PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – The Mississippi Valley State University football program rode workhorse running back Caleb Johnson through the wind and rain to upend the Western Division Champions by a score of 24-19 in the Panthers Den.

The Basics
 

• Final Score: Mississippi Valley State 24 | Prairie View A&M 19

 

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (4-7, 3-5 SWAC) | Prairie View A&M (7-4, 6-2 SWAC)

 

• Location: Prairie View, Texas – Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field

 

• Series History: Mississippi Valley State Leads 29-24

 

• Winning Streak: Mississippi Valley State (W1) | Prairie View A&M's Last Win: November 10, 2012 (22-20)
   

Mississippi Valley State Top Performers
 

• Out of 63 plays ran by the Delta Devil offense, 40 of those (63%) went to the ballcarrier wearing #3, going off for career-bests in rushing yards (193) and carries (40) while averaging 4.8 yards per tote plus securing his third multi-touchdown (2) game of his career.

 

• Deione Reed was everywhere for the Devil defense, racking up a career-high 12 tackles plus a half-tackle for loss.

 

• Jerry Garner and Jalen Bell wreaked havoc up front as they each garnered 2.5 tackles for loss plus a sack with the former picking up a season-high eight tackles and a quarterback hurry while the latter forced a fumble (which he recovered) as well as four takedowns.

 

• Jalani Eason only had eight completions but was the perfect game manager in less-than-ideal conditions, converting on 66.7% of his throws and a beautiful 60-yard dime to Jacory Rankin for the game's first score.

 

• Rankin hauled in two balls for 79 yards including the aforementioned scoring strike in the opening quarter.

 

• Jarius Clayton only had one reception, but he made it count, beating his man for a 49-yard rifle.

 

• Ronnie Thomas and Kaiyus Lewis each generated a half-sack, Volme Swanier registered seven tackles and William Morgan produced a hurry plus a pair of tackles.

 

• The DB duo of Keonte' Daniels and Kenneth Martin both came up clutch in big moments with interceptions of Jawon Pass as Daniels' came in Valley territory in the first while Martin's sealed the victory with under 30 seconds to go in the ballgame.

 

• Donald Johnson III had one of his better outings of the campaign, returning four kicks for 61 yards including a season-long 31-yard return to set the offense up with great field position.

 

• Orlando Fernandez shook off two early misses into a swirling wind with a monumental 41-yard field goal to put the Green and White up 11 with six-and-a-half minutes left in the contest. He also made all three PATs and punted three times for 103 yards.

 
Notes
 

• The rushing attack churned out yards left-and-right, dominating the game with 207 yards from the good guys compared to just 79 for Prairie View.

 

• Valley won the total yards battle handily (389-296) by averaging 6.2 yards per play and 22.8 yards per completion.

 

• MVSU held the edge by a nearly seven-minute margin in time of possession (33:24-26:36), claimed the ever-important advantage in turnovers (3-1) and contributed three sacks while seceding none.

 
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