The Grambling State Tigers travelled to Huntsville to take on Alabama A&M in a game that went mostly went Grambling’s way. The tigers would score a lot of points as they have been doing for most of the season and continue to be explosive on offense as they would go on to defeat Alabama A&M with a score of 56-17. Grambling cruised to a win over Alabama A&M when Devante Kincade threw for 4 touchdown passes for 238 yards, Jestin Kelly also had a great night when he ran for 200 yards on 23 carries, one of those being for a touchdown.
Chad Williams led in the receiving category when he caught 2 of Kincade’s passes for touchdowns, he also had a total of 97 yards for the game. The offense for Grambling has been effective and explosive for this game and previous games and that has contributed to their great record and rise in the rankings. The scoring for Grambling started early as Devohn Lindsey caught a 7 yard pass from Kincade to give the tigers an early 7-0 lead. Just a few minutes later Dominique Leake would catch a 5 yard pass from Kincade to put the Tigers up two scores for the first quarter.
The second quarter seemed slightly more competitive in terms of scoring but Grambling still kept scoring points in that quarter. Alabama A&M made a field goal in the second quarter to put their first points on the board. The next drive in the game would end in a rushing touchdown by Chad Williams that would take a minute to complete. Later in the quarter Alabama A&M would score a touchdown on a long pass from quarterback Ballard to make the point spread by 11 points. Right before the quarter would end Alabama A&M would turn the ball over on a fumble and Donvoan McCray would pick that up and run the ball in for a 57 yard score, leaving the game score 28-10 at the half.
After the half both teams would go back to work, and after about 4 minutes of play, Ballard for Alabama A&M would run in a score to start to gain on the tigers at 28-17. After that it was all Grambling. The next two touchdowns by Grambling would be made by Chad Williams, one from a 19 yard pass and another from a 29 yard pass. Before the quarter would end Jestin Kelly of Grambling would run in a 13 yard touchdown. The fourth quarter would not see much scoring except a rushing touchdown by Martez Carter, which would give us the final score of the game at 56-17.
The tigers would score 28 unanswered points in the second half to run away with the game just as they have with previous ones. They would also account for 609 yards of total offense as well as 25 first downs. Grambling still remains undefeated in the conference and at the top of the conference standings as well. Grambling has also climbed to #19 in the FCS national rankings, and could continue to go higher. Grambling is now 7-1 on the season, they return to Louisiana next week as they take on Alabama State, then face Texas Southern the following week. Grambling fans also look forward to the Bayou Classic when Grambling faces Southern at the end of this month.
By: Phil Blanchard