MONROE, La.?ULM backup
quarterback Trey Revell threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to J.J. McCoy with 34
seconds left in the game to lift the Warhawks past Troy 31-30 Saturday night in
Malone Stadium to knock the Trojans from the ranks of the unbeaten in Sun Belt
Conference play.
Revell, in the game in place
of an injured Kinsmon Lancaster, rushed for 29 yards on the drive and went
4-for-4 passing for 41 yards. He
finished the game 5-for-5 for 44 yards.
Troy returned the ensuing
kickoff to its 49-yard line and a five-yard ULM penalty pushed the ball across
midfield to the Warhawk 46-yard line.
Levi Brown completed 1-of-3
attempts on the drive to set up a Sam Glusman 56-yard field goal attempt to win
the game. The kick, which caught the
entire stadium off guard, bounced off the crossbar and fell just short to
preserve the Warhawk victory.
The game was a wild
back-and-forth affair that featured seven lead changes, five of which came in
the final 19 minutes of the game.
After the Trojans (5-3, 4-1
Sun Belt) rattled off 17 unanswered points to close out the first half, ULM
(3-6, 2-3) stormed back with a pair of Lancaster touchdown passes. He struck first on a five-yard pass to
tight end Mitch Doyle and then found running back Frank Goodin from 13-yards
out ? the senior signal caller now has 34 career touchdown passes, fourth best
in school history.
Lancaster was 15-for-26 for
125 yards before suffering an injury around the 10-minute mark of the fourth
quarter.
This was ULM's third game this
season decided by one point. The
Warhawks suffered heartbreaking losses to Arkansas (28-27) and Florida Atlantic
(29-28).
DuJuan Harris broke off a
45-yard touchdown run in the waning minutes of the third quarter to give the
Trojans a 24-22 advantage.
The Warhawks came right back
down the field and regained the lead on a career-long 48-yard field goal by
Radi Jabour.
After each team failed to
score on their next possession, Troy marched the ball 84 yards on nine plays to
take a 30-25 lead on a Brown 29-yard touchdown pass to Harris. Brown's two-point conversion attempt was
intercepted by Greg James leaving the margin at five and setting up Revell's heroics.
The Warhawks begin a three-game
road swing to end the season next Saturday at Middle Tennessee in conference
action.
Scoring Summary
ULM?McNeal 7-yard run (Jabour
kick blocked), 7:10, 1st
ULM?Jordan safety, 6:52, 1st
TROY?Davis 11-yard pass from
Brown (Glusman kick), 3:11, 1st
TROY?Glusman 47-yard FG, 9:02,
2nd
TROY?Williams 5-yard pass from
Brown (Glusman kick), 5:26, 2nd
ULM?Doyle 5-yard pass from
Lancaster (Jabour kick), 11:07, 3rd
ULM?Goodin 13-yard pass from
Lancaster (Jabour kick), 3:40, 3rd
TROY?Harris 45-yard run (Glusman
kick), 1:49, 3rd
ULM?Jabour 48-yard FG, 12:57,
4th
TROY?Harris 29-yard pass from
Brown (Brown pass intercepted), 4:58, 4th
ULM?McCoy 7-yard pass from
Revell (Revell rush failed), 0:34, 4th
ULM Game Notes:
* Wide receiver Darrell McNeal's
seven-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was his fourth rushing touchdown
of the season, which leads the team
* Quarterback Kinsmon
Lancaster moved into a tie for fourth place all-time in school history with
Doug Pederson with his 33rd career touchdown pass ? a five-yard
strike in the third quarter to Mitch Doyle
* Mitch Doyle's five-yard
touchdown reception in the third quarter was the second of his career
* Lancaster moved into sole
possession of fourth place with his 13-yard pass to Frank Goodin in the third
quarter
* Goodin's touchdown reception
was the second of the season and third of the running backs' career
* Radi Jabour's 48-yard field
goal in the fourth quarter was a career-high and tied for the 22nd
longest in school history
* Cardia Jackson recorded his
second career interception picking off Levi Brown in the fourth quarter ? it was
Brown's first career interception on his 104th pass attempt
* Trey Revell's touchdown pass in the fourth quarter was the fourth of his career
ULM senior Larry Shappley
On the play of Trey Revell
Trey is a great competitor. He
got in there and was ready to go when his number was called. It was terrible to
lose Kinsmon, but we were just mad at the way he went out. Trey stepped in
there and he was ready to roll. He just put it on his back and there was no
reason why we wouldn't sit there and protect him. He ended up pulling it out.
