TABLE OF CONTENTS HOFSTRA MAINE MASSACHUSETTS NEW HAMPSHIRE NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND DELAWARE JAMES MADISON RICHMOND TOWSON VILLANOVA WILLIAM & MARY CAA FOOTBALL SOUTH NORTH DIVISION DIVISION COVERS CONFERENCE HISTORY ABBREVIATIONS Returning All-Americans ..................................Front NCAA Championships History......................112-113 Abbreviaons are used extensively throughout this guide when referring to current and former member instuons. CAA Football By the Numbers................Inside Front 1998 Naonal Champions, UMass......................113 The following is a complete lisng of those abbreviaons: CAA Football Sunday Players ..................Inside Back 2003 Naonal Champions, Delaware..................114 2007 CAA Football Schedule..............................Back 2004 Naonal Champions, James Madison ........114 School Abbreviaon THE INAUGURAL SEASON THE INAUGURAL Team-By-Team Postseason History ..............115-116 Boston University ............................................................BU Ricky Santos - 2006 Walter Payton Winner ........117 Conneccut......................................................................UC INTRODUCTION Delaware..........................................................................UD Table of Contents ....................................................1 Lang Campbell - 2004 Walter Payton Winner ....117 Hofstra ..........................................................................HOF CAA Football Biography ......................................2-3 Brian Westbrook - 2001 Walter Payton Winner..117 James Madison..............................................................JMU 2007 CAA Football on Television ............................4 Jerry Azumah - 1998 Walter Payton Winner ......118 Maine..............................................................................UM CAA Football Commissioner, Tom Yeager................5 Brian Finneran - 1997 Walter Payton Winner ....118 Massachuses ..........................................................UMass Dave Megge - 1988 Walter Payton Winner ......118 New Hampshire ............................................................UNH CAA Football Officials Bureau ................................6 Northeastern ..................................................................NU CAA Football Championship Tie-breaker ................7 Derrick Lloyd - 2001 Buck Buchanan Winner......118 Rhode Island ..................................................................URI Sean McDonnell - 2005 Eddie Robinson Winner ....119 Richmond ........................................................................UR 2007 PREVIEW Mickey Mahews - 1999 Eddie Robinson Winner ....119 Towson ............................................................................TU Andy Talley - 1997 Eddie Robinson Winner ........119 Vermont ........................................................................VER 2007 Preseason All-Conference Team ................8-9 Dan Allen - 1993 Eddie Robinson Winner ..........119 Villanova ..........................................................................VU 2007 Non-Conference Opponents ..................10-12 William and Mary ..........................................................WM Dave Nelson and Tubby Raymond ......................120 College Football Hall of Famers 2007 TEAM PREVIEWS CREDITS CAA Football All-Americans ........................121-124 Editor Delaware Blue Hens ........................................13-18 CAA Football Award Winners..............................124 Sco Meyer, Director of CAA Football Communicaons Hofstra Pride....................................................19-24 50th Anniversary All-Conference Team ..............125 James Madison Dukes......................................25-30 CAA Football All-Conference Teams ............126-136 Cover Designs Niki DeSans, CAA Assistant Communicaons Director Maine Black Bears............................................31-36 CAA Football In The NFL Dra......................137-138 Massachuses Minutemen ............................37-42 CAA Football In The NFL ..............................139-140 Editorial Assistance New Hampshire Wildcats ................................43-48 Rob Washburn, Niki DeSans, Kelly Bowmaster, Pete Hock, Northeastern Huskies ......................................49-54 MEDIA SERVICES Tom Yeager, Chuck Boone, CAA Staff, David Berman, Rhode Island Rams ..........................................55-60 Thomas Chen, Pete Clawson, Doug DeBiase, Mike DeGe- 2007 CAA Football Composite Schedule ............141 Richmond Spiders ............................................61-66 orge, Jack Grinold, Steve Haug, Mark Hoskins, Dean CAA Football Style Guide ....................................142 Towson Tigers ..................................................67-72 