CIAA Football Week in Review
For the week ending August 27, 2005 (Week 1)

Elizabeth City State Vikings Win a Déjà vu Opening in the Swamp;


Elizabeth City State 51 Livingstone 6
Chris Carter caught four passes for 149 yards and a touchdown as the ECSU Vikings opened the season with an impressive 51-6 win over the Livingstone Blue Bears. This is the Vikings’ first season opening win since 1995, which was also against the Blue Bears.

North Carolina Central 70 Edward Waters 12
Quarterback Adrian Warren passed for 337 yards and seven touchdowns as the Eagles opened the 2005 season with a 70-12 win over NAIA Edward Waters. Warren, last season’s CIAA Offensive Player of the Year, completed 14-of-21 passes as he established an NCCU single game record for touchdown passes. Wideouts Julius McClellan and Torey Ross each hauled in three touchdowns each as the Eagles rolled up 589 yards of total offense.

Fayetteville State 53 Virginia Union 26
Dentyl Jackson caught three passes for 110 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown, as the Fayetteville State Broncos whipped the Virginia Union Panthers in Fayetteville. Herb Jones caught eight balls for 146 yards and two scores to lead the Panthers.

Bowie State 40 West Virginia State 7
Isaac Redman rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns as the Bowie State Bulldogs opened the 2005 football season with a convincing 40-7 win over the West Virginia State Yellow Jackets.

Saint Augustine’s 24 Lane 6
Eddie Montgomery caught first quarter touchdowns of 54 and 27 yards as the Falcons jumped out to an early lead on their way to a 24-6 win over the home standing Lane Dragons.

Carson-Newman 45 Shaw 24
Jermonty Kimbrough passed for 433 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a touchdown as the 25th ranked Bears came up short in their highly anticipated match up with the 10th ranked Eagles of Carson-Newman.

Catawba 20 Winston-Salem State 10
Jed Bines rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown as Winston-Salem State opened the 2005 campaign with a 20-10 loss to the visiting Catawba Indians.

Glenville State 33 Johnson C. Smith 9
Glenville State’s Joey Conrad threw four touchdowns as the visiting Pioneers downed the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith. Smith’s scoring came on a 25-yard field goal by Herbert Collins and a ten-yard run by Andre Williams.

Shepherd 24 Virginia State 6
P.J. Berry had 13 receptions and 195 all-purpose yards in the Trojans’ road loss to the Shepherd University Rams.

Western New Mexico 48, Saint Paul's 6

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
2005 Football Standings
Through games of August 27, 2005

* All games, whether against a conference or non-conference opponent,
will count towards the overall record until the week of Sept. 17, which will begin conference play.

Upcoming Games:

September
3	Fayetteville State University	Presbyterian College	Clinton, SC	3:30pm
3	Virginia Union University	Newberry College	Newberry, SC	7:00pm
3	Elizabeth City State University	Bethune-Cookman College	Daytona Beach, FL	4:00pm
3	Winston-Salem State University	Howard University	Washington, DC	1:00pm
3	Bowie State University	Johnson C. Smith University	Bowie, MD	1:00pm
3	Virginia State University	Norfolk State University	Norfolk, VA	6:00pm
3	Livingstone College	Catawba College	Salisbury, NC	1:30pm
3	St. Augustine's College	Shaw University	Raleigh, NC	1:30pm
4	St. Paul's College	Central State University	Dayton, OH	6:00pm	The Dayton City Classic
5	North Carolina Central University	North Carolina A&T State University	Raleigh, NC	1:30pm	Aggie-Eagle Classic

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
August 28, 2005

Offensive Lineman
Robert Duncan – North Carolina Central, C, 6’0”, 255, JR, Winston-Salem, NC
In the season opener against Edward Waters, Duncan provided protection as the Eagles’ offense racked up 397 yards in the air and rushed for 197 yards on the ground. The Eagles finished the game with an amassing 589 yards of total offense. (6th best in the school history)

Receiver
Julius McClellan - North Carolina Central, WR, 6’4”, 225, JR, Lakeland, FL
In Saturday’s action on the gridiron, McClellan caught three passes for 126 yards (averaged 42 yards per catch) and three touchdowns. He hauled in TD catches for 60, 8, and 58 yards to lead the Eagles’ offense.

Offensive Back
Adrian Warren – North Carolina Central, QB, 6’5”, 215, SR Raleigh
Warren set a new school record with 7 touchdown passes and established a new individual career record with 337 passing yards in the Eagles’ win over Edward Waters. He finished the game completing 14-of-21 passes and no interception.

Defensive Lineman
Emmanuel Plummer – Elizabeth City State, LB, 6’0”, 235, JR, Freeport, NY
In front of the home crowd, Plummer led the Vikings’ defense with 10 total tackles (7 solo, 3 assisted) including 5 for a loss of 5 yards and had one sack for a loss of 5 yards as Elizabeth City State shutdown the Blue Bears of Livingstone 51-6.

Defensive Back
DeLaurence Harper – Fayetteville State, SS, 5’9”, 188, SR, Wilmington, NC
Harper was all over the field in Saturday’s game against Virginia Union. He terrorized the Panthers’ offense by intercepting 2 passes and returned them for 21 yards and collected 12 total tackles (10 solo 2 assisted) as the Broncos defeated Virginia Union 53-26.

Rookie
NO NOMINATIONS

Speciality
Kevin Dodson – Elizabeth City State, P/K, 6’1”, 195, JR, Camden, NC
Dodson kept the Blue Bears pinned in their own territory for most of the game by kicking 4-of-5 punts inside the 20-yard line as the Vikings’ win their home opener. He finished the game with 5 punts for 214 yards and connected on 7-of -7 Extra Point Attempts.

Coach
Waverly Tillar – Elizabeth City State
Coach Tillar guided the Vikings to their first opening day win in ten years with a 51-6 victory over Livingstone College. Their last opening day win came back in 1995 when the Vikings defeated the Blue Bears 16-6.