Jackson State Game 1 – August 31, 2008 – Citrus Bowl – Orlando, FL GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RESULTS Location: Jackson, Mississippi 2007 Record: 8-4 Sept. 01 DELTA STATE 15-27 L Founded: 1877 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 7-2 / Sept. 08 Tennessee State 13-16 L SWAC Champions Enrollment: 8,523 Sept. 13 TEXAS SOUTHERN 28-7 W Final National Ranking: N/A Nickname: Tigers Sept. 22 at Mississippi Valley 50-16 W Colors: Blue & White Lettermen Returning/Lost: 41/15 Oct. 06 ALABAMA STATE 32-20 W Conference: Southwestern (SWAC) Starters Returning/Lost: 11/11 Oct. 13 at Southern 32-26 W Athletics Director: Robert Braddy Offense: 4/7 Stadium: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Defense: 7/4 Oct. 20 GRAMBLING STATE 20-30 L Stadium Basic Offense: Multiple Oct. 27 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 17-6 W Capacity: 60,492 Basic Defense: 4-3 Nov. 03 at Alabama A&M 43-40 W-ot Press Box Phone: Nov. 10 at Prairie View A&M 27-30 L Postseason Appearances: 12 (Div. I-AA Nov. 17 ALCORN STATE 31-19 W Playoffs) SERIES HISTORY Dec. 15 vs Grambling State 42-31 W Record: 0-12 Last Appearance: 1997 Series Record: HU leads 2-0 Result: Lost, 31-24 to Western Illinois In Hampton: HU leads 1-0 In Jackson: Never played in Jackson, MS SPORTS INFORMATION Neutral: HU leads 1-0 Football SID: Wesley Peterson Last Meeting: Hampton 20, Office Phone: (601) 979-5899 Jackson State 7 Mobile Phone: N/A Sept. 3, 2005 (Detroit, MI) Fax: (601) 979-2000 Email: [email protected] Website: www.jsutigers.com TOP RETURNEES Passing Att. Comp. Int. Yds. TD Trae Rutland 20 59 4 302 0 SERIES NOTES Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD The Pirates have won both meetings all-time with Jackson State. Receiving No. Yds. Avg. TD Carlos Simpson 41 456 11.1 1 Defense UT AT TT Sacks Int. Coach: Rick Comegy Marcellus Speaks 42 43 85 3.0 1 COACHING STAFF 2008 SCHEDULE Head Coach: Rick Comegy Aug. 31 Hampton Alma Mater: Millersville University, (MEAC/SWAC Challenge) 1976 Sept. 06 Stillman Record at JSU: 14-9 Sept. 13 Tennessee State Career Record: 122-60 Sept. 20 Grambling State Record vs. Hampton: 0-0 Oct. 04 Southern (High School Day) Office Phone: 601-979-2295 Oct. 11 Arkansas Pine Bluff Best Time To Reach: Mornings Oct. 18 Texas Southern Oct. 25 Mississippi Valley State James Woody: Offensive Coordinator Nov. 08 Alabama State Darrin Hayes: Defensive Coordinator Nov. 15 Alabama A&M Bruce Johnson: Offensive Line/Special Nov. 22 Alcorn State Teams Dec. 13 SWAC Championship Antonio Knight: Outside Linebackers Jerry Mack: Wide Receivers Gregory Ruffin: Running Backs/ Recruiting Coordinator John Thompson: Defensive Line Marcus Wright: Inside Linebackers James Hartfield: Place Kickers/Punters Jack Bush: Dir. Football Operations Rickey Taylor: Graduate Assistant 87 Southern Illinois Game 2 – September 6, 2008 – McAndrew Stadium– Carbondale, IL GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RESULTS Location: Carbondale, Ill. 2007 Record: 2-2 Aug. 30 QUINCY (ILL.) 59-14 W Founded: 1869 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 5-1/2nd