Box Score SAN ANTONIO, Texas — UTSA quarterback Owen McCown threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to A'Marion Peterson with 2:45 remaining to lift the Roadrunners (6-1, 3-0 in the American) to a 38-34 victory over Navy (2-4, 1-3) Saturday night in front of 23,297 fans at the Alamodome.

The loss spoiled a record-setting performance by Navy junior quarterback Jackson Gutierrez, a San Antonio native who accounted for four touchdowns, and sophomore tight end Jordan Collins, who caught two touchdown passes, including a school-record 92-yarder.

The game featured four lead changes in the fourth quarter, with Navy taking a 27-24 lead on Gutierrez's 92-yard touchdown pass to Collins with 12:47 remaining. UTSA answered with a 31-yard touchdown run by Will Henderson III to regain the lead, 31-27, with 8:17 left.

Navy responded with a 75-yard scoring drive that featured a 63-yard pass from Braxton Woodson to Gutierrez. Woodson capped the possession with a 7-yard touchdown run to give the Mids a 34-31 advantage with 4:50 remaining.

McCown then directed UTSA on a six-play, 75-yard drive, connecting with Peterson for the winning touchdown.

Navy had one final opportunity, but turned the ball over on downs with 1:50 remaining. The Mids regained possession with eight seconds left but could not advance the ball.
Gutierrez rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries while completing three of six passes for 120 yards and two scores. His 92-yard touchdown pass to Collins broke the previous school record of 87 yards set by Chris McCoy to Matt Scornavacchi against Tulane in 1995.

Collins finished with career highs of 117 receiving yards and two touchdowns on two receptions.

Woodson, seeing his first real time since suffering an ankle injury at Florida Atlantic on Sept. 12, rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown on five carries. He also completed his only pass attempt to Gutierrez.

Navy finished with 477 yards of total offense, including 294 rushing yards, while UTSA totaled 469 yards. McCown completed 28 of 38 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns.

The Mids scored on their opening possession when Gutierrez capped a six-play, 75-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run to give Navy a 7-0 lead.

Navy extended its advantage to 14-0 early in the second quarter on Gutierrez's 5-yard touchdown run, which completed a 10-play, 92-yard drive, Navy's longest scoring drive of the season in terms of yards.

UTSA answered with 21 consecutive points in the second quarter.

McCown connected with Mekhi Anderson on a 46-yard touchdown pass to cut the Navy lead to 14-7 with 13:08 remaining in the half. The Roadrunners tied the game at 14 on McCown's 14-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Young Jr. with 5:55 left.

Following a successful onside kick, UTSA took its first lead on Peterson's 1-yard touchdown run with 3:56 remaining.

Navy responded with an eight-play, 75-yard drive capped by Gutierrez's 25-yard touchdown pass to Collins with 1:03 left in the half. However, Nolan Bartley's extra-point attempt struck the right upright, leaving Navy trailing 21-20 at intermission.

The Roadrunners extended their lead to 24-20 on Michael Petro's 36-yard field goal with 8:03 remaining in the third quarter.

Neither team scored again until Gutierrez connected with Collins on the record-setting 92-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter.

Michael Barrow added 67 rushing yards on 15 carries for Navy.

Defensively, Navy senior captain Giuseppe Sessi, also a San Antonio native, led the Mids with nine tackles, including eight solo stops, and a pass breakup. Coleman Cauley added eight tackles, a sack and two quarterback hurries.

Aiden Lyczek recorded five tackles, a sack and a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss, while Phillip Hamilton and Aaron Rose contributed seven tackles each..

The loss was Navy's fifth consecutive one-score game. The Mids are 1-4 in those contests after going 5-0 in one-score games last season.

Navy has now rushed for at least 170 yards in 21 of its last 22 games and surpassed 400 yards of total offense for the third time this season.

The game marked the first meeting between Navy and UTSA and was Navy's fourth road contest in its last five games, including three played at night.

The Mids return home next Saturday when they take on North Texas (4-2, 2-0 in the American) in a 3:30 pm kickoff.