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THE GAME
North Carolina A&T State Univ. “Aggies” vs. North Carolina Central Univ. “Eagles”

THE KICKOFF
Saturday, September 25, 2010 – Kickoff at 6:00 p.m.

THE SITE
O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium (10,000 capacity / Mondoturf) - Durham, N.C.

2010 RECORDS
North Carolina A&T (0-3); North Carolina Central (1-2 overall)

MEDIA COVERAGE
Audio: NCCU Sports Network - flagship station WRJD 1410 AM (Durham), WHNC 890 AM (Henderson), WELS 1010 AM (Kinston), WYRN 1480 AM (Louisburg), WCBQ 1340 AM (Oxford), WEED 1390 AM (Rocky Mount), WXKL 1290 AM (Sanford); NCCUEaglePride.com. Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Video: NCCUEaglePride.com features GameCentral by Stretch Internet ($8.95). Starts at 5:45 p.m.

THE EVENT
Rivals North Carolina Central University and North Carolina A&T State University meet for the 82nd time. Saturday will be the first time North Carolina A&T plays inside NCCU’s O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium in 18 years. In that time, these two programs have met in Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, but have not played a football contest in Durham since Sept. 5, 1992.

TICKETS
General admission tickets are still available for Saturday’s gridiron clash between North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central. Tickets may be purchased online at www.NCCUEaglePride.com, at the NCCU Ticket Office (lower level of the W.G. Pearson Cafeteria on Lawson Street/530-5170), or at either of two community ticket outlets - Eagleland (2501 Fayetteville Street/956-5393) and MS Designs Embroidery (803-A Ramseur Street/680-3917). For a complete list of ticket options and pricing, visit www.NCCUEaglePride.com. Reserved seating and student tickets are sold out. The NCCU Ticket Office has extended its hours to 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Tuesday-Thursday, and 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Friday.

THE SERIES
This will be the 82nd meeting between the Eagles and Aggies, dating back to 1924 when N.C. A&T tied NCCU, 13-13, in Durham, N.C. The Aggies lead the series 46-30-5. N.C. A&T has won 15 of the last 19 meetings, but NCCU has won three of the last four contests, including a 28-27 win on Oct. 4, 2008 in Charlotte, a 27-22 victory on Sept. 22, 2007 in Greensboro, and a 23-22 win on Sept. 5, 2005 in Raleigh. Last season on Oct. 3, 2009, NCCU rallied to force overtime, but A&T held on for a 23-17 double-overtime victory in Greensboro. (Complete series on last page)

THE LAST MEETING
(Oct. 3, 2009 - NCA&T 23, NCCU 17 - 2OT) For the fifth consecutive meeting, the outcome of the North Carolina Central University and North Carolina A&T State University football rivalry was decided on the final drive. In fact, each team had three chances to decide the game before A&T quarterback Carlton Fears connected with Wallace Miles for a 24-yard touchdown on the final play of the second overtime session to defeat NCCU 23-17. The dramatic A&T victory ended a three game-losing skid to the Eagles in front of 19,534 fans inside Aggie Stadium in Greensboro, N.C.

