Elizabeth City, N.C. (Oct. 7, 2017) – The Virginia State University football team crushed the Vikings of Elizabeth City State University, 56-0, at Roebuck Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The visiting Trojans wasted no time, getting on the board early. A four-play 31-yard drive started the Trojans on their run as senior Trenton Cannon pushed his way in from the ECSU three-yard line to put VSU up 7-0 at 12:38 mark in the first quarter. At the 5:01 mark, quarter back Cordelral Cook connected with Zachary Parker for an 80-yard touchdown to edge the Trojans 14-0 against the Vikings. Finishing out the first quarter, following a seven-play 47-yard drive when Cordelral Cook pushed his way in the end zone for a Trojans touchdown, bringing the score to 21-0. 

Keeping the same momentum in the second quarter, a seven-play 79-yard drive was put into actions when Cook carried the ball for 32 yards into the end zone. bringing the score to 28-0. To close out the first half of the game, VSU added another touchdown at the 1:27 mark when quarterback Cook ran in the end zone for nine yards. At the half, the Trojans remained in the lead, 35-0. 

In the third quarter, the Trojans continued to dominate the Vikings as they added another touchdown. A 10-play 73-yard drive was executed when Cook connected with Trenton Cannon for a four-yard pass in the end zone. Cook made another connection, this time with Joshua Harris at the 5:47 mark. A nine-yard pass following 4 plays 64 yard drive put VSU up. 49-0. The Trojans rounded out the competition by adding their final touchdown of the game on a 55-yard punt return by Zachary Parker at the 4:00 mark, bringing the score to 56-0.

VSU 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.

With this win, the Trojans move to 5-0 overall, 3-0 in CIAA play and 1-0 in Northern Division play while Vikings moves to 3-3, 1-2 CIAA, and 0-1.

Individually, VSU's Trenton Cannon finished with 111 yards on the ground while Cordelral Cook had 64 yards.  Cook also finished with 269 passing yards and a touchdown on a 15-of-22 and adding two touchdowns.  Zachary Parker added 93 receiving yards for VSU, followed by Christian Harden (77), Joshua Harris (47), and Quincy Watts (25).

Defensively, VSU was led by Jaylen Cuffee, Kurtis Brooks, and Dhevyn Anderson who all added five tackles. Recording four tackles each for VSU were Deion Harris, Brandon Lynch, Malik Sexton, Alexzander Williams, and Will Adams

VSU returns home to the Roger Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 14 to host Northern Division rival Bowie State. Kickoff is slated 2:00 pm where the Trojans will celebrate Homecoming 2017.

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