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SE Louisiana at McNeese

Saturday, October 29, 2022

SE Louisiana beat McNeese 28–⁠27. It was their 21st meeting; after it, SE Louisiana led the series 11–⁠10.

AwaySE Louisiana9–⁠4 in 2022
28
HomeMcNeese4–⁠7 in 2022
27

Final at Cowboy Stadium, Lake CharlesTV: ESPN+Attendance 8,068

At kickoff
62°F, overcast, wind 3 mph from the westWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Lake Charles Regional Airport (KLCH), 6 km from the stadium
Official
Gary LeeperGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
SE Louisiana777728
McNeese6147027

Standouts

Player stats

SE Louisiana

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Cephus Johnson16/2425032
Eli Sawyer0/3001
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Rodeo Graham Jr.449045
Cephus Johnson1342014
Carlos Washington Jr.92817
Gage Larvadain218013
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Ivan Drobocky391175
C.J. Turner273140
Maurice Massey223115
Gage Larvadain217010
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Donniel Ward-Magee0001
Donte’ Daniels0001

McNeese

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Walker Wood14/2020312
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Deonta McMahon2297214
Walker Wood2184142
Mason Pierce1303
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Jon McCall281042
Mason Pierce458023
Jalen Johnson547019
Deonta McMahon2915
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Tyler Barnes0001
Thomas Miles0001
Crajaun Bennett0001

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

SE LouisianaMcNeese
396Total yards385
250Passing yards203
146Rushing yards182
9.3Yards per pass10.2
4.6Yards per rush4.0
16First downs20
3–⁠11Third downs4–⁠12
3–⁠3Fourth downs1–⁠1
3Turnovers2
4–⁠35Penalties5–⁠25
27:28Possession32:32

Efficiency

SE LouisianaMcNeese
39%Success rate38%
0.28EPA per play0.10
1.87Explosiveness1.60
0.16Rushing EPA0.20
0.92Passing EPA0.33
15%Passing-down success29%
5%Havoc by its defense7%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

SE Louisiana 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The line

SE Louisiana −18, over/under 60.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Before kickoff, the win chances were SE Louisiana 89%, McNeese 11%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.

Every drive

McNeese end zoneSE Louisiana end zoneQ1 SE LouisianaPunt, 3 playsQ1 McNeeseTouchdown, 12 playsQ1 SE LouisianaTouchdown, 15 playsQ1 McNeesePunt, 5 playsQ2 SE LouisianaTouchdown, 6 playsQ2 SE LouisianaInterception, 1 playQ2 McNeeseTouchdown, 1 playQ2 McNeeseTouchdown, 18 playsQ2 SE LouisianaInterception, 4 playsQ3 McNeeseTouchdown, 5 playsQ3 McNeesePunt, 3 playsQ3 SE LouisianaInterception, 4 playsQ3 McNeeseInterception, 3 playsQ3 SE LouisianaPunt, 5 playsQ3 SE LouisianaTouchdown, 7 playsQ3 McNeesePunt, 3 playsQ3 SE LouisianaTouchdown, 5 playsQ4 McNeesePunt, 7 playsQ4 SE LouisianaPunt, 6 playsQ4 McNeesePunt, 5 playsQ4 SE LouisianaPunt, 3 playsQ4 McNeeseInterception, 6 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. McNeese drives left to right, SE Louisiana right to left.
  1. Q1 SE LouisianaPunt, 3 plays, 1 yard
  2. Q1 McNeeseTouchdown, 12 plays, 71 yards
  3. Q1 SE LouisianaTouchdown, 15 plays, 71 yards
  4. Q1 McNeesePunt, 5 plays, 18 yards
  5. Q2 SE LouisianaTouchdown, 6 plays, 81 yards
  6. Q2 SE LouisianaInterception, 1 play, 0 yards
  7. Q2 McNeeseTouchdown, 1 play, 39 yards
  8. Q2 McNeeseTouchdown, 18 plays, 72 yards
  9. Q2 SE LouisianaInterception, 4 plays, 15 yards
  10. Q3 McNeeseTouchdown, 5 plays, 96 yards
  11. Q3 McNeesePunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
  12. Q3 SE LouisianaInterception, 4 plays, 5 yards
  13. Q3 McNeeseInterception, 3 plays, 0 yards
  14. Q3 SE LouisianaPunt, 5 plays, 18 yards
  15. Q3 SE LouisianaTouchdown, 7 plays, 73 yards
  16. Q3 McNeesePunt, 3 plays, −6 yards
  17. Q3 SE LouisianaTouchdown, 5 plays, 81 yards
  18. Q4 McNeesePunt, 7 plays, 34 yards
  19. Q4 SE LouisianaPunt, 6 plays, 15 yards
  20. Q4 McNeesePunt, 5 plays, 5 yards
  21. Q4 SE LouisianaPunt, 3 plays, 5 yards
  22. Q4 McNeeseInterception, 6 plays, 27 yards

