Records fell like raindrops Saturday in the SWAC Championship Game at NRG Stadium in Houston as Alcorn State overwhelmed Grambling State 49-21 to win its second consecutive conference title. Alcorn (9-3, 8-2 SWAC) set Championship Game records with 613 yards total offense (613 yards), 411 rushing yards and the 49 points. Running back Darryan Ragsdale, […]
Tuskegee continued its historic Division II playoff run with a heart-stopping 35-31 victory against the University of North Alabama Saturday in Florence, Ala. Running back Dennis Norfleet, a transfer from the University of Michigan, scored the winning touchdown on a two-yard run with 19 seconds to play, propelling Tuskegee (10-2) into the quarterfinals for the […]
The third in the Division II playoffs was a charm for Tuskegee Saturday. The Golden Tigers defeated Catawba 26-16 in Salisbury, N. C., for the first playoff victory in program history after losing in the first round each of the past two years. “We are excited,” Tuskegee head coach Willie Slater said. “We have been […]
Left for dead in the CIAA South Division race three games into the season, Winston-Salem State won the CIAA Conference Championship game for the third time in five years in dramatic fashion Saturday in Durham, N.C. Will Johnson kicked a 23-yard field goal as time expired for the winning points as the Rams defeated North […]
Miles overcame a 17-point second-half deficit for a 26-23 upset victory Saturday against Tuskegee, ranked 13th in Division II, which clinched the SIAC Western Division championship and spoiled the Golden Tigers homecoming. It was the first homecoming loss for Tuskegee in 25 years. The Golden Tigers (8-2, 7-1 SIAC) had a comfortable 14-3 lead at […]
Defending SWAC champion Alcorn State continued its recent dominance of Southern with a 48-7 victory Saturday in Baton Rouge, La. The rain-soaked victory was the fifth in a row for the SWAC East Division leading Braves (5-2, 4-1 SWAC) against Southern (4-4, 4-2 SWAC) and puts a third straight SWAC West Division championship for the […]
Bethune-Cookman survived another scare Saturday en route to a 28-26 MEAC road win against North Carolina Central. The Wildcats escaped with the victory when freshman Elliott Miller blocked Nigel Macauley’s 18-yard field goal attempt with 32 seconds left in the game after the Eagles had driven 92 yards to the one-yard line. It was Bethune-Cookman’s […]
The SWAC West Division showdown between Grambling State and Prairie View A&M in the 90th State Fair Classic at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Saturday turned into a shootout. In the end, Grambling had the most big guns. The G-Men set a school scoring record and walked away with a 70-54 victory. Their point total […]
Southern’s home field advantage hasn’t been much of an advantage for the Jaguars against SWAC rival Jackson State in recent years as the Tigers hadn’t lost at A.W. Mumford Stadium since 2005. It was a different story Saturday night, however, thanks to quarterback Austin Howard’s career-best passing performance. Howard threw for 395 yards while leading […]
Bethune-Cookman played at Grambling State for the first time in almost 30 years Saturday night and came away with a wild 56-53 victory. The Wildcats (1-1), scoreless until midway through the second quarter, scored two touchdowns in a span of one minute, 44 seconds in the fourth quarter to give Terry Sims his first victory […]
It didn’ take first-year Prairie View A&M coach Willie Simmons long to get into the swing of Labor Day Classic, which pits the Panthers against their in-state SWAC West Division rival Texas Southerrn. Simmons guided Prairie View to a 38-11 victory over the Tigers Saturday night in Houston in his head coaching debut. The victory […]
It didn’ take first-year Prairie View A&M coach Willie Simmons long to get into the swing of Labor Day Classic, which pits the Panthers against…
