Highlights
8 CLIPS · ESPNWin probability
EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODELKICKOFF: JVST 52% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 26 PTS
Scoring plays
13 SCORES
Cam Cook 14 Yd Run (Garrison Rippa Kick)
0-7
Rodney Tisdale Jr. 1 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)
7-7
La'Vell Wright 1 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)
14-7
K.D. Hutchinson 13 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)
21-7
Garrison Rippa 27 Yd Field Goal
21-10
Pearson Baldwin 2 Yd pass from Caden Creel (Garrison Rippa Kick)
21-17
La'Vell Wright 39 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)
28-17
Deondre Johnson 22 Yd pass from Caden Creel (Garrison Rippa Kick)
28-24
Caden Creel 70 Yd Run (Garrison Rippa Kick)
28-31
John Cannon 42 Yd Field Goal
31-31
Garrison Rippa 27 Yd Field Goal
31-34
Jack Cassidy 41 Yd Field Goal
34-34
Garrison Rippa 28 Yd Field Goal
34-37
What happened
ESPN RECAPJacksonville State beats Western Kentucky 37-34 to reach CUSA championship game
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- , 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. The Gamecocks (8-4, 7-1) will host Kennesaw State in the championship game on Friday. Caden Creel led the Gamecocks from the JSU 39 to the WKU 11 over the final 4:18 to set up the winning kick. Creel completed 12 of 19 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns and had 143 rushing yards including a score. Cam Cook added 137 yards rushing and a TD. Cook entered the game with the second-most rushing yards in the FBS with 1,444. Cook scored the first touchdown for Jacksonville, a 14-yard rush in the first quarter. Western Kentucky (8-4, 6-2) responded with three straight scores to go up 21-7 early in the second quarter. A kick from Rippa and a 2-yard reception by Pearson Baldwin made it 21-17.
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Team stats
WKU · JVSTAMFIRST STADIUM, JACKSONVILLE · ATTENDANCE 16,733
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