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Valdosta State BLAZER FOOTBALL ® VALDOSTAVALDOSTA STATESTATE GAME 12 • DECEMBER 1, 2018 VALDOSTA STATE BLAZER FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2018 Schedule/Results #3 Blazers Host #17 Lenoir-Rhyne for Spot in 9/1 ALBANY STATE W, 45-14 9/8 vs. Fort Valley State (Waycross, Ga.) W, 55-6 National Semifinals Saturday Afternoon 9/15 at #8 West Alabama* W, 58-24 9/22 SHORTER* W, 52-0 Game #12 9/29 at Mississippi College* W, 63-42 Date: December 1, 2018 Location: Valdosta, Ga. 10/6 DELTA STATE* W, 59-28 Time: 1 p.m. 10/13 at Florida Tech* W, 51-21 Stadium: Bazemore-Hyder Stadium 10/20 NORTH GREENVILLE* W, 44-21 11/3 at West Florida* W, 48-21 BLAZERS BEARS Gameday Social Media On Twitter: @BlazerAthletics 11/10 #3 WEST GEORGIA* W, 47-31 11-0, 8-0 GSC 12-1, 7-0 SAC Facebook: @ValdostaStateBlazers 11/24 #25 BOWIE STATE - NCAA 2nd Rd. W, 66-16 In the Polls In the Polls Live Stats: www.vstateblazers.com 12/1 #17 LENOIR-RHYNE - Quarterfinals 1 p.m. AFCA/D2Football 3/5 AFCA/D2Football 17/19 12/8 NCAA Playoffs - Semifinals TBA Coaches Coaches Where to Listen / Watch 12/15 NCAA National Championship TBA Head Coach Kerwin Bell Head Coach Drew Cronic Radio: 92.1 FM WDDQ School Record 24-7 (3rd) School Record 12-1 (1st) TV: None Career Record 90-42 (12th) Career Record 34-4 (3rd) Internet Radio: talk921.com Blazers On The Air Bell vs. LR 0-0 vs. VSU 0-0 Video: vstateblazers.com Rushing Att/Yds/TDs Rushing Att/Yds/TDs Jamar Thompkins 97/1021/7 Ameen Stevens 155/693/11 Series History Series Record: VSU, 1-0 Passing Comp/Att/Yds/TDs Darnell Jackson 101/537/5 Streaks: VSU, W1 Radio • TALK 92.1 FM Rogan Wells 160/292/2383/30 Caine Crews 71/476/1 Spencer Van Horn, PXP Last Five: 1-0 Receiving Rec./Yds/TDs Passing Comp/Att/Yds/TDs Last Ten: 1-0 Scott James, color analyst Brian Saunds 29/585/9 G. Willimgham 118/238/2134/24 First Meeting: VSU 23-21 (11/29/14) Lio’undre Gallimore 28/749/7 Receiving Rec./Yds/TDs Last Meeting: VSU 23-21 11/29/14) Tackles TT/TFL/Sacks TJ Smith 50/978/10 Last VSU win: 23-21 (11/29/14) Streaming Audio/Video Ravarius Rivers 63/2.5/1 Tackles TT/TFL/Sacks Last LR win: N/A Available from the football Craig Watts 60/6/2.5 Sherrod Williams 98/10.5/7.5 Lagest VSU win: 23-21 (11/29/14) schedule at www.vstateblazers.com Jameon Gaskin 59/7.5/4 Jaquan Artis 76/16.5/11 Largest LR win: N/A Live Stats • www.vstateblazers.com Available from football schedule on vstateblazers.com OPENING DRIVE NOTES • The Blazers continue at home this week as No. 3-seed and No. 17-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne visits in the NCAA Blazers On The Internet Division II Quarterfinal round, Saturday at 1 p.m. at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium. WWW.VSTATEBLAZERS.COM • The game will be broadcast on 92.1 WDDQ with Spencer Van Horn and Scott James having the call, while fans can also find links to live stats and audio/video streaming at vstateblazers.com on the football sched- The official website of Valdosta State Athletics is where ule page. • This marks the second time in program history these two teams have met in the playoffs as VSU won 23-21 you can find everything relating to the Blazer football in Hickory, N.C. on Nov. 29, 2014 in the second round. team. There, you can find schedules, results, rosters, • Both VSU and LR boast long winning streaks as VSU has won 12 games-straight dating back to 2017 and all bios, statistics and game notes always will be up to 11 games this season, while LR has won 12-straight this season after an opening-season loss to then-No. 12 date. West Alabama, 36-32 in Livingston, Ala. Ferris State (Mich.) has the nation’s longest current winning streak at 13 games, while VSU and LR are tied for second with four other teams at 12-straight wins. • The Blazers are looking for their first appearance in the National Semifinals since 2012, when they last FACEBOOK/@VALDOSTASTATEBLAZERS won the national championship. In 2012, VSU won its regional final with a 48-26 home win on Dec. 1 Fans and media can stay up-to-date against Carson-Newman and then won 35-19 at Minnesota State in the semifinals, before a 35-7 win over with releases, news and photo gallleries Winston-Salem State in the national championship. • VSU is 23-12 all-time in the NCAA Championship and posted a VSU postseason record 66 points in the 66- on the official facebook fan