MONTGOMERY, Ala. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff didn't have bad weather to blame against Alabama State this time, but missed opportunities and miscues reared their heads again.
The last thing the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff might have wanted was to be the football team going into another program's homecoming game on a losing skid, but that's the role they face today at Alabama State University.
In a game where the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff set several unflattering milestones, Coach Doc Gamble managed to carve out a positive from the Golden Lions' 27-17 loss at Prairie View A&M last week its second in a row in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.
Xzavier Vaughn had appeared in two games and thrown a grand total of two passes this season, both incomplete, going into last Thursday's University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff game at Prairie View A&M University.
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