UC Bulldogs Vs. Malone
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UNION COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION 310 College Street Jay Stancil - Director CPO Box D-22 ([email protected]) Barbourville, KY 40906 Gene Renfro - Assistant Phone: (606) 546-1292 ([email protected]) Fax: (606) 546-1217 www.ucbulldogs.com [email protected] Game Facts Date: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at 1:30 pm Site: Barbourville, Ky. The Series: Malone leads the series with an 1-0 record Last meeting: Malone won 55-21 on Sept. 15, 2007, in Canton, Ohio. Coaches: Tommy Reid (23-47 overall, 23-47 at UC); Mike Gardner (35-11 overall, vs. 15-8 at Malone) UC Head-To-Head MC 1-0 Overall Record 0-0 UC Bulldogs Malone 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 (1-0, 0-0 MSC East) (0-0, 0-0 MSFA Mideast) N/A NAIA Poll 24 N/A Victory Sports Network Poll 17 Looking for some paybacks Wilmington 1-1 Union will be looking to avenge last year’s Wittenberg 0-1 UC 2008 Statistics MC 55-21 defeat to Malone in the schools’ fi rst-ever 147 Rushing Yardage N/A meeting. The Pioneers jumped out to a 20-0 Malone College for only 3 more weeks 208 Passing Yardage N/A lead and led by as much as 48-14 en route to the Malone will be known as “Malone College” 355 Total Offense N/A 27.0 Points Per Game N/A 24-point victory at Fawcett Stadium, which is for only about three more weeks. The institution will be changing its name to Malone University 140 Rushing Defense N/A home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. offi cially on Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. 193 Passing Defense N/A The Bulldogs are 0-3 at Fawcett Stadium 333 Total Defense N/A all-time, having lost twice to Walsh (Ohio) Bulldogs still streaking 21.0 Points Allowed Per Game N/A University there. With the season-opening win at Lambuth, 22.0 Punting Average N/A Union vs Malone Union has now won 3 games in a row, dating 0-0 Fumbles/Lost N/A 2007: Malone 55, Union 21 back to the 2007 season. In fact, the Bulldogs 0 Interceptions N/A have won 5 of its last 7 contests. 6-40 Penalties/Yards N/A Union vs. the Buckeye State The last time Union collected 3 wins in a row Union (1-0, 0-0 MSC East) This weekend’s contest will mark the 26th came during the 2006 campaign. However, 1 S6 at Lambuth W 27-21 time in program history that Union has squared of those wins was by virtue of a forfeit when S13 Malone 1:30 pm off against a team from the state of Ohio. Bethel (Tenn.) used an ineligible player. So, S20 at Faulkner 12 pm Thus far, Union is 11-14 versus schools from the last time Union won 3 in a row on the fi eld S27 Georgetown* 1:30 pm the Buckeye State. However, since football came in 2005 when the Bulldogs won the fi nal O4 at West Virginia Tech* 1:30 pm was reinstated in 1984, the Bulldogs are 8-13 3 games of the season. O11 Cumberlands* 1:30 pm against teams from Ohio. During its fi rst Against Malone, Union will be looking to O18 Pikeville* 1:30 pm stint with football, Union went 1-1 against win its 4th game in a row for the fi rst time O23 at Shorter 7 pm Cedarville and 2-0 versus Rio Grande. (Note: since 1995 when it posted a 6-game win N1 at UVa-Wise* 1:30 pm Both Cedarville and Rio Grande do not sponsor streak. Ironically, 1995 was the last time Union N8 Campbellsville* 1:30 pm football anymore.) recorded a winning record. N15 Belhaven 1:30 pm In the modern era of Bulldog football, Union The 6-game win streak in 1995 is the record *-MSC East game has fared best against Urbana, winning four of during the modern era of Bulldog football Malone (0-0, 0-0 MSFA Mideast) the fi ve contests against the Blue Knights. (since 1984), However, the longest winning S6 at Apprentice Canceled Here is a listing of how Union has done streak in program history is 7 games in 1933- S13 at Union 1:30 pm against teams from Ohio: 34. Union won the fi nal 4 games of the 1933 S27 at Olivet Nazarene 2:30 pm School Record season and the fi rst 3 of the 1934 campaign. O4 Marian (Ind.)