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THE MATCHUP 2021 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY (0-0) ELON PHOENIX 20 DAVIDSON 1:30 PM Overall: 0-0 27 @ Gardner-Webb 3:00 p.m. Conference: 0-0 MARCH (0-0) Head Coach: Tony Trisciani (2nd season) 6 JAMES MADISON* 1:30 P.M. Elon Record: 5-6 13 RICHMOND* 1:00 P.M. 20 @ William & Mary* 4:00 p.m. Career Record: Same 20 @ Richmond* 4:00 p.m. vs APRIL (0-0) DAVIDSON COLLEGE 3 WILLIAM & MARY* 1:00 P.M. Overall: 0-0 10 @ James Madison* 4:00 p.m. 24 FCS First Round TBD Conference: 0-0 MAY (0-0) Head Coach: Scott Abell (3rd season) 1 FCS Quarterfinals TBD Team Record: 14-8 8 FCS Semifinals TBD Career Record: 52-32 15-16FCS Championship^ TBD All times EST. Times are subject to change. HEADLINES * CAA game AN ELON WIN WOULD BE... knock Towson out of the playoff picture. ^ Game in Frisco, Texas -...Elon’s 514th in program history. -Greg Liggs, Jr. capped the day with his eighth -...Elon’s 102nd as a FCS program. interception, finishing his final regular season -...Elon’s third all-time over Davidson. with the most in the nation. -...Tony Trisciani’s sixth at Elon and as a head coach. WINNING BIG TODAY’S GAME IS... -Each of Elon’s three CAA Football wins last year THE SERIES -...the 989th in program history. rank Top 3 on the program’s CAA margin of victory Overall: Davidson leads 16-2 -...the 238th as a FCS program. list. at Elon: Elon leads 1-0 -...the 19th all-time between Elon and Davidson. -Sept. 14 at Richmond - W, 42-20 (+22) at Opp.: Davidson leads 16-1 -Oct. 12 vs. No. 15 Delaware - W, 42-7 (+35) Last Meeting: Sept. 5, 2009 LAST TIME OUT... -Oct. 26 at Rhode Island - W, 38-13 (+25) Location: Elon, N.C. -Closing the 2019 season, Elon defeated its Result: Elon 56, Davidson 0 AGAINST THE BEST second nationally-ranked opponent with Skyler TUNE IN Davis hitting a 35-yard field goal with 41 seconds -Elon has defeated a nationally-ranked team in to play to help Elon defeat the Tigers 25-23 and each of the last four seasons with one in 2016, four TV: My48 in 2017, two in 2018 and two in 2019. PBP: Taylor Durham ELON STATISTICS (FROM 2019) -Before the current run, Elon had not defeated Color: Matt Krause RADIO: TuneIn TEAM STATS ELON OPP. a single ranked team since the 2011 campaign Points/Game 25.1 27.0 when it topped No. 17 Furman 41-34 on the road. PBP: Tellier Lunquist First Downs 208 215 -Elon has also defeated a ranked team at home Color: Chase Williams Rushing/Game 119.3 165.8 Passing/Game 201.1 220.9 three years in a row in beating two in 2017, one in Total Offense/Game 320.4 386.7 2018 and one in 2019. COACHES Fumbles-Lost 11-5 24-8 Pen.-Yds./Game (Avg.) 58-501 (45.5) 78-698 (63.6) -Before the current streak, Elon last beat a ranked ON THE FIELD Time of Possession 29:35 30:25 team at Rhodes Stadium on Oct. 4, 2008, when it Tony Trisciani, Head Coach took down No. 15 Furman 31-10. Billy Crocker, DC/LB INDIVIDUAL LEADERS -Overall going back to the start of the 2017 season, Drew Folmar, OC/QB RUSHING ATT. NET AVG. TD YPG Andy Marino, OL Thomas 113 415 3.7 3 37.7 Elon is 8-8 against nationally-ranked FCS teams. McNair 91 350 3.8 6 31.8 Seth Payne, DL Breaking the mark down, Elon is 4-4 at home and Chris Bland, CB PASSING C-A-I YDS. TD YPG 4-4 on the road. Dillon Lucas, OLB Cheek 179-309-6 2,175 15 197.7 Mike Nall, ST Asst. Baughman 6-8-0 37 1 4.1 TAKE THE BALL WALL Dan Baranik, Director of Ops. RECEIVING REC. YDS. AVG. TD YPG -New in 2019, Elon implemented the “Get The Ball IN THE BOOTH Taylor 35 441 12.6 1 40.1 Wall.” Designed to inspire the defensive unit, any- Chris Young, WR Weeks 43 412 9.6 5 41.2 Tony Lucas, RB/ST one that forces a turnover takes a picture with the Clay Browning, TE/Recruiting DEF U-A-T TFL INT FF-R ball on the sidelines to have their picture go up in Coleman 44-40-84 3.0 1 1-0 Ryan Anderson, S Reid-Bennett 45-26-71 0.5 3 0-0 Continued on p. 6 Jordan Pavlisin, Off. Asst. COACHES THE WEEK AHEAD... UNIVERSITY INFO SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Practice CAA Teleconference Practice Practice Practice Practice vs. Davidson School Elon University No availability 11:20 a.m. (March 1) Availability - TBD via No availability No availability No availability 1:30 p.m. Zoom Trisciani and select Location Elon, North Carolina Practice players available after Enrollment 6,291 No availability the game via Zoom Founded 1889 Nickname Phoenix