Linden senior QB Tequan Thomas scores the game-winning touchdown over Elizabeth on August 25, 2023 at Kean University in Union. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
In a game that saw the lead change five times, the last one with 1:41 to go in the game, Linden topped Elizabeth 27-22 in the season opener for both teams. And it might not have happened without veteran quarterback Tequan Thomas.
This is his third year as a starter, and it showed.
His 15-yard run answered Imad Canty’s 71-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage, knotting the game at 7-7 less than two minutes in.
He scored again just 45 seconds into the third quarter – and ran it in for two – to give his team a 21-14 lead.
Then, after Elizabeth took a 22-21 lead with 4:56 left, he calmly led his team down the field for a six-play, 66-yard drive that took 3:18 off the clock, and put his team ahead with a 23-yard score. The two-point conversion failed, but it didn’t matter, as Linden held on for the win.
Click below for postgame reaction with Justin Sontupe, presented by SportsPlex at Metuchen:
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