WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Winston-Salem State didn’t have its cleanest game of the season, but in the Division II playoffs that doesn’t always matter.
The ninth-ranked Rams leaned on their defense, and quarterback Rudy Johnson did enough good things Saturday in a 27-20 first-round victory against No. 20 Slippery Rock in front of 3,500 at Bowman Gray Stadium.
WSSU (10-1) will play next weekend at Shepherd (W.Va.), which is 10-0 and seeded No. 1 in Super Region One.
“Our defense controlled the whole game,” said Coach Connell Maynor, whose Rams held the Rock to a season-low 210 yards. “I told those guys before the game we are going to prove we have the No. 1 defense in the nation. That team averaged 45 points a game, and we shut them down.”
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