Sept. 30, 2006

Final Stats

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Tyler Thigpen's four touchdown passes to three different receivers led the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over the Winston-Salem State University Rams on Saturday evening at Bowman Gray Stadium by the score of 31-12 as WSSU dropped their third consecutive game.

The Rams drew first blood as redshirt freshman running back Brandon McRae (Washington, DC/Charles H. Flowers H.S.) capped a six-play, 80-yard drive with a 46 yard touchdown run.  McRae's scoring run would be the longest play of the 2006 season for the Rams as WSSU jumped out to an early 6-0 lead (following a missed point-after attempt).

The Chanticleers immediately responded, scoring on back-to-back possessions as Coastal Carolina quarterback Tyler Thigpen completed touchdown passes of 45 and 11 yards to Chris Noble and Jerome Simpson to build the Chants' lead to 14-6 midway through the first quarter of play.

A Josh Hoke 24-yard field goal with 1:37 remaining in the half enabled the visiting Chanticleers to increase their lead to 11 points at 17-6 headed into the halftime intermission.  

Coastal Carolina scored a pair of third quarter touchdowns to pull ahead by the score of 31-6 as Tyler Thigpen tossed his third and fourth touchdown passes of the game.

The Rams responded on their first drive of the fourth quarter as Roderick Fluellen (Columbia, SC/Richland Northeast H.S.) busted his way into the endzone from 13 yards out as he put the finishing touches on a 14-play, 80-yard drive to cut the Rams' deficit to 19 points at 31-12.

WSSU and Coastal Carolina would trade possessions for the remainder of the contest as neither team would score again in the game. 

The loss drops the Rams to 1-4 overall while Coastal Carolina improves to 3-2 with the win (0-0 Big South).

Winston-Salem State University returns to action next Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 2:00 pm as they play host to the Bison of Howard University.  The contest will mark the Rams' Homecoming game.

For additional information on WSSU football, contact the WSSU Office of Sports Information at (336) 750-2143 or log on to the Official Website of WSSU Athletics at www.WSSURAMS.com.

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