BEARS FOOTBALL 2021 Lenoir-Rhyne Football | Game #3 LRBears.com | @bearssports | #GOBEARS MATCHUP » 2021 SCHEDULE WINGATE BULLDOGS (2-0, 2-0 SAC) VS. Date Opponent Time/Result LENOIR-RHYNE BEARS (2-0, 2-0 SAC) M. 12 at Newberry W, 27-20 (2 OT) APR. 2 | IRWIN BELK STADIUM | WINGATE, N.C. | 6 P.M. M. 20 Barton W, 44-13 A. 2 at Wingate 6 PM A. 10 Catawba 1 PM A. 17 SAC Championship TBD Home games in RED VS. Head Coach: Mike Jacobs Head Coach: Joe Reich Career Record: 44-8 Career Record: 131-81 » THE VENUE Record at LR: 2-0 Record at Wingate: 131-81 Arena: Irwin Belk Stadium Location: Wingate, N.C. Capacity: 3,500 Built: 1998 » COACHING STAFFS LENOIR-RHYNE WINGATE Jahmal Brown DC/LB Coach Mike Long OC Anthony Soto OC/OL Coach Rashaan Jordan DC/DB Coach Shawn Chaffee DL Coach Travis Knight DL Coach Devin Figaro WR Coach Greg Keziah OL Coach Tony Baldesare ST Coordinator JR Clark DB Coach Jarrett Boykin WR Coach Colby Hunter QB Coach Bruce Clark TE Coach Aaron Foster DB Coach Hunter Glenn Asst. WR Coach Tanner Hardy Player Ops. BJ Hill DB Grad. Asst. Will Hornsby RB Grad. Asst. Connor Baroniunas Asst. OL Coach RJ Goodwin DB Grad. Asst. Nick Vagone Asst. LB Coach » TEAM STAT COMPARISON 44.0 10.0 193.5 7 101.5 275.5 4 104.5 469.0 206.0 43 SCORING RUSH RUSH RUSH PASSING PASS TOTAL TOTAL YDS FIRST POINTS DEFENSE YARDS TDS DEFENSE YDS PASS TD DEFENSE YARDS ALLOWED DOWNS 35.5 16.5 212.5 3 166.0 216.0 3 172.0 428.5 338.0 48 1 BEARS FOOTBALL 2021 » INSIDE THE SERIES » THE LAST MATCHUP Overall: Lenoir-Rhyne leads, 22-13 Quickie Statistics (Final) Current streak: W3 #12 Wingate vs #7 Lenoir-Rhyne (Nov 02, 2019 at Hickory, N.C.) WU LR Last matchup: LR 20, Wingate 13 (11-2-19) Score 13 20 FIRST DOWNS 19 13 First matchup: LR 32, Wingate 15 (10-25-86) RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 36-86 39-200 PASSING YDS (NET) 284 169 Longest winning streak: 11 (10-25-86 to 10-19-96) Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-20-2 18-10-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 72-370 57-369 Longest losing streak: 6 (10-1-05 to 10-30-10) Fumble Returns-Yards 1-4 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-21 0-0 Home record: 12-6 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-15 2-51 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-27 Away record: 10-7 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-37.5 6-43.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Last 10: 7-3 Penalties-Yards 6-42 5-32 Possession Time 32:27 27:33 Largest margin of victory: 42, 49-7 (10-17-92) Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 4 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 2 Smallest margin of victory: 1, 13-12 (10-14-95) Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 1-1 Average points per game: 27.6 Wingate Lenoir-Rhyne Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Nijere Peoples 13 45 2 43 0 10 3.3 Ameen Stevens 10 90 2 88 0 70 8.8 Dom McNeill 13 35 9 26 0 6 2.0 Jaquay Mitchell 9 39 0 39 0 7 4.3 Raquan Simmons 1 10 0 10 0 10 10.0 Dareke Young 6 32 3 29 0 12 4.8 Year Location Result Shaw Crocker 7 17 11 6 0 6 0.9 Tate Beaver 5 16 1 15 0 6 3.0 1986 A W, 32-15 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Shaw Crocker 19-34-2 274 1 45 2 G. Willingham 10-18-0 169 2 90 0 1987 H W, 31-14 Darquez Lee 1-2-0 10 0 10 0 1988 A W, 28-16 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Raquan Simmons 8 73 0 15 Jaquay Mitchell 3 135 2 90 1989 H W, 30-25 BJ Muckelvene 7 106 1 45 Josh Ramseur 2 13 0 9 Jalen Brooks 3 52 0 22 Dareke Young 2 10 0 6 1990 A W, 28-21 Trevor Grant 1 43 0 43 Will Neal 1 6 0 6 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB 1991 H W, 38-27 Ethan Evans 6 225 37.5 46 3 0 Michael Owen 6 260 43.3 49 2 1 1992 A W, 49-7 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long 