ttableable ooff contentscontents wwww.caasports.comww.caasports.com Hofstra Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Northeastern Rhode Island Delaware James Madison Richmond Towson Villanova William and Mary CAA FOOTBALL SOUTH DIVISION NORTH DIVISION Covers Conference History ABBREVIATIONS CAA Football “Back For More” _____________ Front CAA Football In The Playoff s _________________112 Abbreviati ons are used extensively throughout this guide CAA Football By the Numbers_________ Inside Front 1998 Nati onal Champions, Massachusett s ______113 when referring to current and former member insti tuti ons. The following is a complete listi ng of those abbreviati ons: CAA Football Sunday Players __________Inside Back 2003 Nati onal Champions, Delaware __________114 2008 CAA Football Schedule ________________Back 2004 Nati onal Champions, James Madison _____114 School Abbreviati on Team-By-Team Postseason History ________ 115-116 Boston University _______________________________ BU Introduction Ricky Santos - 2006 Walter Payton Winner _____117 Connecti cut _____________________________________UC Lang Campbell - 2004 Walter Payton Winner ___117 Delaware ______________________________________ UD Table of Contents ___________________________1 Hofstra _______________________________________ HOF CAA Football Biography ____________________ 2-3 Brian Westbrook - 2001 Walter Payton Winner __117 James Madison ________________________________ JMU CAA Football on Television ____________________4 Jerry Azumah - 1998 Walter Payton Winner ____118 Maine ________________________________________ UM CAA Football Commissioner, Tom Yeager _________5 Brian Finneran - 1997 Walter Payton Winner ____118 Massachusett s_______________________________ UMass CAA Football Offi cials Bureau __________________6 Dave Meggett - 1988 Walter Payton Winner ____118 New Hampshire________________________________ UNH Derrick Lloyd - 2001 Buck Buchanan Winner ____118 Northeastern ___________________________________ NU CAA Football Championship Tie-breaker _________7 Rhode Island ___________________________________ URI Sean McDonnell - 2005 Eddie Robinson Winner _119 Richmond _____________________________________ UR 2008 Preview Mickey Matt hews - 1999 Eddie Robinson Winner _119 Towson ________________________________________TU 2008 Preseason All-Conference Team _________ 8-9 Andy Talley - 1997 Eddie Robinson Winner _____119 Vermont ______________________________________VER Villanova ______________________________________ VU 2008 Non-Conference Opponents __________ 10-12 Dan Allen - 1993 Eddie Robinson Winner _______119 50th Anniversary All-Conference Team ________120 William and Mary ______________________________ WM 2008 Team Previews CAA Football All-Americans _____________ 121-123 CREDITS Delaware Blue Hens _____________________ 13-18 CAA Football All-Time Award Winners _________124 Editor and Cover Designs Scott Meyer, Director of CAA Football Communicati ons Hofstra Pride ___________________________ 19-24 CAA Football All-Conference Teams _______ 125-135 James Madison Dukes ____________________25-30 CAA Football In The NFL Draft ____________ 136-137 CAA Football In The NFL ________________ 138-139 Editorial Assistance Maine Black Bears _______________________ 31-36 Niki DeSanti s, Rob Washburn, Tara Gagnon, Tom Yeager, Massachusett s Minutemen _______________ 37-42 Kelly Bowmaster, Pete Hock, Chuck Boone, CAA Staff , David Media Services New Hampshire Wildcats _________________ 43-48 Berman, Thomas Chen, Pete Clawson, Doug DeBiase, Mike DeGeorge, Pete DiVito, Jack Grinold, Steve Haug, Dean Northeastern Huskies ____________________ 49-54 CAA Football Style Guide _______________ 140-141 CAA Football Media Services ________________142 Kenefi ck, Gary Michael, Dan O’Connell, Scott Selheimer, Jim Rhode Island Rams ______________________ 55-60 Sheehan, Stuart Smith, Scott Stapin, Rob Turner, Jason Yellin Richmond Spiders _______________________ 61-66 CAA Football Media Relati ons Directory _______143 Towson Tigers __________________________ 67-72 2008 CAA Football Composite Schedule _______144 Photography Villanova Wildcats _______________________ 73-78 Scott Brown, Bob Burleigh, Dan Cook, Franc Cook, Niki DeSanti s, Diane Elliot, Michael Fabus, Michael C. Hebert, William and Mary Tribe ___________________79-84 Phil Hoff man, Al Jennings, Cathy Kushner, Mark Kwolek, Erik Mackey, Heather McCallister, Scott McCallister, Jerry 2007 Season Review Millevoi, Paige Ozaroski, John H. Reid III, Harry Scull Jr., Jim 2007 Conference Standings __________________85 Sheehan, Bill Smith, James D. Smith, Kevin Tucker, Bill Wood, 2007 NCAA Championship Bracket _____________85 Jason Yellin, Dave Yoblick 2007 All-Conference Teams __________________86 Special Thanks 2007 Final Nati onal Polls _____________________87 