CIAA Football Week in Review
For the week ending October 15, 2005 (Week 8)

Eagles Rally to Hand Rams First Conference Loss

North Carolina Central 20, Winston-Salem State 17
Adrian Warren’s 22-yard touchdown pass to Brad Hinton with 1:38 left in the game proved to be the game winner as North Carolina Central (7-1, 4-1 CIAA) rallied to down Winston-Salem State 20-17 at Bowman-Gray Stadium.

Winston-Salem State (4-4, 4-1 CIAA) jumped out to a 14-0, first quarter lead on a pair of touchdown runs by Martin Hicks. North Carolina Central got on the scoreboard with 2:49 left in the first quarter when Greg Pruitt capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run to cut the Rams’ lead to 14-7. In the second quarter, Winston-Salem State kicker Matt Hind nailed a 44-yard field goal to extend the Rams’ lead to 17-7. The Eagles responded with a 46-yard field goal by Brandon Gilbert, to make the score 17-10 at the half.

NCCU opened the second half scoring when Gilbert capped the Eagles’ opening drive of the third quarter with a 20-yard field goal to cut WSSU’s lead to four at 17-13.

North Carolina Central made some key defensive adjustments that changed the momentum of the game in the second half. After racking up over 200 yards of total offense in the first half, the Rams were stifled by the Eagles’ defensive unit and limited to just 50 yards of total offense and held scoreless over the last two quarters, setting up the Warren to Hinton game winner in the fourth quarter.

Trailing by four, with less than four minutes left in the game, Warren engineered an 8-play, 52-yard drive that was capped by Hinton’s touchdown grab with the Eagles facing third down and 20 yards to go.

Warren finished the game with 141 yards passing and one touchdown, while the Eagles’ defense was led by defensive back Andre George, who recorded 10 tackles and lineman Greg Peterson, who had eight tackles and a sack. Winston-Salem State was led by the backfield tandem of Hicks, who finished the game with 107 yards rushing and Jed Bines who added 105 yards on the ground.


Bowie State 21, Saint Paul’s 7
In Bowie, Maryland, Olayi Adeboyeku scored on a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs as Bowie State (6-2, 3-2 CIAA) handed Saint Paul’s (3-5, 2-3 CIAA) a 21-7 loss.


Fayetteville State 34, Johnson C. Smith 23
In Fayetteville, receivers Veon McHam (8 receptions, 120 yards, 1 TD) and Charles Nieves
(6 receptions, 124 yards, 1 TD) combined to catch 14 passes for 244 yards and two touchdowns as Fayetteville State downed Johnson C. Smith 34-23.


Saint Augustine’s 20, Livingstone 14
Eddie Montgomery returned punts for touchdowns of 80 and 60 yards in the first half as undefeated Saint Augustine’s (8-0, 5-0 CIAA) got by Livingstone (1-7, 1-4 CIAA) 20-14 in Salisbury.


Shaw 24, Elizabeth City State 7
Reggie Price rushed for 98 yards and three touchdowns as Shaw (5-3, 4-1 CIAA) beat Elizabeth City State (1-7, 0-5 CIAA), setting up next week’s showdown with Eastern Division co-leader, Virginia State.


Virginia State 48, Virginia Union 12
Michael Terry threw for 172 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score as Virginia State (5-3, 4-1 CIAA) downed archrival Virginia Union (2-6, 1-4 CIAA) 48-12 in Petersburg. Up next for the Trojans, a match up with Shaw for sole possession of first place in the Eastern Division.