Tanner Lee found Stanley Morgan, Jr., for the huge 80 -
yard touchdown late in the second quarter, then drove the offense again to a field goal before half time to cut the lead to seven.
Not exact matches
Two plays
later, Barrett scores his 48th career
touchdown from a
yard out.
Their offense was decent, and aside from a
late glitch against MTSU (the Blue Raiders only gained 368
yards against Illinois, but 153 came in two
late touchdowns drives), the defense was impenetrable.
A seven -
yard touchdown run from Eli Stove gives the Tigers new life heading
late into the fourth quarter.
Later in the first quarter, they allowed Atlanta to embark on an 88 -
yard touchdown drive, despite the Falcons going at it without their two best receivers.
Marcus Mariota solidified his Heisman candidacy with a 23/32, 327 -
yard, two -
touchdown performance as Oregon methodically pulled away from Washington State
late Saturday night, but the story of the game was on the losing sideline.
That is what the Green Bay defense did when receiver DeSean Jackson scored an apparent receiving
touchdown, then was ruled out at the Green Bay 1 -
yard line
late in the first quarter.
While credit for one of the
touchdowns went all to the receiver — running back Mark Thompson broke approximately six tackles in his 85 -
yard catch - and - rumble
late in the second quarter — Appleby was also 5 - for - 6 for 62
yards in the 80 -
yard, third - quarter
touchdown drive that all but sealed the game.
Taylor Martinez would score on a 38 -
yard run, and he'd add a second
touchdown through the air five minutes
later.
Rod Perry got Foreman with a driving swipe at the two -
yard line, but two plays
later he went over for the
touchdown.
And
later in the same period he gave it one of these and one of those and was outside and away for 16
yards and a
touchdown.
Five plays
later Aikman threw a six -
yard touchdown pass to tight end Eric Bjornson to send the game into overtime, and then he completed all five of his pass attempts in OT to set up Chris Boniol's game - deciding 29 -
yard field goal.
He hauled in a Kevin Hogan pass for a 50 -
yard score just three minutes
later, then caught a 12 -
yard touchdown pass to finish a seven - play drive.
South Carolina only pulled away
late after a Mike Davis two
yard touchdown run, and then this pass out of the Wildcat formation by Pharoh Cooper.
The freshman broke out
late in November, rushing 36 times for 233
yards (6.5 per carry) and four
touchdowns in LSU's final three games.
The Cyclones would rally with one fourth quarter
touchdown on a Jeff Woody two
yard rush, but after Kansas State kicked a
late field goal, Iowa State's last drive was snuffed out before they could escape their own territory.
First, Bennie Fowler should've gone down instead of scoring a 76 -
yard touchdown with three minutes left in regulation, and Gary Kubiak's decision to try a 62 -
yard field goal on fourth - and - 10
late in overtime was also costly.
Two plays
later, Jake Coker connected with O.J. Howard on a 51 -
yard touchdown pass, and Alabama had a lead it would never again relinquish.
There were those two AFC Championship Games: the one in Cleveland in January 1987, after John Elway drove the Denver Broncos 98
yards to tie the game with 39 seconds left in regulation — a series forever known as the Drive — then took them down the field again in overtime to keep Schottenheimer's Browns out of the Super Bowl; and the one in Denver a year
later, after Cleveland's Earnest Byner fumbled with 1:12 left while going in for what would have been the tying
touchdown — a play forever known as the Fumble.
A fourth - down, 30 -
yard touchdown pass from Charley Johnson to Bill Gambrell
late in the game lifted them past winless New York (0 -4-1) 24 - 19.
Kessler completed 18 of 32 passes for 221
yards, a
touchdown, and a pick, but the interception came
late in the fourth quarter, and his night will be remembered mostly for getting sacked by Jack Cichy on three consecutive plays
late in the third quarter.
His 65 -
yard rush in the first quarter set the tone for LSU's ground dominance and he scored his only
touchdown to finish the drive off three plays
later.
Washington TE Jordan Reed: Just remember 87 receptions, over 900
yards and 11
touchdowns later, that if it weren't for Niles Paul and Logan Ryan both getting hurt in the preseason Reed might not have even been in Washington this season.
To add insult to injury for the Giants» defense, Packers fullback Aaron Ripkowski added a 1 -
yard touchdown run
late in the fourth quarter.
Tony Romo thumbed his nose at those that would question his ability to make big plays
late in games, leading the Cowboys on a seven - play, 80 -
yard touchdown drive to give the Cowboys a huge win on the road against the Giants.
Romo threw for a career - high 506
yards and five
touchdowns in a
late afternoon punch - drunk barnburner against the Denver Broncos in 2013.
