Cal Poly Takes the Lead Late and Beats Eastern Washington 31-27
Six lead changes, no ties, and one touchdown pass in the final minute and a half. Cal Poly beat Eastern Washington 31-27, and the winning score came with 1:03 left on a 23-yard throw from Anthony Grigsby Jr. to Tayvion McCoy.
Cal Poly scored first, a 31-yard pass to Ray Hall, and Eastern Washington came back with a 35-yard David Cabrera touchdown (the extra point was blocked, so 7-6) and a 6-yard Nate Bell pass to Jamai East. That put Eastern Washington up 13-7. Jaden Green answered with a 55-yard run 34 seconds later, and the teams spent the third quarter trading blows. Bell ran in from 13 yards to make it 20-14, Green ran 53 yards to make it 21-20, and Kevin Allen III scored from 4 yards for 27-21.
Josue Lopez kicked a 43-yard field goal with 3:00 left in the third, which made it 27-24 Eastern Washington entering the fourth. No one scored again until the McCoy touchdown, which was the only scoring play of the fourth quarter.
Green carried 28 times for 269 yards. Cal Poly ran for 265 yards as a team and Eastern Washington ran for 87 on 43 carries, so Eastern Washington lived on Bell's arm (253 yards). Both teams threw two interceptions, and Cal Poly also lost a fumble, but it sacked Bell five times to Eastern Washington's two.
Cal Poly is 2-1, Eastern Washington 1-3. For fantasy, Green was a clear first at 38.9, and Bell scored 28.4 in a loss.