Sept. 08 at Northern Illinois 34-31 W Enrollment: 21,003 Final National Ranking: 3rd Sept. 15 at Southern Utah 44-10 W Nickname: Salukis Lettermen Returning/Lost: 42/24 Sept. 22 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 58-3 W Sept. 29 at Indiana State 72-10 W Colors: Maroon & White Starters Returning/Lost: 12/10 Oct. 06 #10 YOUNGSTOWN STATE Conference: Missouri Valley Offense: 4/6 24-17 W Athletics Director: Mario Moccia Defense: 6/4 Oct. 13 at #2 Northern Iowa 24-30 L Stadium: McAndrew Stadium Basic Offense: Multiple Oct. 20 MISSOURI STATE 45-10 W Capacity: 17,324 Basic Defense: 3-4 Nov. 10 ILLINOIS STATE 34-24 W Press Box Phone: (618) 453-3049 Nov. 03 at #19 Western Illinois 10-9 W Postseason Appearances: 6 Nov. 17 at Hampton 45-27 W Record: 7-5 Nov. 24 #17 EASTERN ILLINOIS 30-11 W Dec. 01 #7 MASSACHUSETTS 34-27 W Last Appearance: 2007 SERIES HISTORY Dec. 08 #13 DELAWARE 17-20 L Result: L, 17-20 to Delaware in Series Record: SIU leads 0-1 Semi-Finals In Hampton: SIU leads 0-1 In Carbondale: First Meeting in Carbondale SPORTS INFORMATION Last Meeting: SIU 45, HU 27 Nov. 17, Football SID: Jeff Honza 2007 (Hampton, Va.) Office Phone: (618) 453-5470 Mobile Phone: (618) 528-1145 Fax: (618) 453-2648 TOP RETURNEES Email: [email protected] Website: www.siusalukis.cstv.com Passing Att. Comp. Int. Yds. TD Joe Allaria 21 11 1 106 - SERIES NOTES Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD • This is only the second meeting Larry Warner 85 525 6.2 5 between the Pirates and the Salukis, Deji Karim 76 386 5.1 8 with Hampton making its first trip to Carbondale. Receiving No. Yds. Avg. TD • Hampton is 1-3 all-time against teams Coach: Dale Lennon Rayn Kernes24 268 11.2 5 from the Missouri Valley Conference Jeff Evans 12 149 12.4 - (formerly the Gateway Conference); the Pirates lost to Southern Illinois 45-27 last season. COACHING STAFF Defense UT AT TT Sacks Int. Chauncey Head Coach: Dale Lennon Mixon 51 67 118 5.0 - Alma Mater: North Dakota ‘85 Brandin Record at SIU: 0-0 (First year) Jordan 44 53 97 0.5 1 Career Record: 90-24 (9 years) Record vs. Hampton: 1st meeting Office Phone: (618) 453-3331 Best Time To Reach: Mondays, 11 a.m. 2008 SCHEDULE Sep. 06 vs. Hampton Co-Offensive Coord./QBs: Randy Sep. 13 at Northwestern Hedberg Sep. 27 vs. Northern Iowa (Family Offensive Coord./WR: Phil Longo Weekend) Defensive Coordinator: Bubba Oct. 04 at North Dakota State Schweigert Oct. 11 vs. Indiana State Inside LBs/Special Teams: Tom Dosch (Homecoming) Offensive Line: Scott Fuchs Oct. 18 at Youngstown State Outside LBs/Def. Line: Eric Schmidt Oct. 25 at Missouri State Secondary: Travis Stepps Nov. 01 vs. North Dakota Tight Ends: Kenni Burns Nov. 08 vs. Western Illinois (Band Day) Running Backs: Steve Crutchley Nov. 15 vs. South Dakota State Nov. 22 at Illinois State 88 Howard Game 3 – September 13, 2008 – Armstrong Stadium – Hampton, VA GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RESULTS Location: Washington, D.C. 2007 Record: 4-7 Sept. 08 HAMPTON 24-31 L Founded: 1867 2007 Conference Record/Finish: Sept. 15 at Florida A&M 17-30 L Enrollment: 10,500 2-6/T-7th Sept. 22 at