NCAAF Game Recap - Eastern Washington at Jacksonville State
Sat Sep 14, 2019 4:00 PM EDT

Clem
41
Syr
6
F
Bama
47
SCar
23
F
ArkSt
0
UGA
55
F
NWSt
14
LSU
65
F
Okla
48
UCLA
14
F
OSU
51
Ind
10
F
NM
14
ND
66
F
Kent
16
Aub
55
F
Fla
29
KY
21
F
IdSt
0
Utah
31
F
Tex
48
Rice
13
F
Pitt
10
PSU
17
F
Mont
3
Oreg
35
F
Lamar
3
TxAM
62
F
Stan
27
UCF
45
F
AzSt
10
MSU
7
F
Iowa
18
IASt
17
F
WaSt
31
Hou
24
F
MD
17
Temp
20
F
PorSt
10
Boise
45
F
Hawaii
20
Wash
52
F
USC
27
BYU
30
F OT
FlaSt
24
UVA
31
F
UNC
18
Wake
24
F
Kans
48
BC
24
F
K St
31
MissSt
24
F
E Mi
34
Ill
31
F
NCSt
27
WVU
44
F
Furm
17
VaTec
24
F
Chat
0
Tenn
45
F
MiaOH
13
Cin
35
F
Cit
27
GATec
24
F OT
AF
30
Colo
23
F OT
Norf
7
CoCar
46
F
FlAtl
41
Ball
31
F
Akr
24
C Mi
45
F
ECU
10
Navy
42
F
Army
31
UTSA
13
F
OkSt
40
Tuls
21
F
Mem
42
SoAl
6
F
UNLV
14
NW
30
F
GaSo
32
MIN
35
F
Mor
12
JMU
63
F
SouLA
29
Miss
40
F
Lou
38
W Ky
21
F
EWa
45
JacSt
49
F
ColSt
34
Ark
55
F
B-C
0
MiaFL
63
F
CAPly
7
OreSt
45
F
NorTx
17
Cal
23
F
SamHu
23
UND
27
F
Idaho
16
Wyo
21
F
LT
35
BGSU
7
F
SMiss
47
Troy
42
F
SCSt
16
SoFL
55
F
Buff
17
Lib
35
F
UMass
17
UNCC
52
F
Ohio
31
Marsh
33
F
GASt
10
WestMI
57
F
Murr
0
Toled
45
F
Web
13
NEV
19
F
TxSt
17
SMU
47
F
Duke
41
MidTN
18
F
UNH
17
FLInt
30
F
SEMO
0
MIZ
50
F
TxSo
6
ULLaf
77
F
TCU
34
Purd
13
F
MoStU
6
Tul
58
F
SDSU
31
NMS
10
F
NIU
8
Neb
44
F
TxTch
14
Ariz
28
F

Jacksonville State 49, Eastern Washington 45

Sep 14, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Eastern Washington (1-2)

28

7

10

0

45

Jacksonville State (2-1)

7

14

7

21

49

Cooper, Jacksonville State rally past E. Washington 49-45
Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:56 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Zerrick Cooper passed for three touchdowns and ran for one, and Michael Matthews scored the winning touchdown with 59 seconds left as No. 17 Jacksonville State rallied past No. 4 Eastern Washington 49-45 on Saturday night.

The Gamecocks (2-1) never led until Matthews scored on a 1-yard plunge to cap an 11-play, 73-yard drive that started with 4:38 to play. Eastern Washington had led from the opening kickoff, which Dre Dorton returned 90 yards for a touchdown. Eric Barriere then threw three touchdown passes and the Eagles (1-2) led 28-7 after one quarter.

On the first play of the second quarter, Marlon Bridges picked off a Barriere pass and returned it 67 yards, his school-recording-tying third pick-6 of his career.

Late in the third quarter, Barriere threw his fifth touchdown pass to put Eastern Washington on top 45-28. Cooper capped a 75-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown run, Matthews capped a 13-yard drive after a blocked point with a 3-yard run and then Matthews provided the winner.

EWU had a 469-366 yards advantage in total offense, running 88 plays to 65, but Jacksonville State dominated the fourth quarter. The Eagles had 15 plays for 12 yards while the Gamecocks had 24 plays for 109 yards. EWU, which was 14 of 23 on third-down conversions, was 4 of 10 in the second half, 0 of 4 in the fourth quarter.

