Arkansas-Pine Bluff works overtime for SWAC title

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Southwestern Athletic Conference's most consistent team this season also was its most resilient.

That was evident Saturday at Legion Field when Arkansas-Pine Bluff overcame a two-touchdown deficit, forced overtime with a late 95-yard touchdown pass and then beat Jackson State in the extra session, 24-21, to win the SWAC Championship Game for the first time and the conference title for the second time.

Tyler Strickland kicked a 26-yard field goal to end the first overtime game in SWAC Championship Game history and complete UAPB's first 10-win season. The Golden Lions won their final seven games to go 10-2 under SWAC coach of the year Monte Coleman.

UAPB, which trailed by 14 points twice in the first half, never led in the game until Strickland's field goal. The Golden Lions tied the game, though, on a stunning 95-yard pass from Benjamin Anderson to Willie Young with two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

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