In a game they had to win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive, the Columbus Aviators staged a late comeback to pull off a 36-29 victory Saturday afternoon over the Birmingham Stallions.

The win moved their record to 3-6 and the Aviators now await Sunday’s results to see if they’ll still have a chance at the postseason when they enter their final game of the season next Sunday.

Here are three takeaways from a wild one in front of 9,217 at Historic Crew Stadium:

1.   After on-and-off again (mostly on-again) struggles from quarterback Jalen McClendon throughout the season, the Aviators turned to another Jalen — Morton — to start at QB for the must-win game. How did that work out? Morton totaled 330 yards of offense (213 passing yards, 117 rushing yards) and four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing), both of which were franchise records. He also made an incredibly precise pass on the two-point conversation to tie the game at 29-29 with 1:37 left. It wasn’t a perfect day for Morton — he completed under 50% of his passes (14-for-30) and threw an interception early in the fourth quarter that could have iced the game away. Still, there’s no doubt that he did more than enough to keep the job heading into week ten.