BYU Cougars vs UCF Knights Match Player Stats On Oct 09, 2014

Central Florida 31, Brigham Young 24 (OT): Justin Holman threw for two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in overtime, and ran for another as the host Knights edged the Cougars.

Central Florida (3-2) had a potential game-winning 50-yard field goal blocked in the waning seconds of regulation, but needed only five plays to jump in front in the extra period as Holman connected with William Stanback on a 4-yard pass. The Cougars (4-2) worked their way to the Knightsกฏ 6 on their only possession of overtime, but Christian Stewartกฏs fourth-down throw fell incomplete to preserve Central Floridaกฏs second straight dramatic victory.

Holman finished 30-of-51 for 326 yards จC all career highs จC while Josh Reese (five catches for 87 yards), Breshad Perriman (six for 83) and Rannell Hall (eight for 71) helped carry the passing attack for the Knights. Stewart went 22-for-37 for 153 yards and three second-half scores in his first career start in place of the injured Taysom Hill.

Holman connected on his first eight pass attempts, including five on a 12-play opening drive that ended with his 5-yard TD run on a fourth-and-one, and Shawn Moffitt contributed a 42-yard field goal on the next possession. BYU got on the board in the second quarter on a 32-yard kick by Trevor Samson and Sione Takitaki strip-sacked Holman near the end of the first half to thwart a potential scoring drive.

The Cougars, who scored only nine points in their first four-plus quarters with Stewart, exploded for 21 in the third as the senior signal-caller took advantage of two turnovers and threw his first career TD passes over a 2:51 span, the last two of which went to Devin Mahina to make it 24-10. Stanbeck countered with a 2-yard run on the ensuing drive and Central Florida pulled even with 10:17 left in regulation on Holmanกฏs 37-yard scoring strike to Reese.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cougars CB Jordan Johnson was carted off and left in an ambulance after suffering an upper arm injury on Holmanกฏs touchdown run. BYU S Craig Bills (concussion), who entered the contest as the teamกฏs leading tackler, was injured while covering a punt later in the first quarter and did not return. กญ Holman completed 12 passes in the opening quarter, matching the number he managed over the last two games combined. กญ Central Florida DE Thomas Niles became the first player in school history to post a sack in six straight games after recording one in the third quarter.