LORMAN, Mississippi — Alcorn State rushed for a school-record 500 yards en route to a 44-10 thumping of Alabama A&M, and right on to its second consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference East Division championship.Lenorris Footman, Darryan Ragsdale and Marquis Warford each ran for more than 100 yards, and Warford also caught a 30-yard touchdown pass for Alcorn (7-3, 6-2 SWAC), which earned the right to play Grambling State in the conference championship game Dec. 5 in Houston.
“It is a surreal moment,” Alcorn State coach Jay Hopson said. “I think about all these seniors with it being senior day and happening to be a SWAC East championship game. I just think about what all these young men went through and the journey to get to this point, it is special. It was a fun day of football.”
Alcorn State took control of the game early and never gave Alabama A&M (2-8, 2-6) a chance to fight back.
Footman, starting his third consecutive game in place of the injured John Gibbs, Jr., threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Warford for the game’s first score midway through the first quarter.
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