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• WCU QUICK FACTS • Location: ................................................ Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 ........................................................................................... Pronounced “KULL - uh - whee”

Founded: ........................................................................... 1889 Enrollment: ..................................................................... 10,382 Nickname: ............................................................... Catamounts Colors: ............................................................... Purple and Gold Stadium: ..................................... E.J. Whitmire Stadium (13,742) Field: ...........................Bob Waters Field (Desso Challenge Pro 2) Affi liation: ............ NCAA Div. I – Championship Subdivision (FCS) Conference: ..................................................................Southern Chancellor: .............................Dr. David O. Belcher (Furman, ‘79) Athletic Director: .................... Randy Eaton (UT-San Antonio, ‘90)

FOOTBALL HISTORY: First Year of Football: ...........................................................1931 Seasons of Football: ................................................................80 All-Time Record: ............................................ 324-478-23 (.407) NCAA Postseason Appearances (Div. I): ...............................2 (1) Postseason Record (Div. I): ........................................... 3-2 (3-1) Best Finish: .........1983 National Finalist (lost 43-7 to So. Illinois) Last Appearance: ............................................................... 1983

WCU FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF: Head Coach: .......................................Mark Speir (Clemson, ‘90) • Head Coaching Record at WCU: ................. 10-24 (3rd season) • Overall Record: ............................................................... Same Football Offi ce Phone: ....................................... (828) 227-7395 Best Time to Interview Coach: ....................................Contact SID

A S S I S T A N T C O A C H E S Brad Glenn (Clemson, 1995) ............Offensive Coordinator / QBs Shawn Quinn (Carson-Newman, 1995) ..... Def. Coordinator / LBs Mark Rhea (Toledo, 1991) ..... Defensive Ends / Recruiting Coord. John Holt (Appalachian, 2008) ..... Offensive Line / Camps Coord. James Hopper (Virginia Tech, 2012) ..........................Cornerbacks Pat Mills (Appalachian, 2010) ..................................... Tight Ends LaMar Morgan (UL-Lafayette, 2007) ...................Defensive Backs Jaybo Shaw (Georgia Southern, 2012) ..................Wide Receivers De’Rail Sims (Pikeville, 2009) .............................. Running Backs Dennis Thomas (South Carolina, 2001) .............Defensive Tackles Dan Gibson (Western Carolina, 2008) ......Director of Football Ops

WESTERN CAROLINA MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION:Asst. AD/Media Relations (FB Contact): ................... Daniel Hooker • E-mail Address: ................................. [email protected] • Offi ce Phone: ................................................. (828) 227-2339 • Cell Phone: .................................................... (828) 508-2494Director of Media Relations: .....................................Sean Forrester • E-mail Address: .............................. [email protected] • Offi ce Phone: ................................................. (828) 227-2655Director of Media Relations / New Media: ................Denise Gideon • E-mail Address: [email protected] • Offi ce Phone: ................................................. (828) 227-2336Director of Video Operations .........................................Will Adams • E-mail Address: ................................ [email protected] • Offi ce Phone: ..................................................(828) 227-2458Athletics Fax: ........................................................(828) 227-7688Football Press Box Phone: ..................................... (828) 227-2116Website: ............................................. www.CatamountSports.comAthletics Mailing & Overnight Address: ........ Western Carolina Univ. 92 Catamount Road Ramsey Center – Athletics Cullowhee, N.C. 28723

2014 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE / RESULTSDATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT NOTESAug. 30 at South Florida Tampa, Fla. L, 36-31 Mitchell with 2 TD passes, 1 rushing TD

Sept. 6 BREVARD CULLOWHEE W, 45-21 Ramsey, Newsome, Warren with 6 rushing TDs

Sept. 13 CATAWBA CULLOWHEE W, 35-17 Newsome with 2 rushing TDs, Mitchell 2 TD passes

Sept. 27 at Furman * Greenville, S.C. W, 35-17 Spearman Robinson, Detrez Newsome both 2 TDs

Oct. 4 at Presbyterian Clinton, S.C. L, 19-14 PC returns two INTs for TDs; Halts 3-gm win

Oct. 11 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE W, 26-14 Newsome with 2 TDs, strong defensive effort

Oct. 18 at Mercer * Macon, Ga. W, 35-21 S. Robinson with 3 rec. TDs, defense scores

Oct. 25 THE CITADEL * CULLOWHEE W, 29-15 Newsome with 2 TDs; defense with 4 turnovers

Nov. 1 #12/14 CHATTANOOGA * CULLOWHEE L, 51-0 WCU held to 102 yds offense; 1st shutout at Whitmire

Nov. 8 at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. L, 34-20 Strong start for Samford; Mitchell scored 2 rushing TDs

Nov. 15 VMI * CULLOWHEE W, 42-27 640 yds of offense; Mitchell accounted for all 6 TDs

Nov. 22 at #4 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 4:00 pm ET Fourth series meeting all-time, all since 2004

* denotes Southern Conference game – All times listed are Eastern

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A WESTERN CAROLINA WIN WOULD:• Represent arguably the biggest victory in the school’s football program history – and would rank among the biggest upset wins of all-time in college football ... It would also be the fi rst win for a SoCon team over a FBS opponent this season;• Be WCU’s fi rst-ever victory over a Football Bowl Sub-division (FBS) team (0-51) ... WCU is 0-3 versus nation-ally-ranked FBS foes ... Ranked No. 2 in 2014, Alabama represents the highest-ranked FBS foe for WCU all-time;• Halt the current three-game losing skid in the all-time series with Alabama ... It would also be WCU’s fi rst-ever win over the Crimson Tide and the fi rst against a team from the Southeastern Conference;• Give the Catamounts their most seasonal victories (8) since scoring eight wins back in 1984.

A WESTERN CAROLINA LOSS WOULD:• Be the fourth-straight in the head-to-head series with Alabama all-time ... End WCU’s season above .500 at 7-5 on the year.

CATAMOUNT QUICK SLANTS:• WCU’s roster includes 54 players from the state of North Carolina ... Georgia is second with 26 players followed by South Carolina (8), Florida (2) and Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland and Texas each with one ... WCU has one foreign-born player in Helva Matungulu who is from Nairobi, Kenya;

• Western Carolina’s 12-game 2014 schedule featured a six-game home schedule for the fi rst time since 2011;

• Western Carolina bookends the 2014 season with games against Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams ... WCU opened at American Athletic Conference member, South Florida (L, 36-31), and closes the regular season at peren-nial Southeastern Conference (SEC) power, Alabama ... It is the fourth time since 2004 that WCU visits Alabama;

• Western Carolina’s 22 rushing touchdowns matches it’s most since 2012 ... It is just the 14th time since 1967 that WCU had 20-or-more scores on the ground;

• Prior to the Chattanooga loss, Western Carolina had dropped two games this season by a combined nine points – fi ve point loss at USF (36-31) in the season-opener and four points at Presbyterian (19-14);

• WCU has outscored opponents 98-to-55 in the fi rst quar-ter this season ... the Catamounts’ 98 fi rst quarter points more than triples its total in 12 games from the 2013 sea-son as WCU only managed 29 points in the 1st quarter;

• Western Carolina returns 18 starters between its offense and defensive units, only losing one starter on offense (OL, Quevalas Murray) and three on defense (LB, Courtland Car-son; DL, Pete Balthrop; DL, Andre Whitmire);

• WCU has just seven seniors on its 2014 roster: QB Garrett Brown, DB Ace Clark, LB Christon Gill, LB K.P. Hicks, WR Jeff Moore, PK Richard Sigmon and RB Shaun Warren.

GAME #12: WESTERN CAROLINA (7-4) at #2 ALABAMA (9-1)Sat., Nov. 22, 2014 • 4:00 pm ET / 3:00 pm CT • Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821)

GAME COVERAGE:

TELEVISION: RADIO: Catamount Sports NetworkONLINE AUDIO: CatamountSports.comTWITTER: @CatamountsSERIES: WCU trails, 0-3 (L–3) In Cullowhee: n/a In Tuscaloosa: WCU trails, 0-3 (L–3)

WESTERN CAROLINA (–/RV)Head Coach: Mark SpeirRecord at WCU: 10-24, 3 yrsCareer Record: same

ALABAMA (#2 C / #2 AP / #1 CFP)Head Coach: Nick SabanRecord at BAMA: 83-16, 8 yrsCareer Record: 174-58-1, 19 yrs

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CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// 2014 MEDIA INFORMATION

THIS WEEK IN CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL /// NOVEMBER 17-23

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23Sunday

MEETINGS:3:00 - 4:10 pmPRACTICE:5:00 - 7:00 pm

MEETINGS:3:00 - 4:25 pmPRACTICE:5:15 - 6:15 pm

DEPARTURE forTuscaloosa, Ala.:NoonNo MediaAvailability

OFFNo Practice

GAME DAYWestern Carolinaat Alabama4 pm ET / 3 pm CTBryant-Denny StadiumSpeir & select players available after the game

TREATMENTS:1:00 - 2:00 pmWEIGHTS:2:30 - 3:30 pmMEETINGS:4:00 - 6:00 pmPRACTICE:6:30 - 7:30 pm

SoCon COACHESTELECONFERENCECoach Speir on the call at 10:48 amMEETINGS:3:00 - 4:10 pmPRACTICE:5:00 - 7:00 pm

WCU INTERVIEW POLICYThe Western Carolina Offi ce of Athletics Media Rela-

tions will assist media personnel with interview requests of Western Carolina student-athletes, coaches and ad-ministrators. To arrange interviews, please contact Daniel Hooker, the Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations at least 24 hours in advance. Head Coach Mark Speir will be available for interviews following each practice and following games. Other interviews with Coach Speir must be set-up in advance and it is requested that the nature of the interview be submitted to WCU Media Relations in writing at least 24 hours prior.

Student-athletes will be available for interviews after practices through Wednesday. Unless special permission is granted well in advance, the cut-off time for student-athletes during game weeks will be Noon on Thursday.

WCU FOOTBALL PRACTICE POLICYWCU football practices are open to the public. Media

members are asked to refrain from contacting student-athletes at their home or dormitory and student-athletes’ phone numbers will not be released by the Media Relations Offi ce. Out-of-town media may set up phone interviews to be conducted in the Department of Athletics. Coach Speir may be reached weekday mornings, however, it is asked that a specifi c interview time be scheduled through the Media Relations offi ce.

POSTGAME INTERVIEWS The WCU locker room is CLOSED at the end of all games played. However, following a 10-minute “cooling off” pe-riod, Coach Speir and requested players will be brought to the media room on the fi rst fl oor of the Ramsey Center. The availability of the visiting locker room will be announced in the press box after conferring with the visiting SID. The visiting locker room is located in the back portion of the Jordan-Phillips Field House. A space for interviews will be available outside the locker room or up on the Field House patio, if available.

WORKING CREDENTIALSNewsprint and electronic media representatives plan-

ning to cover football games at Western Carolina University are asked to request in written form working credentials from WCU’s Media Relations Offi ce. Season passes will be issued to those who cover the Catamounts on a permanent basis. Our limited working space in the press box will be assigned by priority to WCU beat writers, beat writers of the opponents, metropolitan media fi ling for deadline and specialty publications.

If time permits, credentials will be mailed. If not, cre-dentials can be picked up on game day (two hours prior to kickoff) at the media will call on the upper plaza of the Ramsey Center at the south end of the stadium (nearest the press box side of Whitmire Stadium, across the street

from media parking). Credentials will be issued only to those attending the game in a working capacity. Spouses, dates, children and other nonworkers will not be permitted in the press box.

PHOTOGRAPHERSCredentials for sideline photographers will be issued on

a fi rst-come, fi rst-serve basis with agencies covering the participating schools on a regular basis receiving priority. Free-lance photographers may request credentials on a game-by-game basis. All free-lance photographers must submit proofs featuring game or sideline action to the Media Relations Offi ce no later than four days following the game. Each photographer must pick up a photo pass from the press box or media will call prior to the game.

NO PHOTOGRAPHERS OR MEDIA PERSONNEL AREPERMITTED WITHIN THE TEAM AREA AT ANY TIME.

MEDIA PARKINGMedia parking for WCU home football games – BY

PERMIT ONLY – is located in the church parking lot directly across the street and behind the press box of E.J. Whitmire Stadium on Forest Hills Road. The lot is identifi ed and a me-dia parking placard must be displayed to gain admittance. The lot will be staffed by a member of the WCU Athletics Media Relations staff who will have a check list of those authorized to park in the media lot.

PRESS RELEASES/STATISTICSThe WCU Media Relations Department produces a

weekly football release prior to each game during the season. Cumulative statistics will be updated as soon as possible after each contest. Media members may receive the releases and statistics by accessing the Athletics De-partment web site at www.CatamountSports.com. E-mail service is available upon request. To be placed on Western Carolina’s weekly fax or E-mail list, media members are asked to contact the Offi ce of Athletic Media Relations.

CATAMOUNTS ON THE WEBThe WCU football home page provides the latest in-

formation regarding the Catamounts, including updated statistics, a roster, game notes and press releases. Also on the department’s main site is information on all of WCU athletics programs, lodging, directions to campus and the latest local weather forecast. For those unable to attend contests, the Catamount Sports Network will broadcast each game over the Internet – also, WCU will stream audio for all and video through Catamount All-Access for home football games (subscription required). All the current data you need on the Catamounts is as close as your computer at CatamountSports.com.

Southern Conference football games will be streamed for free through the SoCon Digital Network.

Catamount Sports Network2014 Football Affi liates:

WWCU-FM, Power 90dot5 ........Cullowhee 540 AM WRGC ........Sylva 970 AM WYSE ........Canton 1050 AM WFSC ........Franklin 1270 AM WCGC ........Belmont 1310 AM WISE ........Asheville

Online at CatamountSports.com

• A combined six stations across North Carolina are set to carry football broadcasts of the Catamount Sports Network (CSN) during the 2014 season ... CSN has also again partnered with Stretch Internet to provide unlimited streaming audio through the athletics web site, CatamountSports.com, giving WCU a worldwide reach;• For home games, the Catamount Sports Network audio will also be a part of the live video stream through the Southern Conference Digital Network (SDN) – a live, free video stream of home games beginning in the fall.

2014 BROADCAST CREWPlay-by-Play: ................................Gary AyersColor Analyst: .............................Steve WhiteHost Producer: ............................ Jeff BrysonSideline Reporter: ...................Greg McLamb

SOCONDIGITALNETWORK


WCU AT ALABAMA – GAME NOTES /// CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM

WESTERN CAROLINA VS. ALABAMA – SERIES HISTORY:• Western Carolina and Alabama meet for the fourth time ever on the football gridiron with the Crimson Tide having won each of the previous three meetings in 2004, 2007 and 2012 ... However, Alabama had to vacate the ‘07 victory in the summer of 2009;• Alabama won the fi rst meeting in 2004, 52-0, before winning the 2007 game, 52-6, in the season opener ... the 2007 meeting on the gridiron happened to be the same day former SoCon-member Appalachian State scored a 34-32 road win over #5 Michigan in Ann Arbor – current WCU coach John Holt was a player on that Mountaineer squad, Catamount head coach Mark Speir and offensive coordinator Brad Glenn were both assistant coaches on ASU’s staff that afternoon.

FAMILIAR FACES IN THE WESTERN CAROLINA – ALABAMA SERIES:• WCU defensive ends coach Mark Rhea played defensive line for Nick Saban while the two were at the Univ. of Toledo, winning a share of Mid-American Conference (MAC) Champion-ship in 1990 ... Rhea also worked as a graduate assistant under Saban at Michigan State from 1994-95;• Nick Saban’s fi rst games as head coach at both LSU and Alabama came against the same opponent – Western Carolina ... In 2000, Saban guided the LSU Tigers to a 58-0 victory at Tiger Stadium in his bayou debut ... Then in 2007, Saban made his debut with the Crimson Tide with a 52-6 victory over the Catamounts;• Alabama wide receivers coach Billy Napier knows about the Catamounts as he was a quar-terback at SoCon-rival, Furman (1999-2002) ... Napier’s best game came in the narrow 24-23 Furman victory in 2002 when he threw for 252 yards on 15-of-22 passing with one INT.

WESTERN CAROLINA VS. TEAMS FROM THE SEC, FBS:• Dating back to the 1986 season, Western Carolina is a combined, 0-15, all-time versus squads that are currently in the Southeastern Conference ... the Catamount football team has faced half – seven of the 14 teams – currently in the SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina and Vanderbilt ... WCU has not faced Arkansas, Kentucky, Mis-sissippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee or Texas A&M ... However, WCU does have two SEC foes on its 2015 schedule – both Tennessee and Texas A&M (MORE ON PAGE SIX);• Dating back to 1977 when WCU went NCAA Div. I-AA, the Catamounts are 0-49 against teams at the NCAA FBS level ... WCU’s closest game came at Cincinnati in 2005 – a 7-3 defeat ... WCU is 0-3 against nationally-ranked FBS teams;• Since 1982, the Southern Conference has 26 wins over teams from the current Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) ... Two of the wins came against SEC-foe, South Carolina (Furman in 1982; The Citadel in 1990) ... SoCon members are 0-2 to date against the SEC in 2014 with Tennessee defeating Chattanooga and South Carolina beating Furman ... Samford visits Au-burn on Saturday evening for the fourth SoCon-SEC game this year;• Entering this weekend, a combined eight teams from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) have beaten teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2014;• Since 2005, Western Carolina has faced four different teams a combined six times that have gone on to play for – or to win – either the Football Championship (FCS) National Championship or Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) – or Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championships:FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION2005: Appalachian State – National Champion 2006: Florida – National Champion2006: Appalachian State – National Champion 2012: Alabama – National Champion2007: Appalachian State – National Champion 2013: Auburn – Runner-Up

QUICK FACT COMPARISONSCHOOLS WESTERN CAROLINA ALABAMALOCATION Cullowhee, N.C. Tuscaloosa, Ala.FOUNDED 1889 1831ENROLLMENT 10,382 36,155NICKNAME Catamounts Crimson TideCOLORS Purple & Gold Crimson & WhiteHOME FIELD E.J. Whitmire Stadium Bryant-Denny StadiumCAPACITY 13,742 101,821FIELD SURFACE Artifi cial NaturalHEAD COACH Mark Speir Nick SabanOVERALL RECORD 10-24 (3rd yr) 174-58-1 (19th yr)RECORD AT SCHOOL Same 83-16 (8th yr)WEBSITE CatamountSports.com RollTide.com

Year Site Result WCU BAMA2002 ......... A ................ L .............. 0 ..........522007 ......... A ................ L .............. 6 ..........522012 ......... A ................ L .............. 0 ..........492014 ......... A ..................................................

LAST TIME WE MET – ALABAMA 49, WCU 0: (11/17/12)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Fourth-ranked Alabama scored rushing touchdowns on four of its fi rst fi ve possessions, adding a 29-yard passing TD to cap a 99-yard drive en route to a 49-0 nonconference victory over Western Carolina at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Alabama (10-1) scored on six of its fi rst seven possessions including all fi ve in the fi rst half, adding a 57-yard fumble return for a touchdown to carry a 42-0 advantage into half-time. The Crimson Tide got three rushing touchdowns from Eddie Lacy, who just missed eclipsing the century mark with 99 yards on 10 carries.

Back-up quarterback Blake Sims capped the game’s scoring in the third quarter with a fi ve-yard run to provide the fi nal tally.

Western Carolina (1-10) managed 163 yards of total offense which included 123 yards in the second half against the Crimson Tide defense. Starting quarterback Troy Mitchell threw for 30 yards on 4-of-8 passing and was sacked once, but also had a costly turnover on a throwback pass to his QB counterpart, Eddie Sullivan, which the Tide turned into a 57-yard fumble recovery touchdown.

Sullivan fi nished 4-of-12 passing for 63 yards, adding a team-high 28 yards rushing.

Tailback Michael Johnson caught a team-high fi ve passes out of the backfi eld while junior Jamil James led the team with WCU’s long gain of the day on his fi rst career recep-tion - a 30-yard reception in the third quarter.

Defensively for the Catamounts, Sertonuse Harris fi nished with eight tackles while Ace Clark tallied fi ve stops.


ABOUT WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY:

WCU was founded in 1889 to bring higher education and career opportunities to the western region of North Carolina. A member of the University of North Carolina system, WCU now provides an education to more than 10,000 students from 48 states and 35 countries.

The university’s mission is focused on quality education and preparation for responsible citizenship in a chang-ing world. Since its founding, WCU has grown in size to become a major cultural, scientifi c, and educational force in the region and the state—and we’re still growing.

WCU’s academic programs span more than 120 special-ties—including the nation’s highest-ranked entrepre-neurship and project management programs, a national award-winning teacher education program, a criminal justice program used as a model for North Carolina’s accreditation program, and the nation’s fi rst accredited four-year emergency medical care program.

WCU’s distinguished faculty includes national award-winning authors, nationally and internationally recog-nized experts, and winners of Emmy, O. Henry, and Na-tional Endowment for the Arts awards — to name a few.

• One year after total student enrollment at Western Carolina University topped 10,000 for the fi rst time in the institution’s history, records continue to tumble at WCU as this fall’s offi cial enrollment stands at 10,382;

• University offi cials say the 2.7 percent jump in the to-tal student population over last year’s tally of 10,107 is driven in part by an increase in the size of the freshman class and another year of improved retention rates.

• The number of fi rst-time, full-time freshmen at WCU this fall is 1,745, up 8.1 percent from the fall 2013 fresh-man class of 1,614;

• The university’s freshman retention rate – the percent-age of fi rst-time, full-time undergraduate students who returned for their sophomore year – is nearly 78 percent, comparable to last year’s record of approximately 79 percent.

DID YOU KNOW:

• Western Carolina currently has THREE professional athletes playing in the one of the three major leagues in the United States: Jared Burton (Minnesota Twins) and Greg Holland (Kansas City Royals) in Major League Baseball ... Kevin Martin (Minnesota Timberwolves) in the NBA;

• The 1983 Western Carolina Catamount football team was the FIRST Southern Conference team to play for the NCAA FCS (formerly Div. I-AA) national championship.

SEC – SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CONNECTIONS:• Founded in 1921, the Southern Conference – the fi fth oldest in the nation – gave rise to two of the premier con-ferences in America – the Southeastern (SEC, founded in 1932) and the Atlantic Coast (ACC, founded in 1952) ... Only the Big Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pac-12 (1915) and the Southwestern Athletic (1920) con-ferences are older;• A combined 11 of the current 14 SEC teams (minus Ar-kansas, Missouri and Texas A&M) played under the SoCon banner ... Six of those 11 SEC schools were founding mem-bers in 1921 – Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Mis-sissippi State and Tennessee – with fi ve joining a year later – Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt;• Since the FCS inception for the 1978 season, the SoCon has produced EIGHT FCS (previously I-AA) national champi-onships ... Only Furman (1988) is a current SoCon member with a national title ... Former conference members Georgia Southern (1999 and 2000), Marshall (1992 and ‘96) and Appalachian State (2005, ‘06, ‘07) also claimed national titles while members of the SoCon (NOTE: Georgia Southern won four national titles prior to joining the SoCon);• Also, on eight different occasions, a SoCon team has fi nished as national runner-up, including Western Carolina in 1983 ... WCU was the FIRST SoCon team to play in the FCS (I-AA) National Title game ... In 2007, Appalachian State became the fi rst FCS team to defeat a FCS nationally-ranked Top 25 team when it downed #5 Michigan;• Under the leadership of Wallace Wade, Alabama won three National Championships as a member of the original Southern Conference – 1925, 1926 and 1930;• From 1922 through 1932, Alabama posted a combined record of 86-18-3 as a member of the Southern Confer-ence, including a conference record of 60-15-3 ... the Crim-son Tide posted three-straight undefeated SoCon seasons from 1924 through 1926.

WESTERN CAROLINA IN SEASON FINALES:Since joining the Southern Conference in 1976, Western Carolina is 13-25 all-time in fi nal regular season games, including just a 3-13 mark when the season’s last game is played away from home ... the Catamounts have dropped 10-straight season fi nales, last winning in 2003 with a 39-16 home victory over Gardner-Webb – and 13-straight regu-lar season fi nales away from home, last winning in 1984.

SUCCESSFUL 2014 FOR WESTERN CAROLINA:• Western Carolina enters its season fi nale with the most seasonal victories (7) since scoring seven wins back in 2001 ... It is just the 12th time in school history that a WCU foot-ball team has won seven-or-more games in a season; • WCU closed its Southern Conference slate with fi ve vic-tories matching the most in program history and the most since winning fi ve in 2001 (5-3) ... WCU has won fi ve league games now nine times – (1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2014);• The Catamounts secured a share of second-place in the SoCon – the highest fi nish for WCU since 1986 and just the fourth runner-up fi nish for WCU in the SoCon since joining the league in 1977; • Since joining the SoCon in 1977, the Catamounts have started a conference season 4-0 just TWICE – doing so in 1978 and matching that best start again this season in 2014 ... WCU played for fi rst-place on Nov. 1 vs. UTC;• Western Carolina claimed its fi fth home victory at Whit-mire Stadium / Waters Field with the win over VMI ... the Catamounts have fi ve, fi ve-or-more win seasons at home since 1977 including a six home win season in 1983 – (1977, 1983, 1986, 1992, 2001) – this just four years removed from a squad that was winless at home in 2010.

WESTERN CAROLINA VS. ALABAMA – MISC. GAME NOTES:• Western Carolina’s offense put up a season-high 640 of total offense in the home victory over VMI ... the 640 total yards are the most by a Catamount offense since tallying 663 yards of total offense against Mars Hill back on Sept. 10, 2011 ... It is the second-time this season that WCU had 600-plus yards of total offense, recording 633 yards in a home win over The Citadel;• Catamount quarterback Troy Mitchell continues to pace the Southern Conference in total offense with 262.9 yards per game in 2014 ... Mitchell has rushed for 572 yards and thrown for 2,320 yards – second in the SoCon in passing average (210.9 yds/gm);• Mitchell is the fi rst WCU quarterback to pass for over 2,000 yards in a single-season since Brian Gaither threw for 2,717 yards back in 2003 ... Mitchell has 2,320 yards pass-ing this year ... He has also accounted for 2,892 yards of to-tal offense, the most for a WCU player since former quarter-back David Rivers amassed 2,984 total yards back in 2000;

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WESTERN CAROLINA GAME NOTE ODDS–AND–ENDS:• In the 2014 season opener at South Florida, the Catamount offense ran a combined 96 plays – just three shy of the program record of 99 set against Marshall back in 1991;• WCU’s offense scored points on all but two drives against Brevard, punting once late in the second quarter and taking a knee on the fi nal possession of the game ... The 45 points scored by WCU are the most by a team under the direction of head coach Mark Speir ... the Catamounts scored 42 points in Speir’s fi rst season in 2012 in a home win over Mars Hill and also put up 42 points in the 2014 home fi nale victory over VMI;• Freshman RB DETREZ NEWSOME averages a SoCon LEADING 114.3 all-purpose yards per game including 650 kick-off return yards – an average of 27.1 per game, FIRST in the league and 10TH in the nation ... He has also scored NINE rushing touchdowns this year, recording two in a game four times – and has fi ve, two TD games this season;• Redshirt senior DB ACE CLARK has 335 career tackles which moved him into 2ND in WCU’s career record books ... He is 118 shy of all-time leader, Tom Bodine (453, 1991-94);• Junior WR KARNORRIS BENSON made his 2014 debut against Catawba after serving a two-game suspension levied by the NCAA ... Benson’s fi rst receptions of the season came in the road win at Furman, fi rst TD in road win at Mercer;• Benson has 18 career receiving touchdowns to move into a tie for FIFTH-PLACE in WCU’s all-time career receiving touchdown record books with his four receiving TDs vs. VMI ... Benson now has 18 career touchdown receptions to match Jerry Gaines who also had 18 TD grabs from 1970-74 ... He is EIGHT shy of the all-time career record (26); • Junior QB TROY MITCHELL has amassed 16 career rushing touchdowns, among the most by a Catamount quarterback all-time ... Mitchell is FOUR rushing TDs shy of 10th-place in WCU’s career record books ... According to available research dating back to 1967, Troy Mitchell’s EIGHT rushing touchdowns as a freshman in 2012 were the MOST by a Catamount QB, surpassing Josh Brook’s fi ve rushing scores in 1996 ... Adam Hearns had four rushing TDs in 2007 to match Chad Greene’s mark in 1995 and Don Dalton’s four in 1967.



2014 Speir EraOverall 7-4 10-24Home 5-1 8-8Road 2-3 2-16In overtime 0-0 1-0Afternoon games 7-3 9-19Night games 0-1 1-5

Vs. SoCon Opp. 5-2 6-17Vs. Nonconference Opp. 2-2 4-7Vs. Ranked Opp. 0-1 0-6Vs. In-State Opp. 2-0 5-3

In August 0-2 1-2In September 3-0 4-7In October 3-1 4-8In November 1-2 1-7

Decided by 3 pts or less 0-0 1-0Decided by 7 pts or less 0-2 1-5Decided by 10+ points 7-2 8-19Scoring 30+ points 5-1 7-3Scoring 20-29 points 2-1 3-13Scoring 0-19 points 0-2 0-8Allowing 30+ points 0-3 0-20Allowing 20-29 points 3-0 5-3Allowing 0-19 points 4-1 5-1

Scoring fi rst 7-1 10-4Leading at halftime 6-1 8-4Trailing at halftime 1-3 2-19Tied at halftime 0-0 0-1Leading after 3 quarters 7-1 8-4Trailing after 3 quarters 2-2 2-19Tied after 3 quarters 0-0 0-1

Earning more fi rst downs 5-2 6-7Earning fewer fi rst downs 2-2 3-17Earning same fi rst downs 0-0 0-0Outrushing Opp. 4-1 6-2Getting outrushed 3-3 3-22Same rushing yards 0-0 1-0Passing for more yards 5-3 8-13Passing for fewer yards 2-1 2-11Winning time of possession 4-3 6-10Losing time of possession 3-1 4-14Winning turnover battle 5-0 7-1Losing turnover battle 1-2 1-11Turnovers are even 1-2 2-12More penalty yards 6-4 9-12Less penalty yards 1-0 1-11Equal penalty yards 0-0 0-1

In televised games 1-1 1-6On ESPN3 2-1 2-5On Fox College Sports 0-0 0-1On SEC Network 0-0 0-1On Ameican Sports Network 1-1 1-1

WESTERN CAROLINA’S RECORD WHEN...

• Darius Ramsey logged a career-best 128 yards rushing against VMI marking the seventh time in his career that he has rushed for over 100 yards ... WCU had two players rush for over 100 yards as Ramsey was joined by QB Troy Mitchell who had 109 yards ... It was the fourth time in his career that Mitchell had rushed for over 100 yards ... It was the second time this year that WCU had two players rush for 100-plus yards in the same game - Mitchell (131 yds) and freshman Detrez Newsome (123 yds) vs. The Citadel; • Four different Catamounts have recorded rushing touch-downs this season including NINE by freshman Detrez New-some, six by junior Darius Ramsey, six from junior QB Troy Mitchell and one by senior tailback Shaun Warren ... WCU’s combined 22 rushing TDs marks the fi fth time since 2000 that WCU had 20-or-more scores on the ground; • Newsome has recorded two rushing touchdowns in four different games this season ... He has scored two touch-downs in fi ve games, adding a kickoff return for a score on the opening play of the home win over Wofford;• WCU had two 100-yard receivers in the win over VMI as both Karnorris Benson (8 catches, 127 yards) and Terryon Robinson (12 catches, 127 yards) both eclipsed the 100-yard mark ... It is the fi rst time since Jacoby Mitchell (116 yards) and Josh Cockrell (110 yards) both had over 100 yards through the air vs. Tusculum on Sept. 11, 2010;• Spearman Robinson has NINE of WCU’s 19 receiving touchdowns ... Karnorris Benson has fi ve receiving scores and Tyler Sexton has three while Terryon Robinson and Wil-lie Police have one apiece through the air;• Spearman Robinson ranks eighth in the SoCon in receiving yards per game (47.8 yds/gm) and sixth in receptions per game (3.6) ... Terryon Robinson LEADS the SoCon in catches per game (5.1) and fourth in yardage (58.5 yds/gm).• LB Christon Gill ranks second in the SoCon in tackles, averaging 9.2 per game ... He has a career-high tying 101 tackles ... Ace Clark ranks six in the SoCon with 7.3 tackles per game and freshman Daniel Riddle is tied for ninth aver-aging 6.2 stops per outing.

RAMSEY, SIGMON NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 3:• Two Western Carolina football players were honored for their performances both on the fi eld and in the classroom as running back Darius Ramsey and placekicker Richard Sigmon were named to the Capital One Academic All-Dis-trict 3 team as selected by the members of and released by the College Sports Information Directors of America (Co-SIDA) ... the two are now eligible for the national Academic All-America team, which will be announced on December 4;• The two WCU selections matched Chattanooga’s pair of honorees as the only four recognized from the Southern Conference ... Campbell had four players honored with both Davidson and Wake Forest landing three players on the academic honorary squad;• WCU’s duo are its fi rst since three players – linebacker Rock Williams, tight end Conner Orr and punter Clark Se-chrest – each earned the same distinction back in 2012;• Ramsey, who has appeared on the SoCon Honor Roll twice and was a 2013 Fall Academic All-SoCon selection, has a 3.63 cumulative GPA while majoring in accounting;• Sigmon, a two-time SoCon Honor Roll and Fall Academic All-SoCon selection, boasts a cumulative GPA of 3.93 while majoring in fi nance with a minor in accounting.

