UNION COLLEGE 2011 Bulldog Football Union College Sports Communications | Contact: Jay Stancil | Offi ce: 606.546.1292 | Cell: 606.627.2280 | Email: [email protected] | Fax: 606.5461286 2011 Union Schedule Game 3: Union College at UT Martin Date Opponent Time/Result Sept. 15, 2011 - Hardy M. Graham Stadium - Martin, Tenn. - 7 p.m. ET Sept. 1 at Campbellsville L 14-30 Radio: Not Available Series Record: 0-0-0 Sept. 10 Kentucky Christian W 27-0 Web Broadcast: Not Available Field Surface: Turf Sept. 15 at UT-Martin 7 pm Sept. 24 at UVa-Wise 6 pm Oct. 1 Cumberlands (Ky.)* 12 pm Oct. 8 at Bethel* 5 pm Oct. 15 Lindsey Wilson 12 pm Oct. 22 at Belhaven* 2:30 pm Oct. 29 Cumberland (Tenn.)* 12 pm Nov. 5 Shorter* 12 pm Nov. 12 at Faulkner* 2:30 pm *-MSC West Game; All Times Are Eastern Union College Kentucky Christian University Record: 1-1 Record: 0-1 Ranking: RV (27th) Ranking: N/A Last Game: W 27-0 vs. Kentucky Christian Last Game: L 23-24 at Jacksonville State Coach: Tommy Reid Coach: Jason Simpson Career Record: 42-61 Career Record: 26-21 Union versus NCAA Division I The Bulldogs will be taking on NCAA FCS UT Martin Thursday, Sept. 15, marking the eighth time in program history they have faced a NCAA Division II opponent. Prior to this week’s contest, Union’s most recent DI foe being Wofford (S.C.) on Sept. 18, 2010. Union lost 48-10 to the Terriers, marking the smallest margin of victory for any of the NCAA DI schools Union has faced. Also it was only the second time the Bulldogs held a NCAA DI squad under 50 points. Union vs. NCAA Division I Schools 1999: Jacksonville State 68, Union 13 2003: Western Kentucky 51, Union 3 2004: Southwest Missouri State* 45, Union 0 2005: Gardner-Webb 65, Union 12 2005: Southern Illinois 82, Union 7 2009: Southeastern Louisiana 69, Union 20 UCBULLDOGS.COM 2010: Wofford 48, Union 10 The offi cial website of Union College Athletics, *-now known as Missouri State. www.ucbulldogs.com, offers the most complete and comprehensive coverage of the Bulldogs. It Road Not Favorable To Bulldogs provides fan the latest news, scores and stats. In addition, fans can follow a number of games via In 2010, the road was not too kind to Union as it suffered a 48-10 loss live broadcast and stats. at Wofford (S.C.), 35-21 defeat at Cumberlands (Ky.), and a 29-18 loss at Cumberland (Tenn.). However, the Bulldogs posted its fi rst road win of the By the Numbers season on Oct. 16, 2010, with a 44-14 decision at Lindsey Wilson. Union fi nished 2010 2-3 on the read. Of the 333 points Union surrendered in 2010, 157 came on the road in 5 428 games as the host teams averaged 31.4 points per game. Union averaged only 26 points per game on the road last year. In the seven games Union has played a NCAA Division I opponent, it has surrendered 428 total Union was road weary in 2009 as the Bulldogs went 1-5 away from Burch/Nau points. That’s an average of 61.1 points per Field with the lone victory being a 21-6 decision at Pikeville. game. Only twice has the Bulldogs held a NCAA Of the total 257 points Union gave up in 2009, 188 was on the road with Division I opponent under 50 points. opponents outscoring the Bulldogs 188-128. www.ucbulldogs.com 1 Game 3 - UT Martin - Sept. 15, 2011 - Hardy M. Graham Stadium Mid-South Conference Standings Fewest Mistakes Wins ... Usually East Division Turnovers fi rst to be Union’s downfall against School Division Overall Campbellsville in the season opener on Sept. 1. The Campbellsville 0-0 2-0 Bulldogs committed 6 turnovers with Campbellsville Pikeville 0-0 2-0 intercepting 2 passes in the end zone. However, Georgetown 0-0 1-0 Campbellsville only cashed in on the miscues for 9 points, Lindsey Wilson 0-0 1-1 while Union converted the 3 Tiger miscues into 7 points. UVa-Wise 0-0 1-1 However, Union turned the ball over 5 times against Kentucky Christian 0-0 1-2 Kentucky Christian but won 27-0. The Bulldogs forced 3 West Virginia Tech 0-0 0-0 turnovers yet did not capitalize on any of them. In 2010, Union was able to cash in on the opponents’ West Division 24 mistakes for 90 points, while the opposition scored 66 School Division Overall points off of Union’s 20 turnovers. Cumberlands (Ky.) 0-0 2-0 In 2009, Union had 30 takeaways to the opponents’ 17. Faulkner 0-0 1-0 Union garnered 111 points off of those miscues, while the Shorter 0-0 1-0 opponents have tallied 61 points from the Bulldogs’ 17 Belhaven 0-0 2-1 turnovers. Bethel 0-0 1-0 In 2008, Union won the turnover battles as the Bulldogs Cumberland (Tenn.) 0-0 1-0 have created 25 takeaways and only had 20 giveaways. Union 0-0 1-1 Also, Union has been able to turn those takeaways in to 72 points this season, while opponents have only registered 56 September 10 points off of Union’s miscues. Union def. Kentucky Christian. 