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Unbelievable! Louisville beats UCF on wild pick-six
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Just three weeks into the college football season and we’ve already witnessed one of the wildest finishes of the year.
Friday night’s matchup between UCF and Louisville was an incredibly entertaining matchup full of offense. The game, however, was decided on a big defensive play as time dwindled down in the fourth quarter.
UCF quarterback Dillon Gabriel was hoping to lead his team down the field for a game-winning drive, but one of his final passes was intercepted by Jaylin Alderman, who returned it 66 yards for a touchdown.
It ended up being the game-winning play:
Here’s how Louisville beat UCF, immediately after throwing a pick of its own that looked to have won the game for Gus Malzahn’s team https://t.co/iNTDcknODl
— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) September 18, 2021
Louisville posted a 42-35 victory to improve to 2-1 on the season. It was the first loss of the year for UCF.
It was a heartbreaking way for the night to end for Gabriel, who completed 21-of-28 pass attempts for 188 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also rushed for 18 yards and had 20 receiving yards, accounting for all 5 of the Knights’ touchdowns.
But it was Alderman’s pick-six that mattered most, and provided us with one of the wildest finishes of the young college football season.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB