GAME SEVEN October 31, 2009 at No. 10/10 South Carolina State Sports Media Relations: Paul Dodson (Primary Contact); Dennis Jones; Collin Sherwin Media Relations Office: 302.857.6065; Dodson’s Office: 302.857.7365; Dodson’s E-mail: [email protected]; Dodson’s Cell: 813.545.2127 DSU Athletic Media Relations, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901 Delaware State at No. 10/10 S.C. State 2009 Delaware State Schedule Date Opponent TV Time/Result Series Sept. 5 *at Florida A&M -- L, 12-21 FAMU leads, 19-8 Hornets allow 328 yards on the ground. Sept. 19 at Delaware STN L, 17-27 UD leads, 2-0 Delaware State: (2-5, 2-3 MEAC)** (1-4 Away) Both teams end game with 343 yards of total offense. South Carolina State: (6-1, 4-0 MEAC) (2-0 Home) Sept. 26 *at Hampton -- W, 21-6 HAM leads, 22-13 **-includes forfeit to N.C. A&T Greg Ligon intercepts two passes in Hornets’ first win of the season. Date: October 31, 2009 Oct. 10 *Bethune-Cookman -- L, 7-9 DSU leads, 19-15 Hornets held to 166 total yards of offense. Location: Dawson Bulldog Stadium (Poly Turf) (22,000) in Orangeburg, S.C. Oct. 17 at Michigan Big Ten Network L, 6-63 U-M Leads, 1-0 Pressbox Phone: 803.536.8623 Hornets play in front of a crowd of 106,304 . Oct. 24 *Morgan State -- W, 35-22 MSU leads, 30-22 Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. Hornets win fifth-straight Homecoming contest. Television: None Oct. 31 *at (10/10) S.C. State -- 1:30 p.m. SCSU leads, 23-15 Radio : 1290 The Ticket (www.1290theticket.com)and 1410 WDOV Last three meetings have been decided by six points or less. (www.wdov.com) (Part of the Delaware State Hornets Radio Network). Scott Klatzkin is in his second season as DSU’s play-by-play announcer. Nov. 7 at Winston-Salem St. -- 1:00 p.m. DSU leads, 4-3-1 Nick Anastos (first season) is the broadcast analyst. Rams pulled out one-point victory at Alumni Stadium in ‘08. Live Stats: N/A Nov. 14 *Norfolk State -- 1:00 p.m. DSU leads, 13-3 Live Streaming: N/A DSU rallies from 21 points down to beat NSU, 34-28 last year. Tickets: 803.536-8579 -or- 1.800.298.9157 Nov. 21 *Howard -- 1:00 p.m. DSU leads, 34-30-1 DSU Senior Day. Records: Delaware State enters Saturday’s contest with a 2-5, 2-3 MEAC record, following a 35-22 win over Morgan State on Saturday, Oct. 24. *=MEAC Games South Carolina State enters Saturday’s game with a 6-1 record, 4-0 MEAC, All Home Games Played at Alumni Stadium. following a 21-9 win over Hampton on Saturday, Oct. 24. All Times Eastern and Subject to Change. National Rankings: Delaware State is not represented in any FCS polls this week. South Carolina State is ranked No. 10 in this week’s TSN Top 25 W hat’s Inside Poll; No. 10 in this week’s Coaches Top 25 Poll. Pages 2-4 - A look at the DSU/South Carolina State series Page 3 - Hornet Media Availablity Delaware State Coach Al Lavan: Lavan (Colorado State ‘68) is 36-26-0 Page 4 - National Rankings (.581) (31-12 MEAC) in his sixth season with the Hornets, 38-27-0 (.585) Page 5 - DSU Quick Facts and Honors overall. Lavan holds a 2-3 record versus the Bulldogs. Page 6 - Hornet Radio Network Page 7 - Game-by-Game Starters South Carolina State Coach Oliver “Buddy” Pough: Pough (SC State, Page 10 - Team Leaders ’75) is 63-25 (.716) in his eighth season with the Bulldogs. Pough is 5-3 all- Pages 11-12 - Al Lavan’s Bio time versus the Hornets. Page 13 - MEAC Standings Page 14 - Opponents’ Schedules South Carolina State Media Contacts: Page 15-20 - 2009 Recaps William Hamilton Page 21 - The Last Times.... Sports Information Director Pages 22-35 - 2009 Statistics (o) 803.536.7060 Page 36 - 2009 Numerical Roster [email protected] Page 37 - 2009 Alphabetical Roster Page 38 - Latest Two-Deep Page 39 - 2009 Player Bios Follow DSU on Twitter (twitter.com/DS UAthleti cs) and Facebook (Facebook/DSUHornet) South Carolina State (6-1) Hornets Square Off Against First- All-Time Game-by-Game Place Bulldogs South Carolina State (15-23, 15-23 MEAC) Date Opponent Time/Result The Delaware State football team travels to Or - H: 8-10; A: 6-13; N: 1-0 Year W/L Score Site All Times Eastern angeburg, S.C., to take on the first-place South Car - olina State Bulldogs (6-1, 4-0) on Saturday, Oct. 31. 