UC Bulldogs Vs. Georgetown
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UNION COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION 310 College Street Jay Stancil - Director CPO Box D-22 ([email protected]) Barbourville, KY 40906 Gene Renfro - Assistant Phone: (606) 546-1292 ([email protected]) Fax: (606) 546-1217 www.ucbulldogs.com [email protected] Game Facts Date: Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at 1:30 pm Site: Barbourville, Ky. The Series: Georgetown leads the series with a 27-5-4 record Last meeting: Union won 28-21 on Nov. 10, 2007, in Georgetown Coaches: Tommy Reid (25-47 overall, 25-47 at UC); Bill Cronin (113-24 overall, 113-24 at vs. Georgetown) UC Head-To-Head GC 3-0 Overall Record 1-1 UC Bulldogs Georgetown 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 (3-0, 0-0 MSC East) (1-1, 0-0 MSC East) 16 NAIA Poll 18 The Beginning of a New Trend??? 1999: Georgetown 63, Union 9 Union recorded its fi rst win over Georgetown 2000: Georgetown 56, Union 12 UC 2008 Statistics GC since 1938 with a 28-21 decision last year 2001: Georgetown 48, Union 13 608 Rushing Yardage 279 at Georgetown. The win snapped a 23-game 2002: Georgetown 41, Union 7 561 Passing Yardage 352 losing streak to the Tigers. 2003: Georgetown 42, Union 10 1169 Total Offense 631 Georgetown owns a 27-5-3 series lead over 2004: Georgetown 34, Union 13 28.3 Points Per Game 31.0 Union. 2005: Georgetown 42, Union 24 339 Rushing Defense 354 The Bulldogs hope the 2007 win will begin 2006: Georgetown 42, Union 14 514 Passing Defense 224 a trend they enjoyed back during the 1930s. 2007: Union 28, Georgetown 21 853 Total Defense 578 For a seven-year stretch from 1933-39, Union 20.7 Points Allowed Per Game 16.5 controlled the series with a 4-0-3 record, which Looking to Make History 25.6 Punting Average 39.6 including fi ve shutouts. Union is off to a 3-0 start for the 8th time 1/0 Fumbles/Lost 3/2 in program history and fi rst time since 1994. 3 Interceptions 2 Union vs. Georgetown From 1992-94, Union won its fi rst 3 games 21-169 Penalties/Yards 10-90 1924: Georgetown 24, Union 0 each season and fi nished 8-2, 5-5 and 7-3, Union (3-0, 0-0 MSC East) 1925: Georgetown 48, Union 0 respectively. In fact, the Bulldogs have started S6 at Lambuth W 27-21 1930: Georgetown 22, Union 6 the season 3-0 a total of 7 times in program S13 Malone (24) W 35-28 1931: Georgetown 51, Union 0 history and fi nished each of those season no S20 at Faulkner W 23-13 1933: Union 21, Georgetown 6 worse than with a .500 record. S27 Georgetown (18)* 1:30 pm 1934: Union 0, Georgetown 0 However, the Bulldogs have never started O4 at West Virginia Tech* 1:30 pm 1935: Union 0, Georgetown 0 a season 4-0. A win Saturday would not only O11 Cumberlands* 1:30 pm 1936: Union 19, Georgetown 0 mark back-to-back victories over Georgetown O18 Pikeville* 1:30 pm 1937: Union 19, Georgetown 0 but also give Union its fi rst-ever 4-0 start. O23 at Shorter 7 pm 1938: Union 6, Georgetown 0 Here is a listing of how Union fared in the N1 at UVa-Wise* 1:30 pm 1939: Union 6, Georgetown 6 4th game of the season when opening the year N8 Campbellsville* 1:30 pm 1940: Georgetown 27, Union 7 3-0: N15 Belhaven 1:30 pm 1941: Georgetown 2, Union 0 Year Result (Opponent) *-MSC East game; NAIA ranking in () 1986: Georgetown 31, Union 0 1930 L 22-6 (Sue Bennett) Georgetown (1-1, 0-0 MSC East) 1987: Georgetown 37, Union 10 1934 T 0-0 (East Tennessee State) S6 McKendree L 19-17 1988: Georgetown 19, Union 13 1935 L 12-7 (Holbrook) S13 Cumberland (Tenn.) W 45-14 1989: Georgetown 24, Union 0 1940 T 0-0 (Transylvania) S27 at Union* 1:30 pm 1990: Georgetown 62, Union 15 1992 L 56-28 (Findlay*) O4 UVa-Wise* 1:30 pm 1991: Georgetown 49, Union 26 1993 L 34-7 (Findlay) O9 Kentucky Christian 7 pm 1992: Georgetown 48, Union 41 1994 L 38-7 (West Georgia) O18 Cumberlands (Ky.)