HOUSTON (AP) — Hahsaun Wilson scored on a 1-yard run with 47 seconds left to lift Charlotte to a 21-20 win over Rice on Saturday in the 49ers American Athletic Conference opener.
Deshawn Purdie threw a pair of long touchdown passes to O’Mega Blake in the third quarter to put Charlotte up 14-10 after three quarters but the Owls answered with E.J. Warner’s 41-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Mojarro and Enock Gota’s 25-yard field goal with 6:42 left to take a 20-14 lead.
Purdie connected with Blake with a 66-yard pass on the first play of Charlotte’s game-winning drive to set up a first down at the Rice 11, then Purdie found Colin Weber for 5 yards.