CAA Football 2008 Week 12 CAA Football Weekly Release Scott Meyer, Director of Football Communicati ons E-Mail: [email protected] | Offi ce: 804.754.1616 x20 | Cell: 804.922.7236 | Fax: 804.754.1830 --------CONFERENCE-------- ----------OVERALL---------- NORTH DIVISION W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral vs. Div Streak New Hampshire 4-2 .667 218 165 7-2 .778 320 205 3-1 4-1 0-0 3-0 Lost 1 Maine 4-2 .667 136 138 7-3 .700 243 221 4-1 3-2 0-0 3-0 Won 5 Massachusett s 3-3 .500 167 134 6-4 .600 296 255 3-2 3-2 0-0 2-1 Lost 1 Hofstra 1-5 .167 102 213 3-7 .300 209 304 1-3 2-4 0-0 1-2 Lost 4 Northeastern 1-5 .167 111 156 2-8 .200 200 278 1-3 1-5 0-0 0-3 Lost 5 Rhode Island 0-6 .000 126 238 2-8 .200 190 333 2-3 0-5 0-0 0-3 Lost 4 SOUTH DIVISION W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral vs. Div Streak James Madison 6-0 1.000 234 105 8-1 .889 332 175 5-0 3-1 0-0 3-0 Won 8 Villanova 5-1 .833 171 105 7-2 .778 245 181 3-1 4-1 0-0 2-1 Won 2 William and Mary 5-1 .833 199 130 7-2 .778 317 193 4-1 3-1 0-0 2-1 Won 5 Richmond 4-2 .667 204 124 7-3 .700 336 166 3-1 4-2 0-0 1-2 Won 3 Delaware 2-4 .333 75 133 4-6 .400 189 197 3-2 1-4 0-0 1-2 Won 1 Towson 1-5 .167 117 219 3-7 .300 185 331 3-2 0-5 0-0 0-3 Lost 3 This Week’s Schedule Saturday, November 15 Rk (SN/Coach) Contest Site Time/TV Series Results 21/23 Maine (7-3, 4-2) Meade Stadium (6,555) 12 p.m. Maine leads 49-34-3 -/- Rhode Island (2-8, 0-6) Kingston, R.I. Maine 35-0, 2007 22/20 Massachusett s (6-4, 3-3) Cowell Stadium (6,500) 12 p.m. Massachusett s leads 42-25-3 13/12 New Hampshire (7-2, 4-2) Durham, N.H. CSN Massachusett s 27-7, 2007 -/- Northeastern (2-8, 1-5) Shuart Stadium (13,000) 1 p.m. Northeastern leads 9-5 -/- Hofstra (3-7, 1-5) Hempstead, N.Y. Northeastern 35-31, 2007 -/- Towson (3-7, 1-5) Villanova Stadium (12,000) 1 p.m. Series ti ed 2-2 6/7 Villanova (7-2, 5-1) Villanova, Pa. Villanova 14-12, 2007 12/15 William and Mary (7-2, 5-1) Bridgeforth Stadium (15,500) 1:30 p.m. James Madison leads 16-14 1/1 James Madison (8-1, 6-0) Harrisonburg, Va. James Madison 55-34, 2007 -/- Delaware (4-6, 2-4) UR Stadium (21,319) 3:30 p.m. Delaware leads 18-6 7/6 Richmond (7-3, 4-2) Richmond, Va. CN8 Richmond 62-56 (ot), 2007 Previous Week’s Results -- Saturday, November 8 Delaware 31, Towson 21 - Newark, Del. (20,720) Maine 21, #13/13 Massachusett s 20 - Amherst, Mass. (9,182) #7/6 Richmond 34, Hofstra 14 - Hempstead, N.Y. (1,766) #6/8 Villanova 24, #8/7 New Hampshire 13 - Villanova, Pa. (6,627) #14/16 William and Mary 38, Northeastern 17 - Williamsburg, Va. (8,231) CAA Football Players of the Week -- November 10 Off ensive Player of the Week Special Teams Player of the Week Josh Vaughan, Richmond Jerry Butler, Delaware Sr., Running Back Jr., Kick Returner Defensive Player of the Week Rookie of the Week Lamir Whetstone, Maine Jonathan Grimes, William and Mary Sr., Defensive Back Fr., Running Back Special Teams Player of the Week Derek Cox, William and Mary Sr., Punt Returner CAA Football Communications CAASports.com PAGE - 1 8625 Patt erson Avenue | Richmond, VA 23229 Week 12 CAA Football Weekly Release Scott Meyer, Director of Football Communications E-Mail: [email protected] | Office: 804.754.1616 x20 | Cell: 804.922.7236 | Fax: 804.754.1830 CAA Football Players of the school history one player has logged both a punt-re- Week -- Nov. 10 turn and interception-return touchdown in the same CAA Football CAA Football announced its Player of the Week game. The last William and Mary player to accom- honorees, Monday, Nov. 10. Five individuals earned plish the punt and interception return touchdowns in Media Services honors after helping each of their squads to wins on the same season was Darren Sharper in 1996. the field Saturday, including Delaware’s Jerry Butler, Grimes earned CAA Football Rookie of the Week Maine’s Lamir Whetstone, Richmond’s Josh Vaughan honors after leading William and Mary to a 38-17 win Weekly Release & Stats and William and Mary’s Derek Cox and Jonathan at home over Northeastern. Grime’s, who accounted Media can access Adobe Acrobat PDF files of Grimes. for 225 all-purpose yards Saturday, rushed just 16 the complete weekly release, including confer- Vaughan, the CAA Football Offensive Player of the times for 130 of William