FB MEDIA SERVICES Leonard Haynes, Director [email protected] Kevin Paige, Asst. Director MORGAN1700 East Cold Spring ■ Baltimore, Md. ■ 21251 ■ 443-885-3831 (P) ■ 443-885-8307STATE ■ www.MorganStateBears.com [email protected] GAME 13 • NOV. 29, 2014 MORGAN STATE BEARS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2014 MORGAN SCHEDULE (7-5, 6-2) Bears Face No. 16/18 Richmond in First Round of FCS Playoffs - A30 at Eastern Michigan (ESPN3) L, 28-31 Kickoff at 1 p.m. at Robins Stadium S6 at Holy Cross L, 26-29 S13 BOWIE STATE W, 28-3 GAME #13 S20 vs. HOWARD*^ W, 38-35 Date: Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014 S27 at Norfolk State* L, 14-15 Location: Richmond, Va. O4 at Florida A&M* W, 24-9 Kickoff: 1 p.m. (ET) O18 N.C. CENTRAL* (HC) W, 21-20 Stadium: E. Claiborne Robins Stadium O25 at #6 Villanova L, 28-48 RICHMOND MORGAN STATE Capacity: 8,700 N1 at Hampton* W, 38-35 8-4, 5-4 (CAA) 7-5, 6-2 (MEAC) N8 at N.C. A&T* L, 0-45 IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS ONE TO WATCH N15 S.C. STATE* W, 24-21 No. 16 - FCS Coaches Poll No. 7 - HSRN Poll Pushing 5-8 and 180 pounds, Herb Walker Jr. (aka. N22 DELAWARE STATE* W, 69-7 No. 18 - SportsNetwork Poll No. 7 - BoxtoRow Coach Poll Smurf) may not be big in stature, but he’s steadily N29 vs. #16/18 Richmond 1 p.m. becoming the big man on campus when it comes to *Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Game; ^ NY Urban League Classic RET. LEADERS RET. LEADERS running the football. In his first start of the season at Holy Cross, the sophomore carried the ball 20 times BOLD = Home Games played at Hughes Stadium Rushing All times ET and subject to change Rushing for a career high 271 yds and two touchdowns. In Fisher, 148/717/ 10 TD Walker, 212/1288/ 13TDs doing so, he became the school’s all-time single game MORGAN COACHING STAFF rushing leader. He has 15 touchdowns and 1,288 Passing Passing rushing yards for the season. Lee Hull, 1st Year at MSU..............................Head Coach Strauss, 191/277/7 INT Skillon, 92/159/5 INTS John Morgan, Jr., 1st Year....................Asst. Head Coach 2,202 yds, 16 TDs 1107 yds, 9 TDs Fred Farrier, 1st Year.....................Offensive Coordinator Dwayne Foster, 1st Year.............................Offensive Line Receiving Receiving Kenneth Lucas, 1st Year............................Running Backs Diggs, 69/885/5 TDs King, 37/428/5TDs Jamari McCullough, 1st Year............................Receivers LeAndre Creamer, 2nd Year......................Defensive Line Defense Defense Brawley Evans, 1st Year.................DBs/Recruiting Coord. Wright 82 TT, 7 TFL,4 SKS Acker, 101 TT, 10 TFL,3 SKS Benton ‘Sport’ Harold, 15th Year............SPTs/Tight Ends Howard, 72 TT, 6TFL,3 SKS Eatman, 89 TT, 3 TFL, INT Kevin Myrie, 2nd Year........................Graduate Assistant Jarvis West, 2nd Year.........................Graduate Assistant GAME TIME Robb Johnson, 1st Year.........Admin. Assistant - Defense The Morgan State Bears will face #16/18 Richmond in the first round of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs. Game time at Robins Stadium is scheduled for 1 p.m. and will be broadcast Roderick Chapman, 1st Year..Admin. Assistant - Offense on ESPN3. The game will be broadcast live by Morgan State’s flagship station WEAA, 88.9 FM, also on Eric Fair, 1st Year....................Admin. Assistant - Offense Heritage Sports Network (HSRN) and Sirius XM. It will air on Sirius Channel 136 and XM Channel 204. The winner of the game will play at No. 7-seeded Coastal Carolina on December 6. MORGAN QUICK FACTS HOW IT HAPPENED Location...................................................Baltimore, Md. •Morgan State (7-5 overall, 6-2 MEAC) won a share of the MEAC Championship and earned the conference’s Founded..................................................................1867 automatic qualification. This is the first Division I postseason trip for the Bears. •Richmond (8-4, 5-3 CAA) finished fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Spiders are an at-large Enrollment.............................................................7,643 qualifier and will be making its ninth trip to the Football Championships (FCS) Playoffs, including a Nickname...............................................................Bears national championship in 2008. This will be the first trip to the playoffs since 2009. School Colors..............Orange & Blue (PMS - 1655/288) Stadium................................................Hughes Stadium THE BEARS-SPIDERS SERIES •Saturday’s matchup marks the first meeting between the two schools. Capacity/Surface........................10,000/Synthetic Grass Affiliation...............NCAA Football Championship Series QUICK HITS Conference......Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) •MSU QB Moses Skillon set the school record for most touchdown passes in a game – the Florida native First Football Season...............................................1898 tossed five TDs in a 69-7 rout at Hughes Stadium against the Hornets. It was the most points by the Bears since posting 69 points vs. Hampton in 1967. President...............................................Dr. David Wilson •MSU has 12 senior Bears who will be suiting up for the first Division I postseason appearance in school history. Director of Athletics.........................................Floyd Kerr •Morgan State and Richmond are ranked among the FCS leaders when it comes to passing and Athletics Dept. Phone...............................443-885-3050 defending the pass. The Bears rank No. 2 in passing yards allowed (141.4), while the Spiders rank No. 9 (307.7) in pass offense. Athletics Website..............www.MorganStateBears.com •Senior DE Christopher Robinson set the school’s career sack record (28.5) two weeks ago and recently set the school’s single season sack record ... he currently has 15 sacks and counting... •Sophomore RB Herb Walker Jr. is a member of the Walter Payton Award Watch List. •Lee Hull’s Bears were predicted to finish last in the MEAC’s Preseason Order of Finish. However, MSU not only finished with it’s first winning record since 2009...but they also captured its first MEAC Title in 35 years. • Senior LB Nate Ayers recorded a pair of interceptions vs. Delaware State - The Baltimore product has eight picks for his career. GAME 13 • NOV. 29, 2014 MORGAN STATE BEARS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES • 2 KEEPING UP WITH THE BEARS FIRST AND 10 is the Spiders premier running back by • accounting for 717 yards on 148 carries ON THE AIR MSU has won five of its last seven games. During the last five wins, the Bears have (4.8 avg) with 10 TDs. Radio: WEAA, 88.9 FM outscored its opponents 152-83. Wideouts Reggie Diggs, Brian Brown Lamont Germany - play-by-play •RB Herb Walker Jr. became the first and Rashad Ponder have led the Spiders as Kelvin Bridgers, analyst Bears to go over 1,000 rushing yards since favorite receiving targets. Diggs has 885 Devan James posted 1,337 yards in 2008. yards on 69 catches with a five TDs, while 2014 MEAC STANDINGS •The Bears went undefeated (4-0) at Brown has 65 receptions for 873 yards and Hughes Stadium this season. 2 TDs, and Ponder has 56 catches for 644 yards. Richmond has eight players with MEAC Overall MEDIA AVAILABILITY over 100 receiving yards. Morgan State*% 6-2 7-5 The Spiders have one of the top Lee Hull will be available to the media via defenses in the CAA. The defense ranked NC Central* 6-2 6-5 the MEAC’s weekly teleconference every South Carolina State* 6-2 8-4 No. 3 in the conference in total defense Tuesday beginning at 10:03 a.m. (EST). To (332.1) , No. 3 in rushing defense (126.2), Bethune-Cookman* 6-2 9-3 gather more information on the availability North Carolina A&T* 6-2 9-3 and No. 7 in pass defense (205.9). of coach Hull or student-athletes please Richmond’s defense has been led by Norfolk State 4-4 4-8 notify the Office of Media Relations of your Eric Wright, Omar Howard and Justin Florida A&M^ 3-5 3-9 intent, please call (443) 885-3831. Grant. Wright leads the Spiders with 82 Howard 3-5 5-7 tackles and 7 TFLs, Howard has 72 stops Hampton 2-6 3-9 BEARS OPEN 116th SEASON OF wth three sacks. Grant has 71 tackles with Delaware State 2-6 2-10 FOOTBALL SINCE 1898 five breakups. The Bears O-Line will also Savannah State^ 0-8 0-12 MSU enters its 116th season of football, have to account for Justin Williamson who * 2014 MEAC Co-Champs and the first under head coachLee Hull. paces the Spiders with seven sacks, and %NCAA FCS Playoffs automatic qualifier nine TFLs. ^Will not be eligible for a MEAC Title SCOUTING THE SPIDERS Danny Rocco is in his 3rd year as The Spiders finished with an overall mark Richmond’s head coach. He has led the of 6-6 and were T-5th place with a 4-4 CAA Spiders to a 22-13 record. In 2012, Rocco record during the 2013 season. led Richmond to a share of the CAA Football They returned16 starters from a team championship, posting an overall record that won its final four games of the 2013 of 8-3 and a conference mark of 6-2. As a season. result of his effort, he was named a finalist Richmond will enter this weekend’s not only for the Eddie Robinson Award, but contest fresh off of a 34-20 win at William also the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year & Mary. The Spiders snapped a 2-game Award. losing streak and earned an at-large bid for MEAC TELECONFERENCE its ninth appearance in the FCS playoffs. MSU TITLES Conducted every Tuesday AM during FB season The Spiders offense is led by QB MSU was a power as a former member 10:00am - MEAC Notes Michael Strauss.