connccicd with Oronde Gadsden for a 44
yard touchdown pass. Virginia Slate
would push it’s lead back up to ten in the
third quarter until two Richard Huntley
touchdowns put the Rams up for the first
time at 28-24 early in the fourth quarter.
Virginia State responded with a 61 yard
touchdown by Robert Morgan and led
once again by the score of 31-28. Late in
the fourth quarter Virginia Slate was
driving downfield and they were
seemingly going to go up by ten points
with under four minutes to go, but then
something spectacular happened. Carlos
Massey, a defensive lineman, intercepted a
Rodney Granger pass and rumbled 50
yards to midfield to give the Rams a
chance to recapture the lead late in the ball
game. Huntley rushed the ball a few times
to get the Rams all the way down to the
three yard line and with 53 seconds left in
the game the Rams were faced with a third
and goal situation. Travis Pender threw a
lofty pass to the All-American Oronde
Gadsden and with 48 seconds remaining
Gadsden came down with a touchdown
reception that put the Rams up 35-31 with
less than a minute to go. It seemed as if
second place in the CIAA was already
theirs, but they had to hold on for 48
seconds.
That is exactly what they did not do.
Virginia State used a couple of short
passes to get the ball out to midfield and
they had under 30 seconds to work with.
Then came the play that broke the Ram’s
heart, quarterback Granger connected
with one of his wide receivers on a 48
yard bomb that gave Virginia State the
ball at the two yard line. Robert Morgan
then ran the ball in to put the Trojans up
by three at 38-35. The Rams were left
with only 12 seconds on the clock and
they could not do anything with the ball
and lost a thriller to the Virginia State
Trojans.
The Rams finished the season at 6-5
overall and 5-3 in the CIAA. That's not a
bad record for a team that started two
freshman quarterbacks and had to deal
with the death of Head Coach Kermit
Blount’s father late in the season. The
Rams have a lot to look forward to next
year with the return of Richard Huntley
and quarterbacks Travis Pender and
Tremaine Graham. The Rams will miss
All-American wide receiver Oronde
Gadsden and defensive standouts Adrona
Crawley and Greg Smith. For now enjoy
the Basketball season and get ready to
cheer the Rams on to a CIAA football
championship next fall.
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