ETTRICK, Virginia -- Cal U will be trying to keep a trend of opening-day success going Saturday when the Vulcans kick off the football season at Virginia State.
The Vulcans have won 11 of their last 14 season openers, including a 33-24 victory over the Trojans at Cal U last season.
Fourth-year head coach Mike Kellar has his team's sights set on snapping another streak, that of three straight third-place finishes in the PSAC West standings.
For the Vulcans (8-2 last season) to have success, they will lean heavily on a defense that finished fifth in the nation in rushing yards allowed a year ago. That defense returns six starters, including junior All-America candidate Jordan Bowman (DB) and Jawan Turner (DT).
Cal could have its hands ful with a Virginia State team that qualified for the NCAA playoffs for the first time in school history a year ago while winning its first CIAA championship since 1996.
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