Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Mississippi Valley State University Athletics

THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
fball_11_2
27
Winner Alabama State ALST 4-4 , 3-2
0
Mississippi Val. MVSU 2-7 , 1-4
Winner
Alabama State ALST
4-4 , 3-2
27
Final
0
Mississippi Val. MVSU
2-7 , 1-4
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
ALST Alabama State 0 17 7 3 27
MVSU Mississippi Val. 0 0 0 0 0

Game Recap: Football |

Football Drops Home Contest to Alabama State

ITTA BENA, Miss. – Mississippi Valley State University football failed to score any points for the first time this season falling to Alabama State 24-0 at Rice-Totten Stadium on Saturday. The Delta Devils were held to 217 yards of total offense while the Hornets collected 351 yards scoring three touchdowns and a pair of field goals.

MVSU falls to 2-7 overall record and a 1-4 conference record while Alabama State improves to 4-4 and 3-2 in the SWAC.

Key Game Stats:

  • Dejerric Bryant completed nine passes for 72-yards and rushed for a team-high 73 yards on 16 attempts.
  • Roger Totten completed seven of eight pass attempts for 28 yards finding Ryan Perdue three times for 14 yards.
  • Johnny Wilson led the receivers with four catches for 32 yards and Jarius Clayton had three receptions for 30 yards.
  • For the fifth time this season, Tracy Thompkins recorded double-digit tackles with 11 against the Hornets. He had seven solo stops, a season-high 3.5 tackles for a loss and a forced fumble.
  • Eric Powell recorded his sixth sack of the season.
  • Alabama State's K'haDarris Davis was 19-of-26 for 183 passing yards and one touchdown. Ezra Gray finished with 70 rushing yards and a touchdown. Jahod Booker had five catches for 91 yards and a touchdown.

How It Happened

  • The Hornets scored three times in the second quarter and entered intermission with a 17-0 lead. First, ASU's Naytron Culpepper intercepted MVSU setting up the Hornets for their first score. Duran Bell rushed for a 24-yard gain setting up Kha'Darris Davis for a three-yard rushing touchdown at the 9:16 mark of the quarter.
  • On their next possession, the Hornets took 4:19 off the clock traveling 61-yards on nine plays concluding with a two-yard rush by Ezra Gray.
  • After the Delta Devils turned it over on downs with under a minute left in the second quarter the Hornets used a huge 37-yard rush by Gray to change field positions. Then, Hunter Hanson made a 39-yard field goal stretching the Alabama State lead to 17-0 at the half.
  • MVSU continued to struggle on offense due to the Alabama State defense.
  • The Hornets used a six-play 76-yard drive on their first possession of the third quarter. Davis found Jahod Booker for a 52-yard touchdown extending the ASU advantage to 24-0.
  • In the final minutes of the game, Hanson made his second field goal of the game from 40-yards out.

Inside the Numbers

  • Donald Johnson's had a 29-yard punt return which was MVSU's longest return of the season.
  • The Delta Devils never made it inside the Hornets 20-yard line. This was the first time all season MVSU failed to make any redzone trips.

Up Next

  • The Delta Devils are off next weekend with a bye and will return to the field for their final home game on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. against Grambling State.

Print Friendly Version