Oklahoma State Cowboys Beat UCF Knights 42-28 for Fourth…

Oklahoma State Cowboys outscored UCF Knights 18-7 in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 42-28 win at Boone Pickens Stadium.

The Cowboys improve to 4-1 while the Knights drop to 3-3 after a game that was tied at halftime before Oklahoma State took control down the stretch.

Both offenses moved the ball well all afternoon, but turnovers and a late defensive score swung this one in the Cowboys' favor.

Box score

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
UCF Knights	14	7	0	7	28
Oklahoma State Cowboys	7	14	3	18	42

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How it turned

UCF Knights jumped out to a 14-7 lead after the first quarter. Keyone Jenkins threw touchdown passes to Grayson Brousseau from one yard out and Josh Derry from twelve yards, while Drew Mestemaker got Oklahoma State on the board with an eleven-yard touchdown run.

The game was tied 21-21 at halftime. Oklahoma State answered with a Morgan McPhaul one-yard touchdown run and an eighteen-yard touchdown pass from Mestemaker to Justin Bowick, but Jenkins found Tyren Hornes for a three-yard score with thirteen seconds left in the half to keep UCF even.

Oklahoma State led 24-21 after three quarters on the strength of a forty-yard Sam Keltner field goal, the only scoring in that period.

Oklahoma State pulled away in the fourth. Keltner hit a twenty-nine-yard field goal, Evan Jackson returned a fumble twenty-eight yards for a touchdown with Mestemaker adding the two-point conversion, and Wyatt Young caught a five-yard touchdown pass from Mestemaker. UCF got a late answer when Jenkins connected with Caden Piening from four yards out, but the deficit was too much to overcome.

Scoring plays

Q1 10:08 UCF: Grayson Brousseau 1 Yd pass from Keyone Jenkins (Will Stone Kick)
Q1 6:19 OKST: Drew Mestemaker 11 Yd Run (Sam Keltner Kick)
Q1 2:37 UCF: Josh Derry 12 Yd pass from Keyone Jenkins (Will Stone Kick)
Q2 13:03 OKST: Morgan McPhaul 1 Yd Run (Sam Keltner Kick)
Q2 2:03 OKST: Justin Bowick 18 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Sam Keltner Kick)
Q2 0:13 UCF: Tyren Hornes 3 Yd pass from Keyone Jenkins (Will Stone Kick)
Q3 7:19 OKST: Sam Keltner 40 Yd Field Goal
Q4 12:11 OKST: Sam Keltner 29 Yd Field Goal
Q4 10:32 OKST: Evan Jackson 28 Yd Fumble Return (Drew Mestemaker Run for Two-Point Conversion)
Q4 7:30 OKST: Wyatt Young 5 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Sam Keltner Kick)

Top performers

Keyone Jenkins kept UCF in it all game, going 30 of 42 for 265 yards with four touchdowns, though he also threw an interception. Josh Derry was his top target with eleven catches for 84 yards and a score, and Caden Piening added seven catches for 60 yards and a touchdown of his own.

Drew Mestemaker answered for Oklahoma State, completing 19 of 28 passes for 304 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. Justin Bowick hauled in six catches for 98 yards and a touchdown, and Caleb Hawkins carried the load on the ground with 23 rushes for 83 yards.

UCF's Duke Watson ran 21 times for 79 yards, and on defense Ethan Wesloski led all tacklers with 17 stops for Oklahoma State while Jahleel Culbreath paced UCF with 11 tackles.

Top performers

UCF Knights

Keyone Jenkins (QB) — 30/42, 265 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT
Duke Watson (RB) — 21 car, 79 yds, 0 TD
Taevion Swint (RB) — 7 car, 27 yds, 0 TD
Josh Derry (WR) — 11 rec, 84 yds, 1 TD
Caden Piening (TE) — 7 rec, 60 yds, 1 TD
Jahleel Culbreath (LB) — 11 tkl, 0 sck, 0 INT