Howard falls in homecoming game to Florida A&M despite Greg McGhee-led rally

WASHINGTON, D.C.  -- Howard quarterback Greg McGhee was peddling a stationary bicycle in the closing minutes waiting for one more opportunity. The senior had practically willed the Bison back into the thick of Saturday’s homecoming game against Florida A&M, tossing three second-half touchdowns, including the final two on a balky knee he was trying to keep from tightening.

In the end, McGhee’s afternoon concluded in that same spot on the sideline at Greene Stadium, only able to watch as the Rattlers ran out the clock on Howard’s 31-28 loss, its fifth consecutive defeat. In losing their first homecoming game in four years, the Bison remain winless in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with four games left. A season that began with aspirations of challenging for a conference title has unraveled in large part because of injuries to 10 starters.

“For some reason we played better in the second half,” Howard Coach Gary Harrell said. “We’ve got to find out how can we play the same way for four quarters, but the guys fought. It was a game we wanted to win. The momentum, we gained it late, but we just ran out of time.”



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