CIAA Football Week Six Recap: Trojans Styme Vikings

TROJANS STYMIE VIKINGS

PETERSBURG, VA- Leonard Johnson passed for 235 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Virginia State Trojans to a 23-10 win over the visiting Elizabeth City State Vikings last night at Rodgers Stadium.

Johnson threw touchdown passes of 17 and 35 yards as the Trojans (4-2, 2-1 CIAA), raced to a 13-0 first quarter lead over the Vikings (4-2, 2-1 CIAA). Rahoo Walker's 3-yard touchdown run with 34 seconds remaining in the second quarter extended the Trojans' lead to 20-0 at halftime over the punchless Vikings.

The Vikings, who came into the game averaging a conference leading 38 points a game, didn't get on the scoreboard until the 6:54 mark of the third quarter when Daniel Mendez kicked a 25-yard field goal to make the score 20-3. Howard Williamson's 1-yard touchdown run with eight seconds left in the third would cut the lead to 20-10, but the normally offensively potent Vikings would be held scoreless the rest of way by a stingy Trojan defense.

ECSU, who came into the contest averaging 377 yards a game, was held to a season-low 135 yards and nine first downs, while Virginia State rolled up 356 yards of offense and had 19 first downs.

Conference Scoreboard

BOWIE STATE                     51                    LINCOLN                             20                  FAYETTEVILLE ST.              37                    CHOWAN                             17
JOHNSON C. SMITH            30                    LIVINGSTONE                     15
SAINT PAUL'S                      13                   VIRGINIA UNION                   9                    SHAW                                   42                   SAINT AUGUSTINE'S           32
VIRGINIA STATE                  23                   ELIZABETH CITY ST.           10                  

NOTES OF INTEREST

Notes of Interest:  The Falcons gained over 300 yards of total offense for the third straight week. They accumulated 312 total offensive yards against Shaw. 

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
2009 Football Standings
Through games of October 3, 2009

                                                CIAA EAST

                                                Div/Conf                                           Overall
----                                          W        L         PCT                W        L         PCT
Bowie State                            3          0          1.000              4          2          0.667
Virginia State                         2          1          0.667              4          2          0.667
Elizabeth City State               2          1          0.667              4          2          0.667
Virginia Union                        2          1          0.667              3          3          0.500
Saint Paul's                            1          2          0.333              2          3          0.400

                                                CIAA West

----                                          W        L         PCT                W        L         PCT
Shaw                                      2          1          0.667              5          1          0.833
Fayetteville State                  2          1          0.667              3          3          0.500
Johnson C. Smith                   2          1          0.667              3          3          0.500
Saint Augustine's                   1          2          0.333              1          5          0.167
Chowan                                  0          3          0.000              0          6          0.000
Livingstone                            0          3          0.000              0          6          0.000

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