Play by play

1st quarter3 drives, then SE Louisiana 7, McNeese 6
SE Louisiana Punt, 3 plays
0:003rd & 9 at own 36pass incomplete to CJ Turner
14:541st & 10 at own 35Garrison Smith kickoff for 55 yds , Gage Larvadain return for 25 yds to the SELa 35
14:104th & 9 at own 36Austin Dunlap punt for 38 yds
McNeese Touchdown, 12 plays
9:451st & 10 at opp 25Walker Wood run for 23 yds to the SELa 2 for a 1ST down
9:451st & goal at opp 2Walker Wood run for a loss of 3 yards to the SELa 5
8:332nd & goal at opp 5Deonta McMahon 5 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)McNeese 6, SE Louisiana 0
8:331st & goal at opp 3
8:281st & 10 at own 35Garrison Smith kickoff for 57 yds , Gage Larvadain return for 18 yds to the SELa 26
SE Louisiana Touchdown, 15 plays
0:074th & 13 at opp 33Cephus Johnson III pass complete to CJ Turner for 33 yds for a TD, (Riley Callaghan KICK)SE Louisiana 7, McNeese 6
0:071st & 10 at own 35Mateo Rengifo kickoff for 63 yds
2nd quarter5 drives, then McNeese 20, SE Louisiana 14
McNeese Punt, 5 plays
15:002nd & 2 at own 33Deonta McMahon run for 2 yds to the McNSt 35 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 35MCNEESE ST Penalty, false start (Dylan Dauzart) to the McNSt 30
15:001st & 15 at own 30Deonta McMahon run for 5 yds to the McNSt 35
15:002nd & 10 at own 35Walker Wood run for 5 yds to the McNSt 40
15:003rd & 5 at own 40Mason Pierce run for 3 yds to the McNSt 43
11:574th & 2 at own 43Callum Eddings punt for 41 yds
SE Louisiana Touchdown, 6 plays
11:571st & 10 at own 16Cephus Johnson III run for 5 yds to the SELa 21
11:572nd & 5 at own 21Rodeo Graham Jr. run for 3 yds to the SELa 24
11:573rd & 2 at own 24Gage Larvadain run for 13 yds to the SELa 37 for a 1ST down
11:571st & 10 at own 37Cephus Johnson III pass complete to Darius Lewis for 3 yds to the SELa 40
11:572nd & 7 at own 40Rodeo Graham Jr. run for 45 yds to the McNSt 15 for a 1ST down
8:231st & 10 at opp 15Cephus Johnson III pass complete to Maurice Massey for 15 yds for a TD, (Riley Callaghan KICK)SE Louisiana 14, McNeese 6
8:231st & 10 at own 35Mateo Rengifo kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
McNeese Touchdown, 18 plays
1:023rd & goal at opp 2Walker Wood sacked for a loss of 3 yards to the SELa 5
0:514th & goal at opp 5Deonta McMahon 5 Yd pass from Walker Wood (Garrison Smith Kick)SE Louisiana 14, McNeese 13
0:511st & 10 at own 35Garrison Smith kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
0:411st & 10 at own 25Eli Sawyer pass intercepted
McNeese Touchdown, 1 play
0:341st & 10 at opp 42Walker Wood 42 Yd Run (Garrison Smith Kick)McNeese 20, SE Louisiana 14
0:341st & 10 at own 35Garrison Smith kickoff for 60 yds
SE Louisiana Interception, 4 plays
0:191st & 10 at own 40pass incomplete to CJ Turner
0:192nd & 10 at own 40Cephus Johnson III pass intercepted
3rd quarter10 drives, then McNeese 27, SE Louisiana 21
McNeese Punt, 3 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 25Deonta McMahon run for 1 yd to the McNSt 26
SE Louisiana Interception, 4 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 32Cephus Johnson III pass complete to Gage Larvadain for 10 yds to the SELa 42 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 42SE LOUISIANA Penalty, false start (Maurice Massey) to the SELa 37
0:001st & 15 at own 37pass incomplete to Maurice Massey
0:002nd & 15 at own 37pass incomplete to Gage Larvadain
