UC Bulldogs vs. W.Va. Tech - Union College Athletics

2008 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALL
GAME NOTES
GAME 1 - LAMBUTH
Sept. 6, 2008
UNION 27
LAMBUTH 21
JACKSON, Tenn. - Union College shook off some voodoo
Saturday as it opened the 2008 season with a 27-21 victory at
Lambuth (Tenn.) University, marking the fi rst time since 1997 Union
has defeated Lambuth.
Lambuth (0-2 overall) took the early lead, marching 87 yards in 10
plays to grab a 7-0 lead. Marquis Williams scored on a 27-yard run
with 7:02 remaining in the fi rst.
Union (1-0 overall) struck twice in the second quarter en route to
a 14-7 halftime lead. At the 9:06 mark, Mike Brinkley (Anthony, Fla.)
hit Kyle Callahan (Covington, Ky.) for a 17-yard touchdown pass to
tie the game at 7-7. After a Lambuth fumble, the Bulldogs found the
end zone in no time. Terence Pollock (Orange Park, Fla.) capped a
four-play, 20-yard drive with a 4-yard plunge as Union seized a 14-7
advantage with 6:03 left in the half.
Jacob Appleby (Harvest, Ala.) hit a 20-yard fi eld goal at the 11:15
mark in the third to make it 17-7. Midway through the third, Brinkley
and Callahan hooked up again; this time from 10-yards out as Union
built a 24-7 cushion.
Early in the fourth, Lambuth cut the margin to 24-14, but Appleby
booted an 18-yard fi eld goal to push the lead to 27-14 with 5:38
remaining.
Lambuth caught a break as it blocked a punt and ended up scoring
to pull within 27-21 with 2:23 to play.
However, the Bulldogs held on for the win, the fi rst at Lambuth
since 1994.
Lambuth caught a break as it blocked a punt and ended up scoring
to pull within 27-21 with 2:23 to play.
However, the Bulldogs held on for the win, the fi rst at Lambuth
since 1994.
Union narrowly outgained Lambuth 341-337. The Bulldogs had a
balanced attack with 147 yards rushing and 194 yards passing.
Offensively for Union, Brinkley completed 25-of-40 passes for 194
yards and two scores. Callahan hauled in eight passes for 85 yards
and two touchdowns, while Chris Thomas (Hopkinsville, Ky.) had six
receptions for 60 yards.
Pollock recorded his seventh 100-yard rushing game of his career,
racking up 133 yards on 23 carries. In addition, Pollock now has
1,506 career rushing yards.
Defensively, newcomer and senior Willie Williams (Miami, Fla.)
had an impressive debut with 12 total tackles, 2.5 for a loss, two
sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
For Lambuth, Adam Wiese completed 13-of-19 passes for 107
yards and two touchdowns. Wiese also led the Eagles in rushing
with 51 yards on eight carries. Cedric Fisher led Lambuth defensively
with 13 stops and one blocked punt.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
UNION 0 14 10 3 -27
LAMBUTH 7 0 0 14 -21
SCORING SUMMARY
1st - LU - Williams 27 run (Nannery kick)
2nd - UC - Callahan 17 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)
UC - Pollock 4 run (Appleby kick)
3rd - UC - Appleby 20 FG
UC - Hicks 10 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)
4th - LU - Smith 10 pass from Wiese (Nannery kick)
UC - Appleby 18 FG
LU - Okechukwu 7 pass from Wiese (Nannery kick)
TEAM STATS UC LU
First Downs 20 18
Rushes-Yards 34-147 28-140
Passing Yards 208 193
Passes (C-A-I) 25-40-0 22-38-2
Total Offense Plays-Yards 74-355 66-333
Punts-Average 6-22.0 3-25.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 6-40 7-98
Time of Possession 34:04 25:56
Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 6 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2
Sacks By-Yards 3-19 1-9
UNION
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg
Pollock 23 133 0 133 1 33
Kelly 3 14 0 14 0 12
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg
Brinkley 40 25 0 208 2 19
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg
Callahan 7 75 1 19
Thomas 7 60 0 16
LAMBUTH
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg
Wiese 7 48 7 41 0 15
Robinson 8 57 19 38 0 33
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg
Wiese 19 13 1 114 2 20
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg
Smith 8 63 1 15
Okechukwu 3 19 1 8
GAME 2 - MALONE
Sept. 13, 2008
MALONE 28
UNION 35
BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - Union College put together a dominating
second-half performance to upset visiting No. 24 Malone (Ohio)
College 35-28 Saturday, extending the Bulldogs win streak to four
games.