The Williams thumbnail: Kicked off UConn's team in 2013 for stealing a teammate's credit card and using it... enrolled in a tiny Brooklyn college trying to get his football career back... enrolled at Utah in 2015... Quit Utah's team in September 2016, telling head coach Kyle Whittingham he couldn't deal with the mental pressure he was going through... Returned to the team at the coaches» request a month
later when three backs got injured... After a month away from any physical activity, he ran for 179
yards against Oregon State, and then, in his second game, he set the Rose Bowl stadium record for a college running back, rushing for 332
yards and four
touchdowns in a Utah win over UCLA.
Cam Newton connected with Greg Olsen for a 47 -
yard touchdown that made it a tie game
later in the first quarter.
In the rematch on Sunday, a 17 - 14 Dallas win at Texas Stadium, Dishman had the upper hand until
late in the game, when Irvin caught four passes for 64
yards, including the game - tying
touchdown.
That double coverage freed up tight end Eric Bjornson (five catches, 49
yards, two drops) and neophyte wideout Deion Sanders, who set up the game - clinching
touchdown late in the fourth quarter by catching a 10 -
yard slant pass on third - and - nine from the Cardinals» 23.
A week
later Brady completed 34 of 46 passes for 369
yards and four
touchdowns to beat Alabama 35 — 34.
There became two sides to Marcus: the unstoppable running back, who broke 42 tackles in a 17 - 6 win over Georgia on Sept. 11 and
later stormed for 212
yards and three
touchdowns in a 36 - 14 blowout of Florida on Nov. 13, or the shut - in, who was so popular at school there were times he could only sit idly by as notes and autograph requests were slipped by the handful under his dorm room door.
Newton, the 2011 Offensive Rookie of the Year, has been the main catalyst for the
late - season surge, tallying 1,540 total
yards (1,227 passing, 313 rushing) and 14
touchdowns over the past five games.
Jones caught a 27 -
yard touchdown pass
late in the first quarter that opened the scoring.
It was seemingly based on a presumption that its skill athletes could best receivers like the 5» 9 Jackson, who finished with 111 total
yards and two
touchdowns and
later ran a 4.37 at the NFL combine.
Fifteen plays
later Elway completed his sixth pass of the drive — known thereafter as The Drive — a five -
yard guided - missile
touchdown to Mark Jackson.
In 2013, Romo threw for 506
yards and five
touchdowns against the Denver Broncos, and headlines afterwards focused on the one
late interception he threw in a 51 - 48 loss.
After a field goal
late in the third, Cameron threw his fourth
touchdown pass of the game, connecting with Myles White for 38
yards.
Louisville running backs gained just 43
yards, and while UL created seven scoring opportunities, the Cardinals scored only three
touchdowns, settled for two field goals, punted once, and turned the ball over on downs
late.
In OT, he bounced back from a sack that lost 16
yards on first down to orchestrate a game - winning, 41 -
yard touchdown one play
later and deliver a 26 - 23 victory and an Alabama championship.
Late in the fourth quarter of Bridgeport (Conn.) Central's Sept. 15 game against rival Bassick High, Central's Paul Lumfuakiadiran up the middle 24
yards for his first varsity
touchdown.
On his next snap, barely a minute
later, Stanzi faked a handoff, took three steps to his right and delivered a gorgeous bomb to junior wideout Derrell Johnson - Koulianos for a 66 -
yard touchdown that gave Iowa its first lead, 28 — 24.
Running back Josh Cleveland, who rushed for 242 (9.3 per carry) and a
touchdown in those three
late wins and had easily the best efficiency (44 percent of his carries gained at least five
yards) and explosiveness (6.5 highlight
yards per opportunity) among BGSU backs.
Later, with the 49ers leading 17 - 13 in the fourth quarter, Aldon Smith jumped offsides, and with the play still alive Russell Wilson throws a 35 -
yard touchdown pass.
Nine plays
later the offense scored its first
touchdown of 2002, a bulldozing one -
yard run from sophomore back Ryan Grant, who finished with a career - high 132
yards on 28 carries.
Running back Fred Coppet, who erupted for 381
yards (6.9 per carry) and five
touchdowns in those three
late wins.
One year
later, he filled Matthew Dayes» vacated role as the team's featured back and ran for 1,113
yards and 12
touchdowns as NC State won nine games for just the second time since 2003.
Hunt scored his fifth
touchdown from a
yard out to give the Rockets a 49 - 31 lead early in the fourth quarter, but ASU scored 90 seconds
later.
Three minutes
later Hughes returned a punt 85
yards for another Texas Western
touchdown, and
late in the third quarter Wallace, standing on the goal line while fending off the New Mexico safety man, pulled in a 41 -
yard Stevens pass for the final score of the game and an eventual 21 - 6 victory.
UPDATE: Jamaal Charles returned to the field for the Chiefs
late in the second quarter, and scored a
touchdown on an 18 -
yard touchdown reception to give Kansas City a 14 - 6 lead.