BCSP No. 7 GRAMBLING STATE jumped up 21-7 on BCSP No.

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State at the half and held on for a 28-21 upset win. Quarterback Johnathan Williams
(13-29-2, 222 yards) accounted for three touchdowns two on the ground and one
through the air. With the win, new GSU head coach Broderick Fobbs has guided the G-
Men to four straight SWAC wins afer three non-conference losses to open the season.
Te Tigers, at 4-0 in the conference, are now the only undefeated team in SWAC play.
Afer trailing 21-17 at the half, NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL outscored
BCSP No. 4 South Carolina State 31-7 in the second half to pull out an improbable
48-35 road win in Orangeburg, S. C. Te 48 points surrendered by the Bulldogs comes
one week afer they shut out then BCSP No. 1 North Carolina A&T 13-0 at the Atlanta
Classic. NCCU put up 517 ofensive yards, 227 passing and 290 on the ground led by
QB Malcolm Bell (17-30-1, 227 yards, 1 TD), RB Andre Clarke (14 carries, 144 yards,
3 TDs - 23, 1, 3) and WR Adrian Wilkins (12 receptions, 144 yards, 1 TD). SC State
lost starting QB Adrian Kollock at the half with a shoulder sprain and played the rest of
the way with freshman Calvin Giles-McLary at the controls. Te win by new coach Jerry Macks Eagles
leaves them tied for the lead in the MEAC with Bethune-Cookman at 2-0.
Fleming, FAMU QB
McDowell
RB, VUU
Xtra
SHOCKERS!
Grambling State, North Carolina Central and frst-year head coaches
Broderick Fobbs (GSU) and Jerry Mack (NCCU) pull shockers!
OFF THE SCHNEID
Te Rattlers (1-5) rallied to their frst win of the season, broke a seven-game home losing
streak and likely saved head coach Earl Holmes job with a 24-14 win over Savannah State (0-6). FAMU
QB Damien Fleming fnished 14 of 27 for 268 yards with three interceptions and ran 13 times for 48
yards. He powered the Rattlers to a 21-7 halfime lead with a 30-yard touchdown catch on a pass from
Curtric Evans midway through the second quarter and touchdown passes to Casey Glines and Zachary
Webster in the fnal 3 minutes.
Florida A&M
Games of Oct. 9 - 11
BCSPX 3
Jourdan
RB, B-CU
BIG WINNERS
Virginia Union Winston-Salem State Virginia State
Tuskegee Bethune-Cookman
CIAA North Division co-leader Virginia Union (5-1, 3-0 N) got 179 rushing yards and four
TD runs from Cassio McDowell and 697 yards of total ofense in a 78-13 rout of division rival Lincoln.
McDowell scored on runs of 1, 10, 49 and 67 yards while QB Kenneth Graham (14-25-0) threw for
338 yards and two scores (9, 50). Back-up QB Shawheen Dowby (2-2-0) also threw two TD passes late
covering 25 and 21 yards to Jussie York.
BCSP No. 2 and MEAC co-leader BETHUNE-COOKMAN (5-1, 2-0) had little trouble at its
homecoming vs. Howard, downing the Bison 49-12. Te Wildcats rushed for 262 yards, 102 on just 11
carries with two TDs (2, 79) by RB Anthony Jourdan.
BCSP No. 3 and CIAA Southern Division leader WINSTON-SALEM STATE (5-1, 3-0 S) had
no trouble in a 37-0 shut out of Johnson C. Smith on the road in Charlotte despite a weather delay. Te
quarterback tandem of Rudy Johnson (6-13-0, 56 yards, 2 TDs) and Phillip Sims (15-21-1, 164 yards,
2 TDs) threw for three scores while RBs Maurice Lewis (14 rushes, 98 yards) and Maurice Green (16
rushes, 91 yards) both scored on the ground.
Te match up of SIAC East leader Morehouse and West leader Tuskegee
turned out to be a mismatch as the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee (4-2, 3-0) shut out the
Maroon Tigers 49-0 at their 79th Classic in Columbus, Ga. Tuskegee scored on fve
plays of 23-plus yards including a 92-yard kickof return by Hoderick Lowe that opened
the second half afer Tuskegee went into the break up 21-0.
