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NEWBERRY - GAME 2 Thursday, September 8 • 7:00 p.m. EDT AT Valdosta, Ga. • Bazemore-Hyder Stadium (10,100) VSU Media Relations • (229) 333-5903 • www.vstateblazers.com Football Contact: Shawn Reed ([email protected]) VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS PLAYS IN FRONT OF HOME CROWD FOR FIRST TIME IN 2011 (1-0, 0-0 GSC) Valdosta State plays in front of its home crowd for the first time in 2011 as the Blazers host the Newberry Wolves on Thursday, September 8. The game, which is slated for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff, will be broadcast live as part of the GSC 9/3 at Wingate W, 34-28 (2ot) TV Game of the Week package. 9/8 NEWBERRY (GSCTV) 7:00 p.m. The Blazers enter the game with a 1-0 record after defeating Wingate 34-28 in double overtime in its season 9/17 at Albany State 6:00 p.m. opener last week. Quarterback Austen Roberts earned Gulf South Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors 9/24 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS 7:00 p.m. in that game as he ran for 88 yards and two touchdowns while passing for 180 yards and two more scores. 10/1 at Arkansas-Monticello 7:00 p.m. Valdosta State compiled 452 yards of total offense in its first game of the year, including 180 through the air 10/8 at Ouachita Baptist 2:00 p.m. and 272 on the ground. Theseus Jackson tallied his first 100-yard rushing game as he finished the day with 122 10/15 WEST ALABAMA 3:00 p.m. yards while Quin Roberson registered four catches for 85 yards and a score. Four different Blazer defenders recorded 10/22 at Delta State 4:00 p.m. double digit tackles, led by Harrison Dreiling and Chris Pope with 12 each. The Black Swarm defense surrendered 10/29 WEST GEORGIA 2:00 p.m. 436 yards of total offense to Wingate, including 334 through the air and 102 on the ground. 11/12 NORTH ALABAMA 2:00 p.m. Newberry fell 46-17 to North Greenville in its season opener, due in large part to the four interceptions thrown by quarterback Bryan Ehrlich. The Wolf offense tallied 201 yards of total offense while the Newberry defense gave all times Eastern up 459 total yards, including 273 on the ground. Ehrlich passed for 104 yards in the game while John Gadson had 65 NEWBERRY rushing yards. Apollo Stretch recorded 12 tackles, including 10 solo stops, to lead the Wolf defense, which recovered (0-1, 0-0 SAC) two fumbles in the game. Valdosta State returned 39 letterwinners, including eight starters and two of its special teams performers, off 9/3 NORTH GREENVILLE L, 46-17 of a team that went 8-3 and made the playoffs last season. Meanwhile, Newberry returned 60 letterwinners and 16 9/8 at Valdosta State 7:00 p.m. starters off of a club that was 4-6 in 2010. 9/17 at Catawba 7:00 p.m. 9/24 at Carson-Newman 1:00 p.m. GAME CENTER 10/1 MARS HILL 4:00 p.m. VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS NEWBERRY WOLVES 10/15 at Wingate 1:30 p.m. Record: 1-0, 0-0 GSC Record: 0-1, 0-0 SAC 10/22 TUSCULUM 4:00 p.m. Ranking: #14 AFCA / #12 D2football.com Ranking: NA 10/29 UNC PEMBROKE 4:00 p.m. Last Game: Defeated Wingate 34-28 in 2ot Last Game: Lost 46-17 to North Greenville 11/5 at Lenoir-Rhyne 2:00 p.m. Coach: David Dean (Georgia State, 1986) Coach: Todd Knight (Gardner-Webb, 1989) 11/12 BREVARD 2:00 p.m. Record: 37-11 (5th season) Record: 10-11 (3rd season) at VSU: 37-11 (5th season) at NC: 10-11 (3rd season) vs. GSC: 24-7 vs. SAC: 7-7 ABOUT THE GAME vs. NC 2-1 vs. VSU: 1-1 TV • GSC TV Game of the Week QUICK NOTES • Valdosta State is in its 30th year of intercollegiate football and owns an overall record of 225 wins, 103 losses RADIO • VSU RADIO NETWORK and four ties. Play-by-Play Dick Rockey • The Blazers are looking to improve to 25-5 in home openers. Analyst Wes James • Newberry handed Valdosta State its last loss in a home opener when it defeated the Blazers 31-24 in the first Sideline Tom Odom VSU home game of the 2009 season. Network Stations WDDQ Talk 92.1 FM (Valdosta) • Valdosta State returns eight starters (four offensive, four defensive) from a team that finished 8-3 overall and WSFB 1490 AM (Quitman) advanced to the NCAA Playoffs last season. WSFB 97.7 FM (Quitman) • The Blazers have won 70.7 percent of their games played in the month of September, compiling a record of 73- WJHC 107.5 FM (Jasper, Fla.) 30-1 during the ninth month over the years. WJEM 1150 