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32
Winner Fort Valley State FVSU 5-1 , 2-1
17
Central State CSU 2-4 , 1-2
Winner
Fort Valley State FVSU
5-1 , 2-1
32
Final
17
Central State CSU
2-4 , 1-2
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
FVSU Fort Valley State 2 20 3 7 32
CSU Central State 7 7 3 0 17

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Myers

Wildcats Control Final Quarter, Grind Out Win Over Marauders

WILBERFORCE, Ohio – The Wildcats controlled the game when it mattered the most – in the final frame. Taking all but 52 seconds of 9:36 remaining in the game, Fort Valley State ground its way down the field 92 yards until Emanuel Wilson bullied his way into the endzone for the final yard to seal the 32-17 football victory at Central State Saturday afternoon.

FVSU (5-1/2-1 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference East) used its ball control attack to maintain its second-half advantage over Central State (2-4/1-2 SIAC West) after a three-touchdown second quarter powered it to a halftime advantage.

For the game, the Wildcats had possession of the football for 36:26, but the second-half disparity was key. FVSU registered time in control of 21:28 of the final 30 minutes and held Central State to only eight offensive plays in each of the third and fourth quarters and three points on the scoreboard.

FVSU totaled 449 yards of total offense on 70 plays from scrimmage, while Central State ran only 48 plays for 331 yards. The Wildcats split the 449 yards with 280 passing and 169 on the ground along with converting all three fourth down attempts.

After the Wildcats retook the lead, 15-14, with 5:10 in the second quarter, the Marauders went to work. Central State drove 41 yards on its next seven plays, but it was abruptly ended when Ethan Manns picked off quarterback Kendall Boney at the FVSU 27-yardline in the key momentum swing of the day. FVSU turned the interception into points when quarterback Kelvin Durham connected with Hakeem Ellington on a 30-yard play to the home 20-yardline and made the pass-catch combo made it two plays in a row for the final 20-yard on a deep right corner of the endzone catch to make it 22-14 only 19 seconds before half.

On the day, Durham hit 21 of 31 pass attempts for 280 yards with the 20-yard scoring strike with one interception. The redshirt freshman also ran four times for 56 yards to make it 336 yards of total offense. Corintheus Edmonds was Durham's favorite target with 7 catches for 129 yards with a long of 54 yards. Ellington had his two grabs for the 50 yards on the back-to-back receptions. Shaw Robinson pulled in three balls for 30 yards and Jalen Lawson had two for 12 yards.
Emanuel Wilson ran harder as the game wore on as he totaled 89 yards on 24 totes and scoring rushes of five and the game-sealing one-yarder. The running back also hauled in four balls for 25 yards.

The FVSU defense also stiffened as the game went on. After allowing 210 yards in the first half, the Wildcat defense shrank it to 121 in the final 30 minutes and allowed only a 25-yard field goal.

Individually for the defense, Manns paced the tacklers with nine stops to go with his key interception. The defensive line quartet of Caleb Thomas, Tim Alderman, Adeon Farmer and Kameron Wideman combined for 16 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and five sacks on the day. Thomas accounted for 2.5 sacks, three tackles for loss and five tackles, while Alderman started the day with a tackle for loss on the first Central State play of seven yards and stuffed the home running back in the endzone for a FVSU safety only 40 seconds into the day of his 1.5 sacks, four tackles for loss and five stops. Farmer shined as well with 7 tackles, two for loss and a sack. Wideman chipped in four tackles, one for loss.

Tyler Moore added the other FVSU interception to go with four tackles and Landon Austin had five tackles in the secondary.

FVSU's other first-half scoring plays came on the Alderman safety at 14:20 in the first quarter on the second offensive play and a Troy Dendy 2-yard rush for the first touchdown and an 8-7 lead with 10:21 of the second quarter.

After the Wildcats drove 68 yards on the opening second-half possession, the Marauders picked off Durham on the home 4-yardline and returned it 43 yards. Following a long 41-yard pass on the first Central State play, the FVSU defense held with a sack and only four total yards on the next three plays to hold the home team to a 25-yard field goal to maintain the lead, 22-17.

FVSU answered right back with its own Rodney Williams, Jr., field goal of 32 yards (1:06 in third quarter) until the long 8:44 and 92-yard drive sealed the victory, 32-17.

Central State QB Kendall Boney finished with 292 yards passing on 18 of 24 attempts, but he had two interceptions.

FVSU will take the momentum into its final home game next weekend. The Wildcats will host the Maroon Tigers of Morehouse College on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15, in a 2 p.m. kick-off on the turf of Wildcat Stadium.


 


 
 
 
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