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Edmond Life and Leisure - September 25, 2025
Sports
Bronchos bounce Washburn, 34-28
No. 15 Central Oklahoma beat Washburn 34-28 Saturday night at Chad Richison Stadium, returning from a bye week to another home victory.
The Bronchos are 2-1 on the season and 2-0 in the MIAA following the win.
"It wasn't a flashy game or a pretty game, but a win is a win," UCO head coach Adam Dorrel said. "We didn't play our best game but we found a way to win. I do want to say that our defense played good and they got it done for us."
UCO trailed twice, but both for brief moments. A one-play, 8yard scoring drive gave Washburn a 7-0 lead, with the guests capitalizing on an interception with the Bronchos backed up in their own end zone. Then later in the game, Washburn took a 28-24 lead with 7:48 to play in the third quarter, but less than three minutes later the Bronchos responded with a score and didn't trail again.
The Broncho defense held Washburn to 254 yards of total offense, and without one 85-yard touchdown play, only gave up 169 yards of total offense in the game. Central held Washburn to just 4 of 14 on third-down attempts and racked up four quarterback sacks in the game.
The offense did its part too.
Central Oklahoma racked up 533 yards of offense with 296 yards in the passing game and 237 more in the rushing attack.
Redshirt freshman Clayton Creasey threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns, completing nearly 70 percent of his passes. Ashton Schumann hauled in 10 receptions for 104 yards. William Mason finished with 12 carries for 99 yards and a touchdown.
Mason scored on a 20-yard touchdown run to tied the game, 7-7, with 9:28 to play in the first quarter. UCO forced a three & out and then the Bronchos scored on a 52-yard touchdown pass from Creasey to Hagen Hacker to give UCO its first lead of the game.
Mason scored again, this time on a 7-yard pass from Creasey, to give UCO a 21-14 lead with 3:04 to play until halftime. The Bronchos forced another three & out and then went on a short 29-yard drive that ended with a 45-yard field goal as time expired in the first half to give UCO a 24-14 halftime lead.
Kim connected on a school-record tying 51-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to put the Bronchos up 34-28 with 14:21 remaining. And UCO's defense took it from there.
Washburn had two drives in the fourth quarter and went eight plays for 14 yards and three plays for eight yards.
Jack Puckett led the defensive effort with seven tackles and he had two pass breakups. Connor Johnson had six tackles, including one sack. Ethan Stites and Servhant Counsellor both had sacks as well, and Braydn Smith and Reese Roller split a sack. The Bronchos finished with six QB hurries in the game.
Cottrell finished with 77 yards on 17 carries and also had 80 yards on seven receptions. He added 40 kick-return yards for 197 all-purpose yards in the game.
Central Oklahoma will hit the road in Week 3 for just the second time this season. The Bronchos visit Northwest Missouri (31, 2-0 MIAA) on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 1:30 p.m. UCO returns home for the Hall of Fame Game on Oct. 4 against Central Missouri (1-2, 1-0 MIAA).
