2015 @UnionBulldogs Football Union College Sports Communications | 310 College Street, CPO Box D-22, Barbourville, KY 40906 | www.gounionbulldogs.com Senior Director of College Communications: Jay Stancil (Primary Contact) | O: 606.546.1292 | C: 606.627.2280 | E: [email protected] Secondary Contact: Jordan Childress | O: 606.546.1245 | E: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/UnionCollegeBulldogs | Twitter: twitter.com/UnionBulldogs | Instagram: instagram.com/unionbulldogs #Unleashed #UnionFB #UnionWin UNION UNION COLLEGE BULLDOGS (0-1) (0-1, 0-0 MSC EAST) vs. Campbellsville University Tigers (0-2) Date Opponent Time/Result Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 - 7:00 p.m. ET Sept. 5 Warner (Fla.) L, 21-42 Barbourville, Ky. Sept. 19 Campbellsville (Ky.) 7:00 p.m. Sept. 26 at Cumberlands (Ky.)* 7:00 p.m. GAME HIGHLIGHTS Union vs. Campbellsville History Oct. 3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 7:00 p.m. • This is the 27th meeting between the two 2012: Union 14, Campbellsville 13 Oct. 10 at Bethel (Tenn.) 2:30 p.m. teams, with Campbellsville leading the all- 2011: Campbellsville 30, Union 14 Oct. 17 at Georgetown (Ky.)* 1:30 p.m. time series 15-11. 2010: Campbellsville 47, Union 36 2009: Campbellsville 31, Union 29 Oct. 24 Kentucky Christian* 6:00 p.m. • In the last matchup, Union defeated No. 25 2008: Union 31, Campbellsville 24 Oct. 31 at Pikeville (Ky.)* 1:30 p.m. Campbellsville 14-13 in 2012. Campbellsville 2007: Union 31, Campbellsville 14 Nov. 7 Bluefield (Va.)* 1:30 p.m. scored a late fourth quarter touchdown to 2004: Campbellsville 39, Union 32 Nov. 14 at Faulkner (Ala.) 2:30 p.m. pull within 14-13 of the Bulldogs. Bert Brown 2003: Campbellsville 9, Union 3 (2OT) 2002: Campbellsville 42, Union 13 *-MSC East Game; All times Eastern blocked a 22-yard field goal with seconds remaining as the Bulldogs collected their first 2001: Campbellsville 49, Union 7 2000: Campbellsville 43, Union 13 CAMPBELLSVILLE win at Campbellsville since 1995. 1999: Campbellsville 52, Union 27 (0-2, 0-0 MSC WEST) • In the win, the Bulldogs gained 435 yards of 1998: Campbellsville 49, Union 7 total offense (263 passing and 172 rushing). 1997: Campbellsville 38, Union 13 Date Opponent Time/Result Tyler Ross caught three passes for 124 yards 1996: Campbellsville 20, Union 6 Aug. 27 Cumberlands (Ky.) L, 24-27 while Rob Brown rushed for 101 yards and a 1995: Union 16, Campbellsville 12 Sept. 12 at Webber International (Fla.) L, 25-35 touchdown. 1994: Union 29, Campbellsville 8 Sept. 19 at Union (Ky.) 7:00 p.m. • In the last 10 years, Union has worked to get 1993: Union 37, Campbellsville 34 1992: Union 26, Campbellsville 22 Sept. 26 Bluefield (Va.) 12:00 p.m. back to their winning ways, the Bulldogs have 1991: Campbellsville 14, Union 7 Oct. 3 at Faulkner (Ala.)* 2:30 p.m. put together a 40-68 record in the span. 1990: Campbellsville 28, Union 11 Oct. 10 Pikeville (Ky.) 2:00 p.m. • Campbellsville is off to a 0-2 start, dropping a 1989: Union 15, Campbellsville 8 Oct. 17 at Bethel (Tenn.)* 2:30 p.m. 27-24 decision to Cumberlands (Ky.) on a Will 1988: Union 31, Campbellsville 0 Ward missed field goal to force overtime. The 1930: Union 63, Campbellsville 0 Oct. 24 Cumberland (Tenn.)* 7:00 p.m. Tigers collected their second loss to then No. 1926: Union 8, Campbellsville 6 at Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)* 1924: Campbellsville 32, Union 0 Oct. 31 2:30 p.m. 24 Webber International (Fla.) 35-25, as the Nov. 7 Reinhardt (Ga.)* 12:00 p.m. Warriors ran for 374 yards. *-MSC West game; All times are Eastern BULLDOG BITES • The Bulldogs hoped for a better start to the 2015 season, instead dropped a 42-21 decision to Warner (Fla.) on Sept. 5. Union finished the game with 440 yards of offense, including 2015 MID-SOUTH 256 yards on the ground. The turnover bug plagued the Bulldogs as they lost three CONFERENCE STANDINGS fumbles and threw two interceptions. • Senior running back LaVance Anderson rushed for game-high 132 yards on 28 carries. EAST The 132 yards are the second most of his career. Anderson collected 142 yards against SCHOOL DIV. OVERALL Kentucky Christian on Oct. 25, 2014. Pikeville 1-0 1-2 • Junior quarterback Chandler Whittleseycollected 74 yards rushing in the season opener Cumberlands (Ky.) 0-0 1-1 and now has seven games of 50 or more rushing yards in his career. He has 12 career Union 0-0 0-1 games of 200 or more yards of total offense. (RV) Georgetown 0-0 0-2 • The Bulldogs had four players collect the first catch of their collegiate career in