Alabama A&M Holds Off Alabama State 31-28
Jareese Howard scored three touchdowns, all of them short runs, and still finished on the losing side. Alabama A&M beat Alabama State 31-28 to go to 5-2.
The Bulldogs of A&M led from the first score to the last. Cornelious Brown IV threw touchdowns of 6 yards to Jaylan Bean and 8 to Imari Conley, and it was 14-0 early in the second quarter. Howard got Alabama State on the board with a 17-yard run at 4:00 of the second. David Faulk's 29-yard field goal made it 17-7, Jamarie Hostzclaw's 4-yard run made it 17-14, and that is where it stood entering the fourth quarter.
Brown ran in from 9 yards to make it 24-14, and Howard answered with a 3-yard score, 24-21. Kolton Nero's 4-yard run with 3:47 left made it 31-21. Howard scored again from 3 yards with 3:01 to go to cut it to three, which is where it ended. Nobody ever led except A&M, and nobody ever tied it.
A&M had 433 yards to 344, and Alabama State had one interception and a lost fumble to A&M's none. Alabama State falls to 3-3.
For fantasy, Brown's 32.6 (two touchdown passes and a rushing score) led the game, and Howard's 22.6 on a loser was a season high.