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Bethune Goes 0-3 With Loss To Savannah State
Alcorn State’s 5-Road
Southern’s
High Game Winning Streak
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Bethune- Cookman's 16-game winning streak over Savannah State ended Saturday night as the Tigers posted a 16-10 overtime victory in the Mid-Eastern Ath- letic Conference (MEAC) opener for both teams at Ted A. Wright Stadium.
Cantrell Frazier's 9-yard run gave the Tigers (1-2 overall, 1-0 MEAC) their first victory over the Wildcats (0-3, 0-1 MEAC) since a 31-21 decision in the 1992 Gateway Classic. This is also Bethune-Cokman's first 0-3 start since 2009.
"It was a tough loss, but we have to bounce back quickly," said second-year B-CU head coach terry Sims afterwards. "We don't have time to feel sorry for ourselves, and nobody is going to feel sorry for a fout- time defending champion. It's aloss,andatouchone-butwe have to get back up, and fast.
The Tigers took a 10-3 lead into halftime thanks to fresh- man quarterback T.J. Bell’s 26-yard touchdown pass to senior Jeremiah Harris with 3:04 left in the second quar- ter.
In the fourth quarter, SSU botched a punt attempt, giving
Bethune-Cookman the ball at the Tigers’ 2-yard line. On the ensuing play, Wildcats quarter- back, Akevious Williams ran up the middle for a 2-yard touchdown. Hernandez kicked the extra point, tying the game with 7:19 left to play.
“Bethune-Cookman’s Her- nandez attempted a 52-yard field goal with 1:34 to play but it fell short.
In overtime, Bethune-Cook- man got the ball first and began its drive at SSU’s 25-yard line. Running back Tupac Isme ran for 5 yards before SSU sen- ior defensive end Marquis Smith forced a fumble, which was recovered by Bethune- Cookman offensive lineman Phillip Norman at SSU’s 15- yard line.
Isme then ran for no gain, followed by a run for a 5-yard loss in which he recovered his own fumble. Bethune-Cook- man’s Williams was inter- cepted by SSU sophomore cornerback Darrell “Van- quez” Bonner at SSU’s 6- yard line.
There are all types of differ- ent emotions going through me right now,” said Frazier, a sen- ior whose only run was the game-winner.
GRAMBLING, La. – The Al- corn State University football program saw its seven-game road conference winning streak come to an end Saturday evening as the Braves dropped a 43-18 decision to Grambling State at Eddie Robinson Sta- dium.
The Braves (1-2, 1-2 SWAC) trailed just 16-11 halfway through the third quarter when the Grambling Tigers (3-1, 2-0
SWAC) scored three consecu- tive touchdowns to pull away. The loss also ended Alcorn’s five-game road winning streak overall.
The Tigers were led by quar- terback Devante Kincade who threw for 400 yards and five touchdowns. He also ran for 58 yards and a touchdown. Chad Williams garnered 188 yards receiving and a touch- down.
Powered Offense Too Much For Alabama State
Alabama State’s Juaquin Davis electrified the Louis Crews Stadium crowd before they settled in Saturday night with his game-opening 93-yard kickoff return.
But the Bulldogs couldn’t hold off the high-powered Southern University offense and fell to the Jaguars in a 59- 31 shootout.
After Davis’ game-opening TD sprint, the Jags scored 4 unanswered touchdowns for a 28-7 midway through the sec- ond quarter. Southern finished with 258 yards rushing and 280 yards passing.
Then De’Angelo Ballard connected with Jonathan Dorsey on a 39-yard touch- down to cut the Southern lead in half.
But the Jags scored with 54 seconds left in the half to take a 35-14 lead into the intermis- sion.
Southern (2-2 overall, 2-0 SWAC) opened the second half with a 58-yard TD catch by Willie Quinn for a 42-14 lead. The Jags added two more scores before Byran Brower ran six yards for a touchdown and a 56-31 score with 8:07 to play in the game.
Ended By Grambling State
Prairie View Stays Unbeaten In Conference With Win Over Mississippi Valley State
TALLAHASSEE, FL— South Carolina State put on an im- pressive showing defeating host Florida A&M, 48-14, Sat- urday (Sept. 24) at Bragg Sta- dium. The Bulldogs amassed 431 yards’ total offense in the win.
SC State improved to 1-3 overall, 1-0 in the MEAC, while the Rattlers fall to 0-4 overall, 0-1 in the league. The win improves Pough’s overall record to 13-1 over Florida A&M.
The Bulldogs scored first on a 3-yard toss from sophomore quarterback Caleb York to wide receiver Ahmaad Har- ris to jump ahead 7-0. FAMU tied the game 7-7 on a 19-yard strike from quarterback Ken- neth Coleman to Desmond Noird.
York connected on a 14- yard touchdown score to Quan Caldwell to close out
the first-half, giving South Carolina State a 21-7 lead over Florida A&M.
The second-half was all SC State with junior kicker Tyler Scandrett nailing back-to- back field goals of 31 and 27 to push the lead to 27-7. Sopho- more tight end Deangelo Frazier caught his first colle- giate touchdown on a 55-yard connection from York.
FAMU battled back to find the end zone for the second time on the night on a 2-yard run by Tevin Spells early in the fourth quarter. Ford and York connected on an 8-yard pass to give the Bulldogs a commanding 41-14 lead.
The Rattlers were doomed by costly turnovers, after red- shirt junior linebacker Dayshawn Taylor ran a 52- yard interception back for a touchdown to seal the 48-14 victory for SC State.
FAMU Goes 0-4 After Losing To Winless South Carolina State
ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Prairie View A&M University football team won its ninth consecutive Southwestern Ath- letic Conference game with a 56-21 win at Mississippi Valley State Saturday at Rice-Totten Stadium.
WR Anthony Wiltz scored a touchdown via punt return, receiving and rushing, and CB Terrence Singleton made two interceptions, returning one for touchdown, as the Pan- thers (3-1 overall, 3-0 SWAC) overcame a bit of a sluggish
start to beat Valley (0-4. 0-3). “That’s why you play three phases,” Prairie View A&M head coach Willie Simmons said. “You have to score on de- fense. You have to score in the kicking game. Good teams have to have that. Teams that score a lot, the offense isn’t the only one that scores. We challenged the defense and special teams this week to be the difference and make some big plays for us. We had a special teams
score, which was good to see.”
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