MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State head football coach Brian Jenkins addressed the local media during Wednesday’s weekly press conference and discussed the one-point defeat in overtime to Alabama A&M at Saturday’s Magic City Classic and this week’s opponent Jackson State. “Tough one,” coach Jenkins said. “One that hurts and that bothers you from the inside out, but you just…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – The 75th annual McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca Cola between Alabama State and Alabama A&M on Saturday at Legion Field lived up to the billing as there was a record-setting crowd for the game that was estimated at 70,000 plus fans. The figure did not include all those who were tailgating outside and around…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Jonathan Dorsey hauled in an 18-yard touchdown pass in overtime and Nick Carden kicked in the extra point to lift Alabama A&M to a 42-41 win over Alabama State on Saturday. Tied at 35 late in the fourth quarter, Alabama A&M (3-5, 3-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference) missed a 33-yard field goal when Alabama State’s Roderick Henderson…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Stings of unanswered scoring runs, fiery comebacks, and plenty of dramatic moments in a see saw second half characterized the 75th annual McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca Cola between Alabama State and Alabama A&M on Saturday at Legion Field. It was such a tight game that it needed overtime as the Hornets fell in…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Coming off the heels of two victories in their last three games, the Alabama State football team will look to replenish with some rest and a bye week to prepare in front of the 75th annual Magic City Classic against Alabama A&M next Saturday, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. at Legion Field in Birmingham. Hornets head…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Quinterris Toppings threw for 155 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score as Alabama State downed Mississippi Valley State 56-24 on Saturday. Khalid Thomas ran for a career-best 150 yards and a score for the Hornets (2-5, 2-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Thomas scored a touchdown on the Hornets first drive and Topping ran for…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State head football coach Brian Jenkins addressed the media during Monday’s SWAC Head Coaches weekly teleconference conducted by the Southwestern Athletic Conference office. The Hornets had a three-point lead late at Prairie View A&M, but eventually fell 24-17 in overtime. “I thought we should have won and we let it slip away,” Jenkins said. “Prairie…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State junior punter Trevor Vincent was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday by the conference office for play in week seven. Vincent, a Youngsville, La. native, did his part to pin the Prairie View A&M offense on the road despite the OT loss. The junior averaged 41.25…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Quarterback Quinterris Toppings rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another and the Alabama State football team powered through with an efficient rushing attack and controlled the trenches on both sides of the ball to earn its first victory of the season with a 41-21 triumph over Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Saturday afternoon at the New ASU…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Quinterris Toppings accounted for three touchdowns and Kahlid Thomas ran for two more, leading Alabama State to its first win of the season, a 41-21 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday. Toppings, who finished with 144 yards passing, ran for two scores and hit Nygel Lee on a 26-yard scoring strike as time expired in the…
