UAPB pulled away from a 14-all halftime knot on Jaron Johnson's 79 yard interception return. But it was an ugly game with no rhythm from either offense.

Troy came into the game missing many starters: HB Alex Jones (injury), WR/KR/PR Mike Ford (injury, season), RG Donnie Lyles (academics), and ROLB Cole Fields (injury). Pine Bluff lost two players on KR/KO early in the game: HB reserve Shawaiin Penn, and TE Yammy Crossings. The loss of Crossings killed our Ace bread and butter set, and we could get nothing going through the air. We were -37 yards rushing at the break. So I broke freshman TE Ali Washington's redshirt and brought him in. Soon our Ace running plays got a little traction. Eventually Groover broke out a few times, and that suddenly got us settled down. Still didn't dominate, but did get going.