Morehouse Remains Undefeated With 41-14 Defeat of Central State

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Morehouse College continued its early season dominance and remained undefeated with a 41-14 rout of Central State University Saturday afternoon in Atlanta.

The Maroon Tigers improve to 3-0 while the Marauders fall to 1-2 on the season.

MHC's offensive attack was again firing on all cylinders going 6-for-6 in the redzone and were led by sophomore quarterback Michael Sims (Detroit, MI) who threw a touchdown and ran for another and sophomore Santo Dunn who scored three touchdowns, with one on the ground and one on a kickoff return.

CSU waisted little time getting on the board as they took the opening drive 82-yards on four plays capped by a one yard plunge by Jerry Lanier giving Central State an early 7-0 lead. Morehouse responded with an eight play, 61-yard drive, that took 3:58 and ended with Dunn scampering into the endzone from three-yards out tying the score at 7-7.

The Maroon Tigers would take a 17-7 lead into the locker room with a 34-yard field goal from sophomore Fernando Sdelamora (Fairburn, GA) and Dunn's two-yard TD run.



Dunn continued to electrify as he took the second half kick-off and returned it 89-yards for a touchdown extending the Morehouse lead to 24-7. After freshmen punter Jordy Andrade (Union City, GA) pinned Central State at their own one yard line, the defense forced a three-and-out and used the field position to their advantage at Sims ran a quarterback draw 13-yards down the heart of CSU's defense for the touchdown making the score 31-7.

Sdelamora connected on his second 34-yard field goal of the night extending the lead to 34-7 with 10:34 remaining in the game. The Marauders cut into the lead when Trent Mays hit Robert Corbin, Jr. down the seam on a 62-yard touchdown pass making the score 34-14. Morehouse would closed out the scoring when Sims threw a dart to senior Amyr Smith (Atlanta, GA) extending the lead to 41-14.

The Maroon Tigers out rushed CSU 183-to-68 while amounting 410 yards of total offense. MHC was 7-of-15 on third down conversions while holding the Marauders to 1-of-9.

Offensively Dunn finished the night with a game-high 172 all-purpose yards, 73-yards on the ground, 10-yards from the air and 89 return yards. Sims had another stellar performance, completing 23-of-36 passes for 227 yards while accounting for touchdowns.

Defensively MHC was led by senior Mandell Ray (Lafayette, AL) who finished with a game-high two interceptions and four tackles. Senior Antonio Johnson (Birmingham, AL) had seven tackles including one for loss and sophomore Edward Nelson (Chester, PA) had five tackles and one sack. Sophmore Dedrick Vanover (Gainesville, FL) had three solo tackles, one tackle for loss and an interception.

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Morehouse College will travel to Chicago, Ill., next weekend to take on The Golden Bears of Miles College at Soldier Field in the 21st Chicago Football Classic on Saturday, Sept. 22. Kick-off is set for 3:30 p.m. CST.

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