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BLAZER FOOTBALL ® VALDOSTAVALDOSTA STATESTATE GAME 2 • SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 VALDOSTA STATE BLAZER FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2019 Schedule/Results Top-Ranked Blazers Open 2019 Home Slate 9/7 at Albany State W, 38-3 9/14 OHIO DOMINICAN 6:05 p.m. Saturday Evening for D2 Football Showcase 9/21 WEST ALABAMA* 7 p.m. 9/28 at Shorter* 6 p.m. Game #2 10/5 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE* 2 p.m. Date: September 14, 2019 Location: Valdosta, Georgia 10/12 at Delta State* 7 p.m. ET Time: 6:05 p.m. 10/19 FLORIDA TECH* (Homecoming) 3 p.m. Stadium: Bazemore-Hyder (10,500) 10/26 at North Greenville* 4 p.m. 11/9 WEST FLORIDA* 7 p.m. BLAZERS PANTHERS Gameday Social Media On Twitter: @BlazerAthletics 11/16 at West Georgia* 7 p.m. 1-0, 0-0 GSC 1-0, 0-0 GMAC Facebook: @ValdostaStateBlazers 11/23 NCAA First Round TBA In the Polls In the Polls Live Stats: www.vstateblazers.com 11/30 NCAA Second Round TBA AFCA/D2Football 1/1 AFCA/D2Football RV/NR 12/7 NCAA Quarterfinal Round TBA Coaches Coaches Where to Listen / Watch 12/14 NCAA Semifinal Round TBA Head Coach Gary Goff Head Coach Kevin Cummings Radio: 92.1 FM WDDQ TV: None 12/21 NCAA Championship (McKinney, Texas) TBA School Record 1-0 (1st) School Record 24-9 (4th) Career Record 40-49 (9th) Career Record Same Internet Radio: talk921.com Goff vs. ODU 1-5 vs. VSU 0-0 Video: vstateblazers.com Rushing Att/Yds/TDs Rushing Att/Yds/TDs Quahlin Patterson 4/51/0 Frederick Pitts V 5/22/1 Series History Blazers On The Air Series Record: First Meeting Rogan Wells 5/50/0 Evan Ernst 6/19/0 Streaks: N/A Radio • TALK 92.1 FM Seth McGill 11/44/1 Passing Comp/Att/Yds/TDs Spencer Van Horn, PXP Last Five: N/A Jamar Thompkins 10/40/1 Evan Ernst 31/39/273/2 Last Ten: N/A Wade Beale, color analyst Passing Comp/Att/Yds/TDs Receiving Rec./Yds/TDs First Meeting: N/A Rogan Wells 23/26/215/2 David Turner 10/61/0 Last Meeting: N/A Receiving Rec./Yds/TDs Devanaire Conliffe 3/96/2 Last VSU win: N/A Streaming Audio/Video Brian Saunds 6/73/0 Tackles TT/TFL/Sacks Last ODU win: N/A Available from the football Tackles TT/TFL/Sacks Dauson Dales 10/0/0 Lagest VSU win: N/A schedule at www.vstateblazers.com Cory Roberts 9/0/0 Gus Dimmerling 8/0/0 Largest ODU win: N/A Live Stats • www.vstateblazers.com Available from football schedule on vstateblazers.com FIRST AND TEN • The top-ranked Blazers open the 2019 home slate Saturday at 6:05 p.m. versus Ohio Dominican Saturday at Blazers On The Internet Bazemore-Hyder Stadium in the D2 Football Showcase WWW.VSTATEBLAZERS.COM • Saturday marks the sixth time the Blazers have played in the D2 Football Showcase since its inception in 2006. This will be the fourth home game in the Showcase for VSU as last season the Blazers downed Fort The official website of Valdosta State Athletics is where Valley State in the Okefenokee Classic in Waycross, Ga., 55-6. VSU is 2-3 all-time in the D2 Football Show- you can find everything relating to the Blazer football case. Darren Goldwater and Trai Essex will have the call of the game as the duo broadcast the Blazers’ win team. There, you can find schedules, results, rosters, over FVSU in the D2 Football Showcase last season. • Valdosta State is in its 38th year of intercollegiate football and owns an overall record of 295-126-4 (.699). bios, statistics and game notes always will be up to VSU has the second highest winning percentage in NCAA Division II behind Grand Valley State. Since 2000, date. VSU has amassed 183 wins and is tied with Minnesota Duluth for the third-most wins during that span in NCAA Division II. FACEBOOK/@VALDOSTASTATEBLAZERS • This is the first meeting in the series between Valdosta State and Ohio Dominican on the gridiron, but VSU Fans and media can stay up-to-date head coach Gary Goff is no stranger to Ohio Dominican, as he was the head coach at Tiffin (Ohio) for the past eight years where he faced ODU six times. with releases, news and photo gallleries • The Blazers are 31-6 all-time in home-openers and have won eight of the last nine home-openers since 2009, on the official facebook fan page of with the lone loss being in 