RICHARD SIGMON, NFF NATIONAL SCHOLAR NOMINEE:Western Carolina senior placekicker Richard Sigmon is a nominee for the 2014 National Football Foundation (NFF) National Scholar Athlete Award ... Sigmon was named to the 16th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athlet-ics Directors Association (FCS ADA) All-Star Team – the fi fth Catamount to earn the recognition since 2000.

CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL RECEIVING VOTES IN MEDIA POLL:• For fi ve-straight weeks, WCU has appeared among the “others receiving votes” in The Sports Network media poll-ing ... the Catamounts did make two-straight appearances in the same category of the FCS Coaches Poll this season;• WCU fi rst appeared in the media polling prior to the Ca-tawba game marking the fi rst WCU mention in the polls since 2006 ... All told this season, WCU has been in the “others receiving votes” category six times.

RIDDLE ADDED TO JERRY RICE AWARD WATCH LIST:• Redshirt freshman linebacker Daniel Riddle was added to The Sports Network’s offi cial watch list for the Jerry Rice Award, given annually to the nation’s top freshman at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level ... Riddle is the fi rst Catamount to appear on the list; • Riddle is among 24 freshmen nationally and one of four from the SoCon to land on the Jerry Rice Award watch list ... He joins Chandler Curtis and Alex Lakes of Mercer, quarterback Al Cobb from VMI and UTC’s Lucas Webb;• The Rice Award, now in its fourth season, honors the top fi rst-year player on the FCS level of college football, whether a true freshman or a redshirt freshman ... The award is named for the legendary wide receiver who played in the FCS (then Division I-AA) at Mississippi Valley State ... The winner will be announced at The Sports Net-work FCS Awards Presentation Dec. 15 in Philadelphia.

NOTING THE HOME LOSS TO CHATTANOOGA:• Western Carolina’s sixth-straight loss to Chattanooga halted the Catamounts’ three-game seasonal winning streak, as well as WCU’s four-game unbeaten streak in So-Con play ... It also handed WCU its fi rst home loss in 2014 ... the Catamounts – 4-1 on the year both at home and in So-Con play – dropped into a tie for second-place in the SoCon;• The 51-0 loss was WCU’s fi rst shutout defeat in SoCon play since a 17-0 loss in a season-ending road game at The Citadel back in 2004 ... Overall, it was the fi rst shutout defeat against a NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponent since 2006 (21-0 at Liberty, Nov. 4, 2006); • But perhaps most surprisingly, the shutout loss was WCU’s fi rst at home since 1967 (10-0 vs. Presbyterian, Nov. 18, 1967) – and the fi rst-ever for the Catamounts at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field since moving into the facility in 1974.

NOTING WESTERN CAROLINA’S WIN OVER THE CITADEL:• Western Carolina amassed a season-high 633 yards of total offense against The Citadel including a season-best 342 rushing yards and 291 passing yards ... the 633 total yards are the most by a Catamount offense since tallying 663 yards of total offense against Mars Hill back on Sept. 10, 2011 ... WCU’s 342 rushing yards were its most since also running for 342 yards in a home victory over Mars Hill back on Aug. 30, 2012;• WCU halted a fi ve-game winless drought against The Citadel with the victory, scoring the team’s fi rst home win over the Cadets since 2009 ... WCU also claimed its second-straight Homecoming Day victory – its fi rst con-secutive victories on the day since winning fi ve-straight between 1998 and 2002; • Western Carolina’s Homecoming attendance of 13,323 was the 10th-largest crowd in the history of E.J. Whitmire Stadium ... the total was the third-best attendance fi gure in a game not involving long-time arch-rival, Appalachian State (No. 7 vs. Furman, 13,778; No. 9 vs. Georgia South-ern, 13,460) ... Saturday’s number was just 149 shy of the offi cial published seating capacity of Whitmire Stadium;

NOTING WESTERN CAROLINA’S WIN OVER MERCER:• Western Carolina’s road win over Mercer was the fi rst in the head-to-head series in what was the fi rst-ever meeting;



• The road victory is the second for the Catamounts this season, representing the most wins away from Cullowhee in a single-season since 2010 (at Gardner-Webb, at The Cita-del) ... According to available research and available records, Saturday’s road win was WCU’s fi rst-ever victory in the state of Georgia;• Western Carolina lead at intermission for the sixth time in seven games this season ... It was the second-time this year the Catamounts carried a 21-10 lead into intermission, also leading SoCon-foe Furman, 21-10, at the break back on Sept. 27.

NOTING WESTERN CAROLINA’S WIN OVER WOFFORD:• Western Carolina halted an eight-game losing skid to the Wofford Terriers while also picking up its fi rst home win in the series since 2005;• WCU did two things it hadn’t done in several years in the win over Wofford ... Detrez Newsome’s 100-yard game-opening kickoff return for a score gave WCU its fi rst kickoff return for a touchdown since 2011 (George Richards vs. Furman, 99 yds) ... the WCU defense came up with its fi rst points of the season with a third-quarter safety, the fi rst for a Catamount defense since 2006 (vs. App State).

STREAK BUSTERS IN THE FURMAN VICTORY:• Western Carolina halted several ominous skids with the road win over Furman ... WCU ended a 22-game road losing skid which had ranked FOURTH in all of FCS football and FIFTH longest in all NCAA Div. I football ... The Catamounts also ended a 15-game SoCon road winless drought; • The Furman win ended an eight-game slide to the Paladins dating back to 2005, while also halting a nine-game road losing skid – WCU’s fi rst road win in the series since 1994.

WCU SELECTED 5TH BY MEDIA, LEAGUE COACHES:• Western Carolina was tabbed FIFTH in both the coaches and media polls released at the preseason media day;• Nine Catamounts were also selected to the preseason All-Southern Conference team ... WCU’s fi rst team selections included junior lineman Josh Wineberg and redshirt junior wide receiver Karnorris Benson on offense; junior Sertonuse Harris on defense; and se-nior running back / return specialist Shaun Warren on special teams ... Second team nods went to junior tailback Darius Ramsey, sophomore wide receiver Terryon Robinson, senior linebacker Christon Gill, senior safety Ace Clark and senior placekicker Richard Sigmon;• WCU’s fi fth-place preseason prediction and nine all-conference honorees are the most since 2005 which saw the Catamounts put eight on the preseason squad with a fourth-place prediction;• Chattanooga, which earned a share of the conference championship in 2013 with Fur-man and Samford, was selected as the preseason league favorite in both the coaches and media polls ... The Mocs, which landed both preseason offensive and defensive players of the year, were followed in both polls by last year’s co-champions, Furman and Samford, with the Paladins edging Samford with a fi rst-place vote in the media tabulations while the two were tied with a fi rst-place tally on the coaches’ poll.

THREE HONORED BY THE BEYOND SPORTS NETWORK:WCU had three football players named to the preseason All-Southern Conference team se-lected and released by the Beyond Sports Network (BSN) ... Wide receivers Karnorris Benson and Terryon Robinson, as well as linebacker Christon Gill were among the 22 players tabbed by the group.

WCU ON THE PRESEASON 2014 CFPA WATCH LISTS:• KARNORRIS BENSON, WR: A fi rst team All-SoCon selection, Benson matched WCU’s 30-year old single-season record for touchdown catches in a year in 2013, tying Eric Rasheed’s benchmark of 12 TD receptions established back in 1983 ... A product of Atlanta, Ga., Ben-son was the highest-scoring wide receiver in the SoCon last fall with 72 points – the most by a Catamount since running back Fred Boateng tallied 74 points back in 2001;• MICHAEL HELMS, JR., TE: Played in all but one of WCU’s games a season ago with six starts at tight end ... Finished the year with 10 receptions for 181 yards and a TD ... The Mor-ganton, N.C., product recorded a career-high 79 yards receiving at Samford, hauling in the second-longest pass of the season for the Catamounts with a 65-yard reception ... Named to the SoCon All-Freshman team at year’s end, Helms caught his fi rst collegiate touchdown pass in the third quarter of WCU’s come-from-behind, overtime Homecoming victory over Elon;• RICHARD SIGMON, PK: Has handled all of the placekicking for the Catamount football team for the past two seasons ... Booted a career-best 10 fi eld goals in 2013, closing the year second on the team with 53 points scored ... Earned SoCon Player of the Week ac-colades –and an honorable mention from CFPA – in the days after WCU’s dramatic come-from-behind overtime Homecoming victory over Elon, connecting on the game-tying extra point and the game-winning 39-yard fi eld goal.

NEW COACHING FACES FOR CATAMOUNTS IN 2014:• LAMAR MORGAN, defensive backs: Last coached at Vanderbilt ... Was a four-year letter winner at Louisiana-Lafayette, starting four years at safety ... Semifi nalist for the Draddy Trophy – now the Campbell Trophy or “Academic Heisman”;• JAYBO SHAW, wide receivers: Former quarterback at both Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern ... Comes from a football family – father, Lee, played at Western Carolina from 1986-88 and is a high school coach at Rabun County High in northern Georgia ... His young-er brother, Connor, was the starting quarterback at South Carolina, and signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns following the 2014 NFL Draft;• JAMES HOPPER, corner backs: Played and worked as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Virginia Tech, under defensive coordinator Bud Ford ... Works with the Catamount corners along with LaMar Morgan in the defensive secondary;

WESTERN CAROLINA TO PLAY TENNESSEE IN 2015:Western Carolina has added a second SEC opponent to its 2015 schedule as the Cata-mounts will travel just over 100 miles for their fi rst-ever trip to Knoxville, Tenn., to face the Tennessee Volunteers ... WCU also plays at Texas A&M on Nov. 14, 2015) ... The game is scheduled for Sat., Sept. 19, 2015 at the 102,037-seat Neyland Stadium ... Scheduled kickoff time and coverage of the game will be announced at a later date.

WESTERN CAROLINA TO TRAVEL TO TEXAS A&M IN 2015:• Western Carolina will make its fi rst-ever trip to College Station, Texas, and to Texas A&M’s Kyle Field in 2015 as dates for next year’s Catamount football schedule start to take shape. Texas A&M offi cially released its nonconference dates for the fall of 2015 last week which includes a Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 meeting with the NCAA Football Championship Subdivi-sion (FCS) member Catamounts ... Start times will be announced later;

WESTERN CAROLINA VS. CURRENT MEMBERS OFTHE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

ALABAMA .....................................................................................................(0-3) at Tuscaloosa, Ala. ............. Sept. 18, 2002..................... L ................0 .... 52 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. ............. Sept. 1, 2007 ....................... L ................6 .... 52 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. ............. Nov. 17, 2012 ...................... L ................0 .... 49

(NOTE: The 2007 meeting was Alabama’s fi rst game under head coach Nick Saban ...the win was later vacated during the summer of 2009)

AUBURN .......................................................................................................(0-3) at Auburn, Ala. ................... Oct. 4, 1986 ......................... L ................6 .... 55 at Auburn, Ala. ................... Sept. 7, 2002 ....................... L ................0 .... 56 at Auburn, Ala. ................... Oct. 12, 2013 ....................... L ................3 .... 62

FLORIDA .......................................................................................................(0-1) at Gainesville, Fla.. ............. Nov. 18, 2006 ...................... L ................0 .... 62

GEORGIA.......................................................................................................(0-2) at Athens, Ga. .................... Aug. 31, 1991 ...................... L ................0 .... 48 at Athens, Ga. .................... Sept. 15, 2007 ..................... L .............. 16 .... 45

LOUISIANA STATE (LSU) .................................................................................(0-1) at Baton Rouge, La. ............ Sept. 2, 2000 ....................... L ................0 .... 58

(NOTE: The 2000 meeting was LSU’s fi rst game under head coach Nick Saban)

SOUTH CAROLINA .........................................................................................(0-4) at Columbia, S.C. ............... Sept. 13, 1986 ..................... L ..............24 .... 45 at Columbia, S.C. ............... Sept. 12, 1987 ..................... L ................6 .... 31 at Columbia, S.C. ............... Sept. 10, 1988 ..................... L ................0 .... 38 at Columbia, S.C. ............... Oct. 21, 1989 ....................... L ................3 .... 24

VANDERBILT..................................................................................................(0-1) at Nashville, Tenn. .............. Sept. 5, 2009 ....................... L ................0 .... 45

WCU’s All-Time Record vs. the SEC: ............................................................... 0-15Most Points Allowed: .............................................................................. 62, twice ..................................................................................... at Auburn (Oct. 12, 2013) ..................................................................................... at Florida (Nov. 18, 2006) Most Points Scored: ............................................ 24 at South Carolina (9/13/86)Largest Margin of Defeat: ..................................62 at Florida (L, 62-0, 11/18/06)Closest Point Total: .................................................................................21, twice ............................................................... at South Carolina (L, 45-24) – 9/13/86 ................................................................at South Carolina (L, 24-3) – 10/21/89Most Recent vs. SEC: ...................................................... L at Auburn (62-3), 2013


R E T U R N E D A P U N T F O R A T D : WCU: ................................................ Angelo Brown at Chattanooga – Oct. 13, 2007 (27 yards) Opp: ..........................................Kyle Griswould, Middle Tennessee – Aug. 29, 2013 (57 yards)

R E T U R N E D A K I C K O F F F O R A T D : WCU: .................................................Detrez Newsome vs. Wofford – Oct. 11, 2014 (100 yards) Opp: ........................................................Fabian Truss, Samford – Sept. 28, 2013 (100 yards)

R E T U R N E D A N I N T E R C E P T I O N F O R A T D : WCU: ............................................ Adam Hearns at Gardner-Webb – Sept. 18, 2010 (22 yards) Opp: .................... Ed Britt (25 yds) and Deonte Davis (32 yards) of Presbyterian – Oct. 4, 2014

S C O R E D O N A F U M B L E R E C O V E R Y : WCU: ........................................................ Jaleel Lorquet, at Mercer (10 yards) – Oct. 18, 2014 Opp: .......................................................Tevon Floyd of The Citadel (8 yards) – Sept. 14, 2013

R E C O R D E D A S A F E T Y : WCU: ...................................................................................TEAM vs. Wofford – Oct. 11, 2014 Opp: ...................................................................TEAM vs. Appalachian State – Nov. 21, 2009

B L O C K E D A P U N T : WCU: .............................................................................K.P. Hicks, vs. Brevard – Sept. 6, 2014 Opp: ............................................................................. Gary Coates of Elon (2) – Oct. 8, 2011

B L O C K E D A F I E L D G O A L A T T E M P T : WCU: .......................................................................Ezavian Dunn, vs. Wofford – Oct. 11, 2014 Opp: ...........................................................................Zach Bobb of Wofford – Sept. 15, 2012

H A D A 10 0 -YA R D R U S H E R : WCU: ........................ Darius Ramsey (128) and Troy Mitchell (109 yds) vs. VMI – Nov. 15, 2014 Opp: ...................................................... Denzel Williams of Samford (156 yds) – Nov. 8, 2014

H A D A 10 0 -YA R D R E C E I V E R : WCU: ....... Terryon Robinson (12 for 127 yds) & Karnorris Benson (8 for 127 yds) vs. VMI – Nov. 15, 2014 Opp: ...............................Karel Hamilton of Samford – 7 catches for 115 yards – Nov. 8, 2014

T E A M M A T E S R U S H E D F O R 1 0 0 Y A R D S I N T H E S A M E G A M E : WCU: ................................................................... Darius Ramsey (128) and Troy Mitchell (109) ...................................................................................................vs. VMI – Nov. 15, 2014 Opp: ........................................................................Isiaha Smith (111) and Aaron Miller (104) ......................................................................................... of The Citadel – Oct. 25, 2014

T E A M M A T E S H A D 1 0 0 R E C E I V I N G Y A R D S I N T H E S A M E G A M E : WCU: .............................. Terryon Robinson (12 for 127 yds) & Karnorris Benson (8 for 127 yds) ...................................................................................................vs. VMI – Nov. 15, 2014 Opp: .............................................................. Pedro Garcia (119 yds) & Sean Mizzer (104 yds) ......................................................................................................of VMI – Nov. 2, 2002

TEAMMATES HAD 100 YDS RUSHING AND RECEIVING IN THE SAME GAME: WCU: ............ Darius Ramsey (128)/Troy Mitchell (109) & Terryon Robinson/Karnorris Benson (127 yds) ...................................................................................................vs. VMI – Nov. 15, 2014 Opp: .................................. Denzel Williams (156 rush yards) & Karel Hamilton (115 rec yards) ...............................................................................................of Samford – Nov. 8, 2014

T H R E W A T L E A S T F O U R T O U C H D O W N P A S S E S : WCU: ...............................................................................Troy Mitchell vs. VMI – Nov. 15, 2014 Opp: ................................................................. Jeremy Johnson of Auburn (4) – Oct. 12, 2013

P L A Y E R S C O R E D A T L E A S T F O U R T O U C H D O W N S : WCU: ..............................................Karnorris Benson vs. VMI – Nov. 15, 2014 (4 receiving TDs) Opp: .........................................Marlon Mack of South Florida – Aug. 30, 2014 (4 rushing TDs)

P L A Y E R K I C K E D A T L E A S T F O U R F I E L D G O A L S : WCU: .............................................................. Chris Vought vs. Liberty – Aug. 31, 2002 (4 FGs) Opp: .................................................................... Ray Early of Furman – Nov. 16, 2013 (6 FGs)

T E A M S C O R E D A T L E A S T 5 0 P O I N T S : WCU: .....................................................................................52 vs. Mars Hill – Sept. 10, 2011 Opp: ................................................................................... 51 by Chattanooga (Nov. 1, 2014)

T E A M S C O R E D A T L E A S T 3 0 P O I N T S I N A H A L F : WCU: .............................................................................45 vs. Mars Hill (1st) – Sept. 10, 2011 Opp: ...........................................................................38 by Chattanooga (1st) – Nov. 1, 2014

T E A M S C O R E D A T L E A S T 2 5 P O I N T S I N A Q U A R T E R : WCU: ..............................................................29 vs. West Virginia State (2nd) – Sept. 2, 2004 Opp: ............................................................................. 28 by Wofford (2nd) – Sept. 15, 2012

T E A M W A S S H U T O U T : WCU: ............................................................................. by Chattanooga (51-0) – Nov. 1, 2014 Opp: .......................................................................................Shorter (35-0) – Aug. 28, 2008

T H E L A S T T I M E I T H A P P E N E D . . .

For just the second time in school history, the letters that abbreviate Western Carolina University – “W-C-U” – will adorn the school’s football helmet. The new white lettering with gold outline will accompany the front-facing Catamount head athlet-ics logo, and was fi rst used in the 2013 football season.

Western Carolina returned to its long-standing tradition of wearing purple helmets in Cullowhee in 2012. This year’s ver-sion of the Catamount football helmet again features a deep purple color with refl ective gold metallic fl ake and a matching deep purple facemask and chin straps.

Since 1969 when the legendary former head coach Bob Waters stepped foot on the WCU campus, Catamount football teams have worn purple helmets for 39 of the 44 years. The only exceptions are the 1989 season under Dale Strahm with the “yellow LSU” look, and four seasons which featured metallic gold helmet with the new logo and three “cat scratches” down the center. The “LSU-style” helmet was the only other design to feature the letters, WCU.

Whereas WCU has sported solid purple domes on the foot-ball fi eld numerous times in its history, the team has also used myriad of logos to adorn the helmets over time. Prior to the 1971 season, Waters and his staff decided that the helmets needed a new look – and as it turned out, it became the most recogniz-able helmet moniker in program history. The script “The Cats” hit the headgear and, over time, became the tradition of WCU football.

Although the print of the script changed in color – going from white to gold – “The Cats” remained on the Catamount football helmets for 27 of the next 29 years with the lone excep-tion coming in 1989 under Strahm and the 1990 season which again featured a un-logoed, purple helmet.

WCU underwent another helmet change in 1999 with a golden block “W” on both sides and a white-and-gold, tri-stripe down the middle which was on the headgear for three seasons. “The Cats” returned to the helmets in 2002, adding a modern treatment to that dynamic duo of words and a cat-like look with eyes and whiskers enveloping the word mark.

The modern “The Cats” look stayed until 2008 when the purple helmets gave way to the aforementioned golden domes.

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• Kyle Field on the Texas A&M campus is undergoing a $450 million redevelopment and renovations which are planned to be completed by the start of the 2015 season. Offi cial seating capacity is expected to exceed 102,000 at Kyle Field;• According to available research, the game against Texas A&M will represent WCU’s fi rst football game in the “Lone Star State,” while also representing the farthest west Catamount football will have traveled, just further than the 1973 meeting with the University of Nebras-ka-Omaha;

WCU INKS TWO-GAME AGREEMENT WITH N.C. STATE:• Western Carolina and North Carolina State have signed a two-game agreement for foot-ball games as a part of future schedules ... the in-state foes will square off at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh as a part of both the 2019 (Sept. 7) and 2024 (Aug. 31) schedules; • WCU and North Carolina State have met six times previously on the football gridiron, most recently in 2010 with each meeting played in Raleigh .. the fi rst-ever meeting between the two came back in November of 1986 – a 31-18 victory for NCSU ... the Wolfpack lead the all-time series, 6-0.


at South Florida (ESPN3)Sat., Aug. 30Tampa, Fla.L, 36-31

BREVARD(Catamount Club Day)Sat., Sept. 6Cullowhee, N.C.W, 45-21

CATAWBA(WCU Family Weekend)Sat., Sept. 13CULLOWHEEW, 35-17

at Furman * (ASN)Sat., Sept. 27Greenville, S.C.W, 35-17

at PresbyterianSat., Oct. 4Clinton, S.C.L, 19-14

WOFFORD * (ESPN3)Sat., Oct. 11CULLOWHEE3:30 pm

at Mercer * (ESPN3)Sat., Oct. 18Macon, Ga.W, 35-21

THE CITADEL *(Homecoming)Sat., Oct. 25CULLOWHEEW, 29-15

#12/14 CHATTANOOGA *(EBCI Day)Sat., Nov. 1CULLOWHEEL, 51-0

at Samford * (ASN)Sat., Nov. 8Birmingham, Ala.L, 34-20

VMI*(Hall of Fame / Senior Day)Sat., Nov. 15CULLOWHEEW, 42-27

at Alabama (SEC Network)Saturday, Nov. 22Tuscaloosa, Ala.4 pm ET / 3 pm CT

TAMPA, FLA. – South Florida freshman tailback Marlon Mack rushed for 275 yards and four touchdowns as the Bulls came from behind to fend off upset-minded Western Carolina, 36-31, in the season-opener at Raymond James Sta-dium. Troy Mitchell set school records for completions (46) and attempts (66), accounting for three touchdowns including two through the air and one rushing in the loss. Terryon Robinson led eight WCU receivers with 15 receptions and a TD.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Junior tailback Darius Ramsey rushed for three touchdowns while his freshman counterpart Detrez Newsome scored twice on the ground as Western Carolina pulled away from Brevard College for a 45-21 home-opening victory in nonconference action at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field. WCU rushed for six touchdowns and Richard Sigmon added a 19-yard fi eld goal in the victory, snapping a four-game winless drought dating back to last season.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina won its second-straight game, scoring 21-straight second half points to pull away from Catawba, 35-17, in the fi rst seres meeting since 1969. Troy Mitchell threw for 223 yards and two touch-downs, adding a rushing TD while freshman tailback Detrez Newsome scored twice on the ground. Freshman LB Daniel Riddle sparked the defense with a career-best 18 tackles with three TFLs, a sack and two forced fumbles.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Spearman Robinson hauled in two receiving touchdowns and Detrez Newsome added two rushing scores as Western Carolina opened Southern Conference play with a convincing 35-17 road victory over Furman. Saturday’s victory opener snapped four long losing skids for the Catamounts – 22-straight on the road, 15 in a row away from home vs. league opponents, nine-straight road losses at Furman and eight consecutive defeats overall to Furman.

CLINTON, S.C. – Presbyterian bookended its scores with two interception returns for touchdowns, the second coming inside the game’s fi nal two minutes, as the Blue Hose handed Western Carolina a heart-breaking 19-14 road loss. With WCU still clinging to the one-point lead inside the game’s fi nal two minutes, PC defensive lineman Deonte Davis intercepted an errant pass attempt from WCU back-up QB Garrett Brown and rumbled 32 yards for the game-winning score.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Freshman Detrez Newsome returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, and later put the game away with a 24-yard rushing score, helping Western Carolina snap an eight-game skid against Wofford with a 26-14 win at E.J. Whitmire Stadium. In addition to the kickoff return for a score, WCU’s special teams blocked a fi eld goal while the defensive unit forced a goal line turnover and recorded a safety.

MACON, GA. – Spearman Robinson hauled in three of Western Carolina’s four receiving touchdowns as the Catamounts claimed a 35-21 road victory over Mer-cer in the fi rst-ever series meeting. Karnorris Benson caught a pass from wideout teammate Terryon Robinson and the WCU defense put up points for a second-straight week as Jaleel Lorquet scooped-and-scored on a fi rst quarter fumble recovery in WCU’s second road win of the year.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Western Carolina amassed 633 yards of total offense and forced four takeaways on defense as the Catamounts remained unbeaten at home and tied atop the Southern Conference standings with a 29-15 Home-coming victory over The Citadel Bulldogs at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Wa-ters Field. Detrez Newsome rushed for two second half touchdowns and Darius Ramsey sealed the win with a 20-yard fourth quarter touchdown run.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Troy Mitchell threw a career-high fi ve touchdowns and ran in a sixth from 55 yards out to lead Western Carolina to a 42-27 win over VMI, the 12th-straight victory in the head-to-head series. Mitchell fi nished with 339 yards on 32-for-42 passing and added another 109 yards on the ground. Karnor-ris Benson hauled in four of the touchdown passes and Tyler Sexton grabbed the fi fth for the Catamounts, who secured their fi rst winning season since 2005.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – No. 12/14 Chattanooga scored on six consecutive posses-sions to take a 38-0 lead at intermission en route to a 51-0 victory over Western Carolina in a battle of unbeatens in Southern Conference play at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field. UTC rolled up 512 yards of offense including a sea-son-high 386 yards on the ground led by Keon Williams with 194 yards and two touchdowns. WCU was held to a season-low 102 yards of total offense.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – Samford scored on each of its four fi rst half possessions, riding the strong start to a 34-20 victory over Western Carolina at Seibert Sta-dium. It was WCU’s 11th-straight loss to the Bulldogs in the all-time, head-to-head series. Troy Mitchell rushed for two touchdowns and added a passing score to Spearman Robinson to headline play for WCU. Karnorris Benson caught seven passes for 91 yards and Darius Ramsey rushed for 95 yards in the losing effort.

Western Carolina concludes its 2014 regular season at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., against the Alabama Crimson Tide. It is the fourth meeting between the two programs, all coming since 2004. It is also WCU’s season fi nale for the second time in the past three years.

MOST POINTS SCORED VS. SoCon OPPONENT: 53 ..... W .............................vs. Chattanooga – Oct. 22, 1994 45 ..... W .............................vs. Chattanooga – Oct. 26, 2002 45 ..... W ..............................vs. The Citadel – Sept. 20, 1997 45 ........... L ........................ vs. #6 Marshall – Nov. 12, 1988 44 ........... L ........................ vs. #11 Wofford – Oct. 25, 2007 44 ..... W ...........................................vs. VMI – Oct. 27, 2001 44 ..... W .............................. at Chattanooga – Oct. 17, 1992 44 ..... W .................................. at The Citadel – Nov. 5, 1983 44 ..... W .................... vs. Appalachian State – Nov. 19, 1977 43 ..... W ......................... vs. East Tennessee – Oct. 11, 1986 42 ..... W .......................................... vs. VMI – Nov. 15, 2014 42 ..... W ...............................at The Citadel – Sept. 17, 1994 42 ..... W ................................... vs. Marshall – Oct. 16, 1982

MOST POINTS ALLOWED VS. SoCon OPPONENT: 79 ........... L ................ at Appalachian State – Nov. 10, 2007 70 ........... L ....................at Georgia Southern – Oct. 9, 1999 62 ........... L ..............................at Samford – Sept. 28, 2013 56 ........... L .........................at Chattanooga – Oct. 23, 1999 52 ........... L ................................at Samford – Oct. 29, 2011 52 ........... L .................. at #1 Ga. Southern – Sept. 24, 2011 52 ........... L ................................vs. Furman – Nov. 17, 2007 52 ........... L .............................. at Marshall – Nov. 11, 1989 52 ........... L ........................ vs. #6 Marshall – Nov. 12, 1988 51 ........... L ......................... at Chattanooga – Oct. 15, 2011 51 ........... L ...............................Chattanooga – Nov. 1, 2014 50 ........... L ................at Georgia Southern – Sept. 29, 2007 50 ........... L ...............at #1 Georgia Southern – Oct. 6, 2001

MOST COMBINED POINTS VS. SoCon OPPONENT: 97 ........... L .............................. vs. Marshall (45-52) – 1989

WESTERN CAROLINA BIG RUN PLAYS (25 or more yds): YDS PLAYER OPP. 55 .....Troy Mitchell ............................................................VMI 38 .....Troy Mitchell .................................................The Citadel 38 .....Detrez Newsome ...........................................The Citadel 38 .....Darius Ramsey ............................................... at Furman 38 .....Darius Ramsey ................................................... Brevard 36 .....Darius Ramsey ..............................................The Citadel 33 .....Darius Ramsey .........................................................VMI 33 .....Detrez Newsome ................................................ Brevard 25 .....Troy Mitchell ...................................................... Brevard

WESTERN CAROLINA BIG PASS PLAYS (30 or more yds): YDS PLAYER OPP. 56 .... Willie Police ..................................................... Catawba 52 .... Willie Police .................................................... at Mercer 44 .... Karnorris Benson ...........................................at Samford 44 .... Spearman Robinson ......................................... Catawba 43 .... Terryon Robinson ...........................................The Citadel 42 .... Spearman Robinson ........................................ at Mercer 40 .... Karnorris Benson ........................................ Chattanooga 39 .... Karnorris Benson ......................................................VMI 39 .... Karnorris Benson ............................................. at Mercer 39 .... Spearman Robinson ....................................... at Furman 36 .... Darius Ramsey .....................................................at USF 34 .... Terryon Robinson ................................................ Brevard 33 .... Spearman Robinson ...........................................Wofford 31 .... Terryon Robinson ......................................................VMI 31 .... Tyler Sexton .............................................at Presbyterian

WESTERN CAROLINA 2014 OPENING DRIVES: OPP RESULT at USF ......TURNOVER ....................................Lost Fumble Brevard ......TOUCHDOWN ........................ Ramsey, 1-yd run Catawba ......PUNT ............................................... 3-and-out at Furman ......TOUCHDOWN ..................S. Robinson, 39-yd catch at Presby ......TURNOVER .................... Interception ret. for TD Wofford ......PUNT ............................................... 3-and-out at Mercer ......PUNT ............................................... 3-and-out The Citadel ......TURNOVER ....................................Interception Chattanooga ......PUNT ............................................... 3-and-out at Samford ......PUNT ................................. 6-play drive stalled VMI ......PUNT ............................................... 3-and-out

MISC. STATS/NOTES



WESTERN CAROLINA’S SOCON PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:


PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SUCCESS FOR THE CATS IN 2014:Western Carolina continues to fare extremely well in the weekly awards from the Southern Conference offi ce this season ... WCU has had at least one player honored in all but one of the weeks in which it was active, not receiving honors in week six in the road loss at Presby-terian ... WCU has had two honorees in three-straight weeks, marking the fi rst-time since 2000 that WCU had earned weekly plaudits:

• This year, WCU has a program-best 11 SoCon Players of the Week:

• WEEK 11: QB Troy Mitchell earned his second weekly honor, amassing 448 yards of total offense and accounting for all six TDs in WCU’s win over VMI ... Mitchell threw three TD passes and recorded a career-long, 55-yard touchdown run ... Mitchell threw for 339 yards and rushed for 121 in the victory.;

• WEEK 9: WCU sophomore DB Trey Morgan (Defensive) and RB Detrez Newsome (Freshman) were honored by the SoCon ... Morgan made a career-high nine tackles and was a part of three turnovers – forcing two fumbles and recording his SoCon-leading fi fth inter-ception ... Newsome rushed for a career-high 123 yards and two touchdowns, the fi fth-time he had scored two TDs in a single game this season ... the honor was the second of the fall for Newsome, who earned special teams honors in week seven;

• WEEK 8: WCU redshirt sophomore WR Spearman Robinson picked up his second weekly honor of the season, hauling in seven passes for 107 yards and three touchdowns at Mercer ... junior DB Jaleel Lorquet earned his fi rst career accolades, recovering two fumbles, returning the fi rst one for a touchdown ... Lorquet fi nished with eight total tackles, fi ve solo stops, in the win at Mercer;

• WEEK 7: WCU senior LB Christon Gill and freshman running back Detrez Newsome were named the SoCon Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week ... Gill led the Catamount defense with 12 tackles including four solo stops and two for loss ... Gill was addition-ally named the College Sports Madness SoCon Defensive Player of the Week ... Newsome amassed 180 all-purpose yards including 140 on kickoff returns with his fi rst-career return for a touchdown to open the game (100 yds);• Gill and Newsome’s selections mark the fi rst time since Oct. 21, 2000 that WCU had TWO SoCon weekly award winners in the same week ... Former defenders Justin Fryer (Defensive) and Lamont Seward (Freshman) were both honored following their respective performances in a home win over Chattanooga in 2000 ... That sea-son, WCU had two weekly honorees three times with Seward joining former quarterback David Rivers (Offensive) on two different weeks on Sept. 9 and Oct. 14.

