CHARLOTTE 49ERS GAME NOTES CHARLOTTE 49ERS (4-4; C-USA: 3-2) Charlotte at Tennessee (3-5; SEC: 1-4) at Tennessee Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 - 4:00 pm 49ers’ Final Non-Conference Game of 2018 Neyland Stadium (100,000) Charlotte travels out of conference to take on Tennessee, of the SEC, Saturday in Knox- Knoxville, Tenn. ville, Tenn. It is the 49ers final non-conference game of the season. Charlotte is 1-2 in TV: SEC Network Alternate non-conference action. Charlotte won its third straight home game, 20-17, vs. Southern Mike Morgan, Barrett Jones, Taylor Davis Miss, this past Saturday to improve to 4-4 overall and 3-2 in Conference USA play. With the win Charlotte has matched its highest win totals at the FBS level and in C-USA play. Radio: Charlotte IMG Network/730 The Game Charlotte ranks sixth in the FBS (1st in C-USA) in rushing defense (89.9 allowed) and Matt Swierad, Al Wallace, Bobby Rosinski 17th in the FBS (3rd in C-USA) in total defense (318.8 allowed). Series Record: First Meeting In two of the last three games (2-1), Charlotte put up its best defensive effort: all-time low of 144 yards allowed at Middle Tennessee and its best offensive effort: school record Coaches: for most points in a C-USA game (40) and school record for largest margin of victory in a Brad Lambert, CHA 6th season C-USA game (26) in a 40-14 victory over WKU. At Charlotte: 21-45, 6th yr. Jr. RB Benny LeMay ranks third in C-USA and 33rd in the NCAA in rushing (93.1 rush Overall: 21-45, 6th yr. yards/gm) and boasts 100-yard rushing games in 2 of the last 3 games. He also ranks 2nd Jeremy Pruitt, UT 1st season in C-USA and 30th in the NCAA in all-purpose yards (121.4/gm). at UT 3-5,1st yr. R-Fr. WR Victor Tucker leads C-USA rookies with 5.8 rec./gm and a 70.8 rec. avg. Overall 3-5, 1st yr. The 49ers defense is paced by several veterans, including 2017 leading tackler R-Jr. All-Time (Season 6; FBS Season 4): LB Jeff Gemmell (59 tackles; 5.0 TFL; 8 QBh) and preseason all-C-USA Jr. S Ben DeLuca 49ers on Road ..................... 8-23 (team-high 60 tkls). Sr. LB Juwan Foggie leads the nation with six INTs and two Pick-Sixes 49ers in November .............. 4-14 and had two picks and an INT return TD, vs. Southern Miss, last Saturday. Charlotte has Game number: .................... 67 more sacks this season (16), than all of last year (11). CHARLOTTE 49ER NOTES: NCAA DEFENSIVE LEADERS: BY THE NUMBERS: The 49ers rushing defense ranks first in C-USA and sixth in the NCAA with 89.8 rushing Juwan Foggie’s NCAA yards allowed/gm. The 49ers rank 3rd in C-USA and 17th in the NCAA in total defense rank for interceptions, (318.6 allowed). R-Sr. LB Juwan Foggie is first in the NCAA with 6 INTs and 2 Pick-Sixes. 1 with a school-record 6, LEMAY LEADS THE WAY: this season. Jr. RB Benny LeMay has had three 100 yard rushing games, four 100-yard all-purpose games and ranks third in C-USA in both rushing (93.1/gm) and second in all-purpose yards (121.4/gm). In fact, among players that don’t return kicks or punts, LeMay is first in Consecutive games all-purpose yards in the league and 14th in the NCAA. He has a career-best 745 rushing that opponents have yards, this season. 3 been held to 21 points DELUCA; GEMMELL TOP DEFENSE AGAIN or fewer. For the second straight year, Jr. S Ben DeLuca and R-Jr. LB Jeff Gemmell lead the 49ers in tackles. Both topped 100, last year. This year, DeLuca, who had a season-high 15 vs. USM, has a team-high 60 tackles, while Gemmell, who had his third C-USA game with Charlotte’s FBS rank for 10 tackles vs. Southern Miss, has 59. DeLuca moved into 2nd-place all-time with 230 in rushing defense (89.8 his career while Gemmell (192 career) is 8 shy of becoming the 4th 49er to reach 200. 