Sunday, November 10, 2013

Last-second Morgan State field goal secures second straight comeback win

BALTIMORE, Maryland  -- A second straight fourth-quarter comeback gave Morgan State a second straight win Saturday. But this one came down even closer to the wire.

A week after a Bears touchdown with 26 seconds remaining secured a narrow win over Hampton, kicker Chris Moller made a go-ahead 27-yard field goal with 1.9 seconds left for a thrilling 24-23 victory over North Carolina A&T.

Trailing the Aggies (5-4, 2-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) 23-14 in the fourth quarter, Morgan (4-6, 4-2) stormed back before an announced 6,478 at Hughes Stadium.

With junior quarterback Robert Council struggling in the second half, Bears coach Donald Hill-Eley made a change.

After Council threw a fourth-quarter interception, he was benched. Although Council had led the Bears to a 14-10 lead at the half, finishing the game with 16 carries for 88 yards and two touchdowns, Hill-Eley felt the Bears needed someone else under center.

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