Bowie State Bulldogs Declaw Shaw Bears 55-13 in Conference Opener

DURHAM, N.C. – Bowie State University sophomore Amir Hall (Bowie, Md.) threw for a game-high 346 yards, completing 32-of-45 passes (5 TD’s) and redshirt senior Jordan Garrison (Baltimore, Md.) had a game-high seven receptions for 65 yards in the Bulldogs’ 55-13 win in Saturday's CIAA opener at Shaw University. Hall’s five touchdowns tied his own school record.

With the win, Bowie State moves to 2-2, overall, and 1-0 in league play. The Bears of Shaw drop to 0-4 and 0-1 in conference action.

Sophomore Robert Chesson (Annapolis, Md.) rushed for a game-high 89 yards on 12 carries while Anthony Squire (District Heights, Md.) and redshirt freshman Brandon Abrams (Baltimore, Md.) accounted for 47 yards apiece in the lopsided victory.

The Bulldogs put together a 99-yard drive late the first quarter when Hall connected with sophomore Anfernee Perry (Oxon Hill, Md.) for a 25-yard touchdown to give Bowie State a 7-0 lead over Shaw with eight seconds left in the first quarter.

Bowie State pushed the score to 14-0 at the 12:08 mark of the second quarter on a Hall to Chesson 11-yard pass and catch. Sophomore Adam Gillis (Lanham, Md.) recovered a fumble in the Shaw end zone following a mishandled punt return, increasing the Bulldogs lead to 21-0 over the Bears with 11:53 left in the first half.

BSU’s Smith recorded his first touchdown of the season, hauling in a 50 yard pass from Hall with 2:20 left in the first half, extending the Bulldogs lead to 28-0. Hall and Smith teamed up again with 1:37 left in the second quarter to give the Bulldogs a 35-0 stronghold.

Shaw avoided the shutout late in the second quarter when Vidal Woodruff threw a screen pass to Daren Jones for a 43 yard touchdown with 20.6 seconds on the first half clock.

The Bulldogs wasted no time finding the Shaw Bears end zone to start the second half. Hall threw his fifth touchdown pass of the game at the 11:48 mark of the third quarter to Chesson from 8-yards out to pad the Bowie State lead at 42-7.

The Bowie State increased to 45-7 at the 7:26 mark of the third quarter following a 41-yard Carson field goal.

Redshirt freshman Brandon Adams (Baltimore, Md.) recorded his first career touchdown with 14:10 remaining in the game after a 3-yard score to push the Bowie State lead to 52-7.

Shaw’s Uriah Bethea punched it in for six with 12:43 remaining in the game to set the score at 55-13.

The Bulldogs put the final nail in the Shaw Bears coffin with 3:52 remaining in the game following a 29-yard field goal by Carson to account for the final margin.

Bowie State’s defensive charge was led by senior Jaylen Powell (Greenbelt, Md.) with five total tackles followed by sophomore Kyle Jackson (Upper Marlboro, Md.) and freshmen John Johnson (Washington, D.C.) and Victor Mack with four tackles each.

The Shaw Bears were led offensively by Woodruff’s 137 passing yards (15-28-1) while Jvonn Hudson along with Andrew Cash paced the defense with 12 and 10 tackles respectively.

As for team stats, Bowie State rolled up 555 yards of total offense compared to 251 for Shaw and controlled a 40:33 to 19:27 possession time advantage.

The Bulldogs return to action next Saturday (October 1^st) hosting the Broncos of Fayetteville State University at6 p.m.

