SE Louisiana Lions @ Nicholls Colonels

7-5, 6-1 Southland

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
SE Louisiana SELA	10	6	0	3	19
Nicholls NICH	7	3	0	6	16

Nicholls ColonelsNichollsNICH

4-8, 2-5 Southland

Field goal on final play gives Southeastern Louisiana 19-16 win over Nicholls

Nov 22, 2024, 04:04 am

THIBODAUX, La. -- — Riley Callaghan kicked four field goals including a 40-yarder on the game's final play to lift Southeastern Louisiana to a 19-16 win over Nicholls on Thursday night in a regular-season finale for both teams.

Callaghan's winning field goal came after a 14-play, 51-yard drive that took nearly five minutes. The drive began after KK Reno's interception.

Nicholls had tied the game on an 84-yard pass from Pat McQuaide to Scrabby Osby early in the fourth quarter though the PAT was wide.

The Lions (7-5, 6-1) are a half-game back of Incarnate Word in the Southern Conference standings with the Cardinals playing East Texas A&M on Saturday. A Cardinals loss would give the Lions a share of the conference title but Incarnate Word gets the automatic berth for the FCS playoffs because of a 34-31 win over the Lions.

Eli Sawyer threw for 157 yards and a touchdown to Darius Lewis for the Lions.

Pat McQuaide threw for 298 yards for the Colonels (4-8, 2-5). McQuaide scrambled 9 yards for Nicholls' other touchdown.

The Lions led 16-10 at halftime.

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Game Information

Thibodaux, LA

FCS

Southland Conference	CONF	OVR
Stephen F. Austin	7-0	9-2
SE Louisiana	6-1	8-3
Lamar	5-2	8-3
UT Rio Grande Valley	4-3	8-3
Nicholls	4-3	4-7
McNeese	3-4	4-7
East Texas A&M	3-4	3-8
Incarnate Word	2-5	4-7
Houston Christian	1-6	2-9
Northwestern State	0-7	1-10

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