LIBERTY FLAMES LIBERTY FLAMES Game 1 TUSCULUM Sept. 1, 2007 (7 p.m.) Lynchburg, Va. • Williams Stadium (12,000) GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Greeneville, Tenn. Enrollment: 2,300 Founded: 1794 Nickname: Pioneers Colors: Orange and Black Conference: South Atlantic SPORTS INFORMATION Frankie DeBusk Corey Russell Adrian Samples Stadium: Pioneer Field (3,500) SID: Dom Donnelly Surface: Bermuda Office Phone: (423) 636-7326 PLAYER & TEAM INFORMATION President: TBA Cell Phone: (423) 341-0091 2006 Record: 6-5 Athletic Director: Ed Hoffmeyer Fax Number: (423) 636-7370 Conference Record/Finish: 3-4/T-5th Office Phone: (423) 636-7323 Email Address: [email protected] Offensive Formation: Spread Street Address: 60 Shiloh Road Defensive Formation: Eight-Man Front 2006 RESULTS (6-5, 3-4 SAC) Greeneville, TN 37743 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 46/28 8/24 BETHEL W/ 17-10 Website Address: www.tusculumpioneers.com Starters Returning/Lost: 17/11 9/9 NORTH ALABAMA L/ 10-22 Press Box Phone: (423) 636-7344 Offensive/Defensive Starters Returning: 5/8 9/16 at St. Paul’s W/ 28-0 Offensive Starters Returning: Jamichael Caldwell 9/23 at Brevard W/ 33-0 COACHING INFORMATION (WR), Manuel Dickson (OL), Patrick King (RB), 9/30 at Wingate L/ 3-21 Head Coach: Frankie DeBusk (Furman, ’91) Matt Lawrie (OL), Corey Russell (QB) 10/7 at Lenoir-Rhyne W/ 17-10 Record at School: 53-43 (Nine years) Defensive Starters Returning: Pharis Baldwin (DB), 10/14 PRESBYTERIAN L/ 21-30 Career Record: 53-43 (Nine years) Rynel Butler (DL), Scott Harris (LB), Octavius 10/21 at Catawba W/ 21-20 Office Phone: (423) 636-7302 Love (DB), Antrez McDaniel (DB), Adrian Samples 10/28 NEWBERRY L/ 23-27 Best Time to Reach Coach: Mornings (DL), Justin Scott (LB), Jeremy Thompson (DB) 11/4 at Mars Hill W/ 24-17 Assistant Coaches: 11/11 CARSON-NEWMAN L/ 3-23 Lance Royal . .Defensive Coordinator/ TOP RETURNING PLAYER STATS Rushing Att. Yards Avg. TD Avg./G . .Linebackers This contest: Patrick King 140 612 4.4 2 61.2 Marc Kolb . .Offensive Coordinator • Marks the first-ever meeting between the two Corey Russell 89 239 2.7 2 23.9 teams and the first between the two head coaches. Don Dover . .Offensive Line • Pits two juxtaposing power units against one anoth- Kevin Weston . .Defensive Line Passing Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yards TD Avg.G er, as Liberty rushed for over 2,000 yards and 23 Caleb Slover . .Running Backs Corey Russell 135-252-9 53.2 1575 15 157.5 touchdowns and Tusculum posted the second-ranked Pete Golding . .Defensive Backs Division II rushing defense, allowing an average of 56 Chris Lenker . .Head Athletic Trainer Receiving No. Yards Avg. TD Avg./G yards per game in 2006. Jamichael Caldwell 43 647 15.0 7 64.7 • Makes Tusculum the eighth team Liberty has Series Results Patrick King 14 63 4.5 0 6.3 played against current members of the South Atlantic Overall Record: First Meeting Conference. The Flames have posted a combined 12- Record at Home: First Meeting Defense UT AT TT TFL Sack 17-1 record against the membership with games Record on Road: First Meeting