page of 16 win over Bowie State last weekend in Valdosta. VSU is sixth all-time in NCAA Division II postseason wins, Valdosta State Athletics while ranking fourth in D2 among current members. • Lenoir-Rhyne is making its fourth appearance in the NCAA postseason and first since 2014. The Bears were national runner-up in 2013 and went to the postseason from 2012-14. Lenoir-Rhyne is 6-3 all-time in the NCAA postseason. TWITTER/BLAZERATHLETICS • Blazer sophomore quarterback Rogan Wells was named one of nine finalists for the prestigious Harlon Hill Followers of the blazerathletics twitter Trophy. He and Bowie State’s Amir Hall moved onto the national ballot from Super Region Two. Former feed will have access to in-game up Blazer Dusty Bonner won the Harlon Hill in 2000 and 2001, while Chris Hatcher won it in 1994. • VSU senior offensive lineman Jeremy King finished as the runner-up for the 2018 Gene Upshaw Award dates,scores from games, along with going to the most outstanding lineman in Division II. Angelo State (Texas) Markus Jones, a senior defensive breaking news and schedule updates. end won the award, while King finished second as he was the top-finishing off. lineman in the country. • The Blazers outscored Bowie State 45-0 in the second half Saturday after trailing 7-0 after the first quarter and 10-0 early in the second quarter. It marked the first time VSU had trailed after the first quarter all season and just the fourth time the opposition scored on its first possession of the game. INSTAGRAM/VALDOSTASTATEATHLETICS • Lenoir-Rhyne scored with 45 seconds left to defeat Wingate in the second round, 21-17 after Wingate had Fans can access social media content, taken the lead at 17-14 with 2:51 remaining last week. graphics and more through Instagram for • The Blazers’ 66 points scored against Bowie State last weekend marked a season-high in points and the all of Valdosta State athletics at the above second time this season VSU has scored 60 or more points (63, at Mississippi College). The Blazers have scored 50 or more points seven times this season and lead the nation in scoring offense at 53.5 points per link. game, while scoring 44 or more points in every game this season. VSU is the only team in all divisions of the NCAA to score 44 or more points in every game thus far. GAME 12 VS #17 LENOIR-RHYNE • DECEMBER 1, 2018 1 BLAZER FOOTBALL ® 2018 Schedule/Opponents/Highlights ALBANY STATE The Blazers jumed out to a 14-0, first quarter lead and scored the The Blazers when . In Under first 38 points of the game before Albany State got on the board. 2018 Bell September 1 Redshirt sophomore quarterback Rogan Wells threw for three Following a loss 0-0 4-2 Valdosta, Ga. scores and sophomore Brian Saunds caught two touchdowns in At home 6-0 13-3 W, 45-14 the win, while redshirt freshman running back Jamar Thompkins On the road 4-0 9-4 ran for 128 yards and a TD. Neutral site 1-0 2-0 Against GSC Opponents 8-0 19-5 vs. Fort Valley State VSU again started quickly, scoring on three of its first four drives vs. Non-Conference Opponents 3-0 5-2 vs. Ranked teams 3-0 4-3 September 8 and blew out Fort Valley State in the Okefenokee Classic on ESPN3. Rogan Wells threw for a career-high four touchdowns vs. In-State teams 4-0 8-2 Waycross, Ga. and ran for a career-best 96 yards. The VSU “D” held FVSU to In the NCAA Playoffs 1-0 1-1 W, 55-6 just 156 yards of offense and minus-5 rushing yards. On natural grass 2-0 5-2 On artificial turf 9-0 19-5 In day games 5-0 12-3 After an early touchdown by the Tigers as VSU fumbled away the In home day games 3-0 4-2 at #8 West Alabama opening kick, the Blazers responded in all facets of the game for In road day games 1-0 5-1 September 15 a convincing 58-24 upset win. VSU QB Rogan Wells through a ca- In night games 6-0 12-4 Livingston, Ala. reer-high five touchdown passes and the VSU “D” return two INTs In neutral site games 1-0 2-0 for touchdowns. Like the week before, VSU scored 21 points in In August 0-0 0-0 W, 58-24 the first quarter. In September 5-0 8-3 In October 3-0 10-2 The freshly ranked Blazers struggled in the first half against In November 3-0 6-2 SHORTER Shorter, leading just 10-0 at halftime after a pick-six from se- In December 0-0 0-0 September 22 nior Raymond Palmer and a blocked field goal as time expired Leading after 1st quarter 9-0 20-0 Valdosta, Ga.
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