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- Updated: August 28, 2025
Jacksonville State plays its season-opening football game at Central Florida. Click link and refresh for updates.
Game updates
–Kickoff, 6 p.m.
–Jax State wins toss, defers.
FIRST QUARTER
–UCF starts at its 19-yard line.
UCF holds the ball 13 plays, but Jax State forces a punt from the JSU 49. O’Steen and Walker with a big stop on third down for a 7-yard loss.
–Jax State takes over on its 20.
Whimsatt converts fourth down and 8 with a pass to Baret Jr. to the UCF 39. … Jax State holds the ball 11 plays, punts UCF down to its 3.
–UCF takes over on its 3.
Fumble, and Jax State recovers at the 49.
SECOND QUARTER
–Jax State starts at its 49.
Jax State goes 3 and out, punts.
–UCF takes over at its 11.
Blitz, strip sack, fumble, and Prater recovers for a Jax State TD. Fegans with the sack and forced fumble. Play under review. Fegans called for targeting, disqualified for tackling with crown of helmet. No TD for Jax State, 15 yards and a UCF first down.
–Game is in weather delay.
–Play resumes at 8:55 p.m. Delay about two hours.
—UCF continues drive that started at its 11
A 17-play drive that started before 7 p.m. ends in a UCF punt at 9:05 p.m.
–Touchback, Jax State starts on its 20.
Gamecocks go 3 and out.
–UCF takes over on Jax State’s 46.
UCF goes 3 and out, punts.
–Jax State takes over on its 6.
Jax State drives 77 yards in 10 plays over 1:40, but Garrison Rippa’s FG attempt on the half’s final play is blocked.
HALFTIME: Jax State 0, UCF 0
THIRD QUARTER
–Jax State starts on its 16.
Cam Cook runs a fake punt 26 yards to the UCF 49. … A sack and a false start dooms the drive, and Jax State punts from its 37.
–UCF starts on its 21.
Tayven Jackson’a 64-yard completion to Myles Montgomery helps get UCF to Jax State’s 1, but a false start and incomplete pass relegates the Golden Knights to a 24-yard field goal from Venneri at 8:03: UCF 3, JAX STATE 0
–Jax State starts on its 25.
Backup QB Caden Creel throws a halfback pass to Cam Cook, who advances the ball to UCF’s 31. … Rippa on for a 42-yard FG attempt, and it’s good at 5:28: JAX STATE 3, UCF 3
–UCF starts on its 25.
UCF to punt from midfield.
–Jax State starts from its 16.
Cook runs for 24 yards to the Jax State 45. … Gavin Whimsatt completes to Brock Rechsteiner for 20 yards to the UCF 46, sets up fourth down and 1 as 3Q ends.
FOURTH QUARTER
–Jax State resumes on fourth and 1 at UCF’s 46.
Andrew Paul runs for a yard and a first down. …
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