and Mary’s 198 yards on ence and team-by-team statistics, by logging on Week, led Richmond to a 34-14 win on the road over the ground. The Palmyra, N.J., native, now averaging to www.CAASports.com. Weekly releases will Hofstra. The Richmond, Va., native set a new-career 171.6 all-purpose yards on the season, also caught also be sent via email to a number of accredited high for the third-consecutive game, rushing for 240 three passes for 16 yards and returned four kicks for media outlets around the league. Media mem- yards on 26 carries and two touchdowns against the 79 yards against Northeastern. Grimes has now gone bers should contact Scott Meyer (804-754-1616 Pride. It took the senior just one half to reach the over the 100-yard rushing mark in three of the last x20) at the CAA office to be added to the CAA new career-high, garnering 166 yards over the first five games and is averaging 92.1 yards on the ground Football email list. 30 minutes of the contest -- surpassing 100 yards on per game. his 11th carry of the game, with 12:50 remaining in Check out page 17 of the weekly release for a com- the second quarter. The 240-yard effort stands as the plete rundown of CAA Football’s weekly honorees. Weekly Media fifth-best single-game rushing performance in school Teleconference history, and is the most since former Spider Tim High- CAA Football Launches Another The CAA Football coaches will hold a weekly tower rushed for 295 yards against Bucknell in 2007. Landmark TV Package teleconference for the media beginning Mon- Vaughan, who has scored two touchdowns in each CAA Football will feature an even larger television day, Aug. 25. The call will take place each Mon- of the last five games for Richmond, now has 1,123 package than the league debuted at the beginning of day throughout the entire 2008 season. The rushing yards this season which marks the first 1,000- its Inaugural Season. scheduled calls will come to an end when the yard rushing season of his career. CAA Football Commissioner Tom Yeager announced final CAA Football completes its season in the Whetstone grabbed CAA Football Defensive Player a 41-game television schedule as part of the league’s 2008 NCAA Division I National Championships. of the Week honors after leading Maine to a 21-20 Media Day Celebration at the ESPNZone in Baltimore, Coaches will only participate in the postseason upset win on the road over Massachusetts. The de- Md. The schedule, the largest conference television package among the nation’s Football Championship calls if their teams are still alive in Champion- fensive back recorded his second two-interception Subdivision (FCS), is highlighted by a conference-only ship play. game of the season, and was part of a defense which intercepted the league’s Preseason Offensive Player package of 21 games on Comcast regional television of the Year four times in the win. Whetstone and the networks CN8, The Comcast Network and Comcast The teleconference will open with the release of Black Bear defense’s four interception-effort marked SportsNet. the selected player of the week winners, a recap the second time this season UMass has been picked The 21-game conference-only package covered by of the weekend and a preview of the following off four times in a game. Maine’s defense, led by the the Comcast networks features the most competi- week. CAA Football coaches will be available to senior’s effort, also moved its forced turnover total tive games airing on regional networks spanning the answer questions beginning at 10:10 a.m. The to 12 in the last three games. Whetstone, who also East Coast. CN8 will air 12 match-ups throughout weekly lineup is listed below. Beginning Sept. contributed two tackles for the Black Bears, logged its Maine to Virginia footprint. Comcast SportsNet 1 and continuing throughout the 2008 season, his first interception of the game at the 11:32 mark in networks including Comcast SportsNet New England a featured student-athlete will conclude the call the first quarter. His second pick came with 1:37 left and Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic will cover an with a 10-minute interview segment at 12:10 in game, and was the second of three-straight game- additional nine games throughout the 13-week sea- p.m.