Football Gameday Central / Bulldogs vs. Bulldogs

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Oliver C. Dawson Stadium; Orangeburg, South Carolina

6:00 p.m. Kickoff

Alabama A&M Bulldogs (1-1) vs. South Carolina State University (0-2)

Series record: SCSU leads 16-5-2

What to know:

• This will be the first time since 1974 that these two Bulldogs will meet on the gridiron.

• Alabama A&M lost to South Carolina State 31-14 the last time they were together.

• A&M's President Dr. Andrew Hugine Jr. is proud alumnus of SCSU. He has an apartment complex named after him on the campus.

• The Bulldogs Virgin Johnson is the only player on the roster from the state of South Carolina.

• Martin landed his first full-time coaching job in 1993 when he joined Willie Jeffries' staff at South Carolina State as the linebackers coach. He served in that capacity until 1998, when he took over the defensive line duties. Martin returned to coaching the linebackers for the 2000 season. While at SCSU, he helped lead the Bulldogs to the 1994 Black College National Championship. After seven seasons with SCSU, and coaching three all-MEAC linebackers that eventually went on to professional ranks he left for Alabama A&M.

• Coach Jones moved to South Carolina State University in 1992, where he rejoined his mentor, Willie Jeffries, as a defensive assistant. In 1993, he was promoted to offensive coordinator at SCSU, a position that he held until his departure for Morehouse in 1998. In 1994, SCSU won the MEAC title and earned the Black College National Champions following a win over Grambling at the Heritage Bowl.

• Strength & Conditioning coach James Hester returns to his stomping ground. Hester, a native of Durham, N.C., got his start in 1994 as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at South Carolina State. As an athlete, Hester played free safety at South Carolina State. While there, he was named first-team all-conference and team captain. In 1993, Hester was also named a Sheridan Black College All-America and honorable mention NCAA I-AA All-America.

• Alabama A&M is 25-14 in the month of September under head coach Anthony Jones (2-1 in 2002; 3-1 in 2003; 2-2 in 2004; 3-1 in 2005; 3-1 in 2006; 4-1 in 2007; 2-2 in 2008, 3-1 in 2009 and 2-2 in 2010, 2-2 in 2011, 4-0 in 2012, 0-1 in 2013)

Listen to the Game on WJAB-FM 90.9

Play-by-Play Ley Jean & Color Analyst Ted Dixie

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