2006 FOOTBALL Date of Release: Monday, October 2, 2006 West Georgia vs. Harding West Georgia SID-(678) 839-6542 uwgsports.com >> Wolves vs. Bison Briefly Game 1 Date: Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006 Time: 7:00 Site: Carrollton, GA Stadium: Grisham Surface: Grass Capacity: 6500 VS West Georgia Radio: KISS 102.7 (Mitch Gray-Play-by-Play, Andy Micacchione-Analyst) TV: None Internet: Live Radio on uwgsports.com Series Record: Harding leads, 5-2 West Georgia Harding (0-4, 0-2 GSC) (3-2, 2-1 GSC) Last Meeting: West Georgia 23, Harding 21, September 10, 2005 in Carrollton Wolves look to get on a winning track After a lengthy road trip, everyone looks forward to a return home. The West Georgia Wolves have had a doozy of a road trip, not playing a game in the friendly confines of Grisham Stadium since the first game of the season on August 26. Since that time, the Wolves have traveled over 2600 miles, playing three different opponents with a combined record of 11-4 on the season. Last week, West Georgia's trip took them to Arkadelphia, AR, to take on the Henderson State Reddies. The Wolves mustered three field goals off of the foot of freshman kicker Casey Hale, but a late Reddie touchdown proved to be the game-winner, as HSU took the 16-9 victory. Against the Reddies, the Wolves faced a running quarterback in Garrett Manning, who rushed for 126 yards against West Georgia. In the Bison, UWG takes on the top running back in the Gulf South Conference in Kyle Wess. The HU back is averaging 117 yards per game on the ground on the season. The Wolves counter with a pair of running backs who are in the top-10 in the GSC in rushing. James Kinnebrew averages 77 yards per contest on the ground, followed by Adam Patrick at 55 Jonah Katende chases down Presbyterian’s yards per game. The duo give the Wolves a thunder and lightning quarterback in the Wolves’ first home game backfield, with Kinnebrew the lightning and Patrick the thunder. of the 2006 season. 2006 West Georgia Football Schedule/Results Day Date Opponent Time/Result TV Series Last Meeting/Notes Sat. Aug. 26 PRESBYTERIAN L 10-0 None UWG, 5-2 Defense shines, offense struggles against top-10 opponent Sat. Sept. 9 at Furman L 24-7 None FU, 1-0 Furman’s depth takes Wolves out in second half Sat. Sept. 16 at Arkansas Tech* L 28-21, OT None ATU, 7-2 Welcome to West Gerogia, James Kinnebrew, 169 rush yds Sat. Sept. 30 at Henderson State* L 16-9 None UWG, 9-3 Late HSU touchdown gives UWG loss Sat. Oct. 7 HARDING* 7:00 None HU, 5-2 UWG 23-21, 2005/HU’s final pass sails out of endzone Thu. Oct. 12 at West Alabama* 7:00 None UWG, 16-7 UWG 41-0, 2005/2005 Rushing totals, UWG 363-UWA -7 Sat. Oct. 21 at Arkansas-Monticello* 7:00 None UWG, 7-1 UWG 58-21, 2005/UWG defense scores twice Sat. Oct. 28 DELTA STATE* 7:00 None DSU, 12-7 DSU 61-7, 2003/Worst home loss in UWG history Sat. Nov. 4 NORTH ALABAMA* (HC) 3:00 None UNA, 13-10 UNA 20-19, 2005/Interception in endzone seals UNA win Thu. Nov. 9 VALDOSTA STATE* 7:00 CSS (77) VSU, 15-8 UWG 29-15, 2005/Ford’s late INT for a TD closes the book All Times Eastern *Gulf South Conference game Four-game losing streaks In 2005, West Georgia came into the Harding game riding a four-game losing 2006 AFCA Coaches’ Poll streak against the Bison. Harding scored late in last year’s game, but the two- September 12, 2006 point conversion sailed out of the back of the endzone to give UWG a 23-21 1. Grand Valley State 3-0 victory, the first of the season. The win also snapped that four-game skid 2. NW Missouri State 3-0 against Harding. 3. North Alabama 2-0 4. North Dakota 3-0 Expect a barnburner 5. Valdosta State 2-0 In the seven-game history of the series, West Georgia and Harding have gone 6. West Texas A&M 3-0 down to the wire nearlry every time. There have only been two games where the 7. Shepherd 3-0 difference was more than a touchdown, coming in back-to-back years in 2000 and 2001. Even more than that, the Wolves have had close calls in every game 8. Bloomsburg 2-1 this season, losing by a combined 24 points in three Division II losses. 9. North Carolina Central 3-0 10. Northwood 3-0 Solid performances vs. the Bison 11. Pittsburg State 3-0 Last year’s battle with Harding was West Georgia’s first win of the year, and 12. Nebraska-Omaha 2-1 two players on this year’s roster had a lot to do with the win. Larico Stevenson 13. Chadron State 3-0 had an interception and was second on the team in tackles with eight in last 14. South Dakota 3-0 year’s contest. Jonah Katende was a true standout, also collecting an 15. Carson-Newman 3-0 interception and nine tackles, but he was also in coverage on the two-point 16. Delta State 2-1 conversion that fell harmlessly out of bounds, giving UWG the win. 17. Missouri Western St. 3-0 18. Newberry 3-0 A look at Harding 19. Washburn 2-1 A look at the Gulf South Conference stats page tells you that West Georgia’s 20. Winona State 2-1 defense will be up against a challenge on Saturday night. The Bison are fourth 21. Tiffin 3-1 in the conference passing offense (217 ypg) and third in rushing (161 ypg). 