BAILEY’S CAREER DAY LEADS PIRATES PAST MILES
HAMPTON, Va. – Behind a career performance from sophomore quarterback Bryan Bailey, the Hampton University football team picked up its first win of the season on Saturday, defeating Div. II Miles College 34-30 at Armstrong Stadium.
The win was the first in the tenure of head coach Connell Maynor.
Bailey (Woodruff, S.C.) threw for a career-high 267 yards and three touchdowns, completing 20 of his 31 passes. Redshirt sophomore Rashawn Proctor (Hampton, Va.) caught six of those passes for a team-high 69 yards and a touchdown. In all, Bailey found nine different receivers.
Three of those receivers caught touchdown passes.
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Simmons Lead South Carolina State Over #21 Furman 17-7
ORANGEBURG, SC—Junior running back Jalen “Scoot” Simmons had a game-high 19 carries for 127 yards and a touchdown to lead South Carolina State to a 17-7 victory over No. 21 Furman Saturday at Oliver. C. Dawson Stadium.
The Bulldogs snapped a two loss game losing streak to improve to 2-2 on the season, Furman suffers their second defeat to fall to 2-2.
Redshirt senior quarterback TeDarrius Wiley had a solid night starting in replace for injured Adrian Kollock, Jr. Wiley finished 8-of-17 passing for 92 yards and touchdown. Junior running back Dondre Lewis-Freeman also finished with 13 rushes for 70 yards.
The Bulldog offense finished with 232 total rushing yards, while the defense limited the Paladin offense to 61 yards rushing.
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Aggies Roll over Hawks
GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T shut out Chowan University 59-0 in a non-conference game Saturday evening at Aggie Stadium. The Aggies (3-1) set a school record for the most first-half points when it took a 52-0 lead over the Hawks (1-2) at halftime.
Fifth-year cornerback Donald Mattocks also set a new school mark with three interceptions in one game with all three coming in the first half. The Aggies intercepted five passes in the game.
Junior quarterback Kwashaun Quick had a career game. He finished with a career-high 215 yards and three touchdowns as he connected on a career-high 15 passes and had just six incomplete passes. Sophomore Tarik Cohen rushed for three touchdowns while sophomore Xavier Griffin caught his first career touchdown pass on a 55-yarder from Quick.
Freshman Marquell Cartwright finished with 14 carries on 91 yards.
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Howard Comes Up Short in MEAC Opener
East Rutherford, NJ—Greg McGhee almost singled handedly willed Howard to a win, accounting for over 300 yards of total offense and rushing for three TDs, but it was not enough to overcome the overall team effort of Morgan State as the Bison fell, 38-35 in the 42nd Annual New York Urban League Classic at MetLife Stadium. It was the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
The Bears (2-2, 1-0 MEAC) set the tone early when they took the opening kickoff and marched 65 yards on 10 plays with running back Herb Walker scoring on a one-yard plunge.
Howard (1-3, 0-1 MEAC) failed to move the ball on its second possession and Morgan State wasted little time with Council mixing the pass and run for 59 yards on six plays, capping it off with a two-yard plunge with 8:33 in the first quarter.
That is when McGhee began to get his team back in it. The senior quarterback took his team 86 yards in only seven plays, finishing it off with a three-yard run that cut the deficit to 14-7.
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TOWSON USES POWERFUL GROUND ATTACK TO EDGE EAGLES
TOWSON, Md. – Towson used a powerful ground attack to overcome a four-point second quarter deficit en route to a 31-20 win over visiting North Carolina Central University inside Johnny Unitas Stadium on Saturday night.
NCCU held a 14-10 lead late in the second quarter, thanks to a 10-yard touchdown run by senior running back Andre Clarke (his fifth rushing TD of the season) and a 50-yard touchdown pass play from sophomore quarterback Malcolm Bell to junior receiver Quentin Atkinson with 8:19 remaining until intermission. But that was the last time the Eagles found the end zone.
Towson took a 17-14 lead with just 32 seconds left in the second quarter on a 22-yard pass from junior quarterback Connor Frazier to senior receiver Spencer Wilkins.
