West Alabama (7-3,4-3) Vs West Florida (6-4, 4-3)
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WEST ALABAMA (7-3,4-3) VS WEST FLORIDA (6-4, 4-3) 11.10.18 l Tiger Stadium | Livingston, Ala. | 2 p.m. l ESPN 104.9 UWA Schedule/Results THE SERIES Date Opponent Result/Time 8/30 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 36-32 This is the fourth meeting between 9/6 Miles College W, 37-21. the Tigers and the Argonauts. West 9/15 Valdosta State* L, 58-24 Alabama leads 2-1. 9/22 at Limestone W, 16-13 WEST ALABAMA 9/29 at North Greenville*$ L, 20-16 West Alabama is 7-3 overall, 4-3 in 10/6 at Shorter* W, 48-17 GSC play after beating Mississippi 10/13 Delta State*$ W, 17-14 College on the road last week. 10/20 at West Georgia* L, 27-25 10/27 Florida Tech*$ (HC) W, 29-22 WEST FLORIDA 11/3 at Mississippi College* W, 24-3 11/10 West Florida* 2 p.m. CT West Florida is 6-4 overall, 4-3 in league play after losing to *GSC Game Valdosta State last week. $ ESPN3 THE COACHES 2017 SPLIT This is the third consecutive game between the UWA and UWF at Tiger Brett Gilliland is 36-20 in his fifth Stadium. Each team has won once, UWA in the 2017 regular season season at UWA, his fifth as a head and UWF in the 2017 NCAA Playoffs. coach. Pete Shinnick is 22-14 in his third year at UWF, 125-60 in his 5TH IN 2 17th year as a college head coach. West Alabama comes into the game ranked No. 5 in NCAA Division II Super Region 2. The top seven teams in the region will earn a berth in COVERAGE the NCAA Playoffs. Live Video: http://bit.ly/2lls7wI GILLILAND vs ARGOS Live Stats:http://bit.ly/2PL4Nak West Alabama head coach Brett Gilliland is 2-1 against West Florida, Radio: ESPN 104.9 1-1 in Livingston. Twitter: @UWAAthletics SHINNICK vs. TIGERS West Florida head coach Pete Shinnick is 1-2 against West Alabama, 1-1 against the Tigers in Livingston. DAY GAMES UWA is 5-1 in day games this season. UWF is 1-2 in games that kicked off before dark. UWA Record Breakdown SENIOR DAY Twenty-two Tiger seniors will be honored in pregame ceremonies prior Overall: 7-3 to the game between West Florida and West Alabama. GSC: 4-3 RUNNING FOR THE SCORE UWA running back Tyler Rogers has moved into a tie for first on the Home: 4-1 UWA career rushing touchdowns list with 28. He is tied with Gary Johnston (09-13). Road: 3-2 Day: 5-1 60 TDs Tiger quarterback Harry Satterwhite has 60 career TD passes, good Night: 2-2 for third all-time at UWA. Tiger running backs coach Deon Williams (08-10) threw for 64 and Kyle Caldwell (11-14) for 72. Aug: 1-0 ABOUT AS IMPORTANT AS THE SCORE AT HALFTIME Sept: 2-2 West Alabama is 6-0 when leading at halftime and 1-0 when tied at Oct: 3-1 the half. The Tigers are 0-3 when trailing at the halfway point. Nov: 1-0 FOUR OF FIVE After a 3-2 start to begin the season, West Alabama has rallied to Score First: 2-2 win four of its last five games, with the only loss coming at No. 3 West Georgia, 27-25. Lead After 1st Quarter: 3-1 77 PERCENT Trail After 1st Quarter: 2-1 Dating back to the 2016 season West Alabama has won 23 of its Tied After 1st Quarter: 2-1 last 30 games, 77 percent. Lead At Half: 6-0 RUSHING ROGERS UWA running back Tyler Rogers is needs just 48 yards rushing to Trail At Half: 0-3 move into fourth place on the UWA all-time list and 75 to become the third-leading career rusher at UWA. He is 189 yards out of Tied At Half: 1-0 second place on the list and 247 from taking over the top spot. Lead After 3rd Quarter: 4-1 COMMON OPPONENTS UWA and UWF have the same results against five common Trail After 3rd Quarter: 1-2 opponents, having both won against Shorter, Mississippi College Tied After 3rd Quarter: 2-0 and Delta State. Both the Tigers and Argos lost to Valdosta State and West Georgia. UWA beat Florida Tech and UWF lost to the 1-5 Points: 3-2 Panthers, FIT beat North Greenville and UWA lost to them. 6-10 Points: 1-0 RED AND WHITE UWA has had the most success this season while wearing red 11-19 Points: 1-0 jerseys and white pants. The Tigers are 3-0 in that combo. 