2008 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALLGAME NOTESGAME 1 - LAMBUTHSept. 6, 2008UNION 27LAMBUTH 21JACKSON, Tenn. - <strong>Union</strong> <strong>College</strong> shook off some voodooSaturday as it opened the 2008 season with a 27-21 victory atLambuth (Tenn.) University, marking the fi rst time since 1997 <strong>Union</strong>has defeated Lambuth.Lambuth (0-2 overall) took the early lead, marching 87 yards in 10plays to grab a 7-0 lead. Marquis Williams scored on a 27-yard runwith 7:02 remaining in the fi rst.<strong>Union</strong> (1-0 overall) struck twice in the second quarter en route toa 14-7 halftime lead. At the 9:06 mark, Mike Brinkley (Anthony, Fla.)hit Kyle Callahan (Covington, Ky.) for a 17-yard touchdown pass totie the game at 7-7. After a Lambuth fumble, the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> found theend zone in no time. Terence Pollock (Orange Park, Fla.) capped afour-play, 20-yard drive with a 4-yard plunge as <strong>Union</strong> seized a 14-7advantage with 6:03 left in the half.Jacob Appleby (Harvest, Ala.) hit a 20-yard fi eld goal at the 11:15mark in the third to make it 17-7. Midway through the third, Brinkleyand Callahan hooked up again; this time from 10-yards out as <strong>Union</strong>built a 24-7 cushion.Early in the fourth, Lambuth cut the margin to 24-14, but Applebybooted an 18-yard fi eld goal to push the lead to 27-14 with 5:38remaining.Lambuth caught a break as it blocked a punt and ended up scoringto pull within 27-21 with 2:23 to play.However, the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> held on for the win, the fi rst at Lambuthsince 1994.Lambuth caught a break as it blocked a punt and ended up scoringto pull within 27-21 with 2:23 to play.However, the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> held on for the win, the fi rst at Lambuthsince 1994.<strong>Union</strong> narrowly outgained Lambuth 341-337. The <strong>Bulldogs</strong> had abalanced attack with 147 yards rushing and 194 yards passing.Offensively for <strong>Union</strong>, Brinkley completed 25-of-40 passes for 194yards and two scores. Callahan hauled in eight passes for 85 yardsand two touchdowns, while Chris Thomas (Hopkinsville, Ky.) had sixreceptions 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 has1,506 career rushing yards.Defensively, newcomer and senior Willie Williams (Miami, Fla.)had an impressive debut with 12 total tackles, 2.5 for a loss, twosacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.For Lambuth, Adam Wiese completed 13-of-19 passes for 107yards and two touchdowns. Wiese also led the Eagles in rushingwith 51 yards on eight carries. Cedric Fisher led Lambuth defensivelywith 13 stops and one blocked punt.SCORE BY QUARTERSUNION 0 14 10 3 -27LAMBUTH 7 0 0 14 -21SCORING SUMMARY1st - LU - Williams 27 run (Nannery kick)2nd - <strong>UC</strong> - Callahan 17 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)<strong>UC</strong> - Pollock 4 run (Appleby kick)3rd - <strong>UC</strong> - Appleby 20 FG<strong>UC</strong> - Hicks 10 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)4th - LU - Smith 10 pass from Wiese (Nannery kick)<strong>UC</strong> - Appleby 18 FGLU - Okechukwu 7 pass from Wiese (Nannery kick)TEAM STATS <strong>UC</strong> LUFirst Downs 20 18Rushes-Yards 34-147 28-140Passing Yards 208 193Passes (C-A-I) 25-40-0 22-38-2Total Offense Plays-Yards 74-355 66-333Punts-Average 6-22.0 3-25.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2Penalties-Yards 6-40 7-98Time of Possession 34:04 25:56Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 6 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2Sacks By-Yards 3-19 1-9UNIONRUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD LgPollock 23 133 0 133 1 33Kelly 3 14 0 14 0 12PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD LgBrinkley 40 25 0 208 2 19RECEIVING No Yds TD LgCallahan 7 75 1 19Thomas 7 60 0 16LAMBUTHRUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD LgWiese 7 48 7 41 0 15Robinson 8 57 19 38 0 33PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD LgWiese 19 13 1 114 2 20RECEIVING No Yds TD LgSmith 8 63 1 15Okechukwu 3 19 1 8GAME 2 - MALONESept. 