BYU Takes Momentum Into Halftime With Long Passing Touchdown
Oct 26, 2024, 3:21 PM | Updated: 5:32 pm
Chase Roberts celebrates with Darius Lassiter after scoring on a 62-yard catch and run to give BYU a 24-10 halftime lead over UCF. (BYU Photo)
(BYU Photo)
ORLANDO, Florida – No. 11 BYU is looking nearly unbeatable on offense. Using long, clock-consuming drives and quick strike ability, the Cougars are pulling away from UCF. BYU leads UCF 24-10 at the half.
No. 11 BYU is in Florida to face the UCF Knights on Saturday, October 25.
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The Knights hoped that leaving 1:02 on the clock after a Grant Reddick field goal wouldn’t cost them. No such luck as Jake Retzlaff and his hot hand needed four plays to find the end zone for the third time in the opening half.
After LJ Martin picked up 13 yards on the first two plays of the drive, Retzlaff stopped the clock with an incompletion to Keelan Marion. On 3rd-and-8 with 30 seconds left, Retzlaff tossed a perfect pass to Chase Roberts down the sideline. The redshirt junior broke one tackle, stayed in bounds, and then sprinted 35 yards to the end zone.
Retzlaff has completed 12 of 19 passes for 200 yards and one touchdown. Roberts’ 62-yard TD is his only catch of the half. Darius Lassiter leads Cougar receivers with four catches for 54 yards. LJ Martin has 84 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.
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