Bronchos end season with winning record

Central Oklahoma ended its 2025 regular season Saturday with a dominating performance beating Missouri Western 54-10 in Week 11 at Spratt Stadium.

UCO finished the season 6-5 overall and 6-3 in the MIAA. The Bronchos finished third in the league standings after winning the title last season.

"We are happy for everyone to finish the way we did," UCO head football coach Adam Dorrel said. "Given the way the season got away from us at times, the last two weeks were big for us and I'm glad we finished strong for each other the way that we did."

On Saturday, UCO led 7-0 in just two and a half minutes and 7-3 after the first quarter, but a 21-0 second frame opened the game up. Missouri Western struck first in the third, but the Bronchos scored the next 26 points to earn the blowout victory.

Missouri Western entered Week 11 allowing just 112 rushing yards per game. UCO had 255 yards on the ground on Saturday.

Sophomore running back Dev Mathews was dominant in the run, totaling 132 yards on 14 carries with three rushing touchdowns. He scored from 33 yards in the first and 35 yards in the second, then added a 2-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to cap off a tremendous second season at UCO.

Jaylen Cottrell added 37 yards in limited action and true freshman Marquise Harris put up 37 yards and a touchdown in his first career game.

Jett Huff had 32 and Clayton Creasey 25 as the quarterbacks got in on the run too. Huff threw for 221 yards and three touchdowns, going 15-for-24. He connected with five different receivers but senior tight end Dominique Dunn was the highlight.

The Mustang native caught four passes for 25 yards and three of his grabs went for touchdowns. He scored on a 14-yard pass play with 1:18 to play in the second quarter to cap a 7-play, 80-yard scoring drive. Missouri Western threw an interception on the first play of the next drive and then Dunn caught a 2-yard touchdown pass to cap a 5-play, 35-yard scoring drive. Dunn caught his third touchdown from seven yards in the third quarter to make it 35-10, UCO.

Javohn Thomas and Ashton Schumann both had four receptions and Kristian Valeriano had one. UCO's defense was dominant too for the second week in a row. The Bronchos limited Missouri

Western to 216 yards of total offense with just 87 on the ground and 129 through the air.

Jack Puckett led the defense with nine tackles, Braden Waters had eight, and David Williams had seven. Williams had one of four interceptions for the Bronchos – the second time this season UCO picked off four passes in one game. Connor Johnson, who had six tackles, also had an interception. Willie Rice and Kazeyn Bird both had picks as well. UCO recorded three sacks in the game.

Cameron Done had one and a half, Johnson added one, and Chris Fitzpatrick added another.

Joseph Kim made two field goals to boost the scoring output.

He hit a 23-yarder in the third quarter and then added a 50-yarder in the fourth quarter, his second of 50 or more this season.