Western Illinois Scores 18 in a Row to Beat Tennessee State
Western Illinois was down 21-10 in the fourth quarter, and then it scored 18 points without an answer. The last six came on a Kennedy McGill 16-yard run with 52 seconds left, and Western Illinois won 28-21.
The comeback started with 11:50 left, when Ronan Culkin kicked a 30-yard field goal to make it 21-13. Jake Kruger followed 42 seconds later with a 43-yard interception return, and McGill ran in the two-point try, so it was 21-21. Tennessee State, which had not scored since early in the third, never got back on the board. That pick-six is the swing: Tennessee State threw two interceptions and lost a fumble in the game, Western Illinois one of each.
Tennessee State had the middle of the game. After a Culkin 24-yard field goal, Cam Bulluck caught a 25-yard touchdown from Daylin Lee, and a 33-yard McGill touchdown pass answered it. Lee ran in from 4 yards with 44 seconds left in the half for a 14-10 lead, and he threw a 2-yard touchdown to Bulluck midway through the third for 21-10. That made four lead changes in all.
Cam Bulluck had two touchdown catches for Tennessee State, and six of Western Illinois's 28 points came from the defense, on the pick-six. Western Illinois ran 36 times for 250 yards, 188 of them McGill's, and had 491 total yards to 318. Western Illinois is 2-2, Tennessee State 1-3.
Daylin Lee completed 22 of 42 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns, and the two interceptions he threw are what he will remember. For fantasy, McGill was the player of the week at 40.4 Promethium points.