N.C. A&T Stops Pirates in Football Home Finale
from the Hampton Pirates football website page, No Report at the Aggies’ site…..
HAMPTON, Va. … In the 51st meeting between Hampton (1-10, 0-7) and North Carolina A&T (5-6, 4-3), the Aggies bolted to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 41-14 victory over the homestanding Pirates before a crowd of 5,192 at Armstrong Stadium.
After amassing 181 yards and scoring three early touchdowns, the Hampton defense held the Aggies in check, yielding 20 points throughout the rest of the game. The Aggies accumulated 181 yards offense in the first quarter and managed 219 the rest of the way. The defense also added three interceptions and a fumble recovery against the Aggies.
It took North Carolina A&T just 2:30 to score the game’s first touchdown. Spurred by a 44-yard run by Elijah Kennedy to set up a first-and-goal, Shimque Blizzard bulled in from the one-yard line. Hampton was unable to move the ball and A&T returned the ensuing punt 37 yards to the Hampton 26. Six plays later RJ Williams scored from one-yard to up the Aggies lead to 14-0. Just 36 seconds after a Hampton punt, Kevin White launched a long pass to a wide-open Elijah Kennedy who dashed 74 yards untouched for the Aggies third score. With 5:16 left in the opening quarter, the Aggies led 21-0.
After an A&T penalty negated a 51-yard touchdown following an interception, the Aggies failed on a 37-yard field goal when the ball banged off the right upright. At the end of the first period, A&T amassed 181 yards on offense while Hampton had a net of minus-seven.
The Pirates started the second quarter on a positive note when Marqwae Willis intercepted an Aggie pass at the 27-yard line, one of three interceptions by the Pirates on the afternoon.
A booming 55-yard Pirate punt by Bryan Ramirez was returned 42 yards by Kennedy to the Hampton 35. Three plays later, Blizzard ran 19 yards around end for the fourth score as A&T went up 27-0 with 7:17 to go after the PAT failed. A&T struck again midway through the third quarter when Kennedy returned a punt 57 yards to give the Aggies a 34-0 lead.
Donovan Shepard’s one-yard run put the Pirates on the scoreboard with 11:50 to go in the contest before the Aggies drove 64 yards on nine plays to score on a six-yard run by JT Smith to make the score 41-7. The Pirated then drove 59 yards in just four plays capped by Sejhe Jackson’s nine-yard catch from Tre’Von Taylor making the score 41-14 with 3:58 left.
Hampton finished with 109 yards on offense, almost all in the final quarter. The Aggies had 402 yards, half of that in the opening period.
Hampton closes out the 2026 season on Nov. 21 when the Pirates travel to New York to take on CAA foe Stony Brook in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.