Howard Rallies From 14 Down, Wins 26-20 on an Overtime Pick-Six
Cameron Edge threw 33 passes, completed 23 of them and had Morgan State up 20-6 with 13:26 left in the fourth quarter. Then he threw one to the wrong team in overtime, and Ben Chandler IV took it 87 yards the other way. Howard won 26-20 and the game ended right there, because a pick-six in overtime is the whole ballgame.
It was a field goal game for a long time. Alex Amaya kicked a 42-yarder and a 29-yarder for Morgan State, Matt Conord answered with a 38-yarder early in the second quarter and a 27-yarder just before halftime, and it was 6-6 at the break. Morgan State pulled away in the second half on two Edge touchdown passes, 36 yards to Joseph Towler in the third quarter and 14 yards to Alex Simmons in the fourth, for that 20-6 lead.
Howard needed 14 points in the last 13 minutes and got exactly 14. Isaiah Freeman ran in from 2 yards out with 7:46 left, then threw a 4-yard touchdown to Billy Roberson II with 3:09 left to tie it at 20-20. Nobody scored the rest of regulation, and the extra period lasted one play from the scoring side.
The yardage says Howard won with its legs. Howard threw for just 80 yards but ran for 166 (to 99 for Morgan State) and committed zero turnovers. Morgan State had 294 total yards to Howard's 246, plus the one interception. That is a tough way to lose a game you led by two touchdowns. Howard is 3-2 now and Morgan State is 4-2.
For fantasy, Edge still led everyone at 18.6, and the two Howard guys behind him each had a season-high game. I would not have guessed that from the passing totals.