Sept. 25, 2005

Final Stats

Richmond, VA - Martin Hicks scored three second-quarter touchdowns as he led the Winston-Salem State University Rams football team to a 31-0 win over the Panthers of Virginia Union University on the road in Richmond, VA on Saturday evening.

The first quarter of play was an uneventful one as neither team would crack into the scoring column.  However, the second quarter would be witness to WSSU's offensive fireworks as the Rams broke the scoring drought less than four minutes into the second period of play.

The Rams, not content to rest on their seven-point lead, immediately went back to work on their next offensive possession, and they immediately went back to Martin Hicks.

Following a VUU turnover, Hicks capped a two-play, 18-yard drive with his second touchdown of the game as he scampered into the Panther endzone from five yards out.

Hicks would not finish there as he would take advantage of yet another Panther turnover less than one minute later as he broke free for a 42-yard touchdown run only 45 seconds later to put WSSU up 20-0 (Matt Hind's PAT would be blocked).

The Rams headed into the halftime intermission leading 20-0 and would never look back as a Brad Herring 26-yard touchdown reception, and a Matt Hind 20-yard field goal, both early in the fourth quarter, would give the Rams the 31-0 win.

With the win, the Rams improve to 2-3 overall on the season and move to 2-0 in the CIAA.  The Rams improve to 18-20-1 versus the Panthers all-time with the win, and Kermit Blount improves his overall record versus his former offensive coordinator Arrington Jones III (now the head coach at VUU) to 2-0.

WSSU returns to action next Saturday evening as they travel to Fayetteville, NC to face the Broncos of Fayetteville State University.  Kickoff is slated for 6:00 pm.

For additional information on WSSU football, contact the WSSU Office of Sports Information at (336) 750-2143 or log on to the Official Website of WSSU Athletics at www.WSSURAMS.com