GAME 22009009 MMorganorgan SStatetate FFootballootball 7 llet’set’s ggetet ddownown toto businessbusiness SPORTS INFORMATION • 1700 EAST COLD SPRING LANE • BALTIMORE, MD • OFFICE (443) 885-3831 • FAX (443) 885-8307 • MORGANSTATEBEARS.COM 198 MSU Schedule/Results DELAWARE STATE “HORNETS” (1-5, 1-3 MEAC) MORGAN STATE “BEARS” (5-1, 3-0 MEAC) 9/12 @Akron 10/24 @Delaware St.* GAME #7 - Hornets Homecoming L, 0-41 1 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2009 • 1:00 p.m. Alumni Stadium (Capacity 7,000) • Dover, Del. 9/19 vs. WSSU 10/31 FLORIDA A&M* W, 16-10 OT 4 p.m. Setting the Scene The Morgan State football team continues its 112th season of football on Saturday, 9/26 TOWSON 11/7 NORFOLK ST.* Oct. 24 when they travel to take on Delaware State during the Hornets Homecoming W, 12-9 4 p.m. festivities in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference showdown at Alumni Stadium in Dover, Delaware. The contest will be broadcast live on WEAA, 88.9FM. 10/3 @BCU* 11/14 @SCSU* The Bears (5-1) are tied for first place in the MEAC and will enter Saturday’s W, 24-13 1:30 p.m. game coming off their fifth win of the season when they dropped Howard 14-7 in Baltimore last Thursday night. DSU was routed by Michigan 63-6 in Ann Arbor. The 10/10 N.C. A&T* 11/21 @Hampton* Hornets fell to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in the MEAC. MSU’s win last Thursday improved W, 7-6 1 p.m. head coach Donald Hill-Eley’s all-time record to 41-44 four games into his eighth season at the helm. Hill’s 41 wins since 2002, is good enough for third-best all-time 10/15 HOWARD*D record behind legendary coaches Edward P. Hurt and Earl. C. Banks. Kick-off is W, 14-7 slated for 1:00 p.m. (EST). The game will be streamed LIVE on the internet at Interviews: MorganStateBears.com. Contact Leonard Haynes at (443) 885-3831 to request player interviews. Quick Hits Head Coach Donald Hill-Eley and players will be available on the field • SR LB George Howard recorded a game-high 12 tackles (7 solo) and forced a fumble after each practice. during the Bears win against Howard...He has been selected the MEAC Defensive Player of the Week three times so far this season and ranks No. 2 in the FCS in total Practice: tackles. Players and coaches are available for brief interviews after practice. • All-MEAC CB Darren McKhan recorded his 9th career interception Contact Sports Information for practice times. The first 20 minutes will be • SR RB Devan James suffered an abdominal pull in the preseason....James rushed for a season-high 103 yds vs. Howard...needs 673 yards to become the school’s all-time available for video and still photography. rushing leader - he currently ranks No. 6 with 2,054 rushing yards on 461 carries. Weekly Teleconferences Morgan State vs. Delaware State: The Facts The MEAC Head Football Coaches will be featuredatured on a weeklweeklyy Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 24 at 1:00 p.m. EST teleconference each Tuesday from 10 a.m. untilnttil 11:30 Location: Dover, Del. (Alumni Stadium - 10,000) a.m., beginning August 29. Media members wishingishhing Radio: MSU Sports Radio Network - WEAA 88.9 FM in Baltimore; to participate on the teleconference should contacttacct the Mark Gray (play-by-play) & Kelvin Bridgers (color analyst) MEAC media relations office for instructions. The Series: MSU leads the series 30-22 Internet: www.MorganStateBears.com; www.dsuhornets.com The schedule is listed below. Live Stream: The game will be carried by WEAA 88.9FM and streamed LIVE at www.morganstatebears.com Schedule: Series Notes: MSU and Delaware State meet for the 53rd time ... The two schools 10:00 MEAC Notes are 100 miles apart from each other... MSU leads the series 30-22 and won the last game in overtime 20-3 on October 25, 2008 in Hughes Stadium ... The last 10:04 Donald Hill-Eley (Morgan State) time the Hornets defeated MSU was on Oct. 22, 2005 at Alumni Stadium (41-14) 10:14 Alonzo Lee (N.C. A&T) ... During the 2008 matchup, RB Devan James ran for 103 yards and scored 10:24 Carey Bailey (Howard) two touchdowns, and QB Carlton Jackson completed 5-of-12 passes for 50 yards 10:34 Al Lavan (Delaware State) ... The Hornets are in search of its second conference victory of the season ... 10:44 Buddy Pough (S.C. State) The Bears recorded a 47-0 shutout win against DSU in 1944 ... MSU offensive 10:54 Don Rose (Hampton) coordinator Lawrence Livingston was O-Line coach at DSU in ‘08 ... Donald 11:04 Pete Adrian (Norfolk State) Hill-Eley has a 4-3 record against DSU since he was named MSU’s head coach in 11:14 Alvin Wyatt (Bethune-Cookman) 2002 ... DSU head coach Al Lavan holds a 3-2 record against MSU ... DSU got 11:24 Joe Taylor (Florida A&M) paid $550,000 to forfeit a MEAC game (NC A&T) to give Michigan a tuneup ... 11:34 Kermit Blount (Winston-Salem State) MSU DELAWARE STATE Record 5-1 (3-0 MEAC) Record 1-5 (1-3 MEAC) 2008 Record 6-6 (4-4 MEAC) 2008 Record 5-6 (5-3 MEAC) Patricia Porter Last Game Oct. 15 in Baltimore, Md. Last Game Oct. 17, Ann Arbor, Mich. Director of Media Relations (MEAC) win vs. Howard, 14-7 at Michigan (L, 6-63) 222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 1150 Coach Donald Hill-Eley (8th yr) Coach Al Lavan (6th yr) Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Career Record 41-44/8th year Career Record 37-28/6th year (757) 416-7116 MSU Record Same DSU Record 35-27 Hill vs. DSU 4-3 Lavan vs. MSU 3-2 Morgan State Football • Game 7 ONE TO WATCH Tracking the Bears Senior LB George Howard has been one of the standouts on the defensive side of the ball. The 6-1, 230-pound Virginia native 2009 FINAL STANDINGS MORGAN STATE BEARS DELAWARE STATE and 2009 Preseason All-MEAC second Football MEAC Pct Overall Pct 5-1, 3-0 MEAC 1-5, 1-3 MEAC team selection ranks No. 2 in the Football Morgan St. 3-0 1.000 5-1 .833 IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS Championship Subdivision in total tackles *South Carolina St. 3-0 1.000 5-1 .833 Sports Network - N/A Sports Network - N/A and is currently thehhee Florida A&M 2-1 .667 4-2 .667 SBN - #7 SBN - N/A MEAC’s leading tacklerackler North Carolina A&T 2-2 .500 4-3 .571 LEADERS (2009) LEADERS (2009) with 84 stops. “Thehe Rushing Hampton 2-2 .500 3-3 .500 Rushing Hitman” has James, 78/271 McQueen, 36/166 Norfolk St. 2-2 .500 3-3 .500 been named Jackson, 38/85 Randall, 37/152, TD the MEAC Bethune-Cookman 1-3 .250 2-4 .333 Passing Passing Defensive Glaud, 65-113-578 yds/2 INT/ Delaware St. 1-3 .250 1-5 .250 Jackson, 68-120-4 Player of the 2 TDs Howard 0-3 .000 2-4 .333 712 yds/6 TDs Week three Receiving *2008 MEAC Champs Receiving times and Jackson, 21/204 Baptiste, 18/191, 3 TDs collected a Moore, 17/161 Diggs, 15/98 game-high 12 Defense Defense tackles against Howard, 84 TT, 6.5 TFL, 1 FF Strums, 33 TT, 1 INT Howard. Leftwich 36 TT, 4.5 TFL, 1.5 SK Gable, 32 TT, 3 TFL, 1SKS ● DELAWARE STATE’S LAST GAME OUT - ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In frontont ooff a crowd ooff 106,304 Sports Network Top 25 the Delaware State Hornets fell to the Michigan Wolverines, 63-6, at the Big House on Saturday, Oct. 17. The Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Div. I-A) Wolverines snapped a two-game losing Team (First-place votes) Rec Points Pre streak to improve to 5-2 on the season. The Hornets, members of the Football Championship 1. Richmond (131) 6-0 3,413 1 Subdivision (formerly Div. I-AA), dropped their second straight to fall to 1-4. 2. Montana (5) 6-0 3,191 3 3. Southern Illinois (1) 5-1 3,122 5 ● Al Lavan enters his sixth season at the helm of the Delaware State Hornets looking to claim 4. Villanova 6-1 2,930 6 his second league championship in the past three years (2007 champion). One year removed 5. William & Mary T 5-1 2,625 7 from the school’s sixth MEAC title, the Hornets recorded the team’s first losing season (5-6) since 6. Northern Iowa 5-2 2,619 2 Lavan’s first year but, registered their fifth-straight winning conference record (5-3). With the 7. Elon 5-1 2,549 8 2008 conference record of 5-3, the Hornets’ head coach has never had a losing record in MEAC 8. Appalachian State 4-2 2,361 9 play. He has led the team to winning records in three of the last four seasons. Delaware State 9. New Hampshire 5-1 2,152 4 had just one winning season in the eight years before Lavan took the job. Lavan is ranked No. 3 10. South Carolina State 5-1 1,949 11 all-time for most coaching victories at DSU (35). Lavan currently has a 37-28 career record as a 11. South Dakota State 5-1 1,687 14 head coach, including a 2-1 mark during an interim stint at Eastern Michigan in 2003.