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CCI 1ST SECTION, ZONE: SPORTS, FINAL 22:57:22 THE NEWS OBSERVER SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2011 15CCollege Football od. Elon 38, Western Carolina 31: The Elon defense forced four turnovers and a late touch- down pass from Thomas Wil- son to Aaron Mellette proved to be the difference as the Phoenix defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts 38-31 on a beautiful mountain day on Saturday. win was its sixth straight over the Cata- mounts. Western Carolina (1-4, 0-3 Southern Conference) took a STAFF REPORTS Orangeburg, S.C. Asheton Jordon rushed for 226 yards on 22 carries and South Caro- lina State scored two touch- downs in the final 10 minutes to defeat North Carolina Cen- tral.

NCCU (1-4, 0-2 MEAC) was sparked by the The Durham duo of senior quarterback Mi- chael Johnson and junior re- ceiver Geovonie Irvine pro- 1 4 0 2 MEAC) to a Johnson threw for 315 yards for the second straight game, matching a career-high, while completing a career-best 29 passes on 47 pass attempts with two touchdown tosses. He also rushed for a team-high 50 yards and a score. NCCU held a 24-21 halftime lead, but SCSU returned a fumble 28 yards for a touch- down in the opening minute of the third quarter. NCCU re- gained the lead 38-35 at 10:49 of the fourth quarter, but the Eagles fumbled again and the Bulldogs recovered. On the ensuing drive, SCSU used six consecutive rushes for 53 yards in just 1:29 to take back the advantage for good, 42-38, with 9:11 remaining.

Saturday marked the third consecutive contest in which the Eagles surrendered a lead in the fourth quarter. It was the first gridiron meeting between the two schools since 1993. SCSU now has seven straight victo- ries in the series with NCCU, and the Bulldogs lead the se- ries 11-8 since the two teams first played in 1927. AROUND THE REGION Campbell 38, Butler 23: Carl Smith and Jordan Cramer ran for career-high rushing totals and Campbell defeated visit- ing Butler in a Pioneer Foot- ball League match-up Satur- day at Barker-Lane Stadium. A fifth-year senior from Pi- netops, Smith ran 30 times for 148 yards (4.9 per rush) and two touchdowns.

Cramer, a fifth-year senior from Wake Forest, carried 11 times for 70 yards (6.4 per attempt) and a score. Campbell (2-3, 1-2 PFL) led 10-9 at the half, then out- gained the Bulldogs 334-204 and held a ad- vantage in time of possession over the final two quarters. Butler (3-3, 1-2) had the ball for only 3:13 of the final peri- 7-0 lead with 9:52 remaining in the first quarter when Josh Cockrell took a reverse 10 yards for the first score. The Phoenix (4-2, 2-1) compiled 360 yards of offense, including 207 passing yards for Wilson who completed 24 of 33 passes. Mellette ended the day with eight receptions for 124 yards and a score.

Har- ris ran the ball 23 times for 98 yards while Taylor finished with 45 yards and two scores on 12 carries. NCCU falls to S.C. State Observer Staff and News Services DURHAM Before Saturday, the last time a Johnson C. Smith football team had beat- en CIAA rival Shaw was 1978. But in his first game against the Bears, Smith freshman quarterback Keahn Wallace played a leading role in snap- ping the streak.

Wallace passed for 179 yards, three touchdowns and rushed for a late score to seal the Golden 36-27 win at Durham County Memorial Stadium. J.C. Smith improved to 3-3 and 2-1 in the CIAA. Shaw, which beat Livingstone 54-0 last week for its only win this season, is 1-5, 1-2. The Golden Bulls, who nev- er trailed, outgained Shaw 367-257 in total of fense.

Smith running back Dedric Anderson carried much of the load, rushing for 119 yards on 16 carries and scoring two touchdowns, one on a 10-yard pass. Wallace, who led the Golden Bulls with 17 rushing attempts for his 48 yards, had scoring passes of 6, 10 and 20 yards. They were caught by Ander- son and receivers Matthe Jef- fries and Avius Capers. Quarterback Homer Causey led Shaw with touchdown runs of 1 and 16. Shaw, which trailed by 29-13 after 20-yard touch- down reception with 13:44 left, pulled to 29-27 on James 3-yard run with 6:46 left.

J.C. Smith will host Virginia Union on Saturday for home- coming. Kickoff is 1 p.m. Shaw will play at Fayetteville State at 2 p.m. J.C.

