LANDOVER, Md. &045; Michael Brown returned a third-quarter fumble 80 yards for a touchdown and Howard surprised Alcorn State 17-10 Saturday, winning the inaugural Prince George’s Classic without completing a pass.

Justin Brantley kicked field goals of 40, 39 and 33 yards for the Bison (1-2), who ended the Braves’ seven-game winning streak.

Donald Carrie was 14-of-37 for 187 yards and a touchdown for Alcorn State (2-1), which is 1-4 lifetime against Howard. The Braves entered the game ranked 26th in Division I-AA by The Sports Network.

In the third quarter the Braves were nursing a 7-6 lead and had the ball on the Howard 8 before things went awry. Carrie took the snap but lost it and tried to pick it up instead of falling on it.

He couldn’t control it, and the ball wound up in Brown’s hands. The big lineman took it 80 yards to the house for the 14-7 lead with 4:36 left in the third.

The Braves had a chance on their last drive when they got to the Howard 39 in the game’s final minute. But Carrie had a pass picked off by Howard defender Antoine Bethea in the end zone.

Howard quarterback Marcos Moreno was 0-for-7 with two interceptions, but did throw a successful conversion following Brown’s touchdown.

Brantley kicked two first-half field goals for a 6-0 halftime lead.

The Braves’ first drive of the second half erased the Bison advantage. Carrie directed a 94-yard march in 10 plays, scoring on a play-action pass to Johnny Washington.

Quentin Sullivan intercepted Moreno to give Alcorn the ball on the Howard 11, but three plays later, Brown snatched up Currie’s bobbled snap and scored for a 14-7 Howard lead with 4:36 left in the third quarter.

A 37-yard field goal by Alcorn State’s David McConnell made it 14-10 late in the third, but Brantley responded with a 33-yarder following Mike Sanders’ interception midway through the fourth quarter.