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38
FURMAN FUR 10-3 , 7-1
41
Winner UIW UIW 11-1 , 5-1
FURMAN FUR
10-3 , 7-1
38
Final
41
UIW UIW
11-1 , 5-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
FUR FURMAN 17 0 7 14 38
UIW UIW 14 14 3 10 41

Game Recap: Football | | Kevin Malcolm Jr.

Football Advances to Quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs

SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word football team picked up a 41-38 win over No. 11 Furman University to advance to the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs for the first time in program history.
 
Walter Payton Award finalist, Lindsey Scott Jr. had another impressive outing for the Cardinals finishing with five touchdowns, 394 passing yards, and 139 rushing yards. Scott rounded out the game with a game-winning TD pass to freshman Kole Wilson while setting the FCS single-season records for TDs responsible for (62) and points responsible for (378). Darion Chafin picked up three touchdowns on 166 yards.
 
Marcus Cooper broke the single-season rushing yard record with 1148 yards while Chafin holds the record for reception yards in a single season with 1155 and touchdowns in a season with 16. Carson Mohr finished the game with two field goals to hold the career field goals made record with 26.
 
On the first series of the game, Scott's pass was picked off for a touchdown by Cally Chizik. The Cardinals responded with a nine-play 75-yard drive that ended with a falling away pass from Scott to a somersaulting Chafin, tying the game at seven. The Cardinal defense then forced Furman to punt, opening up the door for a 95-yard drive which once again ended with a touchdown pass from Scott to Chafin.
 
With under five minutes left in the quarter, the Paladins offense gained 49 yards before dropping two passes and settling for a field goal, making the score 14-10 UIW. On the following drive, Furman punched it in with a two-yard run from Dominic Roberto to take the lead, 17-14.
 
The Cardinals went on to score 14 unanswered points with Scott finding his two best targets, Taylor Grimes and Chafin, for long touchdown passes giving UIW a 28-17 lead going into the half.
 
In the third quarter, both defenses fell into a rhythm with only three points being scored through the first 12 minutes of the second half. At the end of the quarter, Tyler Huff ran in an 11-yard run cutting the lead to seven (31-24). Huff would go on to score two more times, one on the ground and one in the air, to retake the lead with 6:55 left in the game.
 
After turning the ball over on downs, UIW needed to make a stop and with only 27 seconds coming off of the game clock the Cardinals forced the Paladins to punt. On the following drive on third- and-10 Scott found Wilson for a 32-yard touchdown pass to give UIW a 41-38 lead with 1:54 left in the game.
 
On the final drive of the game, UIW gave up 30 yards in pass interference penalties but made up for it with an interception by Elliot Davinson to secure the win for the Cardinals.
 
UIW is set to travel to Sacramento State for the FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals on Friday, Dec. 9 at 9:30 p.m. CT. 
 
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