2016 @UnionBulldogs Football Union College Sports Communications | 310 College Street, CPO Box D-22, Barbourville, KY 40906 | www.gounionbulldogs.com Senior Director of College Communications: Jay Stancil (Primary Contact) | O: 606.546.1292 | C: 606.627.2280 | E: [email protected] Secondary Contact: Nicole Felker | O: 606.546.1245 | E: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/UnionCollegeBulldogs | Twitter: twitter.com/UnionBulldogs | Instagram: instagram.com/unionbulldogs #Unleashed #UnionFB #UnionWin UNION UNION COLLEGE BULLDOGS (1-0) (1-0, 1-0 MSC EAST) vs. WARNER UNIVERSITY ROYALS (0-0) Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 27 at Cincinnati Christian* W 42-0 Saturday, Sept. 3 - 12:00 p.m. ET Sept. 3 at Warner (Fla.) 12 pm Lake Wales, Fla. Sept. 10 at Campbellsville (Ky.) 7 pm Sept. 24 Cumberlands (Ky.)* 7 pm GAME HIGHLIGHTS Oct. 1 at Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 7:30 pm • Union and Warner meet up for the Oct. 8 Bethel (Tenn.) 1:30 pm second time ever. The Royals won the Union vs. Sunshine State 2012: Union 10, Webber International 7 Oct. 15 Georgetown (Ky.)* 6 pm series opener 42-21 on Sept. 5, 2015, in Oct. 22 at Kentucky Christian* 1:30 pm 2013: Webber International 20, Union 19 Barbourville. 2015: Warner 42, Union 21 Oct. 29 Pikeville (Ky.)* 1:30 pm 2016: Union at Warner Nov. 5 at Bluefield (Va.)* 6 pm • In last year’s meeting, Warner started Nov. 12 Faulkner (Ala.) 1:30 p.m. hot, scoring 14 points before Union *-MSC East Game; All times Eastern ran a single offensive play. Warner built a 21-0 lead after the 1st quarter. Union WARNER rallied to pull within 28-21 and was driving in Warner’s red zone before a turnover (0-0, 0-0 THE SUN) halted momentum. Warner tacked on 2 more touchdowns to lock up the win. • The Bulldogs are 1-2 all time against teams from Florida, but are 1-0 in games Date Opponent Time/Result played in Florida. Sept. 3 Union 12 pm • Union outgained Warner 440-414 in total offense in their previous meeting. Sept. 10 at Stetson 7 pm Sept. 24 at Southeastern* 7 pm BULLDOG BITES Oct. 1 at Point* TBA • The Bulldogs are looking for their first 2-0 start to a season since 2008. Union Oct. 8 at Ave Marie* 12 pm started the 2008 campaign 5-0 en route to a 9-3 season. Oct. 15 Virgina of Lynchburg 12 pm • Chandler Whittlesey moved into 8th place on the all-time rushing list in program Oct. 22 God’s Chosen 12 pm Oct. 29 at Arizona Christian TBA pm list. He currently sits at 1,494 career rushing yards, needing only 6 more yards to Nov. 5 Edward Waters* 12 pm become the 8th person to hit the 1,500-yard plateau. Nov. 12 Webber International* 7 pm • The Union defense allowed only 102 total offensive yards in last week’s win over *-The Sun game; All times Eastern Cincinnati Christian. All of those yards came on the ground as the Cincinnati Christian quarterback went 0-of-7 passing with 3 pass breakups and 1 INT. 2016 MID-SOUTH • Freshman DL Justavious Robinson registered 2.5 tackles for a loss and had 6 total CONFERENCE STANDINGS stops in earning MSC East Defensive Player of the Week. EAST • Whittlesey and senior defensive lineman Serge Vita earned All-MSC East SCHOOL DIV. OVERALL Second Team honors and was named to the Kentucky Football Hall of Fame All- Pikeville 1-0 1-0 Union 1-0 1-0 Commonwealth Team. Vita led the team last season in tackles for a loss (8.5) and Cumberlands (Ky.) 0-0 1-0 sacks (4.5). (18) Georgetown 0-0 0-0 • Union rushed for 346 yards on 37 carries in the last week’s win. Freshman RB Kentucky Christian 0-0 0-0 Timius Lowe led the way with 140 yards and 2 scores on 10 carries. Ramses Bluefield 0-1 0-1 Cincinnati Christian 0-1 0-1 Hernandez followed with 90 yards on 7 carries, and Collin England added 62 yards and a score on 8 attempts. WEST • Deyontre Jordan had a good debut for the Bulldogs, recording 2 catches for 58 SCHOOL DIV. OVERALL yards and 2 TDs and returning 4 punts for 46 yards. (12) Lindsey Wilson 1-0 1-0 • Union is even in the turnover category after the season opener. The Bulldogs Bethel 0-0 1-0 (11) Reinhardt 0-0 1-0 turned the ball over once (a fumble), while the Bulldogs intercepted one pass. (19) Faulkner 0-0 0-0 Union turned the INT into a touchdown with its turnover resulting in no points. (17) Campbellsville 0-0 0-1 • Whittlesey only threw for 146 yards last week, but he had 3 TD passes. It’s the 7th Cumberland (Tenn.) 0-1 