2006 FOOTBALL

Date of Release: Monday, October 2, 2006 West Georgia vs. Harding West Georgia SID-(678) 839-6542 uwgsports.com

Game 1 >> Wolves vs. Bison Briefly Date: Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006 Time: 7:00 Site: Carrollton, GA

Stadium: Grisham Surface: Grass Capacity: 6500 VS West Georgia Radio: KISS 102.7 (Mitch Gray-Play-by-Play, Andy Micacchione-Analyst) TV: None Internet: Live Radio on uwgsports.com

Series Record: Harding leads, 5-2 West Georgia Harding (0-4, 0-2 GSC) (3-2, 2-1 GSC) Last Meeting: West Georgia 23, Harding 21, September 10, 2005 in Carrollton

Wolves look to get on a winning track

After a lengthy road trip, everyone looks forward to a return home. The West Georgia Wolves have had a doozy of a road trip, not playing a game in the friendly confines of Grisham Stadium since the first game of the season on August 26. Since that time, the Wolves have traveled over 2600 miles, playing three different opponents with a combined record of 11-4 on the season. Last week, West Georgia's trip took them to Arkadelphia, AR, to take on the . The Wolves mustered three field goals off of the foot of freshman kicker Casey Hale, but a late Reddie proved to be the game-winner, as HSU took the 16-9 victory. Against the Reddies, the Wolves faced a running quarterback in Garrett Manning, who rushed for 126 yards against West Georgia. In the Bison, UWG takes on the top running back in the in Kyle Wess. The HU back is averaging 117 yards per game on the ground on the season. The Wolves counter with a pair of running backs who are in the top-10 in the GSC in rushing. James Kinnebrew averages 77 yards per contest on the ground, followed by Adam Patrick at 55 Jonah Katende chases down Presbyterian’s yards per game. The duo give the Wolves a thunder and lightning quarterback in the Wolves’ first home game backfield, with Kinnebrew the lightning and Patrick the thunder. of the 2006 season.

2006 West Georgia Football Schedule/Results

Day Date Opponent Time/Result TV Series Last Meeting/Notes Sat. Aug. 26 PRESBYTERIAN L 10-0 None UWG, 5-2 Defense shines, offense struggles against top-10 opponent Sat. Sept. 9 at Furman L 24-7 None FU, 1-0 Furman’s depth takes Wolves out in second half Sat. Sept. 16 at Tech* L 28-21, OT None ATU, 7-2 Welcome to West Gerogia, James Kinnebrew, 169 rush yds Sat. Sept. 30 at Henderson State* L 16-9 None UWG, 9-3 Late HSU touchdown gives UWG loss Sat. Oct. 7 HARDING* 7:00 None HU, 5-2 UWG 23-21, 2005/HU’s final pass sails out of endzone Thu. Oct. 12 at West Alabama* 7:00 None UWG, 16-7 UWG 41-0, 2005/2005 Rushing totals, UWG 363-UWA -7 Sat. Oct. 21 at Arkansas-Monticello* 7:00 None UWG, 7-1 UWG 58-21, 2005/UWG defense scores twice Sat. Oct. 28 DELTA STATE* 7:00 None DSU, 12-7 DSU 61-7, 2003/Worst home loss in UWG history Sat. Nov. 4 NORTH ALABAMA* (HC) 3:00 None UNA, 13-10 UNA 20-19, 2005/ in endzone seals UNA win Thu. Nov. 9 VALDOSTA STATE* 7:00 CSS (77) VSU, 15-8 UWG 29-15, 2005/Ford’s late INT for a TD closes the book

All Times Eastern *Gulf South Conference game

Four-game losing streaks In 2005, West Georgia came into the Harding game riding a four-game losing 2006 AFCA Coaches’ Poll streak against the Bison. Harding scored late in last year’s game, but the two- September 12, 2006 point conversion sailed out of the back of the endzone to give UWG a 23-21 1. Grand Valley State 3-0 victory, the first of the season. The win also snapped that four-game skid 2. NW Missouri State 3-0 against Harding. 3. North Alabama 2-0

