Eastern Michigan (1-0) looked like they were going to run away with it at halftime, up 30-9 at the halftime whistle, but football has a funny way of making you feel humble, as the Howard Bison (0-1) didn’t go away quietly despite a number of self-afflicted miscues. The Bison fought back to bring the score up to 30-23 late in the third quarter, but the Eagles ultimately found their way to victory, taking home a 33-23 win on Friday night.
Eastern Michigan took their opening drive and capped it off with a two-yard run by Samson Evans to get on the board first at the 11:17 mark of the first quarter, then followed it up quickly with a safety after Howard’s long-snapper muffed the snap, which rolled out the back of the endzone.