Chris Ewald kicked two 40-plus yard field goals and Stephen Jones added a touchdown run, all in the fourth quarter, as Arkansas-Pine Bluff rallied past SWAC foe Alcorn State, 39-35, at Jack Spinks Stadium in Lorman, Mississippi Thurday night.
Ewald booted a 49-yard field goal and added a 42-yarder to force the Braves to go for the touchdown instead of three points as time ran out.
Jones scored the go-ahead touchdown for the Golden Lions (4-3, 3-2) from 10 yards out, after Ewald's first field goal, to make the score 36-35.
Alcorn State (3-4, 2-3) almost declawed the Golden Lions when quarterback Brandon Bridge led the Braves all the way to the UAPB 3-yard line for first & goal. But Bridge, who rushed for 55 yards on the drive, couldn't break UAPB's goal-line stand and turned the ball over on downs.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff seemed to have the game in hand, coming out of the halftime break with a 27-14 lead.
Bridge, however, connected with Edward Johnson with scoring passes of seven and 31 yards. Bridge then ran in the second of his two touchdowns, from a yard out to put ASU up 35-27.
UAPB went up 27-14 on three touchdown runs from Adrian Moore and an 84-yard interception return from James Harrell.
Bridge finished the game with almost all of ASU's 472 yards of total offense. He completed 17 of 39 passes for 271 yards and two scores, but was picked off three times. He also carried 18 times for 142 yards and two touchdowns.
Johnson had six receptions for 138 yards and two scores.
Moore paced UAPB with 88 rushing yards on 15 carries.
UAPB host Grambling State Oct. 30 at 3:30 p.m.
Alcorn State will take on Southern at Jack Spinks Stadium Oct. 30 at 3 p.m.
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