Bison win by scoring all points in 4th quarterThe FAMU Rattlers let a 21-0 lead slip away to lose the 2011 Homecoming game to Howard University 29-28. The Bison scored all 29 of their points in the fourth quarter, which included 15 in the last 1:27.
After trailing 21-0 at the half, the Bison (3-3 overall, 2-2 in the MEAC) rallied to cut the deficit to 21-13 with 10:23 left in the fourth quarter.
Howard’s freshman quarterback Greg McGhee, who threw three interceptions, led a five-play, 71-yard drive that was capped off by a 10-yard scoring pass to Brandon Drayton. The Bison missed the PAT and trailed, 28-19 with just 1:27 left on the clock.
Howard attempted another onside kick, but this time the Rattlers were ready and recovered.
FAMU appeared poised to run out the clock, but Howard’s Corey Berry forced a Damien Fleming fumble that was recovered by Sackie Kerkulah at the FAMU 15.
In an attempt to position itself for a game-winning field, Howard took the ball down to the FAMU 8-yard line.
With four seconds on the clock, the Bison lined up for what would be the potential game-winning field goal. Sophomore kicker Parker Munoz lined and booted a 25-yard field goal that was signaled good by one official. But the Rattlers had called a timeout in an attempt to freeze Munoz.
The problem was that FAMU had already exhausted its allotment of timeouts.
After a brief discussion, the officials ruled that there would be a penalty on FAMU and marked off half the distance to the goal at the FAMU four-yard line, setting what would prove to the game-winning 21-yard field goal by Munoz.
After losing 29 consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference games, the Bison (3-3, 2-2) have won back-to-back league games for the first time since 2007.
The win also is only the second time Howard has beaten the Rattlers on their home field, and it snaps the Bison’s seven game losing streak to FAMU.