86th Meeting: Morehouse 20, Clark-Atlanta 7

ATLANTA, Georgia -- In one of the oldest rivalries in all of college football, Morehouse hung its hat on two of the oldest axioms in the game: stopping the run is essential and games are won and lost in the trenches.

The Maroon Tigers did both, holding Clark-Atlanta’s vaunted triple option offense in check for most of the day while putting up enough points to win the 86th meeting between the two Historically Black College and University rivals, 20-7 at CAU’s Panther Stadium.

It was the second consecutive win for Morehouse, which improved to 4-1, 2-0 in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. CAU fell to 1-3, 0-3 in league play.

CAU won last year’s contest, 21-17, largely on the legs of running back Montavious Taylor (Carver-Atlanta), who ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns. Saturday, the Morehouse defense held the sophomore, who is fourth in the conference in rushing, to just 75 yards on 17 carries. CAU managed just 170 yards rushing as a team, on 42 carries, and just 217 yards total.

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