* 2 pm Cedarville 1-1 During those 2 seasons, Union posted a O11 at Taylor* 1 pm Defi ance 1-1 combined 9-1-3 record and went undefeated in O18 at Walsh* 12 pm Findlay 0-2 1934 at 5-0-2. O25 Urbana* 2 pm Malone 0-1 Union is also going for its fi rst 2-0 start since N1 St. Xavier* 11 am Rio Grande 2-0 the 1994 campaign when it posted a 7-3 mark. N8 at St. Francis* 12 pm Tiffi n 2-2 N15 Ohio Dominican* 2 pm Urbana 4-1 Malone still waiting to play * - MSFA Mideast Game Walsh 0-4 Saturday’s game will be Malone’s season www.ucbulldogs.com 1 2008 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALL GAME NOTES opener even though it wasn’t supposed to be. The Pioneers were to begin the 2008 season in Newport News, Va., against The Apprentice 2008 Mid-South Conference Standings & Stats School. However, the game was canceled due to East Division Tropical Storm Hanna. Conference Overall Solid Bulldog debuts W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Heading into the 2008 season, Union had Union College 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 2 big holes to fi ll at quarterback and middle UVa-Wise 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 linebacker. Well, after 1 game, the prognosis University of the Cumberlands 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 looks good so far. Georgetown College 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 QB Mike Brinkley (R-FR, 6-1, 161) did Pikeville College 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 a good job managing the Bulldog offense, Campbellsville University 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 completing 25-of-40 passes for 208 yards and 2 West Virginia Tech 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 TDs. More importantly, Union did not turn the ball over once and ate up a lot over the clock, West Division holding the ball for more than 34 minutes. Conference Overall Meanwhile, LB Willie Williams (SR, 6-4, W-L Pct. W-L Pct. 220) had an impressive debut for the Bulldogs, Cumberland University 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 racking up 13 total tackles (7 solos), 2.5 TFL Shorter College 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 of 16 yards, 2.0 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries. Faulkner University 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Union scored TDs after each of his fumble Belhaven College 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 recoveries. Bethel College 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 Lambuth University 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 Conference honors for Pollock, Williams It didn’t take long for the Mid-South Last Week’s Results This Week’s Schedule Conference honors to start rolling in for the Urbana def. West Virginia Tech, 28-19 Ohio Dominican @ Campbellsville, 1 pm Bulldogs this season as RB Terence Pollock Union def. Lambuth, 27-21 Shorter @ LaGrange, 1 pm (JR, 5-10, 223) and LB Willie Williams (SR, 6-4, 220) were named the MSC Offensive and Mars Hill def. Cumberlands (Ky.), 37-14 UVa-Wise @ Newport News, 1 pm Defensive Players of the Week following the McKendree def. Georgetown, 19-17 Cumberland (Tenn.) @ Georgetown, 1:30 pm season-opening 27-21 win at Lambuth. Concordia (Ala.) def. Belhaven, 27-19 Lambuth @ Pikeville, 1:30 pm Pollock rushed for 133 yards and 1 TD on Brevard def. Pikeville, 20-17 Malone @ Union, 1:30 pm 23 carries, while Williams had 13 total tackles Samford def. Faulkner, 62-0 Mississippi College @ Cumberlands (Ky.), 1:30 pm (7 solos), 2.5 TFL of 16 yards, 2.0 sacks and 2 Wisconsin-Eau Claire def. Bethel, 11-6 Millsaps @ Belhaven, 8 pm fumble recoveries. Huntingdon @ Faulkner, 8 pm *-MSC divisional game. NAIA: Williams this week’s top defender *-MSC divisional game; All times are Eastern. LB Willie Williams (SR, 6-4, 220) has made his presence known nationally now as he has MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK been tabbed the NAIA Defensive Player of the Union College’s Terence Pollock and Willie Williams and Pikeville (Ky.) College’s Kyle Chilton has been named Mid- South Conference Football Players of the Week for the week ending Sept. 7. Week after his 13-tackle, 2-sack performance as Lambuth. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Coincidentially, Union has had the last two Pollock, a junior running back, rushed for 133 yards on 23 carries and a touchdown to earn MSC Offensive Player of the NAIA Defensive Players of the Week as Patrick Week. The Orange Park, Fla., native, recorded his seventh career 100-yard game of his career in helping the Bulldogs to a 27-21 win over Lambuth (Tenn.) University. With his 133 yards, Pollock became the sixth player in the program’s O’Neal, who is currently an assistant coach for history to eclipse 1,500 yards in his career. Pollock has amassed 1,506 rushing yards in his career. the Bulldogs, earned the award the fi nal week of the 2007 regular season.