Rocky Mount posts first playoff shutout in 45 years

How historically significant was Rocky Mount's 28-0 playoff win over Union Pines last Friday night?

It was the first time in since 1962 that a Rocky Mount football team had posted a shutout in postseason play. Strange, you would have thought it would have happened at least once more since then, but it hasn't.

Here is a look back at all 38 playoff games Rocky Mount has played since September 1953 - the first month football was played with players attending the S. Tillery St. campus. Rocky Mount has a winning record in playoff action: 21-17:

2007: Rocky Mount 28, Union Pines 0

2006: Western Alamance 41, Rocky Mount 37

2006: Rocky Mount 32, Hertford County 16

2006: Rocky Mount 65, Gray's Creek 14

2005: Western Alamance 30, Rocky Mount 10

2005: Rocky Mount 21, Beddingfield 20

2005: Rocky Mount 21, SW Edgecombe 7

2005: Rocky Mount 35, Northern Vance 18

2004: JH Rose 15, Rocky Mount 13

2004: Rocky Mount 40, Middle Creek 7

2004: Rocky Mount 45, Cape Fear 20

2003: Jack Britt 24, Rocky Mount 17

2002: Wakefield 41, Rocky Mount 33

1997: Cary 9, Rocky Mount 7

1996: Richmond County 26, Rocky Mount 3

1990: EE Smith 24, Rocky Mount 14

1990: Rocky Mount 15, New Bern 3

1985: Terry Sanford 31, Rocky Mount 21

1981: Terry Sanford 27, Rocky Mount 7

1981: Rocky Mount 21, Seventy-First 6

1981: Rocky Mount 28, Enloe 13

1979: JH Rose 36, Rocky Mount 7

1979: Rocky Mount 28, Jacksonville 27

1979: Rocky Mount 35, Pine Forest 14

1977: East Mecklenburg 28, Rocky Mount 9

1977: Rocky Mount 25, Pine Forest 22

1977: Rocky Mount 20, Jacksonville 13

1977: Rocky Mount 14, Goldsboro 13 (OT)

1976: Eastern Wayne 10, Rocky Mount 7

1973: Sanford Central 28, Rocky Mount 0

1973: Rocky Mount 9, EE Smith 7

1964: W-S Reynolds 14, Rocky Mount 6

1963: Rocky Mount 14, W-S Reynolds 13

1963: Rocky Mount 42, Greensboro Page 0

1962: Rocky Mount 20, W-S Reynolds 6

1962: Rocky Mount 21, Myers Park 6

1961: Garinger 21, Rocky Mount 0

1959: Garinger 13, Rocky Mount 6