Ramono Flowers ran for 144 yards and Bowie State rolled up 473 yards of offense in a 31-14 win at home on Saturday against Benedict in Division II college football.
Bowie State is now 2-0 this season and hosts Livingstone on Saturday at 1 p.m. in its homecoming game.
In the first game of the season Flowers, a graduate of Largo High, ran the ball just three times for a minus two yards in a win at Assumption in Worcester, MA.
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But he got 23 carries against Benedict and he made the most of them.
Bowie State quarterback Andre Johnson completed 12 of 20 passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns. Clifton Budd, another quarterback for Bowie State, completed seven of 15 passes for 80 yards and one score.
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Delano Johnson, a standout linebacker for Bowie State, had eight tackles and Bakarie Bayoh, also a senior, had six.
“We didn't get an opportunity to really practice this week because of the bad weather, but the guys responded and made plays when we needed to," Damon Wilson, the head coach for Bowie State, said on the school athletic website. “If we can eliminate the penalties and get better in the red zone, I believe we'll have a good year.”
