McNeese stops two-point conversion try, hands Lamar potentially damaging loss
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BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Phillip Bradford returned an interception 21 yards for a key fourth-quarter score, the McNeese defense stopped a 2-point conversion attempt to preserve a two-point lead, and the Cowboys defeated Lamar 21-19 on Saturday.
The loss may be very damaging for Lamar, ranked No. 19 in the FCS coaches poll. The Cardinals (8-4, 5-3 Southland Conference) will learn on Sunday whether they will receive an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs.
Trailing 13-6 through three quarters, McNeese (5-7, 4-4) scored twice in the fourth. Devin Lippold connected with Reed Boyd on a 5-yard touchdown pass and the extra point gave the Cowboys a 14-13 lead. On Lamar’s first play on the ensuing possession Bradford, who plays defensive end, intercepted Aiden McCown and the resulting touchdown and extra point made it 21-13.
Lamar, which hadn’t found the end zone since McCown’s short touchdown pass in the first quarter, finally got a touchdown on LaDamian McDowell’s 9-yard run with 5:41 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys stopped Major Bowden on a 2-point conversion attempt.
On Lamar’s only remaining possession, Dominick Bolden broke up McCown’s fourth-and-5 pass from the McNeese 43-yard line.
Senior running back Coleby Hamm, who played in only 13 games the previous two years, matched his career high with 131 yards rushing for McNeese. Lippold, a freshman who was 1-for-5 passing before Saturday, had only 69 yards passing, going 11 for 23.
Xavier Coleman had a career-high 141 yards rushing for Lamar. It was his second-career 100-yard game. ___
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