Tag: HBCU Football

Albany State takes care of Miles, 20-3

Brandon King

The Albany State Golden Rams continued their winning ways with a dominating 20-3 win over the Golden Bears of Miles College Saturday at the Albany state University Coleseum. It was Golden Ram defense that got the scoring first when Jaree Turner picked off a Jalen Parker pass and took it 40 yards to the house to give Albany State a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter. On their first drive of the second quarter, Miles got their first, and only points of the day via a 44-yard field goal…

Read More

Tennessee State’s Kaleb Mosley named OVC Specialist of the Week

Brandon King

Although Tennessee State is coming off a troubling loss to Lane College of the SIAC, ay least one person on the tigers roster who did their job. Sunday afternoon, the Ohio Valley Conference named TSU punter Kaleb Mosley Specialist of the Week. In the loss to Lane, the senior punter/kicker’s foot was perfect, connecting on all three of his PATs and both of his field goal attemps, a 35-yarder and a 51-yard kick , a career long boot, that tied the game with just 14 ticks left in the contest.…

Read More

Bowie State stomps Livingstone, 53-7

Brandon King

Courtesy of Bowie State Athletics 7 LC 53 BSU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F LIVING~1 0 0 7 0 7 BSU 6 29 15 3 53 Graduate senior Dion “DJ” Golatt, Jr. set a new program record for most yards in a single game with 439 on the day as the Bowie State Bulldogs football team upended the Blue Bears of Livingstone College, 53-7 for its annual Homecoming game Saturday afternoon at Bulldog Stadium. Golatt, Jr. passed former Bowie State standout Amir Hall who previously held the record for…

Read More

Virginia Union remains undefeated with 69-0 decimation of Saint Augustine’s

Staff

Courtesy of Virginia Union Athletics 0 SAU 69 VUU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F SAU 0 0 0 0 0 VUU 7 21 20 21 69 Virginia Union University’s Jahkari Grant tossed four touchdown passes as the Panthers moved to 5-0 on the season by downing Saint Augustine’s University 69-0 on Saturday, October 1, at Willie Lanier Field in Hovey Stadium in Richmond, Va. Grant completed 14 of 21 passes for 247 yards in the win. Three different Panthers caught touchdown passes with John Jiles, James Jackson and Larry Hackeyall hauling in scoring passes. VUU’s Jada…

Read More
Staff

Courtesy of Willie D. Scott, Associate Director of Strategic Communication, Southern University 3 APB 59 SOU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F APB 3 0 0 0 3 SOU 7 35 14 3 59 Southern dismantled the Golden Lions on Saturday night 59-3 to get back in the winning column on Saturday night inside A. W. Mumford Stadium.  The Jaguars racked up 550 yards of total offense off 70 plays, including 298 through the air and 265 on the ground. The Jags stout defense set the tone early on giving…

Read More

Florida A&M beats up Mississippi Valley, 34-7

Staff

Courtesy of Germaine Bozeman , Florida A&M Athletics 7 MVSU 34 FAMU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F MVS 7 0 0 0 7 FAM 7 7 10 10 34 Rattlers return to Bragg for more as they continue their home game winning streak to 13 by defeating the Mississippi Valley Delta Devils 34-7. “Defense played extremely well, special teams did some really good things,” said head coach Willie Simmons. “Offensively, we struggled, didn’t take advantage of a lot of situations. I really challenged the guys at halftime to be the offense…

Read More

October 1, 2022 MEAC Football Recap

Staff

Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Morgan State 44, Virginia Lynchburg 10Sacred Heart 31, Norfolk State 14Yale 34, Howard 26Campbell 48, North Carolina Central 18  Delaware State 14, Robert Morris 9 Morgan State 44, Virginia Lynchburg 10 BALTIMORE, Md. – Morgan State showed no signs of rust today. The Bears returned to work after their bye week gave them a chance to rest and recover and wasted little time lighting up the scoreboard against Virginia University of Lynchburg. Carson Baker threw three touchdown passes in the first half and senior Alfonzo Graham ran for…

Read More

October 1, 2022 SWAC Football Recap

Staff

Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC Football Scores and Recaps Team Standings Saturday, October 1 Alabama A&M 35, Bethune-Cookman 27– Box Score I Recap Florida A&M 34, Mississippi Valley State 7– Box Score I Recap Southern 59, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3– Box Score I Recap Prairie View A&M 34, Grambling State 14– Box Score I Recap Alabama State 16, Texas Southern 13– Box Score I Recap About the SWACThe Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports…

Read More

Albany State v Miles College: Preview and Prediction

Brandon King

Saturday the two teams that were predicted to end up atop the Eastern and Western Divisions, respectively, Albany State and Miles College will meet. Albany State ( 3-1, 1-0) enters the contest fresh off a 35-0 shutout of Clark Atlanta last Saturday. In terms of pure statistical output, it was a rather plebeian effort by many of the rams offensive players, quarterback Dionte Bonneau completed 10/15 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown, receivers Ralph Lovett III and Joe Shorter accounted for 64 and 48 yards, respectively. Kam Ward did…

Read More

Draylen Ellis ”gametime decision” for John Merritt Classic

Brandon King

Tennessee State will take the field this Saturday in the John Merritt Classic against Lane College, but as it currently stands, however whether Draylen Ellis will be under center is still undetermined. The Austin Peay transfer was injured in the second quarter of TSU’s forgettable 49-6 evening against MTSU when he suffered a high ankle sprain. Speaking to the media Tuesday head coach Eddie George said that Ellis’ status for Saturday is ”questionable.” Coach George also said that Ellis has not taken any reps in Tuesday’s practice and he would…

Read More