The Norfolk State University Spartans got a lesson in Big 10 styled smash mouth football as the seminar was taught by the Howard Bison in front of 15,548 homecoming fans at Dick Price Stadium. The Bison defense limited the Spartans to minus 15 rushing yards on 17 attempts. The number two ranked MEAC leading rusher, Daryl Jones was held to 4 yards on 6 carries. No NSU back gained more than 7 yards and did not score a touchdown. Jones had rushed for 256 yards against FAMU the previous week and averaged over 135 yards per game.
Howard coach Carey Bailey is now the new big kahuna in the MEAC. Bailey proved the mental toughness of his Bison by going for first down on a 4th and 3 yards, at his own 34 yard line in the 3rd quarter. The Bison made it and continued their drive. Quarterback Brian Johnson played a masterful game and kept the Spartan defense off balance guessing whether he would pass or run. Bailey showed several times in this game that he will go for it on 4th down, when common sense says--punt.
The Bison scored first on a Brian Johnson pass of 17 yards to Jarahn Williams in the first quarter. Williams also caught a 53 yard TD pass from Johnson in the third quarter as the Bison held a 17-7 lead over NSU. The Spartans closed the gap to seven points with a 23 yard Justin Castellat field goal in the third quarter. John Mendoza kicked a 40 yard Howard field goal in the 2nd quarter to complete the scoring for the Bison.
Casey Hansen was able to score only one touchdown on a four yard pass to Jeremy Wicker at the five minute mark in the first quarter with Justin Castellat kicking the PAT. Hansen completed 17/32 passes for 238 yards and one touchdown. Thereafter, the Bison no named defense took over the game.
Delaware State Hornets (7-1, 6-0) 17, South Carolina State Bulldogs (4-4, 4-2) 16
Down 17-6 at the start of the fourth quarter, Delaware State fought back to score on a one yard run by Adam Shrewsbury and a 38 yard field goal by Peter Gaertner with two second remaining in the game. The Hornets are now in first place (alone) in their chase of the MEAC championship and the FCS Playoff bid. A homecoming crowd of 15,388 was disappointed with the DSU rally, which has knocked SCSU out of contention for the MEAC championship.
Morgan State Bears (4-4, 4-2) 14, Florida A&M University 12 (2-6, 1-5) 12
Quarterback Byron Selby was able to overcome the Rattler defense to complete a 9 yard touchdown pass to Roderick Wolfe at the 11 minute mark in the fourth quarter to give Morgan State a 14-12 lead. The Bears defense then came to life and held the Rattlers out of the endzone to preserve the victory. Leon Camel started for FAMU with r-freshman Eddie Battle playing the entire second quarter. Both quarterbacks from FAMU was held to 11/21 for 90 total yards in the game. The attendance was 3,478 on what turned out to be a sunny and breezy afternoon.
The Rattlers lead at the half 9-7 on a Westley Taylor field goal and a 24 yard Philip Sylvester run.
Bethune Cookman University ( 3-5, 1-5) 24, North Carolina A&T University (0-9, 0-7) 20
BCU came from behind in the last two minutes of the game on a Justin Brannon touchdown run to overtake the Aggies who was leading 20-17. The Aggies streak continues with 24 straight losses without a win. A homecoming crowd of 20, 013 was in attendance.
Winston Salem State University (5-3, 5-2) 20, Hampton University (4-4, 3-4) 19
Edward Waters College (4-5 NAIA) 24, Savannah State University (1-7) 7
Eastern Illinois University (6-3, 5-1 OVC) 38, Tennessee State University (3-5, 2-2 OVC) 35
Tennessee State battled EIU for nearly 60 minutes and lost on a 30 yard field goal by Tyler Wilke as time expired. Two EIU passes were intercepted and run back for long touchdowns by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 69 yards and Marquez Hall, 78 yards to propel TSU to an early lead. True freshman Calvin McNaril started at quarterback and played well completing 8/16, 189 yards with one interception and 11 rushed for 45 yards with one touchdown.
Grambling State University (7-1, 7-0) 57, Texas Southern University (0-8, 0-7) 9
The Grambling State defense showed improvement over last week, holding the TSU offense to a total of 20 yards rushing for the game. Jackson State only gained 25 yards last week on the ground against the GSU Tigers. TSU was no match for the G-men high powered offense and defense. But, 19,639 homecoming fans enjoyed the air show put on by TSU quarterback Cornelius Harmon, 21/38 passes, 250 yards two touchdowns and two interceptions and Grambling's Brandon Landers, 13/19 passes, 223 yards, five touchdown and no interceptions.
Prairie View A&M University (5-2, 4-2) 26, Mississippi Valley State University (2-6, 2-5) 21
Alabama A&M University (7-1, 5-1) 13, Alabama State University (4-4, 3-4) 9
A record crowd of 68,593 came to Legion Field to enjoy the battle between the Bulldogs and the Hornets in the Magic City Classic. A pass interception by AAMU Al Donaldson at the Bulldogs 29 yard line with less than a 90 seconds remaining in the game reserved the victory for Alabama A&M. The Bulldogs lead the Hornets 10-9 at the half.
Jackson State University (5-3, 5-1) 17, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-7, 1-5) 6
Western Kentucky (5-3) 50, North Carolina Central University (6-3) 14
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