NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- It was arguably the most highly-anticipated game in Norfolk State football history and even though the result wasn't ideal, the Michael Vick era for the Spartans is underway.

Towson used a big fourth quarter to pull away and top NSU, 27-7, in front of more than 19,000 fans at Dick Price Stadium Thursday night. The defeat drops the green and gold to 0-1 and gives the team a baseline to go off of and improve on moving forward.

"Up until about 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, we were in the game," Vick noted. "I felt like we had some momentum, we were making a comeback after a slow start, but I felt like, a couple plays, maybe two or three plays, and we were right back in the game."

The Spartan offense struggled to get going early in the contest, failing to pick u

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