• WEEK 5: WCU sophomore WR Spearman Robinson was named the SoCon Offensive Player of the Week ... Hauled in fi ve passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns – all coming in the fi rst half – in the 35-17 road win at Furman ... the 120 yards were the second-most in his WCU career;

• WEEK 3: WCU freshman LB Daniel Riddle was honored TWICE fol-lowing the win over Catawba, earning the SoCon Defensive Player of the Week and national co-Freshman of the Week from The Sports Network ... In his fi rst career start, Riddle amassed a career-high 18 tackles with three for loss including a sack and forcing two fumbles;

• WEEK 2: Western Carolina junior running back Darius Ramsey was named the Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week follow-ing his 88-yard, three touchdown rushing performance in the home-opener against Brevard ... Ramsey was also named the College Sports Madness SoCon Player of the Week ... Ramsey accounted for 95 yards of total offense ... He averaged 9.7 yards per carry with one reception for seven yards;

• WEEK 1: WCU junior QB Troy Mitchell collected the offensive week-ly honor from the opening weekend, shattering two WCU single-game quarterback records with a career-high 46 pass completions on 66 attempts ... Tallied a career-high 374 yards passing, the ninth-best single-game performance in program history ... Mitchell’s award was the fi rst OFFENSIVE honor in the three-year tenure of head coach Mark Speir and his staff.

1977S 24 OFF ............. Mike Pusey, WCUO 22 OFF ....... Wayne Tolleson, WCUO 29 DEF ............ Ricky Smith, WCUN 12 OFF .........Darrell Lipford, WCUN 19 OFF ............. Mike Pusey, WCU

1978S 9 OFF ............. Mike Pusey, WCUS 30 DEF ..................Ty Smith, WCUO 14 OFF ............ Jeff Norman, WCUO 28 DEF ..........Thomas Gunn, WCUN 4 OFF ............ Gerald Harp, WCU DEF ..................Ty Smith, WCU

1979S 8 DEF ............ John Strong, WCUS 15 OFF ............. Mike Pusey, WCUS 29 DEF ............ Ricky Smith, WCUN 17 DEF .............Eddie Estes, WCU

1980N 15 OFF .............. Ron Mixon, WCU

1981O 24 DEF ...... Johnny Williams, WCUO 31 OFF .............. Ron Mixon, WCUN 14 OFF ........Anthony James, WCU

1982S 11 DEF ..... Nathan Williams, WCUS 18 OFF .........Dean Biasucci, WCUO 16 OFF ........Anthony James, WCUO 23 OFF ........Anthony James, WCUO 30 DEF ........ Richard Dukes, WCU

1983O 1 DEF ........ Richard Dukes, WCUO 29 DEF .............. Ricky Pate, WCUN 5 DEF ...... Miles Nicholson, WCUN 19 OFF .... Leonard Williams, WCU

1984S 8 DEF ...........Louis Cooper, WCUS 22 DEF ........... Tiger Greene, WCUO 6 OFF ..............Jeff Gilbert, WCUO 27 OFF ..............Jeff Gilbert, WCU DEF ........... Tiger Greene, WCU

1986S 13 OFF ..........Willie Perkins, WCUO 18 DEF .... Everett Spellman, WCUO 25 DEF ........ Kenny Peeples, WCUN 15 OFF ..............Kirk Roach, WCU

1987S 26 DEF ............. Scott Arant, WCUO 17 OFF .............Mark Smith, WCUN 21 DEF .... Everett Spellman, WCU

1988S 17 OFF ........ Darryl Jackson, WCU DEF ...........Geno Segars, WCU

1989S 16 DEF ......... Terrell Wagner, WCU

1990S 8 FR ......... Kevin Thigpen, WCUS 22 OFF ......... Kevin Thigpen, WCU FR ......... Kevin Thigpen, WCU

1991A 31 FR .............Kerry Hayes, WCUS 21 FR .............Kerry Hayes, WCUO 19 OFF ......... Kevin Thigpen, WCU FR .............Kerry Hayes, WCU

1992O 17 OFF ......Lonnie Galloway, WCU FR ........ Wes Greenwell, WCUO 24 OFF ............. Craig Aiken, WCUO 31 OFF ......Lonnie Galloway, WCU DEF ............ Julius Grant, WCUN 14 DEF ............ Tom Bodine, WCU

1993O 2 FR ........... Jimmy Butler, WCUO 9 OFF ......Lonnie Galloway, WCUO 16 DEF ............ Tom Bodine, WCUN 20 DEF ............ Julius Grant, WCU

1994O 3 FR ...... Leander Dumas, WCUO 10 DEF .......... Herb Streater, WCUO 24 OFF .............Kerry Hayes, WCU FR ............ Robb Harris, WCU

1995S 25 DEF ......... Robert Tucker, WCUO 2 DEF ......... Jason Hatcher, WCUO 30 FR ....... Terence Stokes, WCU

1996S 8 DEF ........... Eric Johnson, WCU FR .......... Darius Hooks, WCU

1997S 20 O – Darius Hooks, WCUN 15 D – Marcus Bradley, WCU

1998S 19 DEF ........... Eric Johnson, WCUS 26 DEF ......Anthony Jenkins, WCUO 24 DEF ....DeNorrise Burton, WCUN 21 OFF ............Brad Hoover, WCU DEF ........ Brett Chappell, WCU

1999N 22 FR ........Michael Banks, WCU

2000S 9 OFF ............David Rivers, WCU FR .......Lamont Seward, WCUS 23 DEF ............. Justin Fryer, WCUO 7 FR .......... Fred Boateng, WCUO 14 OFF ............David Rivers, WCU FR .......Lamont Seward, WCUO 21 DEF ............. Justin Fryer, WCU FR .......Lamont Seward, WCUO 28 FR .......Lamont Seward, WCUN 18 FR .......Lamont Seward, WCU

2001S 3 DEF ............. Justin Fryer, WCUS 24 OFF .......... Fred Boateng, WCUO 15 OFF ........Michael Banks, WCUN 19 FR ...........Tyler Norman, WCU

2002S 2 DEF ............ Rod Dunlap, WCUO 28 OFF Manny DeShauteurs, WCU

2003S 22 OFF .......... Brian Gaither, WCUS 29 OFF .......Lamont Seward, WCUO 13 FR .... Nicholas Wishart, WCUN 24 DEF ............ Nick McNeil, WCU

2004S 6 DEF ................Travis Hill, WCUN 1 DEF ................Travis Hill, WCUN 15 DEF ............... Bruce Lee, WCU

2005S 12 OFF ............ Darius Fuge, WCUO 24 DEF ......... Carlton Bailey, WCU

2007S 10 DEF ............ Gary Blount, WCUS 17 SPTM ... Jonathan Parsons, WCUS 24 SPTM ... Jonathan Parsons, WCUO 1 DEF ...... Quinton Phillips, WCUO 8 FR ..........Adam Hearns, WCUO 22 DEF ...... Quinton Phillips, WCUO 29 FR .....Marquel Pittman, WCU

2008S 15 DEF ....... Quintin Phillips, WCUS 22 FR ........... Quan Warley, WCUO 13 FR ............ Zack Jaynes, WCUO 27 FR ........... Quan Warley, WCUN 3 SPTM ..............Blake Cain, WCUN 24 DEF ....... Adrian McLeod, WCU

2009O 19 FR ............ Dion Wilson, WCUO 26 OFF ............Miguel Starks, CITN 9 FR .....Michael Johnson, WCUN 23 FR .....Michael Johnson, WCU

2010S 20 DEF ............. Torez Jones, WCUO 4 DEF ..........Adam Hearns, WCU FR ....Brandon Pechloff, WCUO 25 FR ....... Deja Alexander, WCU

2011S 12 FR ......... Shaun Warren, WCUO 3 SPTM . George Richardson, WCU

2012S 3 FR ........... Troy Mitchell, WCUO 15 DEF .........Rock Williams, WCUO 22 FR ........... Troy Mitchell, WCU

2013O 22 FR .............Garry Lewis, WCU SPTM ...... Richard Sigmon, WCU

2014S 1 OFF ........... Troy Mitchell, WCUS 8 OFF ........Darius Ramsey, WCUS 15 DEF ..........Daniel Riddle, WCUS 29 OFF ... Spearman Robinson, WCUO 13 DEF ............Christon Gill, WCU SPTM .....Detrez Newsome, WCUO 20 OFF ... Spearman Robinson, WCU DEF ......... Jaleel Lorquet, WCUO 28 DEF ............Trey Morgan, WCU FR .....Detrez Newsome, WCUN 17 OFF ........... Troy Mitchell, WCU

* The 11 honors this seasonis the MOST-ever honorsfor Western Carolina in a

single season *

WCU’S SOCON PLAYERS OF THE MONTH:

2003Sept. OFF ............... Brian GaitherOct. DEF ..................Rod Dunlap

2008Nov. DEF .............Adrian McLeod

2010Sept. DEF .................. Torez Jones

2014Oct. DEF ................. Trey Morgan


CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// 3RD SEASON /// CATAMOUNT HEAD COACH MARK SPEIR

PERSONAL DATA: Originally from Kannapolis, N.C. ... His wife, Paige; the couple has two sons, Zeb and Jackson.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Clemson University with a bachelor’s degree in sec-ondary education in ‘90; earned his Masters degree at WCU in 1994.

COACHING EXPERIENCE: Speir returned to Cullowhee in 2012 after spending nine seasons at Appalachian State where he was a part of three-consecutive FCS National Championships from 2005-07 ... He served as ASU’s recruiting coordinator from 2004 until 2011, while also coaching the inside linebackers prior to his departure. Speir also coached the Mountaineers’ run-ning backs (2003-04), defensive line (2005-08) and defensive ends (2009-10) ... In 2009, Speir was tabbed as the NCAA Division I FCS Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) ... Prior to Appalachian State, Speir also made coaching stops at both at Presbyterian (1997-99) while the Blue Hose were a NCAA Division II member institution, and at Elon (2000-02) the year after the program made the transition to a NCAA Division I school.

A native of Kannapolis, N.C., Speir broke into coaching while an undergraduate at Clemson University, working as a student assistant from 1986 through 1989, and helped the Tigers to three Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships during his four years. Following his graduation, Speir landed on Steve Hodgin’s staff in Cullowhee, fi rst working with the Catamount running backs from 1991-93, then the linebackers in 1994 before coaching the defensive line and serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator from 1995-96 ... All told, Speir has held the title of recruiting coordinator at three NCAA FCS institutions (WCU, Elon and ASU).

MARK SPEIR ERA – A RETURN “HOME” TO CULLOWHEE:The 2012 season-opening Thursday night game against Mars Hill marked the “offi cial” beginning of the WCU head coaching career for Mark Speir ... Hired on Dec. 22, 2011, Speir was introduced to the Catamount Nation before a standing-room-only audience in the Ramsey Center Hospitality Room ... Speir is the 13th different head coach in Western Carolina’s football history ... It is his second stint in Cullowhee as Speir got his profes-sional start in collegiate coaching in 1991 on staff with former head coach, Steve Hodgin ... Speir was on staff at WCU from 1991 until 1996 ... His fi rst son, Zeb, was born in Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva and his young-est son, Jackson, is named after the county in which Cullowhee resides.

CATAMOUNT FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACHES IN DEBUT OUTINGS:Western Carolina fi rst-year head coaches have combined to go 6-5-2 in their fi rst-ever games dating back to 1931 ... SIX of the 13 head coaches all-time have started out their career at WCU with a victory ... WCU’s fi rst-year head coaches are 4-1 in fi rst career games that occur at home ... Mark Speir became the THIRD-STRAIGHT, fi rst-year WCU head coach to win his debut game, with his 2012 Catamounts scoring THE MOST POINTS by any team led by a fi rst-year head coach in program history ... Bob Waters – WCU’s all-time win-ningest head coach – posted the best-ever fi rst season by going 9-1 in 1969, opening the year with a victory:

YEAR COACH – RESULT – SCORE OPPONENT1931 ........C.C. Poindexter ................ W ...........................12–7 ...........................vs. Sylva Institute1935 ........Ralph James ............................. L ...................6–26 ..................... at Apprentice School1939 ........James Whatley ...................................T ...........0–0 ...........................at Guilford College1945 ........Marion McDonald ..................... L ...................7–35 ..................................at High Point1946 ........Tom Young .........................................T ...........6–6 ...................................at High Point1956 ........Dan Robinson .................. W ...........................19–13 ...................... at Carson-Newman1969 ........Bob Waters ...................... W ...........................20–17 .....................vs. Carson-Newman1989 ........Dale Strahm ............................. L ...................13–31 ..................... at Eastern Kentucky1990 ........Steve Hodgin ............................ L ...................0–67 ..................................at N.C. State1997 ........Bill Bleil .................................... L ...................10–17 .................... vs. Liberty University2002 ........Kent Briggs ...................... W ...........................23–3 ....................... at Liberty University2008 ........Dennis Wagner ................ W ...........................35–0 ........................ vs. Shorter College2012 ........Mark Speir ....................... W ...........................42-14 ..................... vs. Mars Hill College

MARK SPEIR AT A GLANCEHometown: Kannapolis, N.C.

Wife: Paige (Holt) of Pickens, S.C.Sons: Zeb and Jackson

Alma Mater: Clemson, 1990 Master’s – Western Carolina, 1994

COACHING EXPERIENCE1986-89: Clemson (Student Assistant)

1991-93: Western Carolina (Running Backs)1994: Western Carolina (Outside Linebackers)

1995-96: Western Carolina(Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator)

1997-99: Presbyterian(Defensive Line/Strength & Conditioning)

2000-01: Elon(Running Backs/Sp.Tms/Recruiting Coord.)

2002: Elon (Defensive/Recruiting Coordinator)2003-04: Appalachian State (Running Backs)2005-09: Appalachian State (Defensive Line)

2004-11: Appalachian State(Recruiting Coordinator)

2009-10: Appalachian State (Defensive Ends)2011: Appalachian State (Inside Linebackers)

2012-pres.: Western Carolina (Head Coach)

R E C O R D B Y U N I F O R M U N D E R S P E I RR E C O R D B Y U N I F O R M U N D E R S P E I R

Opponent Jersey Pant W/L RecordMars Hill Purple Purple WIN at Marshall White White Gold Loss at Wofford WhiteWhite Purple Loss Samford Purple Gold Loss at Furman Purple Purple Loss Georgia Southern Purple Gold Loss at The Citadel White White Gold Loss at Elon WhiteWhite Purple Loss Appalachian State Purple Purple Loss Chattanooga Purple Purple Loss at Alabama White White Gold Loss 0-3

at Middle Tennessee WhiteWhite Purple Loss at Virginia Tech WhiteWhite Purple Loss The Citadel Purple Purple Loss Mars Hill Purple Gold WIN at Samford WhiteWhite Purple Loss at Chattanooga WhiteWhite Purple Loss at Auburn WhiteWhite Purple Loss Wofford Purple Purple Loss Elon Purple Purple WIN at Georgia Southern WhiteWhite Purple Loss Furman Purple Gold Loss 1-3at Appalachian State WhiteWhite Purple Loss

at USF WhiteWhite Purple Loss Brevard Purple White White WIN Catawba Purple White White WINat Furman White White White White WIN at Presbyterian WhiteWhite Purple Loss Wofford Purple White White WIN at Mercer White White White White WIN 2-0The Citadel Purple White White WINChattanooga Purple White White Loss 4-1at Samford WhiteWhite Purple Loss 0-12VMI Purple Purple WIN 3-5at Alabama


S O C O N O V E R A L LC/SN Team W L Pct Pts Opp W L Pct Pts Opp9 / 9 Chattanooga 6 0 1.000 247 89 8 3 .727 376 203– / RV Western Carolina 5 2 .714 187 179 7 4 .636 312 272– / RV Samford 5 2 .714 227 138 7 3 .700 348 186 Wofford 3 3 .500 120 124 5 5 .500 266 247 The Citadel 2 4 .333 129 161 4 7 .364 275 319 Furman 2 4 .333 123 187 3 8 .273 191 295 Mercer 1 5 .167 143 171 6 5 .545 384 255 VMI 1 5 .167 113 240 2 9 .182 265 452

C – FCS Coaches Poll; SN – Sports Network Poll

2014 Southern Conference Standings2014 Southern Conference Standings SoCon Games This WeekSoCon Games This Week

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014

* The Citadel at VMI, 1:30 pm (ESPN3)

* Mercer at Wofford, 1:30 pm (SDN)

* Chattanooga at Furman, 3:30 pm (ASN)

Western Carolina at Alabama, 4:00 pm (SEC Network)

Samford at Auburn, 7:00 pm (ESPNU)

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE WEEKLYFOOTBALL COACHES’ TELECONFERENCE

The Southern Conference will once again sponsor a weekly teleconference throughout the season that features the league’s nine football coaches. The week-ly teleconference is open to members of the media ONLY and will take place each Tuesday (Aug. 31-Playoffs) from 10:00-11:04 am. Each coach will have eight-minutes to make an opening statement and answer questions from the media:

SoCon Football Coaches Teleconference – Weekly ScheduleTime (EDT) Coach, School10:00-10:08 ....................................... Mike Houston, The Citadel10:08-10:16 ............................................... Bruce Fowler, Furman10:16-10:24 .................................................Bobby Lamb, Mercer10:24-10:32............................................... Pat Sullivan, Samford10:32-10:40 ...................................Russ Huesman, Chattanooga10:40-10:48 ..................................................Sparky Woods, VMI10:48-10:56 .......................... MARK SPEIR, WESTERN CAROLINA10:56-11:04 .................................................Mike Ayers, Wofford

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2014 SOCON PRESEASON COACHES POLL 2014 SOCON PRESEASON MEDIA POLL 1. Chattanooga (6) 48 1. Chattanooga (29) 235 2. Furman (1) 40 2. Furman (1) 203 Samford (1) 40 3. Samford 174 4. Wofford 30 4. Wofford 155 5. Western Carolina 24 5. Western Carolina 105 6. The Citadel 22 6. The Citadel 103 7. Mercer 10 7. Mercer 67 VMI 10 8. VMI 38

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Jacob Huesman, Jr. QB, ChattanoogaPreseason Defensive Players of the Year: Davis Tull, Sr., DL, Chattanooga

2014 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE COACHES PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS: FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OFFENSE QB Jacob Huesman, So., UTC QB Reese Hannon, Jr., FUR RB Hank McCloud, Sr., FUR RB DARIUS RAMSEY, JR., WCU RB Keon Williams, Sr., UTC RB Will Gay, Jr., WOF OL Charles Emert, Sr., FUR OL Joe Turner, Jr., FUR OL Gunnar Bromelow, Jr., SAM OL C.H. Scruggs, Jr., SAM OL Synjen Herren, Jr., UTC OL Corey Levin, So., UTC OL JOSH WINEBERG, JR., WCU OL Andrew Marcotte, Sr., VMI OL T.J. Chamberlin, Jr., WOF OL Anton Wahrby, So., WOF TE Faysal Shafaat, Sr., UTC TE Tony Philpot, Jr., SAM WR Andrej Suttles, So., FUR WR Karel Hamilton, So., SAM WR KARNORRIS BENSON, JR., WCU WR TERRYON ROBINSON, SO., WCU

DEFENSE DEFENSE DL Justin Oxendine, Sr., CIT DL Ira McCune, Sr., FUR DL Gary Wilkins, Sr., FUR DL Josh Freeman, Jr., UTC DL Davis Tull, Sr., UTC DL Jerry Mathis, Sr., SAM DL Tarek Odom, Sr., WOF DL Derrick Lott, Sr., UTC LB Carl Robinson, Sr., CIT LB Bobby Wilson, Jr., SAM LB Marcus McMorris, Sr., FUR LB CHRISTON GILL, SR., WCU LB Carl Rider, Jr., FUR LB Kevin Thomas, Sr., WOF DB Reggie Thomas, Jr., FUR DB Trey Robinson, So., FUR DB James Bradberry, Jr., SAM DB ACE CLARK, SR., WCU DB Jaquiski Tartt, Sr., SAM DB Chris Armfi eld, So., WOF DB SERTONUSE HARRIS, JR., WCU DB Bernard Williams, Sr., WOF

SPECIALISTS SPECIALISTS PK Warren Handrahan, So., SAM PK RICHARD SIGMON, SR., WCU P Greg Peranich, Sr., SAM P Nick Pollard, Sr., UTC RS SHAUN WARREN, SR., WCU RS Will Gay, Jr., WOF


WESTERN CAROLINAVS. ALABAMA

CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU AT ALABAMA – STATISTICAL COMPARISON

WCU Offense BAMA 312 ...........................Scoring .......................... 337 28.4 ...................Points Per Game .................. 33.7 225 ........................First Downs ....................... 231 4,441 ............... Total Yards Gained .............. 4,721 403.7 ................. Yards Per Game ................. 472.1 2,032 .................Rushing Yardage ................ 1,979 184.7 ......... Rushing Average per Game ........ 197.9 2,409 ................. Passing Yardage ................ 2,742 219.0 ......... Passing Average per Game ........ 274.2

WCU Team Stats BAMA 82–807 .............. Penalties–Yards .............55–436 62/143, 43% .. 3rd Down Conversion .. 77/149, 52% 12/17, 71% .... 4th Down Conversion ...... 4/7, 57%

WCU Defense BAMA 272 ..................... Points Allowed .................... 145 24.7 ............ Points Allowed Per Game............ 14.5 4,245 ...............Total Yards Allowed .............. 2,901 385.9 ........... Yards Allowed Per Game .......... 290.1 2,465 ............ Rushing Yards Allowed .............. 941 224.1 .......... Rushing Average Allowed ........... 94.1 1,780 .............Passing Yards Allowed ............1,960 161.8 ...........Passing Average Allowed ..........196.0

HEAD-to-HEAD COMPARISON2014 WCU DEFENSIVE LEADERS: 2014 ALABAMA DEFENSIVE LEADERS:Tackles Leaders: GP UA-AA = Total Avg. Christon Gill .............. 11 ...... 43-58 = 101 .............9.2 Ace Clark .................. 10 ....... 32-41 = 73 .............. 7.3 Daniel Riddle ............ 11 ....... 30-38 = 68 ..............6.2 Sertonuse Harris ....... 11 ....... 33-29 = 62 ..............5.6 Fred Payne ................ 11 ....... 26-33 = 59 ..............5.4 Trey Morgan .............. 11 ....... 37-14 = 51 ..............4.6 Caleb Hawkins .......... 11 ....... 22-27 = 49 .............4.5 Tyson Dickson ............ 6 ........ 17-27 = 44 .............. 7.3 Jaleel Lorquet ........... 10 ........ 23-8 = 31 ...............3.1 Kelvin Ume ................ 9 ......... 8-18 = 26 ...............2.9TFL Leaders: Total Yds Christon Gill ................................11.0 ....................40 Caleb Hawkins ........................... 10.0 ....................35Sacks Leaders: Total Yds Christon Gill ................................ 3.0 .....................23 Caleb Hawkins ............................ 3.0 .....................12Interceptions Leaders: Total Trey Morgan ..............................................................5Fumbles Forced Leaders: Total Trey Morgan .............................................................4 Ace Clark ..................................................................3Fumbles Recovered Leaders: Total Trey Morgan ..............................................................4

Tackles Leaders: GP UA-AA = Total Avg. Reggie Ragland ........ 10 ........ 38-41=79 ............... 7.9 Landon Collins .......... 10 ....... 35-33 = 68 ..............6.8 Trey DePriest .............. 9 ........ 27-32 = 59 ..............6.6 Nick Perry ................. 10 ....... 37-19 = 56 ..............5.6 Jarran Reed .............. 10 ....... 13-30 = 43 ..............4.3 A’Shawn Robinson .... 10 ........ 8-27 = 35 ...............3.5 Geno Smith............... 10 ....... 16-17 = 33 ..............3.3 Cyrus Jones ............... 10 ........ 25-6 = 31 ...............3.1 Eddie Jackson ............ 7 ......... 23-6 = 29 ...............4.1 Xzavier Dickson ......... 10 ........ 21-8 = 29 ...............2.9

TFL Leaders: Total Yds Xzavier Dickson ........................... 9.5 .....................36 Jonathan Allen .............................7.5......................33

Sacks Leaders: Total Yds Xzavier Dickson ............................7.0......................33

Interceptions Leaders: Total – Return Yds Landon Collins .................................................. 3 – 14 Cyrus Jones ......................................................2 – (-5)

Fumbles Forced Leaders: Total Cyrus Jones ...............................................................2

Fumbles Recovered Leaders: Total Reggie Ragland ........................................................2

2014 WESTERN CAROLINA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GDarius Ramsey 11 144 780 27 753 5.2 6 38 68.5Troy Mitchell 11 121 657 85 572 4.7 6 55 52.0Detrez Newsome 11 94 519 30 489 5.2 9 38 44.5Garrett Brown 11 28 143 5 138 4.9 0 24 12.5

PASSING GP Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GTroy Mitchell 11 141.94 208-313-9 66.5 2320 18 56 210.9Garrett Brown 11 102.74 6-7-1 85.7 38 0 11 3.5

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GTerryon Robinson 11 56 643 11.5 1 43 58.5Spearman Robinson 11 40 526 13.1 9 44 47.8Willie Police 11 32 313 9.8 1 56 28.5Karnorris Benson 9 31 401 12.9 5 44 44.6Detrez Newsome 11 18 118 6.6 0 16 10.7Darius Ramsey 11 14 126 9.0 0 36 11.5

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongC.J. Goodman 10 110 11.0 0 29Garrett Brown 4 10 2.5 0 6

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongDetrez Newsome 24 650 27.1 1 100Shaun Warren 13 203 15.6 0 49

|------------- PATs -------------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsDetrez Newsome 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60Spearman Robinson 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Richard Sigmon 0 3-4 41-41 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 50Troy Mitchell 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 36Darius Ramsey 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GDetrez Newsome 11 489 118 0 650 0 1257 114.3Darius Ramsey 11 753 126 0 0 0 879 79.9Terryon Robinson 11 0 643 1 0 0 644 58.5Troy Mitchell 11 572 0 0 0 0 572 52.0Spearman Robinson 11 0 526 0 0 0 526 47.8Karnorris Benson 9 0 401 0 63 0 464 51.6

2014 ALABAMA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GT.J. Yeldon 10 151 789 31 758 5.0 6 31 75.8Derrick Henry 10 122 612 22 590 4.8 5 28 59.0Blake Sims 10 55 348 68 280 5.1 5 43 28.0Tyren Jones 7 22 132 9 123 5.6 1 22 17.6 PASSING GP Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Blake Sims 10 155.63 170-276-3 61.6 2,454 18 87 245.4Jake Coker 5 146.57 26-41-0 63.4 288 3 43 57.6

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GAmari Cooper 10 87 1,303 15.0 11 80 130.3DeAndrew White 8 30 319 10.6 2 38 39.9Christion Jones 10 14 192 13.7 0 41 19.2T.J. Yeldon 10 14 167 11.9 1 37 16.7O.J. Howard 10 10 173 17.3 0 53 17.3ArDarius Stewart 9 7 98 14.0 0 40 10.9

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongChristion Jones 11 90 8.2 0 47Cyrus Jones 3 77 25.7 0 70

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongChristion Jones 24 601 25.0 0 38Cyrus Jones 4 77 19.2 0 20

|------------ PATs ------------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsAdam Griffi th - 12-18 40-41 - - - - - 76Amari Cooper 11 - - - - - - - 66T.J. Yeldon 7 - - - - - - - 42Kenyan Drake 6 - - - - - - - 36Derrick Henry 6 - - - - - - - 36 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GAmari Cooper 10 14 1,303 0 0 0 1,317 131.7T.J. Yeldon 10 758 167 0 0 0 925 92.5Christion Jones 10 0 192 90 601 0 883 88.3Derrick Henry 10 590 70 0 0 0 660 66.0DeAndrew White 8 -4 319 0 1 0 316 39.5Blake Sims 10 280 0 0 0 0 280 28.0


NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL)

1 Shaun Warren RB 5-7 180 Sr. China Grove, N.C. (Jesse C. Carson HS)

2 Jaleel Lorquet DB 5-10 175 Jr. Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County HS)

3 Fred Payne DB 5-10 185 So. Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville HS)

4 Sertonuse Harris Jr. LB 6-0 200 Jr. Mableton, Ga. (Pebblebrook HS)

5 Willie Police WR 5-10 170 So. Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter HS)

6 C.J. Goodman WR 5-11 185 R-So. Mableton, Ga. (Pebblebrook HS)

7 Christon Gill LB 6-0 225 Sr. Bridgeport, Conn. (Avon Old Farm Prep / Bridgeport Central HS)

8 Spearman Robinson WR 6-4 215 R-So. Greenwood, S.C. (Greenwood HS)

9 Wes Holcombe QB 6-1 185 Fr. Rabun Gap, Ga. (Rabun County HS)

10 Troy Mitchell QB 6-0 205 Jr. Houston, Texas (Cypress Falls (Texas) HS)

11 Jackson McDonald QB 5-11 195 Fr. Flowery Branch, Ga. (Flowery Branch HS)

12 Mark Powell K/P 6-3 200 Jr. Asheville, N.C. (Appalachian State / Asheville HS)

14 Karnorris Benson WR 6-1 205 R-Jr. Atlanta, Ga. (Therrell HS)

15 Michael Helms Jr. TE 6-2 235 R-So. Morganton, N.C. (Freedom HS)

16 Terryon Robinson WR 5-11 190 So. Decatur, Ga. (Decatur HS)

17 Damian Whitaker DB 6-0 200 R-So. Decatur, Ga. (Druid Hills HS)

18 Garrett Brown QB 6-0 195 Sr. Asheville, N.C. (Erwin HS)

19 Seth Curtis WR 5-10 185 R-So. Murphy, N.C. (Murphy HS)

20 Darius Ramsey RB 5-8 185 Jr. Waco, N.C. (Burns HS)

21 Detrez Newsome RB 5-10 205 Fr. Raeford, N.C. (Hoke County HS)

22 Bryson Jordan DB 6-1 205 So. Flowery Branch, Ga. (Buford HS)

24 Terrence Green DB 5-10 210 R-Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast HS)

25 Kris Smith LB 6-2 200 R-Fr. Flowery Branch, Ga. (Indiana / Flowery Branch HS)

26 Trey Morgan DB 6-0 175 So. North Augusta, S.C. (North Augusta HS)

27 Tyson Dickson LB 6-1 215 So. Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove HS)

28 Ace Clark DB 6-3 220 R-Sr. Germantown, Md. (Clarksburg HS)

29 Stedman Lucas LB 6-2 240 R-Fr. Orangeburg, S.C. (Orangeburg-Wilkinson HS)

30 A.J. McKoy DB 5-10 185 Jr. Council, N.C. (East Bladen HS)

31 Ian Berryman P 6-0 185 Fr. Marietta, Ga. (Fellowship Christian School)

32 Chris Seaborn DB 6-2 205 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (BEST Academy)

33 Coleman Cunningham LB 5-9 200 R-So. Cornelia, Ga. (Habersham Central HS)

34 Corey Holloway RB 5-10 215 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Eagle’s Landing HS)

35 Keion Crossen DB 5-10 175 Fr. Garysburg, N.C. (Northampton County HS)

36 Richard Sigmon K/P 5-10 190 Sr. Mount Holly, N.C. (East Gaston HS)

37 K.P. Hicks LB 6-2 210 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. (Home School)

38 William Ramsey WR 6-0 200 So. Lexington, N.C. (Central Davidson HS)

39 Shane Samuels DB 5-7 160 R-Fr. Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes HS)

40 Tra Hardy DB 5-11 185 Fr. Vidalia, Ga. (Vidalia HS)

41 Lee Pattillo TE 6-0 225 R-So. Bryson City, N.C. (N.C. State / Swain County HS)

42 A.J. Newman, Jr. DB 6-1 190 Fr. Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove HS)

43 Kendall White LB 5-11 225 Fr. Jacksonville, N.C. (White Oak HS)

44 London Richardson TE 6-0 240 Jr. Lawndale, N.C. (Burns HS)

45 Breante Glover LB 6-1 260 Fr. LaGrange, Ga. (LaGrange HS)

46 Roderick Poag TE 6-3 245 R-Fr. Marshville, N.C. (Forest Hills HS)

48 Blake Metcalf P/K 6-1 190 R-So. Asheville, N.C. (A.C. Reynolds HS)

49 Fred Mooring DL 6-2 255 So. Snellville, Ga. (Shiloh HS)

51 Tommy Tate LB 6-1 230 So. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS)

52 Kreshnik Hakanjin OL 6-4 285 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (ASA College / Fort Hamilton HS)

53 Andrew Potts OL 6-3 310 R-So. Hampstead, N.C. (Topsail HS)

55 Tyler Gillen PK 5-10 195 So. Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central HS)

56 Tim Gawert PK 5-10 175 Fr. Cornelius, N.C. (Hough HS)

57 Avery Worsham LB 6-1 220 So. Indian Trail, N.C. (Porter Ridge HS)

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL)

