SportsDirect Inc. staff
Aug 30, 2014
Eastern Michigan 31, Morgan State
28: Ryan Brumfield scored a pair of rushing touchdowns as the host
Eagles rallied in the second half to top the Bears in their season
opener.
Bronson Hill led Eastern Michigan
(1-0) with 114 yards on 19 carries, while Darius Jackson rushed 17
times for 73 yards and a score. Reginald Bell Jr. and Brogan Roback
combined for 99 yards passing, averaging just 5.5 yards per
completion.
Morgan State (0-1) won the
yardage battle, 479-391, but committed the game's only turnover and
gave up a touchdown on a blocked punt. Robert Council completed 18-of-28 passes for 269 yards and three scores, while Lamont Brown III had
124 rushing yards and a touchdown.
The Bears jumped on top midway
through the first on Brown's 3-yard scoring scamper, but the Eagles
had a pair of scores กช Jackson's 1-yard run and Nathan Adams' score
off a blocked punt กช to take the lead at the end of the first.
Brumfield scored from 16 yards out to push the lead to 14, but Morgan
State got a pair of touchdown passes from Council to draw
even at the half.
Council connected with Thomas
Martin on a 75-yard scoring strike to put the Bears back on top, but
less than four minutes later, Brumfield tied it with a 14-yard
scamper. Dylan Mulder connected on a 42-yard field goal with 13:41 to
play to put Eastern Michigan ahead for good, and the Eagles held off
the Bears กช and a lightning delay กช to earn the victory.