27-0 TURNOVERS TABLE Lindsey Wilson def. Southern Virginia, 33-25 2011 Takeaways Pts. Giveaways Pts. Cumberlands (Ky.) def. UVa-Wise, 42-13 Campbellsville 3 7 6 9 Fairmont State def. West Virginia Tech, 45-14 KY Christian 3 0 5 0 Shorter def. Webber International, 42-10 Wofford Faulkner def. Ave Marie, 41-19 UVa-Wise Pikeville def. Kentucky Wesleyan, 24-17 Cumberlands Campbellsville def. Cumberland (Tenn.), 30-27 Bethel North Central College def. Bethel, 70-26 Lindsey Wilson Belhaven def. Mississippi College, 35-31 Belhaven Cumberland September 15 Shorter Union at UT Martin, 7 pm Faulkner Totals 3 7 6 9 September 17 UC Turnover Margin: -3 Campbellsville at Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1 pm UC TO Scoring Margin: -2 Cumberlands (Ky.) at Georgetown, 1:30 pm Belhaven at Lindsey Wilson, 1:30 pm Inching Closer Up All-Time Receiving List Pikeville at Shorter, 1:30 pm WRs Demetrius Hicks (SR, 6-1, 169) and Rolando Dyer West Virginia Tech at Bethel, 1:30 pm (SR, 6-0, 171) are steadily moving up the program’s all-time Huntingdon at Faulkner, 2 pm receptions list. Hicks hauled in 3 last week, while Dyer had Kentucky Christian at Cumberland (Tenn.), 2:30 pm 2 to put them at 57 and 53 for their career. To date, only 18 Emory & Henry at UVa-Wise, 6 pm players have ever amassed 60 or more catches in a career.. Career Receptions* 18. Scott Chaney (1998-99) 61 Demetrius Hicks 57 Rolando Dyer 53 *-Currently only 18 players have 18 career receptions www.ucbulldogs.com 2 Game 3 - UT Martin - Sept. 15, 2011 - Hardy M. Graham Stadium Another Year, Another Shutout NAIA Top 25 Poll Shutout victories have not been the norm for the Bulldogs. Yet, August 8, 2011 Union has posted whitewashings in each of the last 3 seasons with No. Team Record* Pts. the most recent being a 27-0 win over Kentucky Christian on Sept. 1 Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15) 2-0 340 10, 2011, for the program’s 8th shutout win since it was reinstated 2 Saint Francis (Ind.) 1-0 324 in 1984. The Bulldgos blanked Kentucky Christian 48-0 on Sept. 11, 3 Morningside (Iowa) 2-0 314 2010. 4 Marian (Ind.) 3-0 298 When Union held West Virginia Tech scoreless (31-0) on Oct. 3, 5 Carroll (Mont.) 1-1 279 2009, it marked the fi rst time since the 1993 season opener that the 6 William Penn (Iowa) 3-0 272 Bulldogs shut out an opponent - a span of 169 games. 7 Missouri Valley 2-0 261 Union opened the 1993 season with a 30-0 win over Tennessee 8 Georgetown (Ky.) 1-0 249 Wesleyan. 9 MidAmerica Nazarne (Kan.) 1-1 230 From 1905-41, Union recorded 45 shutouts to give the Bulldogs 52 10 Cumberlands (Ky.) 2-0 217 in their history. 11 Midland (Neb.) 2-0 207 In case you were wondering, the last time Union posted back- 12 Eastern Oregon 2-0 201 to-back shutouts came during the 1940 season when the Bulldogs 13 Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 2-0 195 defeated Rio Grande (Ohio) 12-0 and tied Transylvania (Ky.) 0-0. 14 Benedictine (Kan.) 2-0 157 The last time Union had two shutouts in a season was 1989 when it 15 Azusa Pacifi c (Calif.) 1-1 149 defeated Kentucky Wesleyan 34-0 and Tennessee Wesleyan 20-0. 16 Northwestern (Iowa) 1-1 124 17 Campbellsville (Ky.) 2-0 114 Looking For The Right Balance 18 Langston (Okla.) 2-0 99 Like most football programs, Union strives for that perfect balance 19 Bethany (Kan.) 2-0 69 between the running and passing games. In 2010, the Bulldogs struck 20 Rocky Montana (Mont.) 2-1 57 that balance thanks to an amazing and record-setting ground attack. T21 Shorter (Ga.) 1-0 54 The Bulldogs tallied 5,206 yards in total offense with a school-record T21 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 2-0 54 2,904 rushings yards - nearly 500 more than the previous mark. 23 Montana State-Northern 2-0 42 During the past decade, Union has passed for more yards than it’s T24 Ottawa (Kan.) 1-2 36 ran for. In fact, it had been since the mid-1990s since Union had more T24 St.