Kenefick, Mike Laprey, Jon Litchfield, Gary Michael, Dan CAA Football Media Services ..............................143 O’Connell, Doug Poole, Sco Selheimer, Jim Sheehan, Sco Villanova Wildcats............................................73-78 CAA Football Media Relaons Directory ............144 Stapin, Tim Volkmann, Jason Yellin William and Mary Tribe ..................................79-84 Photography 2006 SEASON REVIEW Sco Brown, Bob Burleigh, Dan Cook, Franc Cook, Niki De- Sans, Diane Elliot, Mike Fabus, Al Jennings, Cathy Kush- 2006 Conference Standings ..................................86 ner, Mark Kwolek, Erik Mackey, Heather McCallister, Sco 2006 NCAA Championship Bracket ......................86 McCallister, Jerry Millevoi, Paige Ozaroski, Jim Sheehan, 2006 All-Conference Teams ..................................87 James D. Smith, Kevin Tucker, Bill Wood, Jason Yellin, Dave 2006 Final Team Stascs................................88-91 Yoblick 2006 Final Individual Stascs ........................92-94 Special Thanks 2006 Final Naonal Polls ......................................95 2007 CAA Football SID’s, Ray Cella, Rick Christman and 2006 NCAA Stat Leaders and Rankings ................96 Randy Hardy of Colonial Prinng, Steve Haug, Linda Manes of SymbolArts, Brent Nultemeier RECORDS Printed By All-Time Standings ................................................98 Colonial Prinng, Inc., of Richmond, Va. Team-By-Team Series Records The 2007 CAA Football Media Guide was produced by the All-Time Coaching Records....................................99 CAA Football communicaons staff and published by the Year-By-Year Standings ................................100-103 Colonial Athlec Associaon. The guide was produced using QuarkXPress 7.2 and Adobe Photoshop CS2, while all All-Time Rushing Records....................................104 covers were produced using Adobe Photoshop CS2 All-Time Passing Records ............................105-106 All-Time Receiving Records ................................107 On the Cover All-Time Scoring Records ............................108-109 2007 CAA Football Returning All-Americans: Massachu- All-Time Defensive/All-Purpose Records ............110 ses’ Ma Ausn, James Madison’s Tony LeZoe, New Hampshire’s Ricky Santos, Hofstra’s Rob Zarrilli and the All-Time Special Teams Records ..........................111 2007 CAA Football Championship Trophy www.caasports.com 1 CAA FOOTBALL he inaugural season of CAA Football kicks off in 2007 onship in 2003, becoming the first team to ever post a shutout with plans to take the naon’s premier conference in the in the tle game. No other conference has had two different Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly I-AA) teams win naonal tles in back-to-back years. Massachuses Tto even greater heights. earned a naonal championship in 1998, beang perennial The conference is coming off a sensaonal 2006 campaign in power Georgia Southern, 55-43. which mulple teams were selected to postseason play for the Along with the team accomplishments, the conference has 16th year in a row, extending the longest acve streak in the na- accumulated numerous individual accolades. Santos joined on. Massachuses advanced to the naonal championship William & Mary quarterback Lang Campbell (2004), Villanova game, becoming the third different CAA Football team to reach running back Brian Westbrook (2001), Villanova wide receiver the finals over the past four years. New Hampshire quarterback Brian Finneran (1997), New Hampshire running back Jerry Ricky Santos earned the Walter Payton Award as the most out- Azumah (1998) and Towson running back Dave Megge (1988) standing player in the FCS, becoming the conference’s sixth re- as recipients of the Walter Payton Award. James Madison line- cipient of the presgious honor. James Madison linebacker backer Derrick Lloyd received the Buck Buchanan Award in 2001. Akeem Jordan, Massachuses defensive back James Ihedigbo New Hampshire’s Sean McDonnell (2005), James Madison’s and Maine defensive lineman Ma King were finalists for the Mickey Mahews (1999), Villanova’s Andy Talley (1997) and Buck Buchanan Award, which is presented to the top defensive Boston University’s Dan Allen (1993) have earned the Eddie player in the FCS. Robinson Award as the top coach in the FCS. The quality and depth of CAA Foot- The CAA Football geographic foot- ball is unmatched in the FCS. Ten of CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP HISTORY print encompasses much of the East the league’s 12 teams have parci- School Membership Years Coast with schools located from Boston University ..........................................1973-1997 pated in the NCAA playoffs over the Maine to Virginia. Members include Conneccut ..................................................1947-1999