For the Week of September 3 - 9, 2019 2 0 1 9 B L A C K C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L (Standings and Weekly Honors)

Central Intercollegiate Mid Eastern Southern Intercollegiate Southwestern CIAA Athletic Association MEAC Athletic Conference SIAC Athletic Conference SWAC Athletic Conference INDEPENDENTS DIV CONF ALL DIV ALL W L CONF ALL CONF ALL NORTH DIVISION W L W L W L EAST DIVISION W L W L Hampton 1 0 W L W L EAST DIVISION W L W L Virginia State 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alabama A&M 0 0 1 0 Tennessee State 1 0 NC A&T State 0 0 1 0 Benedict 0 0 0 0 Bowie State 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alcorn State 0 0 0 1 Langston 0 0 Chowan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bethune-Cookman 0 0 1 0 Albany State 0 0 0 0 Jackson State 0 0 0 1 W. Va. State 0 0 Virginia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC State 0 0 1 0 Clark Atlanta 0 0 0 0 Miss. Valley State 0 0 0 1 Lincoln (Mo.) 0 0 Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 Howard 0 0 0 1 Fort Valley State 0 0 0 0 ™ Elizabeth City State 0 0 0 0 0 1 Morehouse 0 0 0 1 Alabama State 0 0 0 1 Texas College 0 0 Florida A&M 0 0 0 1 WEST DIVISION SOUTH DIVISION WEST DIVISION Edward Waters 0 0 Winston-Salem State 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norfolk State 0 0 0 1 Lane 0 0 0 0 Prairie View A&M 1 0 1 0 Va. Univ. of Lynchburg 0 1 Fayetteville State 0 0 0 0 0 0 N. Carolina Central 0 0 0 1 Southern 0 0 0 1 Livingstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delaware State 0 0 0 1 Tuskegee 0 0 0 0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 0 0 1 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Johnson C. Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan State 0 0 0 1 Miles 0 0 0 0 Saint Augustine’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky State 0 0 0 0 Grambling State 0 0 0 1 OFFENSE Shaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texas Southern 0 1 0 1 Cameron Rosedahl, QB, TENNESSEE STATE - MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Savannah State 0 0 0 0 Completed just 25 of 42 passes for 330 yards and CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE Central State 0 0 0 0 SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK one TD in win over Miss. Valley State. QB - NA Akevious Williams, Sr., QB, BETHUNE-COOKMAN - 16 OFFENSE Shai McKenzie, Jr., RB, HAMPTON - Nine OB - NA of 29 for 144 yards and a , rushed for 53 yards SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Dawonya Tucker, Sr., RB, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M carries for 131 yards and TD runs of 30 and 37 NC A&T Sports Photo DL - NA on 11 carries and a touchdown in win over Jackson State. OFFENSE & SPECIAL TEAMS - Totalled 298 all-purpose yards, 188 rushing and yads vs. ECSU. ROOKIE After LB - NA Santo Dunn, Jr., RB, MOREHOUSE - Totalled 203 three TDs (17, 66, 58), 29 yards receivingand 81 DEFENSE SAM WASHINGTON: WR - NA B. J. Davis, R-FR. LB, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE -Nine all-purpose yards. Ran for 59 yards on 13 carries and yards in kick returns in win over Texas Southern. HAMPTON Unit - Held Elizabeth City State to INTO another win over a ranked DB - NA tackles, seven solos, four for loss (17 yards), one intercep- had a 1-yard scoring run. Also caught 8 passes for 63 DEFENSE three first downs, 10 passing yards and 65 total tion, one pass breakup and one quarterback vs. Wofford. FCS team, NC A&T coach SPECIAL - NA yards including a 36-yard scoring reception. Returned Tre’Shaud Smith, Jr., LB, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M - 12 yards in 65-7 win. THE COACH - NA DEFENSE one for 24 yards and five kickoffs for 57 yards. tackles, 1.0 sacks for seven yards, and 2.0 TFL for SPECIAL TEAMS takes his team to Durham Jermaine McDaniel, R-So., DE, NORTH CAROLINA