October 16, 2021 SWAC Football Recap

From the Southwestern Athletic Conference: SWAC Football Scores and Recaps   Team Standings Saturday, October 16 Prairie View A&M 35, Bethune-Cookman 29– Box Score I Recap Florida A&M 35, Alabama A&M 31–  Box Score I Recap Grambling State 34, Texas Southern 20– Box Score I Recap Southern 34, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7– Box Score I Recap Jackson State 28, Alabama State 7– Box Score I Recap Alcorn State 24, Mississippi Valley State 12– 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…

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Southern ruins homecoming, beats up Arkansas Pine Bluff 34-7

34 SU 7 UAPB Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F SOUTHE~1 7 14 10 3 34 UAPB 0 0 0 7 7 Via Willie D. Scott, Associate Director of Sports Information Pine Bluff, Arkansas — Southerns’ record breaking day spoils UAPB’s homecoming led by Kobe Dillon and Chase Foster. Final score was 34-7 at Simmons Bank Filed on the campus of University of Arkansas- Pine Bluff. A game time decision on the starting running back, Head Coach Jason Rollins called Kobe Dillon‘s number and he led the Jaguars dominant rushing attack. SU pounded the ball all evening for 332…

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Alcorn State comes back from 19 points to shock UAPB, 39-38

From the Southwestern Athletic Conference: Box Score PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Alcorn State Braves erased a 19-point second half deficit Thursday night and stunned Arkansas–Pine Bluff by a score of 39-38 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference opener for both teams. In front of a national television audience on ESPNU, Niko Duffey’s two-yard run with 3:01 remaining in the fourth quarter gave the Braves (2-2, 1-0 SWAC) their first lead of the game and proved to be the final margin of victory. Following Duffey’s run, the Golden Lions (1-2, 0-1 SWAC)…

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Central Arkansas defeats Arkansas-Pine Bluff 45-23

From Kalan Hooks at uapblionsroar 23 UAPB 45 UCA Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F UAPB 0 9 14 0 23 UCA 14 14 3 14 45 CONWAY, AR – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff football team came up short against the Central Arkansas Bears with the final score of (45-23), Saturday night at Estes Stadium. Looking to pick up where they left off and make the progression from their season opener, the Golden Lions had one goal in mind: to defeat UCA. However, UAPB could not get an early…

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UAPB claims SWAC West with 36-31 win over Prairie View

From the Southwestern Athletic Conference: PINE BLUFF, Ark.- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff football team won the Spring 2021 SWAC Western Division Championship with a 36-31 win over Prairie View A&M Saturday at Simmons Bank Field. The Golden Lions continued to turn back the clock in winning the division championship for the first time since 2012.  The Golden Lions will play in the Cricket Wireless SWAC Football Championship Game presented by Pepsi Zero on Saturday May 1 against either Alabama A&M at 2 p.m. at a location TBD. Quarterback Skyler Perry (16-33,…

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Tennessee State loses close one to Arkansas-Pine Bluff 37-31

FROM tsutigers.com: NASHVILLE — The Tennessee State football team fell in a down-to-the-final-play heartbreaker to Arkansas Pine Bluff, 37-31, Saturday afternoon in Hale Stadium. Trailing for much of the game, Al-Malik Moore caught his first touchdown pass of his career to lift the Tigers to a 24-19 lead over the Golden Lions. Three of Arkansas Pine-Bluff’s extra point attempts were blocked – two by 6-6 Malik Abdul-Haqq and another by Khalil Jones, allowing the Tigers a chance to make up the seven-point deficit with one minute left on the clock.…

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Arkansas-Pine Bluff opens SWAC play with 52-34 win over Alabama A&M

From uapblionsroar.com : HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff football team opened conference play with a 52-34 win at Alabama A&M in the Southwestern Athletic Conference opener for both teams. Keshawn Williams rushed for 206 yards on 21 carries, and Taeyler Porter rushed 18 times for 117 yards and one touchdown. Harry Ballard caught four passes for 132 yards and three touchdowns as quarterbacks Skyler Perry (11-15, 109 yards, 3 TDs) and Shannon Patrick (9-14, 196 yards, 3 TDs) combined to throw for six touchdown passes. It’s just a sense of accomplishment for these kids,”…

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Grambling Men’s Hoops finishes road trip with UAPB and MVSU

From Grambling State University Sports Information: GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University men’s basketball team will look to get back into the win column as the Tigers conclude their three-game road trip this weekend against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State in a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) games. Tip-off from H.O. Clemons Arena on Saturday against UAPB is set for 5:30 p.m., while the Monday tilt with the Delta Devils is set for 7:30 p.m. from the Harrison HPER Complex. Grambling State (13-14 overall, 7-7 SWAC), which fell into the sixth…

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