BOWIE, Md -- Virginia State needed a stop inside their own 10 with less than a minute left on Saturday afternoon and got it getting a fourth down stop at the -6 yard line with 33 seconds left to seal the 28-21 win over Bowie State on the road at Bulldog Stadium.
The Trojans improved to 3-3 on the year and 1-2 in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association play, while the Bulldogs fell to 1-5 and 0-3.
Rahsaan Matthews Jr. led Virginia State's passing attack with 239 yards through the air, tossing two touchdowns without throwing an interception. The signal caller also added 48 yards and one touchdown on the ground.
Ri'Jon Hammond paced the Trojans rushing attack by accumulating 52 yards and one touchdown over the course of the game.
Jaylen Pretlow reeled in seven catches for 121 yards and one score.
Kofi Acheampong showed out for the Virginia State defense, totaling three tackles, 2.0 TFL, and two sacks. Donavan Howard added 1.0 TFL and one interception and Jason Parrilla had 1.0 TFL and one sack in the win.
Defensively, Virginia State held up fairly well against the Bowie State offensive attack, holding the Bulldogs to 299 total yards. The Trojans defense took up residence in Bowie State's backfield all game, racking up four sacks and six total tackles for loss.
Virginia State's offense took advantage of its trips to the red zone, scoring on three of its three trips, with all of those scores being touchdowns.
How It Happened
Virginia State got on the scoreboard first with 6:46 left in the first quarter to take a 7-0 lead.Bowie State then tied things at 7-7 before the Trojans responded with an 80-yard touchdown reception from to Pretlow to jump back ahead 14-7.
Virginia State kept Bowie State off the scoreboard and extended its lead to 21-7 with :13 left in the second quarter.The Trojans continued to build their advantage after Bowie State closed the gap to 21-14, scoring again to go up 28-14. Virginia State didn't score again in the game and Bowie State added seven more points to finish off the scoring.
Game Notes
» Virginia State outgained Bowie State 355-299, including a 239-162 advantage through the air.
» The Trojans scored first with 6:46 left in the first quarter and never trailed the rest of the game on their way to victory.
» Virginia State had their highest scoring quarter in the second period, when they put up 14 points.
» Virginia State converted 5 of 16 third downs while Bowie State was successful on 7 of 18.
» Mehkhi Johnson led the Trojans with 10 tackles.
» Virginia State scored on an 80 yard strike from to .
» Virginia State allowed just 14 points in five Bowie State trips to the red zone.
» Virginia State forced one red zone turnover in the contest.
» Virginia State won the time of possession battle 32:48 to 27:12.
» Kevin Taylor led the Bulldogs passing attack, completing 16 of his 36 attempts for 162 yards and one touchdown with one interception.
» Antwain Banks was Bowie State's leading receiver with 61 yards and one touchdown.
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