GAME 22008008 MMorganorgan StateState FFootballootball 1 uunitednited wewe standstand SPORTS INFORMATION • 1700 EAST COLD SPRING LANE • BALTIMORE, MD • OFFICE (443) 885-3831 • FAX (443) 885-8307 • MORGANSTATEBEARS.COM 198 MSU Schedule/Results TOWSON “TIGERS” (0-1, 0-0 CAA) MORGAN STATE “BEARS” (0-0, 0-0 MEAC) 9/6 @Towson 10/18 @HOWARD* GAME #1 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. (HC) Saturday, September 6, 2008 • 6:00 p.m. Johnny Unitas Stadium (Capacity 11,198) • Towson, Md. 9/13 N.C. CENTRAL 10/25 DELAWARE ST.* 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Setting the Scene MSU goes into this year’s season-opener game ranked No. 5 in the Mid-Eastern 9/20 @WSSU 11/1 @FAMU* Athletic Conference preseason poll. The Bears return 50 letterman, including 7 starters 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. on offense and 8 on defense, from last year’s squad that posted a 5-6 overall mark and finished the season ranked No. 5 in the MEAC. In six years under Hill, the Bears have 9/27 @Rutgers 11/8 @NSU* won 30 games and finished ranked as high as No. 2 in the MEAC (2002). MSU lost 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. three of their last four games, including an overtime heartbreaker at South Carolina State to cap the 2007 season. Junior Carlton Jackson will make his first career start 10/4 B-COOKMAN* 11/15 SCSU* with MSU when the Bears take on the Tigers. Jackson, a transfer from Akron, played 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. in 12 games and started in four games with the Zips and completed 48-of-96 passes for 585 yards in his two-year career. Other offensive standouts for the Bears include 10/11 @N.C. A&T* 11/22 HAMPTON* WR Edwin Baptiste (29 rec., 314 yards in 2007), Robert Surratt (497 yards, 2 TDs for his 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. career) and RB Devan James (366 rushing yards, 2 overall TDs in 2007). Defensively, Interviews: DT Justin Lawrence (45 tackles, 6.5 sacks), LB Jarrell Guyton (62 tackles, 15.5 tack- Contact Leonard Haynes at (443) 885-3831 to request player interviews. les for loss) and DE Clarence McPherson (26 tackles, 4 sacks) headline a group that Head Coach Donald Hill-Eley and players will be available on the fi eld ranked No.1in the FCS against the pass (136.1/g) and No. 2 in total defense (267/g) after each practice. under 3rd year defensive coordinator Alonzo Lee. MSU’s offense will be directed by Chennis Berry, along with head coach Donald Hill-Eley. Practice: Players and coaches are available for brief interviews after practice. Morgan State at Towson: The Facts Contact Sports Information for practice times. The fi rst 20 minutes will be available for video and still photography. Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 6 at 6:00 p.m. EST Location: Baltimore, Md. (Johnny Unitas Stadium - 11,198) Weekly Teleconferences Television: None Radio: MSU Sports Radio Network - WEAA 88.9 FM in Baltimore; The MEAC Head Football Coaches will be featuredturedured Rob Long (play-by-play) & Kelvin Bridgers (color). on a weekly teleconference each Tuesday fomom 10 The Series: Towson leads 15-5 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., beginning August 29. MediaMedia Internet: www.MorganStateBears.com; www.Towsontigers.com members wishing to participate on the tele- conference should contact the MEAC media Series Notes: MSU and Towson meet for the 21st time on Saturday in Towson, relations offi ce for instructions. Md. … The two schools are 5 miles apart from each other... Towson leads the overall series with the Bears, 15-5 … The series dates back to a 34-7 The schedule is listed below. MSU win at Towson in 1979 … Towson has won three straight and 4 of Schedule: the last 5 against MSU, including last year’s 28-21 win at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore … Towson is 10-2 all-time against MSU at home … Hill’s only 10:00 MEAC Notes victory against Towson was on August 30, 2003 at Hughes Stadium when the 10:03 Donald Hill-Eley (Morgan State) Bears won 19-16 … Towson has won 10 straight home contests against the 10:13 Lee Fobbs (N.C. A&T) Bears dating back to 1982 … MSU coach Gordy Combs is 9-2 against MSU … 10:23 Carrie Bailey (Howard) Gordy’s fi rst game against MSU was a 56-12 win on Nov. 20, 1993 at Hughes 10:33 Al Lavan (Delaware State) Stadium … 10:43 Buddy Pough (S.C. State) 10:53 