Football Recaps - November 21
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Prairie View 56, Jackson State 14
Box Score
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Johnta Hebert ran for 212 yards and three touchdowns, Trey Green threw for a score and ran for another, and Prairie View A&M won its seventh straight, 56-14, against Jackson State University on Saturday.
PVAMU (8-2, 8-1) is hopeful for a spot in the 2015 FCS Playoffs. It would the first team from the Southwestern Athletic Conference to achieve such since 1998.
Arthur Lockett returned an interception 21 yards to open the scoring for the Panthers, who outgained the Tigers 519-223 and notched their first winning season since 2010.
Hebert scored on runs of 19, 76 and seven yards, Keylon LaSalle scored on a 10-yard run, and De'Auntre Smiley on a 4-yarder.
Green scored on a 10-yard run and was 10 of 20 for 155 yards with a 20-yard TD pass to KhaDarel Hodge.
Jarin Morikawa was 18-of-48 for 151 yards for the Tigers (3-7, 3-5) with two interceptions and TD passes of 13 and 14 yards to Daniel Williams.
Arkansas Pine Bluff 25, Mississippi Valley State 19
Box Score
ITTA BENA, Miss. - Brian Handley carried the ball 22 times for 98 yards and his 8-yard touchdown run in overtime was the game-winning score as Arkansas-Pine Bluff beat Mississippi Valley State 25-19 for its first conference win of the season.
UAPB (2-9, 1-8) won the coin toss and elected to play defense. The Golden Lions forced a rushing loss of seven yards and had an 11-yard sack forcing a fourth-down and 28.Slade Jarman's pass to Booke Chambers was incomplete and Arkansas-Pine Bluff took over.
The Golden Lions scored the game winner in five plays capped by Handley's run.
The extra session was needed when Le'Trey Jones' 38-yard interception return of Brandon Duncan with 6:38 left to play tied the score at 19. Duncan threw three interceptions and one touchdown.
Jarman threw for 182 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions for Mississippi Valley State (1-10, 1-8).
Alabama State 26, Miles 7
Box Score
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Khalid Thomas and Ellis Richardson each ran for fourth-quarter touchdowns, and Alabama State pulled away for a 26-7 win over Miles College on Saturday in the annual Turkey Day Classic.
Thomas scored on a 9-yard run and Richardson a 53-yarder to help the Hornets (6-5) secure a sixth straight winning season.
Richardson, in after starting quarterback Daniel Duhart left due to back spasms, finished with 123 yards rushing on 11 carries. Richardson ran 21 times for 78 yards.
Duhart was 9-of-16 passing for 113 yards, while Richardson was 6-of-10 for 78 yards and an interception.
Daerius Washington and Kourtney Berry had 10 tackles each for ASU. Washington's total included 2 1/2 for loss.
Washington and Thomas won the Turkey Day Classic defensive and offensive player of the game awards.
Miles (7-5) scored with 1:26 left in the third quarter on a John McDowell and trailed just 12-7.
ASU scored on its next two possessions.
Stanley Robinson leaped for a 2-yard touchdown and Roderick Henderson made a tackle in the end zone to give the Hornets a 9-0 second-quarter lead. David Albert's 26-yard field goal made it 12-0 in the third quarter.