KINGSVILLE, Texas – The Central Washington football team (7-2, 7-0 LSC) traveled to the deep southern part of Texas and came away with a 21-17 victory over the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas (5-3, 3-3 LSC) Saturday night. 
 
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"I'm very proud of the way our guys battled all night long," CWU Head Football Coach Chris Fisk said. "We played through all four quarters. Even when things didn't look good, no one stopped believing we could come back and win this game. I'm very proud of the team and their resilience. This is a very special group of guys."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Javelinas started out the game receiving the ball at their own 35-yard line after the Josh Jones kickoff. They immediately took to the rushing attack piling on 12-yards for a first down before Brett McCalla and Josiah Cochran combined for a tackle for loss to put the Javelinas at their own 47-yard line. A false start pushed TAMUK back even further to their own 42-yard line making it a second and 16 situation. TAMUK shifted from the ground attack to the air finding success instantly with 17-yards gained over two passes finding themselves with a first down at the CWU 41-yard line. TAMUK returned to a rushing attack, rushing for 28-yards to find themselves at the CWU 15-yard line. A 13-yard pass followed by a two-yard rush saw the Javs take the 6-0 lead that was increased to 7-0 with the successful point after touchdown. 
 
The Wildcats would only manage to make it to their own 44-yard line in a drive that was highlighted by an 11-yard reception by Tyler Flanagan, but the Wildcats were unsuccessful on their first drive of the game, punting the ball away. The Javelinas would pick up on the offense at their own 19-yard to start their drive. They would find themselves at the CWU 20-yard line thanks to a 19-yard reception and a 35-yard reception, before Isaac Clark ended the first quarter with a five-yard tackle for loss on the Javelinas rusher. 
 
A holding penalty on the Javs opened the second quarter, pushing them back to the CWU 35-yard line. TAMUK would get four yards but couldn't get the first down bringing on their kicker for a 48-yard field goal attempt that would be good to see TAMUK take the 10-0 lead with 13:56 left in the second quarter. 
 
The Wildcats would see a 19-yard rush by Tyler Flanagan, but not much else to keep the chains moving, forcing Dan Stewart to come on and make his second punt of the game setting TAMUK up at their own 31-yard line for their next drive. An unnecessary roughness penalty and a false start on the Javs aided the Wildcat defense in forcing the TAUMK offense into a three and out, giving the ball back to the crimson and white at the CWU 10-yard line. 
 
The Wildcats would get some explosive plays, namely a 14-yard rush from Flanagan, a 11-yard rush from Kennedy McGill, and a 13-yard reception from DeMonte Horton, but couldn't keep the chains moving bringing Stewart on for another punt. 
 
The Javelinas would keep moving down the field, and at one point completing a 58-yard touchdown reception, that was called back on a holding call by the blue and yellow, but a broken-up pass by Patrick Rogers forced the Javelinas to punt giving the ball back to CWU at their own 15-yard line with 2:54 left in the first half. 
 
McGill would find Zach Matlock two separate times for 18-yards, but that would highlight the Wildcats drive, as they'd punt the ball back to TAMUK with 1:27 left on the clock. The Javelinas would use the ball back to march down the field into CWU territory. The Javelinas would set up a field goal from 33-yards out with eight seconds left in the half, but it would miss the uprights and keep the game at 10-0 TAMUK. Flanagan ended the first half with an 18-yard rush. 
 
The Wildcats received the ball to begin the second half. The combination of McGill and Flanagan rushed from the CWU 25-yard line to the TAMUK 29-yard line before Cameron Daniels got in on the action for 10-yards of his own, respectively to the TAMUK 19-yard line. Flanagan would take it from there on the very next play with a 19-yard touchdown rush to put the 'Cats on the board. Jones successfully kicked the point after touchdown, making it a 10-7 TAMUK lead. 
 
The Javelinas were marching down the field looking to answer, aided by some key receptions for first downs and a fourth down conversion, before Volk swiped away his ninth interception of the season to give the ball to the 'Cats at the CWU 26-yard line with 5:27 left in the third quarter. 
 
CWU would start their march, led by a big 18-yard reception from Horton, but the Javelina defense stiffened up, and forced the 'Cats to punt giving the ball back to TAMUK with 1:43 left in the third. 
 
