Alabama A&M Cruises past Tennessee State 30-3
Alabama A&M gained 452 yards. Tennessee State gained 252. The final was 30-3, and the visitors' only points came on a 37-yard field goal with 13:34 left in the second quarter.
The home team was ahead from the first score and never gave it back. Cornelious Brown IV threw a 61-yard touchdown to Jarel Williams with 8:36 left in the first quarter, then a 30-yarder to Donovan Price at 3:17 to make it 14-0. After the Tennessee State field goal, David Faulk kicked a 35-yarder and a 28-yarder with 9 seconds left in the half, and it was 20-3 at halftime. Nobody scored in the third quarter. Brown threw an 11-yard touchdown to Jaylan Bean with 14:30 to play and Faulk added a 22-yard field goal at 5:19 for the last of it.
That is three touchdowns, all of them passes, and three field goals, so the kicker was busy: Faulk made the 35, 28 and 22 yarders, 9 of the 30 points. Brown threw for 326 yards, and 175 of them went to Williams, more than half. Alabama A&M ran 29 times for 126. Tennessee State ran 29 times for 65 and threw for 187.
The turnovers did not help Tennessee State, which threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. Alabama A&M threw one interception and lost no fumbles.
Alabama A&M is 1-1, a win that was never in doubt after the first quarter. Tennessee State is 0-2 and managed three points here. For fantasy, Williams was the top scorer with 31.5 points and Brown had 29.8 in an easy afternoon.