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Final
 William B. Greene Jr. Stadium, Johnson City
FINALSamford 28, East Tennessee State 31

Highlights

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Win probability

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ETSU WINNING
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KICKOFF: ETSU 59% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 37 PTS

Scoring plays

9 SCORES
Q1
Passing Touchdown

Rayf Vinson 89 Yd pass from Quincy Crittendon (Forrest Taylor Kick)

10:11
7-0
Passing Touchdown

Hakeem Meggett 31 Yd pass from Jaylen King (Ewan Johnson Kick)

3:17
7-7
Passing Touchdown

E. Jai Mason 41 Yd pass from Quincy Crittendon (Forrest Taylor Kick)

1:32
14-7
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Wesley Carlock 23 Yd pass from Quincy Crittendon (Forrest Taylor Kick)

12:55
21-7
Passing Touchdown

AJ Johnson 15 Yd pass from Jaylen King (Ewan Johnson Kick)

2:18
21-14
Q3
Passing Touchdown

E. Jai Mason 7 Yd pass from Quincy Crittendon (Forrest Taylor Kick)

10:35
28-14
Passing Touchdown

AJ Johnson 75 Yd pass from Jaylen King (Ewan Johnson Kick)

6:54
28-21
Q4
Field Goal Good

Ewan Johnson 23 Yd Field Goal

14:13
28-24
Rushing Touchdown

Gino English 1 Yd Run (Ewan Johnson Kick)

1:46
28-31

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Jaylen King, AJ Johnson rally East Tennessee State to 31-28 victory over Samford

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- , Jaylen King threw three touchdown passes, including a 75-yarder to AJ Johnson that ignited a 17-point run, and East Tennessee State rallied to beat Samford 31-28 on Saturday. Ray Coney sacked Samford quarterback Quincy Crittendon for an 11-yard loss to the Bulldogs' 11-yard line on a third-down play with less than four minutes remaining. Xavier Gaillardetz returned the punt 34 yards, but a personal foul moved the ball back to the Samford 33. King connected with Johnson for a 34-yard gain after a holding penalty and the Buccaneers had first-and-goal at the 6. A pass interference penalty on second down gave ETSU a first-and-goal at the 2. Gino English scored from a yard out two plays later to give the Bucs their first lead.

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Top performers

SAM
PASSINGQuincy Crittendon27/36, 306 YDS, 4 TD
RUSHINGDamonta Witherspoon8 CAR, 23 YDS
RECEIVINGRayf Vinson2 REC, 93 YDS, 1 TD
ETSU
PASSINGJaylen King15/27, 268 YDS, 3 TD, 3 INT
RUSHINGJaylen King19 CAR, 80 YDS
RECEIVINGAJ Johnson7 REC, 146 YDS, 2 TD

Team stats

SAM · ETSU
319
TOTAL YARDS
455
306
PASSING
304
13
RUSHING
151
14
1ST DOWNS
21
2-14
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
4-17
0
TURNOVERS
4
6-49
PENALTIES
8-85
26:21
POSSESSION
33:39

WILLIAM B. GREENE JR. STADIUM, JOHNSON CITY · ATTENDANCE 8,013

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