4. North Dakota 3-0 Expect a barnburner 5. Valdosta State 2-0 In the seven-game history of the series, West Georgia and Harding have gone 6. West Texas A&M 3-0 down to the wire nearlry every time. There have only been two games where the 7. Shepherd 3-0 difference was more than a touchdown, coming in back-to-back years in 2000 8. Bloomsburg 2-1 and 2001. Even more than that, the Wolves have had close calls in every game this season, losing by a combined 24 points in three Division II losses. 9. North Carolina Central 3-0 10. Northwood 3-0 11. Pittsburg State 3-0 Solid performances vs. the Bison Last year’s battle with Harding was West Georgia’s first win of the year, and 12. Nebraska-Omaha 2-1 two players on this year’s roster had a lot to do with the win. Larico Stevenson 13. Chadron State 3-0 had an interception and was second on the team in tackles with eight in last 14. South Dakota 3-0 year’s contest. Jonah Katende was a true standout, also collecting an 15. Carson-Newman 3-0 interception and nine tackles, but he was also in coverage on the two-point 16. Delta State 2-1 conversion that fell harmlessly out of bounds, giving UWG the win. 17. Missouri Western St. 3-0 18. Newberry 3-0 A look at Harding 19. Washburn 2-1 A look at the Gulf South Conference stats page tells you that West Georgia’s 20. Winona State 2-1 defense will be up against a challenge on Saturday night. The Bison are fourth 21. Tiffin 3-1 in the conference passing offense (217 ypg) and third in rushing (161 ypg). 22. C.W. Post 2-1 They also boast the top running back in the GSC in Kyle Wess, who is 23. Abilene Christian 2-1 averaging 117.6 yards per game on the ground. He only has one touchdown to 24. Midwestern State 2-1 his credit, but he still will eat up a ton of yards if allowed. David Knighton is 25. Saginaw Valley State 2-1 third in the conference in passing, averaging 216.2 yards per game.

Dropped Out: Catawba (15). Harding Head Coach Randy Tribble Others Receiving Votes: Catawba, Wearing the headset on the Harding side of the field on Saturday night will be the longest tenured coach in the Gulf South Conference in Randy Tribble. 55; Minnesota-Duluth, 28; Lane, 23; Henderson State, 20; Central Tribble has been a mainstay in Searcy for 13 years, and guided the Bison to their first NCAA Division II win in 2001 against . . . West Georgia. He brings Missouri, 16; Southeastern with him a 3-2 record this season, 2-1 in the GSC. His career record as a head Oklahoma, 9; Ferris State, 7; Mars coach is 70-59-1. Hill, 6; Western Oregon, 6; Presbyterian, 5; Fort Lewis, 4; 2 006 GSC STANDINGS Bemidji State, 3 Tuskegee, 2.

Conference Overall BOLD indicates 2006 UWG opp. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Streak #3 North Alabama 3 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 W-4 Henderson State 3 0 1.000 4 1 .800 W-4 UWG-HU SERIES

#5 Valdosta State 2 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 W-4 Harding Leads, 5-2 #18 Delta State 2 1 .667 4 1 .800 W-2 1993: (H) HU 22, UWG 19 Harding 2 1 .667 3 2 .600 W-2 2000: (H) UWG 35, HU 13 Arkansas-Monticello 1 1 .500 1 4 .200 L-2 Arkansas Tech 1 2 .333 3 2 .600 L-2 2001: (A) HU 43, UWG 31 West Alabama 1 2 .333 3 2 .600 L-2 2002: (H) HU 13, UWG 0 West Georgia 0 2 .000 0 4 .000 L-4 2003: (H) HU 25, UWG 21 Ouachita Baptist 0 3 .000 1 4 .200 L-3 2004: (A) HU 28, UWG 21 Southern Arkansas 0 3 .000 1 4 .200 L-4 2005: (A) UWG 23, HU 21

