Congratulations Fall 2002 Graduates
The Broncos’ Voice
of Fayetteville State University
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'TO INFORM, EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND ENTERTAIN’
December 10, 2002 Volume X, Issue 3
Fall 2002 EDITION
CIAA CHAMPS
Coach Kenny Phillips accepts the 2002 championship trophy.
Photo by Kantrell Shelton
FSU Broncos’ Football Team Makes History
Staff Report
Fayetteville State
University’s football team
returned Nov. 16 to a place
where it celebrated one of
its greatest triumphs, a 30-
26, four-overtime win over
Winston-Salem State.
The win set the tone for
another history-making
event in the same venue.
On Nov. 16, the
Broncos defeated Bowie
State University for the
school’s first CIAA football
championship.
Fayetteville State
defeated Bowie State 17-14
to capture the first CIAA
football championship in
school history. And the
Broncos did it on the same
field. Bowman Gray
Stadium, where they first
believed that taking the
conference title was
possible.
“The key game was the
Winston-Salem State
game,” said Fayetteville
State receiver Elliott
London, who was named
the CIAA championship
game Most Valuable Player
after catching seven balls
for 103 yards and a
touchdown. “After that
game we kept telling
ourselves we’re going to
win it.”
Fayetteville State
became the first CIAA team
in eight years to get a bid to
the NCAA Division II
playoffs. The bids came out
Nov. 17 and the Broncos
were ranked No. 3 in the
South region. The top four
teams in each region gets a
bid to the tournament.
The Broncos lost in the
NCAA’s to powerhouse
Carson-Newman College
Nov. 23. The Broncos
declined an invitation to the
Pioneer Bowl, which
matches the champion of
the CIAA against the
Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference, to
participate in the NCAA
tournament.
Fayetteville State’s win
against Bowie didn’t come
without a few scares. The
Broncos had been cruising
along, scoring two
touchdowns after two
Bowie State turnovers to
take a 17-6 lead into the
fourth quarter.
“Their defense was able
to make the big plays to set
their team up to go ahead,”
Bowie State coach Henry
Frazier said.
But the Bulldogs (6-5)
still had opportunities to
win late in the game.
On a drive aided by a
roughing-the-passer call on
third-and-8, the Bulldogs
cut Fayetteville State’s lead
to 17-14 when Julius
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