Elijah Collins’ 17-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown run gave Oklahoma State breathing room and the Cowboys held on to beat Football Championship Subdivision foe Central Arkansas 27-13 in a season opener.
Will McElvain completed 24 of 37 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns for Central Arkansas. The Bears twice had a touchdown called back on penalties during a first-quarter drive that ended with a blocked field goal and had another third-quarter field-goal try blocked. Still, they pulled within 13-7 with 4:37 left in that quarter on McElvain’s 1-yard pass to Kylin James.
Rangel capped the Cowboys’ only first-half touchdown drive with an 11-yard pass to Brennan Presley. Oklahoma State picked up field goals of 36 and 45 yards from Alex Hale in the second quarter, the latter as time expired following a late fumble by Central Arkansas.
Oklahoma State: The final score against Central Arkansas really was immaterial, although the Cowboys surely would have liked the victory margin to be higher. What’s important for the Cowboys is they now have some game tape to review before next Saturday’s game at Arizona State, from which they can hope to gain clarity on position battles within the team – most notably at quarterback.Saturday wasn’t the first time Oklahoma State flirted with being upset by a FCS foe in a season opener.
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