On the opening drive of the third quarter, Towson sophomore running back Darius Victor busted loose for a 53-yard gain to the Eagles’ 1-yard line, then finished the drive with his second trip to the end zone to increase the Tigers’ advantage to 24-14.
BCUgridiron Falls 41-7 to UCF
ORLANDO – No. 12 Bethune-Cookman resumed its rivalry with nearby UCF Saturday night, with the Wildcats dropping a 41-7 decision to the defending Fiesta Bowl champion Knights at Bright House Stadium.
UCF quarterback Justin Holman threw for 145 yards and two touchdowns to help the Knights take their home opener as well as their 11th victory of the series against the Wildcats. The teams hadn’t met since 1995 prior to Saturday.
The Wildcats (2-1) had a promising start, taking a 7-3 lead on Anthony Jordan’s 1-yard run with 1:40 remaining in the first quarter.
The score capped off an eight-play, 76-yard drive that included Quentin Williams connecting with Jordan for a 29-yard gain and a 14-yarder to Jaime Wilson that put the ball on the UCF one-yard line.
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Licata Leads Buffalo Past NSU 36-7
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo quarterback Joe Licata passed for 229 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to propel the host Bulls to a 36-7 win over Norfolk State on Saturday at UB Stadium.
Anthone Taylor rushed for 116 yards for Buffalo (2-2), which dealt the Spartans (0-4) their sixth straight loss dating to last season and ninth straight in non-conference games. NSU also dropped to 0-7 all-time in games against Division I FBS competition.
Both teams struck for big plays early. After the teams traded punts to start the game, Licata found Devon Hughes on a 92-yard catch-and-run scoring play on the first plays of the Bulls' second drive to open the scoring. But the Spartans answered on the next play from scrimmage. Freshman quarterback Terrance Ervin hit Isaac White on a deep post pattern, which White turned into a 68-yard TD pass to tie the game. The score was the first TD pass in Ervin's career and the first scoring reception in White's.
The relentless Bulls kept coming. Licata directed an 11-play, 75-yard scoring drive which he capped with a 9-yard TD pass to Hughes. The extra point put UB ahead 14-7 with 5:01 left in the first quarter. Licata completed a 35-yard pass to Ron Willoughby on 3rd-and-18 to keep the drive alive.
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Coastal Carolina spoils Rattler football home opener, 48-3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Sept. 20) – Florida A&M University much-anticipated 2014 home opening football game proved a heartbreaking disappointment Saturday, as the Rattlers fell to nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina, 48-3 at Bragg Stadium.
FAMU (0-3) took the opening kickoff 49 yards in eight plays before senior Chase Varnadore booted a 42-yard field goal to stake his club to a 3-0 lead with 11:20 left in the first quarter.’
But the fifth-ranked (in FCS) Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina (4-0) showed why they have been riding high in the national polls, taking the ensuing kickoff 65 yards in just five plays, capped by a 25-yard scoring strike from Alex Ross to John Israel for a 7-3 lead with 9:00 left.
De’Angelo Henderson extended the CCU lead to 14-3 on his 13-yard run which came shortly after a blocked punt with 2:58 left in the quarter, before Calvin Hollenhorst scooped a Damien Fleming fumble and ran in from four yards out for a 21-3 Coastal lead at the end of the first period.
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HORNETS NO MATCH FOR TEMPLE; FALL 59-0 TO OWLS
Phila., Pa. (Sep. 20, 2014) --- Temple scored three touchdowns in the first nine minutes- two on special teams- and never looked back in a 59-0 win over Delaware State at Lincoln Financial Field this afternoon.
The major college Owls improved to 2-1 on the season, while the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Hornets fell to 0-4.
In addition to allowing two special teams touchdowns for the second straight game, the Hornets surrendered a defensive touchdown; and were plagued by four turnovers and a blocked punt.
After getting one first down on the opening possession of the game, the Hornets were forced to punt from the DSU 36. Jeremiah McGeough’s kick was blocked by the Temple’s Samuel Benjamin. The ball was recovered by the Owls’ Artrel Foster who ran 15 yards for the game’s first score just three-minutes-11 seconds into the contest.
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