-yard touchdown from Jaylon Tolbert in the first quarter, then ran for two touchdowns of 2 yards each in the second, the second with 37 seconds left before the break. Add a 14-yard Elijah Griffin touchdown catch and a Carl McDonald Jr. 2-yard run with 5:30 left in the third, and it was 34-12.
Then Cam'Ron McCoy took over for the Tigers. He threw 37 and 34-yard touchdown passes (to Fatu Mukuba and Daveon Walker), ran for 34 yards and a touchdown, and tied it at 34-34 with a 5-yard score and a two-point pass to Athean Renfro Jr. with 4:37 left. Kenyon Bowyer put Alcorn State back in front with a 35-yard field goal with 27 seconds left. Miguel Arana III answered with a 25-yarder as time ran out, and the game went to overtime at 37-37.
Texas Southern got the ball first and Arana hit from 48 yards to make it 40-37. Alcorn State needed a touchdown and Robertson finished it. The totals say it was as even as the score: Alcorn State 520 yards, Texas Southern 483, and neither team threw an interception. The Tigers lost one fumble, the only turnover of the game.
Alcorn State is 2-1 and Texas Southern is 1-2. Fantasy owners got three big days out of this one: Robertson 46.5, McCoy 45.4 and Tolbert 33.2. A 22-point lead disappeared and the Braves still won, which is one way to get 43 points.