58 Daniel Riddle LB 6-1 225 R-Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Athens Drive HS)

59 Chandler Addertion LS 6-3 230 R-So. Graham, N.C. (Southern Alamance HS)

60 Zachary Greene DL 6-3 240 Fr. Randleman, N.C. (Randleman HS)

61 Jake Thornton OL 6-0 265 R-Jr. Toccoa, Ga. (Carson-Newman/Stephens County HS)

62 Ethan James OL 6-2 265 So. Hudson, N.C. (South Caldwell HS)

63 Zach Weeks OL 6-3 260 Fr. Bryson City, N.C. (Swain County HS)

64 Tyler Philpott OL 6-2 300 R-Jr. Columbus, N.C. (Polk County HS)

65 Kaleb Spry OL 6-2 285 Fr. Kannapolis, N.C. (A.L. Brown HS)

66 Tyler Williamson OL 6-1 255 R-Fr. Sophia, N.C. (Randleman HS)

67 Brandon Berridge OL 6-2 290 R-Fr. Sophia, N.C. (Randleman HS)

68 Tanner Poindexter OL 6-3 300 So. Pfafftown, N.C. (Ronald Regan HS)

69 Chase Stehling OL 6-4 280 Fr. Lincolnton, N.C. (North Lincoln HS)

70 Dylan Sluder DL 6-2 300 R-So. Lexington, N.C. (Central Davidson HS)

71 Anthony Galavotti OL 6-0 265 R-Fr. Garner, N.C. (Garner Magnet HS)

72 Andrew Miles OL 6-4 310 Fr. Flowery Branch, Ga. (Flowery Branch HS)

73 Austin Jacobs OL 6-4 280 R-Fr. Four Oaks, N.C. (Cleveland HS)

74 Hunter Kirby OL 6-2 290 Jr. Inman, S.C. (Boiling Springs HS)

75 Nathan Dalton OL 6-7 305 Fr. East Flat Rock, N.C. (East Henderson HS)

76 Josh Wineberg OL 6-6 285 Jr. West Jefferson, N.C. (Ashe County HS)

77 Ryan McLaughlin OL 6-4 270 R-Fr. Fairview, N.C. (A.C. Reynolds HS)

78 Sheldon Kinard DL 6-1 265 R-Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (North Mecklenburg HS)

79 Helva Matungulu DL 6-5 280 R-Jr. Nairobi, Kenya (St. Mary’s School)

80 Gary Richardson WR 6-0 180 R-Jr. Clayton, N.C. (Clayton HS)

81 Jordan Mathis WR 5-10 185 Fr. Marietta, Ga. (Marietta HS)

82 Tyler Sexton TE 6-4 240 So. Flat Rock, N.C. (East Henderson HS)

83 Jeff Moore WR 5-9 170 R-Sr. Raleigh, N.C. (Broughton HS)

84 Brett Walker WR 6-3 195 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Hough HS)

85 Steffon Hill WR 5-11 190 So. Hendersonville, N.C. (East Henderson HS)

86 Parker Swaringen TE 6-1 215 R-Fr. Concord, N.C. (Concord HS)

87 Destry Barnwell P 6-0 185 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Hough HS)

88 Tyran Reynolds WR 6-1 190 Fr. Crystal River, Fla. (Crystal River HS)

89 Aaron Pridemore WR 5-10 180 So. Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes HS)

90 Kelvin Ume DL 6-2 285 So. Acworth, Ga. (North Cobb HS)

91 Tyler Junius DL 6-0 275 Fr. Winder, Ga. (Winder-Barrow HS)

92 Andrew Mayton DL 6-3 260 So. Midway, N.C. (North Davidson HS)

93 Caleb Hawkins DL 6-3 255 Jr. Durham, N.C. (Northern Durham HS)

94 John McBeth DL 6-2 260 Jr. Greensboro, N.C. (Northern Guilford HS)

95 Daniel Nash DL 6-4 235 So. Holly Springs, N.C. (Holly Springs HS)

96 Tahjai Watt DL 6-5 210 R-Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (North Mecklenburg HS)

97 Ezavian Dunn DL 6-2 315 Fr. Carrboro, N.C. (Carrboro HS)

98 Derrick Davis DL 6-0 285 Fr. Lexington, N.C. (Central Davidson HS)

99 Phillips Marshall DL 6-2 260 Fr. Charleston, S.C. (Porter-Gaud HS)

Sean Biette OL 6-2 255 Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons HS)

Logan Chester WR 6-3 205 Fr. Huntersville, N.C. (Hopewell HS)

Randall Emerson WR 6-2 190 Fr. Wilmington, N.C. (Hoggard HS)

Trey Fisher LB 6-0 215 Fr. Cullowhee, N.C. (Smoky Mountain HS)

Bobby Gibbs DB 5-10 175 Fr. Randleman, N.C. (Randleman HS)

Jarred Hill WR 5-8 165 Fr. Monroe, N.C. (Union Academy)

Darius Means WR 5-9 155 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Olympic HS)

Craig Twele QB 6-0 160 Fr. Monroe, N.C. (Union Academy)

Chris West OL 6-2 290 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga. (Atlanta Country Day)

D.J. Williams DB 5-10 175 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (North Mecklenburg HS)

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QB 10 TROY MITCHELL 6-0 205 JR. 18 Garrett Brown 6-0 195 Sr.

RB 20 DARIUS RAMSEY 5-8 185 JR. 21 Detrez Newsome 5-10 205 Fr.

WR 16 TERRYON ROBINSON 5-11 190 SO. 81 Jordan Mathis 5-10 185 Fr.

WR 8 SPEARMAN ROBINSON 6-4 215 R-SO. 85 Steffon Hill 5-11 190 So. WR 14 KARNORRIS BENSON 6-1 205 R-JR 85 Steffon Hill 5-11 190 So.

WR 5 WILLIE POLICE 5-10 170 SO. 6 C.J. Goodman 5-11 185 R-So.

TE 15 MICHAEL HELMS, JR. 6-2 235 R-SO. - OR - 82 TYLER SEXTON 6-4 240 SO. 44 London Richardson 6-0 240 Jr.

LT 74 HUNTER KIRBY 6-2 290 JR. 67 Brandon Berridge 6-2 290 R-Fr.

LG 64 TYLER PHILPOTT 6-2 300 R-JR. 72 Andrew Miles 6-4 310 Fr.

C 61 JAKE THORNTON 6-0 265 R-JR. 63 Zach Weeks 6-3 260 Fr.

RG 68 TANNER POINDEXTER 6-3 300 SO. 62 Ethan James 6-2 265 So.

RT 76 JOSH WINEBERG 6-6 285 Jr. 77 Ryan McLaughlin 6-4 270 R-Fr.

PK 36 RICHARD SIGMON 5-10 190 SR. 48 Blake Metcalf 6-1 190 R-So.

H 33 COLEMAN CUNNINGHAM 5-9 200 R-SO. 18 Garrett Brown 6-0 195 Sr.

KO 36 RICHARD SIGMON 5-10 190 SR. - OR - 12 MARK POWELL 6-3 200 R-JR.

P 87 DESTRY BARNWELL 6-0 185 FR. 48 Blake Metcalf 6-1 190 R-So.

LS 59 CHANDLER ADDERTION 6-3 230 R-SO. 62 Ethan James 6-2 265 So.

KR 21 DETREZ NEWSOME 5-10 205 FR. - AND - 14 KARNORRIS BENSON 6-1 205 JR.

PR 6 C.J. GOODMAN 5-11 185 R-SO. 16 Terryon Robinson 5-11 190 So.

OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS

DE 94 JOHN McBETH 6-2 260 JR. 95 Daniel Nash 6-4 235 So.

NG 97 EZAVIAN DUNN 6-2 315 FR. 70 Dylan Sluder 6-2 300 R-So. DT 79 HELVA MATUNGULU 6-5 280 R-JR. 98 Derrick Davis 6-0 285 Fr.

DE 93 CALEB HAWKINS 6-3 255 JR. 92 Andrew Mayton 6-3 260 So.

LB 4 SERTONUSE HARRIS 6-0 200 JR. 25 Kris Smith 6-2 200 R-Fr.

LB 58 DANIEL RIDDLE 6-1 225 R-FR. 51 Tommy Tate 6-1 230 So.

LB 7 CHRISTON GILL 6-0 225 SR. 30 A.J. McKoy 5-10 185 Jr. - or - 43 Kendall White 5-11 225 Fr.

CB 26 TREY MORGAN 6-0 175 SO. 2 Jaleel Lorquet 5-10 175 Jr. S 28 ACE CLARK 6-3 220 R-SR. 17 Damian Whitaker 6-0 200 R-So. - or - 3 Fred Payne 5-10 185 So.

S 22 BRYSON JORDAN 6-1 205 SO. - OR - 42 A.J. NEWMAN JR. 6-1 190 FR.

CB 3 FRED PAYNE 5-10 185 SO. 35 Keion Crossen 5-10 165 Fr.

CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU AT ALABAMA – DEPTH CHART

Name GP-14 GS-14 C-GP C-GS Strk

Chandler Addertion 11 - 23 - -

Destry Barnwell 10 - 10 - -

Karnorris Benson 9 8 30 24 2

Brandon Berridge 11 2 11 2 -

Garrett Brown 11 - 39 4 -

Ace Clark 10 10 42 39 5

Keion Crossen 11 - 11 - -

Coleman Cunningham 11 - 14 - -

Seth Curtis - - 9 - -

Derrick Davis 10 1 10 1 1

Tyson Dickson 6 4 17 4 -

Ezavian Dunn 11 6 11 6 2

Christon Gill 11 10 39 29 1

C.J. Goodman 10 - 22 4 -

Terrence Green 10 1 23 2 1

Tra Hardy 6 - 6 - -

Sertonuse Harris 11 11 34 33 33

Caleb Hawkins 11 11 33 28 23

CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL /// 2014 & CAREER PARTICIPATION


Michael Helms 11 4 22 9 -

K.P. Hicks 11 - 32 - -

Steffon Hill 5 1 16 2 1

Wes Holcombe 3 - 3 - -

Austin Jacobs 2 - 2 - -

Ethan James 11 9 20 10 4

Bryson Jordan 10 1 22 13 -

Tyler Junius 8 - 8 - -

Sheldon Kinard 2 - 2 - -

Hunter Kirby 11 9 32 15 4

Jaleel Lorquet 10 7 33 28 -

Stedman Lucas 1 - 1 - -

Helva Matungulu 10 6 21 9 -

Andrew Mayton 11 2 21 2 1

John McBeth 9 9 32 25 -

A.J. McKoy 11 - 33 - -

Blake Metcalf 3 - 6 - -

Ryan McLaughlin 9 - 9 - -


Andrew Miles 10 - 10 - -

Troy Mitchell 11 11 33 25 11

Jeff Moore 11 2 27 8 1

Fred Mooring 9 1 20 2 -

Trey Morgan 11 11 23 23 23

Daniel Nash 11 - 22 - -

A.J. Newman Jr. 9 2 9 2 -

Detrez Newsome 11 - 11 - -

Lee Pattillo 11 - 23 - -

Fred Payne 11 11 23 12 11

Tyler Philpott 11 11 33 21 11

Tanner Poindexter 8 2 19 8 1

Willie Police 11 5 23 10 -

Andrew Potts 11 1 23 6 -

Mark Powell 10 - 10 - -

Darius Ramsey 11 11 30 25 21

Gary Richardson 11 - 18 - -

London Richardson 11 3 32 5 -


Daniel Riddle 11 8 11 8 3

Spearman Robinson 11 10 20 16 7

Terryon Robinson 11 9 23 20 5

Chris Seaborn 11 - 11 - -

Tyler Sexton 11 2 19 4 -

Richard Sigmon 10 - 44 - -

Dylan Sluder 10 2 21 2 -

Kris Smith 10 - 10 - -

Tommy Tate 9 - 20 - -

Jake Thornton 11 10 22 21 5

Kelvin Ume 9 6 20 9 -

Shaun Warren 9 - 41 5 -

Tahjai Watt 9 - 9 - -

Damian Whitaker 10 1 22 1 -

Kendall White 10 - 10 - -

Josh Wineberg 11 11 33 33 28

Avery Worsham 11 - 23 - -

WCU COACHING STAFF:WHO’S UP, WHO’S DOWN

IN THE PRESS BOX:Brad Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive CoordinatorJames Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Backs / CornersDan Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Football OpsWill Towery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Quality Control

ON THE FIELD:Mark Speir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head CoachShawn Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive CoordinatorLaMar Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive SecondaryMark Rhea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive EndsDennis Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive TacklesJohn Holt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive LinePat Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tight Ends Jaybo Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wide ReceiversDe’Rail Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running Backs


CATAMOUNT OFFENSE QB 10 TROY MITCHELL 6-0 205 JR. Wk 1 SoCon Offensive Player of the Wk (391 yds total off.) ... 33 career games, 25 starts ... 33 career TD passes, 16 rushing 18 Garrett Brown 6-0 195 Sr. Originally recruited to WCU as QB, converted back to QB prior to 2014 fall camp ... Has played WR, RB, & PR

RB 20 DARIUS RAMSEY 5-8 185 JR. Preseason second team All-SoCon ... Wk 2 SoCon Off. Player of the Week ... 6th in SoCon in rushing avg, 68.5 yds/gm 21 Detrez Newsome 5-10 205 Fr. Originally signed for incoming class, ‘13; joined team for Spring Drills ... Has 5 gms with 2 TDs ... Sp Tms & FR PotW in ‘14

WR 16 TERRYON ROBINSON 5-11 190 SO. Preseason 2nd tm All-SoCon ... 2nd in ‘13 with 41 rec., 562 yds, 2 TDs ... 15 rec., 121 yds at USF ... 1st in SoCon, 5.1 rec/gm 81 Jordan Mathis 5-10 185 Fr. True FR, yet to see game action ... Two-sport standout as a prep ... Father played FB at Liberty, NFL with two teams

WR 8 SPEARMAN ROBINSON 6-4 215 R-SO. 2nd on WCU 2012 tm with 39 recs, 376 yds ... Two-time SoCon Off Player of the Week ... 9 Rec TD in 2014, 10 in career 85 Steffon Hill 5-11 190 So. Caught two passes as a freshman in 2013 ... Returned fi ve kickoffs ... Played for former Catamount LB, Brett Chappell

WR 14 KARNORRIS BENSON 6-1 205 R-JR. Led WCU in 2013; 51 rec. 813 yds, 12 TDs (tied season record) ... 18 career TDs, 5th in school history ... 4 TDs vs. VMI 85 Steffon Hill 5-11 190 So. Caught two passes as a freshman in 2013 ... Returned fi ve kickoffs ... Played for former Catamount LB, Brett Chappell

WR 5 WILLIE POLICE 5-10 170 S0. 3rd on team, 32 catches in ‘14 ... 3rd on the 2013 squad with 40 catches, 367 yards ... 2013 SoCon All-Freshman Tm 6 C.J. Goodman 5-11 185 R-So. Came to WCU as a QB, has also worked out with RB ... 16 career catches, 182 yds ... Missed CIT game due to injury

TE 15 MICHAEL HELMS JR. 6-2 235 R-SO. Converted QB to WR before ending up in TE rotation ... Career 16 catches, 261 yards, 1 TD ... 2013 SoCon All-Freshman Tm - OR - 82 TYLER SEXTON 6-4 240 SO. Played in 15 games, 4 starts ... Big, physical TE with speed that can stretch the fi eld ... 3 career TDs, all in 2014 44 London Richardson 6-0 240 Jr. Played in 32 career games, primarily as a blocking back ... Also aw action at running back during 2014 fall camp

LT 74 HUNTER KIRBY 6-2 290 FR. Has seen action in 32 games over last three seasons including work on special teams ... 15 career starts 67 Brandon Berridge 6-2 290 R-Fr. R-FR who improved in the weight room in 2013, adding nearly 30 lbs. ... OL and DL as prep ... 1st start vs. WOF, 11 GP

LG 64 TYLER PHILPOTT 6-2 300 R-JR. One of the most experienced WCU offensive linemen with 33 games played, 21 career starts including 11-straight 72 Andrew Miles 6-4 310 Fr. True freshman, saw fi rst career action in season-opener ... High school teammate of WCU rookie QB Jackson McDonald

C 61 JAKE THORNTON 6-0 265 R-JR. Transfer who came to WCU with experience at the center position ... Played through wrist, knee injuries – 21 career starts 63 Zach Weeks 6-3 260 Fr. True freshman, local product from Bryson City and Swain HS ... Was a three-year starter on OL and DL as a prep

LG 68 TANNER POINDEXTER 6-3 300 SO. Returned from a knee injury vs. Wofford, missing three games ... Has 19 career games played, eight starts 62 Ethan James 6-2 265 So. Played in nine games as a true freshman ... Also saw time on special teams as place-kicker long-snapper ... 20 GP

RT 76 JOSH WINEBERG 6-6 285 JR. Preseason second team All-SoCon selection ... Most experienced OL, starting 33 games including 28-straight 77 Ryan McLaughlin 6-4 270 R-Fr. Redshirted as a true freshman in 2013 ... Good sized lineman who has seen time on special teams

CATAMOUNT DEFENSE DE 94 JOHN MCBETH 6-2 260 JR. Has played in 32 games over his fi rst 3 seasons, 25 starts ... Has 77 career tackles, 9.5 TFLs ... Missed VMI game (inj.) 92 Andrew Mayton 6-3 260 So. Played much of 2013 with a casted hand ... 29 career tackles, TFL 3.5 sacks ... 1st career start vs. CATW ... 3.5 sacks

NG 97 EZAVIAN DUNN 6-2 315 FR. 2-time All-Carolina 10 2A/1A conference ... Played OL and DL as a prep ... 10 collegiate gms, 14 stops ... BLK FG vs. WOF 70 Dylan Sluder 6-2 300 R-So. Has played in 21 games with two starts, both this season ... Has seven career tackles, fi ve coming this season ... 0.5 TFL

DT 79 HELVA MATUNGULU 6-5 280 R-JR. 21 career gms, nine starts ... Most improved DL ... Comes from a rugby background, winning the Rugby 7’s championship 98 Derrick Davis 6-0 285 Fr. Two-time all-conference as prep ... Defensive Line MVP award at National Underclassmen fi ve-star camp ... 10 GP, 1 GS

DE 93 CALEB HAWKINS 6-3 255 JR. Great speed, quick hands ... 33 games played, 28 starts including 23-straight ... 124 career tackles, 15.5 TFL, 6.0 sacks 95 Daniel Nash 6-5 235 So. Played in 11 games in 2013, all in a reserve role ... 22 career games, 29 career tackles including nine solo stops

LB 4 SERTONUSE HARRIS 6-0 200 JR. Converted from safety to linebacker ... Was a 2014 preseason All-SoCon fi rst team pick ... 33 starts, 251 career tackles 25 Kris Smith 6-2 200 R-Fr. Transfer from Indiana where he was a two-time scout team player of the week for the Hoosiers ... 3 tackles

LB 58 DANIEL RIDDLE 6-1 225 R-FR. 1st career start vs. CATW – Wk. 3 SoCon Defensive Player of the Week ... 62 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 2 FF ... Rice Award Watch List 51 Tommy Tate 6-1 230 So. Has played in 20 career games, nine this season ... Eight career tackles ... High-energy, seen most time as reserve

LB 7 CHRISTON GILL 6-0 225 SR. Career-best 101 tackles in 2013 AND 2014 ... Has 273 career tackles, 129 solo, 16.5 TFLs, 2 INTs ... 2 sacks at Mercer 30 A.J. McKoy 5-10 185 Jr. Has played in 33 games with 22 tackles ... Also has 14 kickoff returns, averaging 19.1 yards per return ... Key on SpTm - or - 43 Kendall White 5-11 225 Fr. Running back & safety as prep ... Played in nine games as a reserve and on special teams; fi ve tackles, three solo

CB 26 TREY MORGAN 6-0 175 SO. 2013 SoCon All-Freshman ... Started all 23 gms ... 96 tackles, six career INTs ... Tied for SoCon lead with 5 INTs 2014 2 Jaleel Lorquet 5-10 175 Jr. 28 career starts in 33 career games played ... 135 career tackles and two INTs ... SoCon PotW, 2 FR with TD at Mercer

S 28 ACE CLARK 6-3 220 R-SR. Ranks 2nd in WCU history with 335 career tackles, 14 PD, 3 INT, 3 FF, 3 FR, 6.5 TFL ... Preseason All-SoCon 2nd TM 17 Damian Whitaker 6-0 200 R-So. Played in 22 games, 14 career tackles, 4 FR, 1 FF ... Led the team with three fumbles recovered in 2013

S 22 BRYSON JORDAN 6-1 205 SO. 76 career tackles including 53 tackles in freshman season, named All-Freshman ... Son of NFL/MLB, Brian Jordan - OR - 42 A.J. NEWMAN JR. 6-1 190 FR. True freshman, made debut at USF ... 19 tackles, 0.5 TFL at WCU ... Named All-State and All-Region as senior in HS

CB 3 FRED PAYNE 5-10 185 SO. 23 career games played, 11 starts ... 70 career tackles, career-high nine vs. CIT ... 2 INTs with 2nd career INT at FUR 35 Keion Crossen 5-10 165 Fr. True FR who was a four-sport athlete as a prep ... Played QB and in DB in high school ... 15 tackles, 10 solo stops

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DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCOREOct. 15, 1983 at #5 Furman .............................. T 17 17Nov. 26, 1983 #12 Colgate 1 ............................. W 24 23Dec. 3, 1983 at #3 Holy Cross 1 ....................... W 28 21Dec. 10, 1983 at #2 Furman 1............................ W 14 7Dec. 17, 1983 * vs. #1 Southern Illinois 2 ............. L 43 7Oct. 27, 1984 at #12 Furman ........................... W 20 19Oct. 5, 1985 at #3 Marshall ............................ T 10 10Sept. 19, 1987 #10 Furman ............................... W 20 14Oct. 24, 1987 #20 Georgia Southern ................ L 16 37Nov. 14, 1987 at #20 Marshall ......................... L 16 47Nov. 21, 1987 #2 Appalachian State ................. L 13 33Oct. 22, 1988 #15 Eastern Kentucky ................. L 14 32Oct. 29, 1988 at #10 Furman ............................ L 0 31Nov. 5, 1988 at #16 Appalachian State ........... L 21 42Nov. 12, 1988 #6 Marshall ............................... L 6 52Sept. 2, 1989 at #4 Eastern Kentucky ............... L 13 31Oct. 7, 1989 vs. #7 The Citadel 3 ..................... T 22 22Oct. 28, 1989 #3 Furman ................................. L 3 17Nov. 18, 1989 #7 Appalachian State ................. L 7 31Oct. 6, 1990 #18 The Citadel .......................... L 10 21Oct. 27, 1990 at #8 Furman .............................. L 9 42Sept. 28, 1991 #3 Furman ................................. L 14 42Oct. 12, 1991 at #6 Georgia Southern .............. L 6 44Nov. 2, 1991 at #19 Marshall .......................... L 24 27Nov. 16, 1991 at #18 Appalachian State ........... L 12 14Oct. 24, 1992 #6 The Citadel ............................ L 31 36Oct. 31, 1992 #2 Marshall ............................... W 38 30Oct. 2, 1993 #23 Furman ............................... W 23 20Oct. 9, 1993 at #8 Georgia Southern .............. L 18 19Nov. 20, 1993 at #9 Marshall ............................ L 16 20Oct. 15, 1994 at #1 Marshall ............................ L 14 38Nov. 12, 1994 #12 Appalachian State............... L 7 12Oct. 7, 1995 at #13 Georgia Southern ............ L 0 42Oct. 14, 1995 #3 Marshall ............................... L 3 42Nov. 11, 1995 at #2 Appalachian State ............. L 3 28Oct. 5, 1996 at #15 Furman............................ L 30 45Oct. 19, 1996 at #1 Marshall ............................ L 21 56Sept. 27, 1997 at #14 East Tenn. State............... L 18 28Oct. 4, 1997 #18 Furman ............................... W 17 16Oct. 11, 1997 at #11 Georgia Southern ............ L 7 30Nov. 15, 1997 at #15 Appalachian State ........... L 7 13Oct. 10, 1998 #2 Georgia Southern .................. L 21 28Nov. 21, 1998 #2 Appalachian State ................. W 23 6Sept. 25, 1999 at #25 East Tenn. State .............. L 10 31Oct. 9, 1999 at #1 Georgia Southern .............. L 7 70Nov. 13, 1999 at #5 Appalachian State ............. L 10 34Sept. 30, 2000 at #6 Furman .............................. L 14 38Oct. 7, 2000 #1 Georgia Southern .................. L 24 42Nov. 11, 2000 #13 Appalachian State............... L 28 35Sept. 29, 2001 #4 Furman ................................. L 13 31Oct. 6, 2001 at #1 Georgia Southern .............. L 14 50Nov. 10, 2001 at #11 Appalachian State ........... L 24 34Oct. 5, 2002 at #5 Furman .............................. L 23 24Oct. 12, 2002 #16 Georgia Southern ................ L 24 41Nov. 16, 2002 #8 Appalachian State ................. L 14 24Oct. 4, 2003 #6 Furman ................................. L 13 19Oct. 11, 2003 at #11 Georgia Southern ............ L 25 31Oct. 18, 2003 #8 Wofford ................................. L 6 38Oct. 2, 2004 at #2 Furman .............................. L 10 31Oct. 9, 2004 #3 Georgia Southern .................. L 16 38 Oct. 16, 2004 at #6 Wofford ............................. L 12 15Sept. 10, 2005 #2 Furman ................................. W 41 21Oct. 8, 2005 at #21 Georgia Southern ............ L 7 45Nov. 12, 2005 at #7 Appalachian State ............. L 7 35Sept. 16, 2006 #19 Eastern Kentucky................. W 20 17Sept. 23, 2006 at #3 Furman .............................. L 7 42Sept. 30, 2006 #25 Georgia Southern ................ L 14 24Nov. 11, 2006 #1 Appalachian State ................. L 9 31Oct. 25, 2007 #11 Wofford ............................... L 44 47Nov. 10, 2007 at #7 Appalachian State ............. L 35 79Sept. 13, 2008 #25 Liberty ................................ L 16 19Sept. 27, 2008 at #24 The Citadel ...................... L 14 34Oct. 11, 2008 at #21 Furman ............................ L 21 28Oct. 18, 2008 at #6 Wofford ............................. L 14 42Nov. 8, 2008 at #11 Elon ................................ L 14 33

– S I N C E 1 9 8 3 –DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORENov. 22, 2008 #2 Appalachian State ................. L 10 35Nov. 7, 2009 #6 Elon ...................................... L 17 42Nov. 21, 2009 at #6 Appalachian State ............. L 14 19Oct. 16, 2010 at #14 Wofford ........................... L 14 45Oct. 23, 2010 #1 Appalachian State ................. L 14 37Sept. 24, 2011 at #1 Georgia Southern .............. L 20 52Nov. 5, 2011 #9 Wofford ................................. L 24 42Nov. 12, 2011 at #8 Appalachian State ............. L 14 46Sept. 15, 2012 at #9 Wofford ............................. L 20 49Oct. 6, 2012 #8 Georgia Southern .................. L 13 45Oct. 27, 2012 #15 Appalachian State ............... L 27 38Oct. 19, 2013 #12 Wofford ............................... L 17 21Nov. 1, 2014 #12 Chattanooga ....................... L 0 51

OVERALL RECORD (since 1983): ........................................................11 – 74 – 3

HOME VS. FCS RANKED TEAMS: ......................................................... 8 – 32 – 0Last Win: Sept. 16, 2006 – 20-17 over #19 Eastern Kentucky

AWAY VS. FCS RANKED TEAMS: ........................................................... 3 – 41– 2Last Win: Oct. 27, 1984 – 20-19 over #12 Furman

NEUTRAL VS. FCS RANKED TEAMS: ....................................................... 0 – 1 – 11 – NCAA I-AA (FCS) National Playoffs2 – NCAA I-AA (FCS) National Championship; Charleston, S.C.3 – Game played at South Carolina’s Williams-Bryce Stadium, Columbia, S.C. due to damage in Charleston from Hurrican Hugo

RECORD AGAINST FCS NATIONAL RANKING:No. 1 .....................................0–9–0No. 2 .....................................4–5–0No. 3 .....................................1–5–1No. 4 .....................................0–2–0No. 5 .....................................0–2–1No. 6 .....................................0–9–0No. 7 .....................................0–3–1No. 8 .....................................0–6–0No. 9 .....................................0–2–0No. 10 ...................................1–1–0No. 11 ...................................0–5–0No. 12 ...................................2–3–0No. 13 ...................................0–2–0

No. 14 ...................................0–2–0No. 15 ...................................0–4–0No. 16 ...................................0–2–0No. 17 ...................................0–0–0No. 18 ...................................1–3–0No. 19 ...................................1–1–0No. 20 ...................................0–2–0No. 21 ...................................0–2–0No. 22 ...................................0–0–0No. 23 ...................................1–0–0No. 24 ...................................0–1–0No. 25 ...................................0–3–0

YEAR OPPONENT STADIUM CAPACITY ATTENDANCE RESULT2014 at Alabama Bryant-Denny 101,8212014 at South Florida Raymond James 65,857 31,642 L, 36-312013 at Auburn Jordan-Hare 87,451 84,171 L, 62-32013 at Virginia Tech Lane 65,632 61,335 L, 45-32013 at Middle Tenn. Johnny “Red” Floyd 30,788 20,011 L, 45-242012 at Alabama Bryant-Denny 101,821 101,126 L, 49-02012 at Marshall Joan C. Edwards 38,019 25, 317 L, 52-242011 at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd 55,000 42,132 L, 63-212010 at NC State Carter-Finley 57,583 56,417 L, 48-72009 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt 39,773 36,350 L, 45-02008 at Florida State Doak Campbell 82,300 73,024 L, 69-02007 at Georgia Sanford 92,138 92,138 L, 45-162007 at Alabama Bryant-Denny 90,233 90,233 L, 52-62006 at Florida Ben Hill Griffen 90,233 90,233 L, 62-02005 at Cincinnati Nipert 35,000 22,637 L, 7-32004 at Alabama Bryant-Denny 83,818 77,306 L, 52-02003 at NC State Carter-Finley 53,800 53,800 L, 59-202003 at Duke Wallace Wade 33,941 18,800 L, 29-32002 at Auburn Jordan-Hare 86,063 80,067 L, 56-02001 at Louisville Papa John’s 42,000 35,214 L, 31-72000 at LSU Tiger 91,600 87,188 L, 58-01999 at Maryland Byrd 48,055 36,376 L, 51-101998 at Duke Wallace Wade 33,941 22,460 L, 24-10

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#1 SHAUN WARREN ..............RB2014Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgBrevard .................................4 27 1 26 1 19 6.5Catawba ...............................2 4 0 4 0 4 2.0at Furman .............................5 13 0 13 0 8 2.6Chattanooga .........................3 7 0 7 0 4 2.3VMI .......................................4 20 1 19 0 8 4.8SEASON ............................. 18 71 2 62 1 19 3.4

2013Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat Middle Tennessee .......... 13 60 5 55 1 11 4.2Mars Hill ...............................6 36 0 36 1 22 6.0at Samford ...........................4 14 1 13 1 5 3.2at Chattanooga .....................2 7 0 7 0 5 3.5at Auburn ..............................2 2 1 1 0 2 0.5Elon ......................................1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0at Georgia Southern ..............1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0Furman .................................1 8 0 8 0 8 8.0at Appalachian State ............9 44 3 41 1 12 4.6SEASON ............................. 39 173 10 163 4 22 4.2

2012Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgMars Hill ............................ 12 75 3 72 0 26 6.0at Marshall ...........................5 26 0 26 0 13 5.2at Wofford ............................1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0at Furman .............................4 10 0 10 0 4 2.5Georgia Southern ..................6 35 1 34 1 8 5.7at The Citadel........................1 1 0 1 0 1 1.0at #4 Alabama ......................2 14 0 14 0 8 7.0SEASON ..............................31 163 4 159 1 26 5.1

2011Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat Georgia Tech .................. 13 46 3 43 0 16 3.3Mars Hill .............................21 208 5 203 4 82 9.7at Georgia Southern ............11 52 9 43 1 15 3.9Furman .................................5 14 0 14 0 6 2.8Elon ......................................6 9 4 5 0 6 0.8at Chattanooga .....................1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0The Citadel ...........................7 33 2 31 0 10 4.4Wofford ................................6 36 3 33 0 18 5.5at Appalachian State ............9 29 3 26 0 9 2.9Coastal Carolina ................ 12 56 0 56 0 25 4.7SEASON ..............................91 483 29 454 5 82 5.0

