ATLANTA, Ga. (Sept. 24) - Lavante Page set a new school record as he rushed for five touchdowns, helping the Florida A&M Rattlers pull out a 38-33 win over Southwestern Athletic Conference member Southern University, here Saturday afternoon in the Bank of America Atlanta Football Classic at the Georgia Dome.

Page, finished the game rushing for 73 yards on 16 carries, earning AFC Most Valuable Player honors.  He becomes the first Rattlers in school history to score five touchdowns in one game.  The previous record was four TDs in a game, which was initially held by Willie Galimore.  Galimore, scored four TDs against Tennessee State in 1956, Chuck Duffey duplicated the feat, scoring four against Tuskegee in 1991 and Otemann Sampson matched it as well,  scoring four against Tuskegee in 1996.

"It was probably middle school the last time I scored five touchdowns.  I went to Forest Park Middle School right down the street.  I'm happy with the five touchdowns, but I'm more happy just with the win.  In the third quarter guys were kind of dropping their heads and I said, if it's going to be a shootout, then we'll have to shoot it out," Page said.

The Jaguars scored on their first possession of the game as Sylvester Nzekwe scored on a one-yard run with 13:43 to go in the first.  FAMU came back down the field and scored on a Trevor Scott 23-yard field goal to cut SU's lead to 7-3.  The Rattlers would go up 10-7 as Page scored his first TD of the game on a two-yard run with 52 second left in the first, capping a 12-play, 84-yard drive, that took 6:15 off the clock.

SU would take a 13-10 lead as Michael Berry scored on 56-yard TD reception from Dray Joseph with 11:12 to go in the second quarter.  Matthew Hill would miss the PAT.

An Anthony Shutt 48-yard interception return would set up Page's second TD of the game as he scored from 13 yards out, giving FAMU a 17-13 lead with 5:55 to go in the second quarter.

The Jaguars would go into the break with a 19-17 lead as Nzekwe scored on a one-yard run with 36 seconds left in the first half.  The SU two-point conversion attempt failed.

SU would go up 33-17 in the third quarter as they scored TDs on back-to-back returns.  Byron Williams scored on a 79-yard punt return with 12:55 to go,  followed by Demetric Rodgers' return of an interception for a TD from 59-yards out with 6:36 to go in the third. 

A fumble by SU's Corry Roy would set up the Rattlers' third TD of the game, Page's third as well, from six yards out.  That score cut the Jaguars' lead to 33-24 with 11 seconds left in the third quarter.

A John Williams interception would set up FAMU's fourth TD of the game.  Page scored on a one-yard run with 11:09 to go in the fourth, cutting SU's lead to 33-31.  Then Page would give the Rattlers a 38-33 lead with 3:27 to go in the fourth on a two-yard run.

Marvin Ross, intercepted a pass to seal the win for the Rattlers. He intercepted a Dray Joseph pass with 45 second left in the game.  The Rattlers donned victory formation and ran out the clock for the win.

Eddie Rocker finished as the Rattlers' second leading rusher with 67 yards on 16 carries.

Austin Trainor started the game for FAMU and passed for 142 yards, completing 12 passes in 22 attempts with two interceptions.  Freshman quarter Damien Fleming, finished the game for the Rattlers as he completed six passes in eight attempts for 76 yards.

Taylor complemented the frehman's performance, after leaving no doubt in the AFC press conference earlier in the week, that he would be ready to insert him.  "I felt like we needed some energy.  We needed a shot in the arm. As well as Fleming's throwing being accurate, he can buy some time with his mobility.  And when he's scrambling, he's not scrambling to run.  He's still looking down field. He was able to get out and buy time and make some good "move the chains" type of plays," said Head Football Coach Joe Taylor. 

Kevin Elliott led the Rattler receivers, with a game high 117 yards receiving on seven receptions.

Nzekwe finished as the Jaguars' leading rusher, as he ran for 42 yards on 14 carries with two TDs.  Joseph finished the game with 222 yards passing, completing 14 passes in 22 attempts with one TD and three interceptions.

Jamie Payton led SU's defense with a game high 10 tackles (2 UA, 8 Asst), while Demarius Folsom led the Rattler defense with nine tackles (5 UA, 4 Asst).

FAMU (2-2) will return to comforts of Bragg Memorial Stadium as they will host Delaware State in the 3^rd Annual Prince Hall Shriners Diabetes Classic at 6 p.m. in Tallahassee, Fla., while Southern University (1-3) will travel to Prairie View, Texas to take on Prairie View A&M University at Blackshear Stadium.