0-1 time he threw for 3 or more TDs in a game. Prior to last week’s win, his last 3-TD game came on Oct. 31, 2015 against Pikeville. • Last week’s shutout was the first since Sept. 10, 2011, with a 27-0 blanking of Kentucky Christian. This is the largest margin of victory in a Union shutout win since a 48-0 result over Kentucky Christian on Sept. 11, 2010. @UnionBulldogs Union College Bulldogs @unionbulldogs UnionKYsportsinfo Game 2 - Warner Sept. 3, 2016 Last Time We Met - Sept. 8, 2012 Warner 42, Union 21 Sept. 5, 2015 - Barbourville, Ky. Mistakes Too Costly To Overcome Warner (Fla.) - 42 Union - 21 for Union in 42-21 Loss Warner Union BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - Mistakes and misfortune put the Union First Downs 15 24 College football team in a hole early, one it could never dig Rushes-Yards (NET) 41-217 49-256 out of as visiting Warner University (Fla.) left with the 42-21 Passing Yards (NET) 197 184 decision on Saturday at Williamson Stadium. Passes Comp-Att-Int 11-18-0 16-26-2 Union (0-1 overall) racked up 440 yards in total offense, Total Offense Plays-Yards 59-414 75-440 edging Warner (2-0 overall) by 36 in that category. However, the Fumble Returns-Yards 1-6 0-0 Bulldogs turned the ball over five times, resulting in 21 Royal Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 2-22 points. Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-54 6-125 “We just made too many mistakes,” said head coach Zak Interception Returns-Yards 2-0 0-0 Willis. “When you have 440 yards in offense and lose, that Punts (Number-Avg) 6-34.3 3-38.7 should never happen. We just turned it over way too much.” Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-3 Warner turned the ball over once, but Union was unable to Penalties-Yards 5-35 6-52 Third-Down Conversions 6-12 7-13 cash it in for any points. Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 2-3 The Royals scored 21 points quickly with the first 14 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 1-3 happening before the Bulldogs were able to ran an offensive Possession Time 30:07 29:53 play. Warner took the opening kick and moved the ball 55 yards in seven plays for the game’s first score, a 15-yard touchdown Scoring Summary pass to Roger Allen with 11:35. The ensuing kickoff was a bit 1st WU-Allen 15-yd pass from Davis (Puente kick) short and took a funny bounce, allowing Warner’s Anthony WU-Benton 6-yd run (Puente kick) Cesar to recover it on the Union 24. Four plays later, Bryant WU-Benton 6-yd run (Puente kick) Benton scored the first of his three touchdowns on a 6-yard 2nd UNION-Anderson 1-yd run (Sigmon kick) scamper to make it 14-0 with 9:21 left in the first. WU-Benton 53-yd run (Puente kick) Union finally ran an offensive play, but after converting a 3rd UNION-Patterson 2-yd pass from Whittlesey (Sigmon kick) third-and-7 situation, fumbled the ball away to give Warner UNION-Whittlesey 1-yd run (Sigmon kick) the ball on the Bulldog 39. This drive ended the same way the 4th WU-Schley 9-yd pass from Davis (Puente kick) previous Royal possession with a Benton 6-yard touchdown run, WU-Wilson 4-yd run (Puente kick) upping the margin to 21-0 with 4:49 remaining in the quarter. The Bulldogs finally got on the board in the second thanks RUSHING: Georgetown (Ky.)-Benton 18-107; Masoline to a LaVance Anderson 1-yard touchdown plunge, but Benton 6-57; Phillips 5-33; Davis 9-13; Wilson 1-4; Lewis 1-2; added a 53-yard scoring run to send the Royals into the half up Atkins 1-1. Union (Ky.)-Anderson 28-132; Whittlesey 10-74; 28-7. Dandridge 5-41; Neal 4-23; Bell 2-minus 14. In the third, Union looked like a different team. With the defense keeping the Royals off the field, the Bulldog offense got PASSING: Warner (Fla.)-Davis 11-18-0-197. Union (Ky.)- rolling as it scored twice to cut the deficit to seven. Chandler Whittlesey 10-19-2-128; Bell 6-7-0-56. Whittlesey hit Darian Patterson in the corner of the end zone RECEIVING: Warner (Fla.)-Allen 2-50; Jackson 2-29; on a 2-yard scoring pass, capping a five-play, 26-yard drive. On Atkins 2-73; Staton 2-19; Lewis 1-10; Schley 1-9; Suarez its next possession, Union marched 83 yards in eight plays with 1-7. Union (Ky.)-Keplinger 4-51; Dandridge 3-30; Whittlesey wrapping up the drive with a 1-yard run to make it Eichelberger 2-18; Anderson 2-14; Dunnaway 1-33; Elkins 28-21 Warner with 3:58 left in the third.