Late kick lifts Murray State to OVC title

MURRAY, Ky. -- Shane Andrus kicked a 52-yard game-winning field goal as time expired to give Murray State a share of the Ohio Valley Conference championship with a 37-35 win over Eastern Illinois on Saturday.

Murray State (7-4, 5-1 Ohio Valley) won the OVC's automatic bid to the Division I-AA playoffs next week with the win over Eastern Illinois (8-3, 5-1 OVC).

Andrus' field goal came after the Panthers took the lead on Andre Raymond's 2-yard touchdown run with 23 seconds left. It was his second TD of the fourth quarter, and put Eastern Illinois ahead 35-34. His first TD came on a 7-yard run with 3:30 remaining.

Andrus hit field goals of 25, 46 and 52 yards for Murray State.

Billy Blanchard rushed for 110 yards and had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs for the Racers.

Tony Romo led Eastern Illinois' offense with 302 yards passing and two touchdowns.