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.
COURTESY MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION
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