(SportsNetwork.com) – A rivalry as strong as Bethune-Cookman versus South
Carolina State got the type of ending it deserved Saturday.
Spectacular.
Well, South Carolina State would agree to that more as quarterback Adrian
Kollock Jr. hit Austin Smith in stride for a 49-yard touchdown pass with 33
seconds remaining in the Bulldogs’ 20-14 victory over a 14th-ranked Bethune
squad that had been unbeaten in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference action.
Bethune’s first conference road loss since 2011 created a logjam for first
place, including the Wildcats (6-2, 3-1) and SCSU (5-3, 3-1).
Smith broke three tackles on his decisive touchdown.
Bethune tied the game at 14-14 when SCSU was hoping to run out the clock but
fumbled a snap deep in its terrority, which the Wildcats’ Donald Smith scooped
up for a 3-yard touchdown return.
There were only two offensive touchdowns in the game. Quentin Williams’ 43-yard
scoring pass to Jhomo Gordon just 37 seconds into the game gave Bethune a 7-0
lead.
SCSU tied the game on Justin Hughes’ 44-yard interception return with 5:24 left
in the second quarter. The Bulldogs took a 14-7 lead on Antonio Hamilton’s 91-
yard TD return midway through the third quarter.
The Bulldogs finished with eight sacks against Williams.
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The Sports Network FCS Top 25
All Times ET
No. 1 North Dakota State (7-0, 3-0 Missouri Valley) at South Dakota (2-5, 0-3),
3 p.m.
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No. 2 Eastern Washington (7-1, 4-0 Big Sky) at Northern Arizona (4-3, 2-1),
3:35 p.m.
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Stony Brook (4-4, 3-1 CAA) at No. 3 New Hampshire (5-1, 3-0), 3 p.m.
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Charleston Southern (5-2, 0-1 Big South) at No. 4 Coastal Carolina (7-0, 1-0),
3:30 p.m.
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Morgan State (4-3) at No. 5 Villanova (6-1), 3:30 p.m.
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Tennessee Tech (3-4, 2-2 OVC) at No. 6 Jacksonville State (5-1, 3-0), 4 p.m.
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No. 7 Montana (5-2, 3-0 Big Sky) at Cal Poly (4-3, 3-1), 9:05 p.m.
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No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana (6-2, 4-0 Southland) at Stephen F. Austin (5-2,
2-1), 4 p.m.
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Missouri State (4-3, 1-2 Missouri Valley) at No. 9 Illinois State (6-0, 3-0), 7
p.m.
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No. 10 Montana State (6-2, 4-0 Big Sky), Idle
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No. 11 McNeese State (4-2, 2-1 Southland) at Incarnate Word (1-6, 1-3), 7 p.m.
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No. 12 Fordham (7-1, 3-0 Patriot) 48, Lehigh (1-6, 0-2) 27
Fordham freshman Chase Edmonds rushed for 197 yards and five touchdowns on 32
carries and senior Michael Nebrich passed for 292 yards and one touchdown.
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No. 17 Youngstown State (5-2, 2-1 Missouri Valley) at No. 13 South Dakota State
(5-2, 2-1), 3 p.m.
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No. 15 Chattanooga (5-3, 4-0) 38, Mercer (5-4, 1-4) 31
Junior quarterback Jacob Huesman passed for 359 yards and two touchdowns and
rushed for another 99 yards and a score to lift Chattanooga.
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No. 16 Richmond (5-2, 2-1 CAA) at Elon (1-6, 0-3), 3 p.m.
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No. 18 William & Mary (5-3, 2-2 CAA) 31, Delaware (4-4, 2-2) 17
Mikal Abdul-Saboor rushed for 198 yards and two touchdowns as William & Mary
controlled the ball for 37 minutes, 8 seconds.
Delaware’s Trent Hurley was 24-for-36 for 236 yards and a touchdown with one
interception.
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Southeast Missouri State (4-4, 2-2 OVC) at No. 19 Eastern Kentucky (6-1, 3-1),
3 p.m.
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No. 21 Harvard (6-0, 3-0 Ivy) 49, Princeton (3-3, 2-1) 7
Harvard totaled 698 yards and blew out Princeton behind quarterback Conner
Hempel, who passed for 382 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 52 yards
and two more scores.
Running backs Semar Smith (124 yards) and Paul Stanton Jr. (105 yards, one
touchdown) both went over the century mark in the win.
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No. 22 Indiana State (4-3, 1-2 Missouri Valley) at No. 20 Southern Illinois
(5-3 2-2), 7 p.m.
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No. 23 Northern Iowa (4-4, 2-2 Missouri Valley) 27,
Western Illinois (3-6, 1-4)
Northern Iowa never trailed in ending a two-game losing streak.
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Saint Francis (3-5, 1-2 NEC) 30, No. 24 Sacred Heart (6-2, 2-1) 27
Saint Francis beat a Division I team for the first time this season in knocking
Sacred Heart from first place in the Northeast Conference.
Zach Drayer threw three touchdowns and caught one on a trick play as SFU built
a 27-10 lead. After the Pioneers rallied to tie the game, Lance Geesey kicked a
35-yard field goal with 5:28 left for the decisive points.
Sacred Heart’s Keshaudas Spence (23 carries, 173 yards, one touchdown)
outperformed SFU’s Khairi Dickson (28 carries, 95 yards), who entered the game
as the FCS rushing leader.
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Colgate (4-3) at No. 25 Albany (5-2), 3:30 p.m.