DEFENSE nine yards in his debut at PVAMU. Antonio Zita, So., PK, TENNESSEE STATE - A&T - Eight tackles, four solos, three sacks for -27 yards Saturday to face Duke. Jonathan Mathis, LB, MOREHOUSE - Led Tigers with Kolby Watts (JR, LB, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF) Accounted for 14 points in win over Miss. Valley FIRE in losses in win over Elon. nine tackles, six solos vs. Alabama A&M. - Ten tackles (nine solo), one sack and two tackles State kicking thru four field goals (38, 21, 44 and SPECIALIST NEWCOMER for loss vs. TCU. 36 yards) and two PATs. FULL SLATE OF 37 GAMES ON TAP; 30 HBCU Noel Ruiz, Jr., PK, NC A&T - Team-record tying 52-yard NA SPECIALIST field goal with no time on the clock to give the Aggies a Anthony Craven, Sr., P, ALABAMA STATE - Aver- PLAYERS ON ROSTERS AS NFL SEASON BEGINS 24-21 win over Elon. aged 49.1 yards per punt with a long of 64 yards. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN He also hit three punts inside the 20.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMER 5 Week 2 to feature full menu of games Washburn vs. Lincoln (MO) in Topeka, KS 6 pm LUT WILLIAMS FCS Coaches and STATS polls. SCSU will, each of the last three seasons. Washington said Johnson C. Smith vs. Wingate in Charlotte, NC 6 pm BCSP Editor weather permitting, move down a division to on the MEAC Teleconference Tuesday there's no Lock Haven vs. Lincoln (PA) in Lock Haven, PA 6 pm A full slate of 37 football games involv- host Lane of the NCAA Div. II Southern In- special preparation for facing a team like Duke. Frostburg State vs. West Virginia State in Frostburg, MD 7 pm ing HBCU teams are on tap this week after the tercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Sat- "We're going to prepare the way we always UNC Pembroke vs. Winston-Salem State in Pembroke, NC 7 pm season opened last week with 19 games mostly urday at 4 p.m. prepare, and that's to concentrate on what we SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 involving FCS teams from the MEAC (all nine S. C. State head coach Buddy Pough said do," Washington said. American International vs. Bowie State in Springfield, MA 12 n teams) and SWAC (all ten teams). Tuesday that officials are monitoring the effect Other games to watch this week including Central State vs. Quincy in Wilberforce, OH 1 pm The Div. II schools from the CIAA (all 12) of Hurricane Dorian in the Orangeburg area and SIAC favorite Albany State (0-0) opening its Robert Morris vs. Kentucky State in Moon Township, PA 1 pm and SIAC (all 12) join the fray this week. are expected to make a decision on playing the season by hosting defending Div. II champion Elizabeth City State vs. Allen in Elizabeth City, NC 1:30 pm North Carolina A&T and South Carolina game later in the week. and top-ranked Valdosta State (7 p.m.). Ala- State posted big wins over ranked FCS teams Saturday's game between BCSP No. 4 bama State (0-1, 0-0 SWAC E) of the SWAC Virginia-Wise vs. Chowan in Wise, VA 12 n last week but this week head in different direc- Bethune-Cookman (1-0, 0-0 MEAC) and SE and Tuskegee (0-0) of the SIAC continue their Youngstown State vs. Howard in Youngstown, OH 2 pm tions. Louisiana (1-0) in Daytona Beach, Florida was rivalry in Montgomery, Ala. (5 p.m.) as do Vir- Bethune-Cookman vs. SE Louisiana in Daytona Beach, FL 4 pm BCSP No. 1 N. C. A&T (1-0, 0-0 MEAC), cancelled on Monday because of the storm. ginia State of the CIAA and Norfolk State of South Carolina State vs. Lane in Orangeburg, SC 4 pm up from 19th to 15th in the FCS Coaches Poll Duke (0-1) is coming off a 42-3 loss to the SWAC in Norfolk, Va. (6 p.m.). Alcorn State vs. Mississippi College in Lorman, MS 6 pm (20th to 15th in the STATS FCS Poll) after a FBS No. 2 Alabama Saturday in the Chick-fil- BCSP No. 3 Prairie View A&M (1-0, 1-0 Incarnate Word vs. Texas Southern in San Antonio, TX 6 pm last-second 