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. 19, 2009, at 1:30 pm Site: Barbourville, Ky. The Series: Union leads the series 1-0 Last meeting: Union won 23-13 on Sept. 20, 2008, in Montgomery, Ala. Coaches: Tommy Reid (32-51 overall, 32- 51 at UC); Gregg Baker (1-1 overall, 1-1 at Faulkner) vs. UC Bulldogs Faulkner UC Head-To-Head FU 1-1 Overall Record 1-1 (1-1, 1-0 MSC East) (1-1, 0-0 MSC West) 1-0 Conference Record 0-0 10 NAIA Poll N/A Not so Sweet Home Alabama Union vs. Faulkner 2008: Union 23, Faulkner 13 UC 2009 Statistics FU Union hasn’t fared too well against 397 Rushing Yardage 161 schools in Alabama, having lost 6 out of Union vs. Teams from Alabama 424 Passing Yardage 301 7 contests. However, Faulkner is the only School Record 821 Total Offense 462 Faulkner 1-0 NAIA school Union has played from the 38.5 Points Per Game 14.5 Jacksonville State 0-1 259 Rushing Defense 264 state of Alabama. Stillman 0-3 530 Passing Defense 575 In 1995 and 1997, Union dropped a pair West Alabama 0-2 789 Total Defense 839 of contests to NCAA Division II West 38.0 Points Allowed Per Game 30.5 Alabama. Union lost 28-7 at home to UWA UC Remains in NAIA Top 10 34.6 Punting Average 35.3 After spending the majority of the 2008 4/3 Fumbles/Lost 3/1 in 1995 before dropping a 39-6 decision 2 Interceptions 3 in Livingston, Ala., in 1997. UWA used to campaign ranked in the NAIA Top 25, the 14/123 Penalties/Yards 14/164 be a NAIA school, having won the 1971 Bulldogs will begin 2009 ranked No. 10 - right where they fi nished last season. Union (1-1, 1-0 MSC East) National Championship. S5 UVa-Wise* (21) W 57-7 In 1999, Union lost to NCAA Division The Bulldogs have started the 2009 S10 at SE Louisiana L 20-69 I-AA Jacksonville State 68-13. JSU is campaign 1-1 with their lone loss being to S19 Faulkner 1:30 pm currently a member of the Ohio Valley NCAA Division I Southeastern Louisiana, S24 at Georgetown* 7 pm but they remain ranked at No. 10 along O3 West Virginia Tech* 1:30 pm Conference and were the 1992 NCAA O10 at Cumberlands (Ky.)* 1:30 pm Division II national champions. with Lambuth (Tenn.). Both Union and O17 at Pikeville* 6 pm From 1999-2001, Union played a three- Lambuth received 281 total votes, 4 shy of O24 Shorter 1:30 pm game series with then-NCAA Division III No. 9 Saint Ambrose (Iowa)> N7 at Campbellsville* 1:30 pm The next NAIA Top 25 Poll will be N14 at Belhaven 2:30 pm Stillman College. Union dropped the fi rst *-MSC East game; NAIA ranking in () meeting in Tusculoosa 13-10 in 1999 and released on Monday, Sept. 21. To view the entire poll, go to page 22. dropped a 40-19 tilt in 2000. In the series Faulkner (1-1, 0-0 MSC West) fi nale, Stillman recorded a 27-10 win. A29 at Webber International W 17-16 Stillman has since moved up to NCAA Back-To-Back Season Opening Wins S12 at Huntingdon L 12 -45 Division II. For the fi rst time since 1995, the S19 at Union 1:30 pm Bulldogs have won consecutive season- S26 Shorter* 11:30 am Prior to last year’s game at Faulkner, O3 Belhaven* 12:30 pm Union was 0-6 versus teams from opening games. Union defeated Lambuth O10 at Cumberland (Tenn.)* 12 pm Alabama. But a 23-13 victory in (Tenn.) 27-21 in 2008 and just last week, O17 Lambuth* 2:30 pm Montgomery, Ala., changed that. the Bulldogs downed then-No. 21 UVa- O24 at Kentucky Christian* 12 pm Wise 57-7. O31 at West Virginia Tech 12:30 pm Here is a listing of how Union has done N7 at Bethel* 6 pm against teams from Alabama: The last time Union won consecutive N14 UVa-Wise 1:30 pm season openers came during a four-year *-MSC West game www.ucbulldogs.com 1 2009 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALL GAME NOTES span from 1992-95. The Bulldogs collected their second- 2009 Mid-South Conference Standings & Stats straight, home-opening victory as well. That last occurred during 2004-06; East Division Conference Overall however, the 2006 victory was due to a W-L Pct. W-L Pct. forfeit by Bethel (Tenn.). Union defeated Union College 1-0 1.000 1-1 .500 Belhaven (Miss.) in 2004 and 2005 by the University of the Cumberlands 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000 scores of 36-13 and 44-33, respectively. West Virginia Tech 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000 Campbellsville University 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Georgetown College 