Albany secures 13-10 win over Cornell with Uga's touchdown and Estes' interception
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Jojo Uga scored the first touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter, and Jayden Estes had an interception with 1:33 remaining for Albany in a 13-10 win over Cornell in their Coastal Athletic Conference season opener on Saturday night.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Jojo Uga scored the first touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter, and Jayden Estes had an interception with 1:33 remaining for Albany in a 13-10 win over Cornell in their Coastal Athletic Conference season opener on Saturday night.
Uga's 43-yard touchdown run came with 6:09 remaining. He rushed for 126 yards on 18 attempts.
Cornell scored its first touchdown on the following possession, from a six-yard pass from quarterback Devin Page to Ryder Kurtz with 3:38 remaining.
Cornell had the ball at midfield at the two-minute warning and completed another pass to put the offense on Albany's 37-yard line. Page underthrew the ball, and Estes picked it off to secure the Great Danes' (1-3) first win of the season.
Page was 8-for-12 for 90 yards.
The only points scored until the final half of the fourth quarter were field goals.
Albany kicker James Bozek hit 32- and a 37-yard field goals, and Cornell's Alan Zhao made one from 25 yards out.
Albany quarterback Colin Parachek replaced starter Jack Shields in the second half. Parachek was 6-for-11 for 45 yards. Shields passed for 70 yards with one interception.
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