Saint Augustine's 20, Livingstone 14

October 15, 2005

Salisbury, NC – Livingstone College (1-7, 1-4 CIAA) hosted the undefeated Falcons of Saint Augustine’s College (8-0, 5-0 CIAA) in Alumni Memorial Stadium Saturday evening and the climactic end of the game will be discussed through the end of the season. The Blue Bears hopes for its second win of the season ended on 4th and goal with the ball on the six-inch line and 2:43 remaining in the game. Saint Augustine’s endures the Blue Bears comeback effort for a 20-14 victory in front of 2,286 fans.

Saint Augustine’s eluded Livingstone, on their second drive of game, to score first with ten plays and 79 yards. Darrell Nesbit threw a 17-yards touchdown pass to Andre McGlone with 6:37 on the game clock in the first quarter. Soon afterwards, Livingstone punted on the following drive and Eddie Montgomery returned it 80 yards back into the endzone with 5:48 remaining in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Livingstone received possession of the ball by a Falcon punt. After four plays, the LC punt landed at the St. Augustine’s 40-yard line. Eddie Montgomery once again fielded the punt and advanced it 60 yards to pay dirt. Sanchez Gilbert blocked the extra point attempt and the Falcons led till halftime with a 20-point lead.

After intermission, the Blue Bears awaken from the first half shockers and began to play collegiate football. On the second drive of the quarter, Livingstone advanced 84 yards down the field into the endzone for the Blue Bears first score. Jason Mitchell completed the 37-yard scoring pass to Tyrone Baisden with 8:01 on the clock. The extra point pass attempt by Mitchell failed.

In the fourth quarter, Livingstone began its comeback effort with 11:59 on the clock. The Blue Bears took their first drive of the quarter on their own 2-yard line. SAC Sintell Crew angled a 31-yard punt that rolled out-of-bounds at the two. Jason Mitchell moved the ball first with a 14-yard rush to the LC 16-yard line. Rashad Flucker gained the next first down with a 12-yard rush to the LC 37-yard line. Mitchell then rushed for 17 yards into St Aug.’s territory. Mitchell connected with Michael Sullivan for 31 yards and then Jeremy Grier for 15 yards. The connection with Grier ended in the endzone with 7:40 on the clock. Mitchell converted the two-point conversion by tossing it to Travis Gist.

Down 14-20, Livingstone forced a Falcon fumble on the pursuing kickoff. Rikki Murriell recovered the fumble for the Blue Bears on the St. Augustine’s 36-yard line. Beginning the drive with 7:35 remaining in the game, Mitchell connected with Gist once again for a 27-yard strike to the SAC 4-yard line. At third and goal, Mitchell cornered the right end and dove for the pylons. With an announcement of “TOUCHDOWN”, the head referee disagreed and placed the ball on the six-inch yard for fourth and goal. After a Livingstone time-out with 2:43 remaining, quarterback Jason Mitchell took the snap, with the back field empty and all receivers spread out, and rushed for the left end to find St. Aug's Kente Blount waiting for a one-yard loss.

The Falcons took the ball over on downs and ran out the clock to preserve its winning streak.

Livingstone will face North Carolina Central next Saturday in Durham, North Carolina for a 2:00 pm kickoff.