Alabama A&,M 13, Alabama St. 9

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	13
Total Yards	406	191
Passing	151	98
Rushing	255	93
Penalties	11-98	5-33
3rd Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	0	4
Possession	38:58	21:02

Air/Ground Leaders
Alabama State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Luke 18/30 151 0 0	Alabama A&M Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Mitchell 11/34 98 0 1 Engram 0/1 0 0 1
Alabama State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Banks 25 132 1 0 Luke 16 62 0 0	Alabama A&M Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Peck 11 53 1 0 Mitchell 7 23 0 0
Alabama State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Harris 6 68 0 0 Banks 3 33 0 0	Alabama A&M Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Ragsdale 4 32 0 0 James 1 28 0 0

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				ALST	AAMU
	FG	14:44	Gerald Stockdale 27 Yd	3	0
	TD	10:31	Ulysses Banks 1 Yd Run (Jeremy Licea Kick)	10	0
	FG	06:28	Jeremy Fetterhoff 26 Yd	10	3
	TD	00:32	Jay Peck 1 Yd Run (Pat Blocked)	10	9
FOURTH QUARTER				ALST	AAMU
	FG	07:10	Jeremy Licea 20 Yd	13	9

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Ulysses Banks ran 25 times for 132 yards and Alabama A&M's only touchdown as the Bulldogs defeated Alabama State 13-9 Saturday in the Magic City Classic.

Banks won the battle of two of the Southwestern Athletic Conference's top rushers as the Hornets' Jay Peck had 53 yards on 11 carries and also scored a touchdown.

The game wasn't decided until Al Donaldson intercepted a pass from Alabama State's Chris Mitchell with 1:41 to play after the Hornets had driven 55 yards in 8 plays to the Alabama A&M 29-yard-line.

Announced attendance was 68,593 at Birmingham's Legion Field. That's the largest crowd in the history of the annual game between the in-state rivals.

Alabama A&M (6-1. 4-1 SWAC) took a 10-0 lead in the second quarter on a 27-yard field goal by Gerald Stockdale and a 1-yard run by Banks.

But the Hornets (4-3, 3-3) narrowed that lead to 10-9 at halftime on a 26-yard field goal by Jeremy Fetterhoff and a 1-yard run by Peck with 32 seconds left in the half. Avery Moland blocked Fetterhoff's extra point attempt.

The defenses took over in the second half as the only score came at 7:10 in the game on a 20-yard field goal by Alabama A&M's Jeremy Licea.

A&M's Kelcy Luke, one of the league's top passers, completed 18-of-30 passes for 151 yards. Thomas Harris caught 6 passes for 68 yards for the Bulldogs, who lead the SWAC's east division.

The game continued the Magic City Classic's tradition of close finishes. Coming into Saturday's contest, the last five meetings between the Bulldogs and the Hornets had been decided by a total of 21 points.