Justin Scott 20 34 54 12.0-24 3.0-4 against Carson-Newman (1-3), Catawba (3-2), Lenoir- Rhyne (2-4), Mars Hill (2-4-1), Newberry (1-1), Record under Rocco: First Meeting Jeremy Thompson 26 17 43 7.0-27 2.0-15 Presbyterian (1-3) and Wingate (2-0). Antrez McDaniel 15 26 41 4.0-10 1.0-6 Current Streak: First Meeting • Accounts for the fourth-straight year Liberty has Adrian Samples 9 26 35 12.0-28 5.0-17 opened the season against a non-Division I opponent. Pharis Baldwin 22 12 34 1.0-2 -- 2007 SCHEDULE 8/25 at Charleston (W.Va.) 1 p.m. 9/1 at Liberty 7 p.m. 9/8 at North Alabama 7 p.m. 9/15 ST. PAUL’S 1:30 p.m. 9/29 WINGATE 1:30 p.m. 10/6 LENOIR-RHYNE 1:30 p.m. 10/13 at Brevard 7 p.m. 10/20 CATAWBA 1:30 p.m. 10/27 at Newberry 7 p.m. Pioneer Field (3,500) 11/3 MARS HILL 1:30 p.m. 11/10 at Carson-Newman TBA 94 2007 Liberty Flames Football LIBERTY FLAMES Game 2 SHIPPENSBURG Sept. 8, 2007 (7 p.m.) Lynchburg, Va. • Williams Stadium (12,000) GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Shippensburg, Pa. Enrollment: 7,600 Founded: 1871 Nickname: Red Raiders Colors: Red and Blue Conference: Pennsylavania State Athletic SPORTS INFORMATION Rocky Rees Aaron Dykes Bill Morrison (Western Division) SID: Jason Eichelberger Stadium: Seth Grove Stadium (7,700) Office Phone: (717) 477-1201 PLAYER & TEAM INFORMATION Surface: Natural Grass Cell Phone: (717) 496-1884 2006 Record: 5-6 President: Dr. William N. Ruud Fax Number: (717) 477-1253 Conference Record/Finish: 3-3/T-4th, West Athletic Director: Dr. Roberta Page Email Address: [email protected] Offensive Formation: Wing-T Office Phone: (717) 477-1711 Street Address: 1871 Old Main Drive (OM 302) Defensive Formation: 4-3 Multiple Shippensburg, PA 17257 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 28/18 2006 RESULTS (5-6, 3-3 PSAC) Website Address: www.raiders.ship.edu Starters Returning/Lost: 16/9 9/2 SHEPHERD L/ 0-14 Press Box Phone: (717) 477-1391 Offensive/Defensive Starters Returning: 6/7 9/9 at Mansfield W/ 35-0 Offensive Starters Returning: Aaron Dykes (FB), Matt 9/16 KUTZTOWN W/ 42-27 COACHING INFORMATION Olecki (OL), Thomas Rainey (OL), David Richards 9/23 at West Chester L/ 0-24 Head Coach: Rocky Rees (West Chester, ‘71) (RB), Kerry Robbins (OL), Scott Sacco (OL) 9/30 BLOOMSBURG L/ 14-35 Record at School: 102-86-1 (17 years) Defensive Starters Returning: Jonathan Aldridge 10/7 at Slippery Rock W/ 28-21 Career Record: 138-101-2 (22 years) (DB), Micheal Apgar (DL), Josh Emberg (DL), 10/14 at Lock Haven W/ 20-17 (OT) Office Phone: (717) 477-1758 Reggie Farrior (DB), Jason Groller (DL), Bill 10/21 INDIANA (Pa.) L/ 16-20 Best Time to Reach Coach: Contact SID Morrison (LB), Jaron Nalewak (LB) 10/28 CALIFORNIA (Pa.) L/ 20-35 Assistant Coaches: 11/4 at Edinboro L/ 30-54 Mark Maciejewski . .Assistant Head TOP RETURNING PLAYER STATS 11/11 CLARION W/ 35-10 Rushing Att. Yards Avg. TD Avg./G . .Coach/Secondary Aaron Dykes 139 514 3.7 6 51.4 Pete Lee .Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line This contest: David Richards 72 420 5.8 2 38.2 Mike Burket Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers • Marks Liberty’s second of three first-time oppo- nents on the 2007 schedule. J.C. Morgan . .Running Backs Passing Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yards TD Avg.G • Matches up two well-honored squads in 2006, as Chance Powell . .Wide Receivers Gabe Maiocco 63-161-5 39.1 861 8 78.3 Liberty placed 14 players on the Big South all-confer- Frank Duffy . .Defensive Line Chad DiFebbo 3-10-1 30.0 68 1 17.0 ence teams, followed closely by the Red Raiders, who Rick Henshaw . .Tight Ends had 12 honorees on the Pennsylvania State Athletic John Wetzel . .Volunteer Assistant Receiving No. Yards Avg. TD Avg./G Conference (PSAC) all-league teams. Howard Chavous 26 303 11.7 0 27.5 • Could be a big showing by both squads’ special Series Results Tim Devanney 15 193 12.9 2 17.5 teams units. Shippensburg’s Howard Chavous ranked Overall Record: First Meeting David Richards 13 152 11.7 0 13.86.3 sixth among all Division II kickoff returners in 2006. Record at Home: First Meeting As a team, Liberty ranked third nationally last year in Record on Road: First Meeting Defense UT AT TT TFL Sack kickoff return average and was the only team in the nation to return three kickoffs for a touchdown. Record under Rocco: First Meeting Jaron Nalewak 53 25 78 19.0-77 7.5-47 Bill Morrison 29 43 72 8.0-28 2.0-17 • Will give Liberty its fourth opponent among current Current Streak: First Meeting members of the PSAC, with Liberty having posted a Jonathan Aldridge 38 30 68 0.5-1 -- 2007 SCHEDULE 7-2 record in previous match-ups with the league. 9/1 at Shepherd 1 p.m. 9/8 at Liberty 7 p.m. 9/15 at Kutztown 3 p.m. 9/22 WEST CHESTER 3 p.m. 9/29 EDINBORO 1 p.m. 10/6 at Clarion 2 p.m. 10/13 at Millersville 1 p.m. 10/20 SLIPPERY ROCK 1 p.m. 10/27 LOCK HAVEN 1 p.m. 11/3 at Indiana (Pa.) 1 p.m. Seth Grove Stadium (7,700) 11/10 at California (Pa.) TBA LibertyFlames.com 95 LIBERTY FLAMES Game 3 WILLIAM & MARY Sept. 15, 2007 (7 p.m.) Williamsburg, Va. • Walter J. Zable Stadium at Cary Field (12,259) GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Williamsburg, Va. Enrollment: 5,700 Founded: 1693 Nickname: Tribe Colors: Green, Gold, and Silver Conference: Colonial Athletic Association SPORTS INFORMATION Jimmye Laycock Joe Nocholas Derek Cox Stadium: Walter J. Zable Stadium at Cary Field SID: Pete Clawson (12,259) Office Phone: (757) 221-3369 PLAYER & TEAM INFORMATION Surface: FieldTurf Fax Number: (757) 221-3412 2006 Record: 3-8 President: Gene R. Nichol Email Address: [email protected] Conference Record/Finish: 1-7/6th, A-10 Athletic Director: Terry Driscoll Street Address: 751 Ukrop Way Southern Division Office Phone: (757) 221-3344 Williamsburg, VA 23187 Offensive Formation: Pro-Style Website Address: www.TribeAthletics.com Defensive Formation: Multiple 4-3 2006 RESULTS (3-8, 1-7 A-10) Press Box Phone: (757) 221-3414 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 22/12 9/2 at Maryland L/ 14-27 Starters Returning/Lost: 13/10 9/16 MAINE L/ 17-20 COACHING INFORMATION Offensive/Defensive Starters Returning: 9/5 9/23 VMI W/ 38-6 Head Coach: Jimmye Laycock (W&M ’70) Offensive Starters Returning: R.J.