Basmght, Woodruff put up big numbers
? Aggies win over Fayettenlle State
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According to the oki saying,
"you can't teach an old dog new
tjicka"
? ' North Carolina A&T Coach
Bill Hayes doesn't believe that -
especially after watching his team
beat Fayetleville State 37-20.
The Aggies used strong individ
ual efforts by Rodney Woodruff
4nd Mike Basnight to record their
.?win. Woodruff had 102 yards pass
ing and Basnight chipped in with
132 yards rushing.
Those performances have
Hayes convinced that his players
are catching on to their new I-For
mation setup after after years of
using the Wing-T offense
. "Rodney and Mike are making
the adjustment to a new offense
and this is their fourth game in it,"
Hayes said. "I think as the game
went on both of them got better
and better. I thought (Rodney's)
decision making today was the best
it's been all year. I think he's mak
ing steady improvement as a field
general.
"Mike has usually been an east
west runner for three years running
the sweet side of the Wing-T. Now
jie's running down hill on the sweet
wde of the I. It's taken a lot of
Adjustment in his running style but
ats the game wore on he really start
Sid hitting it like we want him too."
'Z Basnight wasn't the only player
Aoing damage on the ground for
*? Fullback Eric Farmer scored
-4he games first points in the second
Quarter on a three yard touchdown
2nd gained 17 yards for the day
while tailback Reggie Shuford
gained 47 yards and scored the
Aggies second touchdown of the
quarter to put them ahead 13-0.
The Broncos came right back
as Demeco Archangel returned the
kickoff 93 yards to put FSU on the
board.
"There was nothing to do but
;/un straight," Archangel said*"The
?cJfFensive lineman could have run
through (the hole). It was that big!"
The two-point conversion
made it 13-8 and the visiting Bron
cos, who had won their first two
games were feeling good and look
ing to leave Greensboro with an
upset.
But A&Ts Basnight had other
plans.
"I was just thinking don't let
(FSU) think they're in it and don't
let oqr team get down," he said.
The senior took the ensuing
kickotf from his 12 yard line and
rumbled up the middle and cut up
the left sideline for an 88 yard score
of his own. Darren Dawkins' point
after kick made it 20-8.
A&T went on to score 17 unan
swered points in the second half.
The Broncos didn't score again
until late in the fourth quarter.
For the game A&T accumulat
ed 407 yards total offense while
FSU totaled 222 yards. Broncos
head coach James Toon didn't have
a lot of answers for why his team
struggled offensively.
"We didn't execute," he said.
"Our offensive line didn't hold the
blocks long enough. Our backs
seemed like they were stumbling
getting into the hole.
"I thought Ralph (Jackson)
had a pretty good game? it wasn't
a hundred yards but I thought he
had a good running game. In those
lead plays if our fullbacks would
have blocked better he probably
would have got ISO yards."
One of the few bright areas
offensively for FSU came from
Winston-Salem resident Christo
pher Stewart, a product of East
Forsyth High School.
The 6-5 210 quarterback came
in the second half and led the Bron
cos to two fourth-quarter scores,
which brought praise from his
coach.
"Chris came in and did a hellu
va job," Toon said.
Stewari sliced the Aggie
defense to complete six of 11 pass
es for 114 yards, including a 51 yard
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loucnaown pass to Arcnangei.
"Everyone on the team knows
actually everybody in the CIAA
knows- that Christopher Stewart
has one of the best arms in the
nation," Archangel said. "He
knows it, it's all a point of him get
ting in there and doing the job."
"I just played my game," Stew
art said. "It's always good to come *
ofT the bench because you get a
good look at the cornerbacks and
you see what they're doing."
FSU's (2-1, 1-0 CIAA) will be
back in the triad this Saturday to
face Winston-Salem State Universi
ty during Homecoming at Bowman
Gray Stadium. A&T (3-1, 0-1
MEAC) will be at home again this
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. against Nor
folk State University.
Hayes says they have a number
of things to work on before the
weekend.
"First of all we've got to learn
how to stop a draw play ... when
people spread us out," he said.
"We've got to get better with kick
off coverage. I may have to go
somewhere and find a kicker that
can kick it out of the end zone.
Then I won't have to worry about
the coverage.
"We've just got to knuckle
down and keep our heads on right
and make constant improvement
and be ready."
Photo by Joe Daniels
The Aggies defense closes in on a FSU runner. AAT gave up little
ground to FayetteviUe's rushing attack.
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? ? Photo by Joe Daniels
-tfikm Batnight of NX. AAT pop? through Fayottovillo Stato't
'mofonto on routo to o touchdown.
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