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Bethune 0-5 After Loss To North Carolina A&T
FAMU Winning Behind Play Of Redshirt Freshman QB Ryan Stanley
BCU coach sends play in by WR Jawill Davis.
DAYTONA BEACH, FL --- Two fourth-quarter leads over the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con- ference's first place team faded as Bethune-Cookman dropped a 52-35 decision to No. 15/16 North Carolina A&T before 3,715 at Municipal Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Lamar Raynard threw for 277 yards and three touch- downs, and Tarik Cohen rushed for 220 yards and three scores, as North Carolina A&T (5-1 overall, 3-0 MEAC) scored the game's final three touch- downs to clinch the win in a spirited contest.
Erasing a 24-14 deficit, Bethune-Cookman (0-5, 0-3 MEAC) took a 28-24 lead on a 67-yard Larry Brihm, Jr. to Frank Brown strike on the opening play of the fourth quarter.
The Aggies answered a minute later with an 11-yard Cohen run, but Bethune- Cookman took the ball 59 yards in five plays – with Brihm connecting with tight end Ja- Quan Lumas for 20 yards and Tupac Isme for 26, to set up Isme's 2-yard run for a 35- 31 Wildcats lead with 12:11 re- maining.
North Carolina RB Tarik Cohen running for some of his 220 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Raynard's 37-yarder to Elijah Bell with 9:22 left helped the Aggies regain the lead, then the visitors got a pick-six from Jeremy Taylor and a Cohen 8-yarder to pull away.
Brihm finished with a c a reer-high performance of 23 completions on 42 attempts, picking up a career-best 376 yards through the air and an- other career-best with four touchdowns – three going to Brown, who had five catches for 117 yards.
The Aggies (5-1, 3-0 MEAC), led by Tarik Cohen’s 220- yard, 3-touchdown perform- ance, posted a season-high 561 yards of offense. His latest out- ing made him the first player in school history to rush for 200- plus yards in three straight contests.
It was N.C. A&T’s first win in Daytona Beach in 13 years, ending a four-game losing streak to the Wildcats in Florida.
Next up for the Wildcats is Norfolk State in Nor- folk, VA.
FAMU red-shirt freshman QB, Ryan Stanley has led the Rat- tlers in his 3 starts. FAMU de- fensiveman, Orlando McKinley had 3 interceptions, one for a 100 yard run back for a TD.
DOVER, DE- Redshirt fresh- man quarterback Ryan Stan- ley was electric in his third collegiate game, accounting for 322 yards and four scores lead- ing the Florida A&M Rattlers to a 41-27 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football victory over Delaware State at Alumni Sta- dium Saturday afternoon.
Stanley rushed 118 yards and three scores, while passing for 204 yards and another score, sparking the Rattlers to a 13-0 lead, by leading three straight scoring drives to start the game. After FAMU (2-5, 2-2) took the opening kickoff, ending the 16- play drive with a 39-yard Colby Blanton field goal for a 3-0 lead, Stanley capped the Rat- tlers next possession with a 17- yard scoring dash and a 10-0 lead with under four minutes left in the opening stanza.
RYAN STANLEY
fielder to cap the Rattlers next possession, pushing their lead to 13-0.
A quarterback duel ensued between Stanley and Delaware State's Daniel Epperson who scored on a pair of one-yard runs, while Stanley barged in from nine yards out, to make it a 20-14 game at the half.
Delaware State (0-6, 0-3 MEAC) tied the game at 20-20 on Brycene Alleyne's 13-yard run, the only score in the third period. But the point after try was blocked, leaving the score deadlocked heading into the final frame.
ORLANDO MCKINLEY
ception into a one yard TD run for a 27-20 lead with 13:32 left, then on the next possession, he sprinted 54 yards to the Hornet two, then he tossed a strike to Montavious Williams for a 34-20 edge.
FAMU sophomore Orlando McKinley finished the game with three interceptions, one shy of the single game school record of four.
Saturday's win was the third straight over DSU, and kept the Rattlers in range to finish 6-5.
The Rattlers return home to face Hampton University in the FAMU Homecoming game set for 3:00 p.m., at Bragg Stadium.
Southern Wins Over Jackson State In The Final Minutes Of Game
LORMAN, Miss. – Junior De’Lance Turner changed the game with a special teams play, followed by a touchdown to headline the 23-20 win for the Alcorn State University Braves football program over Texas Southern Tigers on Saturday at Jack Spinks-Marino Casem Sta- dium on homecoming.
The Braves (3-3, 3-2 SWAC) were struggling to move the ball offensively in the second half after junior quarterback Lenor- ris Footman left with a shoul- der injury. With the defense stepping up and holding the Tigers (3-3, 3-2 SWAC) in- check, Turner came through with a blocked punt to give the Braves the ball at the two-yard
line. Turner then punched it in on a two-yard rush for the go- ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.
It marked the second week in a row that Turner blocked a punt.
Alcorn’s defense limited
TXSO quarterback Averion Hurts to just 14-for-37 throw- ing and an interception by fresh- man Javen Morrison. Hurts was sacked twice in the game, once each by senior Darien An- derson and junior Michael Brooks.
Blanton booted an 18-yard
Special Team Play Helps
Stanley converted an inter-
Alcorn State Beat Texas Southern
JACKSON, Miss. — As a tackler latched onto his left ankle, Austin Howard lofted a short pass to Randall Menard, who outjumped a defender in the end zone, and Southern made the score stand up to defeat Jackson State 28- 24 Saturday night.
The hard-fought TD was an answer to Jackson State surg- ing briefly into a 24-21 lead in the Southwestern Athletic Conference battle.
Southern (3-2, 3-0) owned a 429-280 yards advantage in total offense but couldn’t
shake the Tigers (2-4, 2-2), who were held to a missed field-goal attempt through a scoreless fourth quarter. JSU was penalized 14 times for 125 yards.
Joshua Bates scored from the 2 in the third quarter as Jackson State took the 24-21 lead.
Howard went 24 for 35 for 288 yards with two TDs — both to Menard, who caught four balls for 68 yards. Lenard Tillery also scored twice for Southern with 127 yards on 29 carries.
HAMPTON, VA – An 11-yard touchdown pass from Jaylian Williamson to Jack Willen- brock with 9:49 left provided the final margin for Hampton on Homecoming as they defeated Morgan State 21-12 in front of 12,122 at Armstrong Stadium.
“It always makes Homecom- ing extra special to get a win,” said Hampton Head Coach Connell Maynor. “The fans are happy, the alumni are happy and it makes everything extra special.”
In the third quarter, the Mor- gan State Bears had two drives that took nearly six minutes apiece, but Hampton’s defense stood strong when needed forc-
Hampton University Pirates QB Jaylian Williamson warms up before the Homecoming game.
12,000 Watch Hampton Win Over Morgan State In Homecoming Game
ing punts on both drives. Hampton’s special teams gave the Pirates a good starting spot on the eventual game-clinching drive as Robert Scott deflected a punt which gave the Pirates possession at their 37. Four
Yahkee Johnson runs and a Williamson connection to Mixson put the Pirates at the Morgan 11. On second down, Williamson hit Willenbrock on a screen pass for the final touchdown.
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