ETTRICK, Virginia --- Jordan Anderson set the Virginia State single-season rushing record and scored three touchdowns and the Trojan defense limited Virginia Union to just three points and 194 yards as Virginia State (9-1, 7-0) dumped the Panthers (3-7, 3-4), 46-3, at Rogers Stadium in Ettrick, Va.Virginia State, the CIAA's Northern Division Champion, closed out the regular-season with eight consecutive victories and will play for the league Championship next Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C. against Winston-Salem State (9-1, 7-0).
Jordan rushed for 121 yards on 21 totes to lead the Trojan offense. His second-quarter 74-yard TD run eclipsed the single-season rushing record set in 2008 by Taron Hampton (1,076 yards). Anderson finished the regular-season with 1,142 yards. In addition, Anderson added to his school record rushing touchdown total with two, giving him 21 for the season.
The Trojans got on the scoreboard first when Jaivon Smallwood caught the first of his two touchdown passes, this one for six yards, from Justin Thorpe. Virginia Union answered with a 42-yard field goal by Troy Krepich late in the first quarter to make it, 8-3.
Virginia State pulled away in the second quarter by scoring 21 unanswered points. Smallwood caught his second TD pass, a nine-yard perception, and Anderson hauled in a 10-yard TD strike from Thorpe to give the Trojans as 22-3 edge. Jordan's breakaway 74-yard scoring run gave the Trojans a 29-3 advantage at the half.
Shawn Hunt booted a 21-yard field goal with 10:30 left in the third quarter and Dontrell Jones intercepted a Virginia Union pass and returned it 29 yards for a touchdown to boost the lead to 39-3 with 10:19 left in the third quarter. Anderson capped a nine play-60 yard drive by bulling over from the one-yard line with 1:42 left in the third quarter to close out the scoring.
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