Saturday, October 31 – All recaps courtesy of the Associated Press
Appalachian State 44, Troy 41 (3OT)
BOONE, N.C. (AP) Appalachian State's Zach Matics kicked a 24-yard field goal after the Mountaineers had stuffed a fake field-goal attempt for a 44-41 victory over Troy on Saturday night in triple overtime.
After both teams had scored a touchdown in the first overtime and traded field goals in the second, Matics gave the Mountaineers (7-1, 4-0 Sun Belt) the lead. Troy had a fourth-and-2 at the Mountaineers 5 and lined up for a kick. But holder John Johnson tossed a shovel pass to Clark Quisenberry, who was stopped for no gain.
Troy (2-6, 1-3) sent the game into overtime when Brandon Silvers threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Teddy Ruben with 3:49 remaining. Silvers finished with 265 yards passing, completing 27 of 41 attempts. He was intercepted twice.
Appalachian State's Taylor Lamb was 16 of 26 for 184 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He also ran for two scores. Marcus Cox rushed for 144 yards on 30 carries.
Arkansas State 48, Georgia State 34
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Warren Wand ran for 119 yards and a touchdown as Arkansas State pulled away to beat Georgia State 48-34 Saturday night.
Nick Arbuckle completed a 9-yard touchdown to Keith Rucker to make it 27-20 before half.
Arkansas State (5-3, 4-0 Sun Belt) tied it when Fredi Knighten hit Dijon Paschal for 26 yards. But that lead lasted 14 seconds because on the ensuing kickoff Marquan Greene raced 100 yards to put the Panthers back up 34-27.
Knighten found Tres Houston who made a leaping 3-yard catch to tie it at 34 to start the fourth.
Nehemia Wagner intercepted Arbuckle on Georgia State's next drive to set up Johnston White's 3-yard run for the go-ahead score. Wand's 60-yard touchdown run sealed the game.
Arbuckle threw for 390 yards and two scores as the Panthers fell to (2-5, 1-2). Knighten was 21 for 29 for 224 yards, three touchdowns and two picks.
UL Lafayette 30, UL Monroe 24
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Brooks Haack threw for a TD and ran for another and UL Lafayette cashed in on a blocked punt and penalty to rally to beat UL Monroe 30-24 Saturday in the 51st Battle on the Bayou rivalry game.
Held to 90 total yards of offense in the first half and trailing 24-9 at halftime, the Ragin' Cajuns (3-4, 2-1 Sun Belt) scored 21 unanswered points in the second half and won it on a 64-yard TD pass from Haack to Jamal Robinson in the fourth quarter.
Elijah McGuire scored on a 5-yard run in the third quarter to pull within 24-16 and Haack made it 24-22 after a 13-yard TD run that was setup up by a punt blocked by Chaiziere Malbrue. The drive had sputtered, but the Warhawks (1-7, 0-4) were called for roughing the punter and UL Lafayette kept the ball.
Garret Smith was 16-of-35 for 265 yards passing with three TD passes for the Warhawks, who have lost their sixth straight.
New Mexico State 55, Idaho 48 (OT)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) Larry Rose III scored on 1-yard runs three times in the fourth quarter to bring New Mexico State back from a 23-point deficit to start the second half, then punched in from the 2 in overtime to lift the Aggies to their first win in eight tries for a 55-48 OT win over Idaho Saturday night.
Idaho (3-5, 2-3 Sun Belt) took a 20-0 lead in the second half and Matt Linehan scored on a 19-yard run to make it 40-21 with 14:13 left in regulation.
Andrew Allen hit Royce Caldwelll with a 61-yard touchdown pass to spark the comeback and Rose crunched in three times in a span of 9 minutes, tying the game at 48-48 with :51 left.
Rose and New Mexico State (1-7, 1-3) scored first in overtime and sealed the win when Terrill Hanks picked off Linehan.
Rose finished with 212 yards on 25 carries.