CSUSCCAU19
26
Winner Central State CSU 1-2
19
Clark Atlanta CAU 0-3
Winner
Central State CSU
1-2
26
Final
19
Clark Atlanta CAU
0-3
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
CSU Central State 9 7 7 3 26
CAU Clark Atlanta 6 6 7 0 19

Game Recap: Football |

Marauders hold off Clark Atlanta, 26-19

Central State hangs on to beat Clark Atlanta, 26-19
 


ATLANTA, Georgia – The Central State defense came up with two fourth quarter interceptions while the offense executed a crucial fourth down conversion late to propel the Marauders to a 26-19 road win over Clark Atlanta on Saturday night.


With the win, CSU improved to 1-2 overall with a 1-0 mark in SIAC play. CAU falls to 0-3 on the year with a 0-1 ledger in the SIAC.

 
 
THE BASICS

Score: Central State – 26; Clark Atlanta - 19
Records: Central State (1-2; 1-0); Clark Atlanta (0-3; 0-1
Location: Panther Stadium – Atlanta, Georgia
 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
1st Quarter

CAU struck on its first drive with a 3-play, 62 yard drive capped off by a Charles Stafford pass to Darrell Nichols for a 29-yard score (CAU 7-0)
 
 
CSU responded on the next possession as running back Terraris Saffold ended an 87-yard drive with a 9-yard touchdown to tie the game at the 9:29 mark of the first quarter (6-6)
 
 
Appearing in his first game of 2019, CSU linebacker Kailen Abrams intercepted a Stafford pass at midfield. CSU later settled for a Joshua Nunes field goal to take the lead (CSU 9-6)
 


 
2nd Quarter

The Marauders went on a 8-play drive spanning 72 yard touchdown drive as Saffold scored his second rushing touchdown of the half from 10-yards out to give CSU a 10-point lead with 13:39 left in the first half (CSU 16-6)
 
 
With 1:40 remaining in the half, CAU marched 52 yards to the end zone to narrow the deficit to four at halftime (CSU 16-12)



 
3rd Quarter


CSU scored on the opening drive of the second half as receiver Dalane Brown II took a Frank Cocio screen pass for a 38-yard touchdown (CSU 23-12)
 
 
CAU responded as Stafford found Jeremy Drakar for a 10-yard touchdown pass to bring the Panthers back within four with 6:29 left in the third quarter (CSU 23-19)

 

4th Quarter


The only points of the fourth quarter came at the 14:50 mark as Nunes knocked the ball through the uprights for his second field goal of the night (CSU 26-19)
 
 
The CAU offense went 68 yards on its first possession of the fourth quarter. A pass from Stafford to Caleeb Roberson took the ball down to the 1-yard line. After failing to score on their first two attempts, the Panthers were penalized and moved back 15-yards for a personal foul. CAU opted to throw the ball on third and fourth down without success as CSU took over on down with 9:38 remaining (CSU 26-19)
 
 
Facing a short yardage situation on fourth down from their own 24-yard line, CSU opted to go for it as fullback Darius Meadors fought for two yards and a CSU first down to allow more time to run off the clock.
 
 
CAU managed to get into CSU territory again with just under five minutes to play before a heavily pressured Stafford was picked off again by Abrams to end the Panther threat (CSU 26-19)
 
 
Clark Atlanta got one more possession with 1:01 left.  Stafford completed passes to Drakar and Roberson to get the Panthers down to the CSU 42-yard line.  Stafford's next pass inside the Central State 10-yard line was picked off by CSU's Devon Cunningham to put the game away (CSU 26-19)



 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE


 
The CSU defense held CAU to a total of four rushing yards on Saturday. CAU's four rushing yards was the fewest allowed by a CSU defense since Oct. 15 of 2016.


 
Returning to action, CSU All-American linebacker Kailen Abrams recorded his first interception of his collegiate career in the first quarter and his second in the fourth quarter.
 
 
CSU senior running back Terraris Saffold carried the ball a career-high 36 times and finished with a game-high 165 yards and two touchdowns. Saffold has eclipsed the century mark on the ground in back-to-back weeks.


CSU receiver Dalane Brown II has had three straight games of at least one catch for 30 or more yards. He led CSU receivers on Saturday with six receptions for 89 yards and one score.
 
 
CAU was penalized 12 times for a total of 142 yards.
 
 
CSU is 4-2 in the all-time series against CAU.





UP NEXT


The Marauders will travel to Mobile, Alabama to play in the Gulf Coast Challenge at Ladd-Peebles Stadium against Alabama A&M on Saturday at 6 pm cst.
 


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