FINAL STATS         SENIOR AWARDS PRESENTATION

(BOWIE, Md.)  Late game penalties kill Bowie State comeback as the Chowan Hawks edge Bowie State 38-35 on 31-yard field goal by Ryan Murphy with seven seconds left in season finale for both teams.  Chowan ends the season at 3-7 overall (2-5 CIAA) and Bowie State wraps up the year with a 4-6 overall record (3-4 CIAA).

Bowie State scored first with 16 seconds left in the first quarter when senior Delano Johnson returned an untouched lateral pass 31 yards for the score.  Chowan responded right back when Antjuan Randall returned the ensuing kickoff 81 yards to pull the Hawks within one.

Chowan would score 21 unanswered points from there to open a 28-7 lead.  With 35 seconds remaining in the second quarter when Robert Holland hauled in a 13 yard pass from Kameron Stover to take a 12-7 advantage.  The Hawks converted the two-point conversion to make the score 14-7.

Chowan's DaKorion DeSamme returned a very short Bowie State punt for a 21 yard touchdown at the 5:53 mark if the third quarter to give the guest a 21-7 lead.  Holland snagged his second his second touchdown of the afternoon with 2:42 left in the third, this time from 18 yards out to push the Hawks lead to 28-7.

Early in the fourth quarter, Stover again found Holland in the end-zone; this time from three-yards out extending the Chowan lead to 35-14.

Just when it appeared the Bulldogs were dead in the water, Bowie State scored three touchdowns in a 6:03 span to tie the game at 35 with 1:21 left in the game.  Bowie State seemed to have another shot to capture a come-from-behind victory after forcing a Chowan punt.  However, back-to-back 15-yards penalties on Bowie State were costly.  The first was for roughing the kicker that gave Chowan an automatic first down at the BSU 44 yard line.  The second was a pass interference call, putting the ball at the Bulldogs' 31 yard line.

Stover moved the Chowan Hawks closer in with back-to-back runs of 12 and 10 yards, setting up Murphy's late game heroics. 

Stover completed 23-of-35 passes for 187 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Hawks.  Holland led all receivers with 139 yard on 16 catches and was the recipient of all three TD passes.

The Hawks were led on defense by Jason Ampy with eight total tackles and Anthony Session, DaKorio DeSamme and Patrick Charles were credited with six tackles each.

Senior Clifton Budd paced the Bowie State Bulldogs with 100 all-purpose yards (11 rushing, 33 receiving and 56 return yards).  Budd completed his final game in a Bulldogs uniform completing 11-of-20 passes.  Senior quarterback Andre Johnson came off the bench to lead the Bowie State ground game with 84 rushing yards and one touchdown.  Johnson also completed 10-of-17 passes for 78 yards and three second half touchdowns.

Senior Marcelus Manear had a career afternoon, tying for team-high tackles with eight to equal junior Bekewele Amadi. 

Bowie State closed out the game with 335 total offensive yards and Chowan was right behind them with 315 total offensive yards.  Penalties plagued Bowie State all season, and today was no exception.  BSU's Bulldogs' tied their season-high of 15 penalties resulting in a school-record 215 yards.

Prior to the game 13 seniors (Reginald Berry, Clifton Budd, Terrance Hemsley, Kevin James, Andre Johnson, Delano Johnson, Tariq Jones, Marcelus Manear, Seth Minter, Matthew Odezugo, James Proctor, Kenneth Turner and Maurice Wilson) were honored with pictured plaques as a token of appreciation for their time as Bulldogs football players.