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CONCORD MOUNTAIN LIONS FOOTBALL 13 Conferernce Championships 422 Wins 44 All-Americans 16 Conference Players of the Year 2018 Schedule Game #1 Saturday, Sept. 1 ■ 12 p.m. SERIES CU 19-15 @ W.VA. WESLEYAN Cebe Ross Field - Buckhannon, W.Va. (2-9,Concord 1-9 MEC) VS Thursday, Sept. 6 ■ 7 p.m. SERIES UC 17-13 CHARLESTON W.Va. Wesleyan (5-6, 5-5 MEC) Callaghan Stadium, Athens, W.Va. Saturday, Sept. 15 ■ 1 p.m. SERIES CU 6-3 Kickoff / Date: @ UVa.-WISE 12:00 p.m.edt, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018 Carl Smith Stadium - Wise, Va. SIte: Cebe Ross Field (Capacity: 3,000) 2017 Rankings: Concord - AFCA: N/A - D2football.com: N/A Saturday, Sept. 22 ■ 12 p.m. SERIES NDC 3-2 West Virginia Wesleyan - AFCA: N/A - D2football.com: N/A NOTRE DAME Series History: Concord leads 19-15 Callaghan Stadium - Athens, W.Va. Last Played: 2017: West Virginia Wesleyan 23 - Concord 18 SERIES Saturday, Sept. 29 ■ 12 p.m. Live Stats: N/A SU 32-16 @ SHEPHERD Live Video: https://team1sports.com/wesleyanbobcats/ Ram Stadium - Shepherdstown, W.Va. Live Audio: N/A Saturday, Oct. 6 ■ 1 p.m. SERIES GSC 40-33 The Matchup Inside The Series GLENVILLE STATE Overall Last Concord Win Callaghan Stadium - Athens, W.Va. Vs Concord Wesleyan Concord leads 19-15 2016 Saturday, Oct. 13 ■ 1 p.m. SERIES Current Streak Last Wesleyan Win CU 30-17 WVWC W1 2017 @ W.VA. STATE Last Meeting Largest Victory Dickerson Stadium - Institute, W.Va. Wesleyan 23 - Concord 18 CU: 49 (2014) Saturday, Oct. 20 ■ 4 p.m. SERIES Aug. 31, 2017 WVWC: 42 (2003) Tied 3-3 The Basics (2017) Athens, W.Va. @ UNC-PEMBROKE 2-9 Record 5-6 Grace Johnson Stadium - Pembroke, N.c. 15.9 Points 17.5 Saturday, Oct. 27 ■ 12 p.m. SERIES 34.1 Points Allowed 23.4 WL 34-29 99.5 Rush Yards 145.0 WEST LIBERTY 131.0 Pass Yards 155.8 Callaghan Stadium - Athens, W.Va. 230.5 Total Offense 300.8 Saturday, Nov. 3 ■ 1 p.m. SERIES FSU 38-33 479.0 Total Defense 356.4 @ FAIRMONT STATE Duvall-Rosier Field - Fairmont, W.Va. Top Returning Leaders (2017) Rushing Rushing Saturday, Nov. 10 ■ 12 p.m. SERIES JaVaughan Burrus Devin Montgomery UU 3-2 49-218 1 TD, 18.2YPG 117-826, 0TD, 91.8YPG URBANA Passing Passing Callaghan Stadium - Athens, W.Va. Adam Fulton Luke Casey 104-218, 1,128 yards 51-106, 510 yards 10 TD / 8 INT 2 TD / 3 INT Receiving Receiving Brandon Plyler Kenny Lewis 32-342, 3TD 31.1 YPG 42-494, 3TD, 44.9YPG Defense Defense Zach Malone Trey Lee 106 tkls, Sk, FF 45 tkls, 3.5TFLs, Sk, FF, FR CONCORD MOUNTAIN LIONS FOOTBALL SPECIALIZING IN SPECIALIZING KICKOFF Saturday’s contest will feature the two leading kickoff returners in the For the second straight season, the Concord University football team Mountain East Conference from last season in sophomore wide receiver opens up its season against West Virginia Wesleyan when the two teams Tywan Pearce of Concord and Wesleyan’s Jajuan Linzy. Linzy led the clash at WVWC’s Cebe Ross Field 12:00 p.m. Saturday in Buckhannon, league in return average at 25.2 yards per return. Meanwhile, Pearce West Virginia. averaged 22.4 yards per return on his way to being named First Team All-MEC as a returner in 2017. Last season, Pearce had four kickoff AMONG THE BEST returns of at least 40 yards. In a year in which Concord graduated Senior linebacker Zach Malone begins the season ranked ninth in placekicker Zack Keaton and All-American punter Garrett Lee, Pearce school history in total tackles with 230. Additionally, the Charleston, and senior long snapper and tight end Mark Large are the only returning West Virginia native is slotted 17th among active Division II players in specialists for the Mountain Lions. career tackles. Over the last two seasons, Malone has registered at least 10 tackles in 12 games including the last four of the 2017 season. Last season, CU’s middle linebacker had 11 stops versus West Virginia EXPERIENCE IN THE TRENCHES With eight freshmen listed on the two deep for the Mountain Lions in Wesleyan. Since finishing the 2016 contest at WVWC with four tackles, the skill areas, Concord has veteran-laden offensive and defensive lines. Malone has double-digit tackles in 12 of his last 18 games. Senior offensive lineman Derek Dressler has started 22 consecutive games between guard and center while playing in 28 career games. FINDING A WAY Meanwhile, sophomore offensive lineman Nathan Toney started in all In last season’s 23-18 loss to West Virginia Wesleyan, the Mountain 11 games in 2017 and senior Jack Skidmore started 10 contests in his Lions scored two