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2011 VMI FOOTBALL Game 1: Delaware State at VMI Series Record: First Meeting Sept. 3, 2011 - 1:30 p.m. z Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium Last Meeting: None 2011 VMI Schedule & Results Overall: 0-0 Big South: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Date Opponent Time/Result S3 Delaware State 1:30 p.m. S10 William & Mary 1:30 p.m. S17 at Richmond 6 p.m. S24 at Akron 2 p.m. O8 at Coastal Carolina* 7 p.m. O15 Charleston Southern* 1:30 p.m. O22 Stony Brook* 1:30 p.m. O29 at The Citadel 1 p.m. Game 1 - Delaware State at VMI 1:30 p.m. N5 at Liberty* 3:30 p.m. N12 at Presbyterian College* 1 p.m. First Reunion Weekend/VMI Hall of Fame N19 Gardner-Webb* 1:30 p.m. VMI RADIO NETWORK - WWZW-FM 96.7 FM (Lexington, Lynchburg), WLEE 990 AM (Richmond) 2011 DSU Schedule & Results and WRIS 1410 AM (Roanoke). A free audio broadcast of the game is available at Overall: 0-0 MEAC: 0-0 www.VMIKeydets.com (listeners must register on a one-time basis). Wade Branner will call the play- by-play, while Cal Murray will provide color commentary. Regional network airtime is 1 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result S3 VMI 1:30 p.m. ONLINE LIVE VIDEO STREAMING Saturday's game will be broadcast on the Big South Network, S10 Shaw 6 p.m. accessible at www.bigsouthsports.com. Viewers must register and pay a fee. S17 at Delaware 6 p.m. S24 at South Carolina St.* 2 p.m. COACHES - Sparky Woods (Carson-Newman '76), a veteran coach in the college ranks with over 30 years of experience, is in his fourth season in Lexington. 2011 marks the second year of Woods’ O1 at Florida A&M* 6 p.m. pro-style offense, installed prior to last season, following two years of the triple option offense. O8 Norfolk State* 1 p.m. Woods, 57, was named the 30th head football coach in the Institute's 118-year history on O15 at North Carolina A&T 1:30 p.m. February 12, 2008. That marked his return to the FCS (I-AA) ranks, where he produced a successful O29 Morgan State* 1 p.m. run as head coach of Appalachian State for five seasons, from 1984 through 1988. Woods guided N5 North Carolina Central 1 p.m. the Mountaineers to a 38-19-2 mark and two Southern Conference titles (1986, 1987) and two I-AA N12 at Hampton* 1 p.m. playoff appearances. Over the two-year span in '86-'87, Appalachian State posted a perfect 13-0 N19 Howard* 1 p.m. conference mark. The Southern Conference tabbed Woods as Coach of the Year for three consecutive years (1985-87) and he was named Kodak Region II Coach of the Year in 1986. As a head coach overall, Woods holds a 72-70-5 mark. Woods was also head coach at South Tale of the Tape (2010) Carolina from 1989-93, and later served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Memphis (1995-96), Virginia (1997-98), and Mississippi State. Woods also served as running backs coach at Alabama from 2003-06 and served a one-year stint under Pete Carroll on the staff of the NFL's New York Jets in 1994. Kermit Blount (Winston-Salem State ‘80) was hired as the new head coach of the Delaware State Hornets on Feb. 4, 2011. Blount came to DSU after 16 seasons as the head coach at his alma 15.8 Scoring Average 24.7 mater, Winston-Salem State, and 27 years of coaching experience overall. He guided WSS to two 28.3 Points Allowed/Gm. 30.4 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles, as well as two Pioneer Bowl appearances. 164 First Downs 206 VMI Athletic Communications 85.7 Rushing Avg. 93.4 A VMI Win against DSU would - 174.9 Passing Avg. 248.9 Give the Keydets in a win in the first meeting SID/Football Contact . .Wade Branner 260.6 Total Offense Avg. 342.3 between the schools. Email . [email protected] 28:04 Time of Possession 29:23 Office Phone . .540-464-7253 139.7 Rushing Defense Avg. 196.4 Mark VMI’s seventh straight win in a season open- Cell Phone . .540-319-1271 213.0 Passing Defense Avg. 188.1 er, dating back to the 2005 season. Fax . .540-464-7583 352.7 Total Defense Avg. 384.5 Secondary Contact . .Brad Salois 10 Interceptions Made 10 Stand as the Keydets’ seventh consecutive win in Website . .www.VMIKeydets.com a home opener, a run that also goes back to 2004. 19-127 Sacks By-Yards 15-105 Press Box Phone . .540-464-7834 16-7 Fumbles-Lost 17-10 Twitter . .