CIAA Northern Division co-leader VIRGINIA STATE (4-2, 3-0 N) trailed
Elizabeth City State 14-13 afer one quarter but scored 28 unanswered points the rest
of the way in posting a 41-14 home win over the Vikings. Te trio of QB Tarian Ayres
(19-30-0, 222 yards, 2 TDs), RB Kavon Bellamy (29 carries, 139 yards, 2 TDs) and WR
Javon Smallwood (8 receptions, 132 yards, 1 TD) paced the Trojans.

Fobbs
Mack
Bellamy
RB, VSU
OF NOTE
North Carolina A&T RB Tarik Cohen returned to form, rushing for 155 yards on 24 carries
including a 60-yard TD run and scoring on a swing pass that he took 68 yards to paydirt in a 31-14 Ag-
gies win over Hampton Tursday night. He fnished with 236 all-purpose yards. Cohen, who was the
frst Aggie freshman to rush for a 1,000 yards last season, has 767 yards through six games this year, an
average of 127.8 yards per game.

- As it stands now, Herb Walker of Morgan State is the leading black college rusher with 917
yards (152.5 per game), Malcolm Cyrus of Alabama State is second with 912 yards (130.3 per game)
and Cohen is third. Walker is third in the FCS, Cyrus 10th and Cohen 12th. Roderick Davenport of
Saint Augustines is fourth among black college rushers with 744 yards (124.0 pg.). Davenports num-
bers are 14th in Div. II in yards per game.
- Shaw RB Marquise Grizzle, who led all black college rushers last season with 1,256 yards, had
his frst 100-yard game this season in the Bears loss Saturday to Fayetteville State. Grizzle, who has only
played in three games this season, had 200 rushing yards on 28 carries vs. FSU.
Alcorn State entered its game vs. Grambling State Saturday averaging a SWAC-best 325.1
yards per game. Te Braves ran for 295 yards in the loss. Te surprise was Grambling, who came in aver-
aging an anemic 128.3 yards per game but rushed for 204 in the victory.
- Livingstone WR Jalen Hendricks grabbed another 9 passes for 100 yards and now has 50
receptions for 793 yards and 10 TDs through six games.
- Stillman QB Josh Straughan completed 27 of 40 passes for 488 yards and fve TDs
in win over Benedict. Straughan now has 780 passing yards and 11 TD passes over the last two
games.
- Benedict QB Cameron Stover threw for 425 yards and 3 TDs in the loss to Straughan
and Stillman Saturday. In the game, the two QBs combined for 913 passing yards and 8 TDs. In
SIAC stats thru six games, Stover is frst in passing yards per game at 247.7 and Straughan is sec-
ond at 227.2. Stover is completing 59.5% of his passes with Straughan at 60.4. Straughan has 16 TDs with
just one interception while Stover has 11 TDs and fve picks.
Stover is a 6-2, 200-pound senior from Flint, Michigan. He transferred from Chowan of the
CIAA afer three seasons there where he last threw for 2,358 yards (235.8 ypg.) in 10 games for the
Hawks in 2012. Staughan is a 6-3, 200-pound junior from Colton, Washington in his third season with
the Tigers.
Players, Stats Worth Watching
Cooper
Straughan
Davenport
SQUEAKERS!
Delaware State Fayetteville State St. Augustines
Miss. Valley State Southern
Mitchell Ward hit on a 43-yard feld goal in overtime to give DELAWARE STATE a 13-10
win over Norfolk State, knocking the Spartans (2-5, 2-1) out of a share of the MEAC lead.
FAYETTEVILLE STATE withstood a 200-yard rushing, 2-touchdown game from Shaw RB
Marquis Grizzle to escape with a 27-26 win over the Bears.
SAINT AUGUSTINES got a late interception from Johnta Cooper afer he had blocked an
extra point attempt earlier that turned out to be the winning point in a 31-30 win over Livingstone.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE - Joshua Rice caught fve passes for 91 yards, including a
game-winning 36-yard touchdown from QB Quantavius Peterson with 1:46 remaining, and Mississippi
Valley State rallied from 17-6 in the third quarter to beat Jackson State 27-23 on Saturday. Te win gave
new MVSU head coach Rick Comegy a win over the team that let him go a year ago.
