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September 26, 1996 AUGUSTA FOCUS
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Overall Standings W L T
ELIZABETH CITY STATE 2 1 0
VIRGINIA STATE 2 2 0
VIRGINIA UNION 2 1 0
NORFOLK STATE 3 1 0
LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE 3 1 0
JOHNSON C. SMITH 2 2 0
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 3 1 0
FAYETTEVILLE STATE 1 2 0
WINSTON-SALEM STATE 1 3 0
BOWIE STATE 1 3 0
Overall Standings w L T
NORTH CAROLINA A&T 4 0 0
HOWARD 2 1 0
MORGAN STATE 2 1 0
FLORIDA A&M 2 1 0
DELAWARE STATE 1 2 0
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 0 2 0
BETHUNE-COOKMAN 1 3 0
HAMPTON 1 2 0
Overall Standings w L T
CLARK-ATLANTA 2 1 0
MILES 3 1 0
TUSKEGEE 2 2 0
MORRIS BROWN 1 3 0
SAVANNAH STATE 2 2 0
ALBANY STATE 2 2 0
ALABAMA A&M 1 2 0
MOREHOUSE 2 2 0
FORT VALLEY STATE 1 3 0
KENTUCKY STATE 1 3 0
Overall Standings w L T
TEXAS SOUTHERN 2 1 0
ALCORN STATE 2 2 0
JACKSON STATE 3 0 0
SOUTHERN 1 2 0
ALABAMA STATE 1 3 0
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 1 2 0
GRAMBLING 0 3 0
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 0 4 0
1996 Black
College Classics
September 28, 1996
49th Annual Fish Bowl - Norfolk, Va.
Norfolk State vs. Delaware State - 2:30 p.m.
Atlanta Football Classic - Atlanta, Ga.
Tennessee State vs. Southern - 4 p.m.
Whitney Young Classic - East
Rutherford, N.J.
Hampton vs. Central State - 6 p.m.
Al Lipscomb/State Fair Classic -
Dallas, TX
Grambling St. vs. Prairie View A&M - 7 p.m.
October 5, 1996
Circle City Classic - Indianapolis, Ind.
Hampton vs. Florida A&M - 4 p.m.
October 12, 1996
61st Morehouse-'Skegee Classic -
Columbus, Ga.
Tuskegee vs. Morehouse - 7 p.m.
October 19, 1996
CSRA Classic - Augusta, Ga.
Clark Atlanta University vs. Savannah
State University - 2 p.m.
Red River Classic - Shreveport, La.
Grambling St. vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff -
7p.m.
October 26, 1996
55th Magic City Classic - Birmingham,
Ala. Alabama A&M vs. Alabama St. - 1
p.m.
Gold Bowl Classic - Richmond, Va.
Virginia Union vs. Virginia State - 1:30
p.m.
November 9, 1996
7th Fountain City Classic - Columbus,
Ga.
Fort Valley State vs. Albany State - 1:30
p.m.
November 16, 1996
Bth Battle of the Bay Classic -
Hampton, Va.
Hampton vs. Norfolk State - 1:30 p.m.
November 23, 1996
Capitol City Classic - Jackson, Ms.
Jackson St. vs. Alcorn St. - 1 p.m.
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OLLEGE
PORTS
UPDATE
SIAC
Morris Brown inaugurates new
stadium with 26-14 win over Ft. Valley
By Derrick Mahone
ATLANTA JOURNAL Staff Writer
ATLANTA
Morris Brown unveiled new
Herndon Stadium Saturday
night with a 26-14 SIAC win over
Fort Valley State.
It was the Wolverines’ first on
campus home game since 1993.
Old Herndon Stadium was de
molished and rebuilt to accom
modate the Olympic field hockey
venue. Morris Brown spent the
past three years playing on the
road.
“After three years on the road,
we are excited about being at
home,” Morris Brown athletics
director Gene Bright said.
