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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Tennessee State Tigers edges EKU, improves to 6-0
NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Tennessee State is still unbeaten, but certainly not untested.
The No. 24 Tigers found themselves in danger of their first loss Saturday before staging a methodical scoring drive in the final 2:44 and upsetting No. 16 Eastern Kentucky 23-20.
Quarterback Michael German, who had struggled earlier, capped the drive by calling his own number and then shoving the ball into the end zone from the 1 with eight seconds remaining.
“We called timeout and had a play called, but Mike came over and said, ‘We can sneak it in,’ ” coach Rod Reed said.
A Hale Stadium crowd of 6,369 erupted in a roar after watching the Tigers (6-0, 2-0 OVC) match their best start since going 6-0 in 2001. It was their third win over EKU (4-2, 2-1) in the last four meetings.
TSU also took first place in the OVC with a trip to Southeast Missouri coming up next.
German desperately wanted to score the winning TD because his interception late in the third quarter led to EKU taking a 20-10 lead on a field goal with 13:49 left.
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