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MURRAY, Ky. – Bennie Coney became the first quarterback in program history to throw for 400 yards as Eastern Kentucky beat Murray State 41-34 in double overtime on Saturday.
 
Trailing 27-20, Coney drove the Colonels (6-4, 5-2 OVC) to the game-tying score with 44 seconds left in regulation.  Eastern took possession at its own 23 yard line with 1:56 to go.  He completed a 21-yard pass to Devin Borders on the first play and then gained 11 on the ground.  A 15-yard penalty moved EKU to the Murray State 30 yard line.  After a run, Coney found Dy'Shawn Mobley for 16 yards.  Three plays later Mobley polished it off with a 1-yard touchdown run.
 
The drive covered 77 yards in 1:12.  Eastern had not scored in the second half until that point.  The Racers moved to their own 41 before time ran out.
 
Murray State (3-7, 2-5 OVC) scored on a 3rd-down, three-yard run to start overtime.  On Eastern's third play in OT, Coney connected with Mobley for a 20-yard game-tying score. 
 
Coney and Mobley covered 10 yards each on a pair of runs during the Colonels' second overtime possession.  Three plays later, Kentayvus Hopkins scored what proved to be the game-winner from a yard out.
 
On MSU's first play, Kobie Grace intercepted a tight end pass to end the game.  It was Murray State's only turnover.
 
Coney finished 44-of-68 for 417 yards.  He threw three touchdown passes and one interception.  He also led EKU with 59 yards on the ground.  Jeff Glover caught eight of the passes for 83 yards and a touchdown.
 
After Murray State took a 7-3 lead midway through the first quarter, the two teams exchanged a pair of 17-0 runs stretching to the end of the third.
 
EKU began its run in the final seconds of the first quarter and carried it throughout the second.  With a 7-3 lead and time running out in the opening quarter, Glover caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Coney.  Glover hauled it in at the five and then stumbled into the end zone with a pair of defenders draped over him.
 
The Colonels put together another scoring drive midway through the second quarter.  Joel Brown picked up 18 yards on a catch over the middle on 3rd-and-8 early in the drive.  Arien Beasley gained 11 yards to the 17 yard line on a reverse.  A 12-yard catch by Jaucady Rutledge got the visitors to the one.  Three plays later Coney found Ben Madon in the left flat and he found pay dirt. The extra point made it 17-7 with 6:14 left before intermission.
 
Aided by a sideline, tightrope catch by Borders for a gain of 31 yards, Eastern added a 28-yard Lucas Williams field goal in the final minute and a half to take a 13-point lead into the locker room at halftime.
 
Murray State entered the game leading the Ohio Valley Conference with 355 passing yards per game.  EKU had a 214-50 edge through the air in the first half and limited the Racers to two first downs.  The Colonels ran 67 plays and out-gained MSU 314-100 in the first 30 minutes of action.
 
Murray State scored on each of its first two possessions of the second half to erase the Colonel lead.  The Racers opened the second half with a 7-play, 65-yard drive that included three first downs and 67 passing yards.  KD Humphries connected with a streaking Jeremy Harness in the back corner of the end zone for six.  The point-after made it 20-14.
 
Paul Rice eluded a host of tackles on his way to a 51-yard touchdown catch and run that led to a 21-20 Murray State lead with 9:06 left in the third.
 
MSU added a pair of field goals, the final one coming with 2:01 left in the game to stretch the margin to seven.
 
Murray State finished with 23 first downs and 426 total yards, including 319 of the passing variety.  Eastern Kentucky had 570 yards of total offense, passing for 417 and running for 153.
 
The Colonels close out the regular season next Saturday at Eastern Illinois.  The game is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET.
 
NOTES
Eastern Kentucky is ranked No. 24 in the STATS.com Poll.
 
Bennie Coney broke Josh Greco's school record of 398 passing yards, finishing with 417.  Greco set the record at Eastern Illinois in 2005.
 
Bennie Coney also broke Josh Greco's program record of 39 completions, which was also set at Eastern Illinois in 2005.  Coney finished with 44 on Saturday.
 
Noah Spence finished with 3.5 tackles for a loss, including 1.5 sacks.  He entered the game leading the nation with 2.1 tackles for a loss per game and first in the OVC with 1.11 sacks per game.
 
With a sack in the first quarter, Noah Spence is tied for the fourth most sacks in one season in EKU history with 11.  He moved ahead with a half sack later in the game.
 
Jeff Glover's 29-yard touchdown pass at the end of the first quarter was his fourth scoring reception of the season and seventh of his career.
 
Ben Madon's second quarter touchdown catch from a yard out was his third scoring catch of the season and of his career.