N.C. A&T State Aggies Defeat B-CU Wildcats
GREENSBORO -- A 4
th-and-4 play in the fourth quarter played a major role in North Carolina A&T State’s 24-14 win over Bethune-Cookman in MEAC football action Saturday afternoon at Aggie Stadium.
Senior Kwashaun Quick and redshirt freshman Lamar Raynard exchanged quarterbacking duties on the drive with Raynard connecting on 5-yard and 8-yard passes to Cohen to set up the crucial fourth down.
Raynard took the snap and sprinte
d left like he was going to roll out and pass.
As he went left, Cohen sprinted parallel to the right. With the defense flowing toward Raynard, he reached out and handed the ball off to Cohen, who stopped in his tracks and ran up the middle of the field for a 33-yard touchdown untouched to give the Aggies a 10-point advantage with 11:23 remaining in the game.
B-CU failed to convert fourth downs on its next two drives to seal the win for N.C. A&T who beat the Wildcats for just the second time in 10 tries.
Cohen finished with 116 yards rushing and one touchdown on 20 carries. For the second straight week, Cohen also led the Aggies in receiving with five caches for 29 yards. Keyes caught two touchdowns and Quick was 8-for-9 for 63 yards and a touchdown. He also had 47 yards rushing.
B-CU did have success throwing the ball against N.C. A&T with 358 yards passing. Starting quarterback Quentin Williams threw for 191 yards, a touchdown and an interception, while reserve Larry Brihm had 167 yards passing. Junior Jawill Davis had 103 yards receiving on six catches.
The win gives Aggies sole possession of first place at 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the MEAC. Bethune
-Cookman dropped to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the MEAC.
Read the full story at NCATAggies.com.
Hampton Pirates Upends Morgan State Bears on the Road
BALTIMORE, Md. – Last season, Morgan State spoiled Homecoming for the Hampton University football team.
Saturday saw the Pirates exact revenge against the defending MEAC co-champions, as Hampton beat Morgan State during the Bears’ Homecoming 20-10 at Hughes Stadium.
Hampton improved to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in MEAC play.
David Watford’s string of consecutive games with a touchdown pass extended once more, as he completed 17 of his 30 passes for 206 yards – throwing completions to six different receivers. He also ran seven times for 22 yards.
Rashawn Proctor racked up a team-high 87 receiving yards on three catches – including an 80-yard touchdown. Twarn Mixson had a team-high six catches for 53 yards.
Christopher Dukes ran 12 times for 78 yards, averaging 6.5 yards per carry.
Jason George led the Pirates on defense with eight tackles, and Miles Grooms disrupted
thebackfield to the tune of two sacks and three quarterback hurries. Chaka Diarrassouba had an interception, while the Pirates forced three lost fumbles.
In addition to four turnovers, Morgan State (3-3, 3-1 MEAC) had just 276 yards on total offense.
After a missed field goal from the Be
ars, the Pirates struck first with 4:06 left in the first quarter, when Watford hit Proctor from 80 yards to put Hampton up 7-0.
Morgan State had driven into the red zone on the ensuing possession, only to have Moses Killon fumble the ball. Darius Banks recovered the fumble and ran it back 83 yards to put the Pirates up 14-0 with 12:34 left in the first half.
Diarrassouba intercepted Skillon on the Bears’ next possession, before Watford threw an interception of his own on the ensuing play. That gave the Bears their first scoring drive of the afternoon, when Chris Moller kicked a 49-yard field goal to cut the lead to 14-3.
Adam Brown kicked a field goal of his own, a 33-yard boot, as the clock expired to give the Pirates a 17-3 halftime lead.
Read the full story at HamptonPirates.com.
Rattlers Swat Hornets for 41-13 Homecoming Win
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida A&M Football rode a 24-6 scoring surge in the second half to rolls past Delaware State, 41-13 at Homecoming before 22,678 in Bragg Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The win was the first of the year for FAMU (1-6, 1-3 in MEAC), while luckless Delaware State (0-6, 0-3) remained winless
of the season.
It was also FAMU's first Homecoming win since 2012, a 22-21 come-from-behind win over North Carolina Central.
FAMU's last victory came against the Hornets, 41-7 in Dover last November, but it was their finishing flurry in the second half that put the visitors away.
The Rattlers broke a 7
-7 tie with 3:00 left in the second period, when Carson Royal found Jairockeis Jones in the right flat, and the Eastern Michigan transfer raced 78 yards to put FAMU ahead for good at 14-7.
Colby Blanton tacked on a 35-yard field goal with 36 seconds left to extend FAMU's cushion to 17-7 at the half. Blanton's 27-yard fielder with 9:42 left in the third pushed the Rattler lead to 20-7, then Devondrick Nealy's five-yard blast made it 27-7.
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Bulldogs Dominate Bison in 49-10 Victory
ORANGEBURG, SC—Freshman quarterback
Caleb York led the charge throwing 13-of-22 for a game-high 208 yards and two touchdowns to lead South Carolina State to a 49-10 thrashing of Howard Saturday (Oct. 17) at Oliver. C. Dawson Stadium.
"This was a good win for us, the kind of win we needed to get back on track," said SC State head coach Buddy Pough. "We didn't do that much statistically, especially on offense, but we did some things on defense and scored in several ways."
SC State finished with 325 total yards offense, while Howard managed just 217 on the day.
Redshirt sophomore
Mykal Moody posted his second 100-yard receiving game of the season with three catches for 107 yards and a touchdown. Redshirt freshman
Lynard Jamison dazzled the crowd of 16,033 screaming Bulldogs fans on a 91-yard punt return for a touchdown. Jamison also finished with eight (8) catches for 70-yards.
The defense played lights out with back-to-back interceptions for touchdowns by senior defensive back
Chris Pauling (42-yards) and redshirt sophomore linebacker
Darius Leonard (65-yards) early in the first quarter.
York connected with Moody on a 67-yard touchdown pass to give SC State an early 21-0 lead to close out the quarter. Senior running back
Dondre Lewis-Freeman pushed the Bulldogs ahead, 28-0, on a 10-yard scamper with 5:40 remaining in the second quarter.
The Bison finally found the endzone on a 36-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by sophomore defensive back Travon Hunt early in the third quarter. Junior quarterback
Adrian Kollock, Jr. put the game out of reach on a 6-yard punch with 0:49 seconds remaining late in the third quarter to give SC State an commanding 42-7 lead.
Read more at SCSUAthletics.com.
