Tag: HBCU Football

Kennesaw State runs wild on Alabama State 42-7

Brandon King

From bamastatesports : Box Score  MONTGOMERY, Ala. | The seventh-ranked Kennesaw State Owls took advantage of a pair of Alabama State turnovers, running past the Hornets 42-7 Saturday night at ASU Stadium. Kennesaw State (2-1), who came into the game with 11th best offense in the country, hit their average with 520 yards of total offense (70 plays) while holding Alabama State to just 54 total plays. The Owls used 480 yards of rushing to get to their total, despite a 100-yard rusher. The Owls took advantage of an early miscue…

Read More

Mistakes costs Prairie View against Nicholls State

Brandon King

From pvpanthers.com : PRAIRIE VIEW – The upset-minded Prairie View A&M football team fell just shy in its mission to topple FCS No. 10 Nicholls State, coming up short in a 42-35 shootout Saturday evening in Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field Prairie View A&M (1-2) was done in by a big third quarter from the Colonels, who  took advantage of short fields and turnovers during a stretch where they scored 29 unanswered points. After the Colonels struck first with a 15-yard touchdown scamper from Dion Ray that capped a 10-play, 90-drive, the…

Read More

September 14 MEAC Football Recap

Brandon King

From meacsports.com : Visit the MEAC Scoreboard HEREHampton 41, Howard 20 Coastal Carolina 46, Norfolk State 7Miami (FL) 63, Bethune-Cookman 0James Madison 63, Morgan State 12Delaware State 58, Lincoln (PA) 12Florida A&M 57, Fort Valley State 20USF 55, South Carolina State 16North Carolina A&T State 27, Charleston Southern 21Gardner-Webb 21, North Carolina Central 12 Hampton 41, Howard 20  CHICAGO, Ill. — After a slow start, the Hampton Pirates found their offensive mojo on Saturday and took a 41-20 win over Howard in the 22nd annual Chicago Football Classic at Soldier Field. Earning MVP…

Read More

Jackson State takes 30th Southern Heritage Classic 49-44 over Tennessee State

Brandon King

A furious fourth quarter falls was not enough to lift TSU to victory as Jackson State was able to hang on for a 49-44 victory in the 30th edition of the Southern Heritage Classic. Jackson State got off to the best start a team could as Josh Littles returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, putting JSU up 7-0,, with the PAT. TSU responded with a kickoff return of their own, with Chris Rowland taking the ensuing kick 96 yards to the house to knot the game at…

Read More

FAMU coach Willie Simmons Tuesday press conference

Brandon King

In this press conference Florida A&M University discusses the upcoming Jake Gaithersburg Classic and what the name sake of the game meant to the university, and what he wants to see from his players. The Rattlers are coming off a 62-0 decimation at the hands of Central Florida and will look to get into the win column this Saturday against Fort Valley State University in the Jake Gaithersburg Classic. Kickoff time for the game is 6:00 p.m. EST. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fxj0GsPZaJYEGhDPewHvZeAtRVuMkXjK/view?usp=drivesdk

Read More

CIAA Weekly Football Honors #1

Brandon King

From theciaa.com : FOOD LION OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK #60 Justin Smith, Virginia Union(Sr, OL – Leesburg, VA) Smith anchored an offensive line that allowed Virginia Union to rack up 390 yards of total offense, including 191 yards rushing and 199 yards passing, in their upset win over Division I Hampton, 36-7. The 6-1, 280 senior and the rest of the Panthers offensive line didn’t surrender a sack in their season-opening win.  FOOD LION RECEIVER OF THE WEEK #17 Charles Hall, Virginia Union(So, WR – Trenton, NJ) Sophomore receiver Charles Hall led Virginia Union…

Read More

September 9 SWAC Football Players of the Week

Brandon King

From swac.org : BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama State’s Micheal Jefferson, Mississippi Valley State’s Tracy Thompkins, and Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Josh Piwniczka and Harry Ballard III were all named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Football Players of the Week in week two of the season for their outstanding play the league announced on Monday. OffensiveAlabama State 19 – Michael Jefferson (6-3, WR, 194, So., Mobile, Ala.)Jefferson had a career day for Alabama State in a 38-31 victory over Tuskegee Saturday night. He grabbed five receptions for 174 yards, including three touchdowns. The sophomore caught…

Read More

MEAC Weekly Football Honorees

Brandon King

From meacsports.com: NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 9, 2019 – Norfolk State quarterback Juwan Carter was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Football Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced today. South Carolina State’s Roderick Perry was named Defensive of the Week and Norfolk State freshman Kevin Johnson was selected as Rookie of the Week. Earning Offensive Linemen of the Week honors for the second week in a row was South Carolina State’s Alex Taylorand picking up Specialist of the Week honors was South Carolina State’s Dillon Bredesen.  Carter (QB, 6-0, 175, Jr., Richmond, Va.) matched his career high with four…

Read More

September 7 MEAC Football

Brandon King

Visit the MEAC Scoreboard HEREYoungstown State 54, Howard 28South Carolina State 34, Lane 0Norfolk State 44, Virginia State 21Duke 45, North Carolina A&T State 13Towson 42, NC Central 3 Youngstown State 54, Howard 28 YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — It was a tale of big plays in the second half as the Howard University Bison fall to Youngstown State University Penguins 54-28, Saturday afternoon at Stambaugh Stadium.   The Bison falls to (0-2), Youngstown improves to (2-0).  Howard took the opening drive 42 yards in nine plays when a sack and an ensuing holding…

Read More

Texas Southern comes up short at Incarnate Word

Brandon King

Via TSU Sports Information: Box Score  STATS SAN ANTONIO – It was a tale of two halves as Texas Southern fought back from an early deficit with a furious third quarter rally but fell short at the end as Incarnate Word won a wild shootout by a 63-44 margin at Benson Stadium Saturday night. The Cardinals claimed an early 14-0 lead after two early touchdowns in the first quarter. TSU would find the scoreboard for the first time on its second possession as Chris Long caught a 15-yard reception from DeAndre…

Read More