2017 against North Alabama. Valdosta State Athletics • Saturday’s game features two players who earned their respective conference weekly honors this week as VSU junior quarterback Rogan Wells was named Gulf South Conference Offensive Player of the Week and Ohio Dominican sophomore placekicker Kevin Laming was named Great Midwest Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. TWITTER/BLAZERATHLETICS • The Blazers enter Saturday’s game with a 20-6 record all-time as the top-ranked team in the nation. Prior Followers of the blazerathletics twitter to this year, the last time VSU was ranked No. 1 nationally was in 2013, where it began the season with four- feed will have access to in-game up straight wins at No. 1. dates,scores from games, along with • Ohio Dominican enters with a 1-0 record and is receiving votes for the second-straight week after a thrilling, breaking news and schedule updates. come-from-behind, 24-21 victory at Shepherd on Saturday. ODU was picked second in the GMAC preseason poll behind Hillsdale (Mich.). Last season, Ohio Dominican went 9-2 and shared the GMAC title with Goff’s Tiffin squad, though Goff bested ODU 24-23 last season in Tiffin. • This marks the fourth time VSU has played on Sept. 14 and is 1-2 all-time in the previous three games. INSTAGRAM/VALDOSTASTATEATHLETICS VSU lost to Fort Valley State at home in 1985 (17-3) and on the road in 1991 at Central Florida (12-0) in the Fans can access social media content, season-opener in both years. VSU last played on this date in 1996 with a 21-7 win over Savannah State in graphics and more through Instagram for Valdosta. • The Blazers own a current 16-game winning streak tying the school-record for the longest in program history all of Valdosta State athletics at the above as VSU won 16-straight in 2004 and 2005. After losing the first game of 2004 at Albany State, VSU rattled off link. 13-straight wins en route to the program’s first national championship, and won the first three games of 2005 before a heartbreaking 16-13 loss at Harding ended the streak. GAME 2 VS. OHIO DOMINICAN • SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 1 BLAZER FOOTBALL ® 2019 Schedule/Opponents/Highlights at Albany State The Blazers scored on their first four possessions for a 28-3 lead The Blazers when . In Under at hatime and blaked the Golden Rams in the second half for a 2019 Goff September 1 38-3 win in the season-opener. VSU quarterback Rogan Wells Following a loss 0-0 0-0 Albany, Ga. was 23 of 26 passing for 215 yards and two touchdowns as he At home 0-0 0-0 W, 38-3 was named GSC Player of the Week. Wells’ 88.4 percent compel- On the road 1-0 1-0 tion percentage marked the fifth-best all-time in program history. Neutral site 0-0 0-0 Against GSC Opponents 0-0 0-0 OHIO DOMINICAN vs. Non-Conference Opponents 1-0 1-0 vs. Ranked teams 0-0 0-0 September 14 vs. In-State teams 1-0 1-0 Valdosta, Ga. In the NCAA Playoffs 0-0 0-0 6 p.m. On natural grass 1-0 1-0 On artificial turf 0-0 0-0 In day games 0-0 0-0 In home day games 0-0 0-0 WEST ALABAMA In road day games 0-0 0-0 September 21 In night games 1-0 1-0 Valdosta, Ga. In neutral site games 0-0 0-0 In August 0-0 0-0 7 p.m. In September 1-0 1-0 In October 0-0 0-0 In November 0-0 0-0 at Shorter In December 0-0 0-0 September 28 Leading after 1st quarter 1-0 1-0 Rome, Ga. Trailing after 1st quarter 0-0 0-0 Tied after 1st quarter 0-0 0-0 6 p.m. Leading after 2nd quarter 1-0 1-0 Trailing after 2nd quarter 0-0 0-0 Tied after 2nd quarter 0-0 0-0 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE Leading after 3rd quarter 1-0 1-0 October 5 Trailing after 3rd quarter 0-0 0-0 Valdosta, Ga. Tied after 3rd quarter 0-0 0-0 In overtime 0-0 0-0 2 p.m. VSU scores first 1-0 1-0 Opponent scores first 0-0 0-0 VSU has first possession 0-0 0-0 at Delta State Opponent has first possession 1-0 1-0 October 12 VSU has more turnovers 0-0 0-0 Cleveland, Miss. VSU has fewer turnovers 1-0 1-0 Turnovers are the same 0-0 0-0 7 p.m. ET VSU scores 0-10 points 0-0 0-0 VSU scores 11-20 points 0-0 0-0 VSU scsores 21-30 points 0-0 0-0 FLORIDA TECH VSU scores 31-40 points 1-0 1-0 October 19 VSU scores 41-50 points 0-0 0-0 VSU scores 51-60 points 0-0 0-0 Valdosta, Ga.