SOUTHERN - QB Austin Howard threw for two touchdowns and Malcom Crockett scored
the winning TD with 51 seconds lef on a 1-yard run Saturday in the Jags 35-34 comeback win over Ala-
bama A&M.
Rice
Cohen
Stover
TOP PERFORMANCES
G A M E S T H I S W E E K
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Stillman vs. Tuskegee @ Tuscaloosa, AL 1p
Charleston vs. West Va. State @ Charleston, WV 1p
Livingstone vs. Shaw @ Salisbury, NC 1:30p
Tennessee State vs. UT Martin @ Nashville, TN 2p
Clark Atlanta vs. Benedict @ Atlanta, GA 2p
FortValley St. vs. Limestone @ Ft. Valley, GA 2p
Fayetteville State vs. J. C. Smith @ Fayetteville, NC 6p
Savannah State vs. Bethune-Cookman @ Savannah, GA 6p
Chowan vs. Virginia Union @ Murfreesboro, NC 7p
TV / WEBCASTS
ESPN3-Live - ESPNU (tape delayed - 10pm)
Hampton vs. Norfolk State @ Hampton, VA 1p
CIAA TV Network
W-Salem State vs. St. Augustines @ W-S, NC HC 1:30p
HOMECOMINGS
Cheyney vs. Lock Haven @ Cheyney, PA 1p
Howard vs. Florida A&M @ Wash., DC - HSRN 1p
Lincoln (PA) vs. Elizabeth City State @ Linc. Univ., PA 1p
Morgan State vs. N. C. Central @ Baltimore, MD - HSRN 1p
Central St. vs. Concordia-Selma @ W-force, OH 1:30p
Kentucky State vs. Miles @ Frankfort, KY 1:30p
Alcorn State vs. Texas Southern @ Lorman, MS 2p
Grambling vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff @ Grambling, LA 2p
Langston vs. Wayland Baptist @ Langston, OK 2p
Lincoln (MO) vs. Texas College @ Jeff. City, MO 2p
Miss Valley St. vs. Prairie View @ Itta Bena, MS 2p
Delaware State vs. NC A&T @ Dover, DE 2p
Morehouse vs. Albany State @ Atlanta, GA 2p
Paine vs. Edward Waters @ Augusta, GA 2p
Bowie State vs. Virginia State @ Bowie, MD - HSRN 4p
1. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (5-1) - Ran by Howard, 49-12. THIS WEEK:
At Savannah State.
2. WINSTON-SALEM STATE (5-1) - Shut out J. C. Smith, 37-0. THIS
WEEK: Homecoming vs. Saint Augustines.
3. GRAMBLING STATE (4-3) - Knocked off No. 1 Alcorn State, 28-21.
THIS WEEK: Homecoming vs. UAPB.
4. ALCORN STATE (5-2) - Beaten by No. 7 Gramlbing State, 28-21.
THIS WEEK: Homecoming vs. Texas Southern.
5. S. CAROLINA STATE (4-3) - Stunned at home by NC Central, 48-
35. THIS WEEK: Idle.
6. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (5-2) - Ran by Hampton, 31-24 on Thurs-
day. THIS WEEK: At Delaware State homecoming.
7. TEXAS SOUTHERN (5-1) - Idle. THIS WEEK: Homecoming at Al-
corn State.
8. SOUTHERN (3-3) - Nipped Alabama A&M, 35-34. THIS WEEK: Idle.
9. TENNESSEE STATE (4-2) - Downed by Jacksonville State, 27-20.
THIS WEEK: Hosts UT-Martin.
10. VIRGINIA UNION (5-1) - Throttled Lincoln, 78-13. THIS WEEK:
At Chowan.
