Troy's offense kept the football for the entire third quarter in the Dollar General Bowl on Saturday night in Mobile. But when the period ended the Trojans were somehow trailing Buffalo by the same three-point margin as they were at halftime.
But 47 seconds into the final period, Troy quarterback Sawyer Smith threw the third of his four touchdown passes to put the Trojans ahead, and they never trailed again on their way to a 42-32 victory over the Bulls.
Smith, who took over as Troy's starting QB when Kaleb Barker suffered a season-ending injury on Oct.