FRANKFORT, Kentucky -- Sophomore defensive back Eric Rawls intercepted his third pass of the game with just 18 seconds left in the fourth quarter to secure a 17-11 victory for the Kentucky State University Thorobreds over the Fort Valley State University Wildcats in a conference football game on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium. With just 27 seconds left in Saturday's contest Fort Valley State (2-4, 2-2 SIAC) took over at its own 12-yard line looking to make one final push. On their first play of the drive Fort Valley quarterback Eugene Smith threw a desperation pass down the right side of the field only to have Rawls adjust to the ball and secure the victory for Kentucky State (4-2, 2-1 SIAC) with an interception.
A game changing defensive play was a fitting end to a game that saw the two defenses control the pace of play thoroughout. Both of the defensive units held the opposing offense to less than 200 total yards. Neither offense was allowed to settle into their game plan with the defenses combining for six sacks, five interceptions and 11 quarterback hurries.
Junior linebacker Terry Horton had a game high 12 tackles and 1.5 sacks. Horton was all over the field collecting five solo and seven assisted tackles as well as 2.0 tackles for a loss of 17 yards.
Horton's biggest impact play of the game came with just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter, when Smith dropped back for FVSU on fourth and four. Horton came on a blitz right up the middle and sacked Smith for a loss of 13 yards. That play gave the Thorobreds the ball back with just over two minutes left and allowed them to run the clock down to under 30 seconds.
SIAC leading rusher Justin Lockett was limited by the FVSU defense on Saturday. Lockett finished the game with 78 rushing yards but was continually meet in the backfield by Wildcat defenders. Running backs on both sides were limited with no rusher averaging more than 3.6 yards per carry.
KSU junior quarterback Adam Robinson and junior receiver Clayton Patton Jr. hooked up for the games only offensive touchdown in the game. On the Thorobreds first play from scrimmage Robinson connected on a beautiful pass to Patton who out ran the entire FVSU defense for a 62 yard touchdown with 13:49 left in the first quarter.
Robinson finished the game with 126 passing yards on 6-of-17 pass attempts and one touchdown. Robinson was also picked off twice by FVSU defensive back Thomas Wolfe and sophomore Alex Springs saw some action at the end of Saturday's game.
A major part of the two teams struggle to execute their game plans was the fact that each team picked up 125 yards of penalties each over the course of the game.
At the end of the day, Kentucky State was able to make the impact plays when they really needed them.
After three games in a row at home the Thorobreds will hit the road for a conference match-up against Miles College next Saturday, October 19. That game will be Miles homecoming game and will be televised on Bounce TV.
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