HAMPTON PIRATES 2006 FOOTBALL Bethune-Cookman (5-3, 3-2 MEAC) at #13/14 Hampton (8-1, 5-1 MEAC) Armstrong Stadium (17,000) - Hampton, Va. Nov. 2, 2006 - 7:30 p.m. EST GAME 10 TV: Live on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m. EST Radio: WHOV 88.1 FM, also available at hamptonpirates.com COACHES Joe Taylor (Western Illinois ‘72) Record at HU ....................128-43-1 (15 years) Today’s Game: It’s senior day at Hampton University and 25 seniors will play in their fi nal vs. Bethune-Cookman .................................7-4 game at Armstrong Stadium. On the line for the Pirates is a chance to remain atop the MEAC Overall Record ..................189-72-4 (24 years) vs. Bethune-Cookan ....................................8-4 standings and continue their bid for a third consecutive conference championship. Following last week’s 13-3 victory over Winston-Salem State, the Pirates are now 8-1 on the season and Alvin Wyatt (Bethune-Cookman ‘70) 5-1 in the MEAC where they have won 17 of their last 18 games. If they can close out the Record at BCC .......................72-37 (10 years) season with victories over Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M, the Pirates will clinch at vs. Hampton ................................................4-5 Overall Record .......................72-37 (10 years) least a share of the MEAC title and the subsequent NCAA playoff appearance. vs. Hampton ................................................4-5 The Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman are playing in their second straight Thursday night contest SERIES following last week’s matchup against North Carolina A&T. In that game the Wildcats posted Hampton leads the all-time series 7-4 Last 5 meetings: the most lopsided win in the conference this season with a 70-7 victory over the Aggies in 2005: HAM 24, BCC 10 Daytona Beach. Bethune-Cookman is 5-3 overall and 3-2 in league play 2004: HAM 24, BCC 17 2003: BCC 30, HAM 27 Series History: Today’s game will mark the 12th meeting between the Pirates and the Wildcats 2002: HAM 37, BCC 7 2001: HAM 44, BCC 41 with Hampton holding a 7-4 advantage in the series. The Pirates have won the last two meetings and four of the last fi ve, however, Bethune-Cookman has registered two victories at RANKINGS Armstrong Stadium (1998, 2000) over the years. Hampton 13th ..................................Sports Network Poll 14th ....... College Sporting News Coaches Poll The Coaches: Joe Taylor is entering his 15th season at the helm of the Pirate program and his 2nd.................. SBN Sports Black College Poll 24th season overall as a head coach. He is Hampton’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 128-43-1, guiding the Pirates to seven conference championships (4 MEAC, 3 CIAA), four Bethune-Cookman SBN Black College National Championships and six playoff appearances. With 189 career N/A ...................................Sports Network Poll N/A ........College Sporting News Coaches Poll victories, head coach Joe Taylor is tied for third on the list of winningest active coaches in N/A .................SBN Sports Black College Poll Division I-AA. His .713 winning percentage is fi fth among active coaches as well. TELEVISION A 1970 graduate of Bethune-Cookman College, Alvin Wyatt is in his 10th year as head coach Live on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m. EST Charlie Neal, play-by-play of the Wildcats. He has compiled an overall mark of 72-37, guiding the Wildcats to the 2002 Jay Walker, analyst MEAC championship. RADIO WHOV 88.1 FM will carry the game live with #13/14 Hampton (8-1, 5-1 MEAC) Bethune-Cookman (5-3, 3-2 MEAC) Rob Dixon and George Richards calling the action. The broadcast can also be heard online Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time at hamtonpirates.com. Sept. 2 vs. Grambling State W, 27-26 (ot) Sept. 2 vs. Southern L, 29-30 Sept. 9 HOWARD W, 46-7 Sept. 9 SAVANNAH STATE W, 55-6 MEDIA CONTACTS Sept. 16 N.C. A&T W, 48-14 Sept. 16 vs. S.C. State W, 45-21 Hampton Sept. 23 vs. Morgan State W, 26-7 Sept. 23 NORFOLK STATE W, 22-21 SID - Jamar Ross Sept. 30 at Delaware State W, 29-14 Sept. 30 at Morgan State L, 14-28 Phone (757) 727-5757 Oct. 7 vs. Central State (OH) W, 42-12 Oct. 7 DELAWARE STATE L, 31-33 Email: [email protected] Oct. 14 NORFOLK STATE W, 42-13 Oct. 14 WINSTON-SALEM ST. W, 10-6 Oct. 21 at South Carolina State