ESPN VIDEO: North Carolina A&T State versus Jacksonville State MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- – A&T’s defense needed one final play against Jacksonville State in the season-opening Guardian FCS Kickoff at Cramton Bowl.
The Gamecocks drove to the Aggies 28 and had less than 30 seconds to complete a furious rally.
The Aggies' defense wouldn’t fold as Darryl Johnson forced a fumble from Jacksonville State quarterback Zerrick Cooper.
A&T linebacker Antoine Wilder came up with his second takeaway, preserving a 20-17 win for the No. 14 Aggies over the No. 6 Gamecocks on Saturday night.
“I’m glad I stepped up to make a play for my team,” Johnson said. “It was a big play. I was yelling the whole time. We fought the whole game. We learned a lot from this victory, and we’ll get better because of it.”
The victory was the first for new A&T coach Sam Washington, who took over when Rod Broadway retired after the Aggies went 12-0 in 2017 and won the Celebration Bowl to claim a second black college national championship in three seasons. The program also ran its winning streak to 13 games going into a matchup at East Carolina, which went 3-9 in 2017, on Saturday.
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