13, 2008MALONE 28UNION 35BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - <strong>Union</strong> <strong>College</strong> put together a dominatingsecond-half performance to upset visiting No. 24 Malone (Ohio)<strong>College</strong> 35-28 Saturday, extending the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> win streak to fourgames.<strong>Union</strong> 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, <strong>Union</strong> struggled offensively during thefi rst 30 minutes. The <strong>Bulldogs</strong> had the ball for only 12 minutes and15 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 up285 yards.But it was a different story in the second half.The <strong>Bulldogs</strong> dominated the third quarter, hanging on to the ballfor 12:59 in the period. Taking the opening kick of the half, <strong>Union</strong> ate8:19 off the clock while march 65 yards in 15 plays in tying the gameat 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, <strong>Union</strong> continued itsball-control offense. Taking possession with 5:05 on the clock, the<strong>Bulldogs</strong> mounted an 11-play, 77-yard drive. Brinkley capped themarch with a 19-yard scoring pass to Rolando Dyer (Lawrenceburg,Ga.) for a 35-28 lead with 27 seconds remaining in the third.<strong>Union</strong> continued to eat up the clock in the fourth. After reeling off47 offensive plays in the fi rst half, Malone had the ball just threetimes in the second half with drives of three, seven and eight plays.With 5:16 remaining, the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> got the ball on their 23-yard lineand appeared to be on the move to seal the win with a fi eld goal.Instead, <strong>Union</strong> just chipped away at the clock, executing 11 plays inrunning out the clock to capture the 35-28 victory.<strong>Union</strong> had the ball for 34:21, marking the second game in a rowit had over 34 minutes in time of possession. In spite of the largeedge in time of possession, Malone outgained <strong>Union</strong> in total offense353-297.Despite throwing two fi rst-half interceptions, Brinkley fi nished thegame 17-of-25 for 170 yards and four touchdowns. Callahan tied a22-year-old record with three touchdown catches as he pulled downfour passes for 39 yards. He joins Albert Pellingrino as the only<strong>Bulldogs</strong> with three touchdown receptions in a game as Pellingrinoaccomplished the feat against Lambuth (Tenn.) University in 1986.Terence Pollock (Orange Park, Fla.) had just 69 yards rushing but58 came in the second half. Darrell Taylor (Louisville, Ky.) helpedout with 23 yards on four carries. Ben Kelly (Cold Springs, Ky.) hada good all-round day seven yards rushing and 53 yards receivingon six catches.Senior Willie Williams (Miami, Fla.) had 14 total stops, a sackand a blocked punt to lead the Bulldog defense. Marekus Smith(Lithonia, Ga.) and Jeremy Agbomi (Cincinnati, Ohio) each had eighttotal tackles with Smith recording 2.5 tackles for a loss and forcinga fumble.SCORE BY QUARTERSMALONE 14 14 0 0 -28UNION 14 7 14 0 -35SCORING SUMMARY1st - <strong>UC</strong> - Young 21 fumble return (Appleby kick)MC - Deardorff 2 pass from Orsagh (Allison kick)<strong>UC</strong> - Callahan 22 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)MC - Peters 2 run (Allison kick)2nd - MC - Deardorff 22 pass from Orsagh (Allison kick)<strong>UC</strong> - Callahan 5 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)MC - Gore 17 pass from Orsagh (Allison kick)3rd - <strong>UC</strong> - Callahan 2 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)<strong>UC</strong> - Dyer 19 pass from Brinkley (Appleby kick)TEAM STATS MC <strong>UC</strong>First Downs 23 21Rushes-Yards 30-141 44-127Passing Yards 212 170Passes (C-A-I) 20-35-0 17-25-2Total Offense Plays-Yards 65-353 69-297Punts-Average 5-36.0 4.31.2Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 7-62 8-54Time of Possession 25:39 34:21Third-Down Conversions 6 of 12 9 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1Sacks By-Yards 2-6 2-12MALONERUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD LgPeters 15 82 4 78 1 21Gore 10 77 3 74 0 31PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD LgOrsagh 35 20 0 212 3 24RECEIVING No Yds TD LgDeardorff 11 134 2 24Davis 4 39 0 14UNIONRUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD LgPollock 20 80 11 69 0 16D. Taylor 4 25 2 23 0 11PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD LgBrinkley 25 17 2 170 4 22RECEIVING No Yds TD LgKelly 6 53 0 13Callahan 4 39 3 22GAME 3 - FAULKNERSept. 