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23/15 WEST ALABAMA (5-1, 4-0) VS 22/17 WEST GEORGIA (5-1, 3-1) Oct. 14, 2017 l Tiger Stadium | Livingston, Ala. | 4 p.m. | ESPN 104.9 THE SERIES This is the 35th meeting between the Tigers and the UWA Schedule/Results Wolves. UWG holds a 20-14 Date Opponent Result/Time lead in the series. West 8/31 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 46-7 Alabama has won eight of 9/7 at Samford$ L, 49-41 the last 11 meetings. 9/16 Mississippi College* W, 42-13 9/23 at North Alabama* W, 38-17 WEST ALABAMA 9/30 Shorter* W, 62-0 10/7 at Delta State* W, 29-26 West Alabama is 5-1, 4-0 in 10/14 West Georgia* 4 p.m. GSC play, after a 29-26 10/21 at Florida Tech*$ 1 p.m. victory at Delta State last 10/28 West Florida*$ (HC) 4 p.m. week. 11/4 at Valdosta State* 2 p.m. WEST GEORGIA 11/11 North Greenville 2 p.m. West Georgia is 5-1, 3-1 in *GSC Game $ ESPN3 GSC play, after winning at home over Valdosta State last TOP O vs TOP D weekend. Saturday’s game features the top scoring offense in the GSC against the league’s top scoring defense. West Alabama averages 43.0 points THE COACHES per game, while West Georgia is allowing just 14.2. Brett Gilliland is 24-15 in his SO…IT’S OFFENSE YOU WANT fourth season at UWA, his West Georgia and West Alabama are the top two total yards gainers in fourth as a head coach. David the GSC. The Wolves average 466.2 and the Tigers 450.2 per game. Dean is 51 in his first year as head coach at UWG, 84-28 SACK ‘EM UP his 10th year as a college West Alabama is tied for the GSC lead in sacks with 19 after getting head coach. seven at Delta State last week. COVERAGE LAST MEETING Austin Grammer completed 31-of-40 passes for 338 yards and two Video | UWAathletics.com TDs as the Tigers pounded West Georgia, 31-7, Oct. 15, 2016 at Radio: | ESPN1049 App University Stadium. The Tiger defense did not allow an offensive TD for ESPN 104.9, Kyle Beede & the Wolves. Robert Upchurch on the call. UWA Record POLL WATCHING Breakdown UWA moved into the AFCA poll at No. 23 this week. UWG is 22nd. The Tigers are 15th in the d2football.com poll, where the Wolves Overall: 5-1 GSC: 4-0 are No. 17. Home: 2-0 Road: 3-1 UWA VERSUS RANKED OPPONENTS West Alabama will face its second nationally ranked opponent in Day: 0-0 Night: 5-1 as many weeks when West Georgia visits Tiger Stadium. The Sept: 4-1 Oct: 1-0 Tigers are 2-0 against ranked teams this year, winning at then N0. 10 North Alabama and at then No. 9 Delta State. Nov: 0-0 Score First: 3-0 ONLY TWO AFCA TOP 25 MATCHUPS Lead After 1st Quarter: 4-0 There are only two Top 25 matchups this coming weekend, Trail After 1st Quarter: 0-1 the one between the Tigers and Wolves in Livingston, as well as No. 3 Indiana (Pa.) at No. 9 Slippery Rock (Pa.) to see who Tied After 1st Quarter: 1-0 will stay in the top spot of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division. Lead At Half: 5-0 Trail At Half: 0-1 LET THE BIRDMAN FLY UWA linebacker Terry Samuel, AKA Birdman, is tied for the Tied At Half: 0-0 conference lead with 54 total tackles with JohnQ McBride of Delta State. Their 9.0 tackles per game is tied for second in the GSC. Lead After 3rd Quarter: 5-0 Trail After 3rd Quarter: 0-1 CORNER WORK UWA cornerbacks Tevin Madison and Se’Quan Steele are first and Tied After 3rd Quarter: 0-0 second in the GSC in broken up passes. Madison has 10 and Lead After 4th Quarter: 5-0 Steele nine. Trail After 4th Quarter: 0-1 TIED FOR TOP PICKER Tevin Madison is tied for first in the league with three 1-5 Points: 1-0 interceptions. UNA defensive backs Maurice Carnell and Chris 6-10 Points: 0-1 Johnson also have three. 