Eastern Michigan 15-38 L Nickname: Bison Sept. 29 WINSTON-SALEM STATE Final National Ranking: N/A 24-21 W-ot Colors: Blue, Red & White Lettermen Returning/Lost: 24/25 Oct. 06 CHEYNEY UNIVERSITY Conference: Mid-Eastern Athletic (MEAC) Starters Returning/Lost: 14/8 41-14 W Athletics Director: Dwight Datcher Oct. 13 at Morgan State 33-36 L ot Offense: 7/4 Stadium: William H. Green Stadium Oct. 20 NORTH CAROLINA A&T Defense: 7/4 Capacity: 10,000 35-27 W Basic Offense: Multiple Oct. 27 at Norfolk State 17-10 W Press Box Phone: (202) 806-7184 Basic Defense: 4-3 Nov. 03 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Postseason Appearances: 2 21-59 L Record: 1-1 Nov. 10 BETHUNE-COOKMAN Last Appearance: 1996 Heritage Bowl 26-37 L Result: Won 24-20 over Southern SERIES HISTORY Nov. 17 at Delaware State 13-29 L Series Record: Hampton leads 44-39-1 In Hampton: Hampton leads 15-13-1 SPORTS INFORMATION In Washington, D.C.: Howard leads 13-9 Neutral Sites: Hampton leads 4-2 Football SID: Edward Hill, Jr. Office Phone: (202) 806-7184/7188 No Site Info: Hampton leads 15-12 Mobile Phone: N/A Last Meeting: Hampton 31, Howard 24 Fax: (202) 806-9595 Sept. 8, 2007 Email: [email protected] (Washington, DC) Website: www.howard-bison.com TOP RETURNEES SERIES NOTES Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD • Hampton has faced Howard more Terry Perry 96 432 4.5 2 times than any other opponent with Coach: Carey Bailey this being the 85th meeting between the two schools. Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TD/Int. • The Pirates have won the last 10 COACHING STAFF Floyd Haigler 15 29 144 2/1 meetings by an average score of 33- 18, and Hampton is scoring 48 points Head Coach: Carey Bailey Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD per game in its last three meetings at Alma Mater: Tennessee ‘92 Armstrong Stadium. Record at Howard: 4-7 (1 year) Arlandus Hood 23 295 12.8 2 • Howard has not won a game on the Career Record: 4-7 (1 year) campus of Hampton University since Record vs. Hampton: 0-1 Tackles UT AT TT TFL Sacks 1986. Howard had not won at Hampton since 1986. The Pirates won Office Phone: (202) 806-7151 Endor Cooper 50 38 88 8.0 0.0 just three games that year, and the Best Time To Reach: 9:30am – 11:30am Bison won 21-7. Mon. – Thurs. Asst. HC/Def. Coord./PLs: Andre Creamer 2008 SCHEDULE Dir. Player Dev./Off. Coord./WRs: Alvin Harper Sept. 06 Georgetown Asst. Offensive Line/TEs: Jamar Harp Running Game Coord./Off. Line: Robert Hunt Sept. 13 at Hampton Dir. FB Ops/RB: Jamar Mason Sept. 20 Florida A&M Assoc. HC for Player Dev./OLB: James Moses Oct. 27 vs. Savannah State Asst. HC for Spec. Teams/DB’s: Terry Sims Oct. 04 at Winston-Salem State Running Backs: James Darby Oct. 18 vs Morgan State Defensive Line: Matt Stansfield Oct. 25 at North Carolina A&T Strength and Conditioning: Travis Coleman Nov. 01 Norfolk State Nov. 08 at South Carolina State Nov. 15 at Bethune-Cookman Nov. 22 Delaware State 89 North Carolina A&T Game 4 – September 20, 2008 – Armstrong Stadium – Hampton, VA GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RESULTS Location: Greensboro, N.C.