WOFFORD COLLEGE 2007 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Wofford (9-3, 5-2) vs. Richmond (10-2, 7-1) Saturday, December 1, 2007 Game 13 Wofford This Week vs. Richmond And then there were eight ... Wofford traveled to Montana and defeated the Grizzlies 23-22 to advance to the quarterfinals of the When Saturday, December 1, 2007 FCS Playoffs ... Wofford is taking part in the NCAA FCS Playoffs for the second time in school history, and have advanced to the Kickoff at 7:00 p.m. ET quarterfinals each time ... Wofford was 8-3 in the regular season, with wins over Georgetown (Ky.), Charleston Southern, Appalachian State, Furman, The Citadel, Gardner-Webb, Western Carolina and Chattanooga, and losses at NC State, against Elon and against Site Gibbs Stadium Georgia Southern ... Richmond, 10-2 overall and 7-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association, shared the CAA title with Massachusetts (natural grass, capacity 13,000) ... The Spiders are in the FCS (Division I-AA) Playoffs for the sixth time in school history, and the second time in the last three years Radio ESPN 1400 AM ... Wofford is second in the nation in rushing offense with 319.25 yards per game on the ground ... The Terriers are eighth in the Mark Hauser, Thom Henson nation in interceptions with 19 on the season ... The Terriers lead the Southern Conference in scoring defense and interceptions Tom Brown (sideline) and are second in rushing offense, rushing defense, total defense, kickoff returns and sacks allowed ... The Spiders are twelfth in TV ESPN GamePlan the nation in rushing offense and are second in the CAA in rushing offense, total offense, scoring offense, net punting, punt returns Dave Armstrong, Mike Gottfried and sacks ... Wofford has 711 carries this season, the most in the FCS ... Wofford is ranked 11th overall in the Sports Network poll and Series First Meeting 12th in the FCS Coaches Poll ... Richmond is ranked sixth by the Sports Network and eighth in the FCS Coaches Poll ... The Terriers earned the Southern Conference automatic bid by virtue of the win over the Mountaineers in September ... Richmond earned an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs. Series Despite being only 370 miles apart, this will be the first meeting ever between Richmond and Wofford. Head Coaches Wofford head coach Mike Ayers (Georgetown, KY ‘74), the winningest coach in school history, is in his 20th season at the Terrier helm with a record of 132-92-1 ... Ayers is in his 23rd year as a collegiate head coach and has a record of 143-113-2 that includes a three-year stint as the head coach at East Tennessee State from 1985-87 ... Ayers has earned Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors in four of the last eight years, being so honored by the league coaches in 2000, 2003 and 2007 and by the media in 2000, ‘02 and ‘03 ... Ayers was the 2003 recipient of the Eddie Robinson Award as Division I-AA’s National Coach of the Year and also earned the Game Week 2002 Division I-AA National Coach of the Year award from the College Sporting News (I-AA.org) in addition to being the runner-up • Coach Ayers Lunch: Media members are invited to for the Robinson Award ... Between 2002-04, Ayers led the Terriers to a 29-8 overall record and an 18-5 league mark including a the weekly Mike Ayers Luncheon held on Mondays at 11:30 a.m. in the Ginkgo Room of the Burwell Building on campus. Wofford players will be present if class schedules permit. Please call in advance if you plan on attending. • Interviews: All interviews with Wofford coaches and players can be arranged by contacting athletic media relations director Brent Williamson at (864) 597-4093 or by email at [email protected] WOFFORD RICHMOND • Practices: All Wofford practices are open to the (9-3, 5-2) (10-2, 7-1) media. Please contact the athletic media relations Sept. 1 GEORGETOWN (KY) W 38-21 Sept. 1 at Vanderbilt L 41-17 office for an updated schedule. Sept. 8 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 52-24 • SoCon Teleconference: The Southern Conference Sept. 8 at Northeastern * W 49-14 holds a weekly teleconference throughout the sea- Sept. 15 at NC State L 38-17 Sept. 22 at Bucknell W 45-14 son. This week, Appalachian State and Wofford will Sept. 22 APPALACHIAN STATE * W 42-31 Sept. 29 NEW HAMPSHIRE * W 45-38 each be available, with the head coach along with Sept. 29 at Furman * W 45-20 Oct. 6 at Towson * L 23-21 two players. Oct. 6 at The Citadel * W 28-7 Oct. 13 STONY BROOK W 42-0 Oct. 13 GARDNER-WEBB W 52-17 Oct. 20 RHODE ISLAND W 38-6 Time (ET) Coach, School Oct. 20 ELON * L 24-13 Oct. 27 at James Madison * W 17-16 10:00 - 10:15 Jerry Moore, Appalachian St. Oct. 25 at Western Carolina * W 47-44 Nov. 3 VILLANOVA * W 35-27 10:15 - 10:30 Mike Ayers, Wofford Nov. 3 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * L 38-35 Nov. 10 at Delaware * W (OT) 35-27 SoCon Teleconference Number Nov. 10 at Chattanooga * W 42-16 Nov. 17 WILLIAM AND MARY W 31-20 1-866-375-5101 Nov. 24 at Montana W 23-22 Nov. 24 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 31-14 Dec. 1 RICHMOND 7:00 pm Dec. 1 at Wofford 7:00 pm conference championship and an appearance in the Division I-AA national semifinals in 2003. Quick Notes vs. Montana Wofford is 9-3 overall on the season, the fifth time in school history with 9 or more wins in a season Richmond head coach Dave Clawson (Williams ‘89) is in his fourth season as head coach of the ... The temperature at kickoff was 13 degrees, the second coldest ever for a FCS first round playoff Spiders ... In four seasons at Richmond he is 28-19 ... Previously he served as head coach at Fordham game ... The trip was the longest in history for Wofford, as the Terriers flew 2,330 miles roundtrip ... for five seasons, winning the Patriot League title in 2002 ... Overall, he is 57-48 as a head coach ...He Wofford had the ball for 32:32, making the Terriers 7-0 when having the edge in time of possession was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2002 and was also NCAA I-AA Coach of the ... The Terriers won a game for the first time this season after being behind at the half; Wofford Year in 2002 ... Richmond won the Atlantic 10 in 2005 and was named conference Coach of the Year is 1-3 now when trailing at the half ... Wofford is 3-0 for the season on artificial surfaces ... The and NCAA I-AA Coach of the Year ... A 1989 graduate of Williams College, Clawson began his coaching Terriers were -3 on turnovers in the game ... Wofford completed on four passes in the game, with career at Albany ... He also served as an assistant coach at Buffalo, Lehigh and Villanova. the first coming at 12:43 in the fourth quarter ... Patrick Mugan’s 31-yard field goal was the second longest of his career ... Kevious Johnson rushed for 145 yards on 20 carries, a season-high and his Terrier-Spider Connections fifth 100+ yard game of the season ... The Terriers defense recorded five sacks by five different Wofford High School Richmond players, the most this season ... Jared McCollough and Filmon Dawkins had their first sacks of the Nathan Page ............................... Providence Day (NC) ........................................Taylor Harper season and career ... Jason Leventis led the team with 14 tackles, a career high ... Seth Goldwire Johnson Richardson .................................................................................................................. had eleven tackles, giving him 101 on the season, a career-high. Joe Fornadel ...................................Mt. Lebanon (PA) .............................. Matthew McCracken Derek Tiller ......................................Collins Hill (GA) .............................................Pierre Turner Random Playoff Notes Wofford will host a FCS Playoff game for the third time in school history this weekend ... The Wofford has one player from Virginia, freshman wide receiver Brian Mizelle. Richmond does not match-up will be of the only two private institutions in the Playoff field ... Furman is the only have any players from South Carolina Wofford head coach Mike Ayers served one season as an private school to win a FCS National Championship ... Wofford was the first “warm weather” team assistant coach at Richmond in 1979 for head coach Jim Tait. to win at Montana in the playoffs, ending a 16-0 run by the Grizzlies ... Richmond Last Week SoCon Champions In the first round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs, Richmond hosted Eastern Kentucky and won 31-14. Tim With the win at Chattanooga and losses by Georgia Southern and Elon, the Terriers claimed a share Hightower ran for a Richmond postseason record 180 yards and a touchdown, while the Spiders of the Southern Conference Championship with Appalachian State. The Terriers earned the automatic turned four Eastern Kentucky turnovers into 14 points. Hightower’s touchdown carry on the first bid based on the 42-31 win over the Mountaineers on September 22. It is the second SoCon title play of the second quarter gave the Spiders a 10-0 lead after Andrew Howard booted a 25-yard in the eleven seasons that Wofford has been a member of the conference. field goal. After a Josh Greco touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal to Quinton Williams pulled the Colonels within 24-14 early in the fourth quarter, the Spiders answered on the ensuing drive with a six-yard TD pass of their own from Eric Ward to Kevin Grayson and never looked back.