Louie Runnels highlighted a fourth-quarter rally with a 54-yard touchdown run in Stephen F. Austin's 27-17 nonconference victory against UC Davis on Saturday.
Runnels, who led all rushers with 101 yards, put the Lumberjacks ahead for good at 20-17 with 5:17 remaining, and Ryan Luedecke sealed the win on a 32-yard interception return for a touchdown with 1:02 left.
Cory Long started the fourth-quarter surge with field goals of 40 and 20 yards about two minutes apart.
UC Davis (5-4) took a 17-7 halftime lead with two touchdowns in the final two minutes of the second quarter. Quarterback Jon Grant had a 12-yard touchdown run, and Nelson Doris scored from 2 yards with 26 seconds left in the half to cap an 87-yard drive that took just 1:06.
Grant completed 26 of 49 passes for 373 yards but had three interceptions. Matt Engle threw two interceptions for UC Davis, which had 494 yards total offense to 410 for Stephen F. Austin (5-4).
SFA's Zeke Dixon was 23-of-53 for 296 yards with one touchdown as the teams combined for 113 passes.