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…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – “Disappointing” was the word Alabama State Head Coach used in describing last week’s loss to Texas Southern as he met with the Montgomery media at Wednesday’s weekly press conference. “Last week was disappointing because I thought we played well enough to win, but we didn’t finish well,” Jenkins said. “We made some mistakes down the stretch…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Willie Quinn accounted for 320 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns as Southern trounced Alabama State 64-6 on Saturday night. Southern led 34-0 at the break. In the first half alone, Quinn had three receptions for 100 yards and two touchdowns, returned two punts for 72 yards, had a kickoff return for 22 yards, threw a…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State will hit the road for the third consecutive week this Saturday when they travel to Baton Rouge, La., to face Southern University. With two days left before the Hornets board the bus, Head Coach Brian Jenkins took some time to meet with the local media where he took a short look back at last…
LORMAN, Miss. (AP) – Michael Brooks Jr. blocked a field goal with 18 seconds remaining to preserve the lead as Alcorn State beat Alabama State 21-18 in a Southwest Athletic Conference opener for both teams on Saturday. Brooks blocked the Alabama State field goal attempt in the final seconds after Quinterris Toppings brought the Hornets (0-2, 0-1) to within three…
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Dalton Sturm threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns, ran in a third score from midfield, and led UTSA to a 26-13 win over Alabama State in the season opener for both teams Saturday night. Sturm finished 20-for-25 passing with an interception, and got his rushing TD with a 51-yard scramble late in the first half….
