MEMPHIS -- With 1:20 remaining and Arkansas State facing fourth down just on the Memphis side of midfield, the volume inside Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium increased.
False start. Fourth-and-10. The din only swelled.
Then again, false start. Make it fourth-and-15.
Quarterback James Blackman stomped his right foot, awaiting the snap with the game on the line.
But the ball never arrived, instead rolling 15 yards behind him. With it went just about any chance of a come-from-behind victory.
Jevyon Ducker's 39-yard touchdown run with just over two minutes to play capped a roller-coaster fourth quarter and lifted Memphis to a 44-32 victory in the 61st edition of the Paint Bucket Bowl on Saturday night.