Alabama A&M Piles up 504 Yards in a 55-17 Rout
Alabama A&M had 24 points in the third quarter alone. Bethune-Cookman had zero, and that is more or less the whole story of a 55-17 Alabama A&M win.
It was close for about half of it. The Bulldogs scored first on Byron Perrilliat's 6-yard run, B-CU answered with a 26-yard Aiden Lanier field goal, and Cornelious Brown IV found Jarel Williams from 11 yards to make it 14-3 late in the half. Rashon Brown ran in from 13 yards for Bethune-Cookman, and David Faulk's 32-yard field goal on the last play of the half sent A&M to the locker room up 17-10. Then the floor dropped out. Jarel Williams caught a 60-yard touchdown at 12:36 of the third, Faulk kicked a 44-yarder 73 seconds later, Perrilliat ran 21 yards, and Ty'Jarian Williams added a 25-yard run. It was 41-10. Alabama A&M led from the first score to the final whistle, and never gave the lead back.
Turnovers were the other half of the story. Bethune-Cookman threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles, four giveaways against one for A&M. Add a rushing game that went 335 yards on 42 carries (just under 8 a carry), plus 169 through the air, and A&M finished with 504 total yards to 236 for the visitors. B-CU threw for 26 yards. That is not a typo either.
In the fourth, Ty'Jarian Williams scored from two yards, Troy Bruce from 22, and Joel Morris cashed a 2-yard run for Bethune-Cookman with 1:55 left, a consolation prize. Alabama A&M is 3-2. Bethune-Cookman is 2-2.
The fantasy lesson: Brown threw only 19 passes and completed six of them, and two went for touchdowns. Efficiency is overrated.