GAME 22008008 MMorganorgan StateState FFootballootball 2 uunitednited wewe standstand SPORTS INFORMATION • 1700 EAST COLD SPRING LANE • BALTIMORE, MD • OFFICE (443) 885-3831 • FAX (443) 885-8307 • MORGANSTATEBEARS.COM 198 MSU Schedule/Results NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL “EAGLES” (0-2) MORGAN STATE “BEARS” (0-1, 0-0 MEAC) 9/6 @Towson 10/18 @HOWARD* GAME #2 - Prince Hall Day L, 21-16 1:00 p.m. (HC) Saturday, September 13, 2008 • 4:00 p.m. Hughes Stadium (Capacity 10,000) • Baltimore, Md. 9/13 N.C. CENTRAL 10/25 DELAWARE ST.* 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Setting the Scene The Morgan State football team will look to regroup from last week’s loss at 9/20 @WSSU 11/1 @FAMU* Towson when they square-off against non-conference opponent North Carolina 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Central on Saturday (Sept. 13) for the Bears home opener. Kick-off is slated for 4 p.m. (EST) at Hughes Stadium and the game will be streamed LIVE on the internet at 9/27 @Rutgers 11/8 @NSU* Morganstatebears.com. The game will also be tape delayed for the Mid-Atlatntic Sports 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Network and CBS College Sports. Fans may check the telecast through their local cable operator or satellite provider. MSU and NCCU have not been matched up against 10/4 B-COOKMAN* 11/15 SCSU* each other in 26 years. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Quick Hits 10/11 @N.C. A&T* 11/22 HAMPTON* • JR RB devan James is coming off a career-high 178 yards in the opener against 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Towson. In 18 career games, James is averaging an incredible 5.0 yards per carry. Interviews: • SR LB Jarrell Guyton is 34 tackles shy of 200 for his Morgan career, he collected 9 Contact Leonard Haynes at (443) 885-3831 to request player interviews. tackles and a sack against Towson. Head Coach Donald Hill-Eley and players will be available on the fi eld • MSU punted the ball only one time last week against Towson. after each practice. • Akron transfer Carlton Jackson completed 11-for-16 passes for 110 yard and a touchdown in his debut as MSU’s starting QB. Practice: • Keith Lee, who almost scored his first career TD last week against Towson, hails from Greensboro, North Carolina and played at Dudley H.S. Players and coaches are available for brief interviews after practice. • The O-Line, aka. “Trench Mob”, helped churn out 225 yards on the ground. Contact Sports Information for practice times. The fi rst 20 minutes will be available for video and still photography. Morgan State at Towson: The Facts Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 13 at 4:00 p.m. EST Weekly Teleconferences Location: Baltimore, Md. (Memorial Stadium - 10,000) The MEAC Head Football Coaches will be featuredturedured Television: CBS Sports Network and MASN (Tape Delayed) on a weekly teleconference each Tuesday fomom 10 Live Stream: www.Morganstatebears.com a.m. until 11:30 a.m., beginning August 29. MediaMedia Radio: MSU Sports Radio Network - WEAA 88.9 FM in Baltimore; members wishing to participate on the tele- Rob Long (play-by-play) & Kelvin Bridgers (color). conference should contact the MEAC media The Series: MSU leads 20-12-2 relations offi ce for instructions. Internet: www.MorganStateBears.com; www.NCCUEaglePride.cstv.com The schedule is listed below. Series Notes: MSU and North Carolina Central (formerly North Carolina Schedule: College) meet for the 34th time (since 1930) on Saturday in Baltimore, Md. … The two schools are 300 miles apart from each other... Morgan State leads the overall 10:00 MEAC Notes series with the Eagles, 20-12-2 … The series dates back to an 18-7 MSU win in 1930 10:03 Donald Hill-Eley (Morgan State) … Morgan State has won seven of the last eight against NCCU (1975-82) ... The 10:13 Lee Fobbs (N.C. A&T) Eagles last win against MSU was in 1978 by a score of 35-25 … Morgan State 10:23 Carrie Bailey (Howard) had a fi ve game winning streak between 1964 and 1968, it was the longest win- 10:33 Al Lavan (Delaware State) ning streak between the two teams ... The Bears last win against NCCU was on 10:43 Buddy Pough (S.C. State) October 16, 1982 when the Bears came away with a 27-7 victory ... 