North Carolina A&T extends winning streak with 28-10 victory over FAMU

The North Carolina A&T football team, ranked 20th in FCS football, improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with a 28-10 win over Florida A&M Saturday night  Bragg Memorial Stadium.

For the first time in school history, the Aggies have won back-to-back games in Tallahassee after beating the Rattlers (1-7, 1-4 MEAC) in overtime at Bragg in 2013.

“Sometimes you can jump out on a team everything seems like it is going to be easy,” said N.C. A&T Head Coach Rod Broadway. “But you’ve got to give FAM credit, they started to play. We just got way too sloppy and started to do some things we normally don’t do.”

The Aggies have now won six straight heading into a contest at S.C. State that will be for the top ranking in the conference. The Bulldogs are 4-1 in the league after their win over Hampton on Saturday. S.C. State has won 14 out of the last 15 matchups including last season’s 13-0 win in Atlanta. 

Sophomore Gerald Hearns led the FAMU’s running attack with 15 yards on eight carries, but trailing for most of the game forced the Rattlers to take to the air.

Junior quarterback Carson Royal finished the game with 120 yards passing on 18 completions (40 attempts) with a three-yard scoring toss to tight end Desmond Noird with 2:56 left in the third period.

Junior Colby Blanton booted a 27-yard field goal midway (7:25) through the final quarter to close out the scoring for FAMU.