2005 FINAL STATS

WEST GEORGIA HARDING

Presbyterian L 10-0 Southwest Baptist W 42-30 at Furman L 24-7 Missouri Southern L 30-27 at Arkansas Tech* L 28-21 (OT) North Alabama L 41-14 at Henderson State* 7:00 Arkansas-Monticello W 29-21 Harding* 7:00 West Alabama W 24-16 at West Alabama* 7:00 West Georgia 7:00 at Arkansas-Monticello* 7:00 Southern Arkansas 8:00 Delta State* 7:00 Henderson State 3:00 North Alabama* (HC) 3:00 Arkansas Tech 2:00 Valdosta State* 8:00 Ouachita Baptist 2:30

TEAM STATISTICS UWG OPP TEAM STATISTICS HU OPP SCORING 37 78 SCORING 136 138 Points Per Game 9.3 19.5 Points Per Game 27.2 27.6 FIRST DOWNS 52 63 FIRST DOWNS 88 94 Rushing 20 43 Rushing 37 42 Passing 28 13 Passing 46 47 Penalty 4 7 Penalty 5 5 RUSHING YARDAGE 399 688 RUSHING YARDAGE 807 738 Rushing Attempts 134 169 Rushing Attempts 184 169 Average Per Rush 3.0 4.1 Average Per Rush 4.4 4.4 Average Per Game 99.8 172.0 Average Per Game 161.4 147.6 PASSING YARDAGE 475 399 PASSING YARDAGE 1089 1206 Att-Comp-Int. 106-52-3 79-44-6 Att-Comp-Int. 128-74-9 152-94-5 Average Per Game 118.8 99.8 Average Per Game 217.8 241.2 TOTAL OFFENSE 874 1087 TOTAL OFFENSE 1896 1944 Total Plays 240 248 Total Plays 312 321 Average Per Play 3.6 4.4 Average Per Play 6.1 6.1 Average Per Game 218.5 271.8 Average Per Game 379.2 388.8 KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS 10-178 10-265 KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS 19-481 15-327 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 4-20 9-90 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 7-60 12-148 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 6-38 3-39 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 5-44 9-85 -LOST 10-5 13-8 FUMBLES-LOST 6-2 9-5 PENALTIES-YARDS 30-236 25-204 PENALTIES-YARDS 39-281 41-348 PUNTS-YARDS 24-815 16-643 PUNTS-YARDS 22-675 25-919 Average Per Punt 34.0 40.2 Average Per Game 30.7 36.8 Net Punt Average 30.2 38.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 29:26 30:34 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 31:01 28:59 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 22/26 26/63 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 14/54 17/52 3rd-Down Pct. 33% 41% 3rd-Down Pct. 26% 33% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 5/12 3/8 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 4/6 5/6 4th-Down Pct. 42% 38% 4th-Down Pct. 67% 83% RUSHING Att. Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long RUSHING Att. Gain Loss Net Avg TD Avg. Kyle Wess 88 593 5 588 6.7 1 61 James Kinnebrew 55 246 13 233 4.2 2 77.7 Ardell Briggs 34 140 7 133 3.9 3 16 Adam Patrick 45 226 6 220 4.9 1 55.0 David Knigthton 47 176 91 85 1.8 2 42 Brian Davis 8 17 0 17 2.1 0 5.7 PASSING Effic. Att Comp Int Pct Yds TD PASSING Effic. Att Comp Int Pct Yds TD David Knigthton 151.37 124 72 9 58.1 1081 13 Brett Yenser 81.04 106 52 3 49.1 475 0 RECEIVING No Yds Avg TD Lg Avg/G RECEIVING No Yds Avg TD Lg Avg/G Devin Link 24 339 14.1 2 66 67.8 Raffinee Gonzalez 10 104 10.4 0 23 26.0 J. Paulson 10 116 11.6 2 29 23.2 Jay Holbrook 8 87 10.9 0 46 29.0 Darrick Ware 9 137 15.2 1 43 27.4 Ron Dickson 6 41 6.8 0 13 13.7 Julian Firmin 9 125 13.9 1 39 25.0

