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The Morgan State football team isn't where it wants to be at this point in the season. However, Saturday might've marked a big step in that direction. The Bears found themselves in the second half, scoring on two long drives and posting a 21-7 win over Florida A&M in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore.

Devin Thomas had 21 points and 17 rebounds and Wake Forest relied on inside muscle to hold off hot-shooting UMBC, 78-73.

Saddled with their first three-game losing streak during coach Lee Hull's two-year tenure, the Bears find themselves no longer in the hunt for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship that they shared with four other teams last fall. Instead, Morgan State (3-3 in the MEAC) will try to end the season with wins in its last two contests to reach the .500 mark.

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Darius Victor rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown to help Towson beat host Maine, 10-7, on Saturday night.

A bye gave the Bears a free weekend, but with a 3-2 record in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, they still find themselves trailing four programs in the standings. One of those teams is Saturday's opponent, the Wildcats.

Running game has been stuck in neutral for Morgan State football in last two losses

Cyril O. Byron Sr., who was one of World War II's famed Tuskegee Airmen and after the war became a college educator and coach, died Oct. 20 of respiratory failure at a son's Fort Washington home. He was 95.

Nigel Macauley kicked a 30-yard field goal after a fumble recovery in the fourth quarter to give host North Carolina Central a 20-17 victory over Morgan State on Saturday.

The Bears' 20-10 loss at home to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rival Hampton a week ago hurt on two levels. Dropping to 3-1 in the league, Morgan State was unable to take advantage of Bethune-Cookman falling, 24-14, at North Carolina A&T and sliding to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the MEAC.

Coach Lee Hull said Morgan State football bought into its own hype

Morgan State football coach Lee Hull had to deliver a familiar halftime speech Saturday against Hampton.

Morgan State tries to remain undefeated in MEAC in game against Hampton

George Nock was a Morgan State and NFL running back before blowing out his knee. Now, he's a sculptor.

Entering Saturday's home game against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rival Savannah State, Morgan State had created just four turnovers. By the end of Saturday¿s 42-3 blasting of the Tigers, the Bears had doubled that total.

For the second straight game, the Morgan State football team began slowly. And for the second straight game, the Bears exploded after halftime in a convincing win.

Saturday's 26-6 victory at Delaware State helped the Bears improve to 2-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but they are in a second-place tie with Norfolk State (2-3 overall, 2-0 in the conference) and need a win this weekend to tie Bethune-Cookman (5-1, 3-0) for first in the league.

Morgan State football's Lee Hull still counting win vs. Virginia-Lynchburg

Moses Skillon threw one touchdown and ran for another Saturday as Morgan State rolled over host Delaware State, 26-6, in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play Saturday.

The Pittsburgh Steelers cut kicker Josh Scobee less than 48 hours after he missed two late field-goal attempts against the Baltimore Ravens.

Lee Hull says Morgan State football must finish as well as it started

Morgan State football gets off to start in MEAC Lee Hull was looking for

The quarterback rushed for a game-high 142 yards and three touchdowns and completed three of four passes for 40 yards and one touchdown Saturday against Connecticut.

Morgan State football opens against Virginia University of Lynchburg Saturday, but the game's result and statistics won't count.

Justin Germano rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown and passed for 203 yards and two more scores as Johns Hopkins routed Susquehanna, 59-7, in football.

The Bears play their first two games on the road for the third consecutive season, but unlike the previous two years, they will try to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole. Morgan State is seeking its first victory in the Prairie State and against a Missouri Valley Football Conference opponent.

Chris Hairston rushed for 154 yards and four touchdowns to help East Carolina beat Towson, 28-20, in the football season opener for both teams Saturday night

For the third straight year and the fourth time in five seasons, the Bears open on the road, and are seeking their first victory away from home against an opponent not from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference since Sept. 26, 2009, when that squad edged Towson, 12-9.

Morgan State football's release of first official depth chart includes Moses Skillon as top quarterback

Moses Skillon will open the upcoming Morgan State football campaign at Air Force on Sept. 5 as quarterback. Every rep Skillon took during camp was with the first offense, while redshirt senior Seth Higgins — Skillon's closest competitor — has worked with the first and second units.

Morgan State football gets scare from ankle injury to starting center Dominique Woods

With just nine seniors on roster, youth in plentiful supply for Morgan State football

The Morgan State football team's unanticipated rise to the top of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference hasn't earned the program much respect from its peers. A season after going from being picked to finish last to capturing a share of the MEAC championship for the first time since 1979 and representing the league in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, the Bears were predicted to finish fifth in the MEAC this season.

Morgan State was predicted to finish fifth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, according to a preseason poll of conference head coaches and sports information directors released Friday.

Morgan State will open this season with road games against Virginia (Nov. 13) and Towson (Nov. 16).

Hampton announced that it is adding men's lacrosse as a varsity sport for the 2015-16 school year and named longtime Baltimorean Lloyd Carter its coach.

In his fourth year as coach, Sowell led the team to its first share of a Patriot League regular-season title since 2008 and its first No. 1 seed in the conference tournament since 2007.

Sterling Smith had 14 points and Coppin State beat Bethune-Cookman, 64-60, Tuesday in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference basketball tournament in Norfolk, Va.

Reginald Johnson and Deron Powers scored 18 points apiece, and sixth-seeded Hampton beat 11th-seeded Morgan State on Monday in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament, 91-71

Matt McMullen scored 18 points and had 15 rebounds as second-seeded Colgate rolled past seventh-seeded Navy, 72-62, in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament Thursday night.

Sterling Smith scored a game-high 21 points and Taariq Cephas added 20 as the two combined to hit nine 3-pointers.

Although poor weather conditions kept her from the seven-day goal of her Triple 7 Quest series, Kim Pursley has returned home after successfully running seven marathons on seven continents.

The Maryland women's basketball team scored the first 10 points of the game and routed Penn State, 65-34, at Xfinity Center in College Park to remain the lone unbeaten in the Big Ten.

Addison Spruill scored 26 points to help visiting UNC Wilmington hold off a spirited upset bid by Towson, 73-69, on Saturday.

Brian Darden scored a career-high 23 points and visiting Hampton crushed Morgan State, 93-65, in a nationally televised conference game Monday.