GARDNER-WEBB FOOTBALL GARDNER-WEBB ( 3-7, 2-2 ) Vs MONMOUTH ( 7-3, 3-1 ) Saturday, November 17 | 1:30 PM ET | Boiling Springs, N.C
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GARDNER-WEBB FOOTBALL GARDNER-WEBB ( 3-7, 2-2 ) vs MONMOUTH ( 7-3, 3-1 ) Saturday, November 17 | 1:30 PM ET | Boiling Springs, N.C. | Spangler Stadium (8,500) 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION Date ......Saturday, November 17 GWU RUNNIN’ BULLDOGS MONMOUTH HAWKS Date Opponent Time Result Start . 1:30 pm 2018 Record . 3-7, 2-2 Big South 2018 Record . 7-3, 3-1 Big South 09/01 LIMESTONE (ESPN+) 6:00 PM W, 52-17 TV/Video: ..............ESPN3 2017 Record: ..1-10, 0-5 Big South 2017 Record . 9-3, 4-1 Big South 09/08 at #5 North Carolina A&T (ESPN+) 6:00 PM L, 45-6 (Fabian Fuentes, Reggie Walker) Head Coach .......Carroll McCray Head Coach .......Kevin Callahan 09/14 WESTERN CAROLINA (ESPN+) 6:00 PM L, 28-10 Brendan Boylan (sideline) Alma Mater .... Gardner-Webb ‘83 Alma Mater ........Rochester ‘77 Career Record ............40-82 Career Record ..........151-121 09/22 at Appalachian State (ESPN+) 3:30 PM L, 72-7 at GWU ..................24-43 at MON . 151-121 09/29 #6 WOFFORD (ESPN+) 6:00 PM L, 41-14 Series .......Monmouth leads 3-1 SID .................Marc Rabb SID ...............Greg Viscomi Last Meeting . MON 41, GWU 14 Email . [email protected] Email [email protected] 10/06 at East Tennessee State (ESPN+) 3:30 PM L, 45-0 [November 11, 2017, W. Long Branch] Web Site .........gwusports.com Web Site . monmouthhawks.com 10/13 #2 KENNESAW STATE * (ESPN3) 1:30 PM L, 56-17 10/27 at Campbell * (ESPN3) 4:00 PM W, 35-7 RUNNIN’ BULLDOGS TO WATCH SATURDAY 11/03 PRESBYTERIAN * (ESPN+) 1:30 PM W, 38-20 11/10 at Charleston Southern * (ESPN+) 3:00 PM L, 16-0 NOTES: Posted a career-high 16 stops vs. 11/17 MONMOUTH * (ESPN3) 1:30 PM COREY HORNE Western Carolina (9/14) ... Team’s top return- 6-1 | 225 | Sr. | MLB ing tackler from 2017 ... Second-team All-Big All Times Eastern And Subject To Change 39 Guyton, Ga. | South Effingham HS South preseason choice by Phil Steele ... * Big South Confererence game Second-year starter at MIKE linebacker ... Has Home Games BOLD/CAPS TT SOLO TFL SACK a career-high 80 total stops so far in 2018 and needs just four more hits to reach 200 for his 80 43 1.5 1.0 career in Boiling Springs. NOTES: Big South Defensive Player twice in DARIEN REYNOLDS a row (10/29 and 11/5) ... Led GWU with 13 MEDIA INFORMATION 6-0 | 224 | So. | ILB total tackles at Campbell (10/29) ... Followed 27 Charlotte, N.C. | Vance HS with 14 stops (nine solo) vs. Presbyterian Time To Dine: All Media are invited to attend Coach McCray’s weekly (11/3) ... Ranks second on the team with 67 media luncheon on Tuesdays at The Bulldog Quik Snak in Boiling TT SOLO TFL SACK total tackles ... Former outside linebacker ... Shrine Bowl selection at Vance (N.C.) High Springs. Information will be provided, including game notes and first- 67 32 3.0 1.5 during prep career. hand commentary by McCray, on upcoming game and the previous week’s action. For more information, call Marc Rabb at (704) 406-4355. JORDAN SMITH NOTES: Completed 19-of-31 passes for 340 yards and six touchdowns combined in the 6-1 | 211 | R-Fr. | QB first half of wins over PC and Campbell ... 9 Fruit Cove, Fla. | Bartram Trail HS Posted a 217.29 first-half passer rating com- GARDNER-WEBB ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS bined in those wins ... Two-time Big South COMP ATT YDS TD Freshman of the Week ... Is the first freshman quarterback to start all 11 games in a season Assistant Athletics Director, Media Relations: Marc Rabb 125 249 1,511 10 for GWU since the move to NCAA Division I. Office: (704) 406-4355 Cell: (704) 974-3662 Email: [email protected] KYLE HORTON NOTES: Ranks No. 15 among NCAA leaders with an average of 11.8 yards per punt re- 5-11 | 178 | Sr. | WR/RS turn ... Had six catches for 159 yards and two Graduate Assistant: Kraig Doremus 7 Charlotte, N.C. | Mallard Creek HS scores vs. Presbyterian (11/3) ... Led team Office: (704) 406-3981 with six catches for 96 yards at No. 5 North Cell: TBA NO YDS AVG TD Carolina A&T (9/8) ... Caught two touchdown Email: [email protected] passes in the win at Campbell (10/27) ... 37 544 14.7 4 Career-highs in catches, yards and TD in 2018. Website: GWUSports.com | Twitter: @GWUFootball Instagram: gwufootball SCOUTING THE HAWKS ( 7-3, 3-1 BIG SOUTH ) Monmouth, led by legendary head coach Kevin Callahan (151 career wins), enters Saturday with plenty of firepower and talent on both sides of the ball – and on special teams. The pass/catch tandem of Kenji Bahar (QB) and Reggie White, Jr ,. (WR) gets plenty of attention, but the running back duo of Pete Guerriero and Juwon Farri each average better than 90 yards per game on the ground. The Hawks’ secondary has been very productive, with corners Tymere Gregory and Justin Terry combining to break up 17 passes. White has broken the Big South Conference’s career receptions mark and enters the season finale with 61 grabs for 913 yards and seven touchdowns in 2018. 