LAST WEEK
Appalachian State University, the top-ranked team on the Division I-FCS level, amassed 524 total yards and scored on eight of its first 10 possessions to cruise to a 44-16 victory over the visiting Eagles of North Carolina Central University in front of 29,218 fans at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C. Appalachian (3-0) used a dominating ground game to score the first four times the Mountaineers touched the pigskin. After a 34-yard field goal by Jason Vitaris on the opening drive, ASU running back Devon Moore ran for back-to-back touchdowns, followed by a 52-yard scoring scamper by Travaris Cadet to provide the home team with the first 24 points of the contest. NCCU sophomore Arthur Goforth then made school history with a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at 12:18 of the second quarter. Combined with his 97-yard kickoff return last week, Goforth is the first Eagle to post a pair of returns of 92 yards or more in a career, and he accomplished the feat in consecutive weeks. The NCCU defense than forced two punts before Vitaris added a 24-yard field goal with 5:25 left in the first half to give ASU a 27-7 cushion heading into the locker room. The Mountaineers wasted little time coming out of the break, as quarterback DeAndre Presley capped a five-play, 66-yard drive with a 2-yard dash into the end zone less than two minutes into the third quarter. Four minutes later, back-up signal caller Jamal Jackson found Tony Washington streaking down the sideline for a 35-yard touchdown reception to put ASU up 41-7. NCCU showed a spark with an 11-play, 74-yard drive that ended with a 2-yard touchdown run by senior Tim Shankle at 2:12 of the third quarter. Frankie Cardelle’s extra-point kick was blocked to keep the score at 41-13. The only scores in the fourth quarter were field goals of 29 yards by Vitaris and 42 yards by Cardelle. Of Appalachian’s 524 yards of total offense, 328 came on the ground, including 233 rushing yards in the first half. Cadet led the way for the Mountaineers with 149 rushing yards on just eight carries, all coming in the first half. NCCU (1-2) managed 330 yards of total offense, including 194 yards through the air. Junior quarterback Michael Johnson completed 23-of-41 passes for 174 yards with two interceptions. Red-shirt freshman quarterback Jordan Reid completed half of his six pass attempts for 20 yards, while also rushing for 23 yards. Twelve Eagles caught at least one pass, topped by Corey Harris with five receptions for 43 yards and Geovonie Irvine with five catches for 35 yards. Shankle led a balanced NCCU rushing attack with 57 yards and a score, followed by Goforth with 37 ground yards and Tony McCord with 24 yards. NCCU junior linebacker Roger Stewart collected 10 tackles, including 2.0 stops behind the line of scrimmage to pace the Eagles defense. Safety Ja’Quez Canty recorded eight takedowns, while linebacker Kenneth Campbell contributed six tackles with a sack and a pass break-up.

Hampton University compiled 343 yards of total offense over its final five drives of the game to pull away from the Aggies of North Carolina A&T in a 35-21 win at Armstrong Stadium in Hampton, Va.

SHANKLE 16 RUSHING YARDS AWAY FROM 2,000
NCCU senior running back Tim Shankle is 16 yards away from becoming the seventh Eagle in school history to rush for 2,000 yards. The Gainesville, Fla., native has amassed 1,984 yards during his NCCU career, including 205 yards in the first three games of 2010.

GOFORTH MAKES SCHOOL HISTORY AS KICKOFF RETURNER
NCCU sophomore return specialist Arthur Goforth made school history on Sept. 18 at Appalachian State by becoming the first Eagle to post two kickoff returns of 92 yards or more during a career. Amazingly, Goforth accomplished the feat in back-to-back weeks. On Sept. 11 versus Winston-Salem State, the Columbia, S.C., native returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown to equal the third-longest return in the NCCU record books. On Sept. 18 at Appalachian State, he raced 92 yards for a score to make Eagle history.

EAGLES MAKE BIG PLAYS IN ALL THREE PHASES
In the first three games of the 2010 season, the Eagles have already posted four of the biggest plays in NCCU gridiron history. Against Johnson C. Smith on Sept. 2, junior linebacker Roger Stewart intercepted a pass and raced 83 yards for a touchdown, matching the ninth-longest interception return in school history. On Sept. 11 versus Winston-Salem State, sophomore Arthur Goforth returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown to equal the third-longest kickoff return in the NCCU record books, followed by senior running back Tony McCord’s 93-yard touchdown scamper to set a new school record for the longest run from scrimmage. Goforth struck again in week three at Appalachian State with a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

