The Hampton Pirates defeated the Aggies 24- 14 at Aggie Stadium Saturday afternoon handing them their first loss of the season.

Both teams came out sluggish in the beginning going scoreless in the first quarter.

But the Aggies three turnovers were ultimately the leading cause in the loss.

An interception was turned into six after Pirates linebacker Brandon Roundtree robbed freshman quarterback Lewis Kindle in the fourth quarter.

“Hampton has a pretty good defense,” A&T head coach Alonzo Lee said. “We just have to get more consistent in catching the football.

The Aggies threw the first punch in the early portion of the second quarter with quarterback Carlton Fears throwing a crucial 29-yard touchdown pass to wide out Terrance Whitaker.

The Pirates came back with a little ammunition of their own with quarterback Herbert Bynes throwing an impressive 62-yard touchdown pass to Damon McDaniel to make the score 7-6 in the second quarter.

“I thought that it was really going to be a big defensive battle going on for a while, as it was scoreless in the first half and then 7-7 for a while and then 14-7 and I knew that they were known for keeping their opponents under 20 points, in the case with Winston-Salem State and Norfolk State,” Pirates head coach Donovan Rose said.

However the Pirates weren’t done scoring – just before the end of the half Hampton completed a 2-point conversion to make the game 14-7.The Aggies offense could never regroup after their only touchdown as they punted six times and turned the ball over twice.

“Offensively, we just have to get more consisten catching the ball,” Lee said.

“People are trying to crowd are running game – we still have a good solid running game and people are going to try and crowd us.”

“We just have to make some good solid catches on the outside when the ball is there.”

They did manage to find the end-zone again on Mike Mayhew’s 59-yard touchdown run in the final minutes, but by this time the game clock was not on their side.

Hampton’s offense finished the night with 333 yards total offensive yards, led by the duo of Coker and Bynes.

Bynes finished 11-for-20 with 208 passing yards passing and two touchdowns.

He connected with McDaniel on five of those completions while accumulating 104 receiving yards .

Coker rushed for 112 yards and caught three passes for 42 yards on the evening.A&T finished with 242 yards of total offense.

“I’m still excited about our football team,” Lee said.

“We’re only going to get better. I’m not down at all. We lost to a football team that’s going to win a lot of games.”

• Carlton Brown