<p>MOREHEAD, Ky. — Mark Pappas threw three touchdown passes, BJ Byrd had two TD catches and scored on an 85-yard kickoff return, and Morehead State beat Butler 28-18 on Saturday in the spring season finale for both teams. </p>
<p>Morehead State (4-3, 4-2 Pioneer Football League) has won four of its last five games, including a 35-14 win at Butler (0-6, 0-6) on April 3. </p>
<p>Pappas connected with Bryd on a 40-yard touchdown on the Eagles’ third play from scrimmage, and again on a 3-yard TD pass with 2:19 remaining in the third quarter. Pappas also had a 19-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Campell-Clay in the first quarter. </p>
<p>Pappas was 19-of-27 passing for 231 yards. He has thrown 14 touchdown passes in the last six games and has seven career games with three touchdowns passing. </p>
<p>Nick Orlando answered Pappas’s third TD pass with a 42-yard touchdown pass to Kavon Samuels that pulled Butler to 21-18, but Byrd returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to end the third quarter and cap the scoring. </p>
<p>Butler’s two possessions in the fourth quarter each ended with a turnover. </p>
<p>Sam Brown completed 27 of 36 passes for 284 yards and threw a touchdown pass for Butler. Orlando finished 5-of-6 passing for 54 yards, and he carried the ball 10 times for 56 yards rushing. </p>
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