HOW THEY DID IT - Game Recaps
Six of the teams ranked in the BCSP Top Ten lost this week.
• Prairie View 26,
No. 5 Southern 23
RB Arnell Fontenot scored on a 14-yard TD run in overtime
to give Prairie View (2-1, 1-1 SWAC W) its first win
over
Southern (2-1, 1-1 SWAC W) since 1971. Fontenot's three-yard
TD run with 18 seconds left followed by Eric Hernandez's
PAT kick had enabled PV to tie the score at 20 and force
the overtime. It was the second of two 11-play scoring drives
by the Panthers in the fourth quarter which followed fumbles
by Southern QB
J. C. Lewis (16 of 26, 140 yds., 2 ints.). QB
Chris Gibson had scored with 2:33 left on a one-yard run.
Southern got the ball first in the OT and scored on Brett
Ackley's 27-yard field goal. PV
held Southern to 211 total yards while the Panthers rushed for
251 yards.
• No. 10 Miss. Valley State 23,
No. 2 Alabama A&M
20
MVSU placekicker Zach Gilarski hit on a 48-yard field
goal with 8 seconds left after a disputed timeout to allow the
Delta Devils (2-1, 2-1 SWAC E) to knock A&M (2-1,
1-1 SWAC E) from the unbeaten ranks in a key SWAC East Division
game. Gilarski's game-winner followed a six-play 37-yard drive
keyed by a 21-yard run from QB Aries Nelson.
MVSU called a timeout with 11 seconds left which A&M
coach Anthony Jones disputed. MVSU led 20-0 at the half behind most of
Johey Hargett's 104 rushing yards which included a 22-yard
second quarter TD scamper. A&M came back to score 20 second-half
points, tying the score on a 15-yard scoring pass from Kelcy Luke
(9-of-24, 94 yds.) to Anton Mitchell with 2:20 to play.
• No. 8 Bethune-Cookman 45, No. 6 South Carolina State 21
Bethune-Cookman (2-1, 1-0 MEAC)fumbled on its first
two possessions spotting SC State (1-2, 0-1 MEAC) the game's
first 14 points and then scored on its next seven possessions
tallying 45 unanswered points behind the sterling play of QB
Jarod Rucker, who completed 22 of 27 passes for 367 yards and
five TDs. Stephon Walker had six receptions for 123 yards
including a TD catch of 44 yards to get the Wildcats on the board in the
first quarter and a 27yarder to close out their scoring in the
third quarter. Between Walker's scores, Paul Neufville,
who had six receptions totalling 112 yards, had a 34-yard second quarter
TD catch and Eric Weems, who had six catches for 87 yards,
had second quarter scoring receptions of 33 and 17 yards.
• Northwestern State 23,
#4 Delaware State 3
Delaware State (2-1, 1-0 MEAC) could manage only a
48-yard second quarter Josh Brite field goal in its loss at NW State.
DSU RB Emmanuel Marc rushed for 110 yards on 18 carries and
WR Shaheer McBride had eight receptions for 71 yards but
the Hornets could penetrate no deeper than the opponents'
31-yard line. DSU had 12 penalties for 135 yards.
• Morgan State 28, No. 9 Bowie State 20
Morgan State (1-2, 0-0 MEAC) got its first win of the
season behind RB Chad Simpson who rushed for 178 yards on
ten carries including TD runs of 40, 54 and 60 yards. MSU fell
behind 13-0 before scoring 28 straight points. The Bears rushed for
259 yards and passed for only 29 yards. BSU (2-1, 0-0 CIAA
E) gained 323 yards of total offense but had 13 penalties for
106 yards.
• Houston 42, No.
7 Grambling State 22
Div. IA Houston spotted Grambling (0-3,
0-1 SWAC W) an early touchdown and then scored 42 consecutive
points to hand the G-Men their third straight loss. Back-up
GSU QB
Larry Kerlegan played most of the game for the Tigers
completing 18 of 23 passes for 248 yards and two TDs and also
rushed 20 times for 88 yards. WR Clyde Edwards had six
receptions for 87 yards including a 34-yarder to open the scoring.
Tim Abney had four receptions for 86 yards including a
33-yarder for a TD.
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