Grambling State's backup QB leads comeback effort in State Fair Classic win

DALLAS, Texas -- It was a toss-up, really, which team would take home the 2014 Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic title. Grambling State entered the game having won its first game of the season just last weekend, while winless Prairie View A&M had dominated the annual meeting the past three years.

But in the end, momentum trumped history Saturday as Grambling State won 26-20 at the Cotton Bowl.

Grambling played catch up the entire game before notching its first lead toward the end of the third quarter on senior running back Juwan Martin’s 8-yard touchdown run that also proved to be the winning score.

Making the win even more impressive was the fact that Grambling was without its starting quarterback, redshirt freshman Stephen Johnson, who injured his ankle after leading the team to victory last weekend over Jackson State.

And then about halfway through the first quarter, Grambling was without its second choice when senior quarterback D.J. Williams left the game with a knee injury. So the job went to redshirt junior Johnathan Williams.

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