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West Georgia Football WEST GEORGIA FOOTBALL 2015 Gulf South Conference Champions • 2014 & 2015 Super Region 2 Champions • 28 All-Americans NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances - 1998, 2000, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 TEAM COMPARISONS WEST GEORGIA #24 WEST FLORIDA 28.5 Scoring Offense 39.8 24.7 Scoring Defense 11.6 VS 189.7 Rushing Offense 160.6 183.3 Rushing Defense 146.4 4-2 4-1 2-1 GSC 3-0 GSC 243.7 Passing Offense 283.8 Head Coach Head Coach David Dean Pete Shinnick 165.0 Passing Defense 115.0 Career Record: 102-35 (13th Year) Career Record: 129-62 (17th Year) 433.3 Total Offense 444.4 Record at UWG: 23-8 (3rd Year) Record at UWF: 26-16 (4th Year) 348.3 Total Defense 261.4 (21-28) 75% Red Zone Scores (17-21) 81% Ranked Opponent Looms for Homecoming » The third home game of the season will be one of the biggest to date for the West Georgia 46% Third Down Def. 49% Wolves, as 24th-ranked West Florida comes to town for the annual Homecoming Game in University 19.7 Kickoff Returns 24.5 Stadium. West Georgia is 4-2 on the season, 2-1 in GSC play. West Florida moved to 24th in this week’s national poll and brings a record of 4-1 into the game with a 3-0 record in league play. 10 Sacks 13 » Both teams come into play Saturday after a dominant effort in their most recent game. West Today’s Game Georgia won a 42-21 battle over North Greenville on the road, while West Florida captured an im- Location ..............................................................Carrollton, GA pressive 48-3 home win over Delta State two weeks ago. Site ..............................................................University Stadium » Veteran David Dean is in his third season at the helm of the West Georgia program. A two-time Capacity .......................................................................10,500 national title winner as a head coach, Dean has guided the Wolves to a record of 23-8. His career Surface ........................................................................ Natural head coaching record is 102-35. Pete Shinnick is in his fourth season as coach of the Argonauts. His record at West Florida is 26-16, and he guided UWF to the national championship game in 2017. Streaming Video ................................................ uwgsports.com Television ........................................................................ None » The series has become a solid rivalry game in just four games, as the two teams competed in the Radio ..................................................................... KISS 102.7 playoffs in 2017, with West Florida coming out on top in that one. The overall series is tied 2-2, with West Georgia winning last year in Pensacola, 27-7. Series ........................................................................ TIed 2-2 Last Meeting » On the West Georgia side of the series, Willie Candler is the only quarterback to take a snap Date ..............................................................October 13, 2018 against West Florida. Qa Walker had a 35-yard pass from the wide receiver spot in 2016, but every other pass in the series from the UWG offense has come from Candler’s arm. The senior is 62-for- Location ..............................................................Pensacola, FL 105 for 738 yards, eight touchdowns, and two interceptions in four games against West Florida. Score ...................................................UWG 27, West Florida 7 » Candler moved into Gulf South Conference historical categories last week against North Greenville, as he is now tied for eighth among all-time GSC quarterbacks with 67 touchdowns. That 2019 UWG Schedule/Results number also broke the UWG record held by Chris Teal in that category last week. Candler is in line to Date Opponent Time/Result later this year own UWG’s career record for passing attempts. He has 955, compared to Teal’s school Sept. 7 @Catawba W 37-9 record of 1,039. Sept. 14 @Limestone W 24-14 » Saturday’s game vs. West Florida marks the third time that the Wolves and Argos have locked horns on Ra-Lin Field at University Stadium. An interesting fact in the series, which is tied 2-2, is that Sept. 21 Albany State L 26-14 the home team has never won in this series. West Georgia won in Pensacola in the first meeting in 2016, followed by two victories in three weeks from West Florida in 2017. The second of those was Sept. 28 @ Florida Tech L 44-10 in the 2017 NCAA Playoffs Second Round. West Georgia returned the favor in 2018, winning 27-7 Oct. 5 Shorter W 44-34 over West Florida at Blue Wahoo Stadium in Pensacola. Oct. 12 @North Greenville W 42-21 » For a West Georgia perspective