In the course of dispatching Arkansas-Pine Bluff Saturday afternoon, Jackson State made college football history.
With 5:25 left in the second quarter, Tigers kicker Leilani Armenta booted an extra point to put Jackson State up 23–0, making her the first woman to score in an HBCU football game at the Division I level. She wound up hitting two more PATs as the Tigers cruised to a 40–14 win.
Armenta, a freshman, plays as a defender for Jackson State's women's soccer team. She attended high school at St. Bonaventure in Ventura, Calif., where she kicked 98 extra points and five field goals during her career.
