Football Recaps: Sept. 15
Around the SWAC
Alcorn State 27, Texas Southern 15
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FCS #7 Kennesaw State 62, Alabama State 13
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FCS #3 South Dakota State 90, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6
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Cincinnati 63, Alabama A&M 7
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Southern 33, Langston 18
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UNLV-Prairie View A&M was still in progress at time of report
Featured Game
Jackson State 18, Florida A&M 16
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TALLAHASSEE, FL – Senior placekicker Christian Jacquemin converted four field goals and the Jackson State defense and special teams delivered to lead the Tigers past Florida A&M 18-16 Saturday evening.
“I’m really proud of how we responded as a team,” JSU head coach Tony Hughes said. “We faced adversity and dealt with it well. We are such a young team and for our team to go through this and come out on the right side, it’s huge for the program as we move forward to SWAC play in two weeks.”
Three of Jacquemin’s field goals were 40 yards or longer, including the go-ahead field goal of 44 yards in the fourth quarter.
“Christian is a great and reliable placekicker. He’s a senior and is under the radar, despite being efficient,” Hughes said. “He came up big for the team and he deserves the accolades.”
FAMU attempted a 30-yard field goal with four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but Jackson native and Provine High School product junior Khalil Johnson blocked the attempt to preserve the lead.
Junior Jordan Johnson proved to be a dual-threat and rushed for a team-high 93 yards and hauled in a team-high 64 yards through the air.
Sophomore Derrick Ponder had his first break out performance for the Tigers and went 25-for-41 for 270 yards with one touchdown and one interception. The Bells, Texas native spread the ball around with 10 players recording a catch.
Ponder connected with junior Ra’Meik Wallace at the 5:22 mark in the third quarter for JSU’s lone touchdown.
Senior linebacker Eric Bowie was all over the field for the Tigers. The Monroe, Louisiana native finished with a team-high seven tackles and was in on two pass breakups.
Junior defensive back Ryan Theyard added six tackles and recorded a sack and forced a fumble.
– Jackson State Sports Information
Quick hits
- Alcorn State jumped out a 27-0 lead before holding off a late charge from Texas Southern. Braves quarterback Noah Johnson completed 22-of-33 passes for 311 yards with two touchdowns. The redshirt junior also ran for a game-high 74 yards with a touchdown on the ground.
- Alabama State put up a season-high 314 yards of total offense, but had no answer for Kennesaw State who finished with 563 yards of offense. Darryl Pearson, Jr. finished the night with 195 yards passing on 11-of-24 passing, while Talesin Farmer led the ground attack with 36 carries on six carries.
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff kicker Jamie Gillian was the highlight on special teams, averaging 47.0 yards per punt and a long punt of 71 yards. The senior also nailed a 47-yard field goal and was good on a 20-yard attempt.
- Aqeel Glass led Alabama A&M on a lengthy scoring drive in the third quarter, capping the series with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Zabrian Moore to cut the lead to 49-7. Glass finished with 110 passing yards, completing 11 of 27 attempts.
- Southern quarterback John Lampley rushed for 132 yards and added 121 yards on 9-of-15 passing with three passing scores as the Jaguars earned their first win of the season in the Pete Richardson Classic against Langston.