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11/27 17:37 CST Smoot throws for 422 yards, 4 TDs and Alabama State beat
Tuskegee 58-21 in 101st Turkey Day Classic
Smoot throws for 422 yards, 4 TDs and Alabama State beat Tuskegee 58-21 in
101st Turkey Day Classic
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) --- Te'Sean Smoot threw for 422 yards and four
touchdowns, with 189 yards going to Jalen Jones, and Alabama State beat
Tuskegee 58-21 on Thursday in the 101st Turkey Day Classic.
Alabama State (10-2) finished co-champions of the SWAC East Division, but
Jackson State advanced to the conference championship game after earning the
tiebreaker over the Hornets. Alabama State recorded 10 wins for the first time
since 2004, when the Hornets last won the SWAC title.
Alabama State scored 44 straight point spanning the halftime break. Smoot
started the second-quarter scoring with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Dylan
Creech for a tie at 21. Then the Hornets scored 17 points in the final five
minutes of the half, including a 42-yard pick-six by Ta'Shaun Sims --- his
second of the game. Sims' first interception came deep in Alabama State
territory, and the Hornets went on a 10-play, 82-yard drive ending in a 6-yard
touchdown run by Marcus Harris II.
Alabama State opened the second half with a three-play, 75-yard drive ending in
Smoot's 12-yard touchdown pass to Derick Harden. Smoot added a 13-yard
touchdown pass to Manny Thompson on the Hornets' second drive after halftime.
Michael Franklin was 12 of 29 for 208 yards with one touchdown and three
interceptions for Tuskegee (4-7). Zina Mulbah II had two touchdowns on the
ground. Devon Cooper had a 67-yard touchdown reception.
Tuskegee played for the first since defeating Miles College 24-23 on Nov. 8.
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