OSU-UCF Highlights: Cowboys and Knights Tied at 21 at the Half

After a week off, the Cowboys are back in Boone Pickens Stadium to take on a UCF team that is tougher than it’s 3-2 record might indicate.

We’ll share highlights of the game here, and if you want to get involved in the PFB+ Game Thread, here’s the link. Not a PFB+ subscriber? Here’s a discount.

After an early Caleb Hawkins fumble, the Knights struck first. But, the Cowboys got on the board quickly thereafter when Drew Mestemaker called his own number for an 11-yard TD run.

The perfect read doesn’t exi…

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OSU took its first lead of the game just ahead of the two-minute timeout, when Mestemaker expertly read the Knight defense and hit Justin Bowick in the end zone for a touchdown.

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But the Knights responded and tied it at 21 just before the half.

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Brutal way for UCF to go down two scores: Jenkins’ pass is a lateral, and Evan Jackson scoops it up and scores. Pokes lead 35-21 after Mestemaker runs in a 2-point conversion.

scoop, there it is

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