B4 November 2, 2000
The Chronicle
For the Week of October 31 through November 6, 2000
THE
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COLE: Made winners
of Alabama State in just
his first year on the job.
T TITANS HONORED BY NBA AND IN
MOVIE; THOMPSON BREAKS RECORD
November 2, 2000
2000 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) j
SCORES
Alabama A&M 34, Alabama State 27
Arkansas-PIne Bluff 48, Jackson State 41
Benedict 34, Elizabeth City State 0
Bowie State 37, Fayetteville State 31
Delaware State 57, S. C. State 32
E. Kentucky 28, Tenn. State 0
E. Stroudsburg 35, Cheyney 14
Florida A&M 53, Hampton 24
Grambling State 26, Texas Southern 17
Howard 14, Norfolk State 0
Lane 28, Miles 21
Langston 56, SWA. of God 12
Lincoln 42, Haskell 0
Livingstone 35, N. C. Central 20
Miss. Valley State 33, Prairie View 7
Morehouse 38, Kentucky State 21
N, C. A&T 30, Bethune-Cookman 19
Savannah State 37, Fort Valley State 13
Southern 44, Morris Brown 23
Stillman 35, Chowan 23
Tuskegee 23, Clark Atlanta 0
Va. Union 42, Virginia State 17
W. Illinois 73, Morgan State 17
W. Va. State 13, Concord 3
Winston-Salem St. 44, J. C. Smith 12
CIAA Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association
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Virginia Union
Virginia State
Bowie State
Eliz. City State
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CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
RECEIVER
DAMONTHOMPSON, Sr, WR, Virginia State -
Five receptions for 125 yards and a TD. Set new
Div. II career reception mark (263).
OFFENSIVE BACK
ANDRE BRAXTON, Sr, RB, Va. Union - 36 car
ries for 249 yards and four TDs in win over Va.
State.
DEFENSE (LINEMAN)
ALIK TILLERY, Jr, LB, NO Central -15 tackles,
nine solo, one sack in loss to Livingstone
DEFENSE (BACK)
RALPH HUNTER, Jr, DB, Va. Union - Six tack
les, five deflections and a blocked punt vs. Va. St.
ROOKIE
JULIUS JORDAN, Fr, FB, Bowie St. • Scored
one -yard TD with :21 left for win over Fayv. State.
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ME AC
Mid Eastern
Athletic Conference
Fiorida A&M 6
Bethune-Cookman 4
Hampton
NCA&T
Howard
Delaware State
Norfolk State
SC State
Morgan State
MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
ATAVEUS CASH, Sr, QB, Hampton •
Completed 12 of 22 passes for 253 yards and
two TDs and rushed nine times for 81 yards and
one TD vs. SC St.
DEFENSE
TRACEY WHITE, So., LB, Howard - Had 13
tackles, seven solos, one sack for -12, and an
interception vs. NO A&T.
ROOKIE
LEON McCAMPBELL, Fr, QB, SC State • 12 of
17for151 yards and four TDs (28,20,16and9),
tied team single- game TD passing mark, and
had 8 carries for 64 yards.
LINEMAN
URRY VAUGHN, Sr, OG, Hampton - Helped
Hampton amassed 599 yards of total offense.
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Morehouse
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Albany State
Miles
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Kentucky St.
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6 0
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SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
ALVON BROWN, Jr, RB, Kentucky State • 32
carries for 174 yards and one TD vs.
Morehouse
DEFENSE
DAMON TOLSON, Jr, DE, Tuskegee ■ Five
stops, four solos, and four sacks for -45 yards
vs. Clark Atlanta.
NEWCOMER
WESLEY BONNER, Fr., LB. Ky. State -10 tack
les, eight solos, vs. Morehouse.
SPECIAL TEAM
JEFFREY STANTON, So., KR, Tuskegee •
Returned three punts for 140 yards and two
TDs (48 and 81 yds.) vs. Clark Atlanta.
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SWAC
Southwestern
Athletic Conference
E. DIVISION
Alabama State
Alabama A&M
Jackson State
Miss. Valley St.