22. C.W. Post 2-1 They also boast the top running back in the GSC in Kyle Wess, who is 23. Abilene Christian 2-1 averaging 117.6 yards per game on the ground. He only has one touchdown to 24. Midwestern State 2-1 his credit, but he still will eat up a ton of yards if allowed. David Knighton is 25. Saginaw Valley State 2-1 third in the conference in passing, averaging 216.2 yards per game. Dropped Out: Catawba (15). Harding Head Coach Randy Tribble Others Receiving Votes: Catawba, Wearing the headset on the Harding side of the field on Saturday night will be 55; Minnesota-Duluth, 28; Lane, the longest tenured coach in the Gulf South Conference in Randy Tribble. Tribble has been a mainstay in Searcy for 13 years, and guided the Bison to 23; Henderson State, 20; Central their first NCAA Division II win in 2001 against . West Georgia. He brings Missouri, 16; Southeastern with him a 3-2 record this season, 2-1 in the GSC. His career record as a head Oklahoma, 9; Ferris State, 7; Mars coach is 70-59-1. Hill, 6; Western Oregon, 6; Presbyterian, 5; Fort Lewis, 4; 2 006 GSC STANDINGS Bemidji State, 3 Tuskegee, 2. Conference Overall BOLD indicates 2006 UWG opp. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Streak #3 North Alabama 3 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 W-4 ERIES Henderson State 3 0 1.000 4 1 .800 W-4 UWG-HU S #5 Valdosta State 2 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 W-4 Harding Leads, 5-2 #18 Delta State 2 1 .667 4 1 .800 W-2 1993: (H) HU 22, UWG 19 Harding 2 1 .667 3 2 .600 W-2 2000: (H) UWG 35, HU 13 Arkansas-Monticello 1 1 .500 1 4 .200 L-2 Arkansas Tech 1 2 .333 3 2 .600 L-2 2001: (A) HU 43, UWG 31 West Alabama 1 2 .333 3 2 .600 L-2 2002: (H) HU 13, UWG 0 West Georgia 0 2 .000 0 4 .000 L-4 2003: (H) HU 25, UWG 21 Ouachita Baptist 0 3 .000 1 4 .200 L-3 2004: (A) HU 28, UWG 21 Southern Arkansas 0 3 .000 1 4 .200 L-4 2005: (A) UWG 23, HU 21 2005 FINAL STATS WEST GEORGIA HARDING Presbyterian L 10-0 Southwest Baptist W 42-30 at Furman L 24-7 Missouri Southern L 30-27 at Arkansas Tech* L 28-21 (OT) North Alabama L 41-14 at Henderson State* 7:00 Arkansas-Monticello W 29-21 Harding* 7:00 West Alabama W 24-16 at West Alabama* 7:00 West Georgia 7:00 at Arkansas-Monticello* 7:00 Southern Arkansas 8:00 Delta State* 7:00 Henderson State 3:00 North Alabama* (HC) 3:00 Arkansas Tech 2:00 Valdosta State* 8:00 Ouachita Baptist 2:30 TEAM STATISTICS UWG OPP TEAM STATISTICS HU OPP SCORING 37 78 SCORING 136 138 Points Per Game 9.3 19.5 Points Per Game 27.2 27.6 FIRST DOWNS 52 63 FIRST DOWNS 88 94 Rushing 20 43 Rushing 37 42 Passing 28 13 Passing 46 47 Penalty 4 7 Penalty 5 5 RUSHING YARDAGE 399 688 RUSHING YARDAGE 807 738 Rushing Attempts 134 169 Rushing Attempts 184 169 Average Per Rush 3.0 4.1 Average Per Rush 4.4 4.4 Average Per Game 99.8 172.0 Average Per Game 161.4 147.6 PASSING YARDAGE 475 399 PASSING YARDAGE 1089 1206 Att-Comp-Int. 106-52-3 79-44-6 Att-Comp-Int. 128-74-9 152-94-5 Average Per Game 118.8 99.8 Average Per Game 217.8 241.2 TOTAL OFFENSE 874 1087 TOTAL OFFENSE 1896 1944 Total Plays 240 248 Total Plays 312 321 Average Per Play 3.6 4.4 Average Per Play 6.1 6.1 Average Per Game 218.5 271.8 Average Per Game 379.2 388.8 KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS 10-178 10-265 KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS 19-481 15-327 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 4-20 9-90 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 7-60 12-148 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 6-38 3-39 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 5-44 9-85 FUMBLES-LOST 10-5 13-8 FUMBLES-LOST 6-2 9-5 PENALTIES-YARDS 30-236 25-204 PENALTIES-YARDS 39-281 41-348 PUNTS-YARDS 24-815 16-643 PUNTS-YARDS 22-675 25-919 Average Per Punt 34.0 40.2 Average Per Game 30.7 36.8 Net Punt Average 30.2 38.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 29:26 30:34 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 31:01 28:59 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 22/26 26/63 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 14/54 17/52 3rd-Down Pct.