UT Rio Grande Valley Wins in Overtime at Central Arkansas
Broderick Taylor had nine carries all season before this game. He had eight more on Saturday, and the last one went 25 yards for the overtime touchdown that gave UT Rio Grande Valley a 30-27 win at Central Arkansas.
It took the full distance. The game was tied four times and the lead changed four times, and the biggest hole either team dug was seven. UTRGV opened 7-0 on a 2-yard Garret Rangel run, Central Arkansas answered with a 27-yard run from Enoch Assan and a 24-yard pass from Donovyn Omolo to Arlie Lee, and from there it was a trade. Taylor's 14-yard run made it 21-14 in the third quarter, Omolo tied it at 21 with a 13-yard run, and UTRGV took a 24-21 lead on a 24-yard Brysen Gardner field goal with 1:48 left.
That should have been the end of it. Central Arkansas kicked a 37-yarder with 15 seconds on the clock to tie it at 24, and then added a 23-yard field goal on its first overtime possession to lead 27-24. That left the visitors needing to answer. Taylor did it on one run.
The yardage was almost dead even, 418 for UTRGV and 412 for Central Arkansas, and each side threw one interception. Central Arkansas ran 49 times for 233 yards and sacked Rangel three times, and still lost.
Rangel and Taylor were the lead story for the winners, but Kyran Lee caught five passes for 65 yards and a score, and Central Arkansas had Dakarai Anderson with seven catches for 96 yards. Plenty of production on both sides, just one more score for one of them.
UTRGV is 3-3. Central Arkansas drops to 1-5 after leading in overtime. For fantasy, Omolo (26.8) and Rangel (23.3) led the way, while Taylor's two touchdowns made 18.8 out of nowhere.