Alcorn State
W. DIVISION
Grambling State
Texas Southern
Ark. Pine Bluff
Southern
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SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
ROBERT KENT, Fr, QB, Jackson State - Put
up 510 yards of total offense in losing effort to
UAPB including 26 of 51 passes for 461 yards
and four TDs.
DEFENSE
JAMAL WARE, Jr, LB, Alabama A&M - 11
tackles, three sacks, five solos, two pass deflec
tions vs. Alabama St.
SPECIAL TEAMS
AARON WALL, So., P, Ark.-Pine Bluff •
Averaged 47.2 yards on six punts and had four
of six PATs.
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WHAT’S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO: One of two
black college receivers on the verge of breaking all-time
NCAA reception marks got it done
Saturday. Virginia State senior wide
receiver Damon "Red" Thomp
son's five receptions against Virginia
Union gave him 263 for his career
moving him past Glenville State's
Carlos Ferralls' Div. II mark of 262.
Thompson, a Richmond, Va., native,
ends his career this Saturday at
Bowie State. Meanwhile, Fiorida
A&M's Jacquay Nunnally moved
within 12 catches of breaking former
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#2 NO MORE: "Red"
Thompson gets Div.
II receiving record.
Mississippi Valley State and NFL great Jerry Rice's all-time
Div. I-AA mark of 301 with five receptions Saturday against
Hampton. Nunnally, with 290 receptions over his four-year
career, has two games left to break the mark. The Rattlers face
Southern University this Saturday (Nov. 4) and have a sea-
son-ending Nov. 18 date vs. Bethune-Cookman in Orlando.
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
HOW THEY DID IT
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CROSSIN' THE COUNTRY: c™s
Country championships were decided in all four black college
conferences over the weekend. In the SIAC, Morehouse
swept the first six places to win the men's title and Fort
Valley State's Lady Wildcats won their first women's title
placing four runners in the top ten. The SIAC was contested
in Albany, Ga. In Greensboro, N. C., Norfolk State placed
three runners in the top ten to take the men's title while the
Bethune-Cookman women finished 1-3 and placed four run
ners in the top ten to take that title. The CIAA championship
was also staged at Greensboro's Hagan Stone Park. St.
Augustine's swept the first seven places to run away with the
men's title while Shaw's women placed three runners in the
top ten to pick up their first-ever title. On the campus of
Prairie View A&M just outside Houston, Texas, Alabama
State was also a first-time winner as their women's team
ended Grambling State's five-year hold on the title. On the
men's side, Grambling captured the crown by virtue of a
whopping 38-point win over second place Alcorn State.
- ALABAMA A&M 34, Alabama State 27
AA&M RB Curtis Donnell had four TD runs (32, 2, 3, and 9) and rang up 133 yards on
21 carries as the Bulldogs (5-3, 3-1 SWAC E) kept Alabama State (5-3, 4-1 SWAC E)
from clinching the SWAC E. Div. title at Birmingham's Magic City Classic. A crowd of
61,147 fans at Legion Field watched ASU QB Darnell Kennedy put the ball up 60 times
completing 28 for 370 yards and four TDs, but the Hornet running game netted only 52
yards in 21 carries. A&M, meanwhile, ran for 202 and passed for 230 while controlling
the ball 35 minutes to only 25 for the Hornets.
- GRAMBLING STATE 26, Texas Southern 17
Grambling (8-1, 5-0) came back from a 17-16 halftime deficit to score 10 unanswered
second half points in knocking Texas Southern (7-1, 4-1 SWAC W) from the unbeaten
ranks and keeping alive the G-Men's hopes for a berth in the SWAC championship game.
A win by TSU would have clinched the SWAC W. Div. title. Grambling QB Randy
Hymes threw for 226 yards and two scores but completed only 18 of 41 passes with two
interceptions. GSU star WR Scotty Anderson had nine of those receptions for 156 yards
and one TD.TSU QB Adam Lamb had 159 passing yards including a TD, all in the first
half He went out just before halftime with a bruised tailbone and returned for only one
series.