Cooper was 14 of 31 for 249 yards and had 88 yards rushing. Jamari Hester had five catches for 133 yards.

Barriere went 24 of 43 for 294 yards, but was 1 of 8 for 12 yards in the fourth. Antoine Custer carried 28 times for a career-high 184 yards.

Passing

EWa Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
E. Barriere 43 24 55.8 5 294 51 2 96.5
A. Boston 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6
JacSt Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
Z. Cooper 31 14 45.2 3 249 52 1 92.0

Rushing

EWa Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
A. Custer Jr. 28 184 6.6 62 0
S. Perreiah 4 11 2.8 5 0
JacSt Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
Z. Cooper 18 88 4.9 19 1
M. Matthews 7 13 1.9 6 2

Receiving

EWa Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
T. Limu-Jones 2 89 44.5 51 1
A. Boston 7 68 9.7 36 1
JacSt Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Hester 5 133 26.6 52 1
J. Pearson 3 53 17.7 29 1

Fumbles

EWa F FL
A. Custer Jr. 1 0

Returning

EWa KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
D. Dorton 2 51.5 1 90 0 0 0
J. Edwards IV 1 3.0 0 3 0 0 0
JacSt KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
Y. Gowdy 4 20.3 0 23 0 0 0
D. Byrd 0 0 0 2 4.5 0 6

Punting

EWa Punt Yds Avg LgPu
T. Bowens 4 147 36.8 42
JacSt Punt Yds Avg LgPu
P. Knight 4 163 40.8 67
J. Pierce 2 103 51.5 55

Takeaways

EWa Int Yds InTD
M. Johnson 1 0 0
JacSt Int Yds InTD
M. Bridges 1 67 1
Y. Gowdy 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

EWa JacSt
Points For 45 49
Total Yards 469 366
Rushing Yards 175 117
Passing Yards 294 249
Passing Completions / Attempts 24/44 14/31
Turnovers 2 2
Interceptions Thrown 2 1
Fumbles - Lost 1/0 1/1
First Downs 22 18
Penalties - Yards 6/52 3/14
Time Of Possession 13:13 47:47
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 14/23 5/13
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/2 1/1
Punts - Average Yards 5/32 6/44

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter EWa JacSt
EWa 00:13 TD Dre' Sonte Dorton 90 yd kick return (Seth Harrison kick) 7 0
EWa 05:31 TD Andrew Boston 7 yd pass from Eric Barriere (Seth Harrison kick) 14 0
JacSt 06:47 TD Jamari Hester 52 yd pass from Zerrick Cooper (Bryant Wallace kick) 14 7
EWa 11:27 TD Jayson Williams 9 yd pass from Eric Barriere (Seth Harrison kick) 21 7
EWa 12:56 TD Jayce Gilder 8 yd pass from Eric Barriere (Seth Harrison kick) 28 7
2nd Quarter EWa JacSt
JacSt 00:14 TD Marlon Bridges 67 yd interception return (Bryant Wallace kick) 28 14
JacSt 04:52 TD Josh Pearson 9 yd pass from Zerrick Cooper (Bryant Wallace kick) 28 21
EWa 08:34 TD Jayson Williams 10 yd pass from Eric Barriere (Seth Harrison kick) 35 21
3rd Quarter EWa JacSt
JacSt 02:28 TD Michael Matthews 19 yd pass from Zerrick Cooper (Bryant Wallace kick) 35 28
EWa 04:59 FG Seth Harrison 22 yd FG 38 28
EWa 11:56 TD Talolo Limu-Jones 51 yd pass from Eric Barriere (Seth Harrison kick) 45 28
4th Quarter EWa JacSt
JacSt 00:11 TD Zerrick Cooper 15 yd run (Bryant Wallace kick) 45 35
JacSt 09:05 TD Michael Matthews 3 yd run (Bryant Wallace kick) 45 42
JacSt 14:01 TD Michael Matthews 1 yd run (Bryant Wallace kick) 45 49

Game Information

Stadium: Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium, Jacksonville, Alabama
Attendance: 20,901
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