Sept. 30, 2006

Final Stats

RALEIGH, NC- The Elizabeth City State University Vikings remained undefeated in conference play with a 49-0 shutout of the Saint Augustine's College Falcons Saturday afternoon at Broughton High School.

With the win, ECSU is off to their first 4-1 start since 1995. The tone for the game was set after the Falcons' first possession yielded a punt which was returned for a 77-yard touchdown by freshman Billy Wiggins, II. Then, a Falcon fumble deep in their own territory resulted in a 2-yard TD run by Brandon Fields with 9:45 remaining in the 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter ECSU would take a four touchdown lead by the intermission within a 2 minute span; an 8 play, 72-yard drive was capped with a 1-yard quarterback sneak by Curtis Rich, Jr. with 6:51 remaining followed by a 3-yard fumble recovery by Emanuel Plummer at the 4:49 mark. More of the same followed in the second half of play with two touchdown receptions by Chris Carter (13 yards, 32 yards) and a 4 yard scoring strike from Rich to Jerome Smith in the 3rd quarter. Carter finished the day with 6 catches for 134 yards while Rich finished the day with 162 yards on 10-18 passing.

The Viking defense was particularly staunch on Saturday allowing a season low 29 yards of total offense by their opponents. Emanuel Plummer had a game high 9 tackles to go along with his 3-yard fumble recovery for a score while Vitas Berrian had his best all around game of 2006 with 8 tackles (2.5 for a loss of 25 yards), a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and 3 sacks.

Saint Augustine's falls to 1-4 overall and 1-2 in CIAA play.

The Vikings will return to Roebuck Stadium Saturday, October 7th as they will play host to the Virginia State University Trojans. Kick-off is scheduled for 1:30pm. For more information on ECSU Athletics, visit www.ecsuvikings.com.