52-yard field goal produced a 24- A Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in SWAC) has a date (7 p.m.) at FBS member Lamar vs. Miss Valley State in Beaumont, TX 6 pm 21 win over No. 21 Elon Saturday, moves up in Atlanta. The Blue Devils held Alabama score- Houston (0-1) who dropped its opener to Okla- Campbell vs. Shaw in Buies Creek, NC 6 pm competition as the Aggies travel down I-85 from less through the first quarter Saturday and only homa, 49-21 Davidson vs. Virginia-Lynchburg in Davidson, NC 6 pm Greensboro (N. C.) to Durham to face ACC- trailed 14-3 at the half before the Crimson Tide BCSP No. 9 Howard (0-1, 0-0 MEAC), Fayetteville State vs. Benedict in Fayetteville, NC 6 pm member Duke (0-1) at 6 p.m. broke the game open with 21 unanswered third- coming off a 79-0 shellacking at the hands of Fort Valley State vs. Miles in Fort Valley, GA 6 pm South Carolina State (1-0, 0-0 MEAC) quarter points. Maryland Saturday, has another tough date Sat- Hampton vs. Virginia Union in Hampton, VA 6 pm picked off four passes en route to a 28-13 up- Facing Duke will be a big challenge for urday (2 p.m.) at Youngstown State. YSU (1-0) Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Saint Augustine’s in Hickory, NC 6 pm set win at home over FCS No. 8 Wofford. The head coach Sam Washington and the Aggies beat Samford 45-22 in last week's FCS Kickoff Savannah State vs. Florida Tech in Savannah, GA 6 pm win propelled the Bulldogs to No. 2 in the BCSP who have posted wins over FBS teams (Kent Classic. Towson vs. North Carolina Central in Towson, MD 6 pm ranking and into the top 30 in voting in both the State, UNC-Charlotte and East Carolina) in Albany State vs. Valdosta State in Albany, GA 7 pm Clark Atlanta vs Livingstone in Atlanta, GA 7 pm BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS ON 2 0 1 9 B C S P N F L R E P O R T BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS IN THE NFL BY SCHOOL Edward Waters vs. Morehouse in Jacksonville, FL 7 pm 2019 OPENING DAY NFL ROSTERS CLASSICS 30 black college products on SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (6) Heartland Football Classic CONFERENCE (AFC - 19) BALTIMORE (2) opening day NFL rosters Alex Brown Kansas City Langston vs. McPherson in Wichita, KS 4 pm 41 Anthony Levine Sr. DB 8 Tennessee State Antonio Hamilton NY Giants Javon Hargrave Pittsburgh Labor Day Classic 47 De'Lance Turner (PS) RB 2 Alcorn State Three rookie draftees and an undrafted rookie punter Alabama State vs. Tuskegee in Montgomery, AL 5 pm BUFFALO (1) Temarrick Hemingway Carolina 92 Darryl Johnson Jr. DE R North Carolina A&T on active rosters; Bethea, DRC in new locations Darius Leonard Indianapolis Labor Day Classic CINCINNATI (1) Joe Thomas Dallas Norfolk State vs. Virginia State in Norfolk, VA 6 pm 29 Tony McRae DB 3 North Carolina A&T NORTH CAROLINA A&T (4) CLEVELAND (2) LUT WILLIAMS TV GAMES Tarik Cohen Chicago 12 KhaDarel Hodge WR 2 Prairie View A&M BCSP Editor Darryl Johnson Jr. Buffalo La. Tech vs. Grambling State in Ruston, LA (NFL Network) 2:30 pm 7 Jamie Gillan P R Arkansas-Pine Bluff The NFL season will kick Tony McRae Cincinnati WEBCASTS DENVER (0) off Thursday night at 8:20 p.m. Brandon Parker Oakland Memphis vs. Southern in Memphis, TN (ESPN3) 11 am HOUSTON (1) 71 Tytus Howard OT R Alabama State when the Green Bay Packers GRAMBLING STATE (3) Middle Tenn. vs. Tennessee State in Murfreesboro, TN (ESPN3) 6 pm INDIANAPOLIS (4) travel to the Windy City to take Chester Rogers Indianapolis South Alabama vs. Jackson State in Mobile, AL (ESPN3) 6 pm 53 Darius Leonard LB 2 South Carolina State on the Chicago Bears. Trent Scott LA Chargers 68 Grover Stewart DT 3 Albany State Louis Crews Classic Bears' third-year standout ONES TO WATCH: Chicago Chad Williams Indianapolis 80 Chester Rogers WR 4 Grambling State Bears running back Tarik ALABAMA STATE (2) Alabama A&M vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff in Huntsville, AL (UAPB Network) 6 pm 1 Chad Williams (PS) WR 3 Grambling State running back/kick returner Cohen (l.) and Indianapolis Isaiah Crowell Oakland JACKSONVILLE (0) Duke vs. NC A&T in Durham, NC (ACC Network Extra) 6 pm Tarik Cohen out of North Tytus Howard Houston KANSAS CITY (1) linebacker Darius Leonard Houston vs. Prairie View A&M in Houston, TX (ESPN3) 7 pm Carolina A&T will be one of the Alex Brown (PS) DB R South Carolina State (r.) are the two biggest HBCU ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF (2) LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (2) 21 players with HBCU blood- products now on NFL rosters. Terron Armstead New Orleans 78 Trent Scott OT 2 Grambling State lines on display and on active Jamie Gillan Cleveland 90 Anthony Lanier II (PS) DE 3 Alabama A&M rosters as the season begins. zona and picked up by Indy. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (2) MIAMI (0) Oakland B C S P F O O T B A L L T O P T E N Cohen, the second lead- Brown, an undrafted free agent, NEW ENGLAND (0) KhaDarel Hodge Cleveland was likely the biggest surprise. NEW YORK JETS (1) ing rusher in black college TENNESSEE STATE (2) 40 Trenton Cannon RB 2 Virginia State football history who was voted Former Arkansas-Pine Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Washington 1. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (1-0) - FCS No. 19 beat No. OAKLAND (3) to his second NFL Pro Bowl Bluff punter Jamie Gillan was Anthony Levine Sr. Baltimore 21 Elon, 24-21 on last second field goal. NEXT: At Duke. 75 Brandon Parker OT 2 North Carolina A&T (1) 22 Isaiah Crowell (IR) RB 6 Alabama State last season, and second-year the only undrafted HBCU rookie ALABAMA A&M 2. (1-0) - Knocked off FCS SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 95 Quinton Bell (PS) DE R Prairie View A&M South Carolina State product, to make an active roster as he Anthony Lanier II LA Chargers No. 8 Wofford in Orangeburg, 28-13. NEXT: Hosting PITTSBURGH (1) linebacker Darius Leonard won the job with Cleveland. ALBANY STATE (1) Grover Stewart Indianapolis Lane. 79 Javon Hargrave DT 4 South Carolina State of Indianapolis, who led the League veterans in new TENNESSEE (0) ALCORN STATE (1) locations this season include two 3. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (1-0) - Won at Texas Southern NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE (NFC 11) league in tackles as a rookie and De'Lance Turner Baltimore HBCU products with the most Saturday for Labor Day Classic, 44-23. NEXT: At Hous- ARIZONA (2) was named the NFL Defensive DELAWARE STATE (1) 95 Rodney Gunter DT 5 Delaware State Rookie of the Year, are two of NFL experience - 14-year safety Rodney Gunter Arizona ton 66 Joshua Miles OT R Morgan State the league's marquee players. Antoine Bethea out of Howard HOWARD (1) ATLANTA (0) 4. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (1-0) - Second-half rally Antoine Bethea NY Giants CAROLINA (1) Three of the four HBCU now with the , downs Jackson State in Atlanta, 36-15. NEXT: Hosts SE 84 Temarrick Hemingway (PS) TE 3 South Carolina State players taken in the 2019 NFL his fourth team, and Tennessee MORGAN STATE (1) Joshua Miles Arizona Louisiana CHICAGO (1) Draft made active rosters. They State defensive back Dominique NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (1) 29 Tarik Cohen RB 3 North Carolina A&T include Houston's first round Rodgers-Cromartie, now with 5. ALCORN STATE (0-1) - Fell at Southern Miss, 38-10 DALLAS (1) Ryan Smith Tampa Bay Tytus Washington, his sixth stop. No- NEXT: Home vs. Mississippi College. 