CAREER ............................179 890 45 845 11 82 4.7

#5 WILLIE POLICE ................WR2014Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgCatawba ...............................2 5 2 3 0 2 1.5SEASON ................................2 5 2 3 0 2 1.5

2013Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat Virginia Tech .....................1 9 0 9 0 9 9.0The Citadel ...........................1 0 2 (-2) 0 0 (-2.0)at Samford ...........................1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0SEASON ................................3 11 2 9 0 9 3.0

CAREER ................................5 16 4 12 0 9 2.4

#9 WES HOLCOMBE ............. QB2014Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgChattanooga .........................2 1 5 -4 0 1 -2.0SEASON ................................2 1 5 -4 0 1 -2.0

#10 TROY MITCHELL ............. QB2014Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat USF.................................11 34 13 21 1 11 1.9Brevard ...............................11 86 2 84 0 25 7.6Catawba ...............................5 23 6 17 1 19 3.4at Furman ...........................16 75 5 70 0 11 4.4at Presbyterian ......................9 41 15 26 0 11 2.9Wofford ................................7 21 0 21 1 14 3.0at Mercer ............................16 66 4 62 0 13 3.9The Citadel ........................ 15 131 0 131 0 38 8.7Chattanooga .........................8 26 21 5 0 10 0.6at Samford .........................11 33 7 26 2 11 2.4VMI .................................... 12 121 12 109 1 55 9.1SEASON ........................... 121 657 85 572 6 55 4.7

2013Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat Middle Tennessee ...........11 47 9 38 0 20 3.5The Citadel .........................17 117 11 106 0 53 6.2Mars Hill ............................ 13 67 3 64 0 14 4.9at Samford .........................16 117 40 77 1 35 4.8at Chattanooga .................. 13 66 3 63 0 16 4.8at Auburn ..............................7 27 12 15 0 19 2.1#12 Wofford .......................21 79 26 53 1 12 2.5Elon ....................................10 75 14 61 0 24 6.1at Georgia Southern ........... 13 68 0 68 0 14 5.2Furman .................................5 13 21 -8 0 6 -1.6at Appalachian State ............7 29 6 23 0 10 3.3SEASON ........................... 133 705 145 560 2 53 4.2

2012Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgMars Hill ............................ 13 55 17 38 2 13 2.9at Wofford ............................8 23 16 7 1 8 0.9Samford ...............................6 32 0 32 0 9 5.3at Furman .............................1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0Georgia Southern ............... 13 54 13 41 1 16 3.2at The Citadel..................... 20 140 23 117 2 24 5.8at Elon ............................... 15 89 11 78 0 19 5.2Appalachian State ..............17 139 48 91 2 40 5.4Chattanooga .......................10 35 15 20 0 18 2.0at #4 Alabama ......................9 29 23 6 0 9 0.7SEASON ........................... 112 599 166 433 8 40 3.9CAREER .................................359 1961 396 1565 16 55 4.4

#18 GARRETT BROWN .......... QB2014Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgBrevard .................................1 4 0 4 0 4 4.0Catawba ...............................5 31 0 31 0 15 6.2at Furman .............................1 1 0 1 0 1 1.0at Presbyterian ......................6 22 0 22 0 6 3.7Wofford ..............................10 67 0 67 0 24 6.7Chattanooga .........................2 3 1 2 0 3 1.0VMI .......................................3 15 4 11 0 10 3.7SEASON ............................. 28 143 5 138 0 24 4.9

2013Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat Virginia Tech .....................1 0 1 (-1) 0 0 (-1.0)at Auburn ..............................3 17 0 17 0 14 5.7at Appalachian State ............2 10 0 10 0 9 5.0SEASON ................................6 27 1 26 0 0 4.3

2012Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat Furman .............................2 20 0 20 0 11 10.0

2011Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgMars Hill ...............................2 5 0 5 1 3 2.5Furman .................................1 4 0 4 0 4 4.0The Citadel ...........................3 6 1 5 0 6 1.7at Samford ...........................1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0Wofford ................................3 10 0 10 0 4 3.3at Appalachian State ............1 5 0 5 0 5 5.0SEASON ..............................11 32 1 31 1 6 2.8

CAREER ..............................47 222 8 215 1 24 4.6

#20 DARIUS RAMSEY ............RB2014Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat USF................................ 15 61 3 58 1 15 3.9Brevard .................................9 88 0 88 3 38 9.8Catawba .............................11 58 2 56 0 22 5.1at Furman ...........................17 114 1 113 1 38 6.6at Presbyterian ................... 15 72 0 72 0 19 4.8Wofford ..............................14 33 5 28 0 8 2.0at Mercer ........................... 13 41 4 37 0 12 2.8The Citadel ...........................9 74 2 72 1 36 8.0Chattanooga .........................4 8 2 6 0 4 1.5at Samford ........................ 18 95 0 95 0 14 5.3VMI .................................... 19 136 8 128 0 33 6.7SEASON ........................... 144 780 27 753 6 38 5.2

2013Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgThe Citadel ........................ 20 104 2 102 2 16 5.1Mars HIll .............................21 72 1 71 0 17 3.4at Samford .........................14 69 0 69 1 27 4.9at Chattanooga ...................11 29 13 16 0 8 1.5at Auburn ..............................6 9 0 9 0 4 1.5#12 Wofford .......................24 105 2 103 0 18 4.3Elon ......................................9 30 1 29 0 11 3.2at Georgia Southern ........... 13 38 0 38 0 6 2.9Furman ...............................14 119 3 116 1 40 8.3at Appalachian State ............7 14 2 12 0 5 1.7SEASON .......................... 139 589 24 565 4 40 4.1

2012Game .................................No Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgMars Hill .............................20 127 7 120 0 35 6.0at Marshall .........................10 27 3 24 0 8 2.4at Wofford ............................8 45 2 43 1 21 5.4Samford .............................11 39 0 39 0 7 3.5at The Citadel......................16 121 3 118 0 20 7.4at Elon ................................16 50 5 45 0 10 2.8Appalachian State ..............11 42 1 41 0 10 3.7Chattanooga .......................14 73 1 72 1 33 5.1at #4 Alabama ......................5 4 3 1 0 2 0.2SEASON ............................111 528 25 503 2 35 4.7

CAREER .................................394 1,897 76 1,821 12 40 4.6

#21 DETREZ NEWSOME .........RB2014Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat USF...................................2 1 2 -1 0 1 -0.5Brevard .................................7 88 0 88 2 33 12.6Catawba ...............................7 21 0 21 2 6 3.0at Furman ...........................11 40 4 36 2 15 3.3at Presbyterian ................... 13 74 5 69 0 17 5.3Wofford ..............................10 36 7 29 1 24 2.9at Mercer ............................16 80 4 76 0 23 4.8The Citadel .........................11 124 1 123 2 38 11.2Chattanooga .........................3 4 6 -2 0 4 -0.7at Samford ...........................7 17 1 16 0 7 2.3VMI .......................................7 34 0 34 0 16 4.9SEASON ............................. 93 519 30 489 9 38 5.3

#44 LONDON RICHARDSON ........ TE2014Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avgat USF...................................1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0SEASON ................................1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0

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#1 SHAUN WARREN ..............RB2014Game No Yds TD Long.....................................................SEASON ........................................

2013Game No Yds TD Longat Middle Tennessee ................... 2 1 0 5at Samford ................................. 1 18 0 18at Chattanooga ........................... 1 14 0 14SEASON ...................................... 4 33 0 18

2012Game No Yds TD LongMars Hill ..................................... 2 16 0 13at Wofford .................................. 1 7 0 7at Furman ................................... 1 3 0 3SEASON ...................................... 4 26 0 13

2011Game No Yds TD Longat Georgia Tech ........................... 1 7 0 7SEASON ...................................... 1 7 0 7CAREER ...................................... 9 66 0 18

#5 WILLIE POLICE ................WR2014Game No Yds TD Longat USF....................................... 12 86 0 13Brevard ....................................... 5 27 0 9Catawba ..................................... 3 67 1 56at Furman ................................... 1 19 0 19at Presbyterian ............................ 1 6 0 6Wofford ...................................... 1 2 0 2at Mercer .................................... 1 52 0 52The Citadel ................................. 2 14 0 14at Samford ................................. 6 40 0 18SEASON .................................... 32 323 1 56

2013Game No Yds TD LongThe Citadel ................................. 4 41 0 23Mars Hill ..................................... 4 49 0 25at Samford ................................. 4 53 0 28at Chattanooga ........................... 6 28 0 8at Auburn .................................... 1 3 0 3#12 Wofford ............................... 7 60 0 24Elon ............................................ 7 41 0 16at Georgia Southern .................... 2 22 0 21Furman ....................................... 4 63 0 36at Appalachian State .................. 1 7 0 7SEASON ................................... 40 367 0 36CAREER .................................... 72 680 1 56

#6 C.J. GOODMAN ................WR2014Game No Yds TD Longat USF......................................... 1 6 0 6Chattanooga ............................... 1 -7 0 0SEASON ...................................... 2 -1 0 6

2013Game No Yds TD Longat Middle Tennessee ................... 2 13 0 7at Virginia Tech ........................... 1 15 0 15The Citadel ................................. 1 13 0 13at Samford ................................. 1 28 0 28at Georgia Southern .................... 3 30 0 19Furman ....................................... 3 46 0 34at Appalachian State .................. 5 37 0 15SEASON .................................... 16 182 0 34CAREER .................................... 53 446 0 36

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#15 MICHAEL HELMS JR. ......... TE2014Game No Yds TD Longat USF......................................... 2 6 0 3Catawba ..................................... 1 10 0 10at Presbyterian ............................ 1 11 0 11Wofford ...................................... 1 28 0 28VMI ............................................. 1 25 0 25SEASON ...................................... 6 80 0 10

2013Game No Yds TD Longat Virginia Tech ........................... 1 15 0 15Mars Hill ..................................... 1 20 0 20at Samford ................................. 2 79 0 65at Auburn .................................... 1 6 0 6#12 Wofford ............................... 2 35 0 24Elon ............................................ 1 8 1 8at Georgia Southern .................... 2 18 0 14SEASON .................................... 10 181 1 65

CAREER .................................... 16 261 1 65

#16 TERRYON ROBINSON ...... WR2014Game No Yds TD Longat USF....................................... 15 121 1 16Brevard ....................................... 3 61 0 34Catawba ..................................... 3 29 0 12at Presbyterian ............................ 5 60 0 21at Mercer .................................... 2 6 0 15The Citadel ............................... 10 183 0 43Chattanooga ............................... 2 14 0 9at Samford ................................. 4 42 0 18VMI ........................................... 12 127 0 31SEASON .................................... 56 643 1 342013Game No Yds TD Longat Middle Tennessee ................... 4 78 1 35The Citadel ................................. 5 56 0 16Mars Hill ..................................... 4 46 0 14at Samford ................................. 2 19 0 12at Chattanooga ........................... 5 91 1 46at Auburn .................................... 1 35 0 35#12 Wofford ............................... 3 52 0 34Elon ............................................ 2 44 0 34at Georgia Southern .................... 4 45 0 20Furman ....................................... 6 58 0 16at Appalachian State .................. 5 38 0 24SEASON .................................... 41 562 2 46

CAREER .................................... 97 1,204 3 46

#18 GARRETT BROWN .............QB2013Game No Yds TD LongNO RECEPTIONS ........................... SEASON ........................................

2012Game No Yds TD Longat Marshall ................................. 2 18 0 13at Wofford .................................. 1 13 0 13at Furman ................................... 3 39 0 26at #4 Alabama ............................ 1 28 0 28SEASON ...................................... 7 98 0 29

2011Game No Yds TD LongThe Citadel ................................. 3 94 1 61at Samford ................................. 2 30 0 25SEASON ...................................... 5 124 1 61CAREER .................................... 12 222 1 61

#8 SPEARMAN ROBINSON .......WR2014Game No Yds TD Longat USF......................................... 8 69 1 21Brevard ....................................... 1 5 0 5Catawba ..................................... 4 71 1 44at Furman ................................... 5 120 2 39at Presbyterian ............................ 2 39 1 21Wofford ...................................... 1 33 0 33at Mercer .................................... 7 108 3 42The Citadel ................................. 2 34 0 27Chattanooga ............................... 3 12 0 5at Samford ................................. 5 31 1 13VMI ............................................. 2 4 0 4SEASON .................................... 40 526 9 44

2012Game No Yds TD LongMars Hill ..................................... 5 16 0 6at Marshall ................................. 1 8 0 8at Wofford .................................. 9 91 0 23Samford ..................................... 3 25 0 12at Furman ................................... 4 44 0 26Georgia Southern ........................ 2 17 0 12at The Citadel.............................. 3 17 0 12at Elon ........................................ 9 139 1 47Appalachian State ...................... 3 19 0 9SEASON .................................... 39 376 1 47

CAREER .................................... 79 902 10 47

#14 KARNORRIS BENSON .......WR2014Game No Yds TD Longat Furman ................................... 3 36 0 15at Presbyterian ............................ 2 5 0 7Wofford ...................................... 3 2 0 5at Mercer .................................... 3 63 1 39The Citadel ................................. 4 37 0 13Chattanooga ............................... 1 40 0 40at Samford ................................. 7 91 0 44VMI ............................................. 8 127 4 31SEASON .................................... 28 401 5 44

2013Game No Yds TD Longat Middle Tennessee ................... 4 113 1 56at Virginia Tech ........................... 1 10 0 10The Citadel ................................. 4 21 1 8Mars Hill ..................................... 9 212 3 80at Samford ................................. 1 16 0 16at Chattanooga ........................... 4 40 1 25at Auburn .................................... 3 63 0 35#12 Wofford ............................... 8 116 1 46Elon ............................................ 6 129 2 80at Georgia Southern .................... 4 26 1 12Furman ....................................... 2 64 1 55at Appalachian State .................. 5 24 1 8SEASON .................................... 51 834 12 80

2012Game No Yds TD LongMars Hill ..................................... 1 8 0 8at Marshall ................................. 1 10 0 10at Wofford .................................. 3 83 0 62Samford ..................................... 2 24 0 22at Furman ................................... 4 75 0 35Georgia Southern ........................ 3 66 0 42at The Citadel.............................. 1 14 0 14Chattanooga ............................... 4 69 1 42SEASON .................................... 19 349 1 62CAREER .................................. 101 1,582 18 80

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#19 SETH CURTIS .................... WR2014Game No Yds TD Long.....................................................SEASON ........................................

2013Game No Yds TD Longat Samford ................................. 2 34 0 18SEASON ...................................... 2 34 0 18

CAREER ...................................... 2 34 0 18

#20 DARIUS RAMSEY ............RB2014Game No Yds TD Longat USF......................................... 4 53 0 36Brevard ....................................... 1 7 0 7Catawba ..................................... 1 7 0 7at Presbyterian ............................ 1 7 0 7Wofford ...................................... 3 25 0 11The Citadel ................................. 1 10 0 10at Samford ................................. 2 14 0 10VMI ............................................. 1 3 0 3SEASON .................................... 14 126 0 36

2013Game No Yds TD LongMars Hill ..................................... 2 23 0 15at Samford ................................. 2 (-2) 0 0Elon ............................................ 2 32 0 17at Georgia Southern .................... 1 0 0 0Furman ....................................... 3 8 0 5at Appalachian State .................. 1 25 1 25SEASON .................................... 11 86 1 25

2012Game No Yds TD LongMars Hill ..................................... 5 16 0 6at Marshall ................................. 4 32 0 11at Wofford .................................. 3 9 0 4Samford ..................................... 2 13 0 7at The Citadel.............................. 1 7 0 7at Elon ........................................ 4 15 0 8Appalachian State ...................... 3 6 0 7Chattanooga ............................... 5 14 0 6at #4 Alabama ............................ 2 15 0 10SEASON .................................... 29 127 0 11

CAREER .................................... 54 339 1 36

#21 DETREZ NEWSOME .........RB2014Game No Yds TD Longat USF......................................... 1 5 0 5Brevard ....................................... 2 20 0 15Catawba ..................................... 6 49 0 16at Furman ................................... 2 0 0 7at Presbyterian ............................ 1 5 0 5Wofford ...................................... 1 11 0 11at Mercer .................................... 1 4 0 4Chattanooga ............................... 1 13 0 13VMI ............................................. 3 11 0 10SEASON .................................... 18 118 0 16

#44 LONDON RICHARDSON ........ TE2014Game No Yds TD Longat Furman ................................... 1 7 0 7SEASON ...................................... 1 7 0 7

#80 GARY RICHARDSON ......WR2014Game No Yds TD Long.....................................................SEASON ........................................

2013Game No Yds TD LongNO RECEPTIONS ...........................SEASON ........................................

CAREER .................................... 44 266 1 36

#82 TYLER SEXTON..................TE2014Game No Yds TD Longat Presbyterian ............................ 1 31 1 31The Citadel ................................. 1 8 1 8at Samford ................................. 1 7 0 7VMI ............................................. 3 32 1 16SEASON ...................................... 6 78 3 31

2013Game No Yds TD Longat Appalachian State .................. 4 91 0 28SEASON ...................................... 4 91 0 28

CAREER .................................... 10 169 3 31

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#83 JEFF MOORE ................ WR2014Game No Yds TD Longat USF......................................... 3 28 0 14Brevard ....................................... 1 22 0 22The Citadel ................................. 1 5 0 5Chattanooga ............................... 1 12 0 12at Samford ................................. 1 37 0 37VMI ............................................. 2 10 0 5SEASON ...................................... 9 114 0 37

2013Game No Yds TD Longat Middle Tennessee ................... 6 49 0 13at Virginia Tech ........................... 1 11 0 11The Citadel ................................. 2 5 0 3at Samford ................................. 3 26 0 10SEASON .................................... 12 91 0 13

2012Game No Yds TD LongGeorgia Southern ........................ 1 12 0 12at Elon ........................................ 1 16 0 16Chattanooga ............................... 1 6 0 6SEASON ...................................... 3 34 0 16CAREER .................................... 23 227 0 37

#85 STEFFON HILL ...............WR2014Game No Yds TD LongChattanooga ............................... 1 4 0 4SEASON ...................................... 1 4 0 4

2013Game No Yds TD LongElon ............................................ 2 24 0 12SEASON ...................................... 2 24 0 12

CAREER ...................................... 3 28 0 12


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#9 WES HOLCOMBE ......................................... QB2014 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Ydsat Presbyterian ....................................... 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Wofford ................................................. 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Chattanooga .......................................... 2 1 0 50.0 12 0 12 0 0SEASON ................................................. 3 1 1 33.3 12 0 12 0 0

#10 TROY MITCHELL ......................................... QB2014 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Ydsat South Florida ...................................66 46 0 69.7 374 2 36 4 12Brevard ................................................ 15 13 0 86.7 142 0 34 0 0Catawba ..............................................28 17 0 60.7 222 2 56 1 3at Furman ............................................ 19 12 1 63.2 182 2 39 0 0at Presbyterian ..................................... 24 10 2 41.7 141 2 31 2 15Wofford ............................................... 15 10 0 66.7 101 0 33 0 0at Mercer ............................................. 18 13 0 72.2 194 3 52 1 2The Citadel ..........................................29 21 2 72.4 291 1 43 0 0Chattanooga ........................................ 17 8 1 47.1 72 0 40 3 21at Samford ..........................................40 26 2 65.0 262 1 44 1 1VMI ......................................................42 32 1 76.2 339 5 39 0 0SEASON ............................................. 313 208 9 66.5 2,320 18 56 12 54

2013 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Ydsat Middle Tennessee ............................ 15 7 1 46.7 161 2 56 0 0The Citadel ..........................................22 16 1 72.7 136 1 23 2 10Mars Hill ..............................................35 20 0 57.1 350 3 80 1 3at Samford ..........................................33 15 0 45.5 202 0 65 4 37at Chattanooga ....................................22 16 3 72.7 181 2 46 0 0at Auburn ............................................... 6 3 1 50.0 34 0 20 1 18#12 Wofford ........................................28 18 0 64.3 206 1 46 2 12Elon ..................................................... 31 18 1 58.1 192 2 34 1 9at Georgia Southern .............................23 12 3 52.2 94 1 21 0 0Furman .................................................. 7 4 0 57.1 33 0 16 2 22at Appalachian State ............................. 5 2 0 40.0 25 0 21 0 0SEASON .............................................227 131 10 57.7 1,614 12 80 13 111

2012 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - YdsMars Hill ..............................................29 20 0 69.0 149 0 27 3 17at #9 Wofford ........................................ 5 4 0 80.0 33 0 13 1 3at Furman .............................................. 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0#8 Georgia Southern .............................. 7 4 0 57.1 65 0 42 2 13at The Citadel....................................... 14 9 1 64.3 67 0 14 3 23at Elon .................................................25 13 0 52.0 175 2 47 2 10#15 Appalachian State ........................22 13 1 59.0 167 1 74 7 48Chattanooga ........................................30 18 2 60.0 176 1 42 2 9at #4 Alabama ....................................... 8 4 0 50.0 28 0 28 1 8SEASON .............................................142 85 4 59.9 862 4 74 21 131

CAREER .............................................682 424 23 62.2 4,796 34 80 46 296

#11 JACKSON McDONALD ................................ QB2014 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds................................................................SEASON

#18 GARRETT BROWN ..................................... WR2014 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - YdsCatawba ................................................ 1 1 0 100.0 11 0 11 0 0at Presbyterian 5 4 1 80.0 23 0 11 0 0Chattanooga 1 1 0 100.0 4 0 4 0 0SEASON 7 6 1 85.7 38 0 11 0 0

2013 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - YdsNo Pass Attempts.....................................SEASON ...................................................

2012 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Ydsat Furman .............................................. 1 1 0 100.0 16 0 16 0 0SEASON ................................................. 1 1 0 100.0 16 0 16 0 0

2011 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - YdsNo Pass Attempts.....................................SEASON ...................................................

CAREER ................................................. 8 7 0 87.5 54 0 16 0 0

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ACE CLARKTackles .................................. 20, Chattanooga, ‘12Fumbles Rcvrd .............. 1, twice: MR - at MTSU, ‘13Interceptions ...............1, three times: MR - USF, ‘14

KEION CROSSENTackles ........................................... 4, Catawba, ‘14Pass Breakup ............................. 1, The Citadel, ‘14

DERRICK DAVISTackles ........................................... 2, Catawba, ‘14Tackles for Loss ...........................0.5, Catawba, ‘14

TYSON DICKSONTackles ..................................... 16, The Citadel, ‘14Tackles for Loss ......1.0, twice: MR - The Citadel, ‘14Pass BreakUps ............1, three times: MR - USF, ‘14

EZAVIAN DUNNTackles ............................................ 6, Wofford, ‘14Blocked Kick ................................... 1, Wofford, ‘14

CHRISTON GILLTackles ...................................14, Chattanooga, ‘14Tackles for Loss .. 2.0, four times: MR - at Samford, ‘14Interceptions ....................... 1, twice: MR – VMI, ‘14Pass Break-up .............. 1, twice: MR - Mars Hill, ‘13Fumbles Recovered .................... 2, The Citadel, ‘14

TERRENCE GREENTackles ........................................... 3, Catawba, ‘14Interception ...........................................1, VMI, ‘14

TRA HARDYTackles ......................1, twice: MR - The Citadel, ‘14

SERTONUSE HARRISTackles ....................16, twice: MR - The Citadel, ‘13Tackles or Loss ........................... 3.0, at Mercer, ‘14Sacks .............. 1.0, three times: MR - at Mercer, ‘14Interceptions .................................. 1, Catawba, ‘14Fumbles Recovered ........1, twice: MR - Wofford, ‘14Fumbles Forced ........ 1, four times: MR - at MTSU, ‘13

CALEB HAWKINSTackles .......................... 7, twice: MR – Brevard, ‘14Tackles for Loss ................. 2.0, at Presbyterian, ‘14Sacks ......1.0, three times: MR - at Presbyterian, ‘14

K.P. HICKSTackles ...........................................3, Mars Hill, ‘13Punt Block .......................................1, Brevard, ‘14

BRYSON JORDANTackles .............................................8, Furman, ‘13Tackles for Loss ................0.5, twice: MR - Elon, ‘13 Pass BreakUp ...................... 1, twice: MR - Elon, ‘13Fumbles Forced .............................. 1, Catawba, ‘14

TYLER JUNIUSTackles .......................................... 1, at Mercer, ‘14Fumble Recovered .......................... 1, Catawba, ‘14

JALEEL LORQUETTackles .............................................9, Furman, ‘13Tackles for Loss ............. 1.5, twice - MR: at USF, ‘14Interceptions ......... 1, twice: MR – Chattanooga, ‘12Fumbles Recovered ....................... 2, at Mercer, ‘14

STEDMAN LUCASTackles ...................................................................

HELVA MATUNGULUTackles ..................................5, at Presbyterian, ‘14Tackles for Loss ..................1.0, at Presbyterian, ‘14Pass BreakUp ........................................1, Elon, ‘13

ANDREW MAYTONTackles ................3, twice: MR - at Presbyterian, ‘14Tackles for Loss ..................1.5, at Presbyterian, ‘14Sacks .................................. 1, twice: MR – VMI, ‘14

JOHN McBETHTackles ....................................... 8, The Citadel, ‘14Tackles for Loss ......1, four times: MR - at MTSU, ‘13Sacks ............................ 1, twice: MR - at MTSU, ‘13Interceptions ............................ 1, #12 Wofford, ‘13

A.J. McKOYTackles ......................................... 4, at Furman, ‘14Kickoff Returns....................... 4, at The Citadel, ‘12Long Kickoff Return ...............31, at The Citadel, ‘12

FRED MOORINGTackles .................................4, at Chattanooga, ‘13TFL ..................... 1, twice: MR - at Chattanooga, ‘13Sacks ..............................................1, at MTSU, ‘13

TREY MORGANTackles ....................................... 9, The Citadel, ‘14Tackles for Loss .........1, twice: MR - The Citadel, ‘14Interceptions ....... 1, six times: MR - The Citadel, ‘14Pass BreakUps ........................... 2, The Citadel, ‘14Fumbles Forced ...........................2, at Samford, ‘14Fumbles Recovered .....................2, at Samford, ‘14

DANIEL NASHTackles .............................................6, Brevard, ‘14Fumbles Recovered ............................1, at USF, ‘14

A.J. NEWMAN, JR.Tackles .............................................5, Brevard, ‘14Tackles for Loss ...........................0.5, Catawba, ‘14

LEE PATTILLOTackles ....................................... 4, The Citadel, ‘13

FRED PAYNETackles ....................................... 9, The Citadel, ‘14Fumbles Recovered ..............1, at Chattanooga, ‘13Interceptions .............. 1, twice: MR - at Furman, ‘14

DANIEL RIDDLETackles ......................................... 18, Catawba, ‘14Sacks ............................................. 1, Catawba, ‘14Tackles for Loss ...........................3.0, Catawba, ‘14Fumbles Forced .............................. 2, Catawba, ‘14

CHRIS SEABORNTackles ................ 1, twice: MR - at Presbyterian, ‘14

DYLAN SLUDERTackles .......1, three times: MR - at Presbyterian, ‘14Tackle for Loss ............................ 0.5, at Mercer, ‘14

KRIS SMITHTackles .............................................1, Brevard, ‘14

TOMMY TATETackles ....................................... 2, The Citadel, ‘14

KELVIN UMETackles ....................... 6, twice: MR - at Furman, ‘14Tackles for Loss .................1.5, at Chattanooga, ‘13Sacks ...................................1, at Chattanooga, ‘13

DAMIAN WHITAKERTackles ...............................................5, at USF, ‘14Fumbles Recovered ............. 1, twice: MR – VMI, ‘14

KENDALL WHITETackles .......................... 1, twice: MR – Brevard, ‘14

AVERY WORSHAMTackles ........................................... 4, Catawba, ‘14Tackles for Loss .............................. 1, Catawba, ‘14Onside Recovery .................................1, at USF, ‘14

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CHANDLER ADDERTIONTackles ...........................................2, at Auburn ‘13Fumbles Forced ..............1, at Georgia Southern ‘13

DESTRY BARNWELLLong Punt .........................61 yds, Chattanooga, ‘14Punts .................................................8, at USF, ‘14

BLAKE METCALFKickoffs ................................2, at Chattanooga ‘13Touchbacks ..........................1, at Chattanooga, ‘13Punts .....................................................5, VMI, ‘14Long Punt ....................................57, at Auburn, ‘13

MARK POWELLKickoffs .........................5, twice: MR - Wofford, ‘14

RICHARD SIGMONLong Field Goal ................. 49 yards, at Auburn, ‘13Consecutive PATs ..................... 47, active, 2013-14Fumbles Recovered .........................1, at MTSU, ‘13

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KARNORRIS BENSONReceptions .....................................9, Mars Hill, ‘13Receiving Yds. .............................212, at MTSU, ‘13Receiving TDs .........................................4, VMI, ‘14Long Rec. ..........................80 - twice: MR, Elon, ‘13100+ Yard Receiving Games ................................. 5

GARRETT BROWNRushes .......................................... 10, Wofford, ‘14Rushing Yds. ................................. 67, Wofford, ‘14Longest ......................................... 24, Wofford, ‘14Rushing TDs ................................... 1, Mars Hill, ‘11Receptions ................. 3, twice: MR - at Furman, ‘12Receiving Yards ........................ 94, The Citadel, ‘11Receiving Touchdowns .................1, The Citadel, ‘11Punt Returns ............................ 4, #12 Wofford, ‘13Punt Return Yards ..................30, #12 Wofford, ‘13Longest Punt Return ............... 13, #12 Wofford, ‘13

SETH CURTISReceptions ................................. 2, at Samford, ‘13Receiving Yards ........................ 34, at Samford, ‘13Long Reception ............... 18 yards, at Samford, ‘13

C.J. GOODMANReceptions .................. 5, at Appalachian State, ‘13Receiving Yds .................................46, Furman, ‘13Long Reception ..............................34, Furman, ‘13Long Punt Return ........................ 29, at Furman, ‘14

MICHAEL HELMS, JR.Receptions ...............2, four times: MR – at USF, ‘14Receiving Yards ............................ 79, Samford, ‘13Receiving Touchdowns ...........................1, Elon, ‘13Longest Reception............... 65 yards, Samford, ‘13Tackles ................................. 2, at Virginia Tech, ‘13

STEFFON HILLReceptions ............................................2, Elon, ‘13Receiving Yards ....................................24, Elon ‘13Kickoff Returns................................3, at MTSU, ‘13Long Kickoff Return ...................... 22, at MTSU, ‘13

TROY MITCHELLRushes ................................. 20, at The Citadel, ‘12Rushing Yds ........................... 131, The Citadel, ‘12Rushing TDs .....2, three times: MR - at Samford, ‘14Passing Attempts .............................66, at USF, ‘14Passes Completed ...........................46, at USF, ‘14Passing Yds .................................... 374, at USF, ‘14Passing TDs ............................................5, VMI, ‘14

JEFF MOOREReceptions ......................................6, at MTSU, ‘13Receiving Yds. .............................. 49, at MTSU, ‘13Long Rec. ...................................37, at Samford ‘14

DETREZ NEWSOMERushes ........................................ 16, at Mercer, ‘14Rushing Yards ........................ 123, The Citadel, ‘14Rushing TDs ...... 2, four times: MR - The Citadel, ‘14Long Rush ................................ 38, The Citadel, ‘14Receptions ..................................... 6, Catawba, ‘14Receiving Yds. ..............................49, Catawba, ‘14Long Rec. ..................................... 16, Catawba, ‘14All-Purpose Yards .........................207, Brevard, ‘14

WILLIE POLICEReceptions .......................................12, at USF, ‘14Receiving Yards ................................86, at USF, ‘14Receiving TDs ................................. 1, Catawba, ‘14Rushes ........................................... 2, Catawba, ‘14Rushing Yards ...................... 9, at Virginia Tech, ‘13

DARIUS RAMSEYRushes ................................... 24, #12 Wofford, ‘13Rushing Yds. ..................................... 128, VMI, ‘14Rushing TDs .....................................3, Brevard, ‘14Receptions ...............................5, Chattanooga, ‘12Receiving Yds ...................................53, at USF, ‘14Receiving TDs .............. 1, at Appalachian State, ‘13Long Rec. .................. 25, at Appalachian State, ‘13All-Purpose Yards .......................164, Mars Hill, ‘12100+ Yard Rushing Games ................................... 7

GARY RICHARDSONReceptions

LONDON RICHARDSONRushes ...............................................1, at USF, ‘14Rushing Yards ....................................2, at USF, ‘14Receptions ................................... 1, at Furman, ‘14

SPEARMAN ROBINSONReceptions ..................... 9, twice – MR: at Elon, ‘13Receiving Yds ................................139, at Elon, ‘13Long Reception ............................... 47, at Elon, ‘13Receiving TDs ................................ 3, at Mercer, ‘14100+ Yard Receiving Games ................................. 3

TERRYON ROBINSONReceptions .......................................15, at USF, ‘14Receiving Yds ......................... 183, The Citadel, ‘14Long Reception ..................46, at Chattanooga, ‘13Receiving TDs ................1, 3 times: MR - at USF, ‘14Punt Returns ...................................2, at MTSU, ‘13Long Punt Return .............................7, at MTSU, ‘13Passes ...............................................1, at USF, ‘14100+ Yard Receiving Games ................................. 3Touchdown Passes ........................ 1, at Mercer, ‘14

TYLER SEXTONReceptions .................. 4, at Appalachian State, ‘13Receiving Yards ......... 91, at Appalachian State, ‘13Receiving TDs .............1, three times: MR – VMI, ‘14

SHAUN WARRENRushes ......................................... 21, Mars Hill, ‘11Rushing Yds. ..............................203, Mars Hill, ‘11Long Rush ....................................82, Mars Hill, ‘11Rushing TDs ................................... 4, Mars Hill, ‘11Rec. ................................................2, at MTSU, ‘13Rec. Yds ............................... 7, at Georgia Tech, ‘11Long Rec. ............................. 7, at Georgia Tech, ‘11

CATAMOUNT CAREER TRACKERCAREER RECEPTIONS:

1. Gerald Harp .................. 1977-80 ...................197 8. Eddie Cohen ................. 2004-07 ...................142 Jeff Dean ...................... 1978-81 ...................142 10. Craig Aiken ................... 1991-94 ...................139 –– KARNORRIS BENSON ...... 2012-PRES .....................101 –– TERRYON ROBINSON ....... 2013-PRES .......................97 –– SPEARMAN ROBINSON.... 2012-PRES .......................79

CAREER RECEIVING YARDS: 1. Jerry Gaines .................. 1970-74 ............... 3,449 9. Jon Reed ....................... 1987-90 ................2,271 10. Wayne Tolleson ............. 1974-77 ................2,246 –– KARNORRIS BENSON ...... 2012-PRES ................ 1,584 –– TERRYON ROBINSON .. 2013-PRES ..............1,205 –– SPEARMAN ROBINSON... 2012-PRES .................902

CAREER TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS: 1. Gerald Harp .................. 1977-80 .....................26 5. KARNORRIS BENSON ...... 2012-PRES .......................18 Jerry Gaines .................. 1970-74 .....................18 6. Marquel Pittman ........... 2007-10 ..................... 17 7. Six Tied with ......................................................15 –– SPEARMAN ROBINSON....2012-PRES. ......................10

CAREER RUSHING ATTEMPTS: 1. Darrell Lipford ............... 1974-77 ...................952 9. Fred Boateng ................ 2000-02 ...................460 10. Darius Fudge ................ 2003-06 ...................457 –– DARIUS RAMSEY .........2012-PRES..................394 –– TROY MITCHELL...........2012-PRES..................366

CAREER RUSHING YARDAGE: 1. Darrell Lipford ............... 1974-77 ................4,089 9. Leonard Williams .......... 1979-83 ................2,210 10. Melvin Dorsey ............... 1981-83 ................2,060 Anthony James .............. 1979-82 ................2,060 –– DARIUS RAMSEY .........2012-PRES...............1,821 –– TROY MITCHELL...........2012-PRES...............1,565 –– SHAUN WARREN .........2011-PRES. .................845

CAREER TOUCHDOWN RUSHES: 1. Otis McIntosh ............... 1968-71 .....................37 9. David Mayfi eld .............. 1984-86 .....................22 10. Carlton Terry ................. 1987-90 .....................20 Melvin Dorsey ............... 1981-83 .....................20 –– TROY MITCHELL...........2012-PRES.................... 16 –– DARIUS RAMSEY .........2012-PRES....................12 –– SHAUN WARREN .........2011-PRES. ................... 11

CAREER TACKLES: 1. Tom Bodine................... 1991-94 ...................453 2. ACE CLARK .................2011-PRES. .................335 3. Kenny Banks ................. 1990-94 ...................331 4. Eric Johnson ................. 1996-98 ...................326 Julius Grant................... 1990-93 ...................326 10. Louis Cooper................. 1981-84 ...................312 11. Clyde Simmons ............. 1982-85 ...................307 12. Steve Yates ................... 1971-74 ...................306 –– CHRISTON GILL ........... 2011-PRES .................273 –– SERTONUSE HARRIS ... 2012-PRES .................251

CAREER INTERCEPTIONS: 1. David Rathburn ............. 1971-74 .....................23 9. Ricky Gardin ................. 1987-89 .....................12 Toussaint Kennedy ........ 1985-88 .....................12 –– TREY MORGAN ............ 2013-PRES .....................6 –– ACE CLARK .................2011-PRES. .....................3 –– JALEEL LORQUET .........2012-PRES......................2


TAMPA, FLA. – Two Catamounts matched or established school offensive single-game records on Saturday night, but it was not enough to eclipse the debut of South Florida running back Marlon Mack. The true freshman tailback rushed for 275 yards and four touchdowns as the Bulls came from behind to fend off upset-minded Western Carolina, 36-31, in the season-opener for both squads at Raymond James Stadium.