Theonly disappointment about
the game was the small crowd of
5,492 that showed for the first
game in the 15,000-seat facility.
Morehouse falters
in loss to Albany St.
By Celeste E. Whittaker
Atlanta Journal staff writer
ATLANTA
Consider it a gift, one perhaps
not needed, but welcome just the
same. :
Morehouse fumbled three
times in the first quarter and
essentially gave Albany State a
26-10 victory Saturday at B.T.
Harvey Stadium.
The Rams, who have won three
consecutive SIAC titles and pos
sess one of the conference’s top
running backs in Antonio Leroy,
easily earned their second win of
the season as the Maroon Tigers
played the role of giftgiver.
Coming off a game where the
Tigers committed five turnovers
in a 28-22 loss to Miles last week,
the Morehouse coaching staffwas
anything but pleased.
“Albany State didn’t beat
Morehouse [and] that’s not to
take anything thing away and
say Hamp’s [Smith]teamisnota
decent team,” said Morehouse
coach Mo Hunt, whose team fell
tO2-2(1-1 SIAC). “But Morehouse
beat Morehouse for the second
week in a row. I would love to be
in a position to say that Miles
College or Albany State beat us,
but that’s not true. It’s a crying
shame, because I have said to
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A rain storm before the game
kept many fans away.
“This weather killed a good
day,” Bright said. “But the faith
ful came out.”
Being home seemed to solve
the Wolverines’ offensive woes.
Coming into the game, Morris
Brown was averaging only 203
yards intotal offense. In snap
ping its 15-game losing streak,
Morris Brown amassed 483 yards
in offense against the
conference’s second-best defense.
Morris Browntailback Cedrick
Marshall rushed for 144 yards
and three touchdowns, includ
inga7s-yarder. Teammate Ryan
Jinks had 104 yards rushing on
15 carries.
“Cedrick is a senior, and I'm
happy for him,” Morris Brown
coach Joe Crosby said. “It felt
great to be back home.”
our kids, ‘if you all realize your
talent, it would be scary.””
Leroy, who entered the game sec
ond in the conference in rushing
(120 yards per game) rushed for 126
yards on 35 carries with two scores
to lead the Rams (2-2, 1-1), while
quarterback Purvis Jackson (7-for
-17, 105 yards and one touchdown)
and wide receiver Vincent Huff (six
catches for 97 yards and a score)
were an effective tandem all after
noon.
For Morehouse, Derek Vaughn
rushed for 65 yards and one score.
CAU beats
Kentucky St.
David Kennedy passed for 143
yards and threetouchdowns Sat
urday, leading Clark Atlanta to
a 20-14 victory over Kentucky
State. Edrick Kerney caught two
touchdown passes.
Pierce Foster was the leading
rusher for Kentucky State with
92 yards. Clark Atlanta is 2-1
while Kentucky State fell to 1-3.
Inother games involving state
teams: Savannah State 37, Ala
bama A&M 31: Jumaane Davis
scored on a 14-yard run with
2:36 left in the game to lift Sa
vannah State (2-2) over Alabama
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The win improved the Wolver
ines to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the
SIAC while Fort Valley dropped
to 1-3 and 0-2.
Morris Brown’s defense also
stopped the Wildcats’ top offen
sive weapon in Mesiah Porter,
who was averaging 124 yards
coming into the game. He fin-
SWAC ‘
Grambling struggles
at 0-3, PVA&N is next
NEW ORLEANS
Eddie Robinson’s Tigers at
Grambling State University
have struggled to a disappoint
ing 0-3 record so far this sea
son, the Tigers’ worst start since
the pre-1950s era. Now, the
coach wants to make a state
ment against a team he says “is
just waiting to sneak up on
somebody and finally get a win.”