- N. C. A&T 30, Bethune-Cookman 19
The NC A&T defense knocked Bethune-Cookman QB PaTell Thoutman out of the
game and went on to knock B-CC (7-1, 4-1 MEAC) from the unbeaten ranks before a
crowd of 29,937 on hand for the Aggies' (6-2,4-1 MEAC) homecoming. Troutman went
down on the last play of the first quarter and two Wildcat replacements could not match
Troutman's production or excitement. A&T RB Maurice Hicks was the offensive star,
running for 168 yards on 30 carries and scoring a TD. A&T also got a 33-yard punt return
by Chris Caldwell for a score. B-CC reserve QB Allen Suber ran 34-yards for a TD and
Antonio Stanley returned a punt 64 yards for a score as the Wildcats made it interesting
after trailing 30-7.
- FLORIDA A&M 53, Hampton 24
Florida A&M (7-2, 6-1 MEAC) throttled Hampton (6-2, 4-1 MEAC) on the ground and
through the air in a rout at the Rattlers' homecoming. RB O. J. Marchbanks rambled for
189 yards on 23 carries and scored two TDs (15 and 20 yards), while QB Quinn Gray
completed 17 of 28 passes for 189 yards and four scores. The Rattlers scored 26 third
quarter points to increase a 21-9 halftime lead to 47-17. Jacquay Nunnally (5 rec., 51
yds.) hauled in two of the scoring tosses (6 and 28 yards) during the third quarter blitz.
- VIRGINIA UNION 42, Virginia State 17
VUU (7-2, 5-1 CIAA E) claimed a spot in the Nov. 11 CIAA title game in Durham as
they manhandled Virginia State (5-3, 3-2 CIAA E) in Richmond to grab the conference's
E. Div. crown. VUU broke out from a 14-10 halftime lead to outscore the Trojans 28-7
down the stretch. RB Andre Braxton ran 36 times for 246 yards and scored four TDs as
the Panther put up 548 yards of total offense.
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE 44, J. C. Smith 12
The WSSU Rams (7-2,5-1 CIAA W) clinched the other spot in the Nov. 11 CIAA cham
pionship game as they routed JCSU (3-6, 2-3 CIAA W) to take the W. Div. title. WSSU
RB Terrie Newkirk ran 27 times for 93 yards and had scoring runs of 9, 3, 1 and 3 yards
while QB Tory Woodbury was nearly flawless, completing 13 of 16 passes for 237
yards and one TD while running one yard for another score.
- TUSKEGEE 23, Clark-Atlanta 0
The Golden Tigers (8-0, 6-0 SIAC) clinched their third SIAC title in a row and third
straight Pioneer Bowl berth with a shutout of CAU (4-5, 3-4 SIAC). Kick returner
Jeffrey Stanton was the star, bringing back a first quarter punt 48 yards to paydirt and
following that up with an 81-yard fourth quarter punt return TD. The TU defense held
CAU to 73 yards rushing on 33 attempts, had six sacks and one interception.
CIAA, SIAC set; MEAC, SWAC down to
GAMES THIS WEEK
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2000
Tenn. Tech vs. Tennessee State in Cookeville, TN
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2000
Benedict vs. Livingstone in Columbia, SC
Bowie State vs. Virginia State in Bowie, MD
Cheyney vs. West Chester in Cheyney, PA
Delaware State vs. N.C. A&T in Dover, DE
Glenville State vs. West Virginia St. in Glenville, WV
Miss. Valley State vs. AlcoiYi State in Itta Bena, MS
Morehouse vs, Albany State in Atlanta, GA
Morris Brown vs. Texas Southern in Atlanta, GA
Peru State vs. Langston in Peru, NE
S.C. State vs. Howard in Orangeburg, SC
Southern vs. Florida A&M in Baton Rouge, LA
Virginia Union vs. Fayetteville St. in Richmond, VA
HOMECOMINGS
Ark.-Pine Bluff vs. Prairie View A&M in Pine Bluff, AR
Eliz. City St. vs. Winston-Salem St. in Eliz. City, NC
Grambling State vs. Alabama State in Grambling, LA
Jackson State vs. Alabama A&M in Jackson, MS
N.C. Central vs. Johnson C. Smith in Durham, NC
Norfolk State vs. Morgan State in Norfolk, VA
Savannah State vs. Miles in Savannah, GA
Tuskegee vs. Lane in Tuskegee, AL
TV GAMES
MEAC Game of the Week (NTS, Sunshine, NUE TV)
‘•Hampton vs. Bethune-Cookman in Hampton, VA
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The SIAC title and champions of the two CIAA divi
sions were decided over the weekend while nothing is yet
decided in the SWAC and MEAC,
Tuskegee (8-0, 6-0 SIAC), now the only black college
unbeaten team, downed Clark-Atlanta 23-0 Saturday to
claim their third consecutive SIAC championship and earn
their third straight trip to the Pioneer Bowl. Pioneer Bowl IV,
against a CIAA opponent to be determined, is slated for Dec.
