Tennessee State Edges Florida A&M 29-26 on Late Touchdown
Three ties and three lead changes, and Tennessee State got the last one. Brenton Paul caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Daylin Lee with 51 seconds left, and the Tigers beat Florida A&M 29-26.
Florida A&M scored first, Dustin Fletcher to Maliek Denmark from 5 yards, and Paul answered with a 4-yard catch to tie it at 7-7. Paul ran in from a yard out for a 13-7 lead (the extra point failed), and Denmark's 18-yard run tied it 13-13 (that extra point failed too). Two missed kicks, one tie at the half.
Jalen LaBranche returned an interception 61 yards for a touchdown early in the third for 20-13. Armond Parker hit Jamal Hailey from 32 yards to tie it at 20-20, and then Parker found Jaquan Lee for 80 yards with 5:12 left to put Florida A&M up 26-20. The extra point was blocked, and Syncere Safeeullah returned it for two points, so Tennessee State was down 26-22 rather than 26-20. Then came Paul's winner, and those two points are why the final margin is three instead of one.
Florida A&M had more yards, 449 to 390, and threw for 315, but gave it away twice (one interception, one lost fumble) and ran just 21 times. Tennessee State ran 46 times and gave it away zero times.
Paul touched it 30 times (26 carries, four catches) and scored three times.
Tennessee State is 1-2. Florida A&M is 0-2. Paul scored three touchdowns, which is the sort of thing that wins fantasy weeks and, in this case, a game.