Tag: HBCU Football

Southern’s rally falls short against McNeese State 34-28

Brandon King

From gojagsports: LAKE CHARLES, La. — Cody Orgeron threw two scores and McNeese held off a late Southern comeback to beat the Jaguars 34-28 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Elijah Mack’s 3-yard touchdown run put McNeese up 34-14 with 5:25 left to play. Southern responded with a 4-play, 75-yard drive to make it 34-21. McNeese recovered the on-side kick, and the Jaguars defense forced a three-and-out. Bailey Raborn’s 37-yard punt went out of bounds at the Southern 1-yard line with 2:36 left. Undeterred, Southern put…

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UAB edges Alabama State in season opener.

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From bamastatesports: STORY LINKS FINAL STATS (.PDF) POST GAME NOTES (.PDF) PHOTO GALLERY BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Alabama State came up short in its bid to pull off the upset of an FBS opponent, falling to UAB 24-19 in front the third largest crowd in UAB history (39,165) Thursday night at Legion Field. Duran Bell led Alabama State (0-1) with a career-high 112 yards on the ground on just 10 carries that included a 67-yard first quarter touchdown. Larry Brown III also turned in a career night for the Hornets as he caught five passes…

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Norfolk State Football 2019 Season Preview: Spartans look to get over the hump

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From nsuspartans.com: NORFOLK, Va. – With a third-year starter at quarterback, experience along both sides of the line of scrimmage and experience back at every position, the Spartan football team is eager to improve on last year’s 4-7 overall record as the 2019 season nears. Following is a look at the Spartans’ roster heading into the season, which kicks off Saturday at Old Dominion University: OFFENSEThe Spartans bring back nine starters to their offensive unit. NSU is positioned to be as experienced as any of its teams in recent memory under…

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Tuskegee Football held first scrimmage of the season

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From goldentigersports : Two weeks before facing Alabama State in its season opening game in Montgomery, The Tuskegee University football team held its first scrimmage Saturday morning, working just over two hours at Cleve L. Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium. The Golden Tigers were able to get a good evaluation of where they are after the first full week of camp. TU will be off on Sunday before returning to the practice field Monday afternoon. They will hold their final scrimmage next Saturday. Other units on campus also worked in some practice time as the Tuskegee University Marching Crimson…

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TSU QB charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault

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The season has not yet started and already Tennessee State head coach Rod Reed has gotten a call about one of his players. This one is not the typical one about getting into a fist fight after over doing it on the libations or some other shenanigans that football players often get into. This is serious and potentially life-altering for multiple people. Tennessee State quarterback Demry Croft is charged with six counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault. According to indictments, the crimes occurred in December 2018. Croft…

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2019 HBCU Homecoming schedule

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As soon as HBCUs release their schedules, the time coordinates of homecoming is at the top of the list as students, fans and alumni of each respective institution. Below we have the dates, location and opponent of every HBCU. Check them out below and get those excuses ready to be off work and chamber those “hey big head” messages. Alabama A&M University Visitor: Texas Southern UniversityLocation: Louis Crews Stadium, Huntsville, ALDate: Oct. 5, 2019 | 2 PM Alabama State University Visitor: Prairie View A&M UniversityLocation: ASU Stadium, Montgomery, ALDate: Nov. 28, 2019 | 2 PM Albany State University…

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Southern to end camp with scrimmage Saturday

Brandon King

From Southern University Sports Information: The Southern University Jaguars ends summer camp with a controlled scrimmage on Saturday. The Jags went 90 plays and kept it simple in both offensive and defensive playbooks. The defense did not tackle to the ground and backups received a lot of playing time. “We were keeping it basic and seeing if the guys were recalling the information,” Southern coach Dawson Odums said. “It was basic (defensive) playbook. We might have had two or three calls. On offense, we were very vanilla. The offense scored…

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Bowie State’s Joshua Pryor amongst six CIAA players on BoxToRow Preseason All-America Team

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Bowie State redshirt sophomore Joshua Pryor is amongst six CIAA players named to the 2019 BOXTOROW HBCU Preseason All-America team. Other players from the conference included running back Tabyus Taylor and defensive back Sterling Hammond from Virginia Union; Tyeous Sharpe and Brandon Smith at punt returner and kick returner, respectively, of Fayettville State and Shaw linebacker Devon Hunt. The CIAA player tabbed for the team are a Who’s Who’s of the conference with Brandon Smith (special teams) and Devon Hunt (defense) are returning CIAA Players of the Year; Joshua Pryor is…

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Tennessee State holds second scrimmage of camp

Brandon King

From tsutigers.com : Scrimmage #2Venue: William J. Hale StadiumWeather: Sunny, 90; Real Feal – 99Total Plays: 91 NASHVILLE — Tennessee State held its second scrimmage on Saturday morning. The Tigers opened with a 7-on-7 session before holding the 91 play scrimmage. The Tigers added a situational Drill, as well as a 4-Minute Drill. Antonio Zita and Kaleb Mosley once again went head-to-head during a field goal session. The defense impressed on the day with 10 tackles for loss, including four sacks, to go along with six pass break-ups and an interception. The unit…

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Mississippi Valley State has first scrimmage of the year

Brandon King

The Delta Devils had their first full inter squad scrimmage of the season this Saturday during the team’s practice. Head football coach Vincent Dancy seemed to be cautiously optimistic about what he saw on the field. Here is what he had to say post-practice : “Overall, it wasn’t bad. We got 60-70 plays in and not too many flags. We’ve got some improving to do, but we got a lot on film to evaluate. A lot of guys got reps, and we still have another scrimmage before Tennessee State.”  MVSU…

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