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College Football National Cup - Day 11/Game 1 - (NCAA 14)

Posted on August 7, 2013 at 02:22 AM.

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GROUP K - Day Eleven

North Carolina - 27 vs. Brigham Young - 35
Apogee Stadium - Denton, TX

Denton, TX - No quarterback with 6 interceptions can have a unbelievable performance.

No team down 20-points in the 3rd quarter can be considered to have dominated its opponent.

No game with 12 combined turnovers can be thrilling.

However, on Tuesday afternoon, all of those statements proved to be false.

With a dominating 28-point second half, Brigham Young (1-0-0/3PTs) erased a 20-point 3rd quarter deficit to knock off North Carolina (0-1-0/0PTs) by a final score of 35-27. Already, the game is considered one of the most thrilling in the history of college football.

Brigham Young's Marcus Horton opened the scoring with a 103-yard touchdown and ended with the last three scores of the game. All of his touchdown receptions in the fourth quarter came from the arm of quarterback Taysom Hill. The go-ahead touchdown for Brigham Young came from a 49-yard touchdown reception by Horton where he out-jumped North Carolina's Jabari Price and broke the tackle before waltzing into the endzone.

While Hill's stat-line of 11 completions for 202-yards and 4 touchdowns was impressive, it was Hill's career-worst 6 interceptions that shocked everyone. His first four throws were all intercepted and came inside North Carolina territory.

"That was bad, wasn't it?," said Hill jokingly. "I've never felt so down about myself in my entire career. I knew I couldn't let my team down, though. 20-points is absolutely nothing for our offense. Made some dumb throws early on, but really glad I could man up and get over those mistakes quickly."

Hill was helped by an incredible game from Marcus Horton that wowed the crowd in Denton, Texas. Each kickoff return for Horton was over 50-yards and ended up inside North Carolina territory. His kickoff return yards and receiving yards totaled for a combined 456-yards and came with 4 touchdowns.

The National Cup high for total yards decimated a North Carolina team that got trounced after taking a commanding 27-7 lead in the 3rd quarter. Despite intercepting Brigham Young 6 times and grabbing 1 fumble, the Tar Heels threw 5 interceptions of their own and had now answer for the Cougars on defense at the end of the game. North Carolina also lost their quarterback, Bryn Renner, to a concussion and had to switch to Marquiese Williams for the remainder of the game.

As the clock ticked down to zero, the North Carolina players and coaches stood on the sideline in a stunned silence.

"It was shocking and an absolute punch to the gut," said head coach Larry Fedora. "I don't think we lost focus or anything like that. Obviously our turnovers didn't help, but in the least it just evened out their mistakes. They just rose to the occasion and showed us, and the country, that they are the real deal."

While the Brigham Young offense will receive credit for the comeback, their lockdown defense in the second half stifled the Tar Heels and opened the door for the Cougars. The team was lead by linebacker Keith Tambe who racked up 4 sacks in the second half. Interceptions also seemed to fall into the arms of the Cougars, as all 5 of the forced turnovers came in the second half, as well. Overall, Brigham Young's defense may've been the most impressive part of the entire game.

"We aren't look for any credit, really. But we know what we did," said Tambe. "We had to step up to the occasion and just dominate them. I'm not sure they gained more than 50-yards after their last touchdown. Our offense was going to start scoring points and we had to give them a chance to win the game."

The complete team effort and adversity from Brigham Young has them sitting on top of Group K as they go into their game against former Mountain West foe Texas Christian. With another win in Denton, the Cougars can advance to the knockout stage. Meanwhile, North Carolina's shocking loss leaves them with zero points and a minus-8 point differential. The Tar Heels will take Army in Atlanta for their second Group K matchup.

