Morgan State 20, South Carolina State 17
Howard 50, No. 7 North Carolina Central 20
Norfolk State 44, Delaware State 21
Norfolk State 44, Delaware State 21
The Spartans picked up their first conference win of the season en route to scoring their most points of the season with a 44-21 win over the Hornets of Delaware State.
Norfolk State amassed 459 yards of total offense on Saturday, including 285 on the ground. NSU quarterback Cameron Sapp completed 8-of-12 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns, adding a rushing score as well. The Spartans Kevon King rushed for over 100 yards, while Andre Pegues caught three passes for 100 yards. Terron Mallory paced the NSU defense recording a program-high three interceptions in the game.
Aaron Angelos threw for 133 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions for the Hornets. Marquis Gillis rushed for 84 total yards on 20 attempts with two DSU touchdowns. Rahkeem Smith made three catches for 67 yards to lead Delaware State’s receiving corps.
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Morgan State 20, South Carolina State 17
The Bears got on the scoreboard first on a rushing touchdown from Tahj Smith in the second quarter. The Bulldogs hit back scoring two touchdowns in the final 10 minutes of the first half to take a 14-6 lead into halftime. MSU came out of the break scoring a touchdown off a 53-yard run from J.J. Davis to pull within a point, 14-13, of SCSU. S.C. State put a little room between them and Morgan State with a field goal with five minutes left in the fourth quarter. MSU answered with a 73-yard kickoff return from Jordan Toles giving the Bears a 20-17 lead with 4:44 to play. Morgan State held off S.C. State for the victory.
Morgan State’s Tahj Smith threw for 86 yards completing five-of-14 passes. J.J. Davis ran for 108 yards on 15 attempts collecting one touchdown score.
On the Bulldogs side Corey Fields, Jr., threw for 54 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. Josh Shaw led the rushing game for S.C. State collecting 70 yards on 16 attempts.
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Howard 50, No. 7 North Carolina Central 20
The Bison of Howard completed the upset over No. 7 North Carolina Central winning 50-20 over the Eagles. HU opened the game with the only score of the first quarter to take a 7-0 lead into the second. Howard continued to pull ahead scoring a second touchdown, the first score of the second quarter before giving up a touchdown to NCCU who put the score at 14-7. The Bison pulled ahead 21-7 before giving up a second touchdown just after the two-minute warning. Howard scored one more time before the halftime break heading into the intermission with a 28-14 lead.
In the second half, Howard scored two touchdowns before North Carolina Central found another scoring play. Howard scored once in the third quarter and the first touchdown of the fourth before N.C. Central scored their final touchdown near the 10-minute mark. The Bison closed out the game with one last scoring drive to put the final score at 50-20.
Howard’s quarterback Quinton Williams threw for 277 yards completing 23 of 33 passes for three touchdowns. Running back Jarett Hunter ran for 113 yards on 14 attempts with two rushing touchdowns. Howard’s wide receiver Kasey Hawthorne caught 114 yards on six receptions with two touchdowns.
N.C. Central’s quarterback Davius Richard was held to just 77 yards passing with one touchdown through the air and ran for 91 yards on 12 attempts with one running touchdowns.
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