10:53 Jerry Holmes (Hampton) 11:03 Pete Adrian (Norfolk State) 11:13 Alvin Wyatt (Bethune-Cookman) MSU NCCU 11:23 Joe Taylor (Florida A&M) Record 0-1 (0-0 MEAC) Record 0-0 (0-0 MEAC) 11:33 Kermit Blount (Winston-Salem St.) 2007 Record 5-6 (4-4 MEAC) 2007 Record 0-1 (0-0 in CAA) Last Game Sept. 6 in Towson, MD Last Game Sept. 6 in Harrisonburg, Va. lost to Towson, 21-16 at James Madison (L, 56-7) Patricia Porter Coach Donald Hill-Eley (7th yr) Coach Mose Rison (2nd yr) Director of Media Relations (MEAC) Career Record 30-38/7th year Career Record 6-6/2nd year 222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 1150 MSU Record Same NCCU Record Same Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Hill vs. NCCU 0-0 Rison vs. MSU 0-0 Morgan State Football • Game 2 ONE TO WATCH Tracking the Bears Junior defensive end Justin Lawrence provides the Bears with tremendous speed and power in the trenches for one of the top Football MEAC Pct Overall Pct MORGAN STATE BEARS N.C. CENTRAL EAGLES defenses in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Delaware St. 1-0 1.00 1-0 1.00 0-1, 0-0 MEAC 0-2 The 6-1, 280-pounder pressured QB Sean North Carolina A&T 0-0 .000 2-0 1.00 IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS Schaefer throughouthout mostmostt ofof thethe nightnighg t Bethune-Cookman 0-0 .000 1-0 1.00 Sports Network Sports Network when MSU openedneed Hampton 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 SBN SBN the season againstnst Norfolk St. 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 LEADERS (2008) LEADERS (2008) crosstown rival South Carolina St. 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Rushing Rushing Towson. Lawrencecce James, 33/178/0 TD Shankle, 14/62/0 TD Howard 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 managed to Jackson, 9/46/0 TD McCord, 11/59/0 TD fi nish the night Morgan St. 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Passing Passing with fi ve tackles, Florida A&M 0-1 .000 1-1 .500 Jackson, 11-16-0 Brown, 35-76-3 a tackle for a loss,s, THIS WEEK IN THE MEAC (Sept. 13) 102 yds/1 TD 406 yds/2 TD and he scored hisiss fi rst N. Carolina A&T at Norfolk State...................4 p.m. Receiving Receiving career touchdownwn Bethune-Cookman at S.C. State....................4 p.m. Surratt, 8/119/1 TD Scott, 11/158/0 TD when he lined upp as Howard at Hampton ........................................6 p.m. James, 2/5/0 TD Blackwell, 11/139/2 TD a fullback. Defense Savannah State at Winston-Salem State....6 p.m. Defense Guyton, 9 TT, 2.5 TFL Campbell, 12 TT, 7 solo Delaware State at Kent State ...........................TBA Leftwich, 6 TT, 0.5 TFL Hillie, 11 TT, 0.5 TFL ● LAST GAME OUT - James Madison University gained 449 yards of total ooffense,ffense, including 276 rush- Sports Network Top 25 ing yards, en route to a 56-7 victory over North Carolina Central in front of 1515,518 518 fans in HarrisonburgHarrisonburg, Team (First-place votes) Rec Points Pre Va. The Dukes scored eight touchdowns and punted only once, tallying 23 first downs along the way. 1. Appalachian State (85) 1-1 2,976 1 NCCU (0-2) managed 203 yards of total offense, including 122 through the air and 81 on the ground. 2. North Dakota State (22) 2-0 2,775 2 NCCU senior quarterback Stadford Brown completed 16-of-33 passes for 122 yards and a touchdown 3. Massachusetts (1) 2-0 2,647 4 with two interceptions. Sophomore running back Tony McCord topped the Eagles’ ground game with 4. Richmond 1-1 2,606 3 42 yards on 10 carries. Senior receiver Wayne Blackwell caught six passes for 59 yards, including an 5. Montana 1-0 2,572 5 over-the-shoulder reception in the corner of the end zone on the first play of the fourth quarter for the Eagles’ lone score. 6. Delaware (1) 0-1 2,561 6 7. James Madison 1-1 2,470 8 ● Mose Rison enters his second season as head coach at NCCU after finishing the 2007 campaign 8. McNeese State 1-1 2,218 10 with a 6-4 record. Rison was announced as the school’s 19th head football coach on Feb. 6, 2007, 9. Northern Iowa 0-1 1,504 9 assuming the role of head coach for the first time in his 25-year coaching career. Rison served as 10. New Hampshire 1-0 1,400 15 assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach during the Eagles historic 11-1 11. Southern Illinois 1-0 1,343 12 campaign in 2006. He continues calling plays as the offensive coordinator and working with the quar- 12. Wofford 1-0 1,293 13 terbacks. With Rison directing NCCU’s offense, the 2006 Eagles scored 371 points (30.9 per game), the 13. South Dakota State 1-1 994 21 most in school history. Under Rison’s tutelage, freshman quarterback Stadford Brown was named as 14.