GAME TIME: 2:00 PM EST
VENUE: BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM, WINSTON SALEM, N.C. (18,000)
TV: NONE
INTERNET LIVE STREAMING VIDEO/AUDIO: ESPN3
DETROIT, Michigan - The Wayne State University football team (11-3) continued an unprecedented road streak with its third consecutive road playoff win last Saturday, 31-25, at defending national champion Minnesota Duluth.
This week the Warriors travel to Winston-Salem, N.C., to face the unbeaten Rams of Winston-Salem State. This Saturday’s contest will start at 2 p.m. and is available online at ESPN3.COM. This will be the first meeting between the schools.
WSU has won five straight road games and has been victorious in eight of its last nine contests away from Detroit with the only setback coming on a last second fi eld goal at Ashland on Oct. 15. Wayne State is 20-5 in its last 25 contests and has an 11-2 mark in its last 13 road games. After recording their best start (6-0) since 1974, the Warriors are 5-3 in their last eight games.
WSSU began and ended the regular season with wins over NCAA qualifier Elizabeth City State, the second coming in the CIAA Championship game. After receiving a first round bye as Super Region 1 top seed, the Rams edged California (Pa.), 35-28, then disposed of New Haven, 27-7, last Saturday in the regional championship contest.
MINNESOTA DULUTH RECAP
Wayne State’s Cinderella story continued last Saturday as the Warriors claimed a 31-25 triumph at Minnesota Duluth. WSU, seeded sixth in Super Region 3, has recorded three consecutive road wins (48-38 at #14-St. Cloud State, 38-26 at #4 Nebraska Kearney, and 31-25 at #9 Minnesota Duluth) to reach the national semifinals.
In a defensive fi rst half that saw teams combine for 190 yards of total off ense (UMD - 126; WSU - 64), it was the Warrior special teams that set up the lone touchdown. After the Bulldogs tallied the only points of the opening stanza on a 39-yard fi eld goal by David Nadeau, Wayne State’s Matt Maus blocked a UMD punt that was recovered at the UMD 11. On WSU’s third play, Mickey Mohner found Troy Burrell just inside the pylon for an 11-yard score.
The Warriors marched down the fi eld with the second half kickoff , with Chet Privett scoring on a fourth-and-goal on the 14th play of the drive. Bulldog D.J. Winfield returned the ensuing kickoff 87 yards and a two-point conversion pass was successful, cutting the Wayne State lead to 14-11.
Following a 21-yard kickoff return by Josh Renel, the Warriors went 60 yards in six plays with Burrell making a great adjustment to haul in a 38-yard scoring toss. Burrell fi nished the contest with 11 receptions for 163 yards and two scores.
WAYNE STATE FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE #15
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| Head Football Coach Paul Winters Wayne State University |
Head coach Paul Winters, the reigning AFCA Region Coach of the Year, is in his eighth season at the helm of the Wayne State football program and guided the Warriors to their first NCAA Division II playoff appearance and victories in school history. Winters (47-42) passed Joseph G. Gembis (1932-45) for first on the WSU career wins all-time list with the Oct. 22 victory over Hillsdale.
Coach Winters guided Wayne State to its winningest team in school history last year. The 2010 squad set school records for overall wins (9), conference wins (8), points in a season (347), passing completion percentage (59.9%), and yards per passattempt (7.67), while tying the institutional mark for touchdowns in a season (45). All these accomplishments plus a 12th-place ranking in the final regular-season AFCA national poll earned Winters the AFCA Division II Regional Coach of the Year honors.
Connell Maynor has a 21-2 record in his second year with the WSSU Rams. He previously spent 10 seasons as a member of the Fayetteville State coaching staff, where he helped to lead FSU to four CIAA title game appearances and three CIAA Championships (2002-03-09).
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Coach Winters guided Wayne State to its winningest team in school history last year. The 2010 squad set school records for overall wins (9), conference wins (8), points in a season (347), passing completion percentage (59.9%), and yards per passattempt (7.67), while tying the institutional mark for touchdowns in a season (45). All these accomplishments plus a 12th-place ranking in the final regular-season AFCA national poll earned Winters the AFCA Division II Regional Coach of the Year honors.
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| WSSU HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Connell Maynor |
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