HOW THEY DID IT: Game Recaps
Mississippi Valley State 31, Southern 28
QB Aries Nelson completed 31 of 43 passes for 343 yards and one TD and
ran in for another as the Delta Devils (2-0, 2-0 SWAC E) came from 11 points
down in the fourth quarter to get their first win over the Jaguars (0-1, 0-1 SWAC
W) in 11 years. Trailing 21-10 entering the final period, Nelson scored on a
one-yard run following a fumble deep in Southern territory to start the comeback. He
then hooked up with WR Tyrone Timmons (13 rec., 177 yards) on four
completions in an 80-yard six-play drive, the score coming on a 15-yard strike to put them
up 24-21. Southern answered with an 8-yard TD pass from back-up QB
Gerard Barrow to WR Gerard Landry (6 rec., 79 yds., 2 TDs) to go back ahead
28-24 at the 9:37 mark. Nelson then engineered an 11-play, 65-yard drive
culminating in Walter Burnette's one-yard TD plunge with 4:35 to play that was the
game-winner. Nelson passed for a career-high in yards and the Devils had no
turnovers. SU starting QB J.C. Lewis was 224 of 39 for 312 yards and one TD before
giving way to Barrow (4-4, 78 yds., 1 TD). Lewis threw one interception and the
Jaguars lost two fumbles.
Bowie State 35, Morgan State 21
RB Isaac Redman rushed for a school record 209 yards and scored on first
half touchdown runs of 9, 25, and 99 yards as Bowie State (3-0, 0-0 CIAA E)
jumped out to a 28-0 lead and was never thwarted vs. Morgan State (0-2 0-0
MEAC). BSU QB Lamar Manigo passed 49 yards to
Glenn Thomas for a second quarter score and rushed for 113 yards in nine carries as the Bulldogs amassed
394 rushing yards against the Bears. Nathaniel Queen
closed out the Bulldogs scoring with a nine-yard run 36 seconds before halftime. BSU picked off
three passes from MSU QB Byron Selby (20 of 34, 236 yards), who scored on TD
runs of 5 and 6 yards in the final 90 seconds before halftime to get the Bears on
the board. The only second half score was a Jason Jackson
two-yard run early in the fourth quarter for
MSU.
North Carolina Central 28, Lenoir-Rhyne 21, OT
NCCU (3-0, 0-0 CIAAW) scored in overtime on a nine-yard run by RB
Greg Pruitt and then forced a fumble on Lenoir-Rhyne's ensuing possession to pull
out a hard-fought road win and stay undefeated. The Eagles, 3-0 for the first
time since 1988, scored 21 first half points but were shut out until the overtime.
They scored in the first half on Corey Brown's
2-yard run, a 15-yard scamper by Pruitt and
Derrick Ray's 15-yard interception return. QB
Adrian Warren finished 18 of 28 for 195 yards with one interception. WR
Torrey Ross had nine receptions for 128 yards while Pruitt ran for 50 yards.
St. Augustine's 13, Mars Hill 6
St. Augustine's (3-0, 0-0 CIAA W) became the third
CIAA team to reach 3-0 as the Falcons scored twice in the second half to survive a knock-down
drag-out defensive battle at Mars Hill. The Lions (0-2) scored with 4:52 left in the first
half but the Falcons blocked the PAT and trailed just 6-0 at the break. The first
SAC score came via QB Darrell Nesbitt's 18-yard strike to
Andre McGlone following the recovery of a fumbled punt.
Arthur Lemon's PAT would prove to be the game-winner. Nesbitt added a fourth quarter TD on a six-yard run
and the Falcons' Myron Miller picked off a pass on MHC's final possession.
Hampton 22, Howard 12
BCSP No. 1 Hampton (2-0, 1-0 MEAC) scored 22 unanswered points after
to thwart upstart Howard's upset bid in Washington, D.C. The Bison (1-1,
0-1 MEAC) ran the ball effectively and broke on top 12-0 following a 12-yard
TD pass from Jonathan Venters to Jarahn Williams
and an 8-yard run by Keon Coleman, both following 80-yard first quarter drives. Hampton got on the
board before halftime on a 20-yard run by Alonzo
Coleman and added a 36-yard field goal by Andrew Paterini
and a safety in the third quarter to tie the game at
12. The Pirates took the lead early in the fourth quarter on Paterini's 49-yard
field goal. The deciding play of the game came after Howard drove to the
Hampton four-yard line where on third down Kyle Whitehurst
intercepted a Venters pass in the flat and returned it 99 yards for a score. Keon Coleman finished with
85 yards on 14 carries while Antoine Rutherford
had 116 yards on 18 totes. Howard held 1,000-yard rushers
Ardell Daniels and Alonzo Coleman to 15 and 51 yards respectively.
Grambling State 44,
Alabama A&M 0
In QB Bruce Eugene's first action since coming back from season-ending
knce surgery after one game last season, the all-American QB showed some of his
old form completing just eight passes covering 275 yards and getting three TD
passes (39, 26, 70) in the rout of A&M (1-1, 0-1 SWAC E). WR
Henry Tolbert had four receptions for 174 yards including the 70-yard TD strike, while WR
Moses Harris hauled in the other two. FB
Ab Kuaan had scoring runs of 9 and 2 yards. The TIgers (1-0, 1-0 SWAC W) held the Bulldogs to 157 total yards
and registered 10 sacks, three by DE Jason Hatcher.
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