Junior quarterback Troy Mitchell set a WCU single-game record with a career-high 46 pass completions on a school-benchmark 66 pass attempts in the season-opener. The Houston, Texas, product tossed a pair of touchdown passes and rushed for a third score, amassing a career-high 374 yards passing - tied for the ninth-best, single-game performance.

On the receiving end of 27 of Mitchell’s completions was sophomore receivers Terryon Robinson and Willie Police. Robinson matched a 30-year old school single-game record with a career-best 15 catches for 121 yards and a touchdown as eight Catamounts recorded receptions. Police had 12 catches for 86 yards with redshirt sophomore Spearman Robinson catching eight passes for 69 yards and a fourth quarter touchdown for the Purple & Gold.

The Catamounts led much of the night, pulling out to a 14-3 fi rst quarter lead and carried a one-point, 17-16, edge into the halftime locker room. The lead remained intact until the waning moments of the third quarter when Mack struck from 60 yards out to give USF a 23-17 advantage.

All told, Mack scored three touchdowns of 56-or-more yards including runs of 62, 60 and 56 yards, respectively. He matched USF’s school single-game rushing record.

Catamount junior tailback Darius Ramsey amassed 111all-purpose yards including a team-high 58 yards on the ground and four catches for 53 yards through the air. His fi rst quarter-ending, two-yard plunge put WCU ahead, 14-3, through 15 minutes of play.

USF’s Marvin Kloss split the uprights on his second and third fi eld goals of the evening from 33 and 26 yards out in the second quarter with WCU’s Richard Sigmon punching through a 33-yarder to provide the halftime score, 17-16.

Mack then closed the third and opened the fourth quarters with scores to push the defi cit to 13, 30-17. Western Carolina pulled back to within one score on a six-yard Spearman Robinson touchdown reception

to cap an impressive 17-play drive only to see Mack rattle off his third rushing TD of the year to stretch the score to 36-24. The Catamounts answered with Terryon Robinson’s 14-yard grab, but the ensuing on-side kick failed to provide the fi nally tally, 36-31.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Junior tailback Darius Ramsey rushed for three touchdowns while his freshman counterpart Detrez Newsome scored twice on the ground as Western Carolina pulled away from Brevard College for a 45-21 home-opening victory in nonconference action on Saturday afternoon at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field.

Senior tailback Shaun Warren added a sixth rushing score in the fourth quarter as WCU snapped a four-game slide that dated back to last season. The Catamounts also got a 19-yard fi eld goal from senior Richard Sigmon to provide the fi nal tally.

Newsome accounted for a game-high 207 yards in the win, rushing for a career-best 88 yards on seven catches with 99 yards in kickoff return yardage. Ramsey also charted 88 yards rushing with three of his eight rushing attempts fi nishing in the end zone.

Junior quarterback Troy Mitchell had another solid offensive performance, completing all but two of his 15 pass attempts (13-for-15) for 142 yards. The Houston, Texas, product added 84 rushing yards and was not sacked in the win. Senior QB Garrett Brown saw action in the backfi eld, orchestrating WCU’s fi nal scoring drive, rushing once for four yards.

Sophomore wide receiver Willie Police led the Catamounts with fi ve catches for 27 yards while second-year wide out Terryon Robinson led the team with 61 receiving yards on three catches.

Ramsey handed WCU an early two touchdown lead in the fi rst quarter with rushing scores of one and fi ve yards. Brevard pulled back to within a score as quarterback Tanner Wright capped a 12-play drive with a three-yard TD to make it 14-7 on the second play of the second quarter.

Newsome pushed WCU back ahead with his fi rst career rushing score, making it 21-7 in the second quarter. On the drive, the Raeford, N.C., native rushed for 37 of WCU’s 50 yards on the drive. Ramsey would later add his third TD on the ground right before the half to make it 28-14 at intermission.

Brevard’s run-oriented option attack consumed over 11 minutes of the third quarter clock with Wright capping the 18-play drive with his second rushing score of the contest to pull the Tornados back to within seven points, 28-21. However, the Catamounts fi nished the game with 17-unanswered points including a 33-yard rumble by Newsome, Sigmon’s fi eld goal and Warren’s two-yard plunge to secure the victory.

For Brevard, running back Jordan Ollis rushed for 105 yards on 21 carries with a touchdown while Wright scored twice with 99 yards rushing. Michael Gruber fi nished with 10 tackles to lead the Tornados defensive unit.

Three defenders posted double-digit tackles led by redshirt senior captain Ace Clark with a game-high 15 tackles including one for loss while Christon Gill recorded 12 stops with a TFL.

G A M E ONE • AUG. 30, 2014 • TAMPA, FLA.

WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 31SOUTH FLORIDA ........................... 36

RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM (31,642)

G A M E TWO • SEPT. 6, 2014 • CULLOWHEE, N.C.

BREVARD ..................................... 21WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 45

E.J. WHITMIRE STADIUM / BOB WATERS FIELD (8,929)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreWestern Carolina 14 3 0 14 31 Record: (0-1)USF 3 13 7 13 36 Record: (1-0)

Scoring Summary:1st 05:59 WCU Troy Mitchell 4 yd run (Sigmon kick), 12-58 4:19 WCU 7 - USF 0 02:25 USF KLOSS, Marvin 47 yd fi eld goal, 7-25 3:27 WCU 7 - USF 3 00:00 WCU Darius Ramsey 2 yd run (Sigmon kick), 9-88 2:19 WCU 14 - USF 32nd 08:08 USF KLOSS, Marvin 33 yd fi eld goal, 5-34 1:13 WCU 14 - USF 6 05:38 USF MACK, Marlon 62 yd run (KLOSS kick), 1-62 0:10 WCU 14 - USF 13 01:03 WCU Richard Sigmon 33 yd fi eld goal, 9-51 2:39 WCU 17 - USF 13 00:24 USF KLOSS, Marvin 26 yd fi eld goal, 7-52 0:37 WCU 17 - USF 163rd 04:57 USF MACK, Marlon 60 yd run (KLOSS, Marvin kick), 4-90 1:44 WCU 17 - USF 234th 12:21 USF MACK, Marlon 3 yd run (KLOSS, Marvin kick), 10-87 3:03 WCU 17 - USF 30 06:06 WCU Spearman Robinson 6 yd pass from T. Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 17-76 6:09 WCU 24 - USF 30 04:40 USF MACK, Marlon 56 yd run (JOHNSON, D’Erne rush failed), 3-72 1:19 WCU 24 - USF 36 00:09 WCU Terryon Robinson 14 yd pass from T. Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 11-65 1:31 WCU 31 - USF 36

WCU USFFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 27 13RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 29-80 33-294PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 374 191Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 67-46-1 27-10-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 96-454 60-485Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 2-0 1-24Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 5-66 4-86Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 1-10 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 8-38.9 3-47.3Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 2-1 2-1Penalties-Yards ................................................... 5-45 6-38Possession Time ................................................. 37:21 22:34Third-Down Conversions...................................... 9 of 19 4 of 13Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 2 of 2 0 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 5-5 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 0-0 4-12

RUSHING: WCU – Darius Ramsey 15-58; Troy Mitchell 11-21; London Richardson 1-2; Detrez Newsome 2-minus 1. USF – MACK, Marlon 24-275; WHITE, Mike 1-17; ADAMS, Rodney 1-9; JOHNSON, D’Erne 5-6; TEAM 2-minus 13. PASSING: WCU – Troy Mitchell 46-66-0-374; Terryon Robinson 0-1-1-0. USF – WHITE, Mike 9-26-1-181; BENCH, Steven 1-1-0-10. RECEIVING: WCU – Terryon Robinson 15-121; Willie Police 12-86; Spearman Robinson 8-69; Darius Ramsey 4-53; Jeff Moore 3-28; Michael Helms Jr. 2-6; C.J. Goodman 1-6; Detrez Newsome 1-5. USF – DAMS, Rodney 3-67; WELCH, Deonte 3-33; DAVIS, Andre 1-44; PRICE, Sean 1-32; POPE, Marlon 1-10; MACK, Marlon 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: WCU – Ace Clark 1-10. USF – YRD, Jamie 1-0. FUMBLES: Western Carolina-TEAM 1-0; Darius Ramsey 1-1. USF-TEAM 1-0; MACK, Marlon 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): Western Carolina-None. USF-CALLOWAY, Derri 1-0; CLIETT, Reshard 1-0; WHITEHURST, Tas 1-0; HILL, Demetrius 1-0.TACKLES (UA-A): WCU – Tyson Dickson 4-2; Christon Gill 3-2; Damian Whitaker 3-2; Ace Clark 4-0; Jaleel Lorquet 3-1; Trey Morgan 2-1; Daniel Riddle 2-0; Caleb Hawkins 2-0; Andrew Mayton 2-0; John McBeth 1-1; Kendall White 1-0; Sertonuse Harris 1-0; Kelvin Ume 1-0; Lee Pattillo 1-0; Fred Payne 1-0; Terrence Green 1-0; Helva Matungulu 0-1. USF – BYRD, Jamie 8-3; HARRIS, Nigel 7-1; DUNKLEY, Chris 7-0; GODWIN, Nate 5-1; WARD, Johnny 4-2; HARLEY, LeGrand 4-1; ABRAHAM, Devin 4-0; WHITEHURST, Tas 3-1; LEE, Eric 3-1; SANCHEZ, Auggie 2-2; CLIETT, Reshard 2-1; CALLOWAY, Derri 2-1; SWAIN, Rahmon 2-0; NICHOLS, Deatri 2-0; WATSON, Elkino 1-1; WELCH, Deonte 0-2; GRIFFIN, Trevon 1-0; JOHNSON, D’Erne 1-0; CHANDLER, Todd 1-0; DAVIS, Andre 1-0; HILL, Demetrius 1-0; HAMILTON, James 0-1.

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreBrevard 0 14 7 0 21 Record: (0-1)Western Carolina 14 14 7 10 45 Record: (1-1)

Scoring Summary:1st 10:07 WCU Darius Ramsey 1 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 11-0 4:53 BRV 0 - WCU 7 06:00 WCU Darius Ramsey 5 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 6-73 2:28 BRV 0 - WCU 142nd 14:04 BRV T. Wright 3 yd run (A. Noboa kick), 12-79 6:50 BRV 7 - WCU 14 11:13 WCU Detrez Newsome 4 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 6-50 2:40 BRV 7 - WCU 21 03:40 BRV J. Ollis 4 yd run (A. Noboa kick), 6-68 3:13 BRV 14 - WCU 21 01:35 WCU Darius Ramsey 2 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 7-75 1:59 BRV 14 - WCU 28

3rd 03:51 BRV T. Wright 5 yd run (A. Noboa kick), 18-78 11:03 BRV 21 - WCU 28 02:49 WCU Detrez Newsome 33 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 3-75 1:02 BRV 21 - WCU 354th 06:46 WCU Richard Sigmon 19 yd fi eld goal, 9-81 4:42 BRV 21 - WCU 38 04:01 WCU Shaun Warren 2 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 3-25 0:59 BRV 21 - WCU 45

BRV WCUFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 18 22RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 60-278 34-283PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 18 142Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 4-1-0 15-13-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 64-296 49-425Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 1-0 4-36Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 6-111 3-99Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 5-35.8 1-49.0Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 1-0 0-0Penalties-Yards ................................................... 10-72 6-83Possession Time ................................................. 38:46 21:14Third-Down Conversions...................................... 5 of 13 3 of 5Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 2 of 2 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 3-3 6-6Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 0-0 0-0

RUSHING: BRV – J. Ollis 21-105; T. Wright 20-99; K. Jeter 13-53; A. Overholt 5-14; G. Nestor 1-7. WCU – Darius Ramsey 9-88; Detrez Newsome 7-88; Troy Mitchell 11-84; Shaun Warren 4-26; Garrett Brown 1-4; Team 2-minus 7.

PASSING: BRV – T. Wright 1-4-0-18. WCU – Troy Mitchell 13-15-0-142.

RECEIVING: BRV – A. Overholt 1-18. WCU – Willie Police 5-27; Terryon Robinson 3-61; Detrez Newsome 2-20; Jeff Moore 1-22; Darius Ramsey 1-7; Spearman Robinson 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: BRV – None. WCU – None.

FUMBLES: BRV – T. Wright 1-0. WCU – None.

SACKS (UA-A): BRV – None. WCU – None.

TACKLES (UA-A): BRV – M. Gruber 4-6; L. Allen 1-6; C. Shubert 3-3; J. Woerner 1-5; M. Lunsford 1-5; J. Chandler 2-3; M. Atkins 1-3; J. Vause 1-3; A. Washington 2-1; G. Hilliard 2-1; C. Hamrick 1-2; R. Demosthene 0-3; A. Noboa 2-0; J. Hicks 1-1; S. Lee 0-2; TEAM 1-0. WCU – Ace Clark 6-9; Christon Gill 3-9; Tyson Dickson 1-9; Caleb Hawkins 2-5; Kelvin Ume 1-5; Daniel Nash 0-6; Sertonuse Harris 2-3; A.J. Newman Jr. 2-3; Daniel Riddle 3-1; Fred Payne 0-4; Trey Morgan 2-1; Bryson Jordan 1-2; Helva Matungulu 2-0; Keion Crossen 1-0; Tra Hardy 1-0; Andrew Mayton 1-0; Ezavian Dunn 1-0; Team 1-0; Chris Seaborn 1-0; Damian Whitaker 1-0; K.P. Hicks 0-1; Michael Helms Jr. 0-1; Kris Smith 0-1; Gary Richardson 0-1; John McBeth 0-1; Derrick Davis 0-1; Kendall White 0-1.

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CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina scored 21-straight points in the second half to pull away from upset-minded Catawba, claiming a 35-17 Family Weekend victory over the Indians in nonconference football action at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field.

Junior quarterback Troy Mitchell threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns, adding a rushing score in the third quarter that sparked the offense’s three-consecutive TDs. Freshman tailback Detrez New-some added two rushing touchdowns in the in the fourth quarter as the Catamounts claimed their second-straight seasonal victory.

Mitchell tossed fi rst quarter strikes of 44 yards to Spearman Robinson and 56 yards to second-year receiver Willie Police for his fi rst collegiate TD as WCU pulled out to an early, 14-0, lead.

Despite the explosive start and strong fi nish for the Catamount offense, it was the tenacity of the WCU defense that helped seize the day. WCU’s defenders forced four turnovers – taking away two fumbles and two interceptions – while also limiting the Indians to a missed fi eld goal attempt in their opening drive of the game.

With WCU leading by a touchdown, 14-7, the Catamount defense came up with a huge momentum swing on a turnover just before halftime. Catawba was amidst a 13-play drive when quarterback Mike Sheehan connected with tight end Tyler Hamilton on a 21-yard gain, moving inside the Catamount fi ve-yard line. However, defensive back Bryson Jordan was credited with knocking the football loose at the two-yard line to prevent Hamilton from scoring the would-be tying touchdown with Sertonuse Harris pouncing on the loose orb to thwart the scoring drive, preserving the one-score lead.

Western Carolina (2-1) led at intermission, 14-7, marking the third-straight game the Catamounts have led after two quarters of play.

Catawba (1-1) opened the second half with a grinding 12-play drive, moving inside the red zone down to the WCU 18-yard line. However, a penalty helped stall the drive and the Indians only managed a 39-yard Chad Hollandsworth fi eld goal to trim the Catamount edge to four, 14-10.

Inspired by the defense bending but not breaking, Mitchell guided the Catamounts 70 yards in six plays, capped by his 19-yard scamper to pull-ahead, 21-10. Consecutive defensive stops coupled with Newsome rushing touchdowns of two and six yards gave the home squad a 35-10 lead as Western Carolina would hold on for the victory, 35-17.

Mitchell fi nished 16-of-27 for 223 yards and two touchdowns in the win. Senior Garrett Brown added his fi rst completion of the season – and 11-yard strike to Newsome in the fourth quarter – while also rushing for 31 yards on fi ve carries from scrimmage.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Spearman Robinson hauled in two receiving touchdowns and freshman tailback Detrez Newsome added two rushing scores as Western Carolina opened Southern Conference play with a convincing 35-17 road victory over Furman at Paladin Stadium.

Robinson, fi nished with fi ve catches for 120 yards and two fi rst half scores as the Catamounts jumped out to 14-3 lead midway through the second quarter. Junior tailback Darius Ramsey carried the ball 17 times for 113 yards and a late second quarter TD to cap an eight-play drive that staked WCU to a 21-3 advantage. Newsome added two rushing scores between the third and fourth quarters to cap WCU’s scoring, his third-consecutive two-TD outing.

Saturday’s victory in its Southern Conference opener snapped four long losing skids for the Catamounts – 22-straight on the road, 15 in a row away from home vs. league opponents, nine-straight road losses at Furman and eight consecutive defeats overall to Furman.

Catamount quarterback Troy Mitchell amassed 252 yards of total offense including 70 yards rushing and 182 passing yards on a 12-for-19 performance. Newsome rushed for 36 yards while Shaun Warren added 13 on the ground. Redshirt junior WR Karnorris Benson made his fi rst receptions of the season, recording three catches for 36 yards.

WCU fi nished with 415 yards of offense on what was the league’s top-rated defense entering the weekend. The Catamounts attempted just six second half passes, grinding out the victory on the ground.

Robinson hauled in the game’s fi rst points on a 39-yard scoring strike on the game’s opening drive in the fi rst quarter. J.C. Hollingsworth answered as the rookie placekicker split the uprights from 51 yards away to trim the defi cit to four, 7-3. It would prove to be as close as Furman would get.

WCU’s quick-strike offense put six on the board in just two plays as Robinson caught his second TD of the day on a 21-yard reception midway through the second quarter with Ramsey racing in untouched off the left end late in the frame to make it 21-3 in favor of the Purple & Gold.

The Catamounts led at the break, 21-10, as Furman ended the half with a fi ve-yard touchdown recep-tion by tight end Duncan Fletcher.

With the game still hanging in the balance after Furman cut the margin to 11 at 28-17, the Paladins forced and recovered a fumble on a kickoff that gave the home squad excellent fi eld position. WCU’s defense stiffened, though, forcing a 35-yard fi eld goal attempt after a three-and-out that was missed, ultimately sealing the game.

The Catamounts would add Newsome’s second rushing score to provide the fi nal tally, 35-17.

GAME THREE • SEPT. 13, 2014 • CULLOWHEE, N.C.

CATAWBA ..................................... 17WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 35


G A M E FOUR • SEPT. 27, 2014 • GREENVILLE, S.C.

WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 35FURMAN ...................................... 17

PALADIN STADIUM (9,789)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreCatawba 0 7 3 7 17 Record: (1-1)Western Carolina 14 0 7 14 35 Record: (2-1)

Scoring Summary:1st 10:00 WCU Spearman Robinson 44 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 6-80 1:46 CATW 0 - WCU 7 03:04 WCU Willie Police 56 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 6-68 2:46 CATW 0 - WCU 142nd 14:10 CATW G.Williams 20 yd pass from M.Sheehan (Hollandsworth kick), 10-80 3:50 CATW 7 - WCU 143rd 10:09 CATW C.Hollandsworth 39 yd fi eld goal, 12-59 4:44 CATW 10 - WCU 14 07:58 WCU Troy Mitchell 19 yd run (Sigmon kick), 6-70 2:02 CATW 10 - WCU 214th 12:47 WCU Detrez Newsome 2 yd run (Sigmon kick), 7-58 3:05 CATW 10 - WCU 28 10:40 WCU Detrez Newsome 6 yd run (Sigmon kick), 2-13 0:32 CATW 10 - WCU 35 07:47 CATW C.Tarrats 5 yd pass from M.Sheehan (Hollandsworth kick), 7-75 2:53 CATW 17 - WCU 35

CATW WCUFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 20 22RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 39-102 32-132PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 266 233Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 37-22-2 29-18-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 76-368 61-365Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 1-0Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 1-8 1-0Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 5-81 4-117Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 0-0 2--2Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 5-38.2 5-41.8Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 3-2 2-1Penalties-Yards ................................................... 13-119 11-71Possession Time ................................................. 32:27 27:33Third-Down Conversions...................................... 8 of 18 4 of 10Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 0 of 0 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 3-4 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 1-3 2-22

RUSHING: CATW – D.Burgess 13-52; T.Mashore 7-24; M.Sheehan 12-13; C.Littlejohn 7-13. WCU – Darius Ramsey 11-56; Garrett Brown 5-31; Detrez Newsome 7-21; Troy Mitchell 5-17; Shaun Warren 2-4; Willie Police 2-3.

PASSING: CATW – M.Sheehan 21-36-2-236; C.Tarrats 1-1-0-30. WCU – Troy Mitchell 17-28-0-222; Garrett Brown 1-1-0-11.

RECEIVING: CATW – G.Williams 7-94; T.Hamilton 4-73; K.West 4-26; C.Tarrats 3-22; T.Mashore 2-40; J.Williams 1-6; D.Pierce 1-4; TJ Olsen 0-1. WCU – Detrez Newsome 6-49; Spearman Robinson 4-71; Willie Police 3-67; Terryon Robinson 3-29; Michael Helms Jr. 1-10; Darius Ramsey 1-7.

INTERCEPTIONS: CATW – None. WCU – Trey Morgan 1-0; Sertonuse Harris 1-minus 2.

FUMBLES: CATW – T.Hamilton 2-1; M.Sheehan 1-1. WCU – Willie Police 1-0; Garrett Brown 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): CATW – J.Taylor 1-0. WCU – Christon Gill 1-0; Daniel Riddle 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): CATW – P.George 4-5; J.Lackey 2-6; J.Taylor 3-4; T.Williams 1-6; C.Carpenter 5-1; E.Robinson 2-4; K.Funderburk 3-2; C.Jones 3-2; M.McDaniel 3-0; T.Hamilton 2-0; De.Lee 0-2; J.Rowland 0-2; G.Williams 1-0; B.Granados 1-0; C.Littlejohn 1-0; K.Kitchens 0-1; J.Jean 0-1; R.Smith 0-1; M.Peppers 0-1; S.Davis 0-1; G.Evans 0-1. WCU – Daniel Riddle 7-11; Ace Clark 4-9; Christon Gill 3-7; Fred Payne 2-4; Sertonuse Harris 1-5; Keion Crossen 3-1; Avery Worsham 1-3; Bryson Jordan 1-3; Caleb Hawkins 0-4; Daniel Nash 2-1; Terrence Green 1-2; A.J. Newman Jr. 0-3; Jaleel Lorquet 2-0; Fred Mooring 1-1; Derrick Davis 1-1; Andrew Mayton 0-2; Kelvin Ume 0-2; Mark Powell 1-0; Tommy Tate 1-0; Trey Morgan 1-0; A.J. McKoy 1-0; Michael Helms Jr. 0-1.

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreWestern Carolina 7 14 7 7 35 Record: (3-1,1-0)Furman 0 10 0 7 17 Record: (2-3,1-1)

Scoring Summary:1st 12:27 WCU Spearman Robinson 39 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 6-71 2:33 WCU 7 - FUR 02nd 12:34 FUR Hollingsworth 51 yd fi eld goal, 4--5 1:26 WCU 7 - FUR 3 09:15 WCU Spearman Robinson 21 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 2-22 0:39 WCU 14 - FUR 3 03:32 WCU Darius Ramsey 19 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 8-69 3:08 WCU 21 - FUR 3 00:46 FUR Duncan Fletcher 5 yd pass from D. Woodruff (Hollingsworth kick), 11-84 2:42 WCU 21 - FUR 103rd 08:59 WCU Detrez Newsome 7 yd run (Sigmon kick), 8-72 3:19 WCU 28 - FUR 104th 13:32 FUR J. Snellings 28 yd pass from PJ Blazejowski (Hollingsworth kick), 9-92 2:44 WCU 28 - FUR 17 02:17 WCU Detrez Newsome 2 yd run (Sigmon kick), 8-37 4:08 WCU 35 - FUR 17

WCU FURFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 23 19RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 50-233 33-10PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 182 208Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 19-12-1 35-14-2TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 69-415 68-314Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 1-10Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 4-58 2-49Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 3-79 6-86Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 2-12 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 4-40.5 5-43.0Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 2-2 1-0Penalties-Yards ................................................... 8-85 5-55Possession Time ................................................. 32:37 27:23Third-Down Conversions...................................... 6 of 12 6 of 16Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 2 of 2 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 3-4 1-2Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 1-4 0-0

RUSHING: WCU – Darius Ramsey 17-113; Troy Mitchell 16-70; Detrez Newsome 11-36; Shaun Warren 5-13; Garrett Brown 1-1. FUR – PJ Blazejowski 9-56; Hank McCloud 11-35; Dillon Woodruff 9-25; J. Snellings 1-4; Antonio Wilcox 2-minus 6; TEAM 1-minus 8.

PASSING: WCU – Troy Mitchell 12-19-1-182. FUR – Dillon Woodruff 10-20-1-133; PJ Blazejowski 4-15-1-75.

RECEIVING: WCU – Spearman Robinson 5-120; Karnorris Benson 3-36; Detrez Newsome 2-0; Willie Police 1-19; London Richardson 1-7. FUR – Duncan Fletcher 4-39; Andrej Suttles 4-31; J. Snellings 3-112; Chad Scott 2-24; Antonio Wilcox 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS: WCU – Fred Payne 1-11; Trey Morgan 1-1. FUR – Reggie Thomas 1-0.

FUMBLES: WCU – Troy Mitchell 1-1; Detrez Newsome 1-1. FUR – Antonio Wilcox 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): WCU – Caleb Hawkins 1-0. FUR – None.

TACKLES (UA-A): WCU – Christon Gill 4-3; Daniel Riddle 4-2; Kelvin Ume 4-2; Jaleel Lorquet 3-2; Ace Clark 2-3; A.J. McKoy 4-0; Sertonuse Harris 3-1; John McBeth 3-1; Caleb Hawkins 2-2; Fred Payne 2-2; Avery Worsham 1-1; Trey Morgan 1-0; Destry Barnwell 1-0; Terrence Green 1-0; Tommy Tate 0-1; A.J. Newman Jr. 0-1; Kris Smith 0-1; Tahjai Watt 0-1; Damian Whitaker 0-1; Fred Mooring 0-1; Keion Crossen 0-1. FUR – Cory Magwood 8-7; Byron Johnson 6-2; John Mackey 4-4; Trey Robinson 4-2; Thomas Brown 3-3; Ira McCune 3-3; Marcus McMorris 5-0; D. Thornton 4-0; Nick Miller 3-0; Jordan Hawkins 1-2; Reggie Thomas 2-0; Antonio Wilcox 2-0; Gary Wilkins 1-1; Brian Ross 0-2; Brad Minter 1-0; T.J. Warren 1-0; J. Snellings 1-0; D. LaMontagne 1-0.


CLINTON, S.C. – Presbyterian bookended its scores with two interception returns for touchdowns – the second coming inside the game’s fi nal two minutes – as the Blue Hose handed Western Carolina a heart-breaking 19-14 road loss in nonconference action on Saturday afternoon at Bailey Memorial Stadium.

Trailing at intermission for the fi rst time this season, Western Carolina (3-2) grabbed the lead back from the Blue Hose with the only offensive score of the second half as Troy Mitchell found Spear-man Robinson from 21 yards out to give WCU a slim one-point, 14-13, advantage.

Mitchell, who left the game midway through the third quarter due to an injury, threw for 141 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted twice. Mitchell added a total of 26 rushing yards, a number affected by two sacks.

With WCU still clinging to the one-point lead inside the game’s fi nal two minutes, Presbyterian defensive lineman Deonte Davis intercepted an errant pass attempt from Catamount back-up quarterback Garrett Brown and rumbled 32 yards for what proved to be the game-winning score.

On the ensuing possession, true freshman quarterback Wes Holcombe’s fi rst pass attempt was inter-cepted, sealing the victory for PC – their fi rst over WCU since 1969.

Presbyterian (3-2) took an early lead as a Mitchell pass to the right fl at was bobbled and then intercepted by Ed Britt who took it 25 yards for a touchdown and the early 6-0 lead. The Catamounts would later take the lead, 7-6, as Mitchell found a streaking sophomore Tyler Sexton for a 31-yard strike, the fi rst receiving touchdown for the second-year tight end.

WCU trailed at intermission for the fi rst time this season as PC got its only offensive touchdown of the game midway through the second quarter on a Kaleb Griffi n quarterback sneak, 13-7.

Junior tailback Darius Ramsey led the Catamount ground attack with 72 yards rushing on 15 carries while freshman Detrez Newsome rushed for 69 yards on 13 carries, losing a fi rst quarter fumble. All told, Newsome amassed 114 yards of total offense including 40 on kickoff returns and fi ve receiving.

