Saturday, September 19, 2015

Watford leads Hampton U. to 37-19 win vs. Howard at RFK Stadium

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hampton’s 1,000th game will not go down in the record books as an undeniable blowout, a legendary comeback win or even a particularly pretty contest. But it will go down as a win, and that’s all coach Connell Maynor and the Pirates are concerned about.

Despite committing five turnovers and again struggling with penalties, Hampton took a quick lead and never trailed on its way to a 37-19 win against Howard in the Nation’s Football Classic before a crowd of 16,342 at RFK Stadium.



“We got off to a good start, but then were a little sloppy,” Maynor said. “We didn’t really know what to expect from Howard … but they beat us last year. We had to stay solid.”

The Pirates (2-1, 1-0 MEAC) appeared ready to name their score after the first quarter. They carved through the Bison defense on their first drive, capped by a 21-yard touchdown pass from David Watford to a very open Thomas Allen. They stopped a Howard drive when Jaston George picked off a Jamie Cunningham pass at Hampton’s 19-yard line. And they ended the quarter with a 15-play, 72-yard drive that ate up nearly eight minutes and culminated with a 9-yard scoring run by Watford.

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