BCU Cruise to Victory

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Isidore Jackson scored three rushing touchdowns, Anthony Jordan added two scores and Bethune-Cookman defeated Fort Valley State 58-30 on Saturday.

Jackson, who ran for a career-high 150 yards on 19 carries, scored on runs of 13 and 8 yards in the second quarter and added a 20-yard rushing score in the second half. His 13-yard run gave Bethune-Cookman a 27-7 lead with 13:15 left in the second. With the win, Bethune-Cookman (3-3) ended a two-game losing streak.

Both of Jordan’s touchdowns runs came from 1-yard away. Fort Valley State (1-6), a team from Division II, extended its losing streak to two games. Bethune-Cookman totaled 648 yards of total offense, including 418 on the ground. Fort Valley State netted 422 yards — 321 of that through the air.

Cameron Pearson led Fort Valley State with 321 yards passing and four touchdowns.  Junior wide receiver Christopher Slaughter caught 8 passes for 201 yards including a 39 yard touchdown reception between two BCU defenders with 11:47 remaining in the contest.  The Fort Valley offense registered 5 pass plays in excess of 30 yards and posted 422 yards of total offense on the afternoon.

David Blackwell received the starting nod at quarterback for BCU.  The sophomore from Ft Lauderdale’s Cardinal Gibbons high school accounted for 222 yards passing (8 for 14 with 1 td) and 92 yards rushing becoming the first BCU quarterback to account for over 300 yards of offense this season.

Jackie Wilson entered the contest in the 4th quarter after Blackwell dislocated his right thumb.  Sophomore quarterback Jawad Yatim saw his first action of the season, however, he did not attempt a pass.  Maryland transfer Jamarr Robinson dressed for the contest but did not participate.  Brian Jenkins stated it was a coaches decision to withhold Robinson from the contest.

Team Stat Comparison

  Fort Valley St Bethune-Cook.
1st Downs

21

27

Total Yards

422

648

Passing

321

230

Rushing

101

418

Penalties

8-67

6-65

3rd Down Conversions

2-10

7-16

4th Down Conversions

1-2

1-2

Turnovers

2

0

Possession

27:27

32:33

Passing Leaders

 
Fort Valley State

C/ATT

YDS

AVG

TD

INT

Pearson

16/29

321

11.1

4

1

 
Bethune-Cookman

C/ATT

YDS

AVG

TD

INT

Blackwell

8/14

222

15.9

1

0

Rushing Leaders

 
Fort Valley State

CAR

YDS

AVG

TD

LG

Courtney

8

51

6.4

0

13

Richmond

8

41

5.1

0

43

 
Bethune-Cookman

CAR

YDS

AVG

TD

LG

Jackson

19

150

7.9

3

39

Blackwell

10

92

9.2

0

46

Receiving Leaders

 
Fort Valley State

REC

YDS

AVG

TD

LG

Slaughter

8

201

25.1

1

46

Barber

4

74

18.5

2

40

 
Bethune-Cookman

REC

YDS

AVG

TD

LG

Francois

2

96

48.0

1

72

Poole

1

52

52.0

0

52

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER

FOR

COOK

 BCU FG 11:13 Sven Hurd 37 Yd

0

3

 BCU FG 06:59 Sven Hurd 31 Yd

0

6

FOR TD 02:17 Aaron Courtney 14 Yd Pass From Cameron Pearson (Justin Rosenbaum Kick)

7

6

BCU  TD 01:59 Maurice Francois 72 Yd Pass From David Blackwell (Sven Hurd Kick)

7

13

 BCU TD 00:00 Anthony Jordan 1 Yd Run (Sven Hurd Kick)

7

20

SECOND QUARTER

FOR

COOK

 BCU TD 13:15 Isidore Jackson 13 Yd Run (Sven Hurd Kick)

7

27

FOR TD 11:42 Demario Barber 21 Yd Pass From Cameron Pearson (Justin Rosenbaum Kick)

14

27

FOR FG 07:40 Justin Rosenbaum 36 Yd

17

27

 BCU TD 06:12 Isidore Jackson 8 Yd Run (Sven Hurd Kick)

17

34

FOR TD 05:17 Demario Barber 12 Yd Pass From Cameron Pearson (Pat Blocked)

23

34

THIRD QUARTER

FOR

COOK

BCU TD 10:09 Isidore Jackson 20 Yd Run (Sven Hurd Kick)

23

41

FOURTH QUARTER

FOR

COOK

 BCU TD 13:03 Anthony Jordan 1 Yd Run (Sven Hurd Kick)

23

48

FOR TD 11:47 Christopher Slaughter 39 Yd Pass From Cameron Pearson (Justin Rosenbaum Kick)

30

48

 BCU FG 10:15 Sven Hurd 37 Yd

30

51

 BCU TD 07:45 Jonathan Moment 30 Yd Run (Sven Hurd Kick)

30

58

 

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