20, 2008UNION 23FAULKNER 13MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Terence Pollock ran for a career-high 198yards and scored twice as visiting No. 18 <strong>Union</strong> <strong>College</strong> held offFaulkner (Ala.) University 23-13 Saturday.Pollock’s (Orange Park, Fla.) fi rst carry of the day was one for thehighlight reel as he galloped 97 yards for a touchdown on <strong>Union</strong>’sfi rst play from scrimmage. After the PAT, <strong>Union</strong> led 7-0 with 10:02remaining in the fi rst.The 97-yard run is the longest run in Pollock’s career. Prior to thisseason, Pollock had not had a run longer than 26 yards. Howver, hehad 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 20carries, just 16 yards shy of James Fletcher’s single-game record of214, which he set against Tennessee Wesleyan <strong>College</strong> in 1985.As a team, <strong>Union</strong> rushed for 334 yards. The <strong>Bulldogs</strong> entered thegame with 274 rushing yards. <strong>Union</strong> only rushed for more than 200yards once in 2007 (214 versus Campbellsville (Ky.) University onOct. 13, 2007). The last time <strong>Union</strong> ran for more than 300 yardscame in a 57-27 win over Bethel (Tenn.) <strong>College</strong> on Oct. 11, 2003,as the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> amassed 377 yards on the ground.<strong>Union</strong> outgained Faulkner 517-167 in total offense. Mike Brinkley(Anthony, Fla.) completed 12-of-30 passes for 183 yards. He hadone interception, but it came just prior to the half and didn’t amountto anything. Darrell Taylor (Louisville, Ky.) helped out with 48 yardsrushing on six carries, while Chris Thomas (Hopkinsville, Ky.) caughtthree passes for 66 yards and ran for 33 yards on one carry.Freshman Jacob Appleby (Harvest, Ala.) tied a school record withthree 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 rsthalf as <strong>Union</strong> built a 13-0 lead with 10:55 left in the half.Just before the half, Faulkner cracked scoring column just beforethe half when Phillip Moore scampered 21 yards for a touchdownwith 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 eldgoal to up the margin to 16-7.<strong>Union</strong> appeared to be on its way to extend its lead early the fourthas it had the ball fi rst and 10 on the Faulkner 15. Twice the <strong>Bulldogs</strong>got the ball into the end zone only to have the play nullifi ed by apenalty. Facing fourth and 31 at the Faulkner 36, <strong>Union</strong> punted andpinned the Eagles on their 12-yard line.Faulkner turned the ball over on downs on its own 16, and Pollockscored on the very next play to put <strong>Union</strong> up 23-7 with 6:23remaining.On the ensuing drive, Faulkner marched 64 yards in nine plays fora touchdown. Moore hit Josh Cooper for an 8-yard pass. The Eagleswent for two on the PAT, but the run failed to leave the score 23-13with 4:09 left.SCORE BY QUARTERSUNION 0 14 10 3 -27FAULKNER 7 0 0 14 -21SCORING SUMMARY1st - <strong>UC</strong> - Pollock 97 run (Appleby kick)<strong>UC</strong> - Appleby 22 FG2nd - <strong>UC</strong> - Appleby 34 FGFU - Moore 214 run (Corder kick)3rd - <strong>UC</strong> - Appleby 22 FG4th - <strong>UC</strong> - Pollock 16 run (Appleby kick)FU - Cooper 8 pass from Moore (Jones rush failed)TEAM STATS <strong>UC</strong> FUFirst Downs 22 11Rushes-Yards 42-334 26-58Passing Yards 183 109Passes (C-A-I) 12-30-1 12-38-0Total Offense Plays-Yards 72-517 64-167Punts-Average 8-25.4 10-38.7Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 7-75 7-59Time of Possession 31:29 28:31Third-Down Conversions 4 of 16 3 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 2Sacks By-Yards 2-21 2-11UNIONRUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD LgPollock 20 212 14 198 2 97D. Taylor 6 49 1 48 0 20PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD LgBrinkley 30 12 1 183 0 50RECEIVING No Yds TD LgKelly 4 26 0 26Thomas 3 66 0 50FAULKNERRUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD LgTimmons 7 21 0 21 0 7Williams 4 22 2 20 0 20PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD LgMoore 38 12 0 109 1 25RECEIVING No Yds TD LgPadula 3 36 0 25Cooper 3 35 1 19www.ucbulldogs.com 16
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