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Bulldogs Posting The Points Pikeville College 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 Starting year out with a 57-point UVa-Wise 0-1 .000 1-2 .333 outburst, the Bulldogs have a good head West Division start in trying to top their program record Conference Overall for points in a season, which the set just W-L Pct. W-L Pct. last year. Lambuth University 1-0 .000 2-0 1.000 Union set the program record for Cumberland University 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 most points scored in a season with 369, Faulkner University 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Shorter College 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 surpassing the previous mark of 334 set in Belhaven College 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1994. (NOTE: Union averaged more points Bethel College 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 per game in 1994. The Bulldogs averaged Kentucky Christian 0-1 .000 0-3 .000 33.4 points per game in 1994 (334 points Last Week’s Results This Week’s Schedule in 10 games) while they averaged 30.8 in Carson-Newman def. Campbellsville, 38-10 * Kentucky Christian @ Belhaven, 1:30 pm 2008 (369 points in 12 games). Southeastern Louisiana def. Union, 69-20 Bethel @ Cumberlands (KY), 1:30 pm Twice in 2008, Union put up 28 points Tennessee Tech def. Pikeville, 51-10 Pikeville @ Shorter, 1:30 pm in a quarter. The Bulldogs scored 28 points Bethany def. Kentucky Christian, 41-33 Lambuth @ Campbellsville, 1:30 pm UVa-Wise def. Newport News, 48-0 in the second quarter versus Pikeville (Ky.) * UVa-Wise @ West Virginia Tech, 1:30 pm Millsaps def. Belhaven, 27-10 on Oct. 18 en route to a 35-3 halftime Webber International @ Georgetown, 1:30 pm Huntingdon def. Faulkner, 45-12 Faulkner @ Union, 1:30 pm lead and 42-24 victory. On Oct. 4, Union Cumberland (TN) def. Georgetown, 31-21 *-MSC divisional game; All times are Eastern. reeled off 28 third-quarter points against West Virginia Tech def. Olivet Nazarene, 61-38 West Virginia Tech to break open a 14-7 Cumberlands (KY) def. Mississippi College, 55-26 halftime lead on its way to the 45-27 Shorter def. LaGrange, 42-19 victory. *-MSC divisional game. MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK In 2007, Union posted 287 points which Shorter College’s Logan Lollis, West Virginia University Tech’s Michael Scott and University of the Cumberlands’ Chris ranks sixth in program history. Simpson are the Mid-South Conference Football Players of the Week for the week ending Sept. 12. The Bulldogs scored 20 points in their OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK second game of the season, giving them 77 Scott broke his own single-game passing mark with 519 yards and six touchdowns to earn the MSC Offensive Player of the Week award. The Cross Lanes, W.Va., sophomore quarterback, completed 28 of 45 passes to help the Golden points on the year. Averaging 38.5 points Bears to a 61-38 win over Olivet Nazarene University. per game, Union would eclispe the scoring DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK record if it remains on its current scoring Lollis recorded 12 tackles, including six solo tackles, to earn MSC Defensive Player of the Week. The Lyons, Ga., senior clip. linebacker, also returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown in Shorter’s 42-19 win over LaGrange College. Most Points Scored By Union In A Season* SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK 1. 369 (2008) Simpson averaged more than 27 yards per return, including a 57-yard return for the Patriots to earn MSC Special 2. 334 (1994) Teams Player of the Week. The Stone Mountain, Ga., sophomore running back, added a touchdown catch to help 3. 318 (1993) Cumberlands beat Mississippi College 55-26. 4. 304 (1992) 2. 82 vs. Chowan (1994) 5. 293 (2004) in program history for most points scored 3. 63 vs. Campbellsville (1930) 6. 287 (1995) in a game. The last time Union cracked the 4. 58 vs. Tusculum (1994) (tie) 287 (2007) half-century mark was when it defeated 5. 57 vs. UVa-Wise (9-5-09) 8. 277 (2005) West Virginia Tech 50-13 on Nov. 3, 2007. (tie) 57 vs. Bethel (2003) 9. 260 (1985) Last time Union scored 57 came in a 57-27 (tie) 57 vs. Bethel (1995) 10. 231 (2003) romp over Bethel (Tenn.) during the 2003 8.