* 1:30 pm 1993: Georgetown 38, Union 31 *-Won NAIA Division II National O25 Campbellsville* 1:30 pm 1994: Georgetown 28, Union 21 Championship in 1992 N1 at Pikeville* 1:30 pm 1995: Georgetown 28, Union 24 N8 at Lambuth 2:30 pm 1996: Georgetown 7, Union 0 I Love the 90s N15 West Virginia Tech* 1:30 pm 1997: Georgetown 31, Union 7 Union is currently enjoying a 5-game win *-MSC East game 1998: Georgetown 67, Union 20 streak, dating back to the 2007 season. In fact, www.ucbulldogs.com 1 2008 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALL GAME NOTES the Bulldogs have won 7 of its last 9 contests. The last time Union collected 5 wins in a row came during the 1995 campaign when it posted 2008 Mid-South Conference Standings & Stats a 6-game win streak. Ironically, 1995 was the East Division last time Union recorded a winning record. Conference Overall However, the longest winning streak W-L Pct. W-L Pct. in program history is 7 games, which was UVa-Wise 1-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 accomplished twice. The fi rst time came in Union College 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 1933-34. Union won the fi nal 4 games of University of the Cumberlands 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 the 1933 season and the fi rst 3 of the 1934 Georgetown College 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 campaign. During those 2 seasons, Union Campbellsville University 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 posted a combined 9-1-3 record and went Pikeville College 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 undefeated in 1934 at 5-0-2. The last time West Virginia Tech 0-1 .000 0-3 .000 occurred when Union won its fi nal 4 games in 1992 and the fi rst 3 contests in 1993. West Division Union went a combined 13-7 during those 2 Conference Overall seasons, winning a share of the 1992 MSC W-L Pct. W-L Pct. championship. Shorter College 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Lambuth University 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 Moving On Up ... In the Polls Cumberland University 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 For the second week in a row, Union is Belhaven College 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 ranked in the NAIA Football Top 25 Coaches’ Faulkner University 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 Poll, moving up 2 spots to No. 16 this week. Bethel College 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 The Bulldogs garnered 156 total points in the voting, four less than No. 15 Jamestown (N.D.) Last Week’s Results This Week’s Schedule College. Union def. Faulkner, 23-13 * Campbellsville @ West Virginia Tech, 1:30 pm This is the highest Union has been ranked Shorter def. Pikeville, 52-17 Lambuth @UVa-Wise, 1:30 pm since ending the 1995 season ranked 16th. When Union cracked the Top 25 last week Lambuth def. Campbellsville, 51-10 Cumberland (Tenn.) @ Cumberlands (Ky.), 1:30 pm (Sept. 15), it marked the fi rst appearance in the Cumberlands (Ky.) def. Bethel, 22-20 * Faulkner @ Shorter, 1:30 pm polls by a Bulldog football squad since the 1996 * UVa-Wise def. West Virginia Tech, 62-33 * Georgetown @ Union, 1:30 pm PreSeason Poll. * Belhaven @ Bethel, 7:30 pm *-MSC divisional game. Clock management - Bulldog style *-MSC divisional game; All times are Eastern. During the fi rst 3 games of the season, Union has won the time-management battle, holding the ball for over 34 minutes twice and for nearly 32 minutes in last week’s 23-13 win at Faulkner (Ala.). MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK In the 27-21 at Lambuth, Union had the ball Union College’s Jacob Appleby and Terence Pollock and University of Virginia’s College at Wise’s Luke Spurlock have been named Mid-South Conference Football Players of the Week, the conference announced on Monday. for 34 minutes and 5 seconds. Against Malone, the Bulldogs topped that with a 34:21 time of OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK possession. Pollock rushed for a career-high 198 yards and two touchdowns to earn MSC Offensive Player of the Week. The However, against Malone, Union only Orange Park, Fla., junior, scored on runs of 97 and 16 yards to help the Bulldogs to a 23-13 win over Faulkner had possession for 12:15 in the fi rst half. University. The Bulldogs took over in the third quarter, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK controlling the ball for 12:57 in the period Spurlock recorded eight tackles -- two for losses -- to earn Mid-South Defensive Player of the Week. The sophomore alone. Union held the ball for 22:06 in the linebacker from Big Stone Gap, Va., recorded two sacks in the Cavaliers’ 62-33 win over West Virginia University second half and allowed Malone to get off a Institute of Technology. The No. 8-ranked Cavaliers are 3-0 on the season and 1-0 in the East Division. total of 18 offensive plays. SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Appleby, a freshman placekicker from Harvest, Ala., tied a school record with three fi eld goals to earn MSC Special Pollock, Appleby Tops in MSC Teams Player of the Week.