UL Monroe Scores 18 in the Last 2:34 to Stun Troy
Troy led 14-3 with 6:16 left. UL Monroe was winless. Then it scored three touchdowns in 2:34 of game time, the last of them with no time left, and won 21-14.
The first came on a 12-yard pass from Aidan Armenta to Bryce Anderson at 2:34, and the two-point try failed, so it was 14-9. Armenta found Darrion Gilliam from 16 yards with 0:15 to go for the lead, 15-14, and the two-point pass failed again. Billy Pullen then returned a fumble for a touchdown as the clock hit 0:00. That makes 18 points on the last three scores, and Troy scored zero on any of them.
Up to then, Troy had done it the slow way. Gavin Griffin scored on a 5-yard pass from Tucker Kilcrease in the first quarter and a 1-yard run in the fourth, while UL Monroe had only a 35-yard Abram Murray field goal. Troy ran 47 times for 153 yards and threw for 47. That is not a typo. It also threw an interception and lost a fumble.
UL Monroe, meanwhile, had 243 total yards, threw no interceptions and sacked Troy four times. It lost a fumble of its own, and the late burst was still enough.
Armenta went 13 of 22 for 147 yards, and the two late touchdown passes were two of his 13 completions. Jordan Lovett ran 17 times for 70 yards for Troy and Zachary Palmer-Smith added 11 carries for 51 for UL Monroe, so the ground game kept both offenses on the field. A win is a win, and for a 1-6 team this one counts.
UL Monroe is now 1-6 and Troy is 3-4. Troy backers will want the last three minutes back.