@BCUGRIDIRON FB COMMUNICATIONS Bryan J. Harvey, Asst. AD/Football BETHUNE-COOKMAN [email protected] 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd. • Daytona Beach, FL • 32114 • 386.481.2206 (P) • 386.481.2238 (F) • www.BCUathletics.com Michael Stambaugh, Secondary Home to Five Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships (1984, 1988, 2002, 2010, 2012) [email protected] GAME 2 • Sept. 7, 2013 BETHUNE-COOKMAN WILDCATS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2013 BETHUNE-COOKMAN SCHEDULE No.25 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Welcome Virginia S1 at Tennessee St.% (ESPN3) Nashville W, 12-9 S7 VIRGINIA UNION Daytona Beach 4 p.m. Union for Home-Opener at Municipal Stadium S14 at FIU Miami TBD S 21 at Florida State Tallahassee TBD GAME #2 O5 *at Delaware State Dover 2 p.m. Date: Saturday Sept. 7, 2013 O12 *at Howard Washington 1 p.m. Location: Daytona Beach, Fla. O19 *SAVANNAH STATE Daytona Beach 4 p.m. Kickoff: 4 p.m., EST O26 *SOUTH CAROLINA ST. Daytona Beach 4 p.m. Stadium: Municipal (FieldTurf) N2 *at N.C. Central (ESPNU) Durham Noon VIRGINIA UNION PANTHERS BETHUNE-COOKMAN WILDCATS Seating Capacity: 9,601 N9 *NORFOLK STATE Daytona Beach 4 p.m. 0-0, 0-0 CIAA 1-0, 0-0 MEAC GAMEDAY HASHTAGS N16 *HAMPTON Daytona Beach 4 p.m. #BEATVUU | #BCUvsVUU N23 *vs. Florida A&M^ (ESPNews) Orlando 2 p.m. IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS Fans and media are encouraged %L.P. Field • ^Citrus Bowl • *MEAC Game RV ..............Coaches 23................. Coaches to use the hashtags #BEATVUU RV ..............Sports Network 25................. Sports Network and #BCUvsVUU when posting or following social media content BETHUNE-COOKMAN COACHING STAFF 2012 LEADERS 2013 LEADERS related to Saturday’s game Brian Jenkins, Fourth Year (28-8, 21-3 MEAC) ..............HC Rushing Rushing between the Wildcats and Terry Sims, Fourth Year ........................................STC/SEC Panthers. Washington, 188/1128/12 TD Jackson, 12/56/ 0 TD Charles Jones, Fourth Year (booth)...........................DC/LB Rodwell, 55/249/3 TD Wilson, 11/43/0 TD Jim Pry, Second Year (booth) ...................................OC/QB MILESTONE WATCH 3 - Rushing touchdowns needed Terry Williams, 15th year (booth) ....................................CB Passing Passing by SR RB Isidore Jackson to Earl Lane, Third Year .......................................................DL Graham, 109-238-10 J. Wilson, 7-13-1 match Jimmie Russell for fourth John Powers, Fourth Year .............................................. OL 1310 yds/7 TD 44 yds/1 TD place all-time in career rushing Lawal McCray, Fourth Year (booth) .................................TE TDs. D.J. McCarthy, Second Year .......................................... WR Receiving Receiving 393 - Rushing yards needed by Autry Denson, Third Year ............................................... RB Holmes, 29/408/3 TD Murphy, 3/35/1 TD Jackson to become the school’s Medgar Harrison, Third Year ....................Strength & Cond. Winston, 23/212/1 TD Poole, 3/16/0 TD all-time leading rusher. Sharrick Moore, Second Year (booth) ............. GA, defense Ryan Kobbe, First Year..................................... GA, offense Defense Defense 14 - Tackles needed by SR LB Keith Little .....................................Quality Control, Defense Anderson, 71 TT, 8.5 TFL Richardson, 10 TT/1 FF Jarkevis Fields to crack B-CU’s career top 10. Jeff Fagan ....................................................... Chief of Staff Grant, 62 TT, 10.5 TFL Fields, 10 TT/1 TFL Ezemma, 61 TT, 6 PBU Toney, 7 TT/2 TFL BETHUNE-COOKMAN QUICK FACTS Location ...............................................Daytona Beach, Fla. Founded ...................................................................... 1904 ON THE AIR Enrollment .................................................................. 3,578 National Television: None | Web Stream: The CatEye Network Nickname................................................................Wildcats Local Radio: CatEye Network with Joe LaBarbera (pxp), Larry Wesley (analyst) and Colors ...................................................... Maroon and Gold Terrance Gatling (sideline) Stadium (Capacity) ...................................Municipal (9,601) Satellite Radio: None Playing Surface ..................................................... FieldTurf Conference .......................................... Mid-Eastern Athletic THE SERIES First Football Season................................................... 1924 President ..........................................Dr. Edison O. Jackson Virginia Union won the only previous meeting between the Panthers and Wildcats, a 13-0 Athletics Website ............................www.BCUathletics.com decision in the 1953 Tropical Bowl. The game took place on Dec. 6, 1953 in Jacksonville, YouTube .............................................The CatEye Network Fla., seeing the Panthers top a Bunky Matthews coached squad. Facebook .......................... www.facebook.com/bcuathletics Twitter ................ @BCUathletics, @BCUGridIron (football) QUICK HITS Vine ................................................................ BCUathletics • Senior LB Jarkevis Fields and senior TE Jordan Murphy were each named MVPs Pinterest ......................................................... BCUathletics of the John Merritt Classic in Nashville, Tenn. Fields was Defensive MVP, while Murphy earned the Offensive MVP award. BETHUNE-COOKMAN FOOTBALL FACTS • OL Alex Monroe was named MEAC Offensive Lineman of the Week, while LB Jarkevis 2012 Record ...................................................................9-3 Fields collected Defensive Player of the Week accolades. Fields was also named as the 2012 MEAC Record/Finish .......................................8-0/1st 2012 National Ranking ..............................................No. 22 BoxtoRow National Player of the Week. Lettermen Returning/Lost ...........................................51/26 • The Wildcats last CIAA opponent was Shaw University in 2009, resulting in a 20-6 Starters Returning/Lost................................................. 14/8 setback in Daytona Beach in the season-opener under former coach Alvin B. Wyatt, Sr. All-America Honorees Returning/Lost ............................0/1 • Despite the win over Tennessee State, B-CU fell two spots to No. 25 in this week’s The All-MEAC Honorees Returning/Lost ...............................2/2 Sports Network poll, while falling three spots to No. 23 in the FCS Coaches poll. All-Time Playoff Record ..................................................0-4 • The Wildcats remain the top Division I team in the Boxtorow poll. Playoff Appearances Since 1990 ....................................... 4 • Jackson and SR DL LeBrandon Richardson are on the College Football Performance Award (CFPA) FCS National Player of the Year Trophy Watch List. For up-to-date information on Bethune-Cookman • Bethune-Cookman has scored 10 or more points in 19 straight games, the longest active Football, visit the offi cial athletics website streak in the MEAC of 10-plus points. • The Wildcats have scored in double-fi gures in 35-of-36 games under head coach Brian BCUathletics.com Jenkins. The lone game without 10 or more points was a 22-3 setback at North Carolina #NeverSatisfi ed | #HailWildcats A&T on Oct. 8, 2011. @BCUathletics BCUathletics BCUathletics BCUathletics WWW.BCUATHLETICS.COM BCUathletics | 1 @BCUGridIron 2013 BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES #5THINGS HOMEGROWN TALENT 1. First meeting between Virginia Union and Bethune- Cookman since 1953. 2. Since moving to Division I in 1980, Bethune-Cookman is 28-12-1 against teams from lower divisions (II, III, NAIA). 3. Isidore Jackson last 5 games: 417 all-purpose yards, 4 TD 4. Bethune-Cookman failed to accumulate 300 yards of total offense in a season-opener for the first time under Brian Jenkins last weekend at Tennessee State. More than half of the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats’ 2013 5. Bethune-Cookman has not allowed an offensive roster hails from the Sunshine State, including 25 from touchdown at home in the regular season since the second either Miami-Dade County or Broward County. quarter of last year’s game against NCCU (10/27/12). SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND FLORIDA UNDER CENTER • The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats will play eight The Wildcats have six quarterbacks set of their 12 regular season games in the state of for the 2013 campaign, and all of them Florida. hail from the state of Florida. Larry 78Wildcats hail from the state • The Cats will play five of their final six games in the Brihm (Delray Beach), Atreyu Farrior of Florida Sunshine State, including the annual Florida Blue (Lakeland), Brodrick Waters (Sarasota), Florida Classic against rival Florida A&M. Quentin Williams (Tampa), Shelton Wil- lis (Daytona Beach) and Jackie Wilson AGAINST THE #CIAA (Ft. Lauderdale) could all see time under • In home-openeres all-time against schools from the center this year in the “Speedway” offense. CIAA, Bethune-Cookman is 3-2. • B-CU is 8-4 all-time against teams from the CIAA. In 1995 and 1996, the Cats dropped a pair of games to Norfolk State who was transitioning to Division I from the CIAA. • Home-openers for B-CU vs. the CIAA: 2009 — Shaw 20, B-CU 6 2005 — B-CU 34, Elizabeth City State 7 1998 — B-CU 63, Virginia State 57 (8OT) 1997 — B-CU 14, Fayetteville State 0 1994 — N.C. Central 24, B-CU 5 Larry Brihm Atreyu Farrior Brodrick Waters 3-2 #EXPERIENCE Quentin Williams Shelton Willis Jackie Wilson 6 OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING Rashard Brown, Preston Cleckley, Isidore Jackson, Alex Monroe,