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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) -- Derrick Fourroux scored three times on rushes and threw the game-winning pass in the fourth quarter to lead McNeese State to a 30-27 win Saturday over Southern Utah.
Fourroux got the Cowboys (2-3) on the scoreboard with two TD runs in the first quarter -- one a 1-yard plunge, the other a 12-yard dash -- and added another TD run with 4:42 left in the third quarter to give McNeese a 24-14 lead.
But Southern Utah (3-3) fought back after Fourroux's third-quarter TD run, scoring with 32 seconds left in the third on Joey Hew Len's 6-yard catch and taking a 27-24 lead with 9:15 left in the game on Johnny Sanchez's 28-yard run.
But Fourroux responded a minute later with a 69-yard TD pass to Carlese Franklin to lift McNeese to the win. Fourroux rushed for 52 yards and finished 11-of-25 for 194 yards. Jamie Leonard led the McNeese running game with 124 yards on 16 rushes.
Southern Utah's Wes Marshall finished 19-of-28 for 177 yards and two TD passes. Sanchez finished with 161 yards on 11 carries.
The win ended a two-game losing streak for the Cowboys, and came three days after Tommy Tate resigned as the head coach and was replaced by Matt Viator, his offensive coordinator.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-10-07-06 2215MDT