the loss to Warner. Kevin Eichelberger, Bradley Elkins, Cody Johnson and Darian Patterson Kentucky Christian 0-1 0-2 each hauled in a pass in their first game as Bulldogs. Patterson also collected the first Bluefield 0-1 0-3 touchdown of his career on a two-yard pass from Whittlesey. • Freshman punter Bradley Boone proved to a carry a big foot as he boomed three punts for WEST 146 yards, averaging 48.7 yards per punt and finished with a long of 57 yards. SCHOOL DIV. OVERALL • The Bulldogs continued their good fortune on third and fourth down. In the loss, Union (24) Reinhardt 1-0 2-0 converted 7 of 13 third down opportunities while going 2-for-3 on fourth downs. (5) Faulkner 0-0 2-0 • On Union’s three touchdowns against Warner, they averaged eight plays for 56 yards that (3) Lindsey Wilson 0-0 2-0 took 3:32 off the clock. The Bulldogs drive of the game, came on eight plays for 83 yards Bethel 0-0 1-1 that took only 2:30 to find the endzone. The drive was capped off with a Whittlesey QB Cumberland (Tenn.) 0-0 1-1 sneak. Campbellsville 0-0 0-2 • On defense, the Bulldogs were led by Jake Averhart and Jake Johnston. Averhart led the Bulldogs with a game-high 11 tackles, while Johnston finished with eight tackles. Serga Vita and Doug Jeter finished with six tackles each, Jeter forced and recovered a fumble. @UnionBulldogs Union College Bulldogs @unionbulldogs UnionKYsportsinfo Game 2 - Campbellsville Sept. 19, 2015 Last Time We Met - Sept. 8, 2012 Union 14, No. 25 Campbellsville 13 Sept. 8, 2012 - Campbellsville, Ky. Union Escapes Campbellsville Union - 14 No. 25 Campbellsville - 13 with 14-13 Victory Union Campbellsville CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Senior Bert Brown blocked a 22-yard field First Downs 16 20 goal attempt in the closing seconds to seal the 14-13 Union victory over host Campbellsville (Ky.) on Saturday night. Rushes-Yards (NET) 33-172 46-163 The victory was Union’s first at Campbellsville since 1995 and the first Passing Yards (NET) 263 162 overall since 2008. The Tigers still lead the series with a 15-11 record. Passes Comp-Att-Int 14-21-1 16-30-0 Special teams played a huge role in the outcome of the game, Total Offense Plays-Yards 54-435 76-325 most notably during the final 3:14. Down 14-7, Campbellsville faced a fourth-and-goal from the 1-inch line when Chris Cook powered his way Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 through to pull the Tigers within 14-13 with 3:14 to play. However, it Punt Returns-Yards 2-15 1-4 remained a one-point game thanks to Eric Krivitsky’s PAT attempt going Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-26 wide left. Union’s celebration of maintaining the slim lead was short-lived as Punts (Number-Avg) 2-34.0 4-39.5 Campbellsville recovered the onside kick, taking over on its own 46 with Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-0 3:14 remaining. The Tigers methodically moved the ball down the field, Penalties-Yards 7-100 2-25 using 12 plays to go 50 yards to put it on the Union 4 with nine seconds Third-Down Conversions 7-12 9-19 to go. Krivitsky was called into the game once more, this time to attempt Fourth-Down Conversions 0-1 3-3 a 22-yard field goal to win the game. However, Brown came flying Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-17 0-0 through the line and blocked the kick, and Josh Nixon recovered the ball Possession Time 27:20 32:40 on the Union 24 with 1.8 seconds still on the clock. Mike Brinkley then took a knee to run out the clock, sealing the 14- 13 Union win. Scoring Summary Union ran 22 fewer plays but outgained Campbellsville 435-325. 1st UNION-Brown 7-yd run (Miller kick) Brinkley went 14-of-21 passing for 263 yards and one touchdown. 2nd CAMP-Cook 1-yd run (Krivitsky kick) Domonique Jefferson caught four passes for 62 yards, while Tyler Ross hauled in three passes for a career-high 124 yards. 3rd UNION-Brown 27-yd pass from Brinkley (Miller kick) Rob Brown had a solid offensive game with 101 yards rushing and a 4th CAMP-Cook 1-yd run (Krivitsky kick no good) touchdown on 16 carries. This was his ninth 100-yard rushing game in his career. He also caught one pass for 27 yards and a touchdown. Defensively, Zach Eagler led the way with nine total stops with three others amassing seven. RUSHING: Union (Ky.)-Brown 16-101; Brinkley 6-24; Dixon The Bulldogs missed several opportunities to take control of the 7-9; Hughes 1-14; Clark 3-14. game. Union had the ball in the red zone four times but scored only Cumberlands (Ky.)-McFerrin 15-75; Cook 9-50; Hill 14-46; once.