11-19 Points: 0-0 20-29 Points: 2-0 UNIFORM COMBINATIONS RECORD 30 or More Points: 2-0 Red Jersey, Red Pants: 0-0 White Jersey, Red Pants: 0-1 Overtime: 0-0 White Jersey, White Pants: 0-0 Red Jersey, Black Pants: 0-0 GSC Home: 2-0 Red Jersey, White Pants: 2-0 GSC Road: 2-0 White Jersey, Black Pants: 3-0 COACHES RECOGNITION vs DSU The following players were chosen by the UWA UWA COACHING RECORDS BY WINS coaching staff as players of the game at Delta State. Call Dyer was the offensive player of the game, Coach Years W-L-T grading out 88% from the center position. Frank North 1979-84 31-29 Defensively, Ashton Derico graded out 100% with Jim King 1973-76 29-14-1 one tackle, two assists, and two sacks. On special Bobby Wallace 2006-10 26-30 teams, Terry Samuel was chosen after playing 101 Will Hall 2011-13 25-11 defensive snaps, while also playing on three special Brett Gilliland 2014-Present 24-15 Sam McCorkle 1985-90, 04-05 24-62-1 team units and registering four tackles on them, 13 Micky Andrews 1970-72 23-7-2 stops in all. James Garner 1960-66 22-39-1 Morris Higginbotham 1967-69 19-9-2 DONTA PUNT RETURN CAREER NUMBERS Vaughn Mancha 1949-51 18-10-2 Donta Armstrong is currently second in the Lloyd Sisco 1991-93 13-16-1 nation in career punt return yardage at 15.3 Paul Tubb 1939-41 11-10-1 yards per return. Armstrong has returned 27 Bobby Johns 1997-2000 11-31 punts for 413 yards and three touchdowns in a Randy Pippen 2001-03 8-25 17-game career. F.G. McCollum 1942 6-3 Todd Stroud 1994-96 6-25 Jack Crowe 1977-78 5-15 COACH G TIED FOR 5TH Bob Willams 1952 4-6 With the win over Shorter last week, Tiger head Ray Richeson 1953-56 4-30-1 coach Brett Gilliland moved into a tie for sixth place C.A. Douglas 1947-48 3-13-1 on the UWA all-time coaching wins list with 23. He Robert Cire 1957-59 2-22 is tied with Micky Andrews, who went 23-7-2 from 1970-72, winning UWA’s only national title in 1971. 2017 GSC STANDINGS EIGHT MORE FOR BRETT Team Overall GSC Coach Brett Gilliland is 24-15 since taking over the West Alabama 5-1 4-0 Tiger program in 2014. Gilliland needs just eight Delta State 5-1 3-1 wins to become the all-time winningest coach in West Georgia 5-1 2-1 UWA football history. Frank North won 31 games West Florida 4-1 2-1 from 1979-84. Florida Tech 3-3 2-2 North Alabama 2-3 2-2 TWEETMASTER P AS A WOLF Valdosta State 1-3 1-2 Tiger defensive line coach Roberto Pinilla was team Shorter 0-6 0-3 captain as a player for West Georgia, where Mississippi College 0-6 0-4 he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics in 1997. Pinilla lettered four seasons and was a three- AROUND THE GSC year starter for West Georgia, helping lead UWG to its first-ever NCAA Division II Playoffs appearance. Saturday, Oct. 7 He finished his playing career as the West Georgia North Alabama at Shorter 1 p.m. career leader in games started (35) and tackles by a Delta State at West Florida 4 p.m. defensive lineman (167). Mississippi College at Valdosta State 7 p.m. HEAD COACH BRETT GILLILAND Record setting quarterback and University of West Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame member Brett Gilliland came home on Dec. 9, 2013 to be named the 21st head football coach at his alma mater. Now entering his fourth season as the Tigers head coach, Gilliland returned to West Alabama from Kennesaw State, where he was coaching quarterbacks. Previous coaching stops include Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern. Gilliland led the Tigers to a 5-6 record in 2014, his first year back at his alma mater and his first season as a collegiate head coach. He followed the initial campaign with 7-4 records in both years two and three. Following his playing days at UWA, Gilliland began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech before moving on to the offensive staff Georgia Southern. While at Georgia Tech, Gilliland was a part of three Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Coastal Division Championships (2006, 2008 and 2009). In 2007, Gilliland worked with Yellow Jacket quarterbacks after assisting with the receiving corps in 2006, including Biletnikoff Award winner and current Detroit Lions star Calvin Johnson. Gilliland coached the running backs for two seasons at Tech, a group that included Doak Walker semi-finalist Jonathan Dwyer. Dwyer was the ACC rushing leader and player of the year in 2008. In three seasons at Georgia Southern, Gilliland worked with the running backs (2010), tight ends and tackles (2011) and wide receivers (2012). He took over the recruiting coordinator duties following the conclusion of the 2011 season. With Gilliland on staff, Georgia Southern posted a 31-12 (.721) overall record, won two Southern Conference titles (2011, 2012) and made three consecutive NCAA Football Championship Series (FCS) semifinal appearances.