THE COACHES
Mose Rison is in his fourth season as head coach at NCCU with an overall record of 15-20. Rison was announced as the school’s 19th head football coach on Feb. 6, 2007, assuming the role of head coach for the first time in his 25-year coaching career. Rison served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach during the Eagles historic 11-1 campaign in 2006. With Rison directing NCCU’s offense, the 2006 Eagles scored 371 points (30.9 per game), the most in school history. Under Rison’s tutelage, freshman quarterback Stadford Brown was named as the “SBN Sports Doug Williams Offensive Player of the Year,” the 2006 CIAA Offensive Player of the Year and CIAA Rookie of the Year. A 1978 graduate of Central Michigan University, Rison spent the 2005 season as the Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Coordinator at Davidson College, where the Wildcats averaged more than 200 yards passing per game running a West Coast offensive system. He has also held positions at Livingstone College (Offensive Coordinator, 2004), the University of Arizona (Wide Receivers/Passing Coordinator, 2003), Stanford University (Wide Receivers, 1995-2000), Rutgers University (Wide Receivers/Tight Ends, 1991-94), the U.S. Naval Academy (Wide Receivers, 1988-90), and Central Michigan University (Wide Receivers, 1981-87). During his tenure at Stanford, Rison coached in three bowl games, including the 2000 Rose Bowl. Rison, the cousin of five-time NFL All-Pro receiver Andre Rison, spent two seasons (2001-02) in the National Football League coaching ranks as the wide receivers coach with the New York Jets, helping to develop Laveranues Coles and Santana Moss. He has also held NFL summer internships with the Baltimore Ravens (2000), Chicago Bears (1999), New York Jets (1993) and Detroit Lions (1988). A standout running back for Central Michigan from 1974-77, Rison helped the Chippewas to a 13-1 record and a Division II national title as a freshman. He rushed for 1,283 yards and scored 12 touchdowns as a senior to earn all-conference and team MVP honors. Rison and his wife, Marilynn, have two daughters, Dominique and Tara.

On Jan. 16, 2009, Alonzo Lee, Sr., became the 17th head coach in the history of North Carolina A&T football. Lee has been a part of seven MEAC Championships at four different schools over his 27-year coaching career. At two of those schools – North Carolina A&T and Hampton – Lee served as the defensive coordinator. In five out of his last 12 seasons, Lee’s defenses have led the MEAC in total defense. Lee has held assistant coaching positions at Morgan State, Howard, Florida A&M, and Hampton. In 1998, Lee was honored as the National Assistant Coach of the Year for NCAA Division I-AA Football. In 2001, he was honored by the All-America Football Foundation as an Outstanding Assistant Coach. A native of Washington, DC, Lee graduated from Dunbar Senior High School in Washington, DC. In 1977, Lee joined current Florida A&M head coach Joe Taylor at Eastern Illinois University, where he participated in two NCAA Division II National Championship games, winning one in 1978. He was a three-year captain and led the team in tackles his senior season and was selected as All-American in the same season. He graduated from Eastern Illinois with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Therapeutic Recreation in 1982.

VIDEO STREAM OF GAME AT NCCUEAGLEPRIDE.COM
Fans will have the opportunity to watch Saturday’s gridiron contest between North Carolina Central University and North Carolina A&T State University through an internet video stream at www.NCCUEaglePride.com. The audio portion of the broadcast remains a free service, while the video stream will cost viewers $8.95. To access the streaming broadcasts on GameCentral (by Stretch Internet), visit NCCUEaglePride.com and select the Video/Audio graphic at the bottom right side of the home page. Audio broadcasts are slated to begin 30 minutes prior to kickoff, while the video portion will start 15 minutes before kickoff.

LISTEN TO NCCU FOOTBALL ON WRJD 1410 AM OR VIA THE INTERNET
Every game of the 2010 North Carolina Central University Eagles football season will be broadcasted by the NCCU Sports Network, including the flagship station WRJD 1410 AM in Durham, N.C. Play-by-play announcer Chris Hooks will call all of the live action, starting with “Eagle Gameday” a half-hour prior to kickoff. Fans may also listen to the broadcast via the internet by visiting the NCCU Athletics web site at www.NCCUEaglePride.com.