GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Van Morgan ran for a career-high 154 yards and scored twice to lead Hampton to a 59-14 victory over North Carolina A&T Saturday, the fourth-straight victory over the Aggies in the series.
Quarterback T.J. Mitchell passed for 210 yards and three touchdowns for the Pirates (2-0, 2-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Jeremy Gilchrist caught six passes for 112 yards and a score.
N.C. A&T (0-3, 0-1 MEAC) lost its 19th straight game.
Hampton jumped out to a 17-0 lead, but the Aggies cut into the deficit on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Shelton Morgan to Trey Green late in the first half.
Kevin Teel 70-yard kickoff return for a score increased Hampton's lead to start the second half, but the Aggies converted a Pirate turnover into a 6-yard scoring pass from Morgan to Michael Christen with 11:48 left in the third quarter.
The Pirates answered with a four-play, 75-yard drive ending in Gilchrist's touchdown. Kendall Langford returned an interception 22 yards for another score and the Pirates capped the third quarter with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Mitchell to Teel.
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