2018 GARDNER-WEBB FOOTBALL GAME NOTES CARROLL McCRAY HEAD COACH | 6th SEASON | GARDNER-WEBB ‘83 Gardner-Webb head coach Carroll McCray (Class of ‘83) enters his sixth season in charge of his alma mater’s football program in 2017, with his Runnin’ Bulldogs poised to make a push back to the top half of the Big South Conference. McCray will continue a rebuilding effort that he embarked upon in 2013, mixing an infusion of youthful talent with veteran experience in 2018. During his time at GWU, McCray has adjusted the culture quickly along with instilling pride into the program for which he once played. McCray’s teams have proven to be giant slayers during his time in Boiling Springs, knocking off five teams ranked in the top-15 since 2013, including last season’s Big South Conference champion and eighth-ranked Charleston Southern on November 5. In its eight seasons at the Division I level before McCray’s return to campus, Gardner-Webb had won just twice against top-25 opponents. Success off the field has continued to materialize, as GWU’s rise academically under McCray’s watch has been significant. Lucas Beatty earned FCS ADA Academic All-Star honors in 2014 and Tyler Hough-Jenkins was named Academic All-District III. The team’s cumulative THE McCRAY FILE GPA has been among the best in program history under McCray and the he has directed a staff that has been instrumental in drastically improving the team’s APR score. McCray’s initial season coaching his alma mater was a strong beginning. The Monroe, N.C., native directed GWU to a 7-5 record – its high- COACHING HISTORY est win total since 2003 – and a 3-1 record against nationally-ranked teams. GWU spent two weeks in the national top-25 and made strides in the classroom as well. Gardner-Webb had two men selected first-team Capital One Academic All-District III and Keon Williams was chosen to 2013-present. .Gardner-Webb (HC) speak at spring commencement. Four others earned FCS All-America honors on the field. McCray came back to Boiling Springs in January, 2012 . North Greenville (HC) 2013, after spending the 2012 season as the head coach at North Greenville University. He has previous stops as associate head coach at Mercer and as head coach at Austin Peay. As an assistant, McCray has an outstanding track record with stops at Furman, Mississippi State, 2011 . Mercer (Assoc. HC) Samford, South Carolina and Appalachian State. McCray is the ninth head coach in Gardner-Webb’s senior college history. He is the first alumnus to serve as head coach of the Runnin’ Bulldogs since Woody Fish did so from 1984-1996. 2007-2010 . Furman (OL) Despite inheriting a team that returned just 11 starters at North Greenville, McCray molded the Crusaders into a competitive program by 2003-2006 . .Austin Peay (HC) season’s end in 2012. North Greenville won five of its final six games in 2012, including victories over South Atlantic Conference members Newberry, Brevard, Catawba and Wingate. 2001-2002 . .Mississippi State (OL) McCray got his start in coaching at Appalachian State in 1984, serving under Coach Sparky Woods as a graduate assistant coach 1994-2000 . Samford (OL) working with tight ends and tackles. After earning his master’s degree in 1985, McCray began a full-time stint under Woods, helping the Mountaineers to their first Southern Conference title in 32 years in 1986. In three seasons coaching the team’s outside linebackers, McCray 1989-1993 . South Carolina (OL/TE) saw Appalachian State post a 38-19-2 record, two SoCon titles and two top-10 finishes in the I-AA national polls. The Mountaineers also 1985-1987 . Appalachian State (OLB) made playoff appearances in 1986 and 1987 with a combined 20-5-1 record. McCray followed Woods to the University of South Carolina, coaching the Gamecocks offensive line, tight ends and H-Backs from 1989- 1984 . Appalachian State (GA) 1993. While in Columbia, McCray tutored future first-round draft pick Earnest Dye, and was part of a staff that helped the program transition to the Southeastern Conference. Dye became the program’s first All-SEC selection before being selected with the18th overall pick in the 1993 draft by the Cardinals. McCray pupils Calvin Stephens (Patriots, 1991), Corey Louchiey (Bills, 1994) and James Dexter (Cardinals, 1996) also went on to be drafted.