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CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY 2007 GAME NOTES SHENANDOAH (0-4, 0-1) at CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT (1-2, 0-0) Saturday, September 29, 2007 POMOCO Stadium 1 pm Kickoff Newport News, VA GAME INFORMATION Game #4 The Captains of Christopher Newport (1-2, 0-0) open 2007 Season Schedule play in the USA South Athletic Conference, hosting the Hornets of Shenandoah University (0-4, 0-1). Sept. 1 Rowan 23-17 W Game time is set for 1 pm Saturday at POMOCO Stadium. Sept. 8 at Mary Hardin-Baylor 19-51 L It’s the third of five home games this year for the Captains. Sept. 15 Salisbury 21-35 L Last Game The Captains last played two weeks ago, losing at home Sept. 29 Shenandoah* 1 pm to Salisbury, 35-21. CNU never led in the game, and gave up 433 Oct. 6 at Greensboro* 7 pm Looking Back total yards to the Sea Gulls. Oct. 13 Maryville* 1 pm After falling behind 14-0, the Captains got on the board on a Mike Thomas 1-yard scoring run in the second quarter. The Oct. 20 at Methodist* 1 pm Gulls led at the break, 21-7, and then built the lead to 35-7 in the Oct. 27 NC Wesleyan* 1 pm fourth quarter. Nov. 3 at Averett* 1 pm The Captains scored twice late in the game, once on a 20- yard scoring run from Tunde Ogun, and Alex Brown completed Nov. 10 at Ferrum* 1 pm the scoring with a 21-yard TD pass to Kazen Burke. * USA South Games The loss was the second straight for CNU, and the fourth in six games vs. Salisbury. The Coaches About Shenandoah MATT KELCHNER has guided the CNU football Christopher Newport and Shenandoah will be playing for program since its inception. Now in his seventh season as the seventh time, with the series even at 3-3. CNU has won the head coach of the Captains, Kelchner has recorded an overall last two games by a combined score of 47-17, and the Captains record of 43-24 (.642) and a conference mark of 31-7 (.816). are 2-1 vs. the Hornets at POMOCO Stadium. Kelchner was named the USA South Athletic The Hornets are 0-4 so far this season, and 0-1 in the Conference Coach of the Year in 2006. It was his third such USA South following a 44-21 loss at home last Saturday night to Fer-honor in six years. Kelchner was the Dixie Conference Coach rum. SU has also lost to Catholic (7-6), Bridgewater (20-6), of the Year his first two seasons (2001 and 2002). and Albright (30-7). The Hornets have been out-scored, 101-40, The 1982 graduate of Susquehanna University spent through the first four games. 16 seasons as an assistant at William & Mary before beginning Shenandoah is 4-21 over its last 25 games dating back the start-up of the CNU program. He also previously served as to the 2004 season. SU was 2-8 in 2005 and 2006. an assistant at Mansfield University and Dickinson College in The Hornets are the only USA South squad to beat Pennsylvania. the Captains at POMOCO Stadium. In the first season of CNU PAUL BARNES is in his 6th season as head coach football, September 29, 2001, Shenandoah beat Christopher of the Hornets. Barnes’ team has gone 2-8 the last two seasons Newport in overtime, 27-24. Since then, the Captains have won and is 0-4 so far in 2007. Barnes now has a career record at 18 straight home conference games. Shenandoah of 24-31 (.436). He is a 1983 graduate of James The Big Picture Madison University and began his coaching career as a grad Christopher Newport will be playing Game #68 in assistant with the Dukes. He also served as an assistant at program history. In the previous 67 games since the inception Ferrum, Frostburg State, Glenville State, and at Shenandoah of the program, 34 have been played at home, 31 on the road, before taking over the program in 2002. and two on neutral fields. Bradshaw Top Target CNU is presently 43-24 overall for a .642 winning Jesse Bradshaw, sophomore wide receiver, is the Cap- percentage all-time. The Captains are 25-9 (.735) playing at PO- tains top target so far. Bradshaw has caught 14 passes in MOCO Stadium, 16-15 (.516) in road contests, and 2-0 on the first three games and is averaging 88 yards per game neutral playing fields. receiving. Bradshaw has one touchdown reception in 2007, In conference games, the Captains are 31-7 (.816) the second of his CNU career. all-time, and 18-1 (.947) at home in conference games. CNU is 12-17 (.414) in non-conference games, and 2-5 (.286) in NCAA Captains On the Air Tournament Games. For the seventh straight season, every CNU football Captains By Month game will be broadcast live on the Christopher Newport/Pepsi CNU is now 10-13 all-time in the month of Septem- Radio Network. WXGM, Xtra 99.1 FM, is the radio home ber, 21-4 all-time in October and 12-7 all-time in the month of of CNU athletics. Broadcasts begin 30 minutes prior to kick- November. off, and are also available on the web at athletics.cnu.edu. 2001 & 2002 Dixie Conference Champions / 2003, 2004, 2006 USA South Conference Champions 9/29/07 vs. Shenandoah 2007 Situational Records The Captains Are: In the Endzone 1-2 ...............................Overall The Captains have scored 231 touchdowns in the first 67 games 1-1 ................... at POMOCO Stadium in program history. Here are the 46 different Captains who have reached 0-1 .......................... On the Road the endzone and how many times (2007 Captains are in bold). 