Garrison Rippa kicked a 28-yard field goal as time expired to send Jacksonville State to the Conference USA championship game with a 37-34 win over Western Kentucky on Saturday afternoon.
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Rodney Tisdale Jr. throws for 371 yards and three touchdowns, leading Western Kentucky to a 42-26 win over Middle Tennessee.
Rodney Tisdale Jr. throws four touchdown passes to lead Western Kentucky to a 35-16 victory over New Mexico State.
Plona came to WKU a year ago to coach under Lutz, leaving his only head coaching job, which was at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa.
Kaidon Salter passed for 169 yards and three touchdowns, and he carried it 13 times for 113 yards and another score to help Liberty beat Western Kentucky 42-29. Liberty (8-0, 6-0) has won its first four road contest of a season for the first time since 1997. Liberty, which entered ranked No. 2 nationally with 274.6 rushing yards per game, gained 323 yards rushing on 54 carries for an average of 6 yards. Quinton Cooley and Aaron Bedgood each added a rushing touchdown for Liberty. Salter had touchdown passes of 47 yards to CJ Daniels, 9 yards to Victor Venn and 27 to Treon Sibley. Austin Reed threw four touchdown passes for Western Kentucky (4-4, 2-2).
The CAL alumnus now has three touchdowns on the season for the Hilltoppers.
The Hilltoppers continued their recent dominance in their rivalry with Middle Tennessee State, with the latest win being a 31-10 victory at home Thursday night after dropping back-to-back road games.
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Jarret Doege threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, DK Billingsley ran for 122 yards with a touchdown and Troy defeated Western Kentucky 34-27. Doege came in for injured starter Gunnar Watson late in the third quarter when the game was tied at 20. He finished that drive with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Jabre Barber on the first play of the fourth quarter. He hit Tez Johnson for a 10-yard score on the next possession putting Troy on top 34-20 with 7:14 to go. Western Kentucky then answered with a scoring drive. A Troy punt pinned the Hilltoppers on their 11 but they reached the Troy 32 before Richard Jibunor sacked Austin Reed and forced a fumble that was recovered by Tro Showers, sealing the win with a minute left.
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Jonathan Cruz added field goals from 37 and 56 yards, the latter tied his career-long.
