KENT, Ohio -- Nick Holley passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, Keasean Gamble ran for two scores, and Kent State rallied late to beat Howard 38-31 on Saturday.
Howard, which beat UNLV 43-40 in last Saturday's opener for its first win against a FBS team, took a 24-23 lead in the third quarter after Caylin Newton scored on a 1-yard keeper following a Kent State fumble.
Gamble's plunge and a 2-point conversion capped Kent State's next drive for the go-ahead score in the fourth. Theo Eboigbe recovered Newton's fumble on Howard's next possession and Gamble capped the Golden Flashes (1-1) drive with a 3-yard TD run for a 38-24 lead.