Hampton University’s Homecoming celebration ended with a loss on the football field Saturday as No. 18 Monmouth pulled away in the second half to beat the Pirates 49-13.
The game drew 7,992 fans as Hampton celebrated its 98th Homecoming. It also marked the Pirates’ first game at the renovated Armstrong Stadium after Hampton played its first three home games at the city’s Darling Stadium while new artificial turf and a surrounding track were installed.
Hampton kept the game close through the first half…