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UC Davis wins 2nd straight Causeway Classic against Sacramento State

UC Davis wins 2nd straight Causeway Classic against Sacramento State
KCRA THREE SPORTS POWERED BY TOYOTA. IT’S ANOTHER CLASSIC IN THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF THE CAUSEWAY CLASSIC BETWEEN SACRAMENTO STATE AND UC DAVIS. KCRA 3’S MICHELLE DAPPER RECAPS ALL THE ACTION FROM HORNET STADIUM. THE 70TH ANNUAL CAUSEWAY CLASSIC LIVING UP TO THE HYPE. A BACK AND FORTH BATTLE BETWEEN NUMBER FIVE UC DAVIS AND SACRAMENTO STATE. A GAME THAT SAW 997 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE AND 81 TOTAL POINTS. SACRAMENTO STATE HORNETS. THE 70TH ANNUAL CAUSEWAY CLASSIC, FEATURING SACRAMENTO STATE AND FIFTH RANKED UC DAVIS DOING THE COIN TOSS. FORMER HORNET GENE WISE AND FORMER AGGIE BOB WARREN, WHO, BY THE WAY, PLAYED IN THE FIRST CAUSEWAY CLASSIC LAN LARISON, SETS THE AGGIES ALL TIME CAREER RECORD FOR ALL PURPOSE YARDS WITH THE 24 YARD CATCH. HE ALSO SURPASSES 2000 ALL PURPOSE YARDS THIS SEASON TO LEAD THE NATION, AND THE FIRST AGGIE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT FEAT. AND THE AGGIES SCORE FIRST. MILES HASTINGS ROLLS LEFT. HITS A WIDE OPEN SAMUEL BOTSU FOR THE 29 YARD SCORE. SEVEN NOTHING UCD. AFTER AN AGGIES TURNOVER ON DOWNS, THE HORNETS COME UP WITH THE EQUALIZER. TEN PLAYS FOR 71 YARDS CARSON CONKLIN TO ANDERSON GROVER FOR THE THREE YARD TOUCHDOWN IN THE SECOND QUARTER. UC DAVIS RETAKES THE LEAD 70 YARDS ON SIX PLAYS, CAPPED OFF BY A ONE YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY LAN LARISON. 14 SEVEN AGGIES. AFTER A HORNETS TURNOVER, DAVIS CAPITALIZES FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE HALF. HASTINGS FIRES TO WINSTON WILLIAMS OVER THE MIDDLE. IT’S 21 SEVEN AGGIES AFTER THE FIVE YARD TD SAC STATE CUTS THE LEAD TO ONE. CONKLIN FINDS A DIVING JARED GIBSON AND THE STOCKTON NATIVE MAKES THE 22 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH 2114 AT THE BREAK. THIRD QUARTER SAC STATE EVENS IT UP. CONKLIN SCRAMBLES TO THE RIGHT, HURLS ONE TO GIBSON. THEIR SECOND HOOKUP OF THE GAME. IT’S TIED AT 21. CONKLIN SETS A SCHOOL RECORD FOR PASSING YARDS IN A SEASON FOR A FRESHMAN. SACRAMENTO STATE STILL TRYING TO PLAY SPOILER. ZACH SCHREINER’S 35 YARD FIELD GOAL IS GOOD. HIS 19TH MAKE OF THE SEASON 2421. DAVIS NOT BACKING DOWN LARRISON TAKES THE HANDOFF, STAYS ON HIS FEET FOR THE 12 YARD TOUCHDOWN TO RETAKE THE LEAD 2824. THE AGGIES ADD TO THEIR LEAD. HASTINGS FIRES TO THE BACK OF THE ENDZONE TO WILLIAMS FOR THE TOE TAPPING EIGHT YARD TOUCHDOWN. HASTINGS SETS A SCHOOL RECORD FOR PASSING YARDS IN A SEASON AS WELL. SAC STATE KEEPS BUZZING. CONKLIN ROLLS OUT, SCRAMBLES TO AVOID THE PRESSURE, FLOATS IT UP FOR ELIJAH TOLLIVER, WHO COMES DOWN WITH THE 16 YARD SCORE. THE HORNETS CONVERT THEIR FIRST TWO POINT CONVERSION OF THE SEASON TO PULL WITHIN THREE. THIS ABOUT SUMS UP THE SEASON THOUGH. THE HANDOFF TO LARRISON AND HE RUNS THROUGH THE LINE. REELS OFF A 59 YARD SCORE. HIS THIRD OF THE DAY. UC DAVIS CLAIMS THE COSMIC CLASSIC FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON. 4239. THAT’D BE HEAVY. THAT’S THE GREATEST REGULAR SEASON WE’VE EVER HAD. AND I JUST THINK THAT THE PLAYERS DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT. THE RIVALRY GAMES, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST JUST DIFFERENT. I DON’T THINK THERE WAS VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A THREE POINT GAME