Alabama A&M Pulls Away from Florida A&M, 40-21
Florida A&M rushed 27 times for 3 yards. Three. The Rattlers' quarterback, Armond Parker, was credited with minus 29 of them, and the team added two lost fumbles and an interception to the pile. Against that, Alabama A&M's 40-21 win looks more comfortable than it felt for about three quarters.
Florida A&M struck first, a 40-yard pass from Parker to Kieren Jackson, and led 7-0. Alabama A&M got it back within two minutes of game clock (well, 1:51 of it) and then took over, with Cornelious Brown throwing scoring passes of 19 yards to Jarel Williams and 13 and 64 yards to Jaylan Bean. A blocked extra point on Florida A&M's second touchdown became a defensive two-point conversion for the Bulldogs, which is why it was 23-13 at the half instead of 21-14.
That cushion nearly went away. Parker found Lawrence Wright IV from a yard out in the third quarter and Florida A&M converted the two-pointer, so the fourth quarter began at 23-21. Then Byron Perrilliat took over. He ran for 15 yards and then 22 yards in the fourth, David Faulk added a 26-yard field goal with 4:17 left, and the last 17 points of the game belonged to Alabama A&M.
The Bulldogs finished with 544 total yards (284 on the ground) and three sacks. They are 2-1. Florida A&M is 0-3 and passed for 168 yards and three touchdowns from Parker, so the offense had a pulse, just not a run game.
Fantasy-wise, Perrilliat is the headline. 223 yards on 16 carries from a player who had 20 rushing yards before this game.