L, 6-13 Oct. 26 N.C. A&T W, 70-7 Bethune-Cookman Oct. 28 WINSTON-SALEM ST. W, 13-3 Nov. 2 at Hampton 7:30 p.m. SID - Bryan Harvey Nov. 2 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 HOWARD 4 p.m. Phone (386) 481-2206 Nov. 11 at Florida A&M 3 p.m. Nov. 18 vs. Florida A&M TBA Email: [email protected] 2006 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL MEAC STANDINGS Winningest Active Division I-AA Coaches (By Victories) Mike Kelly, Dayton 234 Team MEAC Overall Strk Hampton 5-1 8-1 W1 Bob Ford, Albany 216 Delaware State 5-1 6-2 W4 Al Bagnoli, Penn 189 Bethune-Cookman 3-2 5-3 W2 Joe Taylor, Hampton 189 Florida A&M 3-2 5-3 W2 Walt Hameline, Wagner 179 S.C. State 3-2 4-4 L1 Morgan State 3-3 4-5 L2 Jimmye Laycock, William & Mary 177 Howard 2-3 3-5 W2 Jerry Moore, Appalachian State 175 Norfolk State 1-5 3-5 L4 Rob Ash, Drake 174 N.C. A&T 0-6 0-8 L8 Andy Talley, Villanova 169 Pete Richardson, Southern 153 The Last Time They Met: Nov. 5, 2005 – Hampton 24, Bethune-Cookman 10 Hampton forced two fourth quarter turnovers to break open a 10-10 tie and give the third THIS WEEK IN THE MEAC ranked Pirates their second consecutive MEAC championship with a 24-10 win over Concord (WV) at Delaware State - 1 p.m. Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach. The Wildcats opened the scoring with a fi eld goal, but Morgan State at Norfl k State - 1 p.m. on the next play from scrimmage Hampton’s Alonzo Coleman scored on an 80-yard run. At Howard at S.C. State - 1:30 p.m. halftime the game was knotted at 10 and both teams were held scoreless in the third quarter. Florida A&M at N.C. A&T - 4 p.m. However, HU linebacker Justin Durant recovered a Richard Woodbury fumble at the BCC 25-yard line and Coleman eventually scored on a 5-yard run. Marlon Fair came up with an TRACKING OPPONENTS interception to halt the Wildcats’ next drive and Ardell Daniels sealed the game with a 6-yard Grambling State (3-5) Alabama State touchdown run with 5:00 remaining, one of 24 consecutive running plays in the quarter for Last Week: L, 28-33 Texas Southern Hampton. Coleman and Daniels each rushed for more than 100 yards, while defensively the Next Week: Idle Pirates held BCC to just 212 yards of total offense. Howard (3-5) at S.C. State Last Week: W, 13-10 Norfolk State Blast From The Past: Back on Nov. 8, 2003 HU quarterback Princeton Shepherd made his Next Week: at Bethune-Cookman fi rst collegiate start against these same Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach. N. Carolina A&T (0-8) Florida A&M Although the Pirates fell 30-27 on a late fourth quarter touchdown, Shepherd was solid with Last Week: L, 7-70 at Bethune-Cookman 155 yards passing on 11-of-23 attempts, with one touchdown and an interception. Next Week: Elon Morgan State (4-5) at Norfolk State Made For TV: The matchup against Bethune-Cookman will be the fi fth Hampton football Last Week: L, 23-24 at Florida A&M game this season carried on ESPN’s family of networks. The Pirates opened the season on Next Week: South Carolina State ESPN2 in the Ford MEAC-SWAC Challenge against Grambling State, and since then they Delaware State (6-2) Concord (WV) have played on ESPNU against Howard, Norfolk State and South Carolina State. Hampton is Last Week: W, 10-9 S.C. State 3-1 this season in televised games and 5-2 all-time in games carried on the ESPN network. Next Week: at Norfolk State Central State (1-4) St. Joseph’s MEAC Players of the Week: TJ Mitchell and Jahmal Blanchard were honored as MEAC Last Week: W, 34-15 Kentucky Wesleyan Players of the Week for their part in the Pirates’ 13-3 victory over Winston-Salem State. Next Week: Idle Mitchell was named Rookie of the Week after completing 17-of-27 passes for 144 yards and Norfolk State (3-5) Morgan State a touchdown, while Blanchard was named Special Teams Player of the Week for averaging Last Week: L, 10-13 at Howard 44.5 yards per punt, including a 71-yard kick. He now leads the MEAC with an average of Next Week: Delaware State 41.8 yards. South Carolina St. (4-4) Howard Last Week: L, 9-10 at Delaware State Class Act: The senior class being honored tonight must be considered among the best to ever Next Week: at Morgan State grace the fi eld at Armstrong Stadium. As a unit they have led the Pirates to back-to-back Winston-Salem St. (3-6) St. Augustine’s conference championships and playoff appearances and a four-year record of 36-8 (.818).