AM (Valdosta) • VSU is 9-5 all-time against teams from the South Atlantic Conference, including records of 3-3 versus Carson- WJEM 96.1 FM (Valdosta) Newman, 2-1 against Newberry and Catawba and 2-0 versus Wingate. WKZZ 92.5 FM (Tifton) • Head Coach David Dean is within three wins of tying for second in all-time wins at Valdosta State. He currently WAAC 92.9 FM (Valdosta) has 37 career victories. WBGE 101.9 FM (Bainbridge) • Valdosta State rushed for 272 yards in its season opener at Wingate last week, the ninth-highest single game WGMK 106.3 FM (Donalsonville) mark in school history. • The Blazers are 125-41-1 all-time in home games, a .751 winning percentage. VSU has gone 116-37-1 mark in INTERNET RADIO Bazemore-Hyder Stadium, a winning percentage of .756. Live Audio talk921.com SERIES HISTORY AGAINST NEWBERRY Live Stats sidearmstats.com/valdosta/football Valdosta State and Newberry meet for the fourth time in program history, with the three previous meetings com- Live Video useducationtv.com/default.aspx?sid=286 ing over the last three years ... The Blazers are 2-1 all-time against the Wolves, with each team having won the games played on the opponent’s home turf ... VSU claimed a 45-17 victory in Newberry last season to avenge a 31-24 NC TICKETS victory in Bazemore-Hyder Stadium in 2009 ... Valdosta State opened the series with a 14-9 victory in Newberry in Tickets will be available at the gate on game day. the second game of the 2008 season. 2011 VSU FOOTBALL WWW.VSTATEBLAZERS.COM 2011 VSU FOOTBALL LAST TIME AGAINST THE WOLVES EXPERIENCE OF THE TENTATIVE STARTERS THE BLAZER-WOLF COMPARISON Sr. Jr. Soph. RFr. Fr. VSU NC Valdosta State 45, Newberry 17 VSU 5 10 6 1 0 Roster Breakdown 84 players 95 players September 11 Setzler Field Newberry, S.C. NC 10 8 3 1 0 Seniors 13 24 Juniors 17 29 The Valdosta State offense compiled 490 yards of total SERIES HISTORY VS. NEWBERRY Sophomores 33 25 offense while the defense forced six Newberry turnovers VSU NC Freshmen 21 17 as the Blazers defeated the Wolves 45-17 at Setlzer Field Year Record Record Site Score Starting Offensive Line ... The offense tallied 239 yards rushing and another 251 2008 1-0-0 0-1-0 Newbery VSU, 14-9 Height, Weight 6-4, 316 6-3, 294 through the air while the defense intercepted five passes 2009 1-1-0 1-1-0 Valdosta NC, 31-24 Starting Defensive Line and recovered a fumble ... In his first collegiate start, Brett 2010 2-1-0 1-2-0 Newberry VSU, 45-17 Height, Weight 6-0, 256 6-2, 256 Whitmire completed 16-of-29 passes for 186 yards and Current Streak: Valdosta State has won one in a row Run-to-Pass Ratio 40:33 32:38 tossed three touchdowns ... Both Newberry touchdowns in Valdosta: Newberry leads 1-0 Run-to-Pass Percentage 54.7% run 54.3% pass in the game came after VSU turned the ball over in its own in Newberry: Valdosta State leads 2-0 Turnovers Gained-Lost 1-0 2-4 territory ... Griffin Roelle caught his first career touchdown 3rd Down Conversions 5-of-15 7-of-17 on a 65 yard touchdown reception ... The Blazers opened VALDOSTA STATE VS. THE SAC 3rd Down Percentage 33.3% 41.2% the scoring with a touchdown in the first quarter before 4th Down Conversions 1-of-1 1-of-4 Brevard 0-0 Newberry hit a field goal and scored a touchdown to take 4th Down Percentage 100.0% 25.0% Carson-Newman 3-3 its only lead ... VSU responded to the second Wolf score by Sacks By-Against 2-0 2-0 driving 63 yards on five plays to regain the lead for good. Catawba 2-1 Lenoir-Rhyne 0-0 HOME OPENERS Mars Hill 0-0 Scoring 1 2 3 4 F Valdosta State has been quite successful in home open- Newberry 2-1 Valdosta State 7 10 7 21 -- 45 ers in its previous 29 seasons of football, having won 24 of Tusculum 0-0 Newberry 3 7 7 0 -- 17 the 29 home opening games. The Blazers claimed a 25-22 Wingate 2-0 victory over Wingate in its home opener last year and have Overall Record 9-5 First Quarter now won 11 of its last 12 first home games of the year. VSU 9:02 Whitmire 11-yard run (Andersen kick) The 2011 season marks the second time in three years NC 7:16 Blackmon 31-yard field goal STATISTICAL LEADERS that the Blazers have faced Newberry in their home opener, Valdosta State but VSU hopes for a different outcome this time as Newberry Second Quarter Passing Austen Roberts, 180 yards claimed a 31-24 victory in Bazemore-Hyder Stadium two NC 8:27 Ehrlich 6-yard run (Blackmon kick) Rushing Theseus Jackson, 122 yards years ago.