Louisiana Tech Rallies from 12 Down to Beat Louisiana
Louisiana Tech scored 13 points in the last 11 minutes and won 32-31, after trailing 31-19 with 11:34 left. It missed a PAT and two two-point tries along the way, and it still won by exactly one. Funny game.
Blake Baker threw a touchdown to Eli Finley to open the scoring, and Louisiana answered with a Lunch Winfield run and a Tony Sterner field goal to lead 10-7. Baker found Jalen Mickens from 14 yards to make it 13-10 (the PAT failed), but JJ Garner and Trenton Chaney each ran for touchdowns in the third and Louisiana led 24-13 after three.
The fourth was a mess for one side and a recital for the other. Mickens ran in from three yards to cut it to 24-19, and then KeDarius Wade caught a 45-yard touchdown from Winfield to push the lead to 31-19. Baker answered with a 12-yard run at 3:44, and with 46 seconds left he threw seven yards to Finley for the lead. A failed two-point run left it 32-31, and that is how it ended.
Louisiana Tech out-gained Louisiana 486 yards to 399. Louisiana threw 2 interceptions and lost a fumble, while Tech lost two fumbles of its own and threw none. Tech improves to 3-2, and Louisiana falls to 4-2.
For fantasy, the three top scorers all played for Tech. Baker had his best game of the season, and both of his top targets scored twice. Louisiana's best fantasy scorer did not make the top three at all, which tells you how one-sided the points were even in a one-point game.