Bowie State Loses Third Straight Game

A once promising season appears to be headed in the opposite direction for the Bowie State football team.

The Bulldogs are 3-3 overall going into a game on Friday at 8 p.m. against Lincoln University of Pennsylvania in West Grove, PA. Bowie State, which won its first three games this season, lost for the third game in a row, 49-20 on Thursday at Fairmont State University in West Virginia in non-league play.

It was the most points Bowie State allowed since a 41-7 loss at Newberry in 2007. The Bulldogs fell behind by 29 points at halftime at Fairmont State.

“Tonight we just got beat by a better team and were bitten a little by the injury bug,” Bowie State head coach Damon Wilson said on the school's athletic website.  “We lost five starters on defense and we had some guys playing that hadn't played all year."

The Bulldogs took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter as quarterback Andre Johnson threw a five-yard pass to Keith Brown for a touchdown.

Fairmont State (5-1) scored on its first possession as Logan Moore connected on a 33-yard touchdown pass to Mark Sampson. Frank Keenan added the extra point to make it 7-6.

The hosts then scored 28 points in the second quarter to put the game away.

Johnson of Bowie State completed 21 of 35 passes for 200 yards and a touchdown. Clifton Budd, another quarterback for the Bulldogs, completed 10 of 15 passes for 126 yards and a score. Budd also had five catches.

Reginald McIntyre had eight catches for Bowie State and Brown ran 10 times for 52 yards. James Proctor had seven catches for 97 yards and returned six kickoffs for 137 yards.

On defense, Fort Meade High graduate Marcelus Manear had six tackles for the Bulldogs. He transferred to Bowie State after playing at Florida International near Miami.