WILLIAMSBURG — Of all the ways for this game to be sealed, a goal-line stand didn’t appear likely. Not the way William & Mary’s defense was leaking for most of the day.

But go figure.

Needing a touchdown and having driven from its 19-yard line to the Tribe’s 3, North Carolina A&T faced fourth-and-goal with less than three minutes left. But as Aggies quarterback Kevin Wight rolled left and looked for a receiver, he ran out of time and real estate.

Tribe linebacker Luke Banbury knocked him out of bounds for his 17th and final tackle. W&M twice moved the sticks, and quarterback Tyler Hughes took a couple of knees.

Saturday’s final score at Zable Stadium: William & Mary 38, North Carolina A&T 34.

“We were saying (on fourth down), ‘This is it right here,’” said Banbury, a graduate transfer

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