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37–35
Final
 William B. Greene Jr. Stadium, Johnson CityETSU -13.5
FINALSamford 37, East Tennessee State 35UPSETSAM covered +13.5CLOSED ETSU -13.5

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
Ty Ippolito makes 42-yard field goalVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
ETSU WINNING
SAM WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: ETSU 59% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 50 PTS

Scoring plays

12 SCORES
Q1
Field Goal Good

Ty Ippolito 42 Yd Field Goal

2:43
3-0
Rushing Touchdown

TJ Peyton 8 Yd Run (Ewan Johnson Kick)

0:08
3-7
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Kevonte Corbin 27 Yd pass from Will Shields (Ty Ippolito Kick)

13:52
10-7
Rushing Touchdown

Jaiden Daniels 57 Yd Run (Ewan Johnson Kick)

13:25
10-14
Field Goal Good

Ty Ippolito 34 Yd Field Goal

6:50
13-14
Rushing Touchdown

Jason Albritton 1 Yd Run (Ewan Johnson Kick)

2:37
13-21
Q3
Field Goal Good

Ty Ippolito 25 Yd Field Goal

8:02
16-21
Passing Touchdown

Charlie Browder 8 Yd pass from Mason Mims (Ewan Johnson Kick)

1:33
16-28
Kickoff Return Touchdown

Kevonte Corbin 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Ty Ippolito Kick)

1:19
23-28
Q4
Rushing Touchdown

Gabarri Johnson 4 Yd Run (Gabarri Johnson Pass to Marquise Henderson for Two-Point Conversion)

14:53
31-28
Passing Touchdown

Brandon Winton 10 Yd pass from Mason Mims (Ewan Johnson Kick)

0:57
31-35
Passing Touchdown

Domonique Thomas 7 Yd pass from Gabarri Johnson

0:00
37-35

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Johnson's TD pass to Thomas on last play lifts Samford over ETSU 37-35

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- , Gabarri Johnson flipped a 7-yard touchdown pass to Domonique Thomas on the last play of the game lifting Samford to a 37-35 upset of East Tennessee State on Saturday. The Buccaneers had taken the lead with 57 seconds to go when Mason Mims capped a 59-yard drive with a 10-yard scoring toss to Brandon Winton . But the Bulldogs came up clutch, starting on their 24-yard line. They converted a 4th-and-2 with an 18-yard pass from Johnson to Kevonte Corbin at midfield. Johnson then ran for 16 yards on third down and followed that with a 26-yard run to the ETSU 7. After an incompletion and each team taking a timeout with three seconds to go, John found Thomas on the right side. Johnson was 19 of 32 for 168 yards and ran for 41 yards with a touchdown.

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Top performers

SAM
PASSINGGabarri Johnson19/32, 168 YDS, 1 TD
RUSHINGGabarri Johnson9 CAR, 41 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGPreston Bird4 REC, 57 YDS
ETSU
PASSINGMason Mims16/27, 171 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGTJ Peyton21 CAR, 89 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGBrandon Winton4 REC, 58 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

SAM · ETSU
323
TOTAL YARDS
367
224
PASSING
171
99
RUSHING
196
16
1ST DOWNS
20
6-17
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
4-13
0
TURNOVERS
1
8-80
PENALTIES
5-46
32:00
POSSESSION
28:00

WILLIAM B. GREENE JR. STADIUM, JOHNSON CITY · ATTENDANCE 7,845

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