UWG Offense Wolves boast two top-10 backs WR 13-Raffinee Gonzalez Running backs have been a staple of the Mike Ledford era. This year, the Wolves 25-Ron Dickson have two solid running backs splitting time in James Kennebrew and Adam 81-Zach Allgood Patrick. Kennebrew finally has enough carries to get on the list at the Gulf South OT 55-Barron Hamlin Conference and is second in the GSC in rushing, behind Harding’s Kyle Wess. th 54-Andrew Delong Adam Patrick is also in the top-10, as his 55 yards per game rank him 10 in the OG 61-Drew Connell conference. 56-Alex Punsky

C 72-Ian Lyle Holbrook takes flight against Henderson

71-Adam Daigler For much of the season, senior wide receiver Jay Holbrook has been relatively OG 71-Adam Daigler silent. Last Saturday, the Carrollton native made his presence known against 63-Matt Bailey Henderson State. He came into the game with just four receptions on the year. He OT 76-Sean O’Sullivan caught four passes against the Reddies for 39 yards, vaulting into second place on 50-Jason Bennett the team in both categories. 66-Shane Burns TE 88-Brandon Coon 83-Kelvin Ferrell Watch for trickery

QB 8-Brett Yenser West Georgia head coach pulled out his bag of tricks in last year’s win over 18-Ryan Poole Harding, and more of the same may come this season. Against the Bison last year, FB 44-Brian Davis on the drive that put West Georgia up 23-7, Abe Felix rolled to his right, looking 46-Stewart Cook as if he was going to run a sweep. However, he pulled the ball up and fired to Jay RB 3-James Kinnebrew Holbrook for a picture-perfect 31-yard pass. 11-Adam Patrick WR 87-Jaybriel Holbrook Strong historical performances against HU 4-Xavier Godard Offensively, the highlights against Harding historically are few and far between. The first came in the first outing in 1993, when Chris Teal passed for 254 yards, HU Defense including 102 to Chad Walker. .In 2000 and 2001, Nick Price stole the show, CB 6-Robert Towns rushing for 137 and 134 yards respectively. Two years ago, Michael Alexis 1-Patrick Nicks rushed for 159 yards, followed by last year’s 121 yards CB 4-Izell Gayles 25-Logan McWilliams FS 5-Rocky Hall Hale’s night nets a conference look West Georgia kicker Casey Hale didn’t hit a field goal all season until last 27-Seth Woodason Saturday night against Henderson State. The freshman nailed three of his four SS 24-Sevohn Greer attempts against the Reddies, moving into the top-10 in the GSC in scoring, 13-Cam Clark averaging three points per game. MLB 2-Carlisle Johnson 49-Ryan Conn WLB 58-David Saunders Patrick running hard 42-Jeremy Townsend West Georgia sophomore running back Adam Patrick has led the Wolves in Bandit 40-Jermaine Blanchard rushing in three of the first four games of the season. He rushed for 44 yards 22-Cody Chapman against Presbyterian, 47 versus Furman and 61 yards against Henderson State. Rover 23-Morgan Toline 25-Logan McWilliams Preseason All-GSC Team - Offense DE 30-Michael Whitlow Pos Name School HT WT Class 91-Aaron Bryant QB Scott Eyster Delta State 6-3 190 SR NG 90-Justin Currie RB John L. Williams Arkansas-Mont. 6-2 217 JR 96-Kenneth Wakwe RB D.D. Holyfield Southern Arkansas 5-8 160 SR DE 95-Nathan Hoffman WR Anthony Merritt North Alabama 6-0 189 SR 99-Corwin Brown WR Bruce Steele Ouachita Baptist 6-1 190 SR PK 17-Ben Davis TE Johnny Fields Southern Arkansas 6-1 233 JR P 41-Ryan Ferrell G Robert Young Delta State 6-2 325 SR KO 41-Ryan Ferrell G Travis Mikal-Allen Delta State 6-1 315 JR LS 43-J. McCoy T Andrew Reid North Alabama 6-3 278 SR Holder 18-Cam Rowan T Gerald Davis Valdosta State 6-4 300 JR PR 6-Robert Towns T Barron Hamlin West Georgia 6-3 307 SR

