Samford 24, UCF 21

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	16	14
Total Yards	286	282
Passing	208	157
Rushing	78	125
Penalties	3-19	6-55
3rd Down Conversions	4-15	7-16
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	0	2
Possession	30:22	29:38

Air/Ground Leaders
Samford Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Taliaferro 20/34 141 1 0 Fordham 1/1 67 1 0	UCF Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hodges 10/17 129 1 1 Calabrese 3/7 28 0 0
Samford Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Evans 23 76 0 12 Barnett 1 3 0 3	UCF Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Harvey 31 111 2 20 Watters 1 15 0 15
Samford Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Hawkins 3 107 2 67 Lowery 5 41 0 11	UCF Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Ross 5 85 0 26 Aiken 2 42 0 21

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				SAM	UCF
	TD	10:23	Riley Hawkins 29 Yd Pass From Dustin Taliaferro (Cameron Yaw Kick)	7	0
	TD	00:57	Brynn Harvey 1 Yd Run (Jamie Boyle Kick)	7	7
THIRD QUARTER				SAM	UCF
	TD	14:48	Quincy McDuffie 95 Yd Kickoff Return (Pat Failed)	7	13
	TD	14:08	Riley Hawkins 67 Yd Pass From Richie Fordham (Cameron Yaw Kick)	14	13
	TD	13:12	Ryan Anderson 41 Yd Interception Return (Cameron Yaw Kick)	21	13
	TD	07:40	Brynn Harvey 1 Yd Run (Brett Hodges Pass To Brynn Harvey For Two-Point Conversion)	21	21
	FG	01:57	Cameron Yaw 41 Yd	24	21
FOURTH QUARTER				SAM	UCF
	TD	10:53	Jamar Newsome 9 Yd Pass From Brett Hodges (Nick Cattoi Kick)	24	28

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Brynn Harvey rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns and backup quarterback Brett Hodges threw for another score as Central Florida rallied for a season-opening 28-24 victory over Samford on Saturday night.

Harvey scored twice from 1 yard out, but Hodges' 9-yard touchdown pass to Jamar Newsome with 10:53 left in the fourth quarter gave UCF the victory.

Hodges, a redshirt senior who transferred from Wake Forest, relieved starter Rob Calabrese in the middle of the second quarter. He hit 10-of-17 passes for 129 yards and the touchdown to Newsome.

He also threw an interception to Ryan Anderson, who returned it 41 yards in the third quarter that gave the Bulldogs a 21-13 lead.

That was just one of several big plays by both teams in the third quarter after a sluggish first half that ended in a 7-7 tie.