MEDIA POLICIES Colors Maroon & Gold MEDIA INTERVIEWS Stadium. Affiliation NCAA Division I -All player and coach interviews MUST RADIO TEAMS Conference Colonial Athletic Association be coordinated through the Athletics -Radio booths are located on the third Stadium Rhodes Stadium Communications Office and requests floor of the Woods Center on the west Capacity 11,250 are asked to be made at least 24 side of Rhodes Stadium. The visiting President Dr. Connie Ledoux Book hours in advance. Depending upon radio booth is equipped with phone and Director of Athletics Dave Blank schedules and other time considerations, Ethernet lines. Associate AD/SWA Faith Shearer interviews will be scheduled after VISITING FILM CREWS practice sessions. During game weeks, -Visiting teams will be allotted a limited TEAM INFORMATION in-person interviews will be conducted 2019 Record 5-6 space on the roof of the Woods Center to following Tuesday’s practice. Player film. 2019 CAA Record (Finish) 4-4 (.500) phone numbers will not be released to Base Offense Multiple media members. POSTGAME PROCEDURES Base Defense 3-3-5 -Elon football practices are NOT open -Following a short cooling off period, Postseason None to the media during the spring 2021 All interviews with Elon Head Coach Starters Returning 12 (5 O, 7 D) season. Any interviews with Coach Trisciani and student-athletes will be Starters Lost 10 (6 O, 4 D) Trisciani or any student-athletes will conducted via Zoom. Media who are Newcomers 22 be made via Zoom. Please contact the credentialed for a game and those Athletics Communications Office at 336- media who did not receive a credential TEAM HISTORY 278-6764 or email [email protected] or will have the same access to interviews. First Year of Football 1909 [email protected] for interview requests. The Zoom link will be available via QR All-Time Record 513-458-18 (99th season in 2020) code in the Press Box. If you are not National Championships 2 (1980, 1981) GAME CREDENTIALS credentialed, please contact Don Scott All-Time FCS Record 101-136 (.426) -Requests for media seating must be ([email protected]) for the Zoom First Year at FCS Level 1999 made by email to [email protected]. Meeting ID. FCS Playoff Appearances 3 ('09, '17, '18) Please fill out a Google form at http:// bit.ly/21ElonFBMedia. You will receive an The visiting team will not conduct an CAA INFORMATION email confirmation of your request and Elon-provided Zoom Press Conference. First Year in CAA 2014 a further email approving or denying Please contact the visiting team SID for All-Time CAA Record 18-29 (.383) your request. Elon Athletics has sole any postgame protocols they may have. Winning Seasons / Last 2 / 2018 discretion on the approval of credential .500 Seasons / Last 1 / 2019 requests. CAA MEDIA CALL There is very limited space inside the Press Box due to social distancing ATHLETICS COMM. Every Monday during the regular season begining on March 1, CAA Football coaches will participate in guidelines. Credentials will be approved Don Scott Interim Dir of Ath. Comm. teleconferences for the media beginning at 10 a.m. and issued on a game-by-game basis. Email [email protected] Eastern. For the access number and password, contact Office 336.278.6107 There is no guarantee of a credential. Troy L. Sayles Assistant Dir./FB Contact Troy L. Sayles and/or Abbey Lipcsik in the Elon Athletic Credentials may be picked up on Communications Office. Email [email protected] Office 336.278.6764 10:00 a.m. - CAA Football Update gameday at the Ticket Gates starting two hours before kick. No passes will be Cell 325.340.6928 10:10 a.m. - Nick Charlton, Maine Abbey Lipcsik Assistant Dir./2nd FB Contact 10:20 a.m. - Ricky Santos, New Hampshire mailed this year. Email [email protected] 10:30 a.m. - Curt Cignetti, James Madison Office 336.278.6634 MEDIA PARKING Cell 440.382.1794 10:40 a.m. - Greg Gattuso, Albany -Gameday media parking is located in 10:50 a.m. - Jim Fleming, Rhode Island Hunt B behind Schar Center. Parking is Mailing Address 2500 Campus Box 11:00 a.m. - Mark Ferrante, Villanova free. 100 Campus Drive 11:10 a.m. - Danny Rocco, Delaware Elon, N.C. 27244 11:20 a.m. - Tony Trisciani, Elon PHOTOGRAPHERS -Photographers & Videographers from 11:30 a.m. - Chuck Priore, Stony Brook credentialed media will be allowed to 11:40 a.m. - Russ Huesman, Richmond shoot from the concrete pad adjacent to 11:50 a.m.