Arkansas State 31, UCF 13
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Justice Hansen threw three touchdown passes to Kendall Sanders to help Arkansas State beat UCF 31-13 on Saturday night in the AutoNation Cure Bowl.
Hansen and Sanders hooked up for touchdown strikes of 12, 75 and 17 yards, but the biggest plays of the night came from the Red Wolves' special teams. They scored on a blocked punt and produced two turnovers that were turned into touchdowns.
Hansen completed 12 of 26 passes for 205 yards.
"When you look at a team that is as good as Central Florida is you know special teams has to come up huge," said third-year Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson, whose team bounced back from an 0-4 start to win a share of the Sun Belt Conference title and his bowl victory after two failed tried.