NOVEMBER, 1975
THE COMPASS
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VIKINGS UPSET FSU BRONCOS IN 6-0 ViaORY
Vikings Defeat Shaw, 21-13 Defensive Unit
Strength Cited
By Harvjey R. Battle
Elizabeth City State’s
Vikings ended their losing
streak on Saturday, October
18, as they defeated Shaw
University 21-13 in conference
play.
Freshman quarterback
Johnnie Williams passed for
three touchdowns to upset
Shaw University. Williams
the second ranked passer in
the CIAA completed nine out
of 19 passes for a total of 223
yards. He contacted Jerome
Newsome twice and once to
tight-end Jimmy Baylor.
Shaw University led the
game doing the first quarter
when punter Reginald Bennet
took the snap from the center
and ran a 70 yard touchdown,
but with 15 seconds left to go
in the first half, the Vikings
men recuperated with
Jerome Newsome pulling in
one of Williams passes and
running it in for a 70 yard
touchdown. However the
extra point attempt was
missed.
With 10:14 left in the third
quarter and 10 yards to go,
Williams passed off to
Newsome. Newsome
received the pass and ran it in
for another Viking
touchdown.
Place kicker Lonnie Walton
with end Fred Hargove added
the extra point to give the
Vikings a 14-7 lead. The
Vikings final score came in
the fourth quarter when
Jimmy Baylor scored and
Lonnie Walton added the
extra point to end the game
21-13. Newsome ran a total of
77 yards. Adams 76 yards.
Total offensive yardage 402
by ECSU. Alfred Holmes
punted an average of 47.8.
The game was E.C.S.U.
second game of the season.
On September 27, the Vikings
men defeated Virginia State
in conference play 15-14.
ECSU Loses Season Opener
By Harvey R. Battle
The Vikings opened the
season on September 6,
against non-conference
Delaware State College which
led to a 17-7 lost for the
Vikings.
Despite the 19-7 lost to
Delaware State, the Vikings
football players recuperated
and came back with an upset
to defeat Virginia State in
ednference play 15-14.
September 24, the Vikings
met Norfolk State in play in
Elizabeth City. Daring the
first half of the game the
Vikings cagers showed great
potential of winning the game
leading at half-time with a
score of 13-6.
The second half of the game
told the story while ECSU
failed to score and Norfolk
State took the game to beat
the Vikings, 33-13.
On October 4, the Vikings
travelled to Hampton
Institute seeking revenge
on last year’s score which
was 28-27.
With two minutes left in the
first quarter and one yard to
go, the hand off was given to
Gregory Sturdivant who ran
over the one yard line for a
touchdown and put the
Vikings on the score board 6-6
with Hampton. With 1:43 left
in the fh^t half Douglas
Almond recovered a blocked
punt and ran it in for a 25 yard
touchdown. The extra point
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(Top) Placekicker Lonnie Walton carries the Vikings for extra quarterback Johnnie Williams throws to end Jeff Jones for the
yardage during the Homecoming game. (Center) A Bronco winning score of the Homecoming game. (Advance Photo)
runningback is jolted by the Viking defense. (Bottom) Viking
Fayetteville State
University’s marching band
added spice to Elizabeth City
St>ate University’s
Homecoming parade by
dancing down Main Strert
doing the “Bronco Bo^e.”
Sporting a 4-1 CIAA record, 6-
1 overall, which had placed
them in a first {dace tie with
Norfolk State, it seemed that
Fayetteville would “boogie”
on the turf of Memorial Field.
But, the Vikings’ front four,
led by Kevin Grayson,
choH>ed the dancing legs of
James Godwin, the loop’s top
rusher, and Tim Heath to
snuff out repeated threats
and preserve the breath
taking 6-0 upset victory.
The Homecoming triumph
gave evidence that Elizabeth
City’s young gridders have
matured, as the Vikings
extended their winning streak
to three games to post a 4-3
CIAA record, 4-4 overall.
Grayson, 6-2, 225 lb.
sophomore defensive end,
Alexandria, Virginia,
received the “Most Valuable
Player Trophy” awarded by
the alumni’s Booster Club.
That award could have gone
to several other defensive
standouts, including 5-7
defensive back, Lonnie
Walton, who made three
finger-tip blocks of sure
touchdown bombs by Ernest
Cantrdl.
Elizabeth City’s most
serious threat in the first half
came early when Richard
Grayson, Kevin’s brother,
recovered a Bronco fumble
on the visitor’s 24 yard line,
only te have the threat fizzle
out with Gerald Colsen
intercepting a Johnnie
Williams aerial. By way of a
fumble recovery,
Fayetteville also threatmed
in the first period, as Godwin
and Heath advanced the ball
to ECSU’s 15 yard line where
a field goal attempt failed.
The Vikings’ most serious
threat of the game came mid
way in third quarter as
Richard Mahan coUared the
Broncos’ quarterback forcing
him to fumble. Richard
Grayson recovered the loose
ball, giving ECSU excellent
field position from the FSU
39. A pass interference call
gave the Vikings a first-and-
goal from the FSU 3. A fourth
down faked field goal
attempt, with Walton passing
to Douglas Almond, only
moved the ball to the 2 yard
line, as the Bronco defense
recovered to smear Almond,
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