The Javelinas would start their drive at their own 16-yard line rushing for 13-yards for a first down before a 23-yard reception put them in CWU territory to end the third quarter. 
 
A 17-yard rush by the Javelinas opened the fourth quarter. Volk did his best to try and stop the TAMUK momentum with a 1-yard tackle for loss, but a 19 and a 13-yard reception saw the Javelinas increase their lead back to 10, 17-7 with 13:02 left in the game.
 
The Wildcats then proceeded to go three and out seeing TAMUK start their drive at their own 25. The Wildcats luck would change as on the next play the Javelinas rusher would fumble the ball as Dominic Wieburg would recover at the TAMUK 30, putting the 'Cats in a good spot. One play later, one touchdown added, as McGill connected with Darius Morrison for a 30-yard touchdown reception to slash the TAMUK lead to four, 17-13. Jones would convert the PAT making it a three-point game once again, 17-14 with 11:08 left in the game. 
 
The Brett combination on defense (McCalla and Brett Accimus) helped stop the Javelinas into a three and out giving the ball back to CWU at the CWU 29-yard line with 9:37 left in the game. Unfortunately, the Wildcats couldn't find any offensive rhythm having their own three and out giving the ball back to TAMUK with 6:55 left in the game. 
 
The Javelinas would get a first down, but Clark would record another tackle for loss making it second and 11 for TAMUK at their own 36. An incomplete pass followed by a Clark sack saw the Javelinas punt the ball away to the CWU 35 where the Wildcats would begin their drive with 5:46 left in the game.
 
McGill wasn't going to let Wildcat nation down, immediately rushing for 27-yards on two rushes to open the drive. Flanagan would take over from there with 22-yards of his own to set the Wildcats up at the TAMUK 19-yard line. McGill would get a yard, but the Wildcats saw themselves at third down and six. Daniels would change that rushing for 10-yards to give the Wildcats a first down at the TAMUK five-yard line. A Javelinas tackle for loss was nullified by an illegal substitution penalty giving the crimson and black free yards and a first down at the TAMUK two-yard line. McGill would trot those two yards into the endzone for the touchdown and the Wildcats first lead of the night. Jones would convert the PAT making it 21-17 in favor of CWU with 1:31 left in the game.
 
Jones kickoff would be a touchback to start TAMUK at their own 25-yard line. The Javelinas would start their drive with an incomplete pass. They would make up for it by completing a short pass for seven yards making it third and three with 55 seconds left in the game. Volk would deny the Javelinas of the first down with a three-yard tackle for loss pinning Kingsville at their own 29-yard line on fourth down. TAMUK went for it, only to have Josh Flowers intercept the pass to seal the win for the Wildcats 21-17. 
 
McGill finished the game completing seven of his 14 passes for 98 yards and one touchdown. He'd also add in 63 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown. Flanagan finished the game with 134 rushing yards and one touchdown while adding 11 receiving yards. Daniels added in 23 crucial rushing yards. Horton and Morrison led the receiving corps with Horton finishing with 31 receiving yards and Morrison finishing with 30 and one touchdown. Matlock added 18 receiving yards while Darrien Gaines added in eight. 
 
Volk led the Wildcat defense with 13 tackles, two tackles for loss, and one interception. McCalla finished the night with seven tackles and a 0.5 tackle for loss. Accimus and Rogers had six and five tackles, respectively. Clark had five tackles, three tackles for loss, and one sack while Cochran also added in five tackles and a 0.5 tackle for loss. Jaylen Clay and Matulino Masunu each had four tackles while Flowers added on two tackles and the game-winning interception. 
 
Stewart finished the night with seven punts for 232 yards and an average of 33.1 yards per punt. Two of his punts landed within the TAMUK 20-yard line while one of his punts went longer than 50-yards. Jackson McCann had two kickoff returns for 45-yards total. Jones converted all three of his PAT's while also having four kickoffs for 192 yards for an average of 48-yards per kick with one landing out of bounds and one landing for a touchback. 
 
UP NEXT
 
The Wildcats will have a bye week next weekend in preparation for a big showdown on the road at 22^nd ranked Texas Permian Basin (8-1, 6-0 LSC) on November 11^th at Noon PST from Midland, Texas.