District college football: Duquesne keeps NEC title, FCS playoff hopes alive with critical victory over Central Connecticut State; IUP hangs tough but falls in PSAC championship game - Pittsburgh Union Progress

District college football: Duquesne keeps NEC title, FCS playoff hopes alive with critical victory over Central Connecticut State; IUP hangs tough but falls in PSAC championship game - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Just two teams entered play this weekend with a shot to win a Northeast Conference championship and its automatic bid to the NCAA Division I FCS playoff berth. After running back Taj Butts rushed for a career-high 254 yards and three touchdowns Saturday afternoon to lead Duquesne to a 38-33 victory over Central Connecticut State in a critical late-season NEC contest at Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field in Oakland, those two teams remained. And tha…