Stevenson poised for history UWG Defense West Georgia senior defensive back Larico Stevenson is tied for second in the Gulf South Conference with three on the season. He is currently tied LE 94-Andre Culpepper with Nate Coggins for third in UWG history with nine interceptions in his career. 48-Nick Hensley If Stevenson continues at this pace, he will finish second all=time at West Georgia NG 93-Andre Johnson in interceptions. Marquis Floyd has the record with 19 career picks. The 95-Inoke Tukia RE 58-Odell Willis difference in Stevenson and Floyd and Coggins is that 91-Brandon Thompson SLB 28-Donald Thornton Carter needs little help 41-Jeff Peeples Scan across the Gulf South Conference statistics page. You’ll find that one of the MLB 34-John Perkins top tacklers in the conference is West Georgia rover Adam Carter. The senior 47-Michael Reardon has 30 tackles on the season, good for fourth in the league. At closer look, he also OLB 21-Jermaine Gadson has 23 solo stops, second among all defenders in the GSC. 32-Dan Dorsey

R 36-Adam Carter Kicking game success 26-Jonathan King UWG punter Jon Reinert has been struggling on punts throughout the season. B 7-Will Rivers But something clicked for the freshman from Loganville against Arkansas Tech. 23-Justin Beauchamp

Facing his first Gulf South Conference action, Reinert stepped in for a 39.5 punt BC 1-Larico Stevenson average, including a season-long punt of 57 yards. Against Henderson State last 5-Gary Hodges week, his leg continued to improved, going for a 44.5 ypp average. FC 2-Rico Wood 17-Marcus Wise Perkins knocking on conference lead FS 38-Darius Pettigrew Senior linebacker John Perkins been a defensive stalwart for West Georgia for 20-Jonah Katende his entire career, and by all indications, he isn’t letting up in his senior campaign. K 98-Casey Hale The Rome native is averaging eight tackles per game this season, good for third in P 27-Jon Reinert the conference. North Alabama’s Donald Tharpe leads the conference at 9.2 LS 82-Micah Hearst stops per contest and Lewis Thompson, from West Alabama is second with 8.8. Holder 36-Adam Carter Just on Perkins’ heels is UWG senior Adam Carter at 7.5 tackles per outing. The KR 3-Larico Stevenson th Wolves’ next-best tackler is Odell Willis, who checks in tied for 17 in the league 4=Xavier Godard PR 1-Larico Stevenson with six tackles per game.

HU Offense Senior defenders a “force” TE 7-Michael Solano West Georgia seniors Odell Willis, John Perkins and Larico Stevenson have been terrorizing opposing offenses for two seasons, and have combined this 29-Jonathan Pualson WR 14-Heath Adams season as one of the Gulf South Conference’s top turnover creating trios in 2006. 8-Darrick Ware Wills and Perkins have combined for five fumbles forced on the season and Stevenson is tied for second in the league in interceptions with three. WR 3-Devin Link 20-Landon Taylor

TB 28-Kyle Wess Preseason All-GSC Team - Defense 34-Ardell Briggs Pos Name School HT WT Class RT 67-Wheeler Parsons DL Justin Currie Harding 5-10 305 SR 72-Jeff Walker DL Mantrell Ashford North Alabama 6-4 240 SR RG 76-Jacob Greer DL Kelvin Roberts Valdosta State 6-2 240 SR 75-Baron Potter DL Odell Willis West Georgia 6-3 239 SR C 51-Jared Wilson LB Michael Eubanks Delta State 6-2 215 JR 74-David Walker LB Donald Tharpe North Alabama 5-10 205 SR LG 73-Ross Conn LB Derrick Harris Southern Arkansas 5-8 200 SR 55-Brad Parker LB John Perkins West Georgia 5-10 230 SR LT 77-Brandon Tittle DB Robert Towns Harding 5-11 200 SR 66-Chris Boatright DB Derrell Ashford North Alabama 5-11 200 SR QB 16-David Knighton DB Jason Campbell North Alabama 5-9 165 SR 18-Cam Rowan DB Demarea Caldwell Southern Arkanasas 6-2 186 SR RB 33-Jace Garrison 81-Bernard Palmer