1993 H W, 21-13 BJ Muckelvene 2 21 0 15 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long 1994 A W, 35-33 A. Barnett 2 11 0 10 Dareke Young 2 51 0 30 Trevor Grant 1 4 0 4 1995 H W, 13-12 Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Gabe Price 7-8 15 0.0 0.0 Eric Jackson 6-6 12 0.0 1.5 1996 A W, 28-0 Elijah Gilmore 7-6 13 0.0 0.5 Clayton Horn 4-5 9 1.0 1.0 Romario Johnson 4-4 8 0.0 0.0 Ivan Milliken 7-1 8 0.0 0.0 1997 H L, 21-22 Davion Washingt 3-1 4 0.0 0.0 S. Williams 4-4 8 0.0 1.0 1998 A L, 25-42 Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 07:14 LR - Chase Allbaugh 21 yd field goal, 9-83 3:10 0 - 3 1999 H W, 28-21 02:44 WU - M. Robertson 31 yd field goal, 11-53 4:24 3 - 3 2nd 14:35 LR - Jaquay Mitchell 41 yd pass from G. W illingham (Chase Allbaugh kick), 9-75 3:09 3 - 10 2000 A W, 36-32 06:52 LR - Chase Allbaugh 43 yd field goal, 4-2 2:48 3 - 13 00:00 WU - M. Robertson 29 yd field goal, 9-36 2:16 6 - 13 4th 12:21 LR - Jaquay Mitchell 90 yd pass from G. W illingham (Chase Allbaugh kick), 1-90 0:13 6 - 20 2001 H W, 23-16 06:33 WU - BJ Muckelvene 4 yd pass from Shaw Crocker (M. Robertson kick), 6-73 2:15 13 - 20 2002 H L, 26-35 2003 A L, 14-38 2004 H W, 31-26 » RECAP 2005 A L, 7-28 2006 A L, 21-27 HICKORY, N.C. – Over 10,000 fans were on hand with a 4-yard touchdown pass by Shaw Crocker to 2007 H L, 13-31 for the Division II National Showcase game and BJ Muckelvene. After holding LR, Wingate got the thanks to a 20-13 victory over Wingate, the ball back down seven with 3:41 to play. A 4th and 2008 A L, 27-35 Lenoir-Rhyne Football Team clinched at least 14 toss from Crocker was intercepted by Javoris 2009 H L, 49-50 a share of the ninth South Atlantic Conference Smith to secure the LR victory. 2010 A L, 24-27 Championship in program history. The Bears can • For the second straight home game, LR netted 2011 H W, 52-28 claim an outright title with a win over Catawba in a huge first offensive play of the game. Ameen two weeks. Jaquay Mitchell was the star for the Stevens took the opening handoff 70 yards and 2012 A W, 44-13 Bears, scoring each of the LR touchdowns and set up Chase Allbaugh’s first field goal. Two weeks 2013 H W, 34-13 accounting for 176 total yards. ago, Mitchell took the opening handoff 65 yards to 2014 A W, 51-14 set up and LR score against Carson-Newman. 2015 H L, 14-24 INSIDE THE MATCHUP: • A week after setting the new career record for Final: No. 7 Lenoir-Rhyne 20, No. 12 Wingate 13 most touchdown passes, Willingham finished 10- 2016 A L, 6-49 Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (9-0, 7-0 SAC), Wingate for-18 for 169 yards and his two touchdowns. 2017 H L, 14-22 (8-1, 5-1 SAC) • Muckelvene finished with seven grabs for 106 2018 A W, 31-24 Location: Hickory, N.C. | Moretz Stadium yards for the visitors. On the defensive side, Gabe 2018 H W, 21-17 Get Social: Twitter - @BearsSports | Instagram - Price added 15 tackles and Elijah Gilmore had 13. @BearsSports | Facebook - /LRbears • The Bears defense was led by Eric Jackson 2019 H W, 20-13 with 12 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Clayton STATS OF THE GAME: Horn also starred for the Bears as the senior LB • After the team’s traded field goals in the had nine tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and an first quarter, Mitchell caught a 41-yarder from interception. Ivan Milliken also had a career-high Grayson Willingham with 14:35 left on the clock eight tackles. in the second quarter. • The Bears would add a field goal to go up BEYOND THE BOXSCORE: double-digits but Wingate added a field goal at • The game took place in front of a national the end of the first half to send the teams into audience and was broadcast on ESPN3 as part of the break with LR holding a 13-6 advantage. the Division II Showcase game.