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2007 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALL
WR Kyle Callahan (6-0, 197, JR)
ranks 7th in receptions per game
(7.000).
QB Joey Waters (5-11, 207, SR)
ranks 8th in passing yards per game
(268.300).
Red-Zone effectiveness
Union has been in the red zone
11 times during the first 2 games of
the season, scoring 9 times. Union’s
opponents have also entered the red
zone 15 times, but have scored just
11 times.
However, Union has only scored 51
points while its opponents has tallied
75 points. The difference is that 3 of
Union’s red-zone scores have been
field goals with opponents racking up
11 TDs (2 of the PATs were no good).
Waters aiming for passing record
QB Joey Waters (5-11, 207, SR)
continues his assault on the Bulldog
record.
Through the first two games of
the season, Waters has completed
70-of-108 passes for 805 yards and
9 touchdowns. Waters is currently
third on the all-time passing yardage
list at 5,469 and is just 1,047 yards
away from overtaking Worley for the
top spot. Stanley Niece is second at
5,524 yards.
Waters is also 28 completions and
143 attempts away from those career
records. Niece owns both marks at
496 completions and 977 attempts.
Waters holds the program record for
touchdown passes in a season (21)
and touchdown passes in a career
(48).
Callahan, Kelly on pace to history
As targets for Waters, WR Kyle
Callahan (6-0, 197, JR) and WR
Shawn Kelly (5-8, 175, SR) are on
pace to break some single-season
receiving and career records.
With 21 receptions, Callahan is averaging
7.0 catches per game. At the
current rate, he could haul in 75-plus
GAME NOTES
2007 Mid-South Conference Standings & Stats
Last Week’s Results
Mars Hill def. Cumberlands (KY), 35-17
Shorter def. LaGrange, 38-12
Saint Francis (Ind.) def. Pikeville, 55-3
Belhaven def. Texas College, 55-43
Georgetown def. Cumberland (TN), 63-3
Murray State def. Lambuth, 48-13
Malone def. Union, 55-21
Morehead State def. West Virginia Tech, 34-7
*-MSC divisional game; All times are Eastern.
passes and surpass the school record
of 65 receptions - set by Courtney
Elesby in 2005. Also, with his 95.7
receiving yards per game, Callahan is
on pace to amass over 1,000 yards -
which would surpass the school mark
of 825 set by Chris Kearson in 1993.
EAST DIVISION
Conference Overall
School W L W L
University of the Cumberlands 1 0 2 1
UVa-Wise 0 0 3 0
Georgetown College 0 0 1 1
Pikeville College 0 0 1 2
West Virginia Tech 0 0 0 3
Union College 0 1 0 3
WEST DIVISION
Conference Overall
School W L W L
Bethel College 0 0 2 1
Shorter College 0 0 2 1
Belhaven College 0 0 1 2
Lambuth University 0 0 1 2
Campbellsville University 0 0 0 2
Cumberland University 0 0 0 2
This Week’s Schedule
* Shorter @ Campbellsville, 1:30 pm
* West Virginia Tech @ Cumberlands (KY), 1:30 pm
* Georgetown @ UVa-Wise, 1:30 pm
* Cumberland (TN) @ Lambuth, 2:30 pm
* Union @ Pikeville, 6 pm
* Bethel @ Belhaven, 7:30 pm
*-MSC divisional game; All times are Eastern.
MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Matt Rich (Belhaven/Offensive), Gabe Guthrie (Georgetown/Defensive) and Hunter Meade (Cumberlands/Special
Teams) have been named this weeks Mid-South Conference Players of the Week in football.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Belhaven quarterback Matt Rich is the MSC Offensive Player of the Week. The 6’3 senior from Cumming, Georgia
threw a school-record six touchdowns in the Blazers 55-43 victory over Texas College. Rich fi nished the day completing
19 of 27 passes for 358 yards. Matt also ran for two additional touchdowns for the Blazers, now 1-2 on the season.
Belhaven will open Mid-South Conference play next weekend at 6:30 p.m. when they host NAIA #6 Bethel College.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
The MSC Defensive Player of the Week comes from NAIA #9 Georgetown College. Gabe Guthrie, a 6’1 senior linebacker
from Xenia, Ohio recorded 14 total tackles (11 solo) in the Tigers 63-3 win over MSC foe Cumberland University
(TN). Gabe also tallied four sacks in just under three quarters of action for the Tigers (1-1). Up next for the Tigers will be
a visit to undefeated and #13 ranked Virginia-Wise for a 1:30 p.m. Mid-South game.
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior kicker Hunter Meade of the University of the Cumberlands is the MSC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Meade, a 5’11 native of Bristol, Virginia, was successful on both his point after attempts during the Patriots 35-17 loss
against NCAA DII Mars Hill College. Meade also nailed a 26 yard fi eld goal, his only attempt of the game. The nationally
recognized Cumberlands (2-1) will be at home this coming weekend as they host WVU Tech in a MSC divisional game.
Only two players have amassed 800-
plus receiving yards in a season with
Jim Maynor’s 805 in 2000 being the
other.
With 13 receptions this season,
Kelly now ranks 10th on the all-time
career receptions list. To date, he has
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