In one of the wildest finishes in all of college football action on Saturday, the Benedict College Tigers stunned the Wingate Bulldogs on a last-second touchdown to take a 25-24 victory in the first round of the NCAA Division II championship.
For the second time in four years, the Benedict College Tigers will face the Wingate Bulldogs in the NCAA Division II football championship.
Triston Morgan scored on a 25-yard run, breaking multiple tackles along the way, to score the winning touchdown as the Benedict College Tigers secured a trip to next week’s SIAC championship.
Shatarius Williams caught a 17-yard touchdown pass in overtime as the Benedict College Tigers defeated rival Allen University 34-27 on Saturday night at Westwood High School in a SIAC showdown.
The Benedict Tigers used a strong defensive effort to hold the Morehouse Maroon Tigers to negative 28 yards rushing and took a 21-5 victory in a SIAC football contest on Saturday from B.T. Harvey Stadium.
Benedict, the SIAC champion, ended its season at 23-8.
The Tigers are home again next week against Morehouse for Homecoming. Kickoff is 2 p.m.
Freshman quarterback Zavien Foster made his collegiate debut on Saturday, and helped guide the Benedict Tigers to a 24-21 victory over the two-time defending SIAC champion Miles Golden Bears.
The Benedict College football team were able to compete against an outside opponent for the first time in a year and a half, as the Tigers faced North Greenville University in a controlled scrimmage on Saturday afternoon in Younts Stadium.
Benedict falls to 3-1 on the season. Carson-Newman, a member of the South Atlantic Conference, improves to 11-5.
