ROCKY MOUNT, NC | ECSU Football (2-1, 0-0) will take on Fayetteville State (1-1, 0-0) in the 27th Annual Down East Classic in Rocky Mount, NC. Elizabeth City State University experience since 1998. The first Classic was between the Vikings and the Broncos, with Fayetteville State claiming a 10-7 victory.
When: Saturday, September 21 at 2 p.m.
Where: Rocky Mount Sports Complex.
Where to watch: CIAA
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All-time record
16-16-1
Last time out
ECSU football scored three unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter to defeat Erskine College Saturday afternoon. The Vikings and the Flying Fleet held each other scoreless for three quarters. The Vikings scored the game's first points when Damarcus Creecy found Kash Foley for a 25-yard TD pass to get the Vikings on the board. On the next drive, Creecy found Welsey Calloway for a 49-yard TD to make it 14-0. Zechariah Adams-Duckson put the game out of reach on a four-yard scamper to make it 20-0 with 1:55 left.
CIAA week two honors
The Viking's
Damarcus Creecy and
D'Andre Tolson earned CIAA week two honors for their performance of play this past weekend. Tolson winning Defensive Back of The Week and Creecy winning Rookie of The Week. Tolson had 3 BPU's vs Erskine… is one of the nation's leader in BPU's w/ 7 in 3 games. Creecy went 13-22 for 186 and 2 TD's w/ a long of 46 yds. also had 16 rushing yards in the shutout win over Erskine.
Climbing up the HBCU Polls
The Vikings crack the top 10 in the latest BOXTOROW HBCU Divison II Poll
(Records through September 14, 2024)
| No. |
Team |
W-L |
Pts |
Last Week |
| 1 |
Virginia Union (13) |
1-1 |
169 |
1 |
| 2 |
Johnson C. Smith(4) |
3-0 |
144 |
T-3 |
| 3 |
Virginia State (1) |
1-1 |
143 |
T-3 |
| 4 |
Clark Atlanta |
2-0-1 |
119 |
5 |
| 5 |
Fayetteville State |
1-1 |
93 |
2 |
| 6 |
Shaw |
2-1 |
79 |
6 |
| 7 |
Winston-Salem State |
2-1 |
60 |
9 |
| 8 |
Fort Valley State |
1-1 |
57 |
8 |
| 9 |
Miles |
0-2 |
37 |
7 |
| 10 |
Elizabeth City State |
2-1 |
15 |
NR |