Head Coach Mike Ledford Wolves prepare for tough schedule

Entering his fifth season as the head coach of the Last year’s schedule was grueling for West Georgia, facing four West Georgia Wolves, Ledford’s team seems to opponents ranked in the top-25 and three in the top-10 in the nation. be on the cusp of moving to the next level. A year This year starts off no differently, as three UWG opponents are in the preseason top-25, including two in the top-10. ago, there were many questions about the status of the program heading into the season. Now, many of those questions have been answered as Southern Conference Connection West Georgia finished second in the GSC race, The 2006 West Georgia football team has a distinctly Southern feel the highest UWG finish since the 2000 campaign. from top to bottom. Defensive line coach Josh Clendenin and offensive West Georgia started the 2005 campaign with a coordinator Tommy Laurendine both played at Appalachain State. pair of losses, but then rebounded to finish the season with a 7-4 overall record and 7-2 in the Receiver Xavier Godard and long-snapper Mark Hearst played at Gulf South Conference. His teams have been Western Carolina and the Wolves’ second game of the season is at some of the more feared rushing teams in the Furman. All three schools are major players in D-IAA’s Southern GSC. Under his tutelage, the Wolves have had the Conference. leading rusher in the GSC for the past two Playing at the Next level seasons. He has also had four players earn invitations to the Cactus Bowl, the annual Co ngratulations to former UWG standout Brandon Jamison, who Division II senior bowl, in his tenure. continues to shine in the preseason for the Atlanta Falcons. The linebacker started out at weakside backer behind Keith Brooking, Ledford Coaching Career collecting one tackle in the Falcons’ first preseason game against New Head Coach, West Georgia 2002-present England. Jamison disappeared from the WLB depth chart and moved to Assistant Coach, West Georgia 1998-2001 middle linebacker for one game before moving back to weakside Assistant Coach, Maryville 1997 linebacker. But on Monday, when the Falcons made their final cuts to Assistant Coach, Gardner-Webb 1996 trim the roster to 53, one look at the roster showed the former West Assistant Coach, Tennessee Tech 1989-95 Georgia backer scheduled to wear #54 in the season opener. Jamison has Assistant Coach, Maryville 1988 played in every game this season and has been credited with two tackles. Knoxville Bearden HS 1984-87 Assistant Coach, West Alabama 1983 Photo courtesy of Jimmy Cribb, Atlanta Falcons photographer Assistant Coach, Maryville 1980-82 Groves HS 1980 Northwest Whitfield HS 1977-78 Knoxville Catholic 1975

Ledford’s Record When . . . Leading at halftime 14-3 Leading after three quarters 15-2 Having a 100-yard rusher 9-14 Having a 250-yard passer 1-1 Having a 100-yard receiver 1-5 Scoring 30 points or more 12-3 Leading in time of possession 10-19 Following a loss 8-15 Decided by four pts or less 5-7 Up Next for West Georgia In season openers 2-3 In GSC openers 1-4 The off-weeks are done for the season, and In home games 6-10 the Wolves hit their last road-stand of the In overtime games 1-1 season next week. The first game of the Playing on television 1-1 stand will be next Thursday night against a

revamped West Alabama squad. New head 2006 UWG Coaching Staff coach Bobby Wallace brought two national

Offensive Coordinator Tommy Laurendine championship rings into Livingston and the

Defensive Coordinator Phillip Banko Tigers have bought into his system. Throw Offensive Line Spencer Riley in the fact that UWA has been playing on Defensive Line Josh Clendenin Thursday nights for the entire season and Defensive Backs Don Gibson drawing record crowds and the visit Running Backs Chuck Darbonne becomes a much tougher one. Kick-off is Defensive Grad. Asst. Gus Condon Tight Ends Matt Buenning set for 7 p.m. in Tiger Stadium as the Wolves look for another win.