On getting the win
We have had so many games come
down to the closing seconds. Against Middle Tennessee last year we were up big
and lost in the last seconds. We just tried to keep everybody focused. He
almost made it. Everybody was just holding their breath, but he didn't. It is
great to win one like that.
On getting the win
It shows that our team has a
lot of fight in it. Things haven't gone the way we wanted them to this year. We
never let up. With turnovers we kept battling back. Our team is a good team.
ULM junior Cardia Jackson
On getting the win
We are happy for this win.
Troy has a good team and at 4-0 were leading the conference. Coach always talks
about it being a game of inches and you can see with the ball hitting the
bottom of the goalposts that is what it is.
On the missed Troy field goal
It was a good kick, but it
still fell our way.
ULM kicker Radi Jabour
On his career-long field goal
We won by one point tonight ?
one field goal ? and that is the difference in the game. Last week we lost by
one point. I guess I got my job done tonight, but that was tonight. Tomorrow is
another day. I just have to go back and keep working on it and hopefully make
every single one. That is my goal.
ULM sophomore Trey Revell
On having to go into the game
That is the role of the backup
quarterback throughout the nation. You have to step in and lead your team.
Kinsmon is a strong leader on the team and a great ball player. I just had to
step in and do my best and pick up where he left off. Carry on where he left
off.
On the last drive
Our players made great plays.
Zeek's catch over the middle ? he went out for it. There was no doubt he was
going to catch that ball. J.J.'s catch on the goalline was a great catch. He
put it in with a great effort. It was just a great effort and a great finish
tonight.
On the touchdown pass
Working with the two's this
week we ran that play a lot. It is kind of funny that it came down to that because
I was ready. The linebacker lined up inside of our slot receiver so I knew I was
going to go out there quick. J.J. was ready and he put it in for us. It is just
a great feeling right now to make things come together like they did.
ULM junior J.J. McCoy
On the win
It felt good. We needed that
win. We have had a lot of games that came down to a few points. We have a good
team and everybody knows Troy has a good team. We finally got that close win.
On the play of Trey Revell
Trey has been there before. He
has stepped up for us before, both last year and this year. He is ready for
that. I think he did pretty well.
ULM head coach Charlie
Weatherbie
On the game
Last week we talked about how
amazing a one-point win can make you feel. This week it went our way. I am excited
for our football team. I thought they fought the whole game and never gave up.
I am very impressed how we came out in the second half, drove the field and
scored. This game was one that our guys refused to lose. They were going to find
a way to win and they won this game for the last home game of the seniors. It
was a great team victory for us.
On the performance of Trey
Revell
He was 5-for-5 throwing the
football. It is pretty nice to have your backup come in and throw the ball like
that. Trey said he has been watching Kinsmon for a couple of years and has
learned as the backup. He has really come a long way. Kinsmon has helped him
and Jonas has helped. There is no doubt that he is preparing himself to be ?the
guy.'
Troy junior Danny Franks
On the missed field goal
I thought it was over. I
really thought it was through there, but obviously it wasn't. You can't blame
him because it is a team effort. He really put a foot to it and I think it
surprised everyone that he even got it near it. I was really expecting more yards
out of the offense at the end.
On the game
Obviously we were in the red
zone many times and didn't put the ball in. We had chance after chance and just
didn't take advantage of it.
Troy head coach Larry Blakeney
On attempting the field goal
I've seen him kick some pretty
long kicks and he just didn't kick well tonight. He certainly got every bit of
that one tonight and it was just outside the maximum of his leg. With five seconds,
either one wins and you are trying to win the game. I thought that gave us the
best chance. I knew he hit it good enough to be close.
On ULM
They are a good football team,
offensively especially ? even when they put 12 in the game. He is a good
player. They did the things they had to do. We probably didn't do everything
perfectly.
On the game
I thought it was going to be a
dog fight. I picked these guys one or two in the summer. I thought they were a
good football team and they have had a bunch of injuries themselves. Most of
them were on defense I think.