TONIGHT. THOSE GUYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM DID COACHES DID GREAT DAY TO BE AN AGGIE. EVERY DAY IS. BUT THIS WAS THIS WAS SPECIAL. THIS IS THE GOAL WE PUT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. TO BEAT SAC STATE. NOW WE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION TO THAT. WE KNOW WE’VE MADE IT, AND NOW IT’S JUST KIND OF SEEING WHERE WE END UP. BUT ALL THE GUYS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. SO NOW THE AGGIES AWAIT THEIR FATE FOR THE FCS PLAYOFFS. THE SELECTION SHOW IS SET FOR TOMORROW MORNING AT 930. AS FOR SACRAMENTO STATE, THEY FINISH UP THE YEAR AT THRE
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UC Davis wins 2nd straight Causeway Classic against Sacramento State
UC Davis football finished off Sacramento State 42-39 Saturday to lock up its 10th win of the season and a second-straight Causeway Classic victory.A total of 36 points were scored in the fourth quarter with touchdowns scored on four consecutive possessions between the two teams. UC Davis’ Lan Larison ran for 148 yards on 23 carries, scoring three touchdowns. He finished with 69 receiving yards on four catches to finish with 273 all-purpose yards, adding 56 kickoff return yards.Miles Hastings threw for 398 yards on 27-of-36 passes to finish with three passing touchdowns on the game for the Aggies.Sacramento State’s Carson Conklin threw for five touchdowns, the first QB to do so for the Hornets since 2019.Conklin also set the school single-season passing record by a freshman with 2,758 yards.This marks the regular season finale for both teams. But it also marks the end of a disappointing season for the Hornets where they finished 3-9 overall and 1-7 in the Big Sky Conference. The victory improves the Aggies to 10-2 overall and 7-1 against Big Sky opponents. The Aggies now wait to see where they fall in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Division I playoffs bracket Sunday. It will be revealed during a selection show on ESPNU at 9:30 a.m.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter

UC Davis football finished off Sacramento State 42-39 Saturday to lock up its 10th win of the season and a second-straight Causeway Classic victory.

A total of 36 points were scored in the fourth quarter with touchdowns scored on four consecutive possessions between the two teams.

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UC Davis’ Lan Larison ran for 148 yards on 23 carries, scoring three touchdowns.

He finished with 69 receiving yards on four catches to finish with 273 all-purpose yards, adding 56 kickoff return yards.

Miles Hastings threw for 398 yards on 27-of-36 passes to finish with three passing touchdowns on the game for the Aggies.

Sacramento State’s Carson Conklin threw for five touchdowns, the first QB to do so for the Hornets since 2019.

Conklin also set the school single-season passing record by a freshman with 2,758 yards.

This marks the regular season finale for both teams. But it also marks the end of a disappointing season for the Hornets where they finished 3-9 overall and 1-7 in the Big Sky Conference.

The victory improves the Aggies to 10-2 overall and 7-1 against Big Sky opponents.

The Aggies now wait to see where they fall in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Division I playoffs bracket Sunday. It will be revealed during a selection show on ESPNU at 9:30 a.m.

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