16 at Atlanta's Georgia Dome.
Also on Saturday, Virginia Union's 42-17 win over
Virginia State clinched the CIAA E. Div. title while
Winston-Salem State's 44-12 win over J. C. Smith gave the
Rams the W. Div. crown. The two division champs will meet
in the CIAA Championship Game, Nov. 4 in Durham, N. C.
The winner of that game will likely represent the conference
in the Pioneer Bowl though there is an outside chance that
the winner could receive a Div. II playoff invitation. If so, the
loser will play in Pioneer Bowl IV.
The big games this weekend involve SWAC and MEAC
schools who are both down to four contenders left for their
titles.
SWAC W. Div. leader Grambling hosts SWAC E. Div.
leader Alabama State in a game that will count toward both
teams' division records. Grambling is a half-game up on
Texas Southern in the west while Alabama State has a half
game lead on Alabama A&M in the east. A win by
Grambling vs. Alabama State or against Southern on Nov.
25 would give them the West title. AIT
the East title by winning their three ri
ning this weekend at Jackson State. ;
Four MEAC teams now have one
and therefore are virtually tied for
Cookman, Florida A&M, Hampto:
A&T. That will change this week
Bethune-Cookman in the MEAC '
Delaware State while Florida A&M
affair at Southern. With wins in the bd
and Bethune-Cookman, defending ch
driver's seat. But their three remainir]
from home. Like the SWAC, the M]
dovvn to the final weekend of the regule
BCSP TOP 10
1. GRAMBLING ST. (8-1) - KO'ed Texas Southern, 26-17 fo I
2. N. C. A&T (6-2) - Knocked Bethune-Cookman from unb0(
3. FLORIDA A&M (6-2) - Upended Hampton, 53-24. NEXT?!
4. TUSKEGEE (8-0) - Shut out Clark Atlanta. 23-0. NEXT:
5. TEXAS SOUTHERN (7-1) - Fell to Grambling State, 26-t'
6. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (7-1) - Defeated at NCA&T, 30-1)1
7. HAMPTON (6-2) - Clobbered at FAMU, 53-24. NEXT: Hcifc
8. WINSTON-SALEM ST (7-2) - Ran by J. C. Smith to win Oill
9. VIRGINIA UNION (7-2) - Hammered Va State, 42-17 to tJI
10. ALABAMA ST (5-3) - Denied SWAC E. title by Alabamafi
BCSP Notes
Pedraic Major Photo
LIVING LEGEND: SWAC Commissioner Rudy Washington (I.) accom
panies baseball legend Willie Mays during ceremonies at Saturday's
Magic City Classic in Birmingham which drew 61,197 fans to Legion
Field. Mays, who served as grand marshall of the classic's parade and
was honored at the game, was born in Fairfield, Alabama, played with the
Birmingham Barons of the Negro Leagues and later became what many
considered the greatest baseball player ever in the major leagues with
the New York and San Francisco Giants.
Remember this Titan
The real-life coach played by Denzel
Washington in the marvelous movie
Remember the Titans is a black college gradu
ate.
Herman "Ike" Boone, the man that in
the face of heightened racial tensions molded
a group of black and white kids into a state
championship winning football team in 1971,
is a 1958 graduate of North Carolina College
in Durham, N. C., now known as North
Carolina Central University.
Boone, who for a short time was a mem
ber of the 1955 NCC football team, says he
learned valuable lessons during his stay at the
school. Many of those lessons he imparted to
his players and are depicted in the movie.
Boone, who is now retired, currently
resides in Alexandria, Va. The movie is a
must-see and along with Washington is certain
to be nominated for an Academy Award.
