Tuskegee Golden Tigers cruise with shutout Homecoming win over Kentucky State

TUSKEGEE, Alabama -- For the second time this season, the Tuskegee University football team produced a shutout over an SIAC opponent. Saturday, the Golden Tigers came away with a 37-0 win over Kentucky State for its 94th Annual Homecoming game presented by Serious Injury Law Group at Cleve Abbott Memorial Stadium.

Javarius Cheatham made sure he left his mark on Senior Day, securing the team's first points of the afternoon on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Ahmad Deramus in the first quarter. A drive that occupied six plays for 62 yards was capped off by a Huskic Arnes PAT. Deramus played his most efficient game of the season connecting on 12 of his 18 passing attempts for 235 yards and four touchdowns along with one interception.

Just seconds into the second quarter, Deramus found a streaking Peyton Ramzy down the middle of the endzone for a 15-yard pass that put TU up 14-0 after the Arnes PAT.

The dominance continued in the second quarter when Chardian Johnson was on the receiving end of 33-yard touchdown pass from Deramus in a drive that took up five plays on 58 yards, followed by a Marquez Burdette four-yard run just before halftime that made the score 28-0 at the break

Saturday's shutout was the first one since the Golden Tigers held Albany State scoreless in week 2. D.J. Horne led the unit in tackles with five stops and a sack. Playing in his last regular season game at home, Terance Leatherwood notched four tackles and a sack of his own. Brycen Jones also registered four tackles, but added an interception on the afternoon. Kenny Gant was TU's leading rusher for the second straight week, after pounding out 82 yards on 12 carries. The Junior running back averaged 6.8 yards per carry. Fullback Justice Owens had a huge day hauling in four catches for 75 yards and one touchdown. His 16-yard touchdown catch on Skegee's opening drive of the second half from Deramus increased TU's lead to 35-0.

The Golden Tigers finished most of the second half with its reserves in as receiver Kerrson Aikens would round out the scoring recording a safety for TU with 30 seconds to play in the third quarter.

Tuskegee travels next week to Wilberforce, Ohio to face Central State. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. ET. Live audio coverage starts at 12:55 p.m. on the Tuskegee Digital Network. Flo Sports Network will also carried the game with a live video stream.

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