Northwestern State Demons @ Lamar Cardinals

Northwestern State DemonsNorthwestern StNWST

2-1, 1-0 Southland

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Northwestern St NWST	14	14	7	14	49
Lamar LAM	0	14	14	20	48

Lamar CardinalsLamarLAM

1-2, 0-1 Southland

Northwestern State wins wild shootout, 49-48 over Lamar

Shelton Eppler teamed with Jazz Ferguson for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, but it was a blocked PAT in the final minutes that turned aside Lamar for a 49-48 win to open Southland Conference play with a shootout on Saturday night.

Sep 16, 2018, 12:01 am - Associated Press

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Touchdown

10:58 - 1st

NWST

LAM

Jared West 1 Yd Run (Austyn Fendrick Kick)

9 plays, 85 yards, 4:02

Touchdown

2:56 - 1st

NWST

LAM

Quan Shorts 17 Yd pass from Shelton Eppler (Austyn Fendrick Kick)

10 plays, 44 yards, 3:07

2nd Quarter

Touchdown

10:21 - 2nd

NWST

LAM

Levar Gumms 22 Yd pass from Shelton Eppler (Austyn Fendrick Kick)

3 plays, 58 yards, 1:03

Touchdown

6:01 - 2nd

NWST

LAM

Marquisian Chapman 38 Yd pass from Shelton Eppler (Austyn Fendrick Kick)

6 plays, 65 yards, 2:10

Touchdown

4:04 - 2nd

NWST

LAM

Darrel Colbert Jr. 3 Yd Run (Elvin Martinez Kick)

7 plays, 65 yards, 1:49

Touchdown

1:39 - 2nd

NWST

LAM

Dorian Gaston 25 Yd pass from Darrel Colbert Jr. (Elvin Martinez Kick)

3 plays, 21 yards, 1:23

3rd Quarter

Touchdown

9:10 - 3rd

NWST

LAM

Jawun Ruffin 45 Yd pass from Darrel Colbert Jr. (Elvin Martinez Kick)

3 plays, 76 yards, 0:57

Touchdown

6:01 - 3rd

NWST

LAM

Dorian Gaston 43 Yd pass from Darrel Colbert Jr. (Elvin Martinez Kick)

6 plays, 68 yards, 1:49

Touchdown

3:43 - 3rd

NWST

LAM

Jaylen Watson 11 Yd pass from Shelton Eppler (Austyn Fendrick Kick)

6 plays, 75 yards, 2:18

4th Quarter

Touchdown

13:03 - 4th

NWST

LAM

Darrel Colbert Jr. 3 Yd Run (Elvin Martinez Kick)

12 plays, 91 yards, 5:33

Touchdown

12:54 - 4th

NWST

LAM

Jazz Ferguson 70 Yd pass from Shelton Eppler (Austyn Fendrick Kick)

1 play, 70 yards, 0:09

Touchdown

9:30 - 4th

NWST

LAM

Jazz Ferguson 9 Yd pass from Shelton Eppler (Austyn Fendrick Kick)

8 plays, 58 yards, 2:24

Touchdown

5:01 - 4th

NWST

LAM

Darrel Colbert Jr. 8 Yd Run (Elvin Martinez Kick)

13 plays, 73 yards, 4:20

Touchdown

2:38 - 4th

NWST

LAM

Dorian Gaston 37 Yd pass from Darrel Colbert Jr. (Elvin Martinez PAT blocked)

4 plays, 57 yards, 0:44

Data is currently unavailable.

--NWST

--LAM

According to ESPN Analytics

FCS

Southland Conference	CONF	OVR
East Texas A&M	0-0	0-0
Houston Christian	0-0	0-0
Incarnate Word	0-0	0-0
Lamar	0-0	0-0
McNeese	0-0	0-0
Nicholls	0-0	0-0
Northwestern State	0-0	0-0
SE Louisiana	0-0	0-0
Stephen F. Austin	0-0	0-0
UT Rio Grande Valley	0-0	0-0

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