48 Joe Thomas LB 5 South Carolina State pick, offensive lineman SOUTHERN (1) DETROIT (0) Howard of Alabama State tably absent from the list this Danny Johnson Washington 6. FLORIDA A&M (0-1) - Crushed at Central Florida GREEN BAY (0) and two seventh-round select- year are 11-year veteran William VIRGINIA STATE (1) Thursday 62-0. NEXT: Bye week. LOS ANGELES RAMS (0) North Carolina A&T Hayes (Winston-Salem State) Trenton Cannon NY Jets MINNESOTA (0) ees - 7. SOUTHERN (0-1) - Lost at McNeese State Saturday, NEW ORLEANS (1) defensive end Darryl Johnson who has not recovered from a 34-28. NEXT: At Memphis.. 72 Terron Armstead OT 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Jr. with Buffalo and Morgan knee injury and eight-year SC NEW YORK GIANTS (2) State offensive lineman Joshua State veteran Raphael Bush, 8. GRAMBLING STATE (0-1) - Lost at Louisiana Mon- 41 Antoine Bethea S 14 Howard SCHOOLS WITH Miles with Arizona. who retired. roe Saturday, 31-9. NEXT: At Louisiana Tech. 30 Antonio Hamilton DB 4 South Carolina State MOST PLAYERS IN NFL PHILADELPHIA (0) Prairie View A&M defen- Others with HBCU roots are 9. HOWARD (0-1) - Drubbed by Maryland Saturday, 79- San Francisco (0) sive end Quinton Bell, selected either on injured reserve (Ala- South Carolina State 6 0. NEXT: Travels to Youngstown State.. SEATTLE (0) by Oakland in the seventh round, bama State RB Isaiah Crowell/ TAMPA BAY (1) North Carolina A&T 4 10. VIRGINIA UNION (0-0) - No game this week. NEXT: 29 Ryan Smith (SUSP.) DB 4 North Carolina Central was named to the Raiders' prac- Oakland), on the Physically Grambling State 3 Opens on the road at Hampton Saturday. WASHINGTON (2) tice squad. He is joined by five Unable to Perform (PUP) list Alabama State, Arkansas- 41 Danny Johnson (PUP) DB 2 Southern other HBCU products named to (Southern DB Danny Johnson/ Pine Bluff, Prairie View A&M 45 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie CB 12 Tennessee State the 10-man practice squads. Washington) or on league suspen- Tennessee State 2 They include former sion (North Carolina Central SCORES Alcorn State running back DB Ryan Smith/Tampa Bay). TOTAL 30 (-2) BY TEAM THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 Merrimack 45, Va-Lynchburg 14 DeLance Turner with Balti- South Carolina State has six BY POSITION Austin Peay 41, N. C. Central 10 NC A&T 24, Elon 21 AFC 19 (+2) Indianapolis 4 more, Grambling State wide players in the league to lead all Bowling Green 46, Morgan State 3 Old Dominion 24, Norfolk State 21 NFC 11 (-4) Oakland 3 receiver Chad Williams with HBCUs. North Carolina A&T is DB (CB or S, NC) 8 Washington, NY Giants, Central Florida 62, Florida A&M 0 Prairie View A&M 44, Texas Southern 23 DL (DT or DE, NC) 6 Arizona, LA Chargers Indianapolis, Alabama A&M second with four. With 14 players Delaware 31, Delaware State 13 SC State 28, Wofford 13 defensive end Anthony Lanier on the rosters, the MEAC still REC (TE or WR, -3) 4 BY Cleveland, Baltimore 2 UAB 24, Alabama State 19 Southern Miss 38, Alcorn State 10 II with the LA Chargers, leads the way among HBCU con- CONFERENCE BY LB (NC) 2 TCU 39, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 South Carolina State tight end ferences. The SWAC is second MEAC 14 (+1) EXPERIENCE OL (T or G, +2) 5 SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 Tennessee State 26, Miss Valley State 20 Temarrick Hemingway with with 12. SWAC 12 (NC) Antoine Bethea 14 RB (FB or RB, NC) 4 Hampton 65, Elizabeth City State 7 Defensive backs (8) and INDYS 2 (NC) Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 12 Carolina and S. C. State rookie Maryland 79, Howard 0 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 QB (NC) 0 CIAA 1 (-2) Anthony Levine Jr. 8 defensive back Alex Brown defensive linemen (6) lead the Bethune-Cookman 36, Jackson State 15 Punter (-1) 1 Louisiana Monroe 31, Grambling State 9 SIAC 1 (-1) Terron Armstead, Isaiah Crowell 6 with Kansas City. positions most manned by HBCU McNeese State 34, Southern 28 Alabama A&M 35, Morehouse 30 Williams was cut by Ari- products.

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