@VMISID 33% 3rd Down Conv. 38% Be VMI’s first win over a team from Delaware since DSU Media Relations 33% Opp. 3rd Down Conv. 44% Oct. 23, 1976, when the Keydets beat the Blue 40% 4th Down Conv. 30% Hens 10-6. Sept. 3’s game is just the third meet- Football Contact . .Dennis Jones 35% Opp. 4th Down Conv. 69% ing between VMI and a team from the First State. Email . [email protected] 20.3 Kick Return Average 22.3 Office Phone . .302-857-6068 10.4 Punt Return Average 8.6 Website . .www.dsuhornets.com -10 Turnover Margin +3 SATURDAY'S GAME VS. DELAWARE STATE - VMI’s 2010 Record When THE SERIES - This is the first meeting between VMI and Delaware State, and the first time the Keydets have played a MEAC school since 2006 when they played Norfolk State. DSU was voted Home . .2-2 eighth in the conference’s preseason poll. Away . 1-6 Playing On Grass . .3-4 IT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 3 - Playing On Turf . .0-4 Winning The Coin Toss . .2-7 VMI FOOTBALL - On Sept. 3, 2005, VMI shut out Davidson 33-0 at Alumni Memorial Field. This Losing The Coin Toss . 1-1 marked VMI’s lone win on this early date, as the Keydets have played just three games on Sept. Receiving The Ball First . .2-3 3 in their illustrious football history. Kicking Off First . .1-5 WORLD EVENTS - On this date in 1989, tennis legend Chris Evert defeated a 15-year-old Leading After the 1st Quarter . 2-2 Monica Seles for her 101st, and last, win at the US Open. Trailing After the 1st Quarter . 1-5 Tied After the 1st Quarter . .0-1 VMI TEAM NOTES - Leading at Halftime . .3-0 Trailing at Halftime . .0-8 FRIENDLY CONFINES - VMI is bidding for its seventh straight season-opening win, a string that Tied at Halftime . .0-0 was pushed to six with a 48-7 victory over Lock Haven one year ago. Each of those wins has Leading After the 3rd Quarter . .3-1 come at Foster Stadium, as the Keydets have not played an opener away from home since 2004. Trailing After the 3rd Quarter . .0-7 All-time in season openers, VMI is now 74-44-2 and 8-4 over the past 12 years. Tied After the 3rd Quarter . .0-0 AGAINST THE MEAC - As mentioned above, the Keydets have not played a team in the Mid- Leading with 2:00 Left . .3-0 Eastern Athletic Conference since Sept. of 2006, when they lost to the Norfolk State Spartans. Trailing with 2:00 Left . .0-8 In fact, this will be just the third meeting between VMI and a MEAC school, with each of the Tied with 2:00 Left . .0-0 past two having been against those Spartans. Scoring First . .3-3 Opponent Scores First . .0-5 KEYDETS ON YOUR TV - The Big South recently announced this year’s football television sched- Scoring 20 or more points . .3-1 ule, and VMI is currently scheduled to have three games broadcast. The first of the trio comes Scoring less than 20 points . .0-7 Oct. 8, when VMI faces Coastal Carolina in Conway, S.C. on MASN. The Keydets will then face Scoring 30 or more points . .2-0 Charleston Southern on the streaming network ESPN3 in the teams contest Oct. 15, and will conclude their television schedule Nov. 5, facing Liberty on the Flames Sports Network. As Scoring less than 30 points . .1-8 always, all home and away games in the Big South (with the exception of televised contests) will Scoring 40 or more points . .1-0 be shown on the Big South Network, accessible via www.bigsouthsports.com. Scoring less than 40 points . .2-8 Allowing Opponent less than 20 points . .3-1 CONTROLLED SCRIMMAGES HIGHLIGHT FALL PRACTICE - The Keydets held a controlled Allowing Opponent 20 or more points . .0-7 scrimmage August 18, doing so for 25 minutes and running 28 plays before distant lightning Allowing Opponent less than 30 points . .3-3 from an approaching storm was sighted. Play was called and the teams moved to the gameday Allowing Opponent 30 or more points . 0-5 locker rooms underneath the home stands, but never returned to the playing field after an hour Rushing for 300 yards or more . .0-0 wait and little indication the situation would improve. The initial scrimmage however, did produce some eye-popping plays. On the third snap from Rushing for less than 300 yards . 3-8 scrimmage redshirt sophomore Adam Morgan floated a ball down the right sideline that was Passing for 100 yards or more . .3-8 snared in mid-air by redshirt senior wideout Tracy Hairston who then raced to the endzone for a Passing for less than 100 yards .