Mississippi College 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES
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Mississippi College 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES GAME 8 | OCT. 20, 2018 | 12:00 PM (CT) | ROME, GA. | BARRON STADIUM THE MATCHUP 2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 2-4 GSC: 0-3 Non-Conference: 2-1 Home: 2-2 Away: 0-2 Date Opponent Location Time/Result Aug. 30 Clark Atlanta Clinton, MS W, 31-30 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SHORTER Sep. 8 Southwest Baptist Clinton, MS W, 34-9 THE BASICS Sep. 15 at North Greenville* Tigerville, SC CANCELED Sep. 22 #10 West Florida*^ Clinton, MS L, 21-34 Head Coach John Bland Head Coach Zach Morrison Sep. 29 #13 Valdosta State* Clinton, MS L, 42-63 (Arkansas, 1989) (Shorter, 2009) Oct. 6 at Florida Tech* Melbourne, FL L, 24-31 Career Record 84-63 (14th Yr) Career Record 0-7 (1st Yr) Oct. 13 at North Alabama Florence, AL L, 17-34 MC Record 9-37 (5th Yr) Shorter Record 0-7 (1st Yr) Oct. 20 at Shorter*^ Rome, GA 12:00 pm Oct. 27 West Georgia* (HC) Clinton, MS 3:00 pm Record 2-4, 0-3 GSC Record 0-7, 0-5 GSC Nov. 3 West Alabama* Clinton, MS 2:00 pm AFCA Rank N/A AFCA Rank N/A Nov. 10 at Delta State* Cleveland, MS 2:00 pm Points/Gm 28.2 Points/Gm 11.6 Points All./Gm 33.5 Points All./Gm 53.9 * Gulf South Conference Game (HC) Homecoming ^ ESPN3/GSC-TV Game of the Week All Times are Central Rush Yds/Gm 298.3 Rush Yds/Gm 70.6 Rush TD’s 17 Rush TD’s 2 GAME PREVIEW Rush Yds All./Gm 164.3 Rush Yds All./Gm 217.0 Pass Yds/Gm 111.8 Pass Yds/Gm 181.1 The Mississippi College football team will wrap up a three-game road swing Pass TD’s 4 Pass TD’s 9 this Saturday when they travel to Rome, Ga. to face Shorter University. Kick- off at Historic Barron Stadium is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. (Central). Pass Yds All./Gm 269.5 Pass Yds All./Gm 331.7 Total Off./Gm 410.2 Total Off./Gm 251.7 The Choctaws are led by 5th-year head coach John Bland, who got the Total Def./Gm 433.8 Total Def./Gm 548.7 Choctaws off to their first 2-0 start since 2010 before falling in four straight, including losses to nationally-ranked West Florida and Valdosta State and Division I-FCS North Alabama. Last Saturday against the Lions, the defense THE BASICS stepped up, allowing just 89 yards and three points in the second half. The MC offense is run-heavy in 2018, averaging 298.3 rushing yards per RUSHING RUSHING game with 17 touchdowns through the first six games. Detric Hawthorn is the #8 Detric Hawthorn #7 Coey Watson 2nd-leading rusher in the Gulf South Conference with 98.7 yards per game 99-592, 6.0 ypc, 5 TD 60-181, 3.0 ypc, 1 TD and a team-high five touchdowns. Tiberias Lampkin and Ja'Mori Mark each have four touchdowns on the ground this season. PASSING PASSING #8 Detric Hawthorn #4 Tyler Pullum Defensively, Derric Hawthorn leads the way with 29 tackles, including 22 26-57, 45.6%, 507 yds 117-203, 57.6%, 1153 yds solo stops, and two pass breakups with a forced fumble. Turner Rotenberry has 26 tackles and has already set an MC single-season record with 157 3 TD, 4 INT, 84.5 ypg 7 TD, 9 INT, 192.2 ypg return yards on three interceptions. Elijah Rogers also has three intercep- RECEIVING RECEIVING tions, while Michael Washington Jr. leads the team with 6.0 tackles for loss. #1 Cole Rotenberry #88 Elijah Gilbert 10-242, 24.2 ypc, 2 TD 33-282, 8.6 ypc, 4 TD The Hawks, led by 1st-year head coach Zach Morrison, have now lost 35 consecutive games with the last win coming on October 3rd, 2015 against DEFENSE DEFENSE MC (42-23). In last week's loss to North Greenville, Shorter allowed their #13 Derric Hawthorn #16 Nehemiah Reddish fewest points of the season, falling 41-7. 29 tkls, 22 solo, 2 PBU, 1 FF 34 tkls, 16 solo, 2 PBU, 1 FR Tyler Pullum leads the offense with 1,153 passing yards and seven touch- downs with nine interceptions, while Elijah Gilbert leads the team with 33 catches for 282 yards and four scores. Nehemiah Reddish has a team-high INSIDE THE SERIES 57 tackles with four pass breakups and a fumble recovery. Overall Tied, 2-2 Last Meeting In Clinton Tied, 1-1 MC def. SU, 30-29 (11.04.17) FOLLOW US In Rome Tied, 1-1 Last Meeting in Rome Current Streak MC W2 MC def. SU, 32-0 (11.05.16) MC All-Time Record Last MC Win in Series 486-450-36 MC def. SU, 30-29 (11.04.17) @ChoctawSports OFFICE OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS & SPORTS INFORMATION: DAVID NICHOLS | 601-925-3234 | [email protected] MC QUICK FACTS 2018 SCHEDULE School Mississippi College Clinton, MS CLARK ATLANTA 7:00 pm Location Clinton, MS 39058 08.30 Panthers Robinson-Hale Stadium Founded 1826 Clinton, MS SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 6:00 pm Enrollment 5,201 09.08 Bearcats Robinson-Hale Stadium Nickname Choctaws Tigerville, SC 09.15 NORTH GREENVILLE 6:00 pm School Colors Navy Blue and Old Gold Crusaders Younts Stadium Stadium Robinson-Hale Stadium WEST FLORIDA Clinton, MS 09.22 7:00 pm Capacity 8,500 Argonauts Robinson-Hale Stadium Surface EnviroMax by EnviroTurf Clinton, MS 09.29 VALDOSTA STATE 7:00 pm Affililation NCAA Division II Blazers Robinson-Hale Stadium Conference Gulf South Conference FLORIDA TECH Melbourne, FL 10.06 6:00 pm President Dr. Blake Thompson Panthers Panther Stadium Florence, AL Athletic Director Mike Jones NORTH ALABAMA 6:00 pm 10.13 Braly Stadium Senior Woman’s Admin. Susan Musselwhite Lions Rome, GA Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Steven Price 10.20 SHORTER 12:00 pm Hawks Barron Stadium School Website www.mc.edu Clinton, MS Athletics Website www.gochoctaws.com 10.27 WEST GEORGIA 3:00 pm Wolves Robinson-Hale Stadium Athletics Dept. Phone 601-925-3341 Clinton, MS 11.03 WEST ALABAMA 2:00 pm Tigers Robinson-Hale Stadium ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Cleveland, MS DELTA STATE 2:00 pm 11.10 Statesmen McCool Stadium Asst. AD for Athletic Comm. David Nichols E-Mail [email protected] Office Phone 601-925-3234 Cell Phone 769-798-7143 ON THIS DATE FROM THIS STATE SID Fax 601-925-3344 The Choctaws are 7-6-2 all-time in their The Choctaws are 30-22-2 all-time against Asst. Sports Info. Director Kyle Lewis 106-year history as a football program schools from the State of Georgia. MC has when they play on October 20th. MC has already played a pair of opponents from Asst. E-Mail [email protected] won 5 of their last six on the date, includ- the Peach State in Clark Atlanta (W, 31- Graduate Assistant Hunter Bolin ing a 44-17 win over West Georgia (1990). 30) and Valdosta State (L, 42-63). They GA E-Mail [email protected] still have Shorter and West Georgia on the schedule from Georgia. SID Mailing Address 200 S. Capitol St. 1911 at LSU L, 0-40 Clinton, MS 39056 1917 at Alabama L, 0-46 Clark Atlanta 1-1 .500 Twitter @ChoctawSports 1922 vs. Howard (Samford) W, 26-0 Georgia Southern 0-1 .000 Football Twitter @GoChoctawsFB 1928 vs. Millsaps T, 6-6 LaGrange 2-0 1.000 1934 vs. Loyola (LA) L, 7-20 Instagram @ChoctawSports Mercer 5-0-1 .917 1951 vs. Sewanee L, 0-29 Football Instagram @GoChoctawsFB Oglethorpe 3-1 .750 1956 vs. Millsaps T, 0-0 Facebook ChoctawSports Point 1-0 1.000 1962 Jacksonville State W, 28-0 YouTube youtube.com/gochoctaws Shorter 2-2 .500 1973 Livingston L, 3-27 Valdosta State 8-10-1 .447 1979 at Nicholls State W, 28-14 West Georgia 8-8 .500 MEDIA INFORMATION 1984 at Livingston W, 35-7 TOTALS (55 Games) 30-22-2 .564 1990 West Georgia W, 44-17 INTERVIEW REQUESTS 2001 McMurry W, 28-21 To request an interview with Coach Bland or any as- 2007 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 30-69 sistant coaches, do so by contacting the SID via email 2012 at Texas Lutheran W, 24-21 ([email protected]) or phone (601-925-3234). Coaches are available to the media but not during practice. Once practice is completed, all requests can be filled. On Choctaw game days, coaches and players are avail- able following a 10-minute cooling-off period. No interviews can be conducted on game days prior to the game. Phone interviews with players and coaches are also possible by contacting the SID. The best time to request a player or coach for a phone interview is in the morning. OFFICE OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS The Office of Athletic Communciations and Sports Infor- mation is located in the Moody Adams Field House, adja- cent to Robinson-Hale Stadium. CREDENTIAL REQUESTS To request a credential or interview, do so by contacting the SID via e-mail ([email protected]) or by phone at 601- Last season, Greg Nickles nailed a 25-yard field goal as time ex- 925-3234. Credentials must be requested 24 hours in ad- pired to give the Choctaws a 30-29 victory over Shorter. vance THE SERIES TWINNING AFCA TOP 25 This will be the 5th all-time meeting between The 2018 Choctaws have three sets of WEEK SEVEN POLL (OCT. 15) Mississippi College and Shorter with each team twins on the team with Derric and Detric School (1st votes) Rec.