<p>DOVER, Del. — Delaware State quarterback Jared Lewis ran for 81 yards and a touchdown and the Hornets used a late pick-6 to beat Howard 17-10 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both teams on Saturday.</p>
<p>Howard led 3-2 through the first three quarters before Lewis’ 2-yard touchdown run followed by the two-point conversion made it 10-3 for Delaware State (1-0, 1-0).</p>
<p>Esaias Guthrie sealed it for the Hornets when he intercepted Quinton Williams and returned it 41 yards to make it a two-score lead with 2:06 left.</p>
<p>Williams, however, refused to quit, and with 88 seconds remaining, found Jarrett Hunter on a 47-yard scoring pass to close Howard’s (0-1, 0-1) deficit.</p>
<p>Delaware State recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock to end it.</p>
<p>Williams threw for 177 yards for the Bison.</p>
<p>The game marked the debut of new Howard head coach Larry Scott, a longtime assistant at major programs such as Miami (Fla.), Florida, Tennessee and South Florida. </p>
<p>The Hornets and Bison, along with South Carolina State, are the only MEAC teams competing this spring after the other football-playing league schools opted out due to COVID-19.</p>
<p>This is the first of two scheduled meetings between the teams in this abbreviated season. DSU and Howard will also face South Carolina State twice this spring. </p>
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