2006 WOLVES WATCH

Adam Patrick #11 Rico Stevenson #1

Position: TB Position: CB Class: SO Class: SR Ht: 5-9 Ht: 5-10 Wt: 176 Wt: 200 Hometown: Olive Branch, Hometown: Calhoun MS

West Georgia sophomore running back Adam Patrick West Georgia senior defensive back Larico Stevenson is has led the Wolves in rushing in three of the first four tied for second in the Gulf South Conference with three games of the season. He rushed for 44 yards against interceptions on the season. He is currently tied with Presbyterian, 47 versus Furman and 61 yards last Nate Coggins for third in UWG history with nine Saturday night against Henderson State. His efforts have interceptions in his career. If Stevenson continues at this put him in the top-10 in the Gulf South Conference in pace, he will finish second all=time at West Georgia in rushing, giving West Georgia its second straight season interceptions. Marquis Floyd has the record with 19 with that feat. career picks. The difference in Stevenson and Floyd and Coggins is that Floyd and Coggins were four-year players for West Georgia, while this is only Stevenson’s second season in Carrollton. He is currently tied for second in the Gulf South Conference in interceptions on the season.

Jon Reinert #27 Casey Hale #98

Position: P Position: K Class: FR Class: FR Ht: 5-10 Ht: 5-9 Wt: 165 Wt: 155 Hometown: Ringgold, GA Hometown: Hinesville, GA

UWG punter Jon Reinert has been struggling on punts The West Georgia kicking game struggled this throughout the season. But something clicked for the season through the first three games and part of the freshman from Loganville against Arkansas Tech. Facing fourth. Casey Hale missed his first four attempts of his first Gulf South Conference action, Reinert stepped in the season, beginning with a blocked kick just for a 39.5 punt average, including a season-long punt of before halftime of the Presbyterian game. But last 57 yards. Against Henderson State last week, his leg Saturday against Henderson, Hale broke through continued to improved, going for a 44.5 ypp average. with field goals from 28, 29 and 24 yards, respectively as the only scoring for the Wolves on the night. The freshman ended up 3-for-4 in breaking the streak.

LAST TIME OUT - WEST GEORGIA 23, HARDING 21

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 - CARROLLTON, GA - GRISHAM STADIUM Carrollton, Ga. - It took every ounce of sweat, BRAVES BISON determination and fire West Georgia had, but the Braves FIRST DOWNS 13 21 held off a furious fourth-quarter rally by the Harding RUSHING 9 3 Bisons for a 23-21 victory in the home and Gulf South PASSING 3 18 Conference opener Saturday night. PENALTY 1 0 The night started out great for the boys in blue, as the RUSHING ATTEMPTS 45 26 Braves opened up the game with a superb drive. With YARDS GAINED RUSHING 174 85 Abe Felix running the ball five times for 57 yards, the YARDS LOST RUSHING 32 27 UWG drove from its own 19 to the Harding 33 before the NET YARDS RUSHING 142 58 march stalled. NET YARDS PASSING 102 300 On the first play from scrimmage for Harding PASSES ATTEMPTED 17 46 following a UWG field goal, defensive end Odell Willis PASSES COMPLETED 7 30 PASSES INTERCEPTED 1 2 batted an Adam Lybrand pass directly into the waiting hands of Jonah Katende. Katende tripped up at the TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS 62 72 Harding 15, but the Braves had the ball in great field TOTAL NET YARDS 244 358 position. Four plays later, Felix dove in from five-yards AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY 3.9 5.0 out to give the Braves a 10-0 lead right out of the box. FUMBLES: NUMBER-LOST 2-1 2-1 On the next UWG possession, the Braves gained 14 PENALTIES: NUMBER-YARDS 6-45 6-40 yards on the first two plays of the drive before NUMBER OF PUNTS-YARDS 7-269 4-180 AVERAGE YARDS PER PUNT 38.4 36.0 quarterback Keats Baldwin found Channing Price near PUNT RETURNS: NUMBER-YARDS 1-0 1-0 the HU sideline. Price's defender slipped down as he KICKOFF RETURNS: NUMBER-YARDS 1-19 2-34 caught the ball and Price walked into the endzone for a INT. RETURNS: NUMBER-YARDS 2-21 1-0 51-yard touchdown. RETURNS: NUMBER-YARDS 0-0 0-0 The two teams exchanged possessions for most of MISCELLANEOUS YARDS 0 0 the third quarter and the first three minutes of the POSSESSION TIME 32:30 27:30 fourth. But with 11:44 left in the game, the UWG THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 4 OF 15 5 OF 13 defense stiffened again, stopping a Harding drive at the FOURTH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 1 OF 1 0 OF 0 West Georgia 24 yard-line. SACKS BY: NUMBER-YARDS 2-15 4-26 At that point, the Braves' offensive line went to work.

