No. 24/23 N.C. A&T (1-0, 0-0 MEAC) vs. Kent State (0-1, 0-0 MAC) (Coaches’ Poll/FCS STATS Poll) #KentStatevsNCAT • #ONTHECHAS3 • #AGGIEPRIDE • #GET2KNOWUS • #NCAT ERA OF PLAYING FBS TEAMS IS HERE SERIES HISTORY ► North Carolina A&T does not have as much Overall: First Meeting experience at playing FBS schools as their MEAC The last 10 meetings: N/A counterparts. N.C. A&T played Wake Forest in In Greensboro: 0-0 2004, Louisiana Lafayette in 2006 and UNC Chap- In Kent: 0-0 Date: Sept. 10, 2016 el Hill in 2015. Neutral Sites: 0-0 Time: 6 p.m. ► By comparison, S.C. State has played in 14 Broadway vs. Kent State: 0-0 Site: Kent, Ohio games that has included an FBS team over the Haynes vs. A&T: 0-0 Stadium: Dix Stadium (25,319) past nine years including three games against an Longest A&T Win Streak: N/A Live Stream: ESPN3 FBS in 2011 and 2012. Savannah State has played Longest Kent State Win Streak: Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/ N/A kent/football/ in eight FBS games since 2012. ► The Aggies will now join the party. The Aggies Largest A&T Win: N/A Radio: 1320 AM/93.7 FM ESPN Tri- Largest Kent State Win: N/A ad Radio; Donal Ware (play-by-play); have two FBS schools on their schedule this sea- Most Points Scored (A&T): N/A Al Swann (analysis); Billy Covington. son in this week’s opponent, Kent State, and next week’s opponent Tulsa. Most Points Scored (Kent Team Information ► Next season the Aggies will travel 90 minutes State): 0, 11/16/35 A&T: The Aggies started their 93rd to face the Charlotte 49ers on Sept. 16. On Sept. 1, season with a 62-0 win over Division SERIES RESULTS II Saint Augustine’s last Saturday. The 2018, the Aggies face East Carolina in Greenville, N.C. The Aggies will then have two dates against Year W/L Site Score Aggies, who are seeking their third First Meeting straight conference title, completed 18 another in-state FBS in Duke. They face the Blue of 22 passes and threw four touch- Devils on Aug. 31, 2019 and then again on Sept. 4, 2021. NORTH CAROLINA A&T down passes in the game. A&T scored ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ► FBS teams have an average score of 47.7 nine touchdowns all together. Address ........................1601 E. Market St. A&T Coach Rod Broadway: points against N.C. A&T in three games Greensboro, NC 27411 Broadway is in his sixth season at ► N.C. A&T is predicted to win the MEAC. It FB Contact..........................Brian Holloway A&T and holds a 39-19 (.672) record. marks the second straight year sports information Email [email protected] Broadway also spent four seasons directors and head coaches have chosen the Ag- Offi ce Phone .....................(336) 285-3608 apiece at NCCU and Grambling, and gies as their preseason favorite. The Aggies have Cell ....................................(336) 328-6719 Pressbox Phone ................(336) 285-4909 has an overall record of 107-42 (.718). met or exceeded MEAC expectations each season Website.............................ncataggies.com He has won a black college national under Broadway except one (2013), where the title at each of those schools. Aggies were picked third but fi nished tied for fi fth. Kent State: The Golden Flashes are ► Aggies FCS All-American running back Tarik coming off a 3-9 season where they Cohen had 65 yards Saturday against Saint Augus- were 2-6 in the MAC’s eastern divi- tine’s. Cohen took over the full-time starting running sion. Kent State spent their opening back duties on Oct. 12, 2013. He has played 30 week in Happy Valley as Penn State games since then and has failed to rush for 100 pulled away in the second half for a yards only nine times since that moment. 33-13 victory. ► Cohen is 565 yards shy of breaking the MEAC Kent State Coach Paul Haynes: rushing record currently held by S.C. State’s Wil- Haynes is in his fourth season as liam Ford. He needs 904 yards to become the fi rst head coach of the Golden Flashes. player in MEAC history to rush for 5,000 yards. Haynes, a former walk-on and assis- ► Khris Gardin broke the single-season NCAA / tant coach at Kent State, is 9-27 as FCS record for punt return yards (740) in 2015. He their head coach. He once served as also had three punt returns for TD’s. He opened an assistant under Jim Tressel at Ohio this season with a 50-yard punt return for TD. He is State. now one punt return for TD shy of tying the school record. GAME 2 • N.C. A&T vs. KENT STATE • SEPT. 10, 2016 • DIX STADIUM • #ONTHECHAS3 North Carolina A&T Football Coaching Staff Head