B C S P F O O T B A L L T O P T E N
OCTOBER 9
NC A&T 31, Hampton 14
OCTOBER 11
CIAA
Bowie State 39, Chowan 11
Fayetteville State 27, Shaw 26
St. Augustines 31, Livingstone 30
Virginia State 41, Eliz. City State 14
Virginia Union 78, Lincoln 13
W-Salem State 37, J. C. Smith 0
MEAC
Bethune-Cookman 49, Howard 12
Delaware St. 13, Norfolk St. 10, OT
Florida A&M 24, Savannah State 14
NC Central 48, SC State 35
SWAC
Grambling State 28, Alcorn State 21
Miss. Valley St. 27, Jackson State 23
Prairie View A&M 34, Alabama St. 24
Southern 35, Alabama A&M 34
SIAC
Albany State 22, Lane 0
Clark Atlanta 47, Coll of Faith 0
Fort Valley St. 36, Kentucky State 21
Limestone 47, Paine 30
Miles 22, Central State 6,
Stillman 48, Benedict 36
Tuskegee 49, Morehouse 0
INDEPENDENTS
Bacone 47, Texas College 6
Jacksonville St. 27, Tennessee St. 20
Langston 28, Oklahoma Baptist 21
St. Josephs 28, Lincoln (Mo.) 20
Webber Intl 70, Edward Waters 14
Wesley 54, Concordia-Selma 0
W. Va. Wesleyan 25, W. Va. State 22
SCORES
PASSING
Josh Straughan, STIL 27-40 488 yards 5 TDs 0 ints.
Cameron Stover, BEN 34-55 425 yards 3 TDs 2 ints.
Michael German, TNS 32-50 364 yards 1 TD 4 ints.
Kenneth Graham, VUU 14-25 338 yards 2 TDs 0 ints.
LaMontez Ivy, JSU 26-37 293 yards 1 TD 0 ints.
Jaymason Lee, AA&M 21-34 292 yards 3 TDs 0 ints.
Frank Rivers, ALB 21-32 290 yards 3 TDs 0 ints.
Tino Smith, SSU 27-44 290 yards 1 TD 1 int.
Damien Fleming, FAMU 14-27 268 yards 2 TDs 3 ints.
Austin Howard, SOU 17-41 265 yards 2 TDs 1 int.
Trevon Bennett, BSU 33-44 263 yards 3 TDs 1 int.
Trey Folston, SHAW 22-31 262 yards 1 TD 0 ints.
Derek Bryant, FSU 15-25 250 yards 2 TDs 0 ints.
Jerry Lovelocke, PV 19-32 231 yards 0 TDs 1 int.
Malcolm Bell, NCCU 17-30 227 yards 1 TD 1 int.
Daniel Duhart, ALS 23-36 225 yards 0 TDs 1 int.
Tarian Ayres, VSU 19-30 222 yards 2 TDs 0 ints.
Johnathan Williams, GSU 13-28 222 yards 1 TD 2 ints.
Jordan Tarver, MHC 21-38 208 yards 0 TDs 2 ints.
Greg McGhee, HOW 20-39 207 yards 0 TDs 0 ints.
Cyril Davis, SAU 14-26 201 yards 2 TDs 0 ints.
