BUFFALO, N,Y. (AP) — Likelihood Morrow caught his third landing move from Elijah Holmes with 4:23 left within the recreation and the Buffalo Bulls beat the Albany Nice Danes of the FCS 21-17 on Thursday night time.
Morrow completed with seven receptions for 48 yards for the Bulls (1-0). Holmes was 26-of-47 passing for 189 yards and hit Morrow for touchdowns of 9, 4 and 5 yards.
Kickoff, which had initially been scheduled for 7 p.m. native time, was delayed about 2 3/4 hours as a result of inclement climate within the space.
Rahshan La Mons ran for a 4-yard acquire that made it second-and-goal from contained in the 1 with 1:26 left, however a false begin moved the Nice Danes (1-1) again exterior the 5. On fourth-and-goal, Stevie Bracey tackled Luke McAuliffe on the 3 to seal it.
Holmes led the Bulls on a 15-play, 75-yard drive that took greater than 6 1/2 minutes off the clock and made it 7-7 when he hit Morrow for a 9-yard TD with 11:23 left within the first half.
Morrow went up excessive over his defender to grab a move alongside the sideline from Holmes and acquired each ft down for a n that gave Buffalo a 14-7 lead with 2:46 remaining within the second quarter.
Kai Colón threw a 14-yard landing move to Tavahri Groves to open the scoring with 3:02 left within the first quarter.
Dana Johnson Jr.'s strip-sack of Holmes was recovered by Dorian Royal on the Buffalo 27, however the Nice Danes settled for an obvious 44-yard area objective by Kocan. Buffalo was referred to as for roughing the kicker and first-year Albany coach Tom Perkovich took a recent set of downs and the factors off the board. Two performs later, Justus Murray Jr. made a 14-yard landing catch to take a 17-14 lead with 3:23 to go within the third.
RJ Kocan made a 46-yard area objective simply earlier than halftime to chop Albany’s deficit to 14-10.
Up subsequent
Albany: Visits LIU on Sept. 12.
Buffalo: Performs Sept. 12 at FIU.
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