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2011 NEWBERRY WOLVES GAME NOTES GAME SEVEN • TUSCULUM • Oct. 22
TEAM COMPARISON
Newberry ...................... CATEGORY........................ Tusculum
21.5...................................... Scoring Offense......................................22.4
299.3...................................... Total Offense...................................... 374.7
132.7...................................... Rush Offense.........................................62.9
166.7.......................................Pass Offense....................................... 311.9
23.3......................................Scoring Defense......................................35.1
312.5......................................Total Defense...................................... 425.3
142.8......................................Rush Defense...................................... 286.3
169.7...................................... Pass Defense...................................... 139.0
19.9.......................................Kick Return Avg......................................21.5
8.8........................................Punt Return Avg........................................ 5.8
33.3.......................................... Net Punting..........................................30.4
6.........................................Fumbles Recovered...................................... 11
5............................................Interceptions By............................................2
11........................................Turnovers Gained........................................ 13
6............................................... Fumbles Lost............................................ 10
12....................................Interceptions Thrown.......................................7
18...........................................Turnovers Lost........................................... 17
minus-7..............................Turnover Margin..............................minus-4
70.7.................................. Penalty Yards/Game..................................69.3
12.1..................................Punt Return Defense..................................30.5
14.9.................................. Kick Return Defense...................................257
45-167.................................Tackles For Loss................................ 33-121
15-93..............................................Sacks..............................................10-83
THE GAME
• Newberry College is in its 97th season of intercollegiate football.
• Neither squad is ranked or receiving votes in the AFCA Coaches’ Poll and neither is
ranked in the D2Football.com poll.
• The teams share nine common opponents. Both teams will play a full SAC schedule
as well as North Greenville and UNC Pembroke. Newberry holds a 1-1 record against
those played thus far, defeating Catawba and losing to North Greenville, while TC is 0-2
against those schools.
• This is the 89th season of football at Setzler Field and the Wolves’ sixth season on the
artificial surface.
• The Wolves play the first of back-to-back home games for the first time in a year (Oct.
23 and 30, 2010).
THE SERIES
• This game is the 14th meeting between Newberry and Tusculum.
• Tusculum leads the series 8-5, with the series going back to 1998. Tusculum won the
first meeting, 31-28.
• Newberry is 1-5 all-time at home against the Pioneers, with the one win coming in
2007’s 17-14 comeback win capped by an Andre Moyd INT return for a touchdown.
• Newberry won last year’s meeting, 63-56, behind 8 total touchdowns from Bryan Ehrlich
(7 passing, 1 rushing) and 322 receiving yards by Brandon Bostick.
• Tusculum won the last meeting at Setzler Field in 2009, 34-31, after trailing by 11 at
halftime.
THE COACHES
NEWBERRY: Todd Knight (Gardner-Webb, 1989) is in his third season as Newberry’s
head coach and his second season as a collegiate head coach. He has an 12-14 record
and a record of 4-1 against teams ranked in the AFCA Divsion II Top 25. He has a 9-9
record against the South Atlantic Conference. In 2009, Knight led Newberry to a 6-4
record and became the first Newberry head coach to record a winning record in his inaugural
season since Reed Charpia in 1978. In 2010, Knight led Newberry to a 4-6 record.
This is his third meeting with Tusculum, with the road team winning each time.
TUSCULUM: Frankie DeBusk (Furman, 1991) is in his 14th season as the Pioneers’
head coach and as a collegiate head coach. He has a record of 79-69 overall, and 40-48
in SAC play. He was the 2008 SAC Coach of the Year as well as AFCA Region Coach of
the Year.
THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT: TUSCULUM
• Previous Harlon Hill candidate quarterback Bo Cordell was knocked out of the season
with an injury against North Greenville, and the new signal callers have had a hard
time matching TC’s previous offensive aptitude.
• Torrey Slaven will get the chance to get the Pioneers’ offense rolling again. He has
completed 71-of-101 passes for 777 yards, 7 touchdowns and no interceptions in three
games.
• Deonte Gist is a threat, leading three receivers with more than 40 catches in 7 games.
He has 54 catches for 604 yards a 3 TDs, while Michael Rodriquez has 53 catches for 428
yards and a score. Rashaad Carter has 43 catches for 552 yards and 4 TDs.
• Marcus Foster leads the rushing department with 53 carries for 201 yards and 2 TDs,
along with 20 catches for 139 yards and a score.
• Foster and Gist also each have over 300 yards in the kickoff return category.
• Kicker Logan Cornelius has made all 18 PAT attempts, but is only 7-of-12 on field goal
attempts.
• Brian Alexander’s 55 tackles leads the team.
THIS YEAR’S CAPTAINS
• The team selected five captains for the 2011 season with two on offense and three
on defense.
• The offensive captains are quarterback Bryan Ehrlich, center Chase Gamble and
guard Lequawn James.
• The defensive captains are inside linebacker Apollo Stretch and cornerback James
Bostick.
THE ORDER OF THE GRAY STRIPE
• A total of 12 Newberry players wear a distinctive gray stripe down the center of their
helmets. This is awarded by the coaching staff to players who are not only fine athletes
but who are also exemplary in the classroom and in the community.
• Each member of the order signs an oath which reads: “This document certifies that
the following student-athletes have mutually pledged to each other their commitment
to proudly serve our program with honor on and off the field of friendly strife. They
furthermore promise and swear to abide by and stand firm to the rules and regulations
of the program and it is not only their right, but their duty to leave behind a legacy that
will ensure the successes of Newberry College Football for ages to come.”
• The Order represents less than just over five percent of the football program as a whole.
• The 12 current members of the Order of the Gray Stripe are
- Brandon Bostick, senior wide receiver, Florence, S.C. (inducted prior to NGU game)
- James Bostick, senior cornerback, Scotia, S.C.
- Eli Charles, junior defensive end, Green Cove Springs, Fla.
- Bryan Ehrlich, junior quarterback, San Antonio, Texas
- Chase Gamble, senior center, Dallas, N.C.
- Kelton Hall, junior linebacker, Clinton, S.C. (inducted prior to NGU game)
- Ben Inabinet,senior tackle, Irmo, S.C.
- Lequawn James, senior guard, North, S.C.
- Joe Smith, junior linebacker, Jonesville, S.C.
- Arsenio Smoot, senior defensive end, Newberry, S.C.
- Apollo Stretch, senior linebacker, Columbia, S.C.
- Ryan Williams, junior fullback, Gainesville, Fla.
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