LAFAYETTE — Quarterback Lunch Winfield accounted for five total touchdowns, including the game-winner in double overtime, as Louisiana edged Marshall 54-51 on Saturday in a rematch of last year’s Sun Belt title game.

The Cajuns (2-3, 1-0 Sun Belt), who managed only three points in last year’s championship loss to the Thundering Herd, erupted for 21 fourth-quarter points and outscored Marshall 37-20 after halftime to pull off the comeback.

Marshall (3-2, 0-1) jumped ahead early in the second half behind Michael Allen’s 68-yard touchdown run and a pick-six by defensive lineman Paul Hutson that made it 31-17. But Winfield entered the game in relief for Daneil Beale and sparked the Cajuns with three passing scores and two rushing touchdowns.

Winfield led a 65-yard march capped by a 2-yard k

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