1971** L 0-37 A Sept. 6 vs. Grambling State W, 34-31 1972** W 29-21 H The Hornets are coming off a 35-22 win over the 1973** L 0-27 A Sept. 12 at Bethune-Cookman* W, 24-3 Morgan State Bears during DSU’s homecoming last 1974** L 7-16 H 1975** L 0-39 A Sept. 26 Winston-Salem State W, 27-10 weekend. The loss was the Bears’ first in the con - 1976** L 0-30 H Oct. 3 at South Carolina L, 14-38 ference this season and dropped MSU to third in the 1977** L 0-21 A MEAC standings. Delaware State is looking to put 1978** L 0-34 H Oct.10 at Norfolk State* W, 37-10 together its first winning streak of the season and 1979** L 6-52 A Oct. 17 Florida A&M* W, 35-20 1980** L 20-21 H knock off its second-straight unbeaten team in con - 1981** L 0-29 A Oct. 24 at Hampton* W, 21-9 ference play. The Bulldogs are the first ranked op - 1982** W 17-7 H 1983** L 17-24 A Oct. 31 at Delaware State 1:30 p.m. ponent (No. 10) for the Hornets this year and will be 1984** W 50-36 1 Nov. 7 at Howard* 1:00 p.m. the team’s fifth road game of the 2009 campaign. 1985** W 38-20 A 1986** W 34-21 H Nov. 14 Morgan State* 1:30 p.m. 1987** W 28-7 A DSU is looking to avenge a 23-17 loss to the Bull - 1988** W 28-7 H Nov. 21 North Carolina A&T* 1:30 p.m. dogs last season and will be attempting to record its 1989** W 21-13 A *-MEAC games third win in the last four years versus SCSU. The 1990** W 39-0 H 1991** W 19-14 A last three meetings between Delaware State and 1992** L 7-28 H South Carolina State have been decided by six 1993** L 15-38 A points or less. 1994** L 38-42 H Statistical Comparison 1995** W 20-7 A 1996** L 14-34 H The Hornets enter this week’s game averaging 1997** L 17-37 A Category DSU SCSU 259.50 yards of total offense-per-game (No. 101 in 1998** L 14-31 H Rushing Offense 106.50 (96) 144.00 (46) 1999** L 14-34 A the nation) and are scoring 16.33 points-per-game 2000** W 57-32 H Passing Offense 153.00 (97) 193.20 (56) (No. 100 nationally). DSU is coming off its most pro - Total Offense 259.50 (101) 337.29 (56) 2001** L 21-42 A ductive game, scoring 35 points versus the Morgan 2002** W 27-21 H Scoring Offense 16.33 (100) 27.43 (35) 2003** L 13-36 A Rushing Defense 231.17 (117) 106.00 (26) State Bears. Delaware State rattled off 281 yards of 2004** L 14-28 H Pass. Efficiency Def. 129.38 (79) 108.71 (20) total offense, including 131 yards on the ground. 2005** L 3-24 A Total Defense 425.50 (113) 265.57 (11) Defensively, the Hornets are allowing 425.50 yards 2006** W 10-9 H Scoring Defense 24.67 (65) 17.29 (T-19) of total offense-per-game (No. 113 in the nation) 2007** W 17-16 A Net Punting 30.03 (99) 31.78 (T-19) 2008** L 17-23 H and 24.67 points-per-game (No. 65 nationally). The (671-958) Punt Returns 9.00 (40) 8.88 (44) DSU defense forced three turnovers last weekend, Largest DSU Victory: 39-0 (1990) Kickoff Returns 23.48 (13) 24.38 (7) Largest SCSU victory: 52-6 (1979) Turnover Margin 0.67 (27) 1.43 (7) improving the Hornets forced turnover total to 12. Longest DSU Win Streak: 8 (1984-1991) Pass Defense 194.33 (62) 159.57 (16) Longest SCSU Win Streak: 9 (1973-1981) Pass Efficiency 98.02 (96) 138.58 (27) Quarterback Anthony Glaud is coming off his sec - 1 - Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA Sacks 1.33 (91) 2.86 (15) ond-career victory as DSU’s starting signal caller. **-MEAC games Tackles for Loss 4.33 (109) 6.71 (T-33) Glaud completed 16-of-26 passes for 150 yards and Sacks Allowed 1.50 (39) 0.57 (1) two touchdowns versus the Bears. The Sicklerville, N.J., native also rushed for his third touchdown of the season during the win. On the season Glaud has a passer efficiency rating of 106.01 (No. 83 in the nation), recording 728 yards on 81-of-139 passes and four touchdowns. All-Time Series Results Redshirt sophomore Jaashawn Jones is expected to make his second-career start this week - Series History: SCSU Leads, 23-15 end.