EDMOND, Okla. -- The Washburn Ichabods survived a late rally on Central Oklahoma's homecoming holding on for a 31-28 win over the Bronchos as UCO missed a 33-yard field goal with 14 seconds to play.

Central Oklahoma scored the final 14 points of the game rallying from a 31-14 deficit giving them the opportunity to tie or take the win on its final drive.

The Ichabods got on the board with 1:32 left in the first quarter when Derek McGinnis hit Bryce Chavis on a 14-yard strike and then after forcing a Central Oklahoma punt, McGinnis completed an 18-yard touchdown pass stretching the Ichabod lead to 14-0 with 14:13 to play in the game.

UCO cut the lead in half at 14-7 with 46 seconds to play in the first half when Chris Stallard hit Justin Crockett for an 8-yard touchdown pass.

The Ichabods would then take possession and go seven plays in 40 seconds as Perry Schmiedeler hit a 46-yard field goal as the first half horn expired staking the Ichabdos to a 17-7 lead.

To start the second half, McGinnis tossed his third touchdown pass of the day on an 18-yard touchdown strike to James Brania-Hopp for his first career collegiate touchdown with 10:02 to play in the third quarter.

UCO answered with a touchdown of its own cutting the lead to 10 at 24-14 with 7:46 to play in the third quarter.

Washburn answered when Mickeel Stewart scored on a 3-yard touchdown run with 13 seconds to play in the third quarter pushing the Ichabod lead to 31-14.

UCO would rally off 14-straight points taking advantage of a roughing the passer call on the first one as the Bronchos trailed 31-28 with 7:28 to go in the game.

The Bronchos would then drive all the way to the Ichabod 16 with under a minute to play, but the 33-yard field goal to tie the game was wide right as the Ichabods improved to 7-3 on the season.

McGinnis passed for 298 yards completing 19 of 26 attempts with three touchdowns. Chavis had a career-high 10 receptions for 176 yards and one score and Anthony Daniels, Jr., had five catches for 80 yards and a score.

On the ground, Stewart had 16 carries for 51 yards and a score.

Defensively for the Ichabods, Cody Heiman led the Ichabods with 11 tackles adding a tackle for loss for four yards. Peter Pfannenstiel and Austin Tillman had eight tackles.

Schmiedeler had five punts for 255 yards averaging 51 yards per punt with three more than 50 yards.

Overall the Ichabods finished with 421 yards on 61 plays while the Bronchos finished with 418 yards on 77 plays. The Ichabods had 335 passing yards overall with 86 rushing yards and 20 first downs while UCO had 298 yards passing yards and 120 rushing yards.