North Carolina A&T at Kent State

Saturday, September 10, 2016

North Carolina A&T beat Kent State 39–⁠36 in four overtimes. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayNorth Carolina A&T9–⁠3 in 2016
39
HomeKent State3–⁠9 in 2016
36

Final, 4 overtimes at Dix Stadium, KentTV: ESPN3Attendance 13,540

At kickoff
84°F, partly cloudy, wind 10 mph, gusts to 18 mphWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Portage County Airport (KPOV), 10 km from the stadium
Officials
Referee Amanda Sauer; umpire Steve Flanagan; head linesman Vincent Winters; line judge Calvin Diggs; side judge Jason Frank; field judge Paul Stout; back judge Martin Birr; alternate Crathman StevenGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3OT4Final
North Carolina A&T00107376639
Kent State3770376336

Standouts

  • PassingMylik Mitchell17 of 32, 182 yards, 3 TD, 1 INTKent State
  • RushingTarik Cohen24 carries, 133 yards, 1 TDNorth Carolina A&T
  • ReceivingTarik Cohen9 catches, 125 yardsNorth Carolina A&T
  • DefenseJeremy Taylor15 tackles, 2 sacks, 4 for loss, 1 INTNorth Carolina A&T

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Player stats

North Carolina A&T

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Lamar Raynard7/158202
Oluwafemi Bamiro7/149520
Kylil Carter8/136310
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Tarik Cohen24133125
Oluwafemi Bamiro735115
Kylil Carter1120012
Marquell Cartwright4302
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Tarik Cohen9125039
Denzel Keyes344120
Elijah Bell433013
Khris Gardin21509
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Jeremy Taylor15421
Zerius Lockhart9000
Kiaundric Richardson8000
Angelo Keyes71.510

Kent State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Mylik Mitchell17/3218231
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Justin Rankin1337118
Nick Holley82309
George Bollas21409
Mylik Mitchell209011
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Ernest Calhoun460024
Brice Fackler358227
Johnny Woods325115
Justin Rankin220011
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Nate Holley13100
Terence Waugh11220
Elcee Refuge8100
Darryl Marshall6000
James Alexander5110
Juantez McRae5101
Najee Murray4001

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

North Carolina A&TKent State
407Total yards275
240Passing yards182
167Rushing yards93
5.7Yards per pass5.7
3.4Yards per rush2.0
28First downs15
5–⁠16Third downs5–⁠20
0–⁠0Fourth downs0–⁠0
4Turnovers2
10–⁠70Penalties10–⁠82
31:07Possession28:53
3Sacks (by defense)3

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

North Carolina A&T 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The line

Kent State −13.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Before kickoff, the win chances were Kent State 82%, North Carolina A&T 18%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.

North Carolina A&T leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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