SACRAMENTO, California — Lindsey Scott Jr.. throw four touchdown passes to break the Football Championship Division record and take two points as the seventh-seeded Incarnate Word rallied to beat second-seeded Sacramento State 66-63 in the quarterfinals of the round. knockout on Friday night.
It was the highest scoring FCS knockout in history and Scott, who set an FCS record with his 59th touchdown pass of the season, was the difference as the Cardinals (12-1) handed the Hornets over. (12-1) their first goal loss. Incarnate Word will have a 9-match winning streak in the trip to meet the 3rd seed North Dakota in the semifinals next weekend.
Scott, in his seventh college football season with five teams, overcame the 57 touchdowns Jeremiah Briscoe threw for Sam Houston State in 2016. Scott has at least one more game left to catch up to the all-time leader of the team. Western Kentucky’s NCAA Bailey Zappe, who threw 62 in 2021. LSU’s Joe Burrow had 60 passes of TD in 2019.
Scott scored on the 64-yard track in the first game of the fourth quarter and UIW made it 45-34. Bang Sac used a trick — running against Cameron Skattebo’s 19-yard touch to throw Marshal Martin — to pull within four points when the game is down to 12:08. Shang bang recovered an inner kick, Jake Dunniway connected with Martin for a 14-yard touchdown in third and 10th and the Hornets led 48-45 with 10:12 remaining.
The lead lasted 41 seconds before Marcus Cooper scored on the 67-yard run for UIW. The Cardinals fired Asher O’Hara, the other half of Bang Sac’s QB complex, forced to fumble Kelechi Anyalebechi bounced up and returned to the end of the field 55 yards to lead 59-48 with 8:24 to go through.
Sac State responded with Dunniway’s 10-yard touchdown pass for Pierre Williams and two points run by Marcus Fulcher to get in within 59-56 with 4:57 left. Another successful free-kick sent the ball to the Hornets at their own 43-yard line. Fulcher’s 10-yard run gave Sac State his first goal and first goal at the Cardinals’ 2. After losing to O’Hara at 2 yards, Martin scored at nearly 4 yards and Sac State scored. 63-59 lead with 1:43 left.
That was enough time for Scott to connect with Taylor Grimes for a 21-yard touchdown and a 66-63 lead with 27 seconds left. Dunniway’s Hail Mary pass to the end of the field was incomplete in the final inning.
Incarnate Word dominated the second quarter, turning two turns into touchdowns to take a 28-17 lead after halftime.
Scott finished 19/31 for 219 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. He also dashed 166 yards and scored two points, becoming only the second FCS player in 25 seasons to cross the 200 yards and four touchdowns, while dashing over 150 yards and two touchdowns in one. matches, according to ESPN Information & Statistics. Jalen Morton of Prairie View A&M made the feat in 2018 against Alabama State.
Dunniway completed 19 of 32 228-yard passes with two touchdowns and two interceptions for Sac State, who were playing in their first quarter-final. O’Hara completed 14 of 23 158-yard passes and scored.
Sac Bang ran 109 times, piled up 738 yards. UIW ran 73 runs and achieved 579 yards. The Hornets won possession at 17:02.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