SMITH 36, SHAW 27 Bears fall to Golden Bulls J.C. Smith outgained Shaw 367-257 in total offense By Bonitta Best Correspondent DURHAM Going into Satur- matchup against St. Au- Winston-Salem State had one thing on its mind: Revenge. The Rams were 6-0 last year this time, when the Falcons spanked them on their home football field 40-35. Winston- Salem State never recovered and ended up losing the CIAA division title.

Despite giving up a 21-7 lead in the first half, the unbeaten streak continues af- ter downing the Falcons 35-28 on N.C. campus. With Shaw losing to John- son C. Smith, WSSU (6-0, 5-0) in it second season back as a member of the CIAA has a two-game lead in the South- ern Division and controls its own route toward an appear- ance in the league champion- ship game on Nov. 12.

turning the ball over the second made the WSSU coach Connell Maynor said. trailed off the bat, but the play- ers fought hard and played four For the Falcons (2-4, 1-3), the loss derailed what was supposed to be a breakout sea- son. It also negates two out- standing performances by quarterback Teddy Bacote (38-of-65 for 464 yards and four touchdowns) and wide re i a i a i (16-152), who is now the Fal- career reception leader. a tough loss. We were not intimidated, and we ex- posed some of their weakness- es, but turnovers Fal- cons coach Mike Costa said.

After trailing 21-7 in the first quarter, the Falcons de- fense took control, shutting out the Rams for the rest of the half. Meanwhile, St. tied the game on 39-yard pass to Brian Rich- ards and an 11-yard strike to Tyron Laughinghouse that started when defensive line- man Joe Reed picked up a fum- ble and returned it to the 11. Winston-Salem State retook the lead in the third period on a three-play, 82-yard drive that culminated in QB Kameron 40-yard connection to running back Nic Cooper. WSSU made it a two-TD lead on third TD pass of a i i a 18-yarder to Tehvyn Brantley.

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Superstitions aside, one thing is clear. The East Carolina team that lost to the University of Houston, 56-3, on Saturday night at Robertson Stadium, has fallen a long way from the ECU program captured two of the last three Confer- ence USA Championships. East Carolina edged Hous- ton, 38-32, in their last meet- ing the 2009 C-USA Cham- pionship Game in Greenville. Saturday rematch was a one-sided affair with the Cougars (6-0, 2-0) dom- inating East Carolina (1-4, 1 -1) be fore a rowd 30,126. defense entered the game with lots of ques- tion marks, but they inter- cepted and sacked Domi- nique Davis three times.

The Cougars won the turn- over battle, 4 to 0, and East Carolina now leads Football Bowl Series teams in total turnovers with 21 through five games. All four of turnovers were intercep- tions. It was the first time that ECU scored a touch- down in a game since a 16-3 loss to Virginia Tech in 2009. Penalties help the Pi- cause either they were flagged six times for 55 yards. In four previous games against FBS oppo- nents, given up an average of 28.2 points per game.

Cougars senior quarter- back Case Keenum complet- ed his first 10 passes and fin- ished 30 of 37 for 304 yards, three touchdowns and no in- terceptions a far cry from his effort in which he threw three interceptions, in- cluding two in the end zone. short, efficient passes propelled the Cou- gars, along with a punishing rushing attack led by Charles two touchdowns. Davis went 13-for-23 for 169 yards and three intercep- tions, but the Pirates put sophomore backup quarter- back Rio Johnson in the game with 12:57 in the third quarter. Johnson do much better, finishing 13-of-21 for 94 yards. He threw the irates fourth interception within two minutes of entering the game and was sacked six times.

The Pirates finished with just 20 rushing yards on the night. The only bright spot for the Pirates was Michael Bar- 54-yard field goal with 1:34 remaining in the first quarter that cut the lead to 14-3; Houston responded by scor ing 42 unanswered points. kick was the sec- ond-longest field goal in ECU history, and the longest with- out using a tee. The longest field goal in program history was also converted in the Lone Star State. Jeff Heath booted a 58-yard field goal in a 40-24 win over Texas-Arlington on Nov.

6, 1982. East Carolina will visit Memphis (1-5, 0-2) next Sat- urday at the Liberty Bowl. The Tigers lost to Rice, 28-6, on Saturday afternoon, just 4.7 miles away at Rice Stadium. NOTES: ECU head coach Ruffin last trip to Robert- son Stadium went better than this, but he come away with a victory. He was Texas defensive coor- dinator in 2009 when the Red Raiders lost to Houston, 29-28.

The last time ECU was held without a touchdown in a C-USA game came in 2008 when they lost at Southern Miss, 21-3. HOUSTON 56, EAST CAROLINA 3 Cougars pummel Pirates in Houston blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow.