NEWBERRY WOLVES FOOTBALL NOTES Newberry College Athletic Communications • Randall Stewart • [email protected] • o - 803.321.5667 • m - 864.415.6560 Tusculum (1-2, 1-0 SAC) at Newberry (0-3, 0-1 SAC) Saturday, September 28, 2019 • 1:00 p.m. Newberry, S.C. • Setzler Field Video: newberrywolves.tv • PxP: Jimmie Coggins • Color: Al de la Chica • Live Stats: newberrystats.com Radio: WKDK-AM 1240, newberrywolves.tv, wkdk.com, WKDK app, TuneIn Radio • PxP: Jimmie Coggins • Color: Al de la Chica South Atlantic Conference Champions TODAY’S TOP STORYLINES 2006 • 2008 • 2016 Newberry is led by three receivers with almost identical stat lines: Bobby Irby (13 rec, 150 NCAA Division II Football 1 yds, 1 TD), Deshun Kitchings (10 rec, 150 yds, 1 TD), and Tylik Johnson (11 rec, 149 yds, 1 TD). Championship Appearances 2006 • 2013 • 2015 • 2016 With six tackles for loss over the last two games, defensive end Keito Jordon has moved from 2 11th to sixth in Newberry’s all-time tackle for loss rankings. He now has 28.5 in his career, 1.5 ALL-TIME VS. TUSCULUM of matching Jaquille Oden (2013-16) for fifth in school history. Series History ................... Tusculum leads 11-10 In Newberry .........................Tusculum leads 6-4 3 Newberry is off to its first 0-3 start since 1995, when the team lost its first five contests but In Greeneville ....................... Newberry leads 6-5 rebounded to finish 5-6, then went 7-4 the next season. First Meeting.................. TU 31, at Nby 28 - 1998 Tusculum is one of 13 Division II teams that has yet to record a sack in 2019 and has 13 tack- Last Meeting .................... at TU 14, Nby 0 - 2018 4 les for loss this season. Newberry has five sacks and 22 tackles for loss (3.0 and 7.0, respec- Last at Nby ..........TU 32, at Nby 31 (2 OT) - 2017 tively, by Jordon), through three games. NEWBERRY SCHEDULE A 40-yard field goal byShea Rodgers with 2:55 left in the first quarter against Lenoir-Rhyne Sept. 5 at North Greenville L 17-7 5 represented Newberry’s first first-quarter points of the season. Sept. 14 FLORIDA TECH L 30-28 Sept. 21 at No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne* L 34-17 During the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Newberry’s leading passers (Nick Jones and Greg Ruff, Sept. 28 TUSCULUM* 1 p.m. respectively) combined for 153 completions and 1,762 yards with a completion percentage of 6 .523. Currently, Dre Harris is on pace for 161 completions and 1,819 yards and is completing Oct. 5 MARS HILL* 4 p.m. passes at a SAC-leading 60.2 percent clip. Oct. 12 UVa-WISE* 4 p.m. Oct. 19 at Catawba* 12 p.m. Deshun Kitchings’ 42-yard touchdown catch at Lenoir-Rhyne, in which he was tripped up by Oct. 26 at Carson-Newman* 3 p.m. 7 a defender just shy of the goal line but made the catch while falling to the turf, was named the Nov. 2 UNC PEMBROKE 1 p.m. No. 2 play of the week in Division II by the NCAA. Nov. 9 at No. 17 Wingate* 6 p.m. Newberry’s loss at No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne was the program’s first road game against a top-10 op- Nov. 16 LIMESTONE* 1 p.m. 8 ponent since Newberry fell at No. 7 Carson-Newman in 2007. Newberry is 0-7 against top-10 opponents on the road and at 2-5 Setzler Field in the Division II poll era (since 2000). SAC STANDINGS Rk Team SAC All Tusculum’s only home game so far in 2019 was a loss to then-No. 20 West Alabama. The 1 Lenoir-Rhyne 1-0 3-0 9 Pioneers host No. 17 Wingate and No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne the next two weeks. Wingate 1-0 3-0 Mars Hill 1-0 2-1 STAT COMPARISON Tusculum 1-0 1-2 NEWBERRY TUSCULUM 5 Catawba 0-0 1-2 Value ........... SAC ............NCAA .......................Category .............................. Value .........SAC ....... NCAA 6 Carson-Newman 0-1 1-1 OFFENSE 186.7...............5 ................104 ..........................Passing ................................212.7............ 2 ................82 UVa-Wise 0-1 1-2 129.7 ...............6 ................ 101 ..........................Rushing ................................ 96.7 ............ 9 ..............130 Limestone 0-1 0-3 316.3 ..............6 ................ 116 ............................ Total ................................. 332.7 ........... 4 ................56 Newberry 0-1 0-3 17.3 .................7 ................126 ..........................Scoring ................................ 20.7 ............ 6 ................89 DEFENSE TU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 183.0 ..............4 .................46 ...........................Passing ............................... 229.0 ........... 6 ................92 Primary Contact ...........................Dom Donnelly 265.7 ..............9 ................159 ..........................Rushing ................................103.7 ........... 2 ................38 Email [email protected] 448.7 ..............9 ................139 ............................ Total ................................. 332.7 ........... 4 ................56 27.0 ................6 .................89 ...........................Scoring ................................ 27.0 ............ 6 ................89 Phone .........................................(423) 636-7326 SPECIALTY .750 ................2 .................12 ............4th Down Conversion Pct. ................. .500 ............ 7 ................52 Secondary Contact ............................. Jim Miller .500 ................7 .................89 .....4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense ...........000 .............1 .................. 1 Email [email protected] .857 ................4 .................54 ...................Red Zone Offense ........................ .667 ............ 6 ..............120 3 .....................1 .................26 .....................Turnovers Lost .............................4 ............... 3 ............... 50 Phone ........................................ (423) 636-7494 1 NEWBERRY WOLVES FOOTBALL NOTES HEAD COACH TODD KNIGHT NEWBERRY HIGHLIGHTS KNIGHT’S CAREER PATH • 11th season as Newberry’s head coach; 17th overall at Newberry 1989 Graduate Assistant Gardner-Webb 1990 Linebackers Lees-McRae • 2016 South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year 1991 Defensive Coordinator Lees-McRae • 56-53 coaching record (second-most wins in school history) 1992 Defensive Coordinator Lees-McRae • Coached Newberry to playoff appearances in 2013, 2015, and 2016 1993 Defensive Backs Gardner-Webb • Head Coach for 2016 SAC championship team; Defensive Coordinator on 2006 1994 Defensive Backs Gardner-Webb 1995 Defensive Backs Gardner-Webb and 2008 championship teams; OLB on Gardner-Webb’s 1987 championship team 1996 Defensive Backs Gardner-Webb • Coached a Harlon Hill Trophy finalist, 3 SAC Players of the Year, 18 All- 1997 Inside LB Charleston Southern Americans, 41 All-Region selections, 78 All-SAC performers, 4 National Players of 1998 Def. Coord. Charleston Southern the Week, 36 SAC Players of the Week, 3 Academic All-American selections, and 1999 Def. Coord. Charleston Southern 2000 Def. Coord. Charleston Southern 22 Academic All-District honorees 2001 Def. Coord. Charleston Southern 2002 Def. Coord. Charleston Southern CAREER SUMMARY 2003 Defensive Coordinator Newberry KNIGHT YEAR-BY-YEAR 2004 Defensive Coordinator Newberry Todd Knight has established himself as one of the premier coaches in Newberry Year Overall SAC 2005 Defensive Coordinator Newberry history. In his 11th season at the helm, Knight’s 56 wins are second only to the 72 2006 Defensive Coordinator Newberry 2009 .............. 6-4 ................... 4-3 accumulated by Harvey Kirkland from 1952-67. 2010 ............... 4-6 ................... 3-4 2007 Defensive Coordinator Newberry 2008 Defensive Coordinator Newberry 2011 ................ 4-6 ................... 4-3 He is the only 40-game winner in school history with a winning record, holds the 2009 Head Coach/Def. Coord. Newberry all-time record for conference wins with 35, and has the second-highest winning 2012 ............... 5-6 ................... 3-4 2010 Head Coach Newberry percentage (.514) among Newberry coaches with 10 or more games at the helm. 2013 ............... 9-3 ................... 5-2 2011 Head Coach Newberry 2014 ............... 5-6 ................... 3-4 Four former players have spent time in the NFL: Ron Parker (FS) spent five seasons 2012 Head Coach Newberry 2015 ................7-5 ................... 4-3 in Kansas City and is currently a free agent along with Edmond Robinson (WLB ), 2013 Head Coach Newberry 2016 ...............10-2 .................. 7-0 Brandon Bostick (TE), and Corey Washington (WR). 2014 Head Coach Newberry 2017 ............... 5-6 ................... 3-4 2015 Head Coach Newberry 2016 Head Coach Newberry 2018 ............... 5-6 ................... 3-4 Knight played outside linebacker at Gardner-Webb, helping the Runnin’ Bulldogs to the 1987 SAC title, and was a defensive assistant for 20 seasons before being hired 2017 Head Coach Newberry 2019 ............... 0-3 ................... 0-1 as Newberry’s 18th head coach in 2009. 2018 Head Coach Newberry Total ............ 56-53 .............. 35-32 2019 Head Coach Newberry NEWBERRY COACHING STAFF IN THE BOX ON THE FIELD Stephen Flynn Todd Knight Drew Watson Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coordinator/OLB Head Coach Def. Backs Coach/Special Teams Coord. • 17th season at Newberry, 10th as DC • 17th season at Newberry, 11th as HC • 9th season at Newberry (incl. 1989-90) • Coached 5 different positions (QB, RB, • 2016 SAC Coach of the Year • Wofford AC 1991-2002, Coastal Caroli- DB, WR, OLB) in HS • Won 1987 SAC championship as OLB at na AC 2003-11,