Hampton rolled up 427 yards of offense and held off Florida A&M 23-17 to win its home opener and improve to 2-0. Hampton quarterback David Legree was 27-of-39 for 268 yards and two touchdown.
"I just felt like a lot of us were going to have a big game today," Legree said. "We watched film, and they had so many holes on their defense. We just wanted to exploit every single one of them, and I felt like we did that to an extent. I know as the year goes on, we’re going to get a lot better and we’re going to look at lot faster."
FAMU's offense misfired all night. The Rattler ran 51 plays that produced just 164 yards of total offense. Quarterback Austin Trainor struggled all night to find his receivers, connecting on 18 of 36 for just 109 yards.
"We're a hell of a lot better football team then we've been showing in the past two weeks," said Trainor. "It's aggravating to be in this position right now."