Caden Creel, Cam Cook lead Jacksonville State past Kennesaw State 35-26 in Conference USA showdown

Quarterback Caden Creel and Cam Cook combined to unreserved for 252 yards and 3 touchdowns, powering Jacksonville State to a 35-26 triumph implicit Kennesaw State successful a Conference USA showdown

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Quarterback Caden Creel and Cam Cook combined to unreserved for 252 yards and 3 touchdowns, powering Jacksonville State to a 35-26 triumph implicit Kennesaw State connected Saturday nighttime successful a Conference USA showdown.

The Gamecocks (7-3, 6-0) person utilized a five-game triumph streak to determination a crippled up of the field. The Owls (7-3, 5-1) autumn a half-game down second-place Western Kentucky.

Amari Odom scored connected a 1-yard tally astatine the extremity of a 14-play thrust and Kennesaw State jumped successful front. Creel answered with an 18-yard touchdown tally to necktie it 7-all aft 1 quarter.

Daniel Kinney's 43-yard tract extremity gave the Owls a 10-7 pb with 4:33 near earlier halftime. Cook scored connected a 6-yard tally little than 2 minutes aboriginal and Gavin Wimsatt fired a 62-yard scoring onslaught to Deondre Johnson with 4 seconds near connected his lone walk to enactment the Gamecocks up 22-10.

Garrison Rippa stretched the pb to 15 with a 32-yard tract extremity midway done the 3rd 4th and Creel scored connected a 15-yard tally for a 32-13 vantage with 10:30 near successful the game.

Backup backmost Dexter Williams II connected with Clayton Coppock for a 10-yard touchdown earlier scoring connected a 9-yard tally astatine 3:22 to chopped the Owls' shortage to 32-26.

Jacksonville State ran each but 20 seconds disconnected the timepiece earlier Rippa kicked a abbreviated tract goal.

Creel completed 8 of 13 passes for 137 yards and rushed 14 times for 127 more. Cook carried 27 times for 132 yards. Johnson totaled 112 yards connected 2 catches.

Odom and Williams combined to implicit 27 of 44 passes for 362 yards. Odom threw 3 interceptions and Williams had one.

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