on Saturday’s game, UWG fans can tune into WCKS, 102.7 FM. Mitch Gray, now in his 38th season of calling UWG football, handles the play-by-play, while Andy Oct. 19 West Florida 2:00 PM Micacchione fills the role of analyst. The Countdown to Kickoff pregame show begins at 6 p.m. Oct. 26 @West Alabama 2:00 PM » The West Georgia defense emerged last week against North Greenville. The Wolves allowed just Nov. 2 Mississippi College 2:00 PM nine points to Catawba in the opener, but had allowed more than 500 yards of offense in the two Nov. 9 @Delta State 3:00 PM previous weeks to Florida Tech and Shorter. The UWG defense was dominant against the Crusaders, allowing just 217 total yards in the game. A big key was on the line, as the Wolves had five sacks in Nov. 16 Valdosta State 7:00 PM the contest, doubling the team total for the year. HEAD COACH DAVID DEAN By any measure David Dean’s first two seasons as as Valdosta State posted a 13-1 record and won the head football coach at the University of West Georgia program’s second national championship. were a success. Dean arrived in Carrollton in January Five years later, Dean was back in the winner’s cir- 2017, on the eve of signing day, and led the Wolves cle again. This time the Blazers lost twice in the regular to nine victories and a return to the NCAA Division II season, but they were untouchable in the playoffs, av- Playoffs. In his second season last year, West Georgia eraging 42 points a game during a postseason march won 10 games and reached the playoffs for the fourth to a second national title. time in the past five seasons. That second national title with the Blazers put In the second week of the season in 2019, Dean Dean in rare company. College football has been stepped even more into history, becoming the third played in the state of Georgia since the 1890s, and coach in Gulf South Conference history with 100 wins during that time only three football coaches in this in his career. state have won multiple national titles. Erskine Russell Were there up-and-downs, and some disappoint- won three FCS crowns at Georgia Southern, while ments? Certainly, but from start to finish, Dean put his Paul Johnson followed him in Statesboro with a pair stamp on a veteran roster and veteran coaching staff. of championships of his own, and now it is also David The result was a Wolves team back in the national Dean. picture in Division II football. A 9-4 record and a play- Dean’s run as head coach at Valdosta State cov- off spot came in year one under Dean, followed by a ered nine seasons. Beyond the two national crowns, 10-2 record, top-five national ranking and the fourth his Blazer teams posted an impressive record of 79-27, trip to the NCAA Playoffs in the past five seasons including a mark of 42-19 in games played with the came in year two. nation’s best Division II conference, the Gulf South. His Dean was no stranger to the Carrollton campus teams advanced to the NCAA Playoffs six times, and following the most successful three-year run in the when he returned to UWG last season. He brought Dean’s postseason head coaching record is 13-6. history of the Wolves’ program. Few coaches have with him a resume that would rival any coach in the The success of Dean’s Valdosta State program the gravitas to continue, and even increase that level nation. As an assistant or as a head coach, David resulted in numerous individual plaudits. He captured of success. Dean and his football teams are winners. American Football Coaches Association Division II Dean is a native of DeKalb County in the metro A former wide receiver at Georgia Tech, Dean got Coach of the Year honors following both national titles. Atlanta area. He was born in Decatur, and enjoyed a his introduction to the wars of Gulf South Conference He was also named 2007 Coach of the Year by Schutt stellar high school career for the Avondale Blue Devils. football in 1988 when he began a four-year run on the Sports, AFCA Regional Coach of the Year, and GSC Dean arrived at Georgia Tech as a walk-on in 1982, staff at Valdosta State. In 1992 Dean moved to Car- Coach of the Year in 2010. but was awarded a scholarship the following season. rollton for an eight-year run on the staff at West Geor- Beyond his individual success, Dean’s VSU players He played wide receiver for the Jackets through the gia. That stint included the first winning season at the captured the highest of honors. His VSU teams had 1985 campaign. Division II level, the first NCAA D-II Playoff berth, and 18 Division II All-America selections, while 10 players Married to the former Stacie Stott, the Deans the program’s first two Gulf South Conference titles.
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