Albany St. nips Fort Valley St.

COLUMBUS - Uyl Joyner accounted for two touchdowns and 229 of Albany State&#39;s 305 yards to lead the unbeaten Golden Rams to a 20-19 victory over Fort Valley State on Saturday, a victory that came when the Rams stopped a 2-point extra point attempt by the Wildcats with 58 seconds remaining.<br> <br> Joyner, who passed for 193 yards and ran for another 36, scored on a 4-yard run in the third quarter and gave Albany State (10-0, 8-0 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) a 20-13 lead with 9:45 remaining on a 23-yard TD pass to Dontre Williams.<br> <br> Fort Valley (7-4, 4-4) cut the lead to 20-19 on Willie Copeland&#39;s 3-yard pass to Adam Bailey with 58 seconds to play. The Wildcats opted to go for 2, but the run by Andrew Jacas was stopped short.<br> <br> The Rams, ranked third nationally in NCAA Division II, held Derrick Wimbush, the SIAC&#39;s leading rusher, to 60 yards on 25 attempts.<br> <br> FVSU took a 13-0 lead in the first quarter on Willie Copeland&#39;s 2-yard run and Keith Glover&#39;s 5-yard run.<br> <br> Adrian Arango kicked a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter and the other Albany State score came on a safety in the third period.<br> <br> The game, played on a neutral field in Columbus, drew a crowd of 24,937.