Scoring Summary (Final)
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 2016
Bowie State vs Shaw (Sep 24, 2016 at Raleigh, NC)Bowie State (2-2,1-0) vs. Shaw (0-4,0-1)
Date: Sep 24, 2016 • Site: Raleigh, NC  • Stadium: Durham County  •  Attendance: 2518

Score by Quarters	1	2	3	4	Score
Bowie State	7	28	10	10	55
Shaw	0	7	0	6	13

SCORING SUMMARY				BSU -SHAW-FB
1st	00:08	BSU	PERRY,Anfernee 25 yd pass from HALL,Amir (CARSON,Gene kick)
			10 plays, 99 yards, TOP 4:36	7 - 0
2nd	12:08	BSU	CHESSON,Robert 11 yd pass from HALL,Amir (CARSON,Gene kick)
			9 plays, 68 yards, TOP 1:53	14 - 0
	03:39	BSU	GILLIS,Adam 0 yd fumble recovery (CARSON,Gene kick)
				21 - 0
	02:20	BSU	SMITH,Deron 50 yd pass from HALL,Amir (CARSON,Gene kick)
			4 plays, 67 yards, TOP 1:10	28 - 0
	01:37	BSU	SMITH,Deron 19 yd pass from HALL,Amir (CARSON,Gene kick)
			2 plays, 54 yards, TOP 0:22	35 - 0
	00:20	SHAW-FB	JONES, Daren 43 yd pass from WOODRUFF, Vidal (KINSEMI, Beni kick)
			2 plays, 55 yards, TOP 0:19	35 - 7
3rd	11:48	BSU	CHESSON,Robert 8 yd run (CARSON,Gene kick)
			5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:32	42 - 7
	07:26	BSU	CARSON,Gene 41 yd field goal
			5 plays, 16 yards, TOP 2:10	45 - 7
4th	14:10	BSU	ABRAMS,Brandon 3 yd run (CARSON,Gene kick)
			15 plays, 86 yards, TOP 5:50	52 - 7
	12:43	SHAW-FB	BETHEA, Uriah 13 yd run (TRAPP, Thurman rush failed)
			3 plays, 43 yards, TOP 1:15	52 - 13
	03:52	BSU	CARSON,Gene 29 yd field goal
			7 plays, 60 yards, TOP 4:32	55 - 13

Kickoff time: 1:00 PM  • End of Game: 4:16 PM  • Total elapsed time: 3:16 Referee: Anthony Purcell •  Umpire: Greg Winborne  •  Linesman: C. Lockamy  •  Line judge: R. Chadwell  •  Back judge: Bruce Lewis  •  Field judge: R. Dobson  •  Side judge: Chavis Everett  •  Center judge: R. Smith  •  Temperature: 88  • Wind: N @1mph  • Weather: Clear and Sunny

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 2016
Bowie State vs Shaw (Sep 24, 2016 at Raleigh, NC)

Team Totals	BSU	SHAW-FB
FIRST DOWNS	34	15
Rushing	10	6
Passing	18	5
Penalty	6	4
NET YARDS RUSHING	209	102
Rushing Attempts	39	25
Average Per Rush	5.4	4.1
Rushing Touchdowns	2	1
Yards Gained Rushing	243	117
Yards Lost Rushing	34	15
NET YARDS PASSING	346	149
Completions-Attempts-Int	32-45-1	17-33-1
Average Per Attempt	7.7	4.5
Average Per Completion	10.8	8.8
Passing Touchdowns	4	1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	555	251
Total offense plays	84	58
Average Gain Per Play	6.6	4.3
Fumbles: Number-Lost	2-1	4-3
Penalties: Number-Yards	8-164	12-120
PUNTS-YARDS	5-206	7-290
Average Yards Per Punt	41.2	41.4
Net Yards Per Punt	34.2	39.4
Inside 20	2	1
50+ Yards	1	1
Touchbacks	0	1
Fair catch	1	0
KICKOFFS-YARDS	9-540	3-186
Average Yards Per Kickoff	60.0	62.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff	29.2	40.3
Touchbacks	1	0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	1--6-0	3-35-0
Average Per Return	-6.0	11.7
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	3-65-0	8-252-0
Average Per Return	21.7	31.5
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	1-27-0	1-16-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-1	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	40:33	19:27
1st Quarter	10:22	4:38
2nd Quarter	10:11	4:49
3rd Quarter	9:13	5:47
4th Quarter	10:47	4:13
Third-Down Conversions	10 of 17	1 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions	1 of 1	0 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	5-6	1-2
Touchdowns	4-6	1-2
Field goals	1-6	0-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards	1-7	2-14
PAT Kicks	7-7	1-1
Field Goals	2-2	0-0
Points off turnovers	17	7

