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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. - The Lincoln University football team plays their final home game of the season, hosting nationally ranked Bowie State 1 p.m. Saturday at Coatesville Area Senior High School. The Lions will honor the contributions of nine seniors in a pregame ceremony.
GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | WATCH | LISTEN
ON THE AIR
All five home games can be viewed on the Lincoln University Sports Network. The audio will be provided in conjunction with a partnership HSRN. Preston Steward and Kyle Turner are the two announcers for the game.
SERIES HISTORY
Lincoln has lost all 12 meetings between the two teams.
THE LAST FIVE GAMES
2019 - Bowie State 65, Lincoln 20
2018 - Bowie State 35, Lincoln 14
2017 - Bowie State 86, Lincoln 14
2016 - Bowie State 41, Lincoln 23
2015 - Bowie State 57, Lincoln 3
THE LAST MEETING
Eban Jackson three three touchdown passes, but the nationally-ranked Bowie State Bulldogs powered their way to the 65-20 win over Lincoln on November 3, 2019.
Jackson completed 13 of 27 passes for 208 yards with three touchdown tosses while Emmett Hunt added 80 yards on five completions. The quarterback duo, however, also threw three interceptions apiece with two of those returned for touchdowns.
Dah'mear Triplett had the first 100-yard receiving game of his career, catching six passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns. Deontae Brockington (Randallstown, Md./Baltimore City College HS) had the Lions other touchdown catch and finished the game with four receptions for 59 yards.
Lincoln gained a total of 329 yards of total offense but was plagued by turnovers the whole game, coughing the ball up a total of nine times (six interceptions, three fumbles) leading to a total of 37 BSU points. Bowie State racked up 406 yards of total offense (120 rushing, 286 passing).
THE LAST GAME
The Lincoln University football team fell to Virginia State Saturday, 23-3, at Rogers Stadium on the Trojans' Homecoming game.
Lincoln scored first as freshman Samuel Okezie-Imo (Owings Mills, Md. /New Town) capped off a 13-play, 65-yard drive with a 32-yard field goal. A 44-yard pass from freshman Andrew Banks (Atlanta, Ga. /Mays) to junior Drew Stephens (Newark, N.J. /Abraham Clark) put the Lions in the red zone was the biggest play of the drive.
Senior Devon Cathcart (Chicago, Ill./Thornton Fractional South) finished with eight tackles, including one for loss, while junior Kentrell Pierce (Calumet City, Ill./Harold Richards) added five tackles and three pass breakups. Junior Mike Johnson (Edgewood, Md./Edgewood) and freshman Franklin Turner III each had a sack.
Stephens finished with a career-high 103 yards on five catches as freshman Andrew Banks (Atlanta, Ga. /Mays) was 9-of-21 for 131 yards and one interception. Junior Samuel Jordan (Shamong, N.J./Seneca) finished with 48 yards on 16 carries for the Lions.
SMOOTH CRIMINALS
After picking up on interception in each of the first six games this season, Lincoln's nine-game interception streak came to an end in the win over Elizabeth City State. Lincoln has now gone back-to-back games without a pick.
Seven different players - Eric Best (Burlington, N.J. /Burlington), Rontay Dunbar (Brooklyn, N.Y. /Freedom), Roosevelt Jordan (Shamong, N.J./Seneca), Devon Cathcart (Chicago, Ill./Thornton Fractional South), Jesse Jackson (Washington, D.C./Dunbar), Andre Williams (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti), and Khaleb McRae (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) - all have an interception on the season.
The eight interceptions are fifth in the CIAA. The Lions are one of four CIAA teams with an interception returned for touchdown.
SOUTHSIDE
Senior linebacker Devon Cathcart (Chicago, Ill./Thornton Fractional South) has been the leader of the Lincoln defense all season long. The southside Chicago native is tied for fourth in the CIAA with 7.3 tackles per game. He is ranked in the Top 15 in both tackles for loss and sacks.
TOTING THE ROCK
Injuries have played a huge part in the constant shuffling of the the running back room this season as 10 different running backs have a carry for the Lions.
The top of the depth chart has two players that were defensive backs just two weeks ago.
Junior Samuel Jordan (Shamong, N.J./Seneca) made an immediate impact on the offense with his 112-yard performance two weeks ago against ECSU. He now leads the team in rushing with 179 yards and 44.75 yards per game.
Freshman Davon Allen (Washington, D.C./Anacostia) is now the back-up running back after starting the season as a defensive back.
ROCKING THE CREDLE
Junior receiver Michael Credle, Jr. (Bear, Del./Glasgow) leads the team with 22 receptions for 171 yards through eight games.
Junior Drew Stephens (Newark, N.J. /Abraham Clark) leads the team with 188 receiving yards.
Junior Rashon Cooke (Sharon Hill, Pa./Lower Merion) has been the big-play receiver lately for the Lions. He has two of the longest receptions of the year, a 33-yard reception against Shaw and a 34-yard catch against ECSU. On the season, Cooke has nine catches for 139 yards.
MILITARY ACADEMIES
Lincoln's football roster has three new players that have spent time at Military Prep Schools. Quarterback Andrew Banks (Atlanta, Ga. /Mays) and defensive lineman Darius Sterling (South Chesterfield, Va./Thomas Dale) hail from Fork Union Military Academy, while offensive lineman Shawn Kemmerer (Columbia, Pa./Columbia) spent time at Valley Forge Military Academy.
WELCOME TO COATESVILLE
Due to construction delays, the first four Lincoln University football games will be moved to Coatesville Area High School. The final home game will be 1 p.m. October 30 against nationally-ranked Bowie State.
SACKS TO GIVE BACK
For every sack the Lions record this season, Food Lion Feeds will donate one-thousand meals to feed our neighbors in need right here in Oxford area.
This far, Lincoln is responsible for 10,000 meals as Devon Cathcart (Chicago, Ill./Thornton Fractional South) leads the team with four sacks. Derrick McCoy (Bridgeton, N.J. /Bridgeton) and Mike Johnson (Edgewood, Md./Edgewood) has two sacks each, Frank Turner III and Makhai Beasley (Washington, D.C. /McKinley Tech) also have a sack for the Lions.