Jerry Holmes (Hampton) 11:03 Pete Adrian (Norfolk State) 11:13 Alvin Wyatt (Bethune-Cookman) MSU TU 11:23 Joe Taylor (Florida A&M) Record 0-0 (0-0 MEAC) Record 0-0 (0-0 MEAC) 11:33 Kermit Blount (Winston-Salem St.) 2007 Record 5-6 (4-4 MEAC) 2008 Record 0-1 (0-0 in CAA) Last Game Jan. 3 in Orangeburg, SC Last Game Kickoff ‘08 on Aug. 30 in lost to S.C. State, 28-21OT at Navy (L, 41-13 Patricia Porter Coach Donald Hill-Eley (7th yr) Coach Gordy Combs (17th yr) Director of Media Relations (MEAC) Career Record 30-37/7th year Career Record 89-82/17th year 222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 1150 MSU Record Same TU Record Same Virginia Beach, VA 23462 vs. TU 1-4 vs. MSU 4-1 Morgan State Football • Game 1 MSU’s Last Boxscore vs. Towson Tracking the Bears Towson 7 7 7 7 28 Morgan State 0 10 3 8 21 Football MEAC Pct Overall Pct Team Records-- MSU 1-1, TU 2-0 Florida A&M 0-0 .000 1-0 .000 Attendance-- 8,732 (Hughes Stadium) Norfolk St. 0-0 .000 1-0 .000 North Carolina A&T 0-0 .000 1-0 .000 FIRST QUARTER Bethune-Cookman 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 TU-- 4:39, Arnold 10 yd pass from Schaefer (Bencivengo kick) SECOND QUARTER Delaware St. 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 MSU--10:40, Skeete, J. 32 yd fi eld goal Hampton 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 TU-- 6:29, Harrison 3 yd pass from Schaefer (Bencivengo kick) Howard 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 MSU-- :05, Surratt, R. 9 yd pass from Melton, M. (Skeete kick) Morgan St. 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 THIRD QUARTER South Carolina St. 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 MSU-- 9:17, Skeete, J. 27 yd fi eld goal TU-- 2:20, Cegles 22 yd pass from Schaefer (Bencivengo kick) THIS WEEK IN THE MEAC (Sept. 8) FOURTH QUARTER Hampton at Southern Illinois.......................6 p.m. MSU-- 13:57, Simpson 56 yd run (Melton rush failed) N. Carolina A&T v. Prairie View A&M........2:30 PST MSU-- 13:42, Team safety Alabama State vs Bethune-Cookman........4 p.m. TU-- 9:53, Godlasky 2 yd pass from Schaefer (Bencivengo kick) Georgetown at Howard ..................................6 p.m. Norfolk State at Kentucky ..................................TBA ● FLASHBACK - In 2006 the Bears fell 30-2 at Johnny Unitas Stadium. Towson QB Sean Schaefer amassed 194 passing yards in the fi rst half and completed the game 13-for 22 for 262 yards. Schaefer Sports Network Top 25 accounted for three touchdowns to lead the Tigers over cross-town rival Morgan State 30-2 in front of a season-opening crowd of 4,484. A 68-yard kickoff return by Jimmy McClam jump-started the Team (First-place votes) Rec Points Pre Tigers in the opening moments of the 2nd half. Schaefer waled in on a QB keeper four plays later push- 1. Appalachian State (62) 0-1 2,625 1 ing Towson’s lead to 23-0. Morgan State avoided its fi rst shutout to Towson in 20 years when defensive 2. North Dakota State (42) 1-0 2,555 2 end Anthony Young wrestled Schaefer to the turf for a safety in the 4th quarter. MSU QB Byron 3. Richmond (4) 1-0 2,406 4 Selby completed 14-of-24 passes for 75 yards and rushed for 56 yards. The Bears defense also recorded two 4. Massachusetts 1-0 2,226 5 interceptions. 5. Montana (1) 0-0 1,919 8 6. Delaware Blue 0-1 1,856 9 ● This fall marks the 39th year of association with the Tigers’ 40-year old football program for Coach 7. Eastern Washington 0-1 1,870 7 Gordy Combs. His tenure breaks down to three years as a player, 19 as an assistant and 16 as Towson’s 8. James Madison 0-1 1,821 6 head coach. The Baltimore native joined the Tigers in their second year of existence as a varsity 9. Northern Iowa 0-1 1,781 3 program. Of the 396 games Towson has played entering the 2006 season, Coach Combs has been on 10. McNeese State 0-1 1,761 10 the field or pacing the sidelines for 387 of them. He joined the program as a transfer student from the 11. Cal Poly 1-0 1,664 14 University of Dayton prior to the Tigers’ second season of football. That was a very difficult season for 12. Southern Illinois 0-0 1,451 11 him as he watched from the sidelines as “red shirt” due to NCAA transfer rules. In 1971, he joined the team as a linebacker where he started for two years. In his first season as a member of the team, he 13. Wofford 1-0 1,407 13 made quite an impression and he was named as a team co-captain for the 1972 season.