McNeese Interception, 3 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 43Walker Wood pass incomplete to Jalen Johnson, broken up by Rowan Briggs
0:002nd & 10 at own 43
SE Louisiana Punt, 5 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 23Cephus Johnson III pass complete to Nick Kovacs for 9 yds to the SELa 32
0:002nd & 1 at own 32Arlen Williams run for 7 yds to the SELa 39 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 39Carlos Washington Jr. run for 2 yds to the SELa 41
0:002nd & 8 at own 41pass incomplete
0:003rd & 8 at own 41pass incomplete to Gage Larvadain
SE Louisiana Touchdown, 7 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 24Cephus Johnson III run for 1 yd to the SELa 25
0:002nd & 9 at own 25Cephus Johnson III run for 6 yds to the SELa 31
0:003rd & 3 at own 31Cephus Johnson III pass complete to Darius Lewis for 4 yds to the SELa 35 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 35Cephus Johnson III pass complete to Carlos Washington Jr. for 7 yds to the SELa 42
0:002nd & 3 at own 42Cephus Johnson III pass complete to CJ Turner for 40 yds to the McNSt 18 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at opp 18Carlos Washington Jr. run for 4 yds to the McNSt 14
McNeese Punt, 3 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 46Walker Wood run for 1 yd to the McNSt 47
0:002nd & 9 at own 47Walker Wood sacked for a loss of 3 yards to the McNSt 44
0:003rd & 12 at own 44Walker Wood run for a loss of 4 yards to the McNSt 40
SE Louisiana Touchdown, 5 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 16Cephus Johnson III pass complete to Ivan Drobocky for 75 yds to the McNSt 9 for a 1ST down
0:001st & goal at opp 9Cephus Johnson III run for 2 yds to the McNSt 7
15:001st & 10 at own 35Mateo Rengifo kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
McNeese Punt, 3 plays
14:432nd & 9 at own 26Walker Wood run for 2 yds to the McNSt 28
14:433rd & 7 at own 28Walker Wood run for 4 yds to the McNSt 32
12:504th & 3 at own 32Callum Eddings punt for 43 yds , Darius Lewis returns for 7 yds to the SELa 32
11:473rd & 15 at own 37Cephus Johnson III pass intercepted
11:003rd & 10 at own 43Walker Wood pass intercepted
9:234th & 8 at own 41Austin Dunlap punt for 58 yds
McNeese Touchdown, 5 plays
9:231st & 10 at own 1Deonta McMahon run for 1 yd to the McNSt 2
9:232nd & 9 at own 2Walker Wood pass complete to Jon McCall for 39 yds to the McNSt 41 for a 1ST down
9:231st & 10 at own 41Deonta McMahon run for 14 yds to the SELa 45 for a 1ST down
9:231st & 10 at opp 45Walker Wood pass complete to Jon McCall for 42 yds to the SELa 3 for a 1ST down
7:211st & goal at opp 3Deonta McMahon 3 Yd Run (Garrison Smith Kick)McNeese 27, SE Louisiana 14
7:151st & 10 at own 35Garrison Smith kickoff for 65 yds , Gage Larvadain return for 24 yds to the SELa 24
SE Louisiana Touchdown, 7 plays
3:192nd & 6 at opp 14Ivan Drobocky 14 Yd pass from Cephus Johnson III (Riley Callaghan Kick)McNeese 27, SE Louisiana 21
3:071st & 10 at own 35Mateo Rengifo kickoff for 63 yds , Aalah Brown return for 44 yds to the McNSt 46
0:594th & 16 at own 40Callum Eddings punt for 44 yds
4th quarter7 drives, then SE Louisiana 28, McNeese 27
McNeese Punt, 7 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 25Deonta McMahon run for 2 yds to the McNSt 27
0:002nd & 8 at own 27MCNEESE ST Penalty, false start (Caron Coleman) to the McNSt 22