0-0 ....................... On Neutral Field Roland Hilliard ---------------------------------- 32 Josh Baldwin ------------------------------------ 2 1-2 ..........................in September Greg Bolton-------------------------------------- 2 George Jones ----------------------------------- 27 Jesse Bradshaw ------------------------------ 2 0-0 ............................ in October Brandon Carter --------------------------------- 2 0-0 .......................... in November Nathan Davis------------------------------------ 19 Michael Dorn ------------------------------------ 2 0-0 ................ When Leading at the Half Mario Marin -------------------------------------- 19 Reggie Greene --------------------------------- 2 Brian Haygood ---------------------------------- 2 1-2 .................When Trailing at the Half Branden Jones --------------------------------- 18 Phillip Jones ------------------------------------- 2 0-0 ................... When Tied at the Half Thomas Thornton ------------------------------ 14 Kevin Kuhm ------------------------------------- 2 1-0 ........ When Leading after the 3rd Quarter Adam Purcell ------------------------------------ 2 Kaveh Conaway -------------------------------- 12 0-2 .........When Trailing after the 3rd Quarter Tim Baggett ------------------------------------- 1 0-0 ........... When Tied after the 3rd Quarter Curfew Speight --------------------------------- 8 David Briggs------------------------------------- 1 Mike Thomas----------------------------------- 8 Kazen Burke ----------------------------------- 1 0-1 ..................... When Scoring First Danny Cook ------------------------------------- 1 1-1 ............. When Opponent Scores First Eric Carlson ------------------------------------- 6 T.J. Foster --------------------------------------- 1 1-0 ..........In games decided by 7 pts or less Hudson Bryant ---------------------------------- 5 Bill Harrell ---------------------------------------- 1 Matt Hightower --------------------------------- 5 Jason Harrell ------------------------------------ 1 0-0 ..........In games decided by 3 pts or less Will Holt------------------------------------------- 1 0-0 .....................In Overtime Games Todd Faison ------------------------------------ 4 Rod Hunter -------------------------------------- 1 1-2 ............... In Non-conference Games Rob Rodriguez---------------------------------- 4 Brian Long -------------------------------------- 1 1-1 .......... In Home Non-conference Games Justin Long -------------------------------------- 1 Ramarcus Baylor ----------------------------- 3 Kareem Morse ---------------------------------- 1 0-1 ...........In Road Non-conference Games Mike O’Brien ------------------------------------ 3 Marcus Parrott ---------------------------------- 1 0-0 ......... In Neutral Non-conference Games Tunde Ogun ------------------------------------ 3 Jovonn Quillen ---------------------------------- 1 Evan Taylor ------------------------------------- 3 0-0 ..........In USA South Conference Games Tyrell Veney ------------------------------------- 1 Ian Vincent --------------------------------------- 1 0-0 ..............In Home Conference Games Hosh Weekes ----------------------------------- 1 0-0 .............. In Road Conference Games Justin Wood ------------------------------------- 1 0-0 ....................In NCAA Tournament Pre-Season Poll Captains of the Captains The 2007 pre-season poll in the USA South has North Christopher Newport has three team captains this Carolina Wesleyan as the top team with the Captains ranked season. Seniors Leroy Harper, James Jackson, and Cory second. CNU and NC Wesleyan will battle at POMOCO Sta- Webster are sharing the honor in 2007. Last season, Rob Rodriguez served as the first dium on October 27th during Homecoming Weekend. team captain in program history. USA South Pre-Season Poll 1. N.C. Wesleyan (6) 48 New Faces on the Sideline 2. Christopher Newport (2) 44 3. Methodist 33 The Captains have several new assistant coaches for the 2007 season. 4. Averett 31 Brian Vaganek has taken over the CNU defense 5. Maryville 27 and works with special teams in addition to being defensive 6. Ferrum 17 coordinator. Also joining the staff to coach running backs is 7. Greensboro 15 Eric Williams. Former Captains Max Crush,