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HAMPTON FOOTBALL 75 All-AMEricANS • 5 SBN NatioNAl cHAMpioNSHipS • 19 coNfErENcE TiTlES Hampton (5-5; 4-3 MEAC) vs. Morgan State (4-6; 3-4 MEAC) GAME 11 Hughes Stadium (10,000) • Baltimore, Md. Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 • 4 p.m. EST TV: None; Radio: WHOV 88.1 FM QUICK FACTS THE GAME: The Hampton University football team (5-5, 4-3 MEAC) will take to the COACHES road again on Saturday, as the Pirates head to Baltimore, Md. to face off against Don Rose ...................... (Hampton ‘79) Morgan State at Hughes Stadium at 4 p.m. The Pirates have lost four straight Record at HAM ............ 10-11 (2nd year) following this past Saturday’s 17-12 loss at Florida A&M, while Morgan State (4-6, 3- vs. MSU .....................................0-1 Overall Record .......................... Same 4 MEAC), under the direction of head coach Donald Hill-Eley, has lost three straight vs. MSU .....................................0-1 following a 32-10 loss to South Carolina State on Thursday, Nov. 11. Donal Hill-Eley ......... (Virginia Union ‘91) HEAD COACH DONOVAN ROSE: Donovan Rose is entering his 20th season with the Record at MSU ............. 46-54 (10 years) vs. Hampton ...............................3-6 Hampton University football program and second as head coach. Rose brings a Overall Record ............. 42-54 (10 years) wealth of knowledge, impeccable character, and the respect from the players, vs. Hampton ...............................3-6 assistant coaches, school administrators and the community. SERIES MSU leads the all-time series 35-21-2 “With the tradition, family atmosphere and the roots that I have here at Hampton Last five meetings: University, I definitely consider this a great opportunity for me to be named head 2009 - MSU 21, HAM 6 coach at my alma mater. Hampton has always been known for its academics and 2008 - HAM 17, MSU 14 athletic achievements. With hard work, determination, and commitment, I am 2007 - MSU 24, HAM 17 2006 - HAM 29, MSU 14 very optimistic that we will restore the luster to make Hampton a force to be 2005 - HAM 26, MSU 8 reckoned with again.” - Donovan Rose, Head Football Coach RANKINGS Hampton N/A ......................Sports Network Poll Rose went 5-6 in his first year as head coach, with the Pirates going 3-5 in MEAC N/A .. College Sporting News Coaches Poll play. Hampton was third in the MEAC in scoring defense in 2009, giving up just 19.4 N/A .......... SBN Sports Black College Poll points per game. The Pirates were also third in the MEAC in total defense, giving up 278.1 yards per contest in keeping with Rose’s background on defense. Morgan State N/A ......................Sports Network Poll N/A .. College Sporting News Coaches Poll The Pirates also gave up just 117 rushing yards per game, second-best in the MEAC. N/A .......... SBN Sports Black College Poll Hampton was also second in the conference with 157 total sacks and third in the MEAC in only allowing teams to convert 31.5 percent of their third downs. TELEVISION None RADIO HAMPTON (5-4; 4-2 MEAC) MORGAN state (4-6; 3-4 MEAC) WHOV 88.1 FM will carry the game live with Matt White and Shemar Woods call- Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time ing the action. Sept. 2 at Central Michigan L, 0-33 Sept. 4 BOWIE STATE W, 14-7 Sept. 11 at Howard W, 31-21 Sept. 11 at Maryland L, 3-62 MEDIA CONTACTS Sept. 18 N. CAROLINA A&T W, 35-21 Sept. 18 at N. Dakota State L, 9-35 Hampton Sept. 30 at Delaware State W, 20-14 Sept. 25 vs Howard W, 20-3 SID - Maurice Williams Oct. 9 at N. Carolina Central W, 27-13 Oct. 2 BETHUNE-COOKMAN L, 32-69 Phone (757) 727-5757 Oct. 16 NORFOLK STATE W, 7-6 Oct. 9 at N. Carolina A&T W, 27-14 Email: [email protected] Oct. 23 at S. Carolina State L, 7-10 Oct. 23 DELAWARE STATE W, 34-24 Oct. 30 OLD DOMINION L, 14-28 Oct. 30 at Florida A&M L, 17-31 Morgan State Nov. 6 BETHUNE-COOKMAN L, 18-23 Nov. 06 at Norfolk State L, 25-37 SID - Leonard L. Haynes IV Nov. 13 at Florida A&M L, 12-17 Nov. 11 S. CAROLINA STATE L, 0-32 Phone (443) 885-3831 Nov. 20 at Morgan State 4 p.m. Nov. 20 Hampton 4 p.m. mail: [email protected] 2010 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL Under Rose and his staff, the Pirates earned four First Team All-MEAC UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS honors. Senior running back LaMarcus Coker was named First Team All- MEAC after becoming the first Pirate since 2006 to rush for 1,000 yards in Location ..................................... Hampton, VA Founded ...............................................1868 a season, and his 1,027 rushing yards led the MEAC. Senior punter Jahmal Enrollment ...........................................6,152 Blanchard also earned First Team All-MEAC honors – for the third straight Colors ................................ Royal Blue & White year – after leading the MEAC with a 43.9 punting average. Nickname ........................................... Pirates Stadium .............................. Armstrong Stadium Capacity ............................................ 17,000 Blanchard was also named an SBN Sports Black College All-American for the Surface ........................Natural Grass (Bermuda) second straight year, and he was also named to the Associated Press All- Lights ....................................................Yes American Third Team. First Year of Football ................................1902 All-Time Record .............................. 520-376-34 MEAC Titles ............................................... 5 Keeping with Rose’s defensive background, the Pirates’ other two First All-Time Bowl/Playoff Record........................1-8 Team selections were on that side of the ball. Junior linebacker Julio Years in Postseason Play ................................ 8 Sanchez earned All-MEAC honors after leading the Pirates with 98 tackles Last Postseason Appearance ........................2006 – the second-highest total in the conference. Sanchez had 51 solo tackles ADMINISTRatION in 2009, and he recorded a career-high 16 total stops in an overtime win President ..........................Dr. William R. Harvey at Winston-Salem State. Junior defensive lineman Kenrick Ellis was also Athletic Director ....................... Lonza Hardy, Jr. named First Team All-MEAC, after sitting fifth on the team with 51 tackles Faculty Representative............. Novelle Dickenson and second on the team with 15.0 tackles for loss. Assist. AD for Student Services/SWA .........Tia Scott Compliance Coordinator ....................Nancy Lake Athletics Marketing Specialist............. Brint Martin Redshirt-junior defensive lineman Brandon Peguese led the MEAC with 7.5 Athletic Business Manager ............ Petra Klimplova sacks and 16.0 tackles for loss on the season, earning Second Team All- Coord. of Academic Support ...........LaNea Winston MEAC honors. Senior linebacker Brandon Roundtree was also named Second Dir. of Facilities/Operations ............. John Jackson Athletics Phone .......................... (757) 727-5641 Team All-MEAC after sitting second on the team with 73 tackles. Athletics Fax ............................. (757) 728-6995 MORGAN STATE SERIES: The Pirates are 21-35-2 all-time against Morgan FOOTBALL Staff State, having won six of the last seven meetings between the two schools. Donovan Rose ...........Head Coach (Hampton, 1978) Coaching Record at HU ............ 10-11 (2nd Season) The Bears won last year’s meeting 16-13 at Armstrong Stadium to snap Coaching Record Overall .......... 10-11 (2nd Season) the Pirates’ six-game winning streak against Morgan State. In that six- Football Office Phone .................. (757) 727-5322 game winning streak, the Pirates beat Morgan State in overtime twice – in Football Office Fax ..................... (757) 728-6664 2003 (24-21) and in 2007 (24-17). The series started all the way back in Fred Kaiss ........................Offensive Coordinator Keith Goganious ...... Def. Coordinator/Line Backers 1922, with Hampton taking a 6-0 win; in fact, the Pirates won the first four Shannon Harris ............................ Quarterbacks meetings with Morgan State, including three shutouts. The two teams tied Devan Hill ............................... Defensive Backs 6-6 in 1932 and 0-0 in 1940. Morgan State leads Hampton 10-4 all-time at Stephen Field ............................. Running Backs Hughes Stadium, though Hampton won the last game there in 2008 by a Charles Huff .............................. Offensive Line Ray Lewis .................... Assistant Defensive Backs score of 17-13. Michael Villagrana ............................ Tight Ends Delbert Cowsette ........................Defensive Line A FIRST FOR THE PIRATES: When Hampton opened the 2010 season on the Will Judson .......................... GA/Wide Receivers road on Sept. 2, it did so in historic fashion; the Pirates’ contest against Phillip Dungan .......................... SA/Line Backers Jonathan Wade ...................... SA/Defensive Line Central Michigan marked the first time in program history that they played against an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent. Central SPORTS INFORmatION Michigan beat Hampton at Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Sports Information Director ......... Maurice Williams 33-0. Williams Office Phone .................. (757) 727-5757 Williams Cell Phone ..................... (803) 842-1279 Williams Office Fax ..................... (757) 727-5813 A STREAK SNAPPED: When the Pirates fell 33-0 to Central Michigan on Williams E-mail .............. [email protected] Sept. 2, it marked the end of an