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final) 
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 2016 
Bowie State vs Shaw (Sep 24, 2016 at Raleigh, NC)

Bowie State		Shaw
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg.  CHESSON,Robert   12  89  0  89  1  22  7.4  SQUIRE,Anthony   3  53  6  47  0  48  15.7  ABRAMS,Brandon   8  47  0  47  1  11  5.9  GILLIS,Adam   3  17  0  17  0  15  5.7  HALL,Amir   8  34  19  15  0  17  1.9  BOLIN,DeQujuan   1  3  0  3  0  3  3.0  JORDAN,Diontae   1  0  0  0  0  0  0.0  BSU BULLDOGS   1  0  1  -1  0  0  -1.0  WILLIAMS,Maurice  1  0  2  -2  0  0  -2.0  NEUGENT,Emil   1  0  6  -6  0  0  -6.0  Totals...  39  243  34  209  2  48  5.4		RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg.  BETHEA, Uriah   9  53  1  52  1  18  5.8  DOWNING, Darron  2  21  0  21  0  12  10.5  WINSTON JR, Rah  7  24  6  18  0  12  2.6  PERRY, Tevin   2  7  1  6  0  7  3.0  WOODRUFF, Vidal  5  12  7  5  0  7  1.0  Totals...  25  117  15  102  1  18  4.1
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack  HALL,Amir   32-45-1  346  4  50  2  Totals...  32-45-1  346  4  50  2		PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack  WOODRUFF, Vidal  15-28-1  137  1  43  1  DOWNING, Darron  2-5-0  12  0  9  0  Totals...  17-33-1  149  1  43  1
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg  GARRISON,Jordan  7  65  0  18  BRITTON,Brandon  6  40  0  11  PERRY,Anfernee   4  47  1  25  CHESSON,Robert   4  36  1  12  CLARK,Geordan   3  26  0  12  SMITH,Deron   2  69  2  50  WILLIAMS,Maurice  2  19  0  18  MANNS,Nyme   2  18  0  12  JACKSON,Kyle   1  13  0  13  JASPER,Daryl   1  13  0  13  Totals...  32  346  4  50		RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg  JONES, Daren   4  80  1  43  LONG, Trevante   4  25  0  10  HARRIS, Corey   3  29  0  16  FOLSTON, Christ  2  7  0  7  WINSTON JR, Rah  2  -8  0  0  PERRY, Tevin   1  9  0  9  MOORE, Jordan   1  7  0  7  Totals...  17  149  1  43
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB  CARSON,Gene   1  58  58.0  58  0  0  PALMER,Christopher  4  148  37.0  49  2  0  Totals...  5  206  41.2  58  2  0		PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB  KINSEMI, Beni   7  290  41.4  50  1  1  Totals...  7  290  41.4  50  1  1
Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept  ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  BRITTON,Brandon  0  0  0  2  39  23  0  0  0  FLOWERS,William  1  -6  0  0  0  0  1  27  27  BROWN,Demetrius  0  0  0  1  26  26  0  0  0  Totals...  1  -6  0  3  65  26  1  27  27		Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept  ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  PERRY, Tevin   1  39  39  7  234  55  0  0  0  PARKER JR, Bruc  1  -12  0  1  18  24  0  0  0  JONES JR, Donal  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  16  16  HARRIS, DaShawn  1  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  Totals...  3  35  39  8  252  55  1  16  16
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total  CHESSON,Robert   89  36  0  0  0  125  BRITTON,Brandon  0  40  39  0  0  79  SMITH,Deron   0  69  0  0  0  69  GARRISON,Jordan  0  65  0  0  0  65  SQUIRE,Anthony   47  0  0  0  0  47  PERRY,Anfernee   0  47  0  0  0  47  ABRAMS,Brandon   47  0  0  0  0  47  BROWN,Demetrius  0  0  26  0  0  26  CLARK,Geordan   0  26  0  0  0  26  FLOWERS,William  0  0  0  -6  27  21  MANNS,Nyme