20-29 Points: 1-0 UNIFORM COMBINATIONS RECORD 30 or More Points: 1-1 Red Jersey, Red Pants: 1-1 Overtime: 0-0 Red Jersey, White Pants: 3-0 GSC Home: 2-1 Red Jersey, Black Pants: 0-1 White Jersey, Red Pants: 1-0 GSC Road: 2-2 White Jersey, White Pants: 0-1 White Jersey, Black Pants: 2-0 ESPN3: 2-1 HARRY TO THIRD Tiger quarterback Harry Satterwhite moved past his head coach Brett Gilliland into third place on the all-time Tiger passing list with 168 yards last week at Mississippi College. The senior from Mobile, Alabama now has 6,729 passing yards. Satterwhite needs 306 yards to move past Deon Williams, the current UWA running backs coach, into second place. PUNTING ZACH Tiger punter Zach Gaines is averaging 42.50 yards over 125 career punts to put him first on that all-time list. He has punted for 5,313 yards, good for second all-time at UWA. Chris Hilliker (88-91) punted for 11,213 yards to lead that category. ONE IN THREE The UWA offensive line has allowed just one quarterback sack in the last three games and just 13 on the season, good enough for fourth in the Gulf South Conference. GOING FOR IT West Alabama leads the GS in fourth-down conversions at 80 parent. The Tigers have converted 8-of-10 tries. NCAA DIVISION II REGION SUPER RANKINGS Rank Team Region D2 1. Valdosta State 9-0 9-0 2. West Georgia 10-0 10-0 3. Lenoir-Rhyne 9-1 9-1 4. Bowie State 7-1 8-1 5. West Alabama 7-3 7-3 6. Florida Tech 7-3 7-3 7. Albany State 7-3 7-3 8. Wingate 7-3 7-3 9. Virginia Union 7-2 7-2 10. Fayetteville State 6-2 6-2 THIS WEEK IN SUPER REGION 2 #2 West Georgia at #1 Valdosta State 6 p.m. #3 Lenoir-Rhyne vs Catwaba 1 p.m. #4 Bowie State vs. #10 Fayetteville State Noon% #5 West Alabama vs West Florida 2 p.m. #6 Florida Tech at Shorter Noon #7 Albany State vs. Miles College 2 p.m.* #8 Wingate vs., Tusculum 2 p.m. #9 Virginia Union at Johnson C. Smith 3 p.m. % CIAA Championship Game * SIAC Championship Game HEAD COACH BRETT GILLILAND Record setting quarterback and University of West Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame member Brett Gilliland came home on Dec. 9, 2013 to be the 21st head football coach at his alma mater. Now in his fifth season as the Tigers head coach, Gilliland became the winningest coach in school history with a win over Limestone College in week four. Gilliland is 36-20 after 56 games at his alma mater. Gilliland was 5-6, 7-4 and 7-4 in his first three seasons at UWA. In his fourth year as head coach he led the Tigers to a 10-3 record, the 2017 Gulf South Conference championship and a third round trip in the NCAA Division II Playoffs. Under Gilliland, the Tigers became just the third team in school history to win at least 10 games and the first since 1975. Following his playing days at UWA, Gilliland began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech before moving on to the offensive staff Georgia Southern. While at Georgia Tech, Gilliland was a part of three Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Coastal Division Championships (2006, 2008 and 2009). In 2007, Gilliland worked with Yellow Jacket quarterbacks after assisting with the receiving corps in 2006, including Biletnikoff Award winner Calvin Johnson. Gilliland coached the running backs for two seasons at Tech, a group that included Doak Walker semi-finalist Jonathan Dwyer. Dwyer was the ACC rushing leader and 2008 player of the year. In three seasons at Georgia Southern, Gilliland worked with the running backs (2010), tight ends and tackles (2011) and wide receivers (2012). He took over the recruiting coordinator duties following the conclusion of the 2011 season. With Gilliland on staff, Georgia Southern posted a 31-12 (.721) overall record, won two Southern Conference titles (2011, 2012) and made three consecutive NCAA Football Championship Series (FCS) semifinal appearances. Gilliland was a regional finalist for the Harlon Hill trophy in 2003. He earned all-region recognition from the Football Gazette (2002). He concluded his career as the Tigers’ single-season (3,213) and career passing yards (6,689) record holder. In 2012, he was inducted into the UWA Athletic Hall of Fame. At the conclusion of his playing career, Gilliland had posted four of the top 10 single game passing performances in school history, including a then school-record 470 yards against Valdosta State in 2002. A two-time member of the All-Gulf South Conference Academic list, he was a two-time winner of the Asa Green Scholar-Athlete Award, an award presented to the UWA student-athlete with the highest grade-point average on the football team, winning it in 2001 and 2003.