VSU’s Frazier unbowed by Bowie homecoming
Fred Jeter | 10/5/2023, 6 p.m.
Coach Henry Frazier III will take his undefeated Virginia State University football team to Bowie State this Saturday for a 2 p.m. kickoff.
The veteran coach won’t need a road map or GPS to get there.
Coach Frazier was the star quarterback at Bowie from 1986 to 1989 and helped the Bulldogs to CIAA titles as both a head coach and assistant.
In 2014, Coach Frazier was named to the Bowie Athletic Hall of Fame.
Now in his second season as the head whistle blower at VSU, Coach Frazier will try and deal his alma mater, and many old friends, a homecoming defeat.
The Bulldogs have won the last four outings against VSU and six of the last seven, but Bowie is coming off a 31-18 loss at Livingstone.
On that same Saturday, VSU continued its momentum, defeating Shaw in Raleigh, 38-19, for its fifth win.
Quarterback Jordan Davis, filling in for an ailing Romelo Williams, passed for 310 yards and two touchdowns with Lucas Nunez catching both scoring aerials. Williams’ status for Bowie is unclear.
In taking the CIAA Northern Division lead, VSU has outscored its five opponents by a com- bined 180-72. In terms of total offense, VSU has 1,980 yards to its’ foes 1,137.
Following the trip to Maryland, the Trojans will return to Rogers Stadium for three straight CIAA games – Oct. 14 against Bluefield State for homecoming, Oct. 21 vs. Elizabeth City and Oct. 28 vs. Lincoln.
The Trojans close their regular season Nov. 4 in Richmond against Virginia Union.