Eight different Catamounts caught passes led by sophomore Terryon Robinson with fi ve receptions for 60 yards. Spearman Robinson caught two passes for 39 yards and the TD – his third-straight game with a score – with Karnorris Benson also tallying two catches in the loss.

Senior linebacker Christon Gill led the Catamount defense with eight tackles including seven solo stops and one TFL. Linebacker Daniel Riddle fi nished with seven tackles, while Trey Morgan matched with a career-high seven stops – all solo – and came away with his team-leading third interception of the season in the fi rst quarter.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina freshman Detrez Newsome returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for the game’s fi rst points, and later capped a game-sealing scoring drive with a 24-yard touch-down romp as the Catamounts upended the Wofford Terriers, 26-14, on Saturday afternoon at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field.

In between Newsome’s plays, it was all about defense and special teams for the Catamounts, who struggled to fi nd much rhythm offensively and were held to a season-low 246 yards of total offense – over 150 yards shy of their season average.

Newsome fi nished with a game-high 180 all-purpose yards including 140 on kickoff returns, 29 rushing and 11 yards on passes caught out of the backfi eld. With the game still hanging in the balance with just a fi ve-point margin, Newsome charted his seventh career rushing touchdown on the fourth quarter romp that provided the game’s fi nally tally and sealed the victory.

On the other side of the football, the Catamount defense - which opened its week of preparation for Saturday’s game by reiterating to the offense that it had its back - proved true to its Tuesday vow. WCU’s defensive unit limited the nation’s third-best rushing attack to a season-low 270 yards despite allowing 102 yards on the ground in the opening quarter.

Wofford was limited to 273 yards of total offense and 14 points in the loss, both season lows.Following Newsome’s 100-yard game-opening touchdown inside the game’s fi rst 12 seconds, Wofford

(3-3, 1-1 SoCon) evened the game on a 13-yard Jacks touchdown run to pull the two squads even after the opening quarter.

Midway through the second quarter, the Catamount offense pulled ahead for what proved to be for good as Richard Sigmon split the uprights from 33 yards away, capping a 10-play, 51-yard drive to give WCU the 10-7 lead it would preserve into intermission.

Western Carolina (4-2, 2-0 SoCon) was poised to punch in a second touchdown of the day early in the third quarter, but the Terrier defense stymied the Catamounts at the goal line in four plays. However, with Wofford backed up against its own goal line, the defense capitalized by pouncing on Jacks in the end zone after a mishandled snap for the team’s fi rst safety since 2006.

The Catamounts opened a nine-play drive at the end of the third quarter and capped it at the start of the fourth as Mitchell plunged forward for a one-yard score and a 19-7 advantage.

Wofford responded, though, moving 88 yards in just six plays including a 33-yard Cam Flowers rush and a 23-yard jaunt by Ray Smith before Flowers found pay-dirt on a 10-yard rush to pull the game back to within fi ve points, 19-14, setting up Newsome’s fourth quarter score.

GAME FIVE • OCT. 4, 2014 • CLINTON, S.C.

WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 14PRESBYTERIAN ............................ 19

BAILEY MEMORIAL STADIUM (4,007)

G A M E SIX • OCT. 11, 2014 • CULLOWHEE, N.C.

WOFFORD .................................... 14WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 26


Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreWestern Carolina 7 0 7 0 14 Record: (3-2)Presbyterian College 6 7 0 6 19 Record: (3-2)

Scoring Summary:1st 14:06 PC BRITT, E. 25 yd interception return (MORROW, B. kick failed) WCU 0 - PC 6 1:38 WCU Tyler Sexton 31 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 4-38 1:02 WCU 7 - PC 62nd 09:21 PC GRIFFIN, K. 1 yd run (MORROW, B. kick), 9-63 4:18 WCU 7 - PC 133rd 06:32 WCU Spearman Robinson 21 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 3-47 1:30 WCU 14 - PC 134th 01:46 PC DAVIS, D. 32 yd interception return (GRIFFIN, K. pass failed) WCU 14 - PC 19

WCU PCFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 19 16RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 44-195 39-89PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 164 133Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 30-14-4 26-15-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 74-359 65-222Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 1-5Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 1-0 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 3-53 3-42Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 1-0 4-82Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 5-38.4 6-37.8Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 2-1 1-1Penalties-Yards ................................................... 6-65 4-30Possession Time ................................................. 31:11 28:49Third-Down Conversions...................................... 3 of 14 6 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 3 of 4 0 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 0-1 1-1Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 4-27 2-15

RUSHING: WCU – Darius Ramsey 15-72; Detrez Newsome 13-69; Troy Mitchell 9-26; Garrett Brown 6-22; Destry Barnwell 1-6. PC – ROUSE, D. 22-87; HALLUMS, J. 1-18; ROBERTS, B. 4-7; BRIDGES, D. 2-6; McKIE, J. 1-5; TEAM 3-minus 4; GRIFFIN, K. 6-minus 30.

PASSING: WCU – Troy Mitchell 10-24-2-141; Garrett Brown 4-5-1-23; Wes Holcombe 0-1-1-0. PC – GRIFFIN, K. 15-26-1-133.

RECEIVING: WCU – Terryon Robinson 5-60; Spearman Robinson 2-39; Karnorris Benson 2-5; Tyler Sexton 1-31; Michael Helms Jr. 1-11; Darius Ramsey 1-7; Willie Police 1-6; Detrez Newsome 1-5. PC – ANTIGHA, T. 8-53; McKIE, J. 4-52; HURLEY, K. 2-29; ROBERTS, B. 1-minus 1.

INTERCEPTIONS: WCU – Trey Morgan 1-0. PC – DAVIS, D. 1-32; WHITE, C. 1-25; BRITT, E. 1-25; BYERS, S. 1-0.

FUMBLES: WCU – Detrez Newsome 2-1. PC – WHITE, C. 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): WCU – Andrew Mayton 1-1; Daniel Riddle 0-1; Sertonuse Harris 1-0; Caleb Hawkins 1-0. PC – NORFLEET, D. 0-1; DAVIS, D. 0-1; AKOH, U. 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): WCU – Christon Gill 7-1; Trey Morgan 7-0; Daniel Riddle 4-3; Helva Matungulu 5-0; Sertonuse Harris 4-1; Fred Payne 2-2; A.J. Newman Jr. 3-0; Caleb Hawkins 3-0; Andrew Mayton 2-1; Ace Clark 2-0; Troy Mitchell 1-0; Tommy Tate 1-0; Terrence Green 1-0; Ezavian Dunn 1-0; Dylan Sluder 1-0; Team 1-0; Spearman Robinson 1-0; Chris Seaborn 1-0; John McBeth 1-0; A.J. McKoy 1-0. PC – WHITE, C. 8-0; WILLIAMS, B. 7-1; DICKEY, D. 7-1; WILLIAMS, D. 6-1; BRITT, E. 6-0; ROSIER, K. 4-1; OSONDU, S. 3-0; WASHINGTON, D. 2-1; AKOH, U. 2-1; BYERS, S. 2-0; ANDERSON, M. 2-0; HURLEY, K. 0-2; MACK, K. 1-0; NTIASAGWE, O. 1-0; WILSON, D. 1-0; TEAM 1-0; ANTOLIK, J. 1-0; SANDS, L. 0-1; RISHER, M. 0-1; DAVIS, D. 0-1; NORFLEET, D. 0-1.

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreWofford 7 0 0 7 14 Record: (3-3,1-1)Western Carolina 7 3 2 14 26 Record: (4-2,2-0)

Scoring Summary:1st 14:48 WCU Detrez Newsome 100 yd kickoff return (Richard Sigmon kick) WOF 0 - WCU 7 07:03 WOF Evan Jacks 13 yd run (David Marvin kick), 7-45 3:18 WOF 7 - WCU 72nd 07:21 WCU Richard Sigmon 33 yd fi eld goal, 10-51 4:34 WOF 7 - WCU 103rd 08:04 WCU Team safety WOF 7 - WCU 124th 14:28 WCU Troy Mitchell 1 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 9-59 4:02 WOF 7 - WCU 19 11:58 WOF Cam Flowers 10 yd run (David Marvin kick), 6-88 2:24 WOF 14 - WCU 19 04:44 WCU Detrez Newsome 24 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 12-71 7:06 WOF 14 - WCU 26

WOF WCUFIRST DOWNS ................................................. 16 13RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ..............................51-270 42-145PASSING YDS (NET) ...........................................3 101Passes Att-Comp-Int .................................. 3-1-0 15-10-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ................ 54-273 57-246Fumble Returns-Yards ....................................0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards ........................................1-4 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards ................................ 5-136 4-160Interception Returns-Yards .............................0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) ................................. 3-39.3 4-43.5Fumbles-Lost .................................................2-1 0-0Penalties-Yards ........................................... 5-40 5-45Possession Time ........................................27:04 32:56Third-Down Conversions........................... 5 of 12 8 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions .......................... 1 of 3 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances .............................2-4 2-3Sacks By: Number-Yards ................................0-0 0-0

RUSHING: WOF – Ray Smith 8-63; Evan Jacks 13-59; Cam Flowers 6-53; Lorenzo Long 10-35; Will Gay 5-24; Octavius Harden 1-14; Nick Colvin 2-11; Jonny Martin 4-10; Chase Nelson 1-2; TEAM 1-minus 1. WCU – Garrett Brown 10-67; Detrez Newsome 10-29; Darius Ramsey 14-28; Troy Mitchell 7-21; Team 1-0.

PASSING: WOF – Evan Jacks 1-3-0-3. WCU – Troy Mitchell 10-15-0-101.

RECEIVING: WOF – Will Irwin 1-3. WCU – Darius Ramsey 3-25; Karnorris Benson 3-2; Spearman Robinson 1-33; Michael Helms Jr. 1-28; Detrez Newsome 1-11; Willie Police 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS: WOF – None. WCU – None.

FUMBLES: WOF – TEAM 1-0; Lorenzo Long 1-1. WCU – None.

SACKS (UA-A): WOF – None. WCU – None.

TACKLES (UA-A): WOF – Drake Michaelson 6-8; E.J. Speller 3-5; Jaleel Green 3-4; Dylan Young 0-7; Terrance Morris 2-3; Tarek Odom 1-4; Nick Ward 1-3; Cole Higbie 0-4; Steven Cornellier 2-1; Kevin Thomas 1-2; Zack Cole 2-0; Michael Roach 1-1; Daryl Vining 0-2; Marcus Isom 1-0; Boston Bryant 1-0; Brion Anderson 1-0; Brody Hingst 0-1; Chris Boudreaux 0-1; Chris Armfi eld 0-1; John Patterson 0-1; Colton Clemons 0-1; Brandon Curtis 0-1; Jim Dolinak 0-1; Lincoln Stewart 0-1. WCU – Christon Gill 4-8; Daniel Riddle 5-6; Fred Payne 5-3; Ezavian Dunn 3-3; Caleb Hawkins 2-4; John McBeth 1-5; Trey Morgan 3-2; Bryson Jordan 0-5; Helva Matungulu 1-3; Sertonuse Harris 2-1; K.P. Hicks 2-1; A.J. Newman Jr. 1-2; Jaleel Lorquet 1-1; Fred Mooring 1-0; Derrick Davis 0-1; Andrew Mayton 0-1; Kelvin Ume 0-1; Avery Worsham 0-1.




MACON, GA – Spearman Robinson hauled in three of Western Carolina’s four receiving touchdowns on Saturday afternoon as the Catamounts remained perfect in Southern Conference play with a 35-21 road victory over the Mercer Bears at the Mercer University Stadium.

Robinson fi nished with seven catches for 108 yards including scoring strikes of 33, three and 42 yards, all from quarterback Troy Mitchell. Redshirt junior Karnorris Benson tallied his fi rst receiving touchdown of the season on a double-pass from fellow receiver Terryon Robinson as WCU improved to 5-2 overall, 3-0 in league play.

Mitchell fi nished the game 13-of-18 passing for 194 yards with the career-high tying three touchdown passes. He also added 62 yards rushing, second just to freshman tailback Detrez Newsome who carried the ball 16 times for 76 of his 115 all-purpose yards. Benson tallied 63 receiving yards and 37 on kickoff returns.

Mercer (5-3, 1-3 SoCon) opened the second half with a fi ve-play scoring drive, but was limited to a 44-yard fi eld goal by WCU’s defense that trimmed the Catamount advantage to eight, 21-13. It would be as close as the home squad - dressed in all black - would get.

On the ensuing possession, the Catamount offense was sparked by a 10-yard completion from Mitchell to Robinson on a third and long and later spurred by a 52-yard catch-and-run by sophomore Willie Police. WCU moved 78 yards in seven plays to respond, capping the drive with Robinson’s three-yard score to stretch the margin to 28-13.

Robinson would later put the fi nishing touches on an eight-play, 77-yard drive to open the fourth quarter. The Greenwood, S.C., product out-leaped a Bear cornerback on a deep ball down the near sideline before high-stepping his way into the end zone on a 42-yard strike, his third receiving score of the game.

Mercer added a late 26-yard passing touchdown to provide the fi nal tally, 35-21. WCU’s defense opened the game’s scoring, recording points in its second-consecutive game. With

Mercer backed up against own goal line, Sertonuse Harris fi rst hit running back Alex Lakes before safety Ace Clark fi nished the job, jarring the football loose on a rush to the right where corner back Jaleel Lorquet scooped and scored from the 10-yard line to give the Catamounts an early, 7-0, lead.

Harris fi nished with a game-high 14 total tackles including 12 solo stops and three tackles for loss including a sack. Clark added eight tackles including half a TFL to the forced fumble.

Robinson put WCU on the board with its fi rst offensive touchdown later in the opening frame on a 33-yard scoring strike from Mitchell. The Bears got on the board late in the fi rst quarter with the fi rst of two fi eld goals, the fi rst by Jagger Lieb.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina amassed 633 yards of total offense and forced four takeaways on defense on Saturday afternoon as the Catamounts remained unbeaten at home and tied atop the Southern Conference standings with a 29-15 Homecom-ing victory over The Citadel Bulldogs at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field.

Junior quarterback Troy Mitchell accounted for 422 yards of total offense including 291 yards passing on 21-of-29 passing and a game-high 131 yards rushing to pace the Catamount offensive attack. True freshman tailback Detrez Newsome tallied the fi rst 100-yard rushing performance of his career with 123 yards on the ground as a part of 154 all-purpose yards.

All told, the Catamount offense went toe-to-toe with the SoCon’s top rushing attack of the Bulldogs. The Citadel fi nished with 360 yards on the ground while WCU rushed for 342 with both squads fi nishing with two backs over 100-yards on the ground.

Mitchell’s favorite target was slot receiver Terryon Robinson who hauled in 10 passes for a career-high 183 yards. It is his second 100-yard receiving game this year (121 at USF), and the second double-digit reception game of his WCU career. Karnorris Benson added a season-best four catches for 37 yards, scoring on a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter.

WCU broke a scoreless tie midway through the fi rst quarter as Mitchell capped a brief six-play, 52-yard drive with an eight-yard strike to sophomore tight end Tyler Sexton to put the home squad ahead, 7-0.

However, before the opening stanza would end, the Bulldogs marched 68 yards in 10 plays including seven rushes for their fi rst score. Quarterback Aaron Miller scored from fi ve yards out to pull to within a point. Then, from their normal odd-man front PAT formation, the Bulldogs went for two with Dane Anderson connecting with a sprinting Alex Glover for the two-point conversion and a one-point, 8-7, lead.

Newsome added a pair of second half rushing touchdowns with Darius Ramsey providing the insurance score with a 20-yard touchdown rush in the fourth quarter.

Sophomore linebacker Tyson Dickson led the Catamount defensive charge with a career-best 16 tackles including fi ve solo stops and one tackle for loss. Defensive back Trey Morgan tallied a career-high nine hits with six solo stop and one for loss and was a part of three of WCU’s four takeaways. Morgan forced a pair of fumbles and came up with his team - and SoCon-leading - fi fth interception of the season in the winning effort.

GAME SEVEN • OCT. 18, 2014 • MACON, GA.

WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 35MERCER ....................................... 21

MERCER UNIV. STADIUM (9,277)

G A M E EIGHT • OCT. 25, 2014 • CULLOWHEE, N.C.

THE CITADEL ................................. 15WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 29


Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreWestern Carolina 14 7 7 7 35 Record: (5-2,3-0)Mercer 3 7 3 8 21 Record: (5-3,1-3)

Scoring Summary:1st 12:33 WCU Jaleel Lorquet 10 yd fumble recovery (Sigmon kick) WCU 7 - MER 0 08:26 WCU Spearman Robinson 33 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 5-69 1:22 WCU 14 - MER 0 04:37 MER Jagger Lieb 35 yd fi eld goal, 8-54 3:45 WCU 14 - MER 32nd 06:16 WCU Karnorris Benson 39 yd pass from Terryon Robinson (Sigmon kick), 5-78 1:54 WCU 21 - MER 3 03:07 MER Alex Lakes 9 yd run (Jagger Lieb kick), 1-9 0:05 WCU 21 - MER 103rd 12:56 MER Will Roper 44 yd fi eld goal, 5-33 1:59 WCU 21 - MER 13 10:04 WCU Spearman Robinson 3 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 7-78 2:45 WCU 28 - MER 134th 12:07 WCU Spearman Robinson 42 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 8-77 4:11 WCU 35 - MER 13 03:41 MER Josh Jones 26 yd pass from John Russ (Palmer pass from Russ), 6-64 1:33 WCU 35 - MER 21

WCU MERFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 17 20RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 46-173 40-201PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 233 199Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 19-14-0 25-13-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 65-406 65-400Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 1-10 0-0Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 2-3 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 5-96 6-89Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 1--1 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 6-37.3 3-37.3Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 2-1 2-2Penalties-Yards ................................................... 6-74 8-62Possession Time ................................................. 31:39 28:21Third-Down Conversions...................................... 7 of 15 6 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 1 of 1 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 1-1 2-4Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 3-18 1-2

RUSHING: WCU – Detrez Newsome 16-76; Troy Mitchell 16-62; Darius Ramsey 13-37; Team 1-minus 2. MER – Alex Lakes 21-125; Tee Mitchell 8-47; John Russ 10-22; JeTarii Donald 1-7.

PASSING: WCU – Troy Mitchell 13-18-0-194; Terryon Robinson 1-1-0-39. MER – John Russ 13-25-1-199.

RECEIVING: WCU – Spearman Robinson 7-108; Karnorris Benson 3-63; Terryon Robinson 2-6; Willie Police 1-52; Detrez Newsome 1-4. MER – JT Palmer 6-58; Chandler Curtis 3-59; Avery Ward 1-37; Josh Jones 1-26; Jordan Marshall 1-10; Tee Mitchell 1-9.

INTERCEPTIONS: Western Carolina-Trey Morgan 1-minus 1. Mercer-None.

FUMBLES: WCU – Detrez Newsome 1-1; Terryon Robinson 1-0. MER – Alex Lakes 1-1; John Russ 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): WCU – Christon Gill 2-0; Sertonuse Harris 1-0. MER – Devin Davidson 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Western Carolina-Sertonuse Harris 11-2; Christon Gill 3-6; Jaleel Lorquet 5-3; Ace Clark 4-4; Trey Morgan 3-1; Caleb Hawkins 1-3; Keion Crossen 2-1; Fred Payne 1-2; Daniel Riddle 1-2; Tyson Dickson 1-1; Kendall White 1-1; Terrence Green 1-1; Bryson Jordan 1-1; Lee Pattillo 0-2; Andrew Mayton 1-0; Dylan Sluder 0-1; Destry Barnwell 0-1; Tyler Junius 0-1; Fred Mooring 0-1; Helva Matungulu 0-1; Tommy Tate 0-1; A.J. Newman Jr. 0-1; John McBeth 0-1. Mercer-Tyler Ward 7-4; Devin Davidson 2-5; LeMarkus Bailey 5-1; Alex Avant 5-0; Lendell Arnold 2-3; Lee Bennett 1-4; Niederreither 0-5; Corey Lockett 3-1; Austin Barrett 1-3; Zach Jackson 0-4; Mike Gray 2-1; Nick Collins 2-1; Kyle Williams 0-3; Aaron Avant 2-0; Jalen Penn 1-1; Sebastian Hicks 1-1; Tunde Ayinla 1-1; Cody Jones 1-1; Tripp Patterson 1-1; Nevin Harton 0-1; Kelly Brooks 0-1.

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreThe Citadel 8 0 0 7 15 Record: (2-6,0-3)Western Carolina 7 0 14 8 29 Record: (6-2,4-0)

Scoring Summary:1st 05:25 WCU Tyler Sexton 8 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Richard Sigmon kick) 6-52 2:05, CIT 0 - WCU 7 00:47 CIT Aaron Miller 5 yd run (Alex Glover pass from Dane Anderson) 10-68 4:31, CIT 8 - WCU 73rd 12:31 WCU Detrez Newsome 24 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 5-70 2:13 CIT 8 - WCU 14 01:19 WCU Detrez Newsome 38 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 4-74 1:39 CIT 8 - WCU 214th 13:41 CIT Aaron Miller 27 yd run (Eric Goins kick), 7-75 2:38 CIT 15 - WCU 21 02:27 WCU Darius Ramsey 20 yd run (Karnorris Benson pass from Mitchell) 6-85 3:02, CIT 15 - WCU 29

CIT WCUFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 23 29RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 61-360 37-342PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 83 291Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 18-7-1 29-21-2TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 79-443 66-633Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 1-7Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 0-0 1-5Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 4-98 3-47Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 2-14 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 4-36.2 3-45.0Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 3-3 0-0Penalties-Yards ................................................... 6-35 5-45Possession Time ................................................. 33:59 26:01Third-Down Conversions...................................... 10 of 17 4 of 9Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 2 of 3 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 1-2 2-4Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 0-0 0-0

RUSHING: CIT – Isiaha Smith 14-111; Aaron Miller 22-104; Tyler Renew 11-52; Vinny Miller 9-50; Cam Jackson 5-43. WCU – Troy Mitchell 15-131; Detrez Newsome 11-123; Darius Ramsey 9-72; Keion Crossen 1-16; Team 1-0.

PASSING: CIT – Aaron Miller 7-18-1-83. WCU – Troy Mitchell 21-29-2-291.

RECEIVING: CIT – Rudder Brown 3-23; Alex Glover 2-39; Jorian Jordan 1-17; Vinny Miller 1-4. WCU – Terryon Robinson 10-183; Karnorris Benson 4-37; Spearman Robinson 2-34; Willie Police 2-14; Darius Ramsey 1-10; Tyler Sexton 1-8; Jeff Moore 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: CIT – Malik Diggs 1-14; DeVonta Delaney 1-0. WCU – Trey Morgan 1-0.

FUMBLES: CIT – Cam Jackson 1-1; Tyler Renew 1-1; Isiaha Smith 1-1. WCU – None.

SACKS (UA-A): CIT – None. WCU – None.

TACKLES (UA-A): CIT – Nick Willis 8-2; Walker Smith 9-0; Rah Muhammad 4-3; Justin Oxendine 4-3; DeVonta Delaney 4-2; Malik Diggs 3-1; James Riley 2-2; Carson Smith 1-2; Joe Crochet 0-3; Tevin Floyd 2-0; Nick Jeffreys 1-1; Cam Mobley 1-1; Dondray Copeland 1-1; Jorian Jordan 1-0; Rudder Brown 1-0; Ryan Bednar 1-0; Carl Robinson 1-0; Mitchell Jeter 1-0; Mark Thomas 1-0; Shy Phillips 1-0; Craig Miller 0-1; Alex Glover 0-1; Kailik Williams 0-1. WCU – Tyson Dickson 5-11; Trey Morgan 6-3; Christon Gill 3-6; Fred Payne 1-8; John McBeth 5-3; Sertonuse Harris 2-5; Ace Clark 2-4; Kelvin Ume 2-3; Jaleel Lorquet 4-0; Ezavian Dunn 1-3; Helva Matungulu 2-1; Daniel Nash 1-2; Daniel Riddle 1-2; Caleb Hawkins 0-3; Andrew Mayton 1-1; Tommy Tate 0-2; A.J. Newman Jr. 0-2; Keion Crossen 1-0; Avery Worsham 1-0; Tra Hardy 1-0; Hunter Kirby 1-0; A.J. McKoy 0-1.


CULLOWHEE, N.C. – No. 12/14 Chattanooga rolled up 512 yards of offense including a season-high 386 yards on the ground as it handed Western Carolina its fi rst Southern Conference loss of the season in a 51-0 defeat at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field.

UTC tailback Keon Williams rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns as eight different Mocs recorded carries. Running back Marquis Green and quarterback Jacob Huesman both added ground scores with the latter also tossing two touchdown passes for UTC. Placekicker Henrique Ribeiro added three fi eld goals in the winning effort.

Western Carolina struggled fi nding any rhythm offensively, held to three-and-out on its fi rst three pos-sessions of the game. It wasn’t until early in the second quarter that the offensive unit earned its fi rst, fi rst down on a nine-yard pass from quarterback Troy Mitchell to wide receiver Terryon Robinson.

Adding to WCU’s struggles were two second half turnovers coming on a fumble and a fourth quarter interception. The Catamounts were limited to just 42 offensive plays – 18 fewer than the 60 rushing at-tempts by UTC and 32 fewer than the Mocs’ 74 offensive snaps.

Mitchell, who entered the game leading the SoCon in total offense per game (259.9 yds/gm), was held to just 77 total yards with fi ve yards rushing after three sacks ate into his total and 72 yards through the air on 8-of-17 passing. WCU’s big-play offense was held in check with just one big strike - a 40-yard pitch-and-catch to Karnorris Benson - but was unable to capitalize on the momentary spark.

Western Carolina’s defense stopped the UTC offense twice on the game’s opening possession, a drive that was kept alive by a fi ve-yard penalty on the fi rst Mocs punt just fi ve plays into the game. However, the Catamount offense was unable to muster a fi rst down and WCU was forced to punt the ball back to the Mocs after just a minute and a half of clock time.

On the ensuing possession, Huesman and the Mocs marched just 49 yards for the score, a one-yard Williams plunge to give UTC all the points it would ultimately need.

After a second three-play series for the WCU offense, Williams broke free for a 39-yard rushing touch-down so stake the Mocs to a two-score advantage after the fi rst quarter.

Chattanooga (6-3, 5-0 SoCon) tacked on three, second quarter touchdowns including two through the air from Huesman to Taharin Tyson (51 yards) and Tommy Hudson (21 yards) with Huesman rumbling in off the right side from one-yard out for his rushing score. Henrique Ribeiro split the uprights from 33 yards out to provide the halftime tally, 38-0.

The Catamounts only allowed one second half touchdown - a 36-yard scamper by Green late in the fourth quarter, otherwise limiting the Mocs to two Ribeiro fi eld goals of 27 and 39 yards.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – Samford’s Denzel Williams scored two touchdowns on the ground as a part of a 156-yard rushing perfor-mance and quarterback Michael Eubank tossed a pair of fi rst half touchdown passes as the Bulldogs rode a 28-point outburst in the opening half to a 34-20 victory over Western Carolina in Southern Conference action at Seibert Stadium.

Western Carolina, which dropped back-to-back games for the fi rst time this season, fell to 6-4 overall, 4-2 in league play while Samford improved to 6-3 on the season, also 4-2 in SoCon play.

Two Eubank scoring passes – one to Jeremiaha Gates on a 35-yard screen pass and one to Karel Hamilton – and Williams’ two rushing touchdowns put Samford up 28-0 late in the second quarter. The Bulldogs scored 14 points in both of the fi rst two quarters.

Eubank fi nished with 15-of-24 passing for 232 yards for the Bulldogs while Williams ran for 156 yards on 27 carries. Hamilton fi nished with a game-high 115 receiving yards

WCU quarterback Troy Mitchell capped a 75-yard drive when he ran it in from the three-yard line for the fi rst Western Carolina score with 2:25 left in the fi rst half to make it 28-7 at intermission. The score halted a string of fi ve-straight quarters without points for the Catamounts while also halting Samford’s run of nine-consecutive shutout quarters.

A pair of Reece Everett fi eld goals in the second half sandwiched around Spearman Robinson’s team and SoCon-leading ninth receiving TD - a one-yard strike - put it out of reach for Western Carolina.

Mitchell tightened the gap in the fi nal minutes to provide the fi nal score, again taking the Catamounts 85 yards in 11 plays and scoring his second rushing touchdown. Overall, Mitchell threw for 262 yards on 26-of-40 passing with two interceptions, tossing the score to Robinson.

Junior Karnorris Benson led the Catamounts with a season-best seven catches for 91 yards. Sophomore Willie Police hauled in six passes for 40 yards for WCU. Junior tailback Darius Ramsey rushed 18 times for 95 yards in the loss.

Defensively for WCU, senior linebacker Christon Gill and sophomore defensive back Trey Morgan record-ed eight tackles apiece. Gill tallied two tackles for loss while Morgan recovered a pair of fumbles in the loss.

GAME NINE • NOV. 1, 2014 • CULLOWHEE, N.C.

#12/14 CHATTANOOGA ................ 51WESTERN CAROLINA ...................... 0


G A M E TEN • NOV. 8, 2014 • BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 20SAMFORD .................................... 34

SEIBERT STADIUM (4,689)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreChattanooga 14 24 3 10 51 Record: (6-3,5-0)Western Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 Record: (6-3,4-1)

Scoring Summary:1st 06:05 UTC Keon Williams 1 yd run (Henrique Ribeiro kick), 7-49 2:53 UTC 7 - WCU 0 03:59 UTC Keon Williams 39 yd run (Henrique Ribeiro kick), 3-52 1:09 UTC 14 - WCU 02nd 13:17 UTC Taharin Tyson 51 yd pass from Jacob Huesman (Ribeiro kick), 7-74 3:07 UTC 21 - WCU 0 07:32 UTC Tommy Hudson 21 yd pass from Jacob Huesman (Ribeiro kick), 6-80 1:50 UTC 28 - WCU 0 02:27 UTC Jacob Huesman 1 yd run (Henrique Ribeiro kick), 9-76 3:55 UTC 35 - WCU 0 00:00 UTC Henrique Ribeiro 33 yd fi eld goal, 4-24 0:43 UTC 38 - WCU 03rd 11:15 UTC Henrique Ribeiro 27 yd fi eld goal, 7-21 3:30 UTC 41 - WCU 04th 13:22 UTC Henrique Ribeiro 39 yd fi eld goal, 16-77 9:22 UTC 44 - WCU 0 03:55 UTC Marquis Green 36 yd run (Henrique Ribeiro kick), 2-41 0:54 UTC 51 - WCU 0

UTC WCUFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 26 4RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 60-386 22-14PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 126 88Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 14-9-0 20-10-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 74-512 42-102Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 3-28 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 1-18 6-113Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 1-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 3-40.0 9-40.0Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 2-0 1-1Penalties-Yards ................................................... 4-35 4-40Possession Time ................................................. 38:01 21:59Third-Down Conversions...................................... 9 of 16 1 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 0 of 0 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 5-5 0-0Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 3-21 0-0

RUSHING: UTC – Keon Williams 19-194; Derrick Craine 12-74; Jacob Huesman 12-52; Marquis Green 3-42; Tommy Hudson 2-15; Richardre Bagley 6-14; Taharin Tyson 2-3; Alejandro Bennifi eld 1-2; TEAM 3-minus 10. WCU – ShaunWarren 3-7; Darius Ramsey 4-6; Troy Mitchell 8-5; Garrett Brown 2-2; Detrez Newsome 3-minus 2; Wes Holcombe 2-minus 4.

PASSING: UTC – Jacob Huesman 9-13-0-126; Alejandro Bennifi eld 0-1-0-0. WCU – Troy Mitchell 8-17-1-72; Wes Holcombe 1-2-0-12; Garrett Brown 1-1-0-4.

RECEIVING: UTC – Tommy Hudson 3-38; Taharin Tyson 2-57; Derrick Craine 2-0; Richardre Bagley 1-19; Faysal Shafaat 1-12. WCU – Spearman Robinson 3-12; Terryon Robinson 2-14; Karnorris Benson 1-40; Detrez Newsome 1-13; Jeff Moore 1-12; Steffon Hill 1-4; C.J. Goodman 1-minus 7.

INTERCEPTIONS: UTC – Dee Virgin 1-0. WCU – None.

FUMBLES: UTC – Derrick Craine 1-0; Jacob Huesman 1-0. WCU – Troy Mitchell 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): UTC – Davis Tull 1-0; Josh Freeman 1-0; Muhasibi Wakeel 1-0. WCU – None.

TACKLES (UA-A): UTC – Nakevion Leslie 6-1; Muhasibi Wakeel 3-1; Taylor Reynolds 2-2; Trevor Wright 3-0; A.J. Hampton 1-2; Ryan Bossung 2-0; T.J. Jenkins 2-0; Lucas Webb 2-0; Josh Freeman 2-0; Nikolay Timoshchuk 2-0; Keionta Davis 2-0; Dee Virgin 1-1; Davis Tull 1-0; Tavon Lawson 1-0; Sema’je Kendall 1-0; Cedric Nettles 1-0; Jeremiah Hay 0-1; Vantrell McMillan 0-1; Dale Warren 0-1. WCU – Christon Gill 3-11; Sertonuse Harris 1-9; Fred Payne 4-5; Ace Clark 4-5; Daniel Riddle 0-8; Caleb Hawkins 2-3; Trey Morgan 2-3; Jaleel Lorquet 3-1; Tyson Dickson 1-3; Helva Matungulu 0-4; Kelvin Ume 0-4; Bryson Jordan 1-2; Damian Whitaker 2-0; Karnorris Benson 2-0; Dylan Sluder 1-1; Andrew Mayton 1-1; John McBeth 1-1; Daniel Nash 0-2; Kris Smith 1-0; Kendall White 1-0; Chandler Addertion 1-0; A.J. McKoy 1-0; K.P. Hicks 0-1; Keion Crossen 0-1; Ezavian Dunn 0-1.

