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North Carolina A&T Upsets Kent State In OT
FAMU Loses To Coastal Carolina Univ. 49-10
Bethune Cookman’s Loss To N. Texas Was Not Such A Hard Pill; Paid $400,000 To Play
Depth was supposed to be an issue for North Carolina A&T, the school with fewer al- lotted scholarships. Instead it was an asset for the Aggies and “a what just happened here?” moment for Kent State.
Saturday night at Dix Sta- dium, the Aggies looked down their depth chart and placed fifth-year quarterback Oluwafemi Bamiro, a third stringer out of Washington, D.C., into a highly-contested game. Bamiro responded by completing 7 of 14 passes for 95 yards, no interceptions and two touchdowns including the game-winning TD toss to Denzel Keyes to lead the Ag-
gies to a 39-36 quadruple overtime victory over Division I-FBS Kent State.
The game did not end until after midnight following a two-hour delay to the start of the game because of lighting. The win over Kent State is the Aggies first over an FBS pro- gram which typically have more financial resources and are allotted 85 scholarships versus 63 on the FCS level. The Aggies had lost to their previ- ous three FBS opponents by an average of 39.7.
North Carolina A&T vs. Tulsa, September 17th at 2 PM in Tulsa, OK
BCU QB LARRY BRIHM
DENTON, Texas -- With the eyes of [North] Texas upon them for the first time since 1981, the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats dropped a 41-20 loss to the Mean Green Saturday night at Apogee Stadium.
North Texas running backs Willy Ivery and Jeffrey Wilson combined for 186 yards and three touchdowns as the Mean Green ran off 31 unanswered points after Bethune-Cookman started the game with an 88-yard punt re- turn for a touchdown by Frank Brown.
Andrew Tucker scored two touchdowns for the Mean Green, including a blocked
punt return with 10:32 re- maining in the second quarter that broke a 7-7 tie.
BCU QB Larry Brihm fin- ished8of19for74intheair and rushed for 27. Jawill Davis had four catches for 49.
Richardson also led the Wildcat defense with nine tackles, followed by Arthur Williams with eight and El- liott Miller and Trenton Bridges with seven each. Punter Jonathan Cagle av- eraged 40.8 yards on five at- tempts.
Bethune-Cookman vs Tennessee State Septem- ber 17th at 4:00 PM ET in Daytona, FL.
One bright spot in the loss was FAMU RB Devin Bowers.
CONWAY, S.C. (Sept. 10) – The Florida A&M Rattlers (0- 2) faced with another tough road game to start the season – against Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina University (2- 0), fell 49-10 in a game that saw the Rattlers make several solid offensive plays.
In the end, the Rattlers were not able to sustain drives even though they amassed 296 yards of total offense. The Chanticleers, migrating to the FBS Division, are no longer considered an FCS contender, flexed their depth in front of 10,037 at Brooks Stadium.
This is only the second meet- ing between the two teams. The Chanticlears traveled to Tallahassee in 2014, capturing a 48-3 victory over the Rattlers in Bragg Stadium.
The Chanticleers jumped out to a 22-0 start, holding FAMU to 31 total offensive yards while gaining 136.
With 8:33 remaining in the first half, FAMU got on the board thanks to a 70-yard touchdown run from sopho- more running back, Devin Bowers. He broke off the left side and scampered into the end zone for the first touch- down of the 2016 season. A successful kick from Austin Miller decreased the Rattlers’ deficit to 22, making the score 29-7.
Florida A&M vs. Tuskegee, September 17th at 7 PM in Mobile, AL.
Alcorn State Ikes Out Win Over Conference Rival Alabama State
Grambling Gives Up Lead In Near Win Against Arizona
LORMAN, Miss. – In an early-season showdown be- tween the top-two teams picked in the preseason poll from the SWAC East Division, the Alcorn State University football program held-on to a 21-18 victory over Alabama State on Saturday at Jack Spinks-Marino Casem Sta- dium.
The Alabama State Hornets (0-2, 0-1 SWAC) attempted a last-second 35-yard field goal to tie the game, but it was blocked by Alcorn (1-0, 1-0 SWAC) senior Eric Foster.
Redshirt-freshman quarter- back Noah Johnson came into the contest for the Alcorn Braves at the half with the team trailing 10-7. He replaced junior Lenorris Footman
after an ankle injury. John- son guided Alcorn to back-to- back scoring drives beginning late in the third quarter to put the team ahead, 21-10.
The Braves were seemingly in control until a big special teams play flipped momen- tum. ASU was punting from its own endzone when the ball hit the Alcorn return-man and was recovered by the Hornets. After ASU scored and con- verted the two-point conver- sion, it got the ball back again after an Alcorn fumble which inevitably led to the blocked field goal.
Alcorn State vs. Univer- sity of Arkansas - Pine Bluff, September 15th at 6:30 PM in Lorman, MS.
TUCSON, AZ -- Grambling State led Arizona 21-3 at half- time, but six second half turnovers, four of them in a row in the third allowed the Wildcats to rally back, falling 31-21 late Saturday night in Tucson.
The victory would have given Grambling and the Southwest- ern Athletic Conference its first win over a Football Subdivision opponent since the Tigers 1985 win over Oregon State.
The Arizona Wildcats over- came a 21-3 deficit to Gram- bling State, scoring 28 unanswered points to escape with a 31-21 victory to avoid what would have been an em- barrassing upset at Arizona Stadium.
GSU (0-1), who lost quarter-
back DeVante Kincade to in- jury late in the first half, in- serted backup Trevon Cherry who threw three interceptions and fumbled the ball away once.
Kincade completed 15 of 19 passes for 193 yards and two scores before leaving with a leg injury with 2:38 to play in the second quarter. Grambling's Chad Williams caught 13 passes for 152 yards,
The Tigers took the opening kickoff and went 81 yards in seven plays, Kincade throw- ing a 2-yard touchdown pass to Verlan Hunter.
Grambling State vs. Jackson State, September 17th at 6 PM in Jackson, MS.
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