Copyright by STATS CFNCA and The National Cup Media Bureau

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Marcus Horton's 49-yard go-ahead touchdown

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Marcus Horton's crazy back of the endzone touchdown catch

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Marcus Horton's 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown

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Skye PoVey's acrobatic sideline interception

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Brigham Young Cougars at North Carolina Tar Heels
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Brigham Young Cougars (1-0-0 (3PTs))	7	0	14	14	35
North Carolina Tar Heels (0-1-0 (0PTs))	0	13	14	0	27

Team Stats Comparison
	BYU	UNC
Total Offense	230	279
Rushing Yards	28	117
Passing Yards	202	162
First Downs	9	15
Punt Return Yards	0-0	2-39.5
Kick Return Yards	356	43
Total Yards	580	322
Turnovers	7	5
3rd Down Converstion	3/4 (75%)	4/9 (44%)
4th Down Conversion	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)
2-Point Conversion	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-3-0 (100%)	4-2-2 (100%)
Penalties	2-46	1-5
Posession Time	6:03	9:57

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BYU	UNC
3:48	(BYU) TD BYU: M. Horton, returned kickoff 103 Yds (J. Sorensen kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BYU	UNC
3:56	(UNC) FG UNC: T. Moore, 35 Yd FG	7	3
1:33	(UNC) FG UNC: T. Moore, 28 Yd FG	7	6
0:54	(UNC) TD UNC: C. Gonet, 1 Yd pass from M. Williams (T. Moore kick)	7	13
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BYU	UNC
2:43	(UNC) TD UNC: M. Williams, 2 Yd run (T. Moore kick)	7	20
2:16	(UNC) TD UNC: M. Williams, 23 Yd run (T. Moore kick)	7	27
1:05	(BYU) TD BYU: K. Friel, 14 Yd pass from T. Hill (J. Sorensen kick)	14	27
0:18	(BYU) TD BYU: M. Horton, 13 Yd pass from T. Hill (J. Sorensen kick)	21	27
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BYU	UNC
3:13	(BYU) TD BYU: M. Horton, 49 Yd pass from T. Hill (J. Sorensen kick)	28	27
0:20	(BYU) TD BYU: M. Horton, 23 Yd pass from T. Hill (J. Sorensen kick)	35	27

Brigham Young Cougars
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
T. Hill	11/20	202	4	6
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Alisa	4	21	5.2	0
J. Williams	3	21	7	0
T. Hill	2	-14	-7	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Horton	4	100	25	3
K. Friel	2	30	15	1
C. Hoffman	1	15	15	0
J. Faslev	1	25	25	0
S. Ridley	1	13	13	0
R. Apo	1	24	24	0
J. Williams	1	-5	-5	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
D. Sorensen	6	0	0	0
M. Hague	6	0	1	0
K. Tambe	5	4	0	0
K. Van Noy	4	0	1	0
L. Gifford	4	0	0	0
U. Unga	3	0	1	0
C. Bills	3	0	0	0
S. PoVey	3	0	2	0
E. Manumaleuna	2	1	0	0
R. Apo	2	0	0	0
S. Haldey	1	0	0	0
A. Fua	1	0	0	0
J. Johnson	1	0	0	0
B. Stringham	1	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
J. Sorensen	0/0	5/5	5	0
KICK RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Horton	6	356	59.3	1
PUNT RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Horton	1	-6	-6	0

North Carolina Tar Heels
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
B. Renner	4/6	38	0	1
M. Williams	11/24	124	1	4
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Blue	11	58	5.2	0
B. Renner	8	37	4.6	0
M. Williams	2	25	12.5	2
R. Morris	1	-3	-3	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Blue	5	68	13.6	0
E. Ebron	3	20	6.6	0
T. Thorpe	3	38	12.6	0
K. Singleton	2	28	14	0
C. Goney	1	1	1	1
S. Tapley	1	7	7	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
T. Boston	5	0	0	0
T. Hughes	3	0	0	0
S. Tapley	3	0	0	0
K. Martin	2	0	0	0
P. Clyburn	2	0	0	0
K. Singleton	2	0	0	0
T. Moore	2	0	0	0
T. Jackson	2	0	0	0
N. Staub	2	0	1	0
B. Ellerbe	1	0	1	0
T. Shankle	1	0	0	0
J. Price	0	0	2	0
S. Smiley	0	0	1	0
T. Scott	0	0	1	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
T. Moore	2/2	3/3	9	35
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
T. Hibbard	2	79	39.5	0
KICK RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
R. Morris	2	43	21.5	0