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2012 CHANTICLEER FOOTBALL Location: Conway, S.C. GAME 8 Site: Brooks Stadium/ COASTAL October 27, 2012 James C. Benton Field Saturday — 3:30 pm Capacity: 9,314 Homecoming Opened: 2003 CAROLINA Surface: Grass COASTAL SCHEDULE/RESulTS Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result COASTAL CAROLINA Sept. 1 Sat. NORTH CAROLINA A&T Conway, S.C. W 29 13 C HANTICLEERS Brooks Stadium 9,314 Sept. 8 Sat. at Furman Greenville, S.C. (3OT) W 47 45 (3-4, 1-1 Big South) Paladin Stadium 7,156 Head Coach: Joe Moglia (Fordham ‘71) Sept. 15 Sat. #20 EASTERN KENTUCKY Conway, S.C. L 17 35 — Family Weekend — Brooks Stadium 9,316 At Coastal: 3-4 (1st Year) — Overall: Same Sept. 22 Sat. at Toledo (ESPN3) Toledo, Ohio L 28 38 Glass Bowl 19,023 LIBERTY Sept. 29 Sat. at #16 Appalachian State Boone, N.C. L 14 55 Kidd Brewer Stadium 27,619 F LAMES Oct. 6 Sat. — O P E N — (3-4, 2-0 Big South) Oct. 13 Sat. #11 STONY BROOK (ESPN3) * Conway, S.C. L 21 27 Head Coach: Turner Gill (North Texas ‘90) — HALL OF FAME WEEKEND — Brooks Stadium 7,749 At LU: 3-4 (1st yr) — Overall: 28-53 (7th yr) Oct. 20 Sat. at VMI * Lexington, Va. W 34 7 Foster Stadium 7,281 CSN Affiliates Oct. 27 Sat. LIBERTY (ESPN3/FLAMES SPORTS NETWORK) * Conway, S.C. 3:30 pm MEDIA Grand Strand TV: ESPN3 — Homecoming — Brooks Stadium LU Leads 5-4 WSEA ..................... 100.3 FM Mike Tilley (Play-By-Play) ESPN The Team (FLAGSHIP) Nov. 3 Sat. at Gardner-Webb (ESPN3) * Boiling Springs, N.C. 1:30 pm Ray Jones (Color) Florence/Pee Dee Spangler Stadium CCU Leads 7-2 WJMX ....................... 970 AM Web: Big South Network WJMX ...................... 97.9 FM Nov. 10 Sat. at Presbyterian * Clinton. S.C. 1:00 pm Radio: Chanticleer Sports Network Anderson Baily Memorial Stadium CCU Leads 4-1 Matt Hogue (Play-By-Play) WANS ......................1280 AM Nov. 17 Sat. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (MASN) * Conway, S.C. 3:30 pm Layne Harris (Color) WRIX ..................... 103.1 FM Rock Hill/Charlotte, N.C. Joe Cashion (Sideline) — Senior Day — Brooks Stadium CCU Leads 6-3 WRHM-FM ..............107.1 FM BOLD — Home Games Steve Kipe (Engineer) (Partial schedule) * — Big South Conference Game Online Audio: http://Client.StretchInternet.com/client/coastal.portal COASTAL CAROLINA VS. LIBERTY This will mark the 10th meeting between Coastal Carolina and Liberty and the first time the Chanticleers have hosted the Flames for Homecom- ing. Liberty is one of four teams (with VMI, Gardner-Webb and Charleston Southern) that has been on Coastal Carolina’s schedule in each of its 10 years of football. Both Coastal Carolina and Liberty have dominated their part of the series at home as the Chants are 3-1 versus the Flames in Brooks Stadium, while the Flames are 4-1 versus CCU in Lynchburg. Liberty has won four of the — Big South — — Overall — last five meetings in the series. However, Coastal’s lone win of late, thanks Record Pct Home Away Streak Record Pct Home Away Streak to Zach MacDowall tying his own record with 382 passing yards, went a Team long way towards the program’s fourth Big South championship and second #10 Stony Brook 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 W9 7-1 .875 5-0 2-1 W5 NCAA Playoff berth. Liberty 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 W2 3-4 .429 2-2 1-2 W3 Overall: CCU Trails 4-5 at Home: CCU Leads 3-1 at LU: CCU Trails 1-4 Charleston Southern 2-1 .667 2-0 0-1 W2 3-4 .429 2-1 1-3 W2 Date Opponent CCU Result CCU LU COASTAL CAROLINA 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 W1 3-4 .429 1-2 2-2 W1 11-15-03 at Liberty L 21 38 11-23-04 LIBERTY W 33 6 VMI 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 L2 2-5 .286 2-2 0-3 L2 10-22-05 at Liberty (OT) W 27 21 Gardner-Webb 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 L4 1-6 .143 1-2 0-4 L1 10-28-06 LIBERTY W 28 26 Presbyterian 0-3 .000 0-1 0-2 L3 2-6 .250 1-2 1-4 L3 11-03-07 at Liberty L 24 37 10-04-08 #20 LIBERTY L 38 43 BIG SOUTH GAMES THIS WEEK 10-17-09 at Liberty L 13 58 10-13-10 #11 LIBERTY W 45 31 Stony Brook at Presbyterian (ESPN3/Big South Network).......................................1:00 pm 10-15-11 at Liberty L 27 63 VMI at Gardner-Webb (Big South Network) ............................................................1:30 pm COASTAL IN HOMECOMING GAMES Edward Waters at Charleston Southern (Big South Network) .................................1:30 pm Date Opponent CCU Result CCU Opp. LIBERTY AT COASTAL CAROLINA (BIG SOUTH/FLAMES SPORTS NETWORKS) .....3:30 PM 11-01-03 VMI L 10 19 11-06-04 Savannah State W 52 14 10-29-05 VMI W 38 14 COASTAL FOOTBALL HISTORY (2003-PRES.) 11-04-06 Savannah State W 66 6 10-27-07 VMI W 42 35 2 PLAYOFF BERTHS • 3 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE YEAR • 4 BIG SOUTH TITLES 10-25-08 Stony Brook L 24 28 6 NFL PLAYERS • 17 ALL-AMERICANS • 88 ALL-BIG SOUTH HONORS 11-07-09 Gardner-Webb W 26 21 10-23-10 Stony Brook L 28 38 WWW.GO CCUSPORTS.COM 10-22-11 Gardner-Webb L 24 26 VS. LIBERTY — OCT. 27, 2012 — 3:30 PM — HOMECOMING COASTAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL NOTES BACKUS HONORED BY BIG SOUTH III; ON PACE FOR CCU RECORD For the third time this season, Coastal Carolina linebacker Quinn Backus has been JOE named the Big South Defensive Player of the Week. The Greenville native was honored for his outstanding play at Furman, at Toledo and this past weekend at VMI. MOGLIA For the fourth time this season, Backus led the team in tackles as the Chanticleer defense put together one of its all-time top performances. Backus tallied nine tackles, including six in the second half, with a sack during the first drive of the third quarter. The FORDHAM, 1971 sack would eventually lead to a punt, which CCU blocked and returned for a touchdown. Overall, Backus helped Coastal’s defense hold VMI to just 16 rushing yards (0.6 aver- age) and just 252 yards of total offense. The 16 rushing yards is the second-fewest yards COASTAL CAROLINA CCU has allowed in school history as Chowan only managed eight in 2007. Coastal’s Head Football Coach defense forced VMI to punt on each of its first seven possessions - eight overall, and 3-4 / 1-1 - 1st Year forced two turnovers on downs before the Keydets scored on their final drive with 32 seconds left in the game. FOOTBALL COACHING History Backus has 75 tackles in seven games this season and his average of 10.71 tackles 1968-70 — Fordham Preparatory (N.Y.) School (Assistant Coach) per game ranks second in the Big South and 13th in the nation. At his current pace, Backus will finish with 118 tackles, which would break Jamar Leath’s CCU single-season 1971-74 — Archmere (Del.) Academy (Head Coach) record of 116 tackles in a season (2005). 1975-78 — Penncrest (Pa.) HS (Head Coach) This marks the third time in Coastal history a Chanticleer defender has earned the 1978-80 — Lafayette (Asst. Coach/DBs/Special Teams/Recruit. Coord.) league’s weekly honor three times in a season; he joins three-time first team All-Big 1981-83 — Dartmouth (Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator) South honorees Maurice Simpkins (2003) and Leath (2005). 2009-10 — Nebraska (Executive Advisor to the Head Coach) Jan. 2011 — Eastham Energy College All-Star Game “Stars Team” (Head Coach) CHANTS SUFFER BIG LOSS, CHEATWOOD DONE FOR THE YEAR Jan. 2011-Dec. 2011 — Omaha Nighthawks (President and Head Coach) Coastal Carolina will be without the services of junior and two-time All-Big South Dec. 2011-pres. — Coastal Carolina (Head Coach) selection Jamey Cheatwood due to a right knee injury. Cheatwood has played in all of CCU’s last 30 games, including 29 starts and 21 consecutive starts. CAREER Highlights Kevin Hart will take Cheatwood’s spot in the lineup. Hart has played each of CCU’s last 18 games, playing both guard spots and center. Hart came to CCU out of Hargrave • Chairman of the Board for TD Ameritrade (2008-pres.) Military Academy in January of 2011. He went through 2011 spring drills and played in • Is the real-life inspiration for the book “4th & Goal: One Man’s Quest to Recap- all 11 games as a true freshman in 2011. ture His Dream” written by Monte Burke of Forbes magazine • Awarded the U.S. Grant Sharp Admiral’s Trophy for Leadership and Service, as TRE HENDERSON SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR KOR YARDS voted by the Nebraska players Senior Tre Henderson had one kickoff return for 21 yards at VMI to become the • While at Nebraska, the Cornhuskers won the 2009 and 2010 Big 12 North school’s all-time leader in the category, now with 1,059 yards on 45 attempts. Arthur Champions, played in the 2009 and 2010 Holiday Bowls, produced four All- Sitton previously held the mark with 1,051. Americans, including Ndamukong Suh, who won the Outland Trophy and Bed- Henderson has a knack for making the big play. In fact, he set a CCU record with an 87-yard kickoff return at Appalachian State, one yard longer than the previous CCU mark narik Award which was an 86-yard kickoff return for a touchdown last year versus Gardner-Webb.