Tennessee State Takes the Lead for Good Late in the Third and Beats Morgan State
Four lead changes, no ties, and not a single point in the fourth quarter. Tennessee State beat Morgan State 25-16, and it was all settled by the last seconds of the third.
Cam Bulluck caught a 50-yard touchdown from Jaden Jones on the game's first scoring play (the two-point run failed, so 6-0), and Preston Hurless kicked a 25-yard field goal to make it 9-0. Keith Jenkins Jr. ran in from 28 yards for Morgan State, and Gavin Fetty's 22-yard field goal put the Bears up 10-9. Daylin Lee found Brock Montgomery for 19 yards with 22 seconds left in the half (two-point pass failed), and it was 15-10 at the break.
Morgan State went ahead again early in the third. Cameron Edge threw 30 yards to Joseph Towler to make it 16-15, though the two-point try failed (again). Hurless made it 18-16 with a 27-yard field goal, and Lee hit Francisco Pratts III from 11 yards with 13 seconds left in the quarter. After that, 25-16, neither team scored.
Tennessee State threw for 270 and ran for only 91 on 31 carries, with no turnovers and three sacks. Morgan State had 303 total yards, and Edge threw two interceptions on 16 of 30 passing.
Tennessee State is 2-4. Morgan State is 4-1. Three missed two-point tries between the teams (two by Tennessee State) kept the scoring down.Lee and Jenkins finished within a tenth of a point of each other, at 27.1 and 27 Promethium points.