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North Carolina A&T (1-1, 0-0 MEAC) vs. Elon (1-1, 0-0 CAA) AGGIES FINALLY GET SOMEONE SERIES HISTORY THEIR OWN SIZE Overall: A&T leads 6-4 ► North Carolina A&T enters its 92nd season of The last 10 meetings: 6-4 football. In Greensboro: 3-2 th In Elon: 3-2 Date: Sept. 19, 2015 ► The Aggies just won the school’s 12 confer- Neutral Sites: 0-0 Time: 6 p.m. ence title and the seventh since joining the MEAC Broadway vs. Elon: 2-0 Site: Elon, N.C. in 1971. Skrosky vs. A&T: 0-1 Stadium: Rhodes Stadium (11,250) ► The Aggies are coming off its fi rst-ever trip to Longest A&T Win Streak: 4 Live Stats: elonphoenix.com Kenan Stadium where they were defeated 53-14 (2001-04) Webstream: elonphoenix.com by the University of North Carolina. The 53 points Longest Elon Win Streak: 2 Radio: Aggie Sports Network 98.1 were the most points A&T has ever surrendered to (1999-00; 2005-06) FM WBRF. Donal Ware (pbp); Al an FBS, but at the same time the Aggies 14 points Largest A&T Win: 16, 9/22/01 Swann (color); Billy Covington (pre- were the most points they’ve ever scored against Largest Elon Win: 45, 11/11/2006 game, halftime, postgame). an FBS. Last Meeting: A&T 17, Elon 12, Team Information ► For the fi rst time this season the Aggies will 9/13/14 A&T: North Carolina A&T is coming get to play an FCS opponent after opening the LAST 10 off a 53-14 loss to UNC at Kenan Sta- season against Division II Shaw before playing the SERIES RESULTS dium. The Aggies now play the sec- FBS Tar Heels. Year W/L Site Score ond game of a four-game road swing ► Elon is 22-11 against schools who currently 1999 L Away 40-7 as they visit Elon. The last time the play football in the MEAC. The Aggies lead the 2000 L Home 13-0 Aggies lost to an ACC school big they all-time series against Elon 6-4 and have won both 2001 W Away 23-7 rebounded the next week by beating games the two teams have played since renewing 2002 W Home 34-20 Elon 19-17 on Sept. 25, 2004. Elon: the series in 2013 after a seven-year absence. 2003 W Away 29-14 Elon is coming off a 21-13 overtime ► A&T is 3-1 at Rhodes Stadium with its only 2004 W Home 19-17 win over Gardner-Webb. Saturday will loss coming on Sept. 24, 2005 when the Aggies 2005 L Away 12-9 be the Phoenix’s home opener. lost a fi eld goal contest 12-9. A&T Coach Rod Broadway: ► A&T is 15-15 against in-state schools since 2006 L Home 45-0 Broadway (UNC ‘77) is in his fi fth sea- 2000. Two of those losses came against ACC 2013 W Home 23-10 son at A&T and holds a 29-18 (.617) schools. Five of the wins came against Division II 2014 W Away 17-12 record. Broadway also spent four opponents. NORTH CAROLINA A&T ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS seasons apiece at N.C. Central and ► A&T running back Tarik Cohen had a ca- reer day against Elon in last season’s game as Address ........................1601 E. Market St. Grambling, and has an overall record Greensboro, NC 27411 he rushed for a career-high 234 yards and one of 97-41 (.703). He is three wins shy FB Contact..........................Brian Holloway of his 100th career coaching victory. touchdown on 20 carries. He won the game on an Email [email protected] Elon Coach Rich Skrosky: 81-yard touchdown run that gave the Aggies the Offi ce Phone .....................(336) 285-3608 Skrosky is in his second season with lead for good in the fourth quarter. Cell ....................................(336) 328-6719 the Phoenix. He had a tough 1-11 ► There have been a number of fi eld goals in the Pressbox Phone ................(336) 285-4909 year in 2014 and the Phoenix were series between A&T and Elon. Elon has connected Website.............................ncataggies.com winless in the CAA. The Phoenix did on 19 fi eld goals in the 10-game series, while A&T snap a 10-game losing streak dating has also connected on 19 fi eld goals. back to last season with its win over ► A&T will focus on getting their passing game @ncataggies Gardner-Webb. going. On the season, the Aggies are 23-for-49 with four touchdowns, three interceptions and 306 yards passing. WR Denzel Keyes has excelled with nine receptions for 165 yards and two touchdowns /ncatathletics /ncatathletics this season. GAME 3 • N.C. A&T vs. Elon • SEPT. 19, 2015 • RHODES STADIUM • #BEATELON North Carolina A&T Football Coaching Staff 2015 N.C. A&T SCHEDULE/RESULTS (1-1, 0-0 MEAC) Date Opponent Series Streak Attendance Time Result Head coach......................... ....................Rod Broadway (UNC ‘77) S. 5 Shaw 17-3-1 W10 13,828 6 p.m. 61-7W (28-17, 5th season at A&T), (96-40, 13th season overall) S. 12 @North Carolina 0-0 L1 44,000 6 p.m. 53-14 L Defensive Coordinator/DB’s .....Sam Washington (Miss. Valley ‘82) S. 19 @Elon 6-4 W2 6 p.m. Offensive Coordinator/WR’s .....Chip Hester (Guilford College ‘92) O. 3 @Hampton* 16-26-2 W1 2 p.m. Outside Linebackers........................ Trei Oliver (N.C. Central ‘98) O. 10 @Norfolk St.* 28-11 W1 2 p.m. Running Backs......................................................... Shawn Gibbs O. 17 Bethune-Cookman* 14-22 L1 1 p.m. Defensive Line............................. Damon Frenchers (Regents ‘86) O. 24 Howard* (HC) 26-20-2 W3 1 p.m. Offensive Line.................................... Keith Wagner (Albilene ‘93) O. 31 @Florida A&M* 16-44-3 W3 3 p.m. Inside Linebackers................... Thomas Howard (Morehouse ‘03) N. 7 @ S.C. State* 18-32-2 L2 1:30 p.m. Tight Ends/Video Coord....... Colin Williams (Texas Lutheran ‘10) N. 14 Delaware St.* 21-22-1 W1 1 p.m. Quarterbacks....................... Chris Barnette (Guilford College ‘07) N. 21 N.C. Central* 49-32-5 L1 1 p.m. Strength and Conditioning................ Cedric Walthaw (Ole Miss ‘96) *MEAC game HC - Homecoming All Times Eastern Football Administrative Asst. ................................. Jeraldine Bailey 2015 MEAC STANDINGS Offi ce Phone......................................................... (336) 285-4260 MEAC Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. N.C. A&T AGGIE PRIDE Hampton 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 FOOTBALL ACHIEVEMENTS N.C. A&T 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 ► The Aggies are 475-418-45 as they enter their N.C. Central 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 92nd season. S.C. State 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 ► The Aggies have 127 wins in their 44-year history Bethune-Cookman 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 in the MEAC. The third most among teams who have Savannah State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Delaware State 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 played in the MEAC. Florida A&M 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 ► A&T has won 12 conference championships (5 Howard 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 CIAA, 7 MEAC). The Aggies seven MEAC champion- Morgan State 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 ships is tied for third all-time amongst MEAC schools Norfolk State 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 with on Florida A&M (8) and S.C. State (14) having more. The Aggies are tied with Bethune-Cookman. Sept. 17 ► The Aggies have made tremendous strides in their Florida A&M at S.C. State, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU academic progress rate over the past fi ve years. They Sept. 18 have gone from a multiyear score of 829 in 2008-09 to Howard at Hampton, 7:30 p.m. ESPNU a 934 in 2013-14. The football team’s single-year score Sept. 19 Savannah St. at Akron, Noon was 958 in 2013-14. Chowan at Delaware State, 2 p.m. ► The Aggies had 34 MEAC All-Academic team Norfolk St. at Marshall, 3:30 p.m. members in 2014. Virginia-Lynchburg at Morgan St., 4 p.m. ► One hundred thirty-fi ve men have been named to Lane at Bethune-Cookman, 4 p.m. the All-MEAC fi rst team. It ranks second among MEAC N.C. Central at Florida International, 6 p.m. teams in the history of the conference. N.C. A&T at Elon, 6 p.m. ► An Aggie has been named MEAC offensive player Who’s On The Sideline, Who’s Not of the year nine times, defensive player of the year seven times, coach of the year fi ve times and rookie of On the fi eld: Rod Broadway (Head coach/UNC ‘77); Sam Washing- the year twice. ton (defensive coordinator, secondary, Miss. Valley ‘82); Shawn Gibbs ► A&T traditionally ranks among the top-15 schools (running backs, special teams); Keith Wagner (offensive line, Albilene in FCS in attendance. The Aggies homecoming ‘93); Thomas Howard (inside linebackers, Morehouse ‘03); Chris Barnett amongst the biggest in FCS, selling out routinely at the (quarterbacks, Guilford ‘07). Aggies home facility Aggie Stadium (21,500). ► The Aggies have one Pro Football Hall of Famer In the booth: Trei Oliver (outside linebacker, special teams, N.C. in Elvin Bethea who was inducted into the hall in 2003. Central ‘98); Chip Hester (offensive coordinator, wide receivers, Guilford Bethea played defensive lineman for the Houston College ‘92); Colin Williams (tight ends, video coordinator, Texas Luther- Oilers.