BALTIMORE, Maryland -- Jeremiah Schwartz and Hampton capped the 2012 season with a Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference victory Saturday afternoon at Morgan State. The Bears finished the
season with six consecutive losses, all by a combined total of 31
points.
The Bears fall to a 3-8 overall record and finished 2-6 in the
conference.
Schwartz, the MEAC's leading rusher, had a workmanlike
effort for the Pirates by gaining a game-high 113 yards on 29 carries, including
a pair of touchdowns.
The Pirates needed about every one of Schwartz's
yards, because Hampton's passing game had all kinds of trouble against the
Bears' defense.
Morgan State recorded a season-high eight sacks and
racked up three interceptions, while holding the HU's quarterback duo of Travis
Champion and Brian Swain to a combined 4 of 18 passing for just 42
yards.
Travis “Juice” Davidson watched from the sideline through most of
the first half, but went to work after halftime.
Trailing 14-7, Davidson
recorded 56 yards on just six carries in one quarter of work and had a 20-yard
run to help setup a 35-yard field goal by Earvin Gonzalez that trimmed the Pirates lead to 20-17 at
the end of the third quarter.
Davidson finished the day with 12 carries
for 81 yards and became Morgan State's No. 9 leading rusher in school history
with 1,690 yards for his career.
The Bears defense forced Hampton to
punt on its next drive, and MSU took over deep in its own territory, but was
held to a 3-and-out.
Hampton took advantage by chewing up the clock on
the ground. On 4th and 2, quarterback Brian Swain took the snap and
faked a handoff to the fullback and pitched to the ball Christopher Dukes who
raced 16 yards for a touchdown. Taurean Durham's extra point gave Hampton the
27-17 lead to all but seal the Bears longest losing streak since
1996.
A 2-yard run by Brian Mann made
it 7-7 with 12:49 to go in the second quarter. It was Mann's third career
touchdown and it marked the Bears first touchdown in eight
quarters.
Morgan State collected three penalties late in the second
quarter to help setup a 4-yard plunge for Schwartz's first TD of the day to give
the Pirates a 14-7 advantage at halftime.
Robert Council completed a 33-yard play-action pass to
Chris Flowers who was wide open in the endzone to knot
the ball game at 14-14 with 9:38 to go in the third quarter.
Council
completed 12 of 28 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown.
The Pirates
responded with a 10 play, 51-yard drive that consumed just over 4 minutes.
Schwartz scored from one-yard out. The ensuing point after attempt failed.
Hampton led 20-14 at the 5:26 mark of the third quarter.
Bear
Notes
The game originally was scheduled to be played at Yankee
Stadium but was shifted back to Baltimore after problems from Hurricane
Sandy.
Travis Davidson
completes his collegiate career as the No. 9 leading rusher in Morgan State
school history
Elandon Roberts
recorded a season-high 19 tackles with a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss … the
true freshman linebacker is currently on the Jerry Rice Watch
List
Senior DL Bakari Smith
recorded a career-high 12 tackles with a forced fumble
Morgan State
posted 312 yards of total offense, while Hampton finished with 273
RB
Brian Mann had 13 carries for 30 yards
Joe Rankin collected his fifth interception of the season
and the 10th of his career
The Bears had 12 penalties for 130
yards
The Bears defensive unit finished the season with 14 interceptions.
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