South Carolina State Runs for 292 Yards, Beats FAMU 31-13
Florida A&M finished with minus-1 rushing yards. South Carolina State finished with 292. That is the game, and the score was 31-13.
FAMU struck first on a 30-yard Emilio Bacardi field goal, and it led for exactly 33 seconds. Mason Pickett-Hicks ran 58 yards for a touchdown at 7:17 of the first quarter, and Josh Shaw punched in a 6-yarder 13 seconds later at 7:04 to make it 14-3. Bacardi added another field goal in the second, Shaw ran in from a yard out with 3:31 left in the half, and Pickett-Hicks added a 32-yard run to open the third at 28-6.
FAMU's only touchdown was on defense. Justin Bostic took an interception back 80 yards with 6:07 left in the third, which cut it to 28-13. Take that return away and FAMU has no touchdowns at all, which is not a happy way to open a season. South Carolina State threw two interceptions and lost a fumble, and still outgained its hosts 479 yards to 161. Jett Jackson closed the scoring with a 39-yard field goal at 1:09 of the fourth.
South Carolina State is 1-0 and FAMU is 0-1. The State defense sacked FAMU five times.
For fantasy, this was the Pickett-Hicks show: 33 points by himself, 19.2 more than the next best scorer. Shaw and Malaqhi Jones, who lost a fumble, filled out the top three.