coach......................... ....................Rod Broadway (UNC ‘77) St. Augustine’s Saturday, Sept. 3 (38-19, 6th season at A&T), (106-42, 14th season overall) Aggie Stadium 6 p.m. Assoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/DB’s Series: A&T leads, 2-0 Result: W, 62-0 .................................................Sam Washington (Miss. Valley ‘82) Stream: www.ncataggies.com Offensive Coordinator/WR’s .....Chip Hester (Guilford College ‘92) Kent State Saturday, Sept. 10 Running Backs......................................................... Shawn Gibbs Dix Stadium 6 p.m. Defensive Line............................. Courtney Coard (NCCU ‘08)) Series: First Meeting Result: Offensive Line........................................Ronald Mattes (UVa. ‘85) Stream: ESPN3 Inside Linebackers................... Thomas Howard (Morehouse ‘03) Tulsa Saturday, Sept. 17 Quarterbacks....................... Chris Barnette (Guilford College ‘07) H.A. Chapman Stadium 2 p.m. Strength and Conditioning................ Cedric Walthaw (Ole Miss ‘96) Series: First Meeting Result: Off. Graduate Asst./TE’s.......Matt Pawlowski (Guilford College ‘16) Stream: TBD Defensive Graduate Asst.....................Michael Neal (N.C. A&T ‘16) Hampton Thursday, Sept. 29 Student Assistant.......................................................Brian Jenkins Aggie Stadium 7:30 p.m. Football Administrative Asst. ................................. Jeraldine Bailey Series: Hampton leads 26-17-2 Result: Offi ce Phone......................................................... (336) 285-4260 TV: ESPNU Norfolk State Thursday, Oct. 6 Aggie Stadium 7:30 p.m. Series: A&T leads 29-11 Result: TV: ESPNU 2016 STANDINGS Bethune-Cookman Thursday, Oct. 13 Overall MEAC Municipal Stadium 7:30 p.m. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Series: BCU leads 22-15 Result: Norfolk State 1 0 1.000 0 0 .364 TV: ESPNU N.C. A&T 1 0 .000 0 0 Bethune-Cookman 0 0 .000 0 0 .818 Howard Saturday, Oct. 22 Delaware State 0 1 .000 0 0 .091 Greene Stadium 2 p.m. Florida A&M 0 1 .000 0 0 .091 Series: A&T leads 27-20-2 Result: Hampton 0 1 .000 0 0 .545 Stream: TBD Howard 0 1 .000 0 0 .091 Morgan State 0 1 .000 0 0 .400 Florida A&M Saturday, Oct. 29 N.C. Central 0 1 .000 0 0 .727 Aggie Stadium 1 p.m. Savannah State 0 1 .000 0 0 .100 Series: FAMU leads 44-17-3 Result: S.C. State 0 1 .000 0 0 .636 Stream: www.ncataggies.com Saturday, Sept. 10 S.C. State Saturday, Nov. 5 Howard at Rutgers, 12 p.m. Aggie Stadium 1 p.m. Monmouth at Delaware State, 5 p.m. Series: SCSU leads 32-19-2 Result: Norfolk State at Richmond, 6 p.m. Stream: www.ncataggies.com William & Mary at Hampton, 6 p.m. Delaware State Saturday, Nov. 12 N.C. A&T Kent State, 6 p.m. Alumni Stadium 2 p.m. Morgan State at Marshall, 6 p.m. Series: Series Tied 22-22-1 Result: Bethune-Cookman at North Texas, 7 p.m. Stream: TBD Savannah State at Southern Miss, 7 p.m. N.C. Central at Western Michigan, 7 p.m. N.C. Central Saturday, Nov. 19 S.C. State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m. O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium 2 p.m. Florida A&M at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. Series: A&T leads 49-32-5 Result: Stream: www.nccueaglepride.com Saturday, Sept. 10 S.C. State at Clemson, 12 p.m. N.C. A&T at Tulsa, 2 p.m. Hampton at Howard, 3:30 p.m. Tennessee State at Bethune-Cookman, 4 p.m. Norfolk State at William & Mary, 6 p.m. St. Augustine’s at N.C. Central, 6 p.m. Florida A&M at Tuskegee, 7 p.m. GAME 2 • N.C. A&T vs. KENT STATE • SEPT. 10, 2016 • DIX STADIUM • #ONTHECHAS3 2016 WEEKLY HONORS N.C. A&T Football Weekly Media Press Conf. FCS National Offensive Player of the Week North Carolina A&T has a weekly press conference • Lamar Raynard, 9/3/16, earned honorable mention player of the week honors after featuring head coach Rod Broadway and on oc- going 19-for-23 for 162 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran in for a touchdown. casion players will be made available. The press conference begins each Monday at noon at the MEAC Special Teams Player of the Week Alumni Foundation Center on the campus of North • Khris Gardin, PR vs. St. Augustine’s, 9/3/16, He had three punt returns for 49 yards Carolina A&T. The only Monday the Aggies will not including a 50-yard punt return for touchdown in the fi rst quarter. hold a press conference is Sept. 19 ahead of the Aggies off week. MEAC Offensive Player of the Week • Lamar Raynard, 9/3/16, earned the honor after completing a school-record 82.6 percent MEAC Weekly Teleconference of his passes.