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McKinney throws five TD passes, EKU defeats Kennesaw State | |
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) Parker McKinney threw for 427 yards and five touchdowns, two of them to Cornelius McCoy, and Eastern Kentucky defeated Kennesaw State 45-38 on Saturday. McKinney opened the scoring with an 80-yard TD pass to Jayden Higgins and his 65-yard touchdown pass to Braedon Sloan gave the Colonels (7-4, 3-2 Atlantic Sun) a 45-31 lead in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Jonathan Murphy scored on a 3-yard run - one of his three rushing scores in the game - to get Kennesaw State (5-6, 1-4) within seven points. After forcing a punt, the Owls reached the EKU 25-yard line on their final drive but were stopped on downs. Isaac Foster had 148 of Kennesaw State's 439 rushing yards. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Passing Yards: | X. Shepherd | 1130 | |||
| Passing TDs: | X. Shepherd | 7 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | X. Shepherd | 589 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | X. Shepherd | 11 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | I. Foster | 314 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | G. Benyard | 2 | |||
| Interceptions: | None | ||||
| Schedule 2022 | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result / Time | ||
| 9/1 | at Samford | L 17 - 27 | ||
| 9/10 | at Cincinnati | L 10 - 63 | ||
| 9/24 | vs. Wofford | W 24 - 22 | ||
| 10/1 | at Jacksonville State | L 28 - 35 | ||
| 10/8 | vs. North Alabama | W 40 - 34 | ||
| 10/15 | vs. Central Arkansas | L 24 - 51 | ||
| 10/22 | vs. Tennessee Tech | W 33 - 30 | ||
| 10/29 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 30 - 20 | ||
| 11/5 | at UT Martin | W 44 - 27 | ||
| 11/12 | vs. Austin Peay | L 14 - 31 | ||
| 11/19 | at Eastern Kentucky | L 38 - 45 | ||
| Atlantic Sun | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 5-0 | 9-2 | ||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 3-2 | 7-4 | ||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 3-2 | 7-5 | ||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 3-2 | 5-6 | ||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 1-4 | 5-6 | ||||||||||
| North Alabama | 0-5 | 1-10 | ||||||||||
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