Mulligan, Matthews help Jackson State pull away and beat Florida A&M 35-21

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Irv Mulligan ran for more than 100 yards and a touchdown, Emari Matthews added two more scores and Jackson State scored the last 17 points to beat Florida A&M 35-21 on Saturday.

Daniel Richardson threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Ace Cobb to give Florida A&M a 21-17 lead with 4:51 remaining in the third quarter.

Gerardo Baeza made his second field goal, a 37-yarder, to give Jackson State the lead for good, 21-20 with 9 seconds left in the third.

Late in the fourth quarter, Richardson was sacked and fumbled the ball. Phillip Webb recovered it and ran 32 yards into the end zone with 3:34 left in the game. Matthews added his second short-yardage touchdown run with 1:16 remaining.

Mulligan carried 18 times for 139 yards that included a 54-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter for Jackson State (5-2, 3-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference).

Richardson was 19-of-28 passing for 248 yards with three touchdowns and an interception for Florida A&M (3-3, 1-1).

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