Northwood football shocks Southern Durham, stops conversion attempt with no time left

Northwood stopped Southern Durham on a two-point conversion attempt with no time left on the clock to pull off an upset over the Spartans 28-26 in a Big 8 3A Conference thriller Friday night. The victory puts Northwood, Southern and Orange in a three-way tie for first place.

With the game tied at 14 in the fourth quarter, Chargers safety Cameron Goins intercepted Southern quarterback Jalen Green and romped 25 yards for a touchdown with 4:30 left.

The Spartans came right back with a four-play 90-yard drive that running back Jordon Brown finished from 39 yards out. But Southern’s two-point conversion attempt failed with an incomplete pass.

Northwood extended its lead 28-20 with 1:28 left on running back Montel Goods’ 55-yard scamper that broke several tackles.

But Southern wasn’t done. Starting from their own 35, the Spartans converted two fourth-down possessions en route to Greene hitting Jajuan Whitted for 10 yards with no time left. But Greene overthrew his receiver on the conversion to give the Chargers the win.

Turning point

After recovering the onside kick with 3:23 left and down by one, Northwood defense sacked Greene on 4th-and-10, setting up Goods’ touchdown run.

They said it

“There was no doubt – I knew we were going to win,” Northwood coach Brian Harrington said. “I could see it in their eyes (as they lined up against Southern’s two-point conversion attempt.)

Three who mattered

Montel Goods, Northwood: The 5-foot-10 senior terrorized Southern with 39 carries for 258 yards and three TDs. “My whole body is sore, but I feel good. I can’t believe we pulled it out,” he said.

Cameron Goins, Northwood: His 25-yard interception for touchdown gave Northwood a lead that it never relinquished.

Jordon Brown, Southern Durham: Rushed for 177 yards and two TDs.

By the numbers

100: Goods had 100 of the Chargers’ 111 yards rushing in the first half.

4: Combined turnovers in the first half.

2: Fourth-down saving tackles by Southern safety Jaleel Scroggins.

26: Points scored in the final 4 minutes, 30 seconds.

This story was originally published October 23, 2015 at 10:27 PM with the headline "Northwood football shocks Southern Durham, stops conversion attempt with no time left."