PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Norfolk State opened its season with a loss Thursday night, but the 31-0 defeat at Rutgers Stadium goes down as more success than setback. In its previous visit to Rutgers in 2007, Norfolk State lost 59-0 and the game was over at halftime. In visit No. 2, the Spartans could have led at the midway point. The Scarlet Knights eventually took over in the second half, using the physical inside running of 6-foot-0, 215-pound Joe Martinek to wear out NSU’s defense.Martinek’s 6-yard touchdown with 7:55 left in the third quarter put the Scarlet Knights up 14-0 and effectively ended Norfolk State’s challenge. The Spartans had defensive players suffer an injury or cramps on four straight plays and five total during the drive, a seven-play, 75-yard stretch to open the second half.
“The first half went well; we just didn’t have enough in the tank to finish everything off,” linebacker Corwin Hammond said. “Everyone was cramping. I was cramping. My defensive teammates were cramping. I thought that’s when things went downhill.”
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