CIAA Football: Chowan 70, Livingstone 35

SALISBURY, North Carolina — Livingstone wants to get the ball in the hands of gifted returner Terry Anderson as often as possible, although returning 10 kickoffs in the same night isn’t what head coach Elvin James had in mind. Anderson’s 199 return yards were just one of the wild stats in Livingstone’s 70-35 loss to Chowan at Alumni Stadium on Saturday night.

Livingstone hadn’t scored as many as 35 in a game since it beat J.C. Smith 37-19 in 2002. That was the good news. The bad news was the Blue Bears hadn’t allowed 70 since they took it on the chin from J.C. Smith 83-6 in 1964.

“I was impressed with what our new offense coordinator (Darryl Williams) is doing,” James said. “But our defense was disappointing. We had some people missing in the secondary, but I thought we’d be more ready.”

Livingstone’s freshman QB Drew Powell was 22-for-35 passing for 343 yards and four scores, while Anthony Holland had 10 catches for 195 yards. Holland explained that the offense has adopted the nickname — the HOBOS — as in High Octane Big Offense.

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