On Saturday, the GSU Ti
gers will clash with Southwest
ern Athletic Conference rival
Prairie View A&M University
inthe annual Al Lipscomb State
Fair Classic At Dallas’ Cotton
Bowl. The Panthers own the
longest consecutive losing
streak in college football his
tory, a string of 61 straight set
backs dating back to 1989.
Nonetheless, with a team strug
gling on offense, Robinson said
his Tigers will have to be
pumped up for this game, which
is expected to draw its custom
ary 50,000-plus crowd.
“We really need to go i there
and show Prairie View that
Grambling football is alive and
well,” said Robinson. “They set
the record for the most con
secutive losses last year when
CIAA
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State move to top
HAMPTON, Vir.
Elizabeth City State (2-0, 2-1)
defeated Johnson C. Smith (1-2,
2-2), 14-12, to move into a first
place tie with Virginia State.
Aaron Murchison rushed 16 times
for 40 yards and a touchdown and
caught three passes for 35 yards
to lead the Vikings’ attack.
Eddie Cuffie completed his only
passing attempt for a five-yard
touchdown to Marcus Barber for
theother ECSYU Score. Jermaine
Jones had 11 tackles to lead a
Viking defense that held the J.C.
Smith offense to 202 total yards,
intercepted four errant passesand
recovered two fumbles. Demetrius
Campbell rushed for 89 yards on
19 carries and scored two touch
downs to lead the Golden Bull
attack. Lacroy McCraeand Shawn
Preston had 14 tackles apieceand
Harry Gary recorded 12 tackles
for the J.C. Smith defense.
For the second week in a row,
For the secona week 1n a row,
Virginia State (2-0, 2-2) stepped
outside ofthe conference and were
waxed, thistime by Howard, 31-7.
1995 CIAA Defensive Player of
ished with 71 yards on 22 car
ries, which snapped his nine
game streak of at least 100 yards
a game. e
Saturday also marked the¥ast
time a Doug Porter-coached Fort
Valley team will play in Atlafita.
Porter is retiring at the end®of
this season after 16 years at’the
helm. 5%
we beat them and I'm sure that
they’d love to snap that streak
against us. They’ll be coming at
us hard to try for the upset win,
so we’ll have to work hardite
prepare for the game and get
ready for them.” 30k
Grambling’s usually potent
offensive unit has had trouble
getting out of the starti
blocks, this season, ranki%
next-to-last in total offense in
the conference averaging just
202.3 yards a game. Prairig
View, in fact, ranks just aheag
of the Tigers with an average of
208.8 yards a game after theic
first four contests. Va 3
“We’ve been struggling some
on offense, but we’ve made soffie
adjustments on our offensive
line and moved players backto
positions they’re more comfort
able playing,” said Robinson.
“Hopefully those adjustments
will pay off on the field. We just
need to go in and take contreét
early to provide that kind of
spark we’ll need.”
Besides the GSU-PV
matchup, all the other SWA€
teams will be in action except
for Alabama State. s3v
cepted two passes, returning ore
for 100 yards and the Trojans’
only touchdown of the day. Thg
Trojan offense was held to 12£
total yards, while the defense g{i\“"fe
up479total yards. Damon McNgair
completed 12 of 34 passes for 114
yards for the VSU offense. Rich
ard Robinson had 18 tackles to
lead four Trojan defensive play
ers with double-digit tackles.™ ™
North Carolina Central (0-1;:8-
3) traveled to Atlantic City, N.J.
and defeated Delaware State, 21t
6. Brad McAdams completed 136 f
30 passes for 257 yards and’a
touchdown to lead the Eagles att
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Livingstone (2-1, 3-1) torched
Benedict, 40-8. Wilmont Perry
gained 187 yards on 15 carriés
and scored a touchdown to léad
the Livingstone ground attdck,
that ended with 406 yards rugh*
ing. Ed Brown carried 12 tmfiei
for 90 yardsand Bernard John§6
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had 10 carries for 70 yards and &
touchdown for the Bears. Pernéll
Wilder completed four of eight
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