Amazing TD With 1 Second Left In Bahamas Bowl (Video)

When Western Kentucky entered the fourth quarter of the Bahamas Bowl with a 49-14 lead, no one had any idea we were in for a fantastic finish. We were.

The Central Michigan Chippewas entered the fourth quarter trailing the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers by 35 points in the inaugural Bahamas Bowl in Nassau, Bahamas.

They ended it with a one-point loss after a miracle touchdown on the final play of the game, followed by a failed two-point conversion attempt.

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Central Michigan’s Cooper Rush, who threw for Bahamas Bowl records of 493 yards and seven touchdowns (ha, it’s the first one, so everything is a record!), guided five touchdown drives in the fourth quarter—including three in the final 3:06—to give the Chippewas (7-6) a chance.

After CMU scored on Rush’s 7-yard pass to Anthony Garland with 1:09 to go, Western Kentucky (8-5) recovered an onside kick.

But the ‘Toppers went nowhere and had to punt. An illegal formation penalty on the punt—which went into the end zone for a touchback—led to this.

OK, so the recap, it was a 48-yard pass from Rush to Jesse Kroll, who lateraled to Deon Butler for two yards, who lateraled to Courtney Williams for eight yards, who lateraled to Titus Davis for 17 yards and the touchdown.

All with double-zero on the clock.

Wow.

Central Michigan went for the win—good for them!—but Rush’s back-corner fade pass was ruled incomplete and Western Kentucky escaped with a 49-48 win.

Rush threw for 235 yards and five touchdowns … in the fourth quarter.

The final completion allowed him to pass WKU’s Brandon Doughty for the Bahamas Bowl passing yardage record. Doughty finished with 486 yards passing for five touchdowns.

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