Davidson never took a lead until it mattered most. The Class 7A No. But just when Class 5A No. The Aggies appeared to put the game away for good in the closing minutes. Instead of trying a field goal on fourth down from the Davidson 8, Jackson put Josh Carpenter for a touchdown and a lead with remaining. But Davidson answered with a quick drive and after a yard touchdown pass from Johnson to James Clemons, the Warriors were suddenly down five with 49 seconds to play.
They recovered an onside kick, which set up the play of the night. After eluding a linebacker at his ankles, Johnson escaped a would-be sack, rolled out of the pocket, and hit Coleman in perfect stride to give Davidson the win on yard strike. Jackson scored on its opening offensive play with an yard hookup between Keymontae Williams for 84 yards to give the Aggies a lead.
Jackson led at halftime, with Christian already up to of his eventual passing yards. Star of the Game: Johnson finished for passing for yards along with four touchdowns for Davidson.
Play of the game: The game-winning touchdown, which gave Coleman receiving yards and his second touchdown of the night. By the Numbers: 1, - total yards racked up between the two offenses Coachspeak: "First thing I want to say is what a great game Danny Powell called for his team.
They came in here with nothing to lose and just let it rip. I mean just a magnificent job on his part attacking us. Going into the season we told our kids there were going to be some opportunities this year to blink.
