ESPN3 VIDEO: UAPB BACKBREAKER 95 YARD TD
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- It took a history-making play for Arkansas-Pine Bluff to make school history.
A 26-yard field goal in overtime by Arkansas-Pine Bluff kicker Ryan
Strickland lifted the Golden Lions to a 24-21 victory against Jackson State
(Miss.) in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game Saturday at
Legion Field.
But it was an improbable 95-yard touchdown pass, the longest play ever in the
conference title game, from UAPB quarterback Ben Anderson to wide receiver
Willie Young late in regulation that that gave them the chance to capture their
first SWAC crown.
"What a game. There were a lot of records that were set today," Golden Lions
coach Monte Coleman said. "This was the first overtime game in SWAC
(championship) history. This was the first SWAC (championship) victory for UAPB.
It was the first 10-win season for UAPB."
Down seven, with a little more than two minutes to go, the Golden Lions were
pinned deep in their own territory after the Tigers downed a 38-yard punt by
Tony Dean at the UAPB 4-yard line.
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