PLAYER NOTES:• Redshirt senior quarterback
Moses Skillon completed 16-of-30 passes for 327 yards, including a 83-yard TD pass to Andrew King with 12:35 remaining in the fourth quarter. Skillon also scored on an acrobatic 3-yard TD leap in the third quarter.
• Starting junior running back
Orlando Johnson finished with 20 carries for 92 yards, including an 8-yard TD run for the Bears’ first score of the game. He also had three receptions for 13 yards.
• R-senior Seth Higgins completed 2-of-3 passes for 12 yards and had 37 yards on six carries (6.2 avg).
• Redshirt sophomore wideout
Landen Malbrough had a 57-yard reception from Skillon.
• Senior wideout
Andrew King had six receptions for a career-high 168 yards, including an 83-yard TD.
• Junior wideout
Ricky Fisk had a pair of catches for 29 yards and had a 34-yard kickoff return.
• Senior linebackers
Greg Gibson posted a game high 10 tackles with a sack, while
Joel Scott had a seven tackles with two tackles for loss and a sack fumble.
• Starting sophomore defensive end
Dalonte Jenifer posted a season-high with eight tackles for loss, two sacks and matched a season high six tackles. Junior defensive end
Andrew Mitchell recorded a sack.
• Junior
Deadrick Jones recorded a blocked punt and had three tackles.
• On special teams, junior
Chris Moller averaged 38.5 yards per punt, including a game-high 53-yarder. He was 0-for-3 on field goals with misses from 28, 40 and 47 yards.
TEAM NOTES:• Game Captains:
Chris Moller,
Andrew King, Andrew Mitchell and
Greg Gibson.
• Morgan State’s offense totaled 201 rushing yards and two touchdowns, and 339 passing yards with a TD.
• Morgan State had nine (9) receivers with at least one reception.
• The Bears defense limited the Rattlers to gain 196 total yards of offense. FAMU had 136 passing yards and a touchdown, and finished with 60 rushing yards (2.0 avg).
• The Bears special teams blocked a punt.
• MSU’s defense posted 11 tackles for loss, five sacks and five pass breakups.
• MSU’s offense didn’t surrender a single sack to the Rattlers.
• On special teams, the Bears limited Bethune to 0.0 yards per punt return and 10.2 yards per kick return.
• The teams combined for 13 penalties for 134 yards. The Bears were flagged a 10 times for 86 yards, while the Rattlers lost 48 yards on three flags.
• The Bears snapped its three-game losing streak.
• The attendance at Hughes Stadium for “Military Honors Day” was 1,167.
• FAMU converted just 2-of-15 third downs, while the Bears were 5-of-14.
• Morgan State posted 18 first downs, while the FAMU finished with 17.
• MSU head coach
Lee Hull's record against Florida A&M improved to 2-0.
• The weather conditions in Baltimore were marked by partly sunny skies, 5 mph winds and 50 degree temperatures.
• It was the 26
thh meeting between the teams. The Rattlers lead the series against MSU with an overall record of 19-7 since the teams first played in 1943. MSU has won five straight of the last seven since 2007.
• MSU pitched its first 2
nd half shutout since outscoring Delaware State 35-0 in the second half against Delaware State in 2014.