0:002nd & 13 at own 22Walker Wood pass complete to Mason Pierce for 23 yds to the McNSt 45 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 45Walker Wood run for 1 yd to the McNSt 46
0:002nd & 9 at own 46Walker Wood run for 14 yds to the SELa 40 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at opp 40Walker Wood sacked for a loss of 9 yards to the SELa 49
0:002nd & 19 at opp 49Deonta McMahon run for 2 yds to the SELa 47
0:003rd & 17 at opp 47Walker Wood pass complete to Jalen Johnson for 6 yds to the SELa 41
SE Louisiana Punt, 6 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 20Rodeo Graham Jr. run for 2 yds to the SELa 22
0:002nd & 8 at own 22Cephus Johnson III pass complete to Gage Larvadain for 7 yds to the SELa 29
0:003rd & 1 at own 29Cephus Johnson III run for 3 yds to the SELa 32 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 32Rodeo Graham Jr. run for a loss of 1 yard to the SELa 31
0:002nd & 11 at own 31pass incomplete
0:003rd & 11 at own 31Cephus Johnson III run for 4 yds to the SELa 35
McNeese Punt, 5 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 6Deonta McMahon run for 7 yds to the McNSt 13
0:002nd & 3 at own 13Walker Wood pass complete to Jalen Johnson for 6 yds to the McNSt 19 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 19Deonta McMahon run for 4 yds to the McNSt 23
0:002nd & 6 at own 23
0:003rd & 6 at own 23MCNEESE ST Penalty, false start (Caron Coleman) to the McNSt 18
0:003rd & 11 at own 18Walker Wood sacked for a loss of 7 yards to the McNSt 11
SE Louisiana Punt, 3 plays
0:001st & 10 at opp 49Cephus Johnson III run for a loss of 3 yards to the SELa 48
McNeese Interception, 6 plays
0:001st & 10 at own 8Walker Wood pass complete to Jalen Johnson for 11 yds to the McNSt 19 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 19Walker Wood pass complete to Josh Matthews for 8 yds to the McNSt 27
0:002nd & 2 at own 27Walker Wood sacked for a loss of 4 yards to the McNSt 23
0:003rd & 6 at own 23Walker Wood pass complete to Mason Pierce for 12 yds to the McNSt 35 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 35Walker Wood pass incomplete to Josh Matthews, broken up by Zy Alexander
SE Louisiana Touchdown, 5 plays
15:002nd & goal at opp 7Carlos Washington Jr. run for 4 yds to the McNSt 3
15:003rd & goal at opp 3Carlos Washington Jr. run for 2 yds to the McNSt 1
13:444th & goal at opp 1Carlos Washington Jr. 1 Yd Run (Riley Callaghan Kick)SE Louisiana 28, McNeese 27
13:441st & 10 at own 35Mateo Rengifo kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
9:234th & 11 at opp 41Callum Eddings punt for 41 yds
5:484th & 7 at own 35Austin Dunlap punt for 59 yds
2:274th & 18 at own 11Callum Eddings punt for 38 yds
SE Louisiana Punt, 3 plays
2:222nd & 13 at own 48Gage Larvadain run for 5 yds to the McNSt 47
2:063rd & 8 at opp 47Carlos Washington Jr. run for 3 yds to the McNSt 44
1:424th & 5 at opp 44Austin Dunlap punt for 36 yds
0:372nd & 10 at own 35Walker Wood pass intercepted

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

The series

Every SE Louisiana–McNeese game

SE Louisiana leads 13–⁠10 in 23 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2025SE Louisiana 38, McNeese 0
2023SE Louisiana 38, McNeese 24
2022SE Louisiana 28, McNeese 27
2021SE Louisiana 23, McNeese 20
2021SE Louisiana 38, McNeese 35
2020SE Louisiana 25, McNeese 20

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