Stephen F. Austin tops Abilene Christian 24-21, wins WAC | |
ABILENE, Texas (AP) Trae Self scrambled 12 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 2:43 left to give Stephen F. Austin a 24-21 win over Abilene Christian Saturday and the Lumberjacks claimed the Western Athletic Conference championship. The Lumberjacks earned the outright conference title for the first time since 2010. Self finished 26 of 37 passing for 397 yards and two touchdowns for SFA (6-5, 3-2). The four-year starter surpassed 10,000 career passing yards in the game. Xavier Gipson had 11 catches for 213 yards and a touchdown. Gipson finished the regular season as the leading receiver in the WAC and entered the game ranked eighth in the FCS in receiving yards per game. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Passing Yards: | T. Self | 2575 | |||
| Passing TDs: | T. Self | 19 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | M. Reed | 675 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | T. Self | 6 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | X. Gipson | 1163 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | X. Gipson | 7 | |||
| Interceptions: | None | ||||
| Schedule 2022 | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result / Time | ||
| 8/27 | at Jacksonville State | L 17 - 42 | ||
| 9/3 | at Alcorn State | W 31 - 27 | ||
| 9/10 | at Louisiana Tech | L 17 - 52 | ||
| 9/24 | vs. Warner | W 98 - 0 | ||
| 10/1 | at Sam Houston | L 16 - 17 | ||
| 10/8 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 41 - 38 | ||
| 10/15 | vs. Tarleton State | W 41 - 24 | ||
| 10/22 | at Southern Utah | W 41 - 38 | ||
| 10/29 | vs. Utah Tech | L 44 - 47 | ||
| 11/12 | vs. Central Arkansas | L 7 - 34 | ||
| 11/19 | at Abilene Christian | W 24 - 21 | ||
| Western Athletic | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 4-1 | 7-4 | ||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 3-2 | 5-4 | ||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 3-2 | 6-5 | ||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 2-3 | 5-6 | ||||||||||
| Dixie State | 2-3 | 4-7 | ||||||||||
| Tarleton State | 1-4 | 6-5 | ||||||||||
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