And this Titan, too
On Oct. 31,1950, a former CIAA basket
ball player, West Virginia State forward Earl
Lloyd, became the firsts
African-American to (
play in the NBA wheni
he suited up for the s
Washington Capitals.
The league will I
honor the 50th anniver--
sary of that historic (
accomplishment with a<
series of special events tl
off of the 2000 season on
Lloyd was honored
Garden Tuesday before tli
New York Knicks game ai
piece for a number o
appearances, videos, int
chats, commercials and p
Details of the com:
a three-part interview^
NBA.com, the league's'!
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ml. Lloyd was drafted 1 ^
being scouted at the Cl|f
played at DCs United Ai) I
Attitude change brings winning to Alabama i
ROSCOE NANCE
BCSP Correspondent
Put Alabama State at the top of
the list of surprise teams in black col
lege football this season.
The Hornets, who've had just one win
ning record since entering the
Southwestern Athletic Conference in
1983 - none since 1995 - are one victo
ry away from playing in the conference
championship-game while sporting a 5-
3 record. The victories already are the
most in a season since they were 8-3 in
1995.
Along the way, they've exorcised
several demons by defeating some
opponents that have dominated them for
years, and their success has first-year
coach L.C. Cole pleasantly surprised.
"We're way ahead of where I
thought we would be," says Cole, who
took over the Hornets, 2-9 last season,
after leading Tennessee State to an
unbeaten regular season record and the
top seed in the I-AA playoffs. "What
they had experienced was a long time to
be getting beat by somebody constantly.
Our goal was to win more games than
last year, beat teams we hadn't beaten in
a long time and have the opportunity to
play for SWAC (title)."
All three things have happened like
clockwork. The Hornets, playing what
has been billed as 'Cole-Blooded
Football', surpassed their win total of a
year ago when they got a big win over
defending SWAC champ Southern, 37-
33 in the season's fifth week. They then
defeated Jackson State for the first
time since 1991, the year
they won their only SWAC
championship. Their win
over Southern was just the
fourth in school history.
They head into
Saturday's game against
Grambling State leading the
SWAC East by a half game
over Alabama A&M in the
race for a berth in the confer
ence championship game in
Birmingham, Ala., on Dec. 2.
"It goes to attitude," says
Cole, explaining the Hornets'
sudden turnaround. "The No. 1 priority in
life is changing attitude. If you want to
do something, change your attitude, and
then make a commitment to it. The kids
have bought into. They've made a com
mitment to it."
Having talented athletes has also
helped.
Cole, who wasn't hired until late
January and was behind in recruiting
when he came to Alabama State, looked
at every junior college in the nation that
had a winning record last season. He
eventually signed 16 players from the
JUCO ranks and four Division lA trans
fers.
"I looked for attitude changes," says
Cole, who also brought four assistant
coaches with him from Tennessee State,
including his brother Johnnie Cole who
is offensive co-ordinator. "We wanted
people who were used to winning."
However, the player who has made
the biggest difference this season was
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KENNEDY: Trigger
man of ASU's "Hobo"
offense leads SWAC
in total offense.
already on campus when
Cole arrived. That would be
junior quarterback Darnell
Kennedy, who was injured
last season and missed the
entire year after being
named All-SWAC in 1998.
Despite Kennedy's
gaudy credentials, he had to
win the starting job all over
again, which he did.
"We came into the
season with everything
open," says Cole. "No one
had a position. I think that's
the way you have to start a program.
With this wide open offense we have, it
took a special person (to play quarter
back). We weren't too sure if he was
gong to make it back or not. When I first
met him, if he hadn't had the injury, I
thought he could do it. He's been
through three head coaches. This is his
third offense, and he has had a major
injury. I can't say anything but good
things about him. His strong point is his
character. He has had adversity in his
life, but he came around and prevailed."
Kennedy was still rehabilitating
from his injury during spring practice
and didn't participate in workouts. But
he watched hours and hours of tape, just
like the coaching staff.
The film study has paid huge divi
dends as Kennedy seems to have mas
tered the intricacies of the "Hobo"
offense that the Cole brothers brought
with them from Tennessee State.
Through the Hornets' first seven games,
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