Union is off to its fi rst 2-0 start since 1994 when it went 7-3.
Malone is now 0-1.
Trailing 28-21 at the half, Union struggled offensively during the
fi rst 30 minutes. The Bulldogs had the ball for only 12 minutes and
15 seconds and amassed just 91 yards in total offense. Meanwhile,
the Pioneers ate up 17:45 off the clock in the fi rst while racking up
285 yards.
But it was a different story in the second half.
The Bulldogs dominated the third quarter, hanging on to the ball
for 12:59 in the period. Taking the opening kick of the half, Union ate
8:19 off the clock while march 65 yards in 15 plays in tying the game
at 28-28. Mike Brinkley (Anthony, Fla.) hit diving Kyle Callahan (Covington,
Ky.) in the left side of the end zone at the 6:40 mark.
After forcing Malone to go three plays and out, Union continued its
ball-control offense. Taking possession with 5:05 on the clock, the
Bulldogs mounted an 11-play, 77-yard drive. Brinkley capped the
march with a 19-yard scoring pass to Rolando Dyer (Lawrenceburg,
Ga.) for a 35-28 lead with 27 seconds remaining in the third.
Union continued to eat up the clock in the fourth. After reeling off
47 offensive plays in the fi rst half, Malone had the ball just three
times in the second half with drives of three, seven and eight plays.
With 5:16 remaining, the Bulldogs got the ball on their 23-yard line
and appeared to be on the move to seal the win with a fi eld goal.
Instead, Union just chipped away at the clock, executing 11 plays in
running out the clock to capture the 35-28 victory.
Union had the ball for 34:21, marking the second game in a row
it had over 34 minutes in time of possession. In spite of the large
edge in time of possession, Malone outgained Union in total offense
353-297.
Despite throwing two fi rst-half interceptions, Brinkley fi nished the
game 17-of-25 for 170 yards and four touchdowns. Callahan tied a
22-year-old record with three touchdown catches as he pulled down
four passes for 39 yards. He joins Albert Pellingrino as the only
Bulldogs with three touchdown receptions in a game as Pellingrino
accomplished the feat against Lambuth (Tenn.) University in 1986.
Terence Pollock (Orange Park, Fla.) had just 69 yards rushing but
58 came in the second half. Darrell Taylor (Louisville, Ky.) helped
out with 23 yards on four carries. Ben Kelly (Cold Springs, Ky.) had
a good all-round day seven yards rushing and 53 yards receiving
on six catches.
Senior Willie Williams (Miami, Fla.) had 14 total stops, a sack
and a blocked punt to lead the Bulldog defense. Marekus Smith
(Lithonia, Ga.) and Jeremy Agbomi (Cincinnati, Ohio) each had eight
total tackles with Smith recording 2.5 tackles for a loss and forcing
a fumble.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
MALONE 14 14 0 0 -28
UNION 14 7 14 0 -35
SCORING SUMMARY
1st - UC - Young 21 fumble return (Appleby kick)
MC - Deardorff 2 pass from Orsagh (Allison kick)
UC - Callahan 22 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)
MC - Peters 2 run (Allison kick)
2nd - MC - Deardorff 22 pass from Orsagh (Allison kick)
UC - Callahan 5 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)
MC - Gore 17 pass from Orsagh (Allison kick)
3rd - UC - Callahan 2 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)
UC - Dyer 19 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)
TEAM STATS MC UC
First Downs 23 21
Rushes-Yards 30-141 44-127
Passing Yards 212 170
Passes (C-A-I) 20-35-0 17-25-2
Total Offense Plays-Yards 65-353 69-297
Punts-Average 5-36.0 4.31.2
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-62 8-54
Time of Possession 25:39 34:21
Third-Down Conversions 6 of 12 9 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1
Sacks By-Yards 2-6 2-12
MALONE
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg
Peters 15 82 4 78 1 21
Gore 10 77 3 74 0 31
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg
Orsagh 35 20 0 212 3 24
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg
Deardorff 11 134 2 24
Davis 4 39 0 14
UNION
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg
Pollock 20 80 11 69 0 16
D. Taylor 4 25 2 23 0 11
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg
Brinkley 25 17 2 170 4 22
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg
Kelly 6 53 0 13
Callahan 4 39 3 22
GAME 3 - FAULKNER
Sept. 20, 2008
UNION 23
FAULKNER 13
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Terence Pollock ran for a career-high 198
yards and scored twice as visiting No. 18 Union College held off
Faulkner (Ala.) University 23-13 Saturday.