6 yards allowed) A DIFFERENT YEAR: In 2018, Charlotte has bettered its win total (4 to 1), its C-USA win total (3 to 1) and its home win total (4 to 1) from a year ago. Charlotte has had more games with 350+ Team-high TFL’s for Jr. yards of total offense (5-4), more 200-yard passing games (5-1) and more games with less DE Alex Highsmith, than 300 yards of total offense allowed (3-0). With four regular-season games remaining, 8.5 Charlotte has more interceptions (9-2), more sacks (16-11) and more field goals (12-4). T9th in C-USA 2018 SCHEDULE (4-4; 3-2) Receiving yards per September Sat. 1 FORDHAM ESPN+ Charlotte, N.C. W, 34-10 game for R-Fr. WR Vic- Sat. 8 APPALACHIAN STATE ESPN+ Charlotte, N.C. L, 9-45 tor Tucker, the third- Thurs. 13 OLD DOMINION* ESPN3 Charlotte, N.C. W, 28-25 70.8 Sat. 22 at Massachusetts WCCB Amherst, Mass. L, 31-49 most among FBS fresh- Sat. 29 at UAB* ESPN3 Birmingham, Ala. L, 7-28 men. October Sat. 6 BYE Sat. 13 WKU* ESPN+ Charlotte, N.C. W, 40-14 Career tackles for Jr. Sat. 20 at Middle Tennessee* ESPN3 Murfreesboro, Tenn. L, 13-21 S Ben DeLuca af- Sat. 27 SOUTHERN MISS* ESPN3 Charlotte, N.C. W, 20-17 November 230 ter a season-high 15 Sat. 3 at Tennessee SECN Alt Knoxville, Tenn. 4:00 vs. Southern Miss. He Sat. 10 at Marshall* ESPN+ Huntington, W. Va. 2:30 Sat. 17 FIU* ESPN3 Charlotte, N.C. 2:00 ranks 2nd all-time, 37 Sat. 24 at Florida Atlantic* Stadium/WCCB Boca Raton, Fla. 6:00 shy of the career record. Home games in bold * Conference USA game Times are subject to change 2018 Charlotte 49ers Football Depth Chart (as of Oct. 29) OFFENSE (PRO STYLE) 2018 TEAM CAPTAINS: Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Note WR 9 VICTOR TUCKER 5-11 182 R-Fr. 2 100-yd gms; Hi: 130 yds (at UMass) 71 OL Jr. Cameron Clark 21 Rico Arnold 6-0 184 Fr. True Fr.; hi of 101 rec. yds at UAB 34 LB Jr. Jeff Gemmell 10 DE Jr. Tyriq Harris or 2 Cameron Bent 5-11 180 R-Fr. “fastest player on the team” 32 RB Jr. Benny LeMay WR 6 WORKPEH KOFA 6-0 205 R-Sr. 4th 49ers w/ 1000+; 34 shy of #3 81 Tyler Ringwood 6-3 221 R-So. one yr. at Buffalo; Erie C.C. transfer PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: LT 71 CAMERON CLARK 6-5 296 R-Jr. Co-Captain; 18 career starts, 14 cons. Jalen Allen: JAY-lin Allen 69 Dejan Rasuo 6-6 280 Fr. True freshman Tim Baten: Tim BAY-tin LG 60 DARREN DRAKE 6-1 307 Sr. 37 car. gms played; 15 cons. starts Ben Bowbliss: Ben BO-bliss John Brosnahan: John Broz-na-han 53 Jalen Allen 6-2 295 Sr. 1st career starts (4) this year Ryan Carriere: Ryan Carrier C 68 JAELIN FISHER 6-2 278 R-So. Made one start as RS-Fr.; 8 in 2018 Ben Duyck: Ben Dike 60 Darren Drake 6-1 307 Sr. 2017 starting center Ryan Eachus: Ryan EACH-us RG 51 CHRIS BROWN 6-3 298 R-Sr. 3-yr starter (28 career starts) Tyler Fain: Tyler FANE Andrew Favaro: Andrew FAY-vuh-row 76 Jonathan Timmons 6-3 345 R-So. Tr. from Coffeyville Ishod Finger: EYE-shod Finger RT 64 NATE DAVIS 6-3 311 R-Sr. preseason 2nd tm all-C-USA (Athlons) Juwan Foggie: Jah-WAHN Foggy 75 Dominic Taylor 6-3 287 Jr. First-year; tr. Hutchinson CC David Foust David FOWST SLOT 3 MARK QUATTLEBAUM 5-9 166 R-Sr. 2 TD (ODU; MT); 2017 leading rec. Jacione Fugate: Jay-CEE-On Few-GATE 4 Cameron Dollar 6-1 189 R-Fr. 1st TD at UMass; 7 TDs in half in H.S. Marquavis Gibbs: Mar-QUAY-vus GIBBS Jeff Gemmell: Jeff GEMM-mull TE 87 CHRIS PHILLIPS 6-2 238 Sr. 1st car. TD, UMass; 6 Starts Zack Gemmell: Zack GEMM-mull or 8 R.J. TYLER 6-3 247 R-Sr. Returning starter; TD at UMass Malik Harkness: Muh-LEEK HARK-Ness QB 16 EVAN SHIRREFFS 6-5 210 R-Jr. 20-42; 209 yds in 1st start at MT Tyriq Harris: Tie-REEK Harris Ben Jacques: Ben JAX 7 Hasaan Klugh 6-1 198 R-Sr. TD vs. USM; 2017 starting QB Hasaan Klugh: Huh-SAHN CLUE RB 32 BENNY LEMAY 5-9 218 Jr. 3rd, C-USA (93.1); 1,652 car. yd. (#2) Workpeh Kofa: WAR-pay KOE-fuh 5 Aaron McAllister 5-10 226 R-So. 34.5/gm; TD vs. ODU, WKU; 4.2/carry Nafees Lyon: Nuh-FEECE Lion Angel Marrero: Angel Muh-RARE-oh DEFENSE (4-3) Javonte Misenheimer: Juh-VON-tay MY-zen-high-mer Dejan Rasuo: Day-YAN Rah-SUE-Oh DE 5 ALEX HIGHSMITH 6-3 244 R-Jr. T9th in C-USA w/8.5 TFL Ed Rolle: Ed Roll 14 Michael Holmes 6-3 267 R-Jr. 28 career games played Moss Saccomanno: Moss SOCK-oh-mon-oh DT 62 TYLER FAIN 6-3 297 R-Sr.