SWAC: Football Weekly Release - Week 9

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Football Weekly Release - Week 9

Courtesy SWAC.org

Wed, October 26, 2016

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Prairie View A&M at Jackson State
Jackson, Miss.
2 p.m.

Southern at Alcorn State
Lorman, Miss.
2 p.m.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Grambling State
Grambling, La.
2 p.m 

Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State
3 p.m.
ESPN 3

Texas Southern at Sam Houston State
6 p.m.
ESPN 3

CONFERENE NEWS AND NOTES

• Southern running back Lenard Tillery is 114 yards shy of breaking the SWAC’s All-Time rushing record set by Destry Wright of Jackson State.  The Jaguars are set to face Alcorn State this Saturday, a team that Tillery racked up 151 yards against last season.

• Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s last win at Grambling came in 2012.  The Golden Lions also won the SWAC Championship that same season

• Khalid Thomas can become one of only six players in Alabama State history to rush for 2,100 career yards with four more rushing yards this Saturday. Thomas is also 267 yards away from passing former ASU tailback Keldrick Williams, who rushed for 2,362 yards from 2003-2005 a former transfer of the University of Tennessee

• Exactly one year ago, Alcorn State broke a school record  finishing with 484 yards rushing against Southern.  Backup quarterback Lenorris Footman started for an injured John Gibbs Jr. and ran for 274 yards on 16 carriers to go along with four touchdowns. Footman only attempted seven passing attempts

• Magic City Classic Fact: Alabama A&M has won the last six meetings when the game has been decided by three points or less. The last such victory for Alabama State was a 14-11 win in 1992

• Grambling State owns the league’s longest conference winning streak with 13 in a row.  They will put that streak on the line Saturday against Arkansas-Pine Bluff which is also the only team to beat Alcorn State at home this season 

 

• Brothers Hurts: Texas Southern starting quarterback Averion Hurts is the older brother of Jalen Hurts, starting QB at the University of Alabama. The two have combined for 28  TD’s through seven weeks.  

• The Alabama State rushing attack is No. 1 in the SWAC with an average of 195 yards per game. 

FULL NOTES