BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. ? Brandon Jackson rushed 11 yards for a touchdown with 3:09 left to lead Gardner-Webb to a 20-13 come-from?behind win against Austin Peay State University, Saturday night, at Sapngler Field.

The loss drops the Governors to 3-2 on the season while Gardner-Webb improves to 2-2.

The TD run capped a five-play 44-yard TD drive that came after a short Governors punt. With quarterback Devin Campbell engineering the drive, GWU was able to take its first lead of the half after the Runnin' Bulldogs dominated the second half.

The Govs had one final chance to tie in the closing minutes. A fourth-down pass from freshman quarterback Trent Caffee, who replaced starter Mark Cunningham in the second quarter, was caught by Darryl Miller at the APSU 45 to give APSU life.

Then Caffee's tipped pass was caught by Lanis Frederick near the GWU 45-yard line and he carried it all the way to the Runnin' Bulldogs five-yard line. But the Govs could not cash in as Caffee mishandled the first-down snap for an 11-yard loss. With time running down to 33 seconds, the Govs were forced to spike the ball. The Govs chances then ended with two pass incompletions.

The Governors were held to just 128 second-half yards against a rugged Gardner-Webb defense. The Govs' defense also held steady but had trouble containing the Campbell-to-Duvaughn Flagler combination in the second half. Flagler had six second-half catches for 101 yards and a TD in the final 30 minutes. Campbell, who replaced starter Stan Doolittle, finished 14-of-18 for 163 yards, all but 19 of the yards coming in the final half. 

In the first quarter it was a defensive struggle, with a Kit Hartsfield end-zone interception stopping one Gardner-Webb scoring drive that initially kept alive by a pass interference penalty. APSU had just 47 first-period yards compared to 73 for the Runnin' Bulldogs.

The second period saw GWU strike first, driving 73 yards on 12 plays for a 37-yard Evan Ray field goal.

But then the Govs came back behind freshman Trent Caffee, who drove the Govs 85 yards on 13 plays, using both his feet and arm on the drive. In fact, he completed five of six on the drive, including a picture-perfect 21-yard TD strike to fellow freshman Adrian Mines, his second touchdown catch in as many weeks. He finished the night with eight catches for 87 yards.

Caffee then drove the Govs again in the closing two minutes, setting up a Isaac Ziolskowski 38-yard field goal with 11 seconds left, allowing APSU to take a 10-3 halftime advantage.

However, the two teams traded field goals in the third quarter as the contest reverted back to a defensive battle as the Govs' Ziolkowski hit his second field goal of the night, a 28 yarder to make it a 13-6 contest heading to the fourth quarter.

But Gardner-Webb tied it early in the fourth quarter on a Campbell 18-yard TD pass to Flagler as the momentum shifted back to GWU.

Chris Fletcher saw his streak of 100-yard games end when he was held to 78 yards on 24 carries. Caffee, meanwhile, ended 11 of 20 passing for 163 yards after Cunningham was just 5-of-13 for 25 yards.

Defensively, Hartsfield finished with 10 tackles on the night and two interceptions.

-AP-