Bowie State 35, Morgan State 21

September 10, 2005

(BALTIMORE, MARYLAND) Bowie State University avenged last season’s 41-35 loss to Morgan State, running all over the Bears defense enroute to a 35-21 victory. “It’s a great day for our program,” said BSU Head Coach Mike Lynn with a chuckle. “To come up here and play against a I-AA program that outnumber us financially and with greater resources and for our guys to just take all that in shows we are capable of competing with anybody!”

Sophomore running back Isaac Redman and junior quarterback Lamar Manigo led the rushing onslaught, garnering 209 and 113 yards respectively. In fact, Redman had a career night, setting a new BSU single game rushing yards record (209), surpassing Butch Wilson’s 208 yards set in 1991. Not only that, Redman broke BSU’s single game rushing attempts record with 32 carries (29 by Ray Hawkins in 1998) and set a new Bowie State record for the longest run from scrimmage (99 yards), surpassing Mike Gaskill’s mark of 90 yards in 1983.

The Bulldogs (3-0 / 1-0 in the CIAA) lit up the scoreboard first on a 9-yard touchdown run by Redman at the 7:45 mark of the first quarter. Redman, the games MVP for Bowie State, notched his second TD of the quarter with 2:15 left in the period, this time from 25 yards out, putting Bowie State in front 14-0 after one quarter. Bowie State completed dominated Morgan State in the first 15 minutes of play, rolling up 122 yards in total offense while holding the Bears to only 2 yards in total offense. To further illustrate BSU dominance, throw in the first down comparison … Bowie State 9 and Morgan State 1.

Bowie State’s Glenn Thomas scored his third and longest touchdown of the season when Manigo connected with him for a 49 yard touchdown just after the start of the second quarter. It was Redman time again, as the sophomore from Paulsboro, NJ rumbled 99 yards with 5:42 remaining in the second quarter, increasing the Bulldogs lead to 28-0. Morgan State managed to put its first points on the board with 1:39 left before halftime on a 6-yard rushing TD by quarterback Byron Selby and two point conversion by Tyree Spinner, making the score 28-8 Bulldogs. BSU quickly responded one minute later on a 5-yard rushing touchdown by Nathaniel Queen, pushing the Bulldogs lead to 35-8. However, the Bears’ Selby recorded his second rushing TD of the night, this time from 5 yards out, cutting their deficit to 35-14 heading into halftime.

Following a scoreless third quarter, Morgan State (0-2) scored its final points of the game with just under 14 minutes to play on a Jason Jackson 2-yard rushing touchdown, making the score 35-21 Bowie State. MSU’s Selby led the Bears on offense accounting for 266 total yards (236 passing) and was named the Prince Mason Classic MVP for Morgan State.

As a team, Bowie State amassed 479 yards in total offense (394 rushing) and intercepted the Bears three times. Leading the way on defense was senior Sterling Green with 10 total tackles, which included five tackles for a loss of 24 yards and two sacks for 18 yards. BSU junior Terrence Stafford recorded his best game of the season, racking up 9 total tackles followed by senior Tyreve Smith with six total tackles.

Bowie State returns to action next Saturday (9/17) when the Bulldogs host the Livingstone College Blue Bears at 1:00 p.m. in Bulldog Stadium.