GRAMBLING, Louisiana -- De’Aumante Johnson admitted what some of his teammates and some coaches may or may not care to admit.
Outside of the season opener at Tulane, Grambling State (8-1, 5-0) has not had to sweat its way through the end of a game this year before Saturday's 31-26 nail-biter at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, with its tightest win being 11 points, 31-20, over Clark Atlanta. But that was an 18-point game late in the fourth quarter.
During their current eight-game win streak, the 11th-ranked Tigers have beaten their opponents by an average of nearly 18 points per game (17.75). With the program’s 23 straight SWAC victories hanging in the balance in a Golden Lion offensive possession late in a close, one-score league game on the road, senior running back Martez Carter said he knew his defense would preserve the lead.
“I wasn’t really worried. There hasn’t been many games this season where I was really worried about the outcome of the game,” Carter said. “It was a close game. I wasn’t breathing heavy or anything, I was waiting for the clock to strike 0:00 so we could get up out of there.”
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