Pollock’s (Orange Park, Fla.) fi rst carry of the day was one for the
highlight reel as he galloped 97 yards for a touchdown on Union’s
fi rst play from scrimmage. After the PAT, Union led 7-0 with 10:02
remaining in the fi rst.
The 97-yard run is the longest run in Pollock’s career. Prior to this
season, Pollock had not had a run longer than 26 yards. Howver, he
had a 33-yard run in the win at Lambuth (Tenn.) Universty on Sept.
6 and now a 97-yard gallop.
Pollock’s long sprint is close to the longest run in Bulldog history,
but Dayna Overton had 99-yard touchdown run against Tiffi n (Ohio)
University in 1998.
The junior running back fi nished the day with 198 yards on 20
carries, just 16 yards shy of James Fletcher’s single-game record of
214, which he set against Tennessee Wesleyan College in 1985.
As a team, Union rushed for 334 yards. The Bulldogs entered the
game with 274 rushing yards. Union only rushed for more than 200
yards once in 2007 (214 versus Campbellsville (Ky.) University on
Oct. 13, 2007). The last time Union ran for more than 300 yards
came in a 57-27 win over Bethel (Tenn.) College on Oct. 11, 2003,
as the Bulldogs amassed 377 yards on the ground.
Union outgained Faulkner 517-167 in total offense. Mike Brinkley
(Anthony, Fla.) completed 12-of-30 passes for 183 yards. He had
one interception, but it came just prior to the half and didn’t amount
to anything. Darrell Taylor (Louisville, Ky.) helped out with 48 yards
rushing on six carries, while Chris Thomas (Hopkinsville, Ky.) caught
three passes for 66 yards and ran for 33 yards on one carry.
Freshman Jacob Appleby (Harvest, Ala.) tied a school record with
three fi eld goals as he accounted for 11 points in the 10-point victory.
Appleby connected on fi eld goals of 22 and 34 yards in the fi rst
half as Union built a 13-0 lead with 10:55 left in the half.
Just before the half, Faulkner cracked scoring column just before
the half when Phillip Moore scampered 21 yards for a touchdown
with 46 seconds on the clock, making it 13-7 at the half.
With 2:26 to go in the third, Appleby booted another 22-yard fi eld
goal to up the margin to 16-7.
Union appeared to be on its way to extend its lead early the fourth
as it had the ball fi rst and 10 on the Faulkner 15. Twice the Bulldogs
got the ball into the end zone only to have the play nullifi ed by a
penalty. Facing fourth and 31 at the Faulkner 36, Union punted and
pinned the Eagles on their 12-yard line.
Faulkner turned the ball over on downs on its own 16, and Pollock
scored on the very next play to put Union up 23-7 with 6:23
remaining.
On the ensuing drive, Faulkner marched 64 yards in nine plays for
a touchdown. Moore hit Josh Cooper for an 8-yard pass. The Eagles
went for two on the PAT, but the run failed to leave the score 23-13
with 4:09 left.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
UNION 0 14 10 3 -27
FAULKNER 7 0 0 14 -21
SCORING SUMMARY
1st - UC - Pollock 97 run (Appleby kick)
UC - Appleby 22 FG
2nd - UC - Appleby 34 FG
FU - Moore 214 run (Corder kick)
3rd - UC - Appleby 22 FG
4th - UC - Pollock 16 run (Appleby kick)
FU - Cooper 8 pass from Moore (Jones rush failed)
TEAM STATS UC FU
First Downs 22 11
Rushes-Yards 42-334 26-58
Passing Yards 183 109
Passes (C-A-I) 12-30-1 12-38-0
Total Offense Plays-Yards 72-517 64-167
Punts-Average 8-25.4 10-38.7
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 7-75 7-59
Time of Possession 31:29 28:31
Third-Down Conversions 4 of 16 3 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 2
Sacks By-Yards 2-21 2-11
UNION
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg
Pollock 20 212 14 198 2 97
D. Taylor 6 49 1 48 0 20
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg
Brinkley 30 12 1 183 0 50
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg
Kelly 4 26 0 26
Thomas 3 66 0 50
FAULKNER
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg
Timmons 7 21 0 21 0 7
Williams 4 22 2 20 0 20
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg
Moore 38 12 0 109 1 25
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg
Padula 3 36 0 25
Cooper 3 35 1 19
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