GAMEDAY College Football

Arkansas State 58, Grambling 3

Associated Press

JONESBORO, Ark. - James Blackman threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores to power Arkansas State to a 58-3 victory over FCS-member Grambling.

Blackman threw for 155 yards on 12-of-16 passing with two TDs in the first half. He also scored on a 9-yard run to lead the Red Wolves to a 30-0 lead. Blackman's scoring throws went to Champ Flemings for 29 yards and Seydou Traore for 13.

Blackman opened the scoring in the second half with a 2-yard TD run. Johnnie Lang, AJ Mayer and Mike Sharpe II added scoring runs. Blackman took a seat after completing 3 of 4 passes in the third quarter. He finished with 210 yards.

Lang rushed for 124 yards on 13 carries and Flemings finished with seven catches for 122 yards.

Garrett Urban kicked a 30-yard field goal in the third quarter for Grambling.


Scoring Summary
First Quarter GramArkSt
ArkSt TD 10:52 Champ Flemings 29 yd pass from James Blackman (Dominic Zvada kick) 0 7
ArkSt TD 6:19 Seydou Traore 13 yd pass from James Blackman (Dominic Zvada kick) 0 14
ArkSt SF 0:51 Team safety 0 16
Second Quarter GramArkSt
ArkSt TD 13:23 Brian Snead 5 yd run (Dominic Zvada kick) 0 23
ArkSt TD 7:48 James Blackman 9 yd run (Dominic Zvada kick) 0 30
Third Quarter GramArkSt
ArkSt TD 10:13 James Blackman 2 yd run (Dominic Zvada kick) 0 37
Gram FG 5:20 Garrett Urban 30 yd FG 3 37
ArkSt TD 4:45 Johnnie Lang 2 yd run (Dominic Zvada kick) 3 44
ArkSt TD 0:38 AJ Mayer 2 yd run (Dominic Zvada kick) 3 51
Fourth Quarter GramArkSt
ArkSt TD 11:43 Mike Sharpe II 3 yd run (Aidan Ellison kick) 3 58
Team Stats
  Grambling State Arkansas State
First downs 9 34
  Rushing 4 18
  Passing 2 12
  Penalty 3 4
3rd Down Efficiency 2-13, 15% 6-12, 50%
4th down efficiency 1-1, 100% 3-5, 60%
Rushes-Yards 33-50 54-339
Passing Yards 52 233
Return Yards 104 102
Completions-Attempts-Int 4-18-1 20-26-0
Sacks-Yards Lost 4--36 0-0
Punts 8 0
Punts-Average 36.6 �
Fumbles Lost 3-0 0-0
Penalties - Yards 15-132 7-80
Time of Possession 24:06 35:54
Grambling State Passing
Player Cmp Att Yds TDs Int
Q. Hawkins 3 7 46 0 0
J. Calvez 1 10 6 0 1
C. Amie 0 1 0 0 0
Arkansas State Passing
Player Cmp Att Yds TDs Int
J. Blackman 15 20 210 2 0
A. Mayer 5 6 23 0 0
Grambling State Rushing
Player Carries Yds Avg TDs
F. Chalk IV 7 33 4.7 0
C. Williams 8 30 3.8 0
J. Calvez 4 4 1.0 0
J. Handy 2 4 2.0 0
M. Washington 3 1 0.3 0
C. Amie 3 -5 -1.7 0
Q. Hawkins 6 -17 -2.8 0
Arkansas State Rushing
Player Carries Yds Avg TDs
J. Lang 13 124 9.5 1
A. Mayer 7 74 10.6 1
B. Snead 12 57 4.8 1
M. Sharpe II 7 32 4.6 1
J. Cross 8 28 3.5 0
M. Murray 5 13 2.6 0
J. Blackman 2 11 5.5 2
Grambling State Receiving
Player Rec Yds Avg TDs
C. Williams 1 34 34.0 0
J. Waters 1 9 9.0 0
L. Rash 1 6 6.0 0
M. Washington 1 3 3.0 0
Arkansas State Receiving
Player Rec Yds Avg TDs
C. Flemings 7 122 17.4 1
K. Waleed 3 25 8.3 0
J. Lang 1 23 23.0 0
A. Jones 1 14 14.0 0
S. Traore 1 13 13.0 1
B. Snead 1 8 8.0 0
J. Milliner 1 8 8.0 0
J. Cross 2 6 3.0 0
R. Tyler 1 6 6.0 0
J. Foreman 1 5 5.0 0
D. Jenkins 1 3 3.0 0
Grambling State Interceptions
Player Int Yards
Arkansas State Interceptions
Player Int Yards
E. Smith 1 0
Grambling State Punting
Player Punts Yards Avg
J. Iles 8 293 36.6
Arkansas State Punting
Player Punts Yards Avg
Grambling State Punt Returns
Player Ret Yards Average
Arkansas State Punt Returns
Player Ret Yards Average
J. Lang 2 19 9.5
Grambling State Kick Returns
Player Ret Yards Average
M. Washington 3 78 26.0
A. Jones 1 18 18.0
C. Williams 1 8 8.0
Arkansas State Kick Returns
Player Ret Yards Average
J. Lang 2 61 30.5
R. Ealy 1 22 22.0
Grambling State Missed FG
Player Length
Arkansas State Missed FG
Player Length




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