2008 CAA Football SID’s, Rick Christman and Sharon Cook of 2007 Final Miscellaneous Stati sti cs _________ 88-92 Colonial Printi ng, Steve Haug, Brent Nultemeier 2007 Final Individual Stati sti cs _____________ 93-95 2007 Final Team Stati sti cs _________________96-98 Printed By Colonial Printi ng, Inc., of Richmond, Va. 2007 CAA Football All-Americans ______________99 The 2008 CAA Football Media Guide was produced by the CAA Football communicati ons staff and published by the Records Colonial Athleti c Associati on. The guide was produced using Year-By-Year Standings _________________ 100-102 Adobe InDesign CS2 and Adobe Photoshop CS2, while all covers were produced using Adobe Photoshop CS2 All-Time Coaching Records __________________103 All-Time Rushing Records ___________________104 2007 CAA Football Guide On the Cover All-Time Passing Records _______________ 105-106 Named Fourth-Best In The Check out page 142 for a listi ng of all the athletes on both the Front Cover and Inside Back Cover. The Front Cover All-Time Receiving Records __________________107 Country All-Time Scoring Records _______________ 108-109 includes student-athletes from each of CAA Football 12 member schools. The Inside Back Cover includes a majority All-Time Defensive/All-Purpose Records _______110 The 2007 CAA Football Media Guide was judged of the 39 former conference standouts who played in the All-Time Special Teams Records ______________111 the fourth-best media guide among all entries NFL during the 2007 season. in the NCAA Athleti c Conference Division by the College Sports Informati on Directors of America. bbackack forfor moremore - 1 ccaaaa footballfootball wwww.caasports.comww.caasports.com 8625 Patterson Avenue | Richmond, VA 23229 www.CAASports.com 804-754-1616 -- Phone | 804-754-1830 -- Fax he inaugural season of CAA Football kicked off in 2007 with four marking the eighth ti me in 11 years a CAA Football squad plans to take the nati on’s premier has competed in the semifi nals. Delaware conference in the Football Cham- CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP logged a win in the semifi nals to earn the T HISTORY pionship Subdivision (FCS, formerly I-AA) league its fourth Nati onal Final berth in School Membership Years to even greater heights and the mission Boston University ______________1973-1997 fi ve seasons, while Richmond fell to the was accomplished. The league boasted as Connecti cut ___________________1947-1999 eventual nati onal champions. Following Delaware __________________ 1986-present many as seven teams ranked among the the season, the league notched a total of Hofstra ___________________ 2001-present nati onal Top-25 during the season, logged James Madison _____________ 1993-present 67 All-America honors. James Madison 15 nati onal player of the week honorees Maine ____________________ 1947-present safety Tony LeZott e became the fi rst player Massachusett s _____________ 1947-present and culminated the regular season suc- New Hampshire ____________ 1947-present in conference history to earn All-America cess by advancing a record fi ve squads to Northeastern ______________ 1993-present honors in every year of his career, while Rhode Island _______________ 1947-present the NCAA Playoff s fi eld of 16. Richmond _________________ 1986-present New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos The success did not stop on Selecti on Towson ___________________ 2004-present left his name among the NCAA’s career Vermont _____________________1947-1974 Sunday. CAA Football came within four Villanova __________________ 1988-present Top-3 in touchdown passes, passing yards points of all fi ve squads advancing to the William and Mary ___________ 1993-present and total off ense. quarterfi nal round of the NCAA Cham- The quality and depth of CAA Football pionships. Both Delaware and Richmond moved on to the fi nal is unmatched in the FCS. Ten of the league’s 12 teams have par- CAA Football Staff Tom Yeager Chuck Boone Scott Meyer Jim Maconaghy Kathleen Batterson Robert Goodman Commissioner Director of Director of Coordinator Senior Associate Senior Associate Football Football of Football Commissioner Commissioner Operations Communications Officials Pete Hock Rob Washburn Niki DeSantis Kelly Bowmaster Stephanie Lusby Tara Gagnon Associate Associate Communications Director of Director of Office Commissioner Commissioner Director Video Services Operations Administrator Broadcast Communications Services 2 - bbackack forfor moremore ccaaaa footballfootball wwww.caasports.comww.caasports.com THE HISTORY OF CAA FOOTBALL 1993 1974 1986 James Madison, Vermont Delaware Northeastern 1999 ends & & Connecti cut 2004 membership Richmond William and Mary ends Towson 1973 join join 1997 membership joins 1946 Boston 1997 2007 Boston 1988 2001 University