ETTRICK, Va. (Oct. 10, 2017) – Homecoming 2017 is underway in Trojan Nation! The Virginia State University football team is set to host their second home game of the 2017 season on Saturday, Oct. 14 as they face the Bulldogs of Bowie State University. The Aspire televised game is slated to kickoff at 2:00 p.m. at Rogers Stadium.

The Bulldogs last met the Trojans at Rogers Stadium in 2015 for a homecoming matchup.

VSU has secured a 5-0, 3-0 CIAA, 1-0 Northern Division record on the season after capturing a dominating 56-0 road victory over the Vikings of Elizabeth City State University last week.

The Trojans finished the competition with 465 total offensive yards and were 3 of 8 on third down conversions. VSU made all of its PAT attempts (8) total and had a total of 196 total rushing yards and secured four rushing touchdowns.

BSU enters the contest with a 6-0, 3-0 CIAA, 1-0 Northern Division record following Saturday's (10/7) 41-10 CIAA Northern Division victory over visiting Chowan University. The Bulldogs rolled up 591 yards of total offense and Bowie State's defense held the Hawks to 298 yards of total offense.

The matchup will be one to behold as both teams battle to hold their undefeated record, in hopes of playing in the 2017 CIAA Football Championship on November 11 in Salem, VA. Championship kickoff is set for 4:30pm.

Game Information:

Live coverage of the contest can be found on www.govsutrojans.com. In addition, the game will also offer live radio on WVST 91.3 FM. Trojan football fan can access the radio broadcast by visiting http://cast5.servcast.net:2199/tunein/wvst913fm-stream.asx. Live stats are also available by visiting http://www.sidearmstats.com/vsu/football/.

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