RUSHING
Marquise Grizzle, SHAW 28 carries 200 yards 2 TDs
Drew Powell, LIV 21 carries 191 yards 1 TD
Cassious McDowell, VUU 9 carries 174 yards 4 TDs
Tarik Cohen, NC A&T 24 carries 155 yards 1 TD
Andre Clark, NCCU 14 carries 145 yards 3 TDs
Kavon Bellamy, VSU 29 carries 139 yards 2 TDs
Javontae Thurmon, STIL 14 carries 135 yards 2 TDs
Malcolm Cyrus, ALS 22 carries 125 yards 0 TDs
Roderick Davenport, SAU 32 carries 119 yards 2 TDs
Jalen White, FVSU 10 carries 116 yards 1 TD
Andre Montgomery, FSU 16 carries 106 yards 0 TDs
Jarvis Small, ALB 26 carries 104 yards 0 TDs
Anthony Jourdan, B-CU 11 carries 103 yards 2 TDs
Jacquise Lockett, KSU 22 carries 101 yards 2 TDs
RECEIVING
Adrian Wilkins, NCCU 12 receptions 144 yards 1 TD
Weldon Garlington, TNS 11 receptions 179 yards 1 TD
Kenariss Brown, BEN 11 receptions 146 yards 0 TDs
Reggie Sturgis, STIL 10 receptions 148 yards 2 TDs
Jalen Hendricks, LIV 9 receptions 100 yards 1 TD
Kasunn Williams, FSU 8 receptions 151 yards 1 TD
Mantaurius Smith, AA&M 8 receptions 131 yards 1 TD
Javon Smallwood, VSU 8 receptions 132 yards 1 TD
Willie Quinn, SOU 7 receptions 132 yards 1 TD
Leonard Walker, ALB 6 receptions 124 yards 1 TD
Daniel Williams, JSU 6 receptions 112 yards 0 TDs
Marquel Gardner, TUS 5 receptions 131 yards 0 TDs
Fredarious Scott, JCSU 5 receptions 101 yards 0 TDs
Antonio Pitts, MILES 4 receptions 111 yards 2 TDs
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
- Stillman @ Benedict in Columbia, SC 32,176 (Under Review)
- Jackson State homecoming vs. Miss. Valley State 21,078
- Morehouse Skeege Classic in Columbus, GA 16,325
- North Carolina Central @ SC State in Orangeburg, SC 15,841
- Tursday Night game in Greensboro, NC on ESPNU
Hampton @ North Carolina A&T 12,957
- Alcorn State @ Grambling State 12,073
- Norfolk State homecoming vs. Delaware State 11,260
- Bethune-Cookman homecoming vs. Howard 10,247
- Miles homecoming vs. Central State 10,045
- Savannah State @ Florida A&M 9,868
- Virginia Union homecoming vs. Lincoln 7,210
- Elizabeth City State @ Virginia State 1,724
- Livingstone homecoming vs. Saint Augustines 748
For Games Tis Week
DIV ALL
NORTH W L W L
Virginia Union 3 0 5 1
Virginia State 3 0 4 2
Bowie State 2 1 2 4
Eliz. City State 1 2 2 4
Chowan 0 3 1 5
Lincoln 0 3 1 5
SOUTH
W-Salem State 3 0 5 1
Fayetteville State 2 1 2 4
Saint Augustines 2 1 2 4
Livingstone 1 2 4 2
Shaw 1 2 2 4
J. C. Smith 0 3 1 5
CIAA
CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INDEPENDENTS
W L
Tennessee State 4 3
Langston 3 3
Edward Waters 3 4
W. Va. State 2 4
Lincoln (Mo.) 2 4
Concordia 1 5
Va.-Lynchburg 0 5
Cheyney 0 6
Texas College 0 6
SIAC
SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
CONF ALL
EAST W L W L
Albany State 2 0 3 2
Fort Valley State 3 1 4 2
Morehouse 3 1 4 2
Benedict 0 3 2 4
Clark Atlanta 0 3 1 4
Paine 0 3 0 5
WEST
Tuskegee 3 0 4 2
Stillman 3 0 4 2
Miles 2 0 3 3
Kentucky State 1 2 2 4
Central State 1 3 1 5
Lane 1 3 1 5
SWAC
SOUTHWESTERN
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
DIV ALL
EAST W L W L
Alcorn State 3 1 5 2
Alabama State 3 2 4 3
Jackson State 1 3 3 4
Alabama A&M 1 3 2 5
Miss. Valley St. 1 4 2 5
WEST
Grambling State 4 0 4 3
Texas Southern 3 1 5 1
Southern 3 1 4 3
Prairie View A&M 2 3 2 4
Ark. Pine Bluff 0 3 1 4
MID EASTERN
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEAC
CONF ALL
W L W L
Bethune-Cookman 2 0 5 1
N. Carolina Central 2 0 3 3
SC State 2 1 4 3
Norfolk State 2 1 2 5
Morgan State 2 1 3 3
NC A&T State 2 1 5 2
Delaware State 2 1 2 5
# Florida A&M 1 1 1 5
Hampton 0 2 1 5
# Savannah State 0 3 0 6
Howard 0 4 1 6
# Not eligible for title
STANDINGS