On six of the next eight plays, Javari Taylor ran right OFFENSE: behind big Brandon McCloud, Joe Fowler, Maurice RUSHING: West Georgia- Javari Taylor 10-44; Abe Felix 14- Dixon, Caleb Rice and Ian Lyle. On those six carries, 29. Presbyterian- C. Mitchell 6-54; C. Fidler 14-29. Taylor rushed for 32 yards, including one nifty carry for two yards on 3rd-and-1 at the Harding 46. PASSING: West Georgia- Keats Baldwin 20-38-1-308; Brett On the play, Taylor rushed left, finding nothing. The Yenser 0-3-2-0. Presbyterian- Z. Ellis 24-33-0-251; senior spun back to his right and was hit by Harding M. Doolittle 3-3-0-12 linebacker Scott Dutile. Taylor was able to muster one more spin and dove forward for a huge first down. The Bisons found new life, and Lybrand completed six RECEIVING: West Georgia- Johnny Williams 4-81; Abe passes on the following drive, marching his offense down Felix 4-61. Presbyterian- J. durant 7-88; K. McAlister 6-65. the field for the score with 3:38 left on the clock. Lybrand and the Bisons went for two, completing a pass to David INTERCEPTIONS: West Georgia- None. Presbyterian- C. Burgess 2-91; D. Doe 1-34. Feliciano in the front corner of the endzone to pull

Harding within eight at 23-15. After a defensive stop, Lybrand led his offense right DEFENSE: back down the field, throwing short passes and chipping TACKLES (UA-A): West Georgia- John Perkins 7-3; away at both the clock and the yards to the goal line. Kelvin Morris 8-1; Jonah katinde 5-0; Jonathan king 4-1; With 31 seconds left in the contest, Lybrand handed the Rico stevenson 4-1; Breon Ford 4-0; Calvin Pugh 3-0; ball to Blake Smith, who plunged in from one-yard out Adam Carter 2-1; Joe Clark 2-0; T.J. Hudson 2-0. to pull the Bisons to within two at 23-21. When the ball Presbyterian- C. Burgess 7-2; A. Thomas 4-5; C. Massengill was snapped, West Georgia linebacker Brandon Jamison 5-2; J. Mitchell 4-2; J. Jones 4-2; C. Keener 3-2; Q. Gary 4-0; came off the corner like a wild-man directly at Lybrand, D. dunagan 2-2; s. Burnett 2-1; D. Doe 1-1. forcing him from the pocket. Lybrand scrambled around and threw the ball just over the outstretched hands of SACKS (UA-A): West Georgia- Odell Willis 2-0. his receiver, sending the UWG crowd and sideline into a Presbyterian- C. Keener 0-1; N. Willis 0-1; S. Burnett 1-0. frenzy.