NORMAL, AL—Redshirt sophomore quarterback Corey Fields, Jr. finished 14-of-28-2 for 213-yards and a touchdown, while Shaquan Davis added a team-high five (5) catches for 140-yards and a touchdown, but it wasn't enough as South Carolina State dropped its season opener, 42-41, to Alabama A&M Saturday (Sept. 4^th) at Louis Crews Stadium.

Redshirt freshman Kendrell Flowers posted a solid day running the ball with 14 carries for 80—yards and three (3) touchdowns. Fields added nine (9) rushes for 89-yards and a score in the loss. Graduate running back Alex James finished with 13 carries for 73-yards.

Special teams performed extremely well with Rakim White exciting the crowd with 106 All-Purpose yards to go along with freshman punter Dyson Roberts five (5) punts for 167-yards (33.4 yards per punt) with a long of 42-yards.

The Bulldog offense finished with 455-yards total offense including 242 rushing yards and 268 passing.

BJ Davis led the charge on defense with and senior linebacker Chad Gilchrist finished with a team-high 10 tackles each.

Next up South Carolina State travel to take on nationally ranked Clemson Saturday (Sept. 11^th) in Death Valley. Kick-off is set for 5 p.m.

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