UC Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Christian - Union College

2010 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALL
GAME NOTES
allowing more than 21 points.
INTs By Committee
The Bulldog defense has picked off 13
passes in 10 games in 2009. This is after
only intercepting 10 passes in 12 games in
2008.
Amazingly, 10 different players
have picked off passes this year for the
Bulldogs. Bert Brown (DB 5-9, 168) led
way with 3 INTs.
Converting Turnovers Into Points
Union dominated the turnover battle the
past 2 seasons, but the Bulldogs got off to a
rocky start in this regard in 2010. In the 47-
36 season-opening loss to Campbellsville
(Ky.) on Sept. 4, Union turned the ball
over 6 times (4 INTs, 2 fumbles) while
Campellsville had 3 turnovers (1 INT, 2
fumbles). The Bulldogs converted those
miscues into 13 points, while the Tigers
cashed in for 21 points.
In 2009, Union had 30 takeaways to the
opponents’ 17. Union garnered 111 points
off of those miscues, while the opponents
have tallied 61 points from the Bulldogs’
17 turnovers.
In 2008, Union won the turnover battles
as the Bulldogs have created 25 takeaways
and only had 20 giveaways. Also, Union
has been able to turn those takeaways in
to 72 points this season, while opponents
have only registered 56 points off of
Union’s miscues.
TURNOVERS TABLE
2009 Takeaways Pts. Giveaways Pts.
Campbellsville 3 13 6 21
KY Christian
Wofford
UVa-Wise
Cumberlands
Bethel
Lindsey Wilson
Belhaven
Cumberland
Shorter
Faulkner
Totals 3 13 6 21
UC Turnover Margin: -3
UC TO Scoring Margin: -8
Controlling Momentum
On Sept., 4, 2010, The Bulldogs
stayed right with Campbellsville (Ky.)
scoring-wise in the first and third quarters.
However, the Tigers kept momentum going
in the second and fourth quarters to close
out the halves.
In the first and third quarters, Union was
only outscored 14-13. Yet in the second
and fourth quarters, Union was outscored
33-23.
This is opposite of what Union did
in 2009. Last season, Union outscored
opponents in the first (80-63), second
(77-72) and fourth (106-63) quarters but
struggled in the third as it was outscored
53-38.
Union owned the third quarter in 2008,
outscoring its opponents 107-48. But the
Bulldogs struggled in the third quarter
as opponents are outscoring them 53-38.
However, Union owned a 106-63 edge in
the fourth quarter.
2010
Score by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total*
Union 6 13 7 10 - 36
Opponents 7 19 7 14 - 47
2009
Score by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total*
Union 80 77 38 106 - 301
Opponents 63 72 53 63 - 257
*-Union outscored 6-0 in OT
2008
Score by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Union 90 105 107 67 - 369
Opponents 92 84 48 108 - 332
By Air Or By Land - UC Getting It Done
By and large, Union has been a passoriented
team in recent years. However, the
Bulldogs have been a two-headed monster
in recent seasons.
The balanced attack continued to be the
theme in the season opener on Sept. 4,
2010, as the Bulldogs ran for 241 yards
and passed for another 248 for 489 yards in
total offense.
In 2009, Union tallied 3,778 yards in
total offense with 1,347 coming on the
ground and 2,431 through the air. This is
just a continuation of what the Bulldogs
accomplished in 2008 when Union tallied
4,354 total yards on offense with 2,611
through the air and 1,691 on the ground.
New Season, New Changes
Every new season brings forth new
changes. And the 2010 season is no
different.
While one of the more noticable changes
around Burch/Nau Field is the new, stateof-the-art
scoreboard which is 100 percent
digital with a LED message board, biggest
change is the Bulldogs moving divisions
within the Mid-South Conference.
Since the MSC had been split into the
divisions in 2005, Union had been in the
MSC East. That is no more as the Bulldogs
have been told to “Go west.”
Union and archrival Cumberlands (Ky.)
now join Belhaven (Miss.), Bethel (Tenn.),
Cumberland (Tenn.), Faulkner (Ala.) and
Shorter (Ga.) in the MSC West.
Kentucky Christian and football
newcomer Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) are in
the MSC East along with Campbellsville
(Ky.), Georgetown (Ky.), Pikeville (Ky.),
UVa-Wise and West Virginia Tech.
Lambuth (Tenn.) is no longer in the
MSC and now competes as an independent
in football.
It’d Been A While
When Union held West Virginia Tech
scoreless on Oct. 3, 2009, it marked the
first time since the 1993 season opener that
the Bulldogs shut out an opponent - a span
of 169 games.
Union opened the 1993 season with a
30-0 win over Tennessee Wesleyan.
The 31-0 win over West Virginia Tech
was just the 6th shutout in the modern era
of Bulldog football (since 1985). From
1905-41, Union recorded 45 shutouts to
give the Bulldogs 51 in their history.
In case you were wondering, the last
time Union posted back-to-back shutouts
came during the 1940 season when the
Bulldogs defeated Rio Grande (Ohio) 12-0
and tied Transylvania (Ky.) 0-0. The last
time Union had two shutouts in a season
was 1989 when it defeated Kentucky
Wesleyan 34-0 and Tennessee Wesleyan
20-0.
Recent OT History Not Kind To UC
Union has played in 6 overtime games
and is 2-4 in such contests.
The Bulldogs won their first 2 extended
period games, defeating Cumberland
(Ky.) College 24-23 in 1996 and Pikeville
(Ky.) College 17-16 in 2001. However,
since then, Union has lost its last 3
overtime games. In 2002, Union lost
32-29 to NCAA Division II Concord
(W.Va.) College. The Bulldogs lost 9-3 at
Campbellsville (Ky.) University in 2003.
Union’s last overtime game was in 2004
when it fell 32-25 to Pikeville. And Union
closed out the 2009 season with a 37-31
overtime loss to Belhaven.
Union versus NCAA Division I
Union has faced 6 difference NCAA
Division I opponents and will play its
seventh DI foe on Sept. 18, at Wofford
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