Yellow Jackets lose heartbreaker at Thiel
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Waynesburg University was in position to win its first football game of the season Saturday at Thiel, but the Tomcats scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter and forced a turnover on the Yellow Jackets’ next possession for a 15-14 victory in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play.
Joseph Fell scored his second touchdown of the game, from six yards out, to give Thiel a one-point lead with 2:08 left in the game.
Waynesburg (0-3, 0-5) drove to the Thiel 38 on the ensuing possession, but the Tomcats recovered a fumble to take over at their own 47 with 1:09 and ran out the clock.
Fell rushed for 122 yards on 26 carries. He was 13-of-28 fpassing or 141 yards but threw an interception in the second quarter that Brandon Tyson returned 41 yards for a Waynesburg touchdown with 36 seconds left before halftime, giving the Yellow Jackets a 7-3 lead.
Thiel (2-3, 2-3) regained the lead at 9-6 early in third quarter on a 52-yard run by Fell.
Zayne Cawley’s 63-yard touchdown run put Waynesburg back in front, 14-9, with 3:33 remaining in the third quarter.
Cawley rushed for 103 yards on 15 carries.