The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks beat the Liberty Flames 31-28 on Saturday despite facing a two-touchdown deficit at halftime. The Warhawks scored 28 points to Liberty’s zero in the third quarter and sealed the game with a 53-yard field goal and their third forced interception of the game within the final two minutes of the game.
It may have been an early indicator that ULM would pull off the upset as 32.5-point underdogs when it held Liberty to just four first downs on its first two drives. Both of those drives resulted in a turnover on downs after HC Hugh Freeze made the call to try and convert on fourth down from 10 and one yard short of the marker.