defensive touchdowns. Sophomore defensive back first season as a full-time starter last season. Defensively, senior Justin Jonathan Roebuck ran back an interception for a score in the game’s Noble leads the defensive line for CU. The Nutter Fort, West Virginia opening minutes before a fumble return for a touchdown by former native, who will play 24 miles from where he grew up on Saturday, Concord standout Jeremiah Johnson in the third quarter. For Roebuck, needs five tackles for 100 for his career. Opposite of Noble on the it was one of two defensive touchdowns he would score last season as defensive line is junior Ryan Gatrell who saw spot starts in 2017 and was the Leesburg, Virginia native also had an interception for a touchdown a pass rush specialist. against UNC-Pembroke. Roebuck is just one of two players to have two interceptions for touchdowns in the same season joining Travis Preston during the 2000 campaign. RESTARTING A STREAK Last year’s loss against WVWC snapped a string of six straight victories for Concord over the Bobcats. The overall series record belongs to CU DOWN TO THE WIRE 19-15, but there’s been a couple lengthy winning streaks for both sides. The last two contests betwen Concord and West Virginia Wesleyan From 2000-05, Wesleyan won six straight games. Concord owns the haven’t been decided until the game’s final minutes. After the Bobcats longest winning streak in the series as it won eight straight games from jumped out to a 20-6 halftime lead last season, Concord got to within 1976-83. 23-18 with seven minutes in the fourth quarter, but a late CU drive stalled out with under 90 seconds to go as the Mountain Lions dropped a five-point decision. Two seasons ago at Wesleyan, record-setting WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE Concord quarterback Brian Novak led a late Mountain Lion drive that The Bobcats return a couple of their top defensive linemen from the covered 90 yards over 10 plays to propel Concord to a 20-17 win on the 2017 season in Harry Lewis and Aman Speed. The duo combined for road. Junior wide receiver Brandon Plyler recorded one of his two career nine sacks and 16 tackles for loss last season. WVWC also welcomes multi-touchdown games with two scoring receptions. Overall, Plyler back its leader rusher in Devin Montgomery who ran for nearly 900 has caught seven passes for 87 yards and two touchdowns in his career yards in his first season at Wesleyan. Montgomery rushed for 238 yards versus WVWC. The Fort Mill, South Carolina native enters the season as against Concord last season. Current Wesleyan head coach Del Smith Concord’s active leading receiver with 665 yards on 59 receptions. played for CU head coach Paul Price when Price was an assistant coach at his alma mater during the early 2000s. INSIDE THE NUMBERS • Concord was • The last two • Senior defensive plus-3 in turnover contests between back Chaudlier margin last season versus Concord and WVWC Shepherd will make Wesleyan with have been decided his 38th career start two interceptions 38 +3 and three fumble 8 by a combined eight on Saturday. recoveries. points. CONCORD MOUNTAIN LIONS FOOTBALL Tailback 21 JaVaughan Burrus Jr., 5-10, 210 OFFENSE 24 Josh Maxwell Fr., 6-0, 205 X WR H WR Quarterback Z WR 14 Tywan Pearce 80 Jamal Fisher 7 Kyle Akin 82 Isaiah Bowman So., 5-8, 160 R-Fr., 6-1, 210 Jr., 6-2, 210 So., 5-8, 175 84 Tanner Bailey 20 Kevin Moss 19 Adam Fulton 2 Dylan Bryan Fr., 5-11, 185 Fr., 5-9, 170 So., 6-2, 215 Fr., 5-9, 155 Y WR Right Tackle Right Guard Center Left Guard Left Tackle 15 Brandon Plyler 76 Nathan Toney 60 Keeener Burke 55 Derek Dressler 79 Jack Skidmore 75 Kole Bridgers Jr., 6-3, 220 So., 6-5, 270 So., 6-0, 260 Sr., 6-2, 305 Sr., 6-1, 290 So., 6-4, 295 33 Tyler Gibson 74 Ryan Walker 66 Davis Roberson 78 Nathan Moss 51 Fred Minco 62 Keante Rose Fr., 5-9, 150 Fr., 6-3, 315 Fr., 6-3, 295 Fr., 6-0, 250 Fr., 6-1, 265 Fr., 6-5, 290 Anchor Nose Tackle Rush 91 Derek King 94 Tre Buford 6 Harry Lewis 10 Aman Speed Sr., 6-2, 255 Jr., 6-2, 295 Jr., 6-1, 285 Jr., 6-1, 235 35 Davari Gill 98 Shondell Parks 90 Will Berry 45 Deanjelius Brown Sr., 5-11, 230 Sr., 6-0, 250 Sr., 6-0, 280 So., 6-1, 235 Sam Will 48 Cole Skaggs 52 Robbie Huddleston So., 6-2, 210 Jr., 6-2, 210 4 Anthony Hill 50 Sal Exposito DEFENSE Sr., 6-1, 220 Jr., 6-2, 200 Kat Cornerback Free Safety Cornerback $ 26 Kobe Vinegar 23 Zechariah Johnson 13 Derrick Butler 33 Mike Sawyer 5 Trey Lee So., 5-11, 190 R-Fr., 5-10, 160 Sr., 6-0, 180 So., 6-1, 190 Jr., 5-10, 180 22 Deontre Logan 16 Keith Johnson Jr.