WSSU rolls in second half, wins 44-17

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- For a while, Johnson C. Smith gave 16th-ranked Winston-Salem State all it could handle.

But the Rams started rolling in the third quarter and by the time they finished had

“We started playing Ram football,” said tight end Jerry Chandler, who caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Rudy Johnson in the decisive third quarter. “We settled down and didn’t panic, and we didn’t make mistakes.”

The Rams trailed 17-14 early in the third quarter before finding their footing.
Coach Connell Maynor gave credit to the scrappy Bulls, who used their fast-paced, no-huddle offense to knock his Rams off balance in the first half.

“You have to take your hats off to them because that’s just their third loss in their last 11 games, and two of those losses were to us,” Maynor said. “Coach (Steve) Aycock is doing a great job, and they played us hard for about two quarters, but we just came out in the second half and executed better, and our defense was there.”

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