LEXINGTON, Va. - It may be the oldest adage in the book, but it could be the most exclusive reference to the old saying that word's simply can't describe it. In Old Dominion Athletic Conference action Saturday, the Bridgewater Eagles (6-2, 3-1 ODAC) escaped Wilson Field on the Washington and Lee (3-6, 2-3 ODAC) campus with a gut-wrenching 35-34 overtime victory over the Washington and Lee Generals.

In a back and forth game, Washington and Lee looked like it was going to win when Johnathan Clemo jaunted toward the end zone with no one around him. Then in the slide heard around the Old Dominion State, he decided to slide and give the Generals a shot at the game-winning field goal.

Four plays later, the Eagles were out of timeouts and the Generals were a 24 yard field goal away from victory. Martin Pritchard's 24 yard field goal went wide left, giving BC new life and continuing one of the more bizarre endings to a game in ODAC history, fitting the Halloween setting in Lexington.

At the beginning of the contest, Bridgewater took the opening drive 50 yards on 14 plays using a balanced offense to march to the Washington and Lee 20 before things stalled out. BC capped the drive off with a 37 yard Will Davis field goal to take a 3-0 lead with 7:54 to play in the first. Davis' 37 yarder was a season-best, while the Eagles 14 play drive was the longest drive of the year according to plays.

Following a three and out by both teams, Washington and Lee got its aerial attack going, using the arm of Charlie Westfal to convert a pair of key third downs before capping off its second drive of the game in the end-zone on a 15 yard pitch and catch to take a 7-3 lead with 20 seconds left in the opening stanza.

Washington and Lee then intercepted Driskell on the ensuing BC drive to give the Generals good field position just shy of midfield. The interception for Driskell was his first in 58 passes and set the Generals up to find paydirt six plays later on a Brett Murray run to take a 14-3 lead with 10 and change remaining in the second quarter.

Driskell then redeemed himself on the following BC possession, guiding the Eagles on a 10 play, 62 yard drive which was capped off by a Driskell touchdown pass to junior Tyler Beiler to bring the Eagles to within four at a 14-10 tally following the Davis PAT with 5:49 to play in the first half.  

Bridgewater would take the lead three plays later when a tipped Westfal pass was picked off and returned 58 yards by senior corner Tony Konate to put the Eagles up 17-14 as the game headed to the intermission.

Washington and Lee took the lead back on its first drive of the second half off a 43 yard screen pass in the flat to Ryan Welsh to give the Generals a 21-17 lead.

BC kept the back and forth battle going when a 51 yard Thomas Tate run got the Eagles inside the 5, but it was backwards from there before Davis punched a 25 yard field goal through the uprights to get the Eagles within one at 21-20 with 9:50 to go in the third.

After BC's score, Washington and Lee would sponge up some clock on a 14 play, 59 yard drive which culminated in a one-yard Westfal run to put the Generals up eight at a 28-20 margin.

The Eagles would drive down to Washington and Lee's side of the field, before the drive stalled out forcing a 47 yard Davis field goal attempt. Davis' field goal with a strong wind came up short, keeping the game at 28-20 with just over eight minutes left in the game.

Bridgewater then forced a W&L punt before Driskell connected downfield on a fake reverse pass to Beiler which wound up in the end zone 73 yards later to get the Eagles within two at 28-26. BC converted on the two-point conversion attempt with a pass to Leigh Bradley to knot the game at 28 a piece.

Washington and Lee moved the ball into BC territory, before Darius Burrus stripped the ball away from the Generals receiver to give the Eagles new life near midfield.

Tate then fumbled the ball on the next BC play to give the Generals the football back at the Eagles 48 with three and half minutes to play.

Washington and Lee looked like it was heading to the end zone, but the tailback, Johnathan Clemo, slid in open space at the 6yard line with no defenders in sight with just over a minute left.

The Generals set up a 24 yard field goal with four seconds left, but the kick went wide right, to put the game into overtime.  

Bridgewater won the toss in overtime, and elected to take the ball going with the wind.

On third and five from inside the 20, Driskell connected with Beiler to put the Eagles ahead 34-28. Following an offsides call on the Generals, Davis converted the PAT to put the Eagles up 35-28.

Washington and Lee answered quickly on a short two play drive to bring the score to 35-34. After missing the potential game-winning field goal earlier, the Generals decided to go for two. Westfal eluded three BC blitzers but somehow got the pass off but it fell incomplete, giving the Eagles a hard-fought 35-34 victory.

On the ground, Tate led all rushers with 18 runs for 100 yards giving the junior his fifth straight 100 yard performance.

Through the air, Driskell finished the day at 15-of-24 for 200 yards and three touchdowns. Driskell threw one interception, his first since the Hampden-Sydney loss. Driskell's 200 yards puts him in 11th place on the single-season yardage list with 1,478. His three touchdown throws also places him in the top 10 with 14 on the year.

On the receiving end, Beiler ended the day with and game-high 108 yards on five catches and a career-high three touchdown grabs. Beiler's three touchdown grabs moves him into the top ten all-time, while his five catches also places him in the top 10 with 84 career receptions. His five 100-yard receiving games matches the all-time high of five set by All-American C. Jay DeWitt in 1975.

Defensively, Aubry Dicks led the Eagles with 10 stops, while Brandon Mitchell chipped in nine tackles and Scottie Littles added six tackles including one for a loss.

For Washington and Lee, Westfal finished at 10-of-16 for 127 yards and two touchdowns.

On the ground, Clemo finished with a team-high 93 yards on 23 carries.

On the receiving end, Welsh led the Generals with three catches for 55 yards and a score.

Defensively, Donavon Sawyer led the Generals with seven tackles.

W&L outgained the Eagles by a 396 to 323 total while the turnover margin was even with two turnovers for each team.

Bridgewater is back in action next weekend when the squad hosts Randolph-Macon at Jopson Field for Family Day. The opening kick on Saturday is slated for 1:00 p.m.