Wilmington College QUAKERS

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2009 Wilmington College Football
2008 Season Review/Season Stats
Wilmington College continued its ascent in the Ohio
Athletic Conference during the 2008 season.
Led by a balanced offense and a ball-hawking
defense, the Quakers finished 4-6—their
best record since 2001—against one of
the toughest schedules in the nation.
“We’re getting to where we want to
be. We aren’t getting there as quickly
as we want, but we are getting there,”
said WC head coach Barry Wulf, who
was named the OAC’s Co-coach of
the Year in his fourth season at the
helm.
With senior wide receivers Marque Jones
and Brandon Hiatt on the loose and junior
quarterback Billy Blackburn in the pocket,
Wilmington scored 17 touchdowns through
the air, and featured a running attack that was
paced by sophomore tailback Astin Laury.
“We threw and rushed the ball well, and our offensive line was the
OVERALL DEFENSiVE STATiSTiCS
All games
|—————Tackles————| |-Sacks-| |———Pass Def——-| |—Fumbles—| Blkd
DEFENSiVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
42 Chris Medley 10 38 57 95 2.5-6 0.5-3 2-84 1 — — — — —
15 Bryce Martin 10 37 58 95 4.5-11 — — 4 1 3-1 2 — —
11 T.J. Burbridge 10 45 39 84 — — 2-0 3 — 1-0 2 — —
30 Donta’ Stone 10 34 30 64 5.0-20 0.5-0 1-5 5 — 2--4 3 — —
24 Brandon Heim 10 23 28 51 4.0-16 1.0-9 2-29 2 1 1-9 1 — —
96 Cedric Holmes 10 24 24 48 8.0-15 — — 1 2 2-19 2 — —
51 Kenny Marsh 10 23 20 43 11.0-51 7.0-46 — 1 2 — 3 — —
5 Brandon Porter 10 27 14 41 1.0-4 — — 5 — 1-0 — — —
10 John Rupp 10 15 24 39 6.5-26 3.5-19 — 3 1 1-0 1 — —
32 Nathan Geers 10 14 21 35 7.0-34 3.5-24 — 2 6 1-0 — — —
99 Taylor Porter 10 11 16 27 1.0-5 0.5-4 — 1 1 — 1 1 —
21 Brad Abner 10 18 8 26 — — — 3 — — — — —
1 Giov Crawford 8 8 6 14 — — — 1 — — 1 — —
55 Michael Powell 8 2 8 10 1.0-1 — — — — — 1 — —
40 Clay Martin 10 1 8 9 — — — — 1 — — — —
17 Derick Westfall 8 5 4 9 — — — — — — — — —
81 Luke Green 9 5 4 9 — — — — — 1-0 — — —
78 Alex Keeton 8 — 6 6 0.5-1 — — — — — — — —
26 Cody Hamilton 9 2 4 6 — — — — — 1-10 — — —
49 Michael Bell 5 4 2 6 — — — — — — — — —
31 Astin Laury 9 2 3 5 — — — — — — — — —
41 And Wshington 5 3 1 4 — — — — — — — — —
43 Cody Shaw 9 3 — 3 — — — — — — — — —
18 Zack Ziegler 8 1 2 3 — — — — — — — — —
TM TEAM 7 3 — 3 2.0-10 1.0-8 — — — — — — 1
6 Matt McJoynt-Griffith 10 1 1 2 — — — — — — — — —
80 Darren Howard 9 2 — 2 — — — — — — 1 1 —
28 David Howard 4 1 1 2 — — — — — — — — —
59 Cale Gibson 1 — 1 1 — — — — — — — — —
27 Brett McEvoy 9 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — —
20 Jeremy Stuckey 10 — 1 1 — — — — — — — — —
9 Kevin Johnson 9 — 1 1 — — — — — — — — —
22 22 1 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — —
56 Quatez Scott 3 — 1 1 — — — — — — — — —
44 Wes Anders 8 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — —
Total 10 355 393 748 54-200 17-113 7-118 33 15 14-35 18 2 1
Opponents 10 313 451 764 62-192 12-86 8-98 27 7 6-0 8 4 1
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Wilmington College 17 92 33 36 178
Opponents 68 99 27 83 277
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key to the success that we enjoyed,” Wulf said. “We gave up
just 12 sacks—the least in the conference. That says a lot
about how well our line played.”
Wilmington’s hit, tackle and take the ball away
mentality played out on the defensive side of
the ball. The Quakers ranked third in the conference
with a plus-6 turnover margin.
“When we take the ball away, we are a
very good football team,” Wulf said. “We
grew a lot as a defensive unit in that way
in 2008.”
The Quakers featured three of the OAC’s
top 10 tacklers. Linebackers Chris Medley
and Bryce Martin had 95 stops each, while
safety T.J. Burbridge recorded 84 tackles.
Sophomore tackle Kenny Marsh was fourth in the
conference with seven sacks.
Wilmington was downright stingy in the red zone. The
Quakers led the OAC in red zone defense and also topped the
conference by forcing 10 turnovers inside the WC 20.
OVERALL TEAM STATiSTiCS
All games
TEAM STATiSTiCS WiLM OPP
SCORING 178 277
Points Per Game 17.8 27.7
FIRST DOWNS 163 201
Rushing 67 89
Passing 83 96
Penalty 13 16
RUSHING YARDAGE 1101 1923
Yards gained rushing 1315 2144
Yards lost rushing 214 221
Rushing Attempts 354 396
Average Per Rush 3.1 4.9
Average Per Game 110.1 192.3
TDs Rushing 7 19
PASSING YARDAGE 1689 2146
Att-Comp-Int 280-153-8 277-154-7
Average Per Pass 6.0 7.7
Average Per Catch 11.0 13.9
Average Per Game 168.9 214.6
TDs Passing 17 16
TOTAL OFFENSE 2790 4069
Total Plays 634 673
Average Per Play 4.4 6.0
Average Per Game 279.0 406.9
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 48-752 35-628
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 17-111 22-140
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 7-118 8-98
KICK RETURN AVERAGE 15.7 17.9
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.5 6.4
INT RETURN AVERAGE 16.9 12.2
FUMBLES-LOST 13-7 22-14
PENALTIES-YARDS 64-539 73-732
Average Per Game 53.9 73.2
PUNTS-YARDS 54-1866 31-1043
Average Per Punt 34.6 33.6
Net punt average 32.0 28.1
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 29:55 29:51
3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 52/143 45/121
3rd-Down Pct. 36% 37%
4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3/19 10/25
4th-Down Pct. 16% 40%
SACKS BY-YARDS 17-113 12-86
MISC YARDS 0 8
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 24 36
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 4-8 8-14
ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-1
RED-ZONE SCORES 18-27 67% 31-46 67%
RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 15-27 56% 25-46 54%
PAT-ATTEMPTS 20-22 91% 31-33 94%
ATTENDANCE 7857 11972
Games/Avg Per Game. 4/1964 6/1995
Neutral Site Games 0/0