Buddy Taylor was certainly the friend the University of Arkansas at Monticello needed on Saturday afternoon.

The backup quarterback threw three second-half touchdown passes to lead the Boll Weevils to a 24-20 victory over Oklahoma Baptist at Willis Leslie Cotton Bowl Stadium in Monticello.

UAM (4-5, 4-5 Big American Conference) trailed 17-3 when Taylor entered starter Demilon Brown on the team’s second possession in the third quarter. AJ Bullock capped the march with a 1-yard touchdown run as Boll guided the Weevils 79 yards in 13 plays. Oklahoma Baptist (2-7, 2-7) responded with a field goal early in the fourth quarter after spending more than eight minutes over a 16-play stretch, but Taylor quickly went back to work.

The sophomore drove UAM 86 yards and a touchdown on a 3-yard run with 9:33 to play, cutting his team’s deficit to 20-17. The Bison then spent nearly eight minutes driving for 65 yards on 17 snaps. But Camden McCrary, who went 14-of-24 for 194 yards and 1 touchdown in the game, threw an incomplete pass on fourth down by Boll Weevils at the 10-yard line.

Taylor took over with 1:56 left and led a 90-yard drive that culminated in a 27-yard touchdown run.

Oklahoma Baptist got the ball back with 28 seconds to play but came up short on the game’s final play when Jason Thomason’s lunge toward the end zone fell incomplete.

Taylor completed 6 of 11 passes for 121 yards and rushed 7 times for 107 yards for UAM, which had lost three of its previous four games against Oklahoma Baptist. Bullock rushed for 55 yards on 8 carries and caught 2 passes for 32 yards.

Trailing 10-0 at halftime, the Boll Weevils also recorded Dylan Duhon’s 43-yard field goal in the third quarter.

EJ Moore rushed 32 times for 135 yards and a touchdown on a 3-yard run for the Bison.

HENDERSON STATE 44, Nw OKLAHOMA STATE 10

Henderson State (7-2, 7-2 Big American Conference) rushed for 250 yards and led the way to a 34-point victory at Ranger Field in Alva, Okla.

Jalen Abraham rushed 12 times for 98 yards and scored from 2 and 41 yards as the Reddies led 16-3 at halftime and dominated the second half to defeat Northwestern Oklahoma State (2-7, 2-7) for the fifth straight year. time. Elijah Naziruddin rushed for 81 yards on 11 carries and Jeremiah Davis rushed for 82 yards on 11 attempts, including a 2-yard touchdown run with 10:21 left in the first quarter.

Andrew Edwards completed only 13 of his 33 passes, but three of them went for touchdowns and Micah Greene caught two. Timieone Jackson picked off Edwards’ other TD pass. Caleb Deal threw an 84-yard touchdown pass to Travis Romar in the fourth quarter for the Rangers.

EAST CENTRAL (OKLA.) 23, ARKANSAS TECH 13

East Central (4-5, 4-5 Great American Conference) had two Wonder Boys running backs each rush for more than 100 yards at Thone Stadium in Russellville.

Cade Searcy finished the game with 123 yards and 1 touchdown on 11 carries for the Tigers, who stopped a two-game series skid. Myles Featherston rushed 15 times for 112 yards in the win. East Central also got a 38-yard passing touchdown from Sergio Kennedy in the second quarter.

Jordan Edington scored on touchdown runs of 1 and 2 yards for Arkansas Tech (4-5, 4-5), which never took the lead. The Wonder Boys were held to 69 rushing yards on the ground and had eight punts. Ethan Forrester returned the interception, throwing for 118 yards.

SOUTH ARKANSAS 48, SW OKLAHOMA STATE 14

Melvin Smith Jr. returned the opening kick 99 yards for a touchdown to start an offensive surge for Southern Arkansas (7-2, 7-2 Great American Conference) at Milam Stadium in Weatherford, Okla.

Judd Barton threw for 374 yards and three touchdowns and scored the final 31 points of the first half for SAU, taking a 38-7 halftime lead. Barton also had a quick score in the fourth quarter. Jariq Scales scored on a 3-yard run in the second quarter.

Malik Robertson and Keyshawn Walls scored for Southwest Oklahoma State (2-7, 2-7).

NCAA PART III

TRINITY (TEXAS) 26, HENDRIX 7

Trinity (6-2, 4-1 Southern Athletic Association) rushed for less than 90 yards and was penalized 10 times for 100 yards but still left Young-Wise Memorial Stadium in Conway with the win.

Tyler Huettel threw for touchdowns of 21, 37, 39 and 49 yards, while Ryan Back completed 19 of 24 passes for 199 yards for the Tigers, who won their fourth straight game. Maddox Morkovsky scored on a 3-yard run in the first quarter, and Will Taylor returned a 69-yard punt for a score in the second quarter for Trinity.

Jacob Buniff threw for 170 yards on 19-of-29 passing to Hendrix (3-6, 1-5), who was held to minus-8 rushing yards. Buniff threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Parker Turley to give the Warriors a 14-7 lead late in the first half.

TEXAS LUTHERAN 45, LYON 10

Caden Bosanko had 281 yards of offense and four touchdowns against Texas Lutheran (7-1, 6-1 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) at Bulldog Stadium in Seguin, Texas.

Bosanko completed 11 of 19 passes for 164 yards and 2 touchdowns and carried 13 carries for 117 yards with scoring runs of 9 and 13 yards as the Bulldogs took a 28-7 lead at halftime. Nehemiah Murry and Kibreante Williams had rushing goals in the win.

Joe Galay had 1 touchdown and 1 interception for 153 yards for Lyon, which lost for the seventh time in a row (1-7, 0-6). Jaylin Babers added 90 yards on 24 carries and caught a 2-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to tie the score at 7-7 as Texas Lutheran scored 38 of the final 41 points.

NAIA

WAYLAND BAPTIST 45, ARKANSAS BAPTIST 6

Wayland Baptist (4-4, 4-3 Early Athletic Conference) scored 35 points in the first quarter and defeated the Buffaloes in a shortened contest at Greg Sherwood Memorial Bulldog Stadium in Plainview, Texas.

The match was postponed for more than 2 hours due to bad weather. The teams managed to get through the first half after play restarted, but then there was another stoppage due to inclement weather conditions. According to the Wayland Baptist University Football Facebook page, Arkansas Baptist (1-8, 0-7) decided to forfeit the game, primarily due to the length of time the delays would take and the long bus ride back to Little Rock.

Davian Guajardo threw for 190 yards and 2 touchdowns for Wayland Baptist, which limited the Buffaloes to 124 yards in the lone half. Damon Ford also rushed 8 times for 124 yards and 1 touchdown. Keamodre Horace and Bryan Ponder also had rushing scores.

Atvian Ray scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter for Arkansas Baptist.