ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- South Carolina State fans came close to granting head football coach Buddy Pough’s wish for 20,000 fans inside Oliver C. Dawson Stadium for Saturday’s Homecoming matchup against Howard.The 19.167 fans in attendance along were “rewarded” by witnessing the best statistical single-game performance by a Bulldog quarterback in the program’s 105-year history.
In leading S.C. State to a 41-23 win over the Bison, junior Richard Cue threw for a career-best 417 yards on 26-40 passing and four touchdowns. The Florence native broke the single-game passing yards and completions mark, both set by Brett Young in a 2004 overtime win over Morgan State (387 yards, 24 completions), while tying a touchdown total shared by four other former Bulldog quarterbacks.
“Glory be to God,” Cue said. “From my teammates, from the lineman to the receivers to the running backs, none of it would have been possible.”
Cue rallied the Bulldogs from a 3-point first-quarter deficit by completing 11-14 passes and two touchdowns in the second quarter. He then provided a cushion to the lead in the fourth quarter when he connected with Tyler McDonald for a career-best 97-yard touchdown reception.
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