Concord Loses Overtime Thriller at Glenville State

GLENVILLE, W.Va.  -  Junior defensive back Imani Moore's fumble recovery for a touchdown with four minutes left in the fourth quarter tied the game at 20-20, but the Concord University football team lost a 27-20 decision in overtime to Glenville State Saturday afternoon at Morris Stadium in Mountain East Conference action.

Trailing 20-13 with eight minutes remaining, the Mountain Lions (0-3, 0-3 MEC) had a drive stall out and was forced to punt. Glenville State (2-1, 1-1 MEC) burned three minutes off the clock and was knocking on the door of the red zone when a screen pass went to GSC's Javon Butle. As Butler cut back towards the middle of the field, Moore ripped the ball away from Butler and sprinted 81 yards for the game-tying touchdown.

With just over four minutes to work with, GSC drove the length of the field, but CU's defense stiffened up in the red zone as the Pioneers missed a 37-yard field with less than a minute left to send the game to overtime.

On the first play of overtime, Glenville State's Austin Ratliff squirted down the sideline on a reception and scored to put the Pioneers up 27-20. On the ensuing Concord drive, redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Shearer converted a fourth-and-one to keep the drive alive, but on the proceeding third down had a pass intercepted.

CU started the game with a field goal on the opening drive as sophomore kicker Luke Walls converted one of his two field goals in the contest. Concord also held an advantage of 10-3 at the 6:50 mark of the second quarter after freshman running back Derek Kincaid ran 10 yards for his first career touchdown.

The Kincaid touchdown was set up by a fake punt at midfield as sophomore linebacker Grant Mohler raced 49 yards and nearly scored himself.

Tied at 10-10 to start the third quarter, GSC opened the second half with a touchdown and maintained a lead until Moore's scoop-and-score late in the fourth.

Shearer threw for 121 yards in his first start of the season. Junior wide receiver Tywan Pearce had a career-best nine receptions for 59 yards.

Moore finished with nine tackles, a forced fumble, two recoveries and the touchdowns. Junior linebacker Dwain Porterfield tied his career high from last week with 10 tackles to go along with a sack.

The two fumble recoveries by Moore were Glenville State's first two turnovers of the season.

Concord returns to Callaghan Stadium for a 12:00 p.m. kickoff against West Virginia State Saturday, September 28.