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreWestern Carolina 0 7 6 7 20 Record: (6-4,4-2)Samford 14 14 3 3 34 Record: (6-3,4-2)

Scoring Summary:1st 08:55 SAM Jeremiaha Gates 35 yd pass from Michael Eubank (Everett kick), 9-84 3:12 WCU 0 - SAM 7 02:51 SAM Denzel Williams 7 yd run (Reece Everett kick), 8-64 2:55 WCU 0 - SAM 142nd 10:10 SAM Denzel Williams 13 yd run (Reece Everett kick), 8-71 2:30 WCU 0 - SAM 21 05:44 SAM Karel Hamilton 37 yd pass from Michael Eubank (Everett kick), 8-79 2:23 WCU 0 - SAM 28 02:25 WCU Troy Mitchell 3 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 8-75 3:19 WCU 7 - SAM 283rd 08:31 SAM Reece Everett 39 yd fi eld goal, 4-8 1:50 WCU 7 - SAM 31 03:34 WCU Spearman Robinson 1 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Mitchell pass failed), 15-83 4:48 WCU 13 - SAM 314th 10:20 SAM Reece Everett 35 yd fi eld goal, 10-55 3:53 WCU 13 - SAM 34 00:48 WCU Troy Mitchell 1 yd run (Richard Sigmon kick), 11-85 4:35 WCU 20 - SAM 34

WCU SAMFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 19 25RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 37-134 46-229PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 262 232Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 40-26-2 25-15-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 77-396 71-461Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 0-0 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 5-106 2-67Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 0-0 2-10Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 5-34.8 1-43.0Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 1-0 2-2Penalties-Yards ................................................... 11-99 4-42Possession Time ................................................. 32:51 27:09Third-Down Conversions...................................... 7 of 18 8 of 12Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 3 of 4 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 3-3 3-5Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 1-1 1-1

RUSHING: WCU – Darius Ramsey 18-95; Troy Mitchell 11-26; Detrez Newsome 7-16; Willie Police 1-minus 3. SAM – Denzel Williams 27-156; Michael Eubank 7-38; Jeremiaha Gates 5-16; Krondis Larry 1-14; Malik Johns 3-8; RobertClark 1-minus 1; TEAM 2-minus 2.

PASSING: WCU – Troy Mitchell 26-40-2-262. SAM –Michael Eubank 15-24-0-232; Jeremiaha Gates 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: WCU – Karnorris Benson 7-91; Willie Police 6-40; Spearman Robinson 5-31; Terryon Robinson 4-42; Darius Ramsey 2-14; Jeff Moore 1-37; Tyler Sexton 1-7. SAM –Karel Hamilton 7-115; Malik Johns 2-31; E. Obajimi 2-26; Jeremiaha Gates 1-35; Tony Philpot 1-13; Gavin Sinclair 1-12; Denzel Williams 1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS: WCU – None. SAM –Josh Killett 1-9; Josh Kimberlin 1-1.

FUMBLES: WCU – Troy Mitchell 1-0. SAM –Denzel Williams 1-1; Jeremiaha Gates 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): WCU – Caleb Hawkins 1-0. SAM –Calvin Ruff 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): WCU – Christon Gill 6-2; Trey Morgan 6-2; Fred Payne 5-2; Caleb Hawkins 5-1; Tyson Dickson 5-1; Sertonuse Harris 3-2; Daniel Nash 3-0; Ace Clark 2-1; Keion Crossen 2-1; Bryson Jordan 0-3; Jaleel Lorquet 2-0; Terryon Robinson 2-0; A.J. McKoy 2-0; Andrew Mayton 2-0; A.J. Newman Jr. 1-0; Tommy Tate 1-0; Ezavian Dunn 1-0; Dylan Sluder 1-0; Kelvin Ume 0-1. SAM –Justin Cooper 13-1; Jaquiski Tartt 7-0; Josh Killett 3-4; Jamerson Blount 5-0; Trey Wesley 4-1; Tonne Osaigbovo 4-1; Michael Pierce 4-1; James Bradberry 3-0; Brinson Porter 3-0; Josh Kimberlin 3-0; Jerry Mathis 2-0; Calvin Ruff 2-0; Devon Schmitt 1-0; Michael O’Neal 1-0; Jose Casanova 1-0; Robert Hatcher 1-0; R. Donaldson 1-0; B. Wilkinson 1-0; Jeremiaha Gates 1-0; Denzel Williams 1-0.




CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Quarterback Troy Mitchell accounted for six touchdowns including a career-best fi ve TD passes and added a 55-yard touchdown run to highlight a strong offensive performance for the Catamounts as Western Carolina closed the home portion of its schedule with a 42-27 Southern Conference victory over VMI on Hall of Fame Day at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field.

WCU’s offense exploded for a season-high 640 yards as two players rushed for over 100 yards and two receivers eclipsed the century mark through the air. All told, the Catamounts rushed for 301 yards while passing for 339 in the winning effort.

Karnorris Benson set a school-record with four fi rst-half receiving touchdowns, matching the program’s benchmark for TD catches in a single-game as a part of a 127-yard receiving performance. He was joined by sophomore Terryon Robinson who pulled down a game-high 12 passes, also for 127 yards.

Junior tailback Darius Ramsey rushed for a 78 of his season-high 128 yards in the fi rst half, toting the football 19 times for his sixth career 100-yard game.

But the orchestrator of it all was Mitchell who combined for 448 yards of total offense including 339 yards through the air – the third-highest total of his career – and 109 yards on the ground including a game-sealing 55-yard touchdown romp late in the fourth quarter. Mitchell only misfi red 10 times on 32-of-42 passing with one interception.

Making just his second career start – and with it coming in his fi nal home game – defensive back Ter-rence Green set-up WCU’s fi rst score of the day as he picked off VMI quarterback Al Cobb. Mitchell and the offense marched 62 yards in eight plays with Benson catching his fi rst of four touchdown passes from seven yards out to cash-in WCU’s fi rst takeaway for the 7-0 lead.

Mitchell and Benson would again hook-up for scoring strikes of 39 and 17 yards to grab a 21-0 advantage early in the second quarter.

VMI got on the board midway through the second stanza on a nine-yard scoring run by Deon Watts to make it 21-7. Benson then put an exclamation point on a superb fi rst half with his fourth receiving score on a 28-yard strike from Mitchell with the Keydets tacking on the fi rst of two Dillon Christopher fi eld goals with a 45-yarder to provide the halftime score, 28-10.

Gill led the Catamounts with eight tackles including fi ve solo stops and half a TFL in addition to his interception. His classmate Ace Clark matched his tackle total with eight stops with a pair of pass break-ups while Daniel Riddle fi nished with six tackles. Defensive end Andrew Mayton sacked VMI’s quarterback once while both Caleb Hawkins and Damian Whitaker forced fumbles, the latter recovering his own strip.

GAME ELEVEN • NOV. 15, 2014 • CULLOWHEE, N.C.

VMI .............................................. 27WESTERN CAROLINA .................... 42


G A M E TWELEVE • NOV. 22, 2014 • TUSCALOOSA, ALA.

WESTERN CAROLINA ........................ALABAMA .........................................

BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreVMI 0 10 10 7 27 Record: (2-9,1-5)Western Carolina 14 14 7 7 42 Record: (7-4,5-2)

Scoring Summary:1st 10:17 WCU Karnorris Benson 7 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 8-62 2:05 VMI 0 - WCU 7 05:03 WCU Karnorris Benson 39 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick) 9-89 2:45 VMI 0 - WCU 142nd 10:18 WCU Karnorris Benson 17 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 8-84 2:58 VMI 0 - WCU 21 08:21 VMI Deon Watts 9 yd run (D. Christopher kick), 4-65 1:57 VMI 7 - WCU 21 04:53 WCU Karnorris Benson 28 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 8-86 3:23 VMI 7 - WCU 28 01:46 VMI D. Christopher 45 yd fi eld goal, 5-25 0:53 VMI 10 - WCU 283rd 12:35 VMI Aaron Sanders 44 yd pass from Al Cobb (D. Christopher kick), 5-89 2:17 VMI 17 - WCU 28 05:02 VMI D. Christopher 38 yd fi eld goal, 12-59 5:15 VMI 20 - WCU 28 00:29 WCU Tyler Sexton 5 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Sigmon kick), 11-64 4:26 VMI 20 - WCU 354th 12:32 VMI Doug Burton 37 yd pass from Al Cobb (D. Christopher kick), 10-75 2:57 VMI 27 - WCU 35 05:56 WCU Troy Mitchell 55 yd run (Sigmon kick), 2-60 0:44 VMI 27 - WCU 42

VMI WCUFIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 26 30RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ......................................... 28-150 45-301PASSING YDS (NET) ............................................. 321 339Passes Att-Comp-Int ........................................... 45-19-2 42-32-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ............................ 73-471 87-640Fumble Returns-Yards ......................................... 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards ............................................. 2-3 3-35Kickoff Returns-Yards .......................................... 5-66 6-95Interception Returns-Yards .................................. 1-0 2-8Punts (Number-Avg) ............................................ 4-44.0 5-38.8Fumbles-Lost ...................................................... 2-1 3-1Penalties-Yards ................................................... 11-94 15-155Possession Time ................................................. 28:28 31:32Third-Down Conversions...................................... 7 of 15 10 of 16Fourth-Down Conversions ................................... 0 of 1 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances .................................. 2-2 3-4Sacks By: Number-Yards ..................................... 0-0

RUSHING: VMI – Deon Watts 7-60; Al Cobb 9-45; Derrick Ziglar 5-18; Taylor Stout 3-16; Jabari Turner 3-12; TEAM 1-minus 1. WCU – Darius Ramsey 19-128; Troy Mitchell 12-109; Detrez Newsome 7-34; Shaun Warren 4-19; Garrett Brown 3-11.

PASSING: VMI – Al Cobb 19-45-2-321. WCU – Troy Mitchell 32-42-1-339.

RECEIVING: VMI – Aaron Sanders 5-119; Sam Patterson 5-67; M. Nicholson 2-36; Derrick Ziglar 2-22; J.C. Garvin 2-6; Doug Burton 1-37; Dane Forlines 1-19; Deon Watts 1-15. WCU – Terryon Robinson 12-127; Karnorris Benson 8-127; Tyler Sexton 3-32; Detrez Newsome 3-11; Jeff Moore 2-10; Spearman Robinson 2-4; Michael Helms Jr. 1-25; Darius Ramsey 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS: VMI – Brendon Bock 1-0. WCU – Christon Gill 1-8; Terrence Green 1-0.

FUMBLES: VMI – Dane Forlines 1-1; Al Cobb 1-0. WCU – Detrez Newsome 1-0; Darius Ramsey 1-1; Troy Mitchell 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): VMI – None. WCU – Andrew Mayton 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): VMI – A. Cratsenberg 8-9; Ryan Francis 8-4; Logan Staib 7-3; Alex James 5-1; Greg Sanders 5-1; Damian Jones 4-2; Caleb Lindsey 2-4; John Washington 1-5; Joe Nelson 2-3; Alijah Robinson 1-4; James Fruehan 4-0; Kyle Vardo 1-2; D. Ensminger 0-3; Al Cobb 2-0; Miller Williams 2-0; Doug Moore 1-1; Alex Keys 0-2; Chris Copeland 1-0; Sam Patterson 1-0; Tony Richardson 1-0. WCU – Christon Gill 5-3; Ace Clark 2-6; Daniel Riddle 3-3; Caleb Hawkins 3-2; Fred Payne 3-1; Sertonuse Harris 3-0; Trey Morgan 2-1; Bryson Jordan 2-1; Andrew Mayton 1-2; Ezavian Dunn 1-2; A.J. McKoy 1-2; Helva Matungulu 2-0; Derrick Davis 1-1; Daniel Nash 0-2; Chris Seaborn 0-2; Tahjai Watt 1-0; K.P. Hicks 1-0; Damian Whitaker 1-0; Avery Worsham 1-0; Michael Helms Jr. 1-0; Keion Crossen 1-0; Richard Sigmon 0-1; Tyler Junius 0-1.


OFFENSE LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR WR TB QB

at South Florida Kirby James Thornton Philpott Wineberg J. Moore ! T. Robinson S. Robinson Police Ramsey Mitchell

BREVARD Kirby James Thornton Philpott Wineberg Helms, Jr. T. Robinson S. Robinson Police Ramsey Mitchell

CATAWBA Kirby James Thornton Philpott Wineberg Helms, Jr. K. Benson S. Robinson L. Richardson @ Ramsey Mitchell

at Furman * Kirby James Thornton Philpott Wineberg Sexton K. Benson T. Robinson L. Richardson @ Ramsey Mitchell

at Presbyterian Kirby James Thornton Philpott Wineberg J. Moore ! K. Benson T. Robinson Police Ramsey Mitchell

WOFFORD * Berridge Miles Philpott Potts Wineberg Helms, Jr. K. Benson S. Robinson L. Richardson @ Ramsey Mitchell

at Mercer * Berridge Philpott Thornton James Wineberg Police ! K. Benson S. Robinson T. Robinson Ramsey Mitchell

THE CITADEL * Kirby Philpott Thornton James Wineberg Helms, Jr. K. Benson S. Robinson T. Robinson Ramsey Mitchell

CHATTANOOGA * Kirby Philpott Thornton James Wineberg Sexton S. Hill S. Robinson T. Robinson Ramsey Mitchell

at Samford * Kirby Philpott Thornton James Wineberg Police ! K. Benson S. Robinson T. Robinson Ramsey Mitchell

VMI * Kirby Philpott Thornton Poindexter Wineberg J. Moore ! K. Benson S. Robinson T. Robinson Ramsey Mitchell

at Alabama

NOTES: ! - WCU started four wide receivers at USF, at PC and at MER; and at SAM // @ - WCU started two TEs vs. Catawba, at Furman and vs. Wofford

DEFENSE DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB S S CB

at South Florida McBeth Ume Matungulu Hawkins S. Harris Dickson Gill T. Morgan A. Clark Whitaker Payne

BREVARD McBeth Ume Matungulu Hawkins S. Harris Dickson Gill T. Morgan A. Clark Jordan Payne

CATAWBA Mayton Ume Mooring Hawkins S. Harris Riddle Gill T. Morgan A. Clark Newman Jr. Payne

at Furman * McBeth Ume Dunn Hawkins S. Harris Riddle Gill T. Morgan A. Clark Payne Lorquet

at Presbyterian McBeth Ume Matungulu Hawkins S. Harris Riddle Gill T. Morgan A. Clark Payne Lorquet

WOFFORD * McBeth Dunn Matungulu Hawkins S. Harris Riddle Gill T. Morgan Newman Jr. Payne Lorquet

at Mercer * McBeth Dunn Matungulu Hawkins S. Harris Riddle Gill T. Morgan Clark Payne Lorquet

THE CITADEL * McBeth Dunn Matungulu Hawkins S. Harris Dickson Gill T. Morgan Clark Payne Lorquet

CHATTANOOGA * McBeth Sluder Ume Hawkins S. Harris Riddle Gill T. Morgan Clark Payne Lorquet

at Samford * McBeth Sluder Dunn Hawkins S. Harris Riddle Dickson T. Morgan Clark Payne Lorquet

VMI * Mayton Davis Dunn Hawkins S. Harris Riddle Gill T. Morgan Clark Payne T. Green

at Alabama

NOTES:

Western Carolina 2014 Starting Lineups

WCU FOOTBALL – 2014 RESULTS / LEADERSWCU FOOTBALL – 2014 RESULTS / LEADERSOVERALL RECORD: 7-4 | HOME: 5-1 | AWAY: 2-3 | SOCON: 5-2

DATE OPPONENT SCORE OVERALL SOCON TIME ATTEND TOP RUSHER TOP PASSER TOP RECEIVER TOP TACKLER

Aug. 30 at South Florida 31-36 L 0-1 0-0 3:35 31,642 Ramsey: 15-58, TD Mitchell: 46-66-0, 2TD T. Robinson: 15-121, TD Dickson: 6

SEPT. 6 BREVARD W 45-21 1-1 0-0 3:00 8,929 Ramsey: 9-88, 3 TDs Mitchell: 13-15-0 T. Robinson: 3-61 Clark: 15

SEPT. 13 CATAWBA W 35-17 2-1 0-0 3:20 10,511 Ramsey: 11-56 Mitchell: 17-28-0, 2 TD D. Newsome: 6-49 Riddle: 18

Sept. 27 at Furman * W 35-17 3-1 1-0 3:29 9,789 Ramsey: 17-113, TD Mitchell: 12-19-1, 2 TD S. Robinson: 65-120, TD Gill: 7

Oct. 4 at Presbyterian 14-19 L 3-2 1-0 2:52 4,007 Ramsey: 15-72 Mitchell: 10-24-2, 2 TD T. Robinson: 5-60 Gill: 8

OCT. 11 WOFFORD * W 26-14 4-2 2-0 2:48 7,343 G. Brown: 10-67 Mitchell: 10-15-0 D. Ramsey: 3-25 Gill: 12

Oct. 18 at Mercer * W 35-21 5-2 3-0 3:14 9,277 Newsome: 16-76 Mitchell: 13-18-0, 3 TD S. Robinson: 7-108, 3TD Harris: 14

OCT. 25 THE CITADEL * W 29-15 6-2 4-0 3:07 13,323 Mitchell: 15-131 Mitchell: 21-29-2, TD T. Robinson: 10-183 Dickson: 16

NOV. 1 CHATTANOOGA * 0-51 L 6-3 4-1 2:50 8,705 Warren: 3-7 Mitchell: 8-17-1 Benson: 1-40 Gill: 14

Nov. 8 at Samford * 20-34 L 6-4 4-2 3:15 4,689 Ramsey: 18-95 Mitchell: 26-40-2 Benson: 7-91 Morgan/Gill: 8

NOV. 15 VMI * W 42-27 7-4 5-2 3:36 8,339 Ramsey: 19-128 Mitchell: 32-42-1, 5 TD Benson: 8-127, 4TD Clark/Gill: 8

Nov. 22 at Alabama

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Western Carolina Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2014)

All games

Team Statistics WCU OPP

SCORING 312 272 Points Per Game 28.4 24.7 Points Off Turnovers 196 71FIRST DOWNS 225 222 R u s h i n g 102 125 P a s s i n g 104 77 P e n a l t y 19 20RUSHING YARDAGE 2032 2465 Yards gained rushing 2200 2689 Yards lost rushing 168 224 Rushing Attempts 418 491 Average Per Rush 4.9 5.0 Average Per Game 184.7 224.1 TDs Rushing 22 20PASSING YARDAGE 2409 1780 C o m p - A t t - I n t 216-325-12 126-259-10 Average Per Pass 7.4 6.9 Average Per Catch 11.2 14.1 Average Per Game 219.0 161.8 TDs Passing 19 11TOTAL OFFENSE 4441 4245 Total Plays 743 750 Average Per Play 6.0 5.7 Average Per Game 403.7 385.9KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 47-1031 47-880PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-137 11-116INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-27 12-106KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.9 18.7PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.6 10.5INT RETURN AVERAGE 2.7 8.8FUMBLES-LOST 15-8 21-13PENALTIES-Yards 82-807 76-622 Average Per Game 73.4 56.5PUNTS-Yards 55-2184 42-1668 Average Per Punt 39.7 39.7 Net punt average 35.1 36.5KICKOFFS-Yards 53-2997 58-3526 Average Per Kick 56.5 60.8 Net kick average 38.1 38.3TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 9 : 4 3 3 0 : 1 63RD-DOWN Conversions 62/143 74/161 3rd-Down Pct 43% 46%4TH-DOWN Conversions 12/17 6/16 4th-Down Pct 71% 38%SACKS BY-Yards 13-74 12-54MISC YARDS 20 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 43 33FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-4 14-19ON-SIDE KICKS 2-4 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES (28-34) 82% (26-35) 74%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (25-34) 74% (17-35) 49%PAT-ATTEMPTS (41-41) 100% (28-29) 97%ATTENDANCE 57150 59404 Games/Avg Per Game 6/9525 5/11881 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

Western Carolina 98 62 64 88 0 312Opponents 55 106 36 75 0 272


Western Carolina Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2014)

All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g

Darius Ramsey 11-11 144 780 27 753 5.2 6 38 68.5Troy Mitchell 11-11 121 657 85 572 4.7 6 55 52.0Detrez Newsome 11-0 94 519 30 489 5.2 9 38 44.5Garrett Brown 11-0 28 143 5 138 4.9 0 24 12.5Shaun Warren 9 - 0 18 71 2 69 3.8 1 19 7.7Keion Crossen 11-0 1 16 0 16 16.0 0 16 1.5Destry Barnwell 10-0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 0.6London Richardson 11-3 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2Willie Police 11-5 3 5 5 0 0.0 0 2 0.0Wes Holcombe 3 - 0 2 1 5 -4 -2.0 0 1 -1.3TEAM 6 - 0 5 0 9 -9 -1.8 0 0 -1.5Total 11 418 2200 168 2032 4.9 22 55 184.7Opponents 11 491 2689 224 2465 5.0 20 62 224.1

Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g

Troy Mitchell 11-11 141.94 208-313-9 66.5 2320 18 56 210.9Garrett Brown 11-0 102.74 6-7-1 85.7 38 0 11 3.5Wes Holcombe 3 - 0 0.27 1-3-1 33.3 12 0 12 4.0Terryon Robinson 11-9 278.80 1-2-1 50.0 39 1 39 3.5Total 11 140.63 216-325-12 66.5 2409 19 56 219.0Opponents 11 112.67 126-259-10 48.6 1780 11 51 161.8

Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g

Terryon Robinson 11-9 56 643 11.5 1 43 58.5Spearman Robinson 11-10 40 526 13.1 9 44 47.8Willie Police 11-5 32 313 9.8 1 56 28.5Karnorris Benson 9 - 8 31 401 12.9 5 44 44.6Detrez Newsome 11-0 18 118 6.6 0 16 10.7Darius Ramsey 11-11 14 126 9.0 0 36 11.5Jeff Moore 11-2 9 114 12.7 0 37 10.4Michael Helms Jr. 11-4 6 80 13.3 0 28 7.3Tyler Sexton 11-2 6 78 13.0 3 31 7.1C.J. Goodman 10-0 2 -1 -0.5 0 6 -0.1London Richardson 11-3 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.6Steffon Hill 5 - 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.8Total 11 216 2409 11.2 19 56 219.0Opponents 11 126 1780 14.1 11 51 161.8

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg

C.J. Goodman 10 110 11.0 0 29Garrett Brown 4 10 2.5 0 6K.P. Hicks 1 11 11.0 0 0Terryon Robinson 1 1 1.0 0 0Jeff Moore 1 5 5.0 0 5TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 18 137 7.6 0 29Opponents 11 116 10.5 0 42

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg

Trey Morgan 5 0 0.0 0 1Terrence Green 1 0 0.0 0 0Sertonuse Harris 1 -2 -2.0 0 0Ace Clark 1 10 10.0 0 10Christon Gill 1 8 8.0 0 8Fred Payne 1 11 11.0 0 11Total 10 27 2.7 0 11Opponents 12 106 8.8 2 32

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg

Detrez Newsome 24 650 27.1 1 100Shaun Warren 13 203 15.6 0 49Trey Morgan 4 74 18.5 0 24Karnorris Benson 3 63 21.0 0 26Keion Crossen 1 21 21.0 0 21Terryon Robinson 1 0 0.0 0 0C.J. Goodman 1 20 20.0 0 20Total 47 1031 21.9 1 100Opponents 47 880 18.7 0 41

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg

Christon Gill 1 7 7.0 0 7Sertonuse Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0Jaleel Lorquet 1 10 10.0 1 10Total 3 17 5.7 1 10Opponents 2 15 7.5 0 10



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PAT

Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts

Detrez Newsome 10 - - - - - - - 60Spearman Robinson 9 - - - - - - - 54Richard Sigmon - 3-4 41-41 - - - - - 50Troy Mitchell 6 - - - - 1-2 - - 36Darius Ramsey 6 - - - - - - - 36Karnorris Benson 5 - - - 1 - - - 32Tyler Sexton 3 - - - - - - - 18Willie Police 1 - - - - - - - 6Jaleel Lorquet 1 - - - - - - - 6Shaun Warren 1 - - - - - - - 6Terryon Robinson 1 - - - - - - - 6TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2Total 43 3-4 41-41 - 1 1-2 - 1 312Opponents 33 14-19 28-29 0-1 2 2-3 - - 272

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g

Troy Mitchell 11 434 572 2320 2892 262.9Darius Ramsey 11 144 753 0 753 68.5Detrez Newsome 11 94 489 0 489 44.5Garrett Brown 11 35 138 38 176 16.0Shaun Warren 9 18 69 0 69 7.7Terryon Robinson 11 2 0 39 39 3.5Keion Crossen 11 1 16 0 16 1.5Wes Holcombe 3 5 -4 12 8 2.7Destry Barnwell 10 1 6 0 6 0.6London Richardson 11 1 2 0 2 0.2TEAM 6 5 -9 0 -9 -1.5Total 11 743 2032 2409 4441 403.7Opponents 11 750 2465 1780 4245 385.9

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk

Richard Sigmon 3-4 75.0 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 33 0

FG Sequence Western Carolina Opponents

USF (33) (47),(33),(26)Brevard (19) -Catawba - 31,(39)Furman - 44,(51),35Presbyterian College - -Wofford (33) 24Mercer - (35),(44),44The Citadel 32 -Chattanooga - (33),(27),(39)Samford - (39),(35)VMI - (45),(38)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

Destry Barnwell 47 1885 40.1 61 7 5 9 5 0Blake Metcalf 8 299 37.4 50 0 1 3 1 0Total 55 2184 39.7 61 7 6 12 6 0Opponents 42 1668 39.7 57 0 3 13 7 1

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln

Mark Powell 37 2118 57.2 1 2Richard Sigmon 16 879 54.9 3 0Total 53 2997 56.5 4 2 18.7 38.1 26Opponents 58 3526 60.8 11 0 21.9 38.3 26



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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g

Detrez Newsom 11 489 118 0 650 0 1257 114.3Darius Ramsey 11 753 126 0 0 0 879 79.9Terryon Robinso 11 0 643 1 0 0 644 58.5Troy Mitchell 11 572 0 0 0 0 572 52.0Spearman Robin 11 0 526 0 0 0 526 47.8Karnorris Benso 9 0 401 0 63 0 464 51.6Willie Police 11 0 313 0 0 0 313 28.5Shaun Warren 9 69 0 0 203 0 272 30.2Garrett Brown 11 138 0 10 0 0 148 13.5C.J. Goodman 10 0 -1 110 20 0 129 12.9Jeff Moore 11 0 114 5 0 0 119 10.8Michael Helms J 11 0 80 0 0 0 80 7.3Tyler Sexton 11 0 78 0 0 0 78 7.1Trey Morgan 11 0 0 0 74 0 74 6.7Keion Crossen 11 16 0 0 21 0 37 3.4Fred Payne 11 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.0K.P. Hicks 11 0 0 11 0 0 11 1.0Ace Clark 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 1.0London Richard 11 2 7 0 0 0 9 0.8Christon Gill 11 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.7Destry Barnwell 10 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.6Steffon Hill 5 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.8Sertonuse Harris 11 0 0 0 0 -2 -2 -0.2Wes Holcombe 3 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -1.3TEAM 6 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -1.5Total 11 2032 2409 137 1031 27 5636 512.4Opponents 11 2465 1780 116 880 106 5347 486.1


Western Carolina Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2014)

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Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd

## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

7 Christon Gill 11-10 43 58 101 11.0-40 3.0-23 1-8 2 1 2-7 . . .28 Ace Clark 10-10 32 41 73 3.5-6 . 1-10 2 . 1-0 3 . .58 Daniel Riddle 11-8 30 38 68 5.0-32 1.5-15 . 1 1 . 2 . .4 Sertonuse Harris 11-11 33 30 63 8.5-24 2.5-12 1--2 4 . 2-0 . . .3 Fred Payne 11-11 26 33 59 1.0-5 . 1-11 5 . . . . .26 Trey Morgan 11-11 37 14 51 2.0-6 . 5-0 8 2 2-0 4 . .93 Caleb Hawkins 11-11 22 27 49 10.0-35 3.0-12 . 1 2 . 2 . .27 Tyson Dickson 6-4 17 27 44 3.0-8 . . 2 . . 1 . .2 Jaleel Lorquet 10-7 23 8 31 1.5-4 . . 6 . 2-10 . . .90 Kelvin Ume 9-6 8 18 26 1.0-3 . . . . . 1 . .94 John McBeth 9-9 12 13 25 2.0-5 . . . 1 . 1 . .22 Bryson Jordan 10-1 6 17 23 1.0-5 . . . . . 1 . .79 Helva Matungulu 10-6 11 11 22 3.0-5 0.5-0 . . 2 . . . .95 Daniel Nash 11-0 6 13 19 . . . . . 1-0 . . .42 A.J. Newman Jr. 9-2 7 12 19 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .92 Andrew Mayton 11-2 10 8 18 1.5-11 1.5-11 . . 1 . . . .97 Ezavian Dunn 11-6 8 9 17 0.5-1 . . . . . . 1 .35 Keion Crossen 11-0 10 5 15 . . . 3 . . . . .30 A.J. McKoy 11-0 10 3 13 . . . . 2 . . . .17 Damian Whitaker 10-1 7 3 10 . . . 1 . 1-0 1 . .57 Avery Worsham 11-0 4 5 9 1.0-1 . . 1 1 . . . .24 Terrence Green 10-1 5 3 8 . . 1-0 2 . . . . .51 Tommy Tate 9-0 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .49 Fred Mooring 9-1 3 3 6 1.0-1 1.0-1 . . 3 . . . .98 Derrick Davis 10-1 2 4 6 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . .37 K.P. Hicks 11-0 3 3 6 . . . . . . . 1 .70 Dylan Sluder 10-2 3 2 5 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .43 Kendall White 10-0 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .32 Chris Seaborn 11-0 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .15 Michael Helms Jr. 11-4 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .41 Lee Pattillo 11-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .25 Kris Smith 11-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .96 Tahjai Watt 9-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .40 Tra Hardy 6-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .87 Destry Barnwell 10-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .91 Tyler Junius 8-0 . 2 2 . . . . 1 1-0 . . .14 Karnorris Benson 9-8 2 . 2 . . . . . 1-0 . . .16 Terryon Robinson 11-9 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .TM TEAM 6-0 2 . 2 1.0-1 . . . . . . . 110 Troy Mitchell 11-11 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .80 Gary Richardson 11-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .74 Hunter Kirby 11-9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .12 Mark Powell 10-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .36 Richard Sigmon 10-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .8 Spearman Robinson 11-10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .59 Chandler Addertion 11-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .21 Detrez Newsome 11-0 . . . . . . 1 . . . . .

Total 11 403 428 831 59-196 13-74 10-27 39 18 13-17 17 2 1Opponents 11 477 320 797 59-185 12-54 12-106 29 6 8-15 10 . .


Western Carolina Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 19, 2014)

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Aug 30 at USF 29 80 2 15 46 374 2 36 46-67-1 374 2 36 5 66 0 26 2 0 0 0 454Sep 06 BREVARD 34 283 6 38 13 142 0 34 13-15-0 142 0 34 3 99 0 50 4 36 0 15 425Sep 13 CATAWBA 32 132 3 22 18 233 2 56 18-29-0 233 2 56 4 117 0 49 1 0 0 0 365Sep 27 at Furman 50 233 3 38 12 182 2 39 12-19-1 182 2 39 3 79 0 31 4 58 0 29 415Oct 04 at Presbyterian College 44 195 0 19 14 164 2 31 14-30-4 164 2 31 3 53 0 22 1 0 0 0 359Oct 11 WOFFORD 42 145 2 24 10 101 0 33 10-15-0 101 0 33 4 160 1 100 0 0 0 0 246Oct 18 at Mercer 46 173 0 23 14 233 4 52 14-19-0 233 4 52 5 96 0 35 2 3 0 2 406Oct 25 THE CITADEL 37 342 3 38 21 291 1 43 21-29-2 291 1 43 3 47 0 21 1 5 0 5 633Nov 01 CHATTANOOGA 22 14 0 10 10 88 0 40 10-20-1 88 0 40 6 113 0 24 0 0 0 0 102Nov 08 at Samford 37 134 2 14 26 262 1 44 26-40-2 262 1 44 5 106 0 30 0 0 0 0 396Nov 15 VMI 45 301 1 55 32 339 5 39 32-42-1 339 5 39 6 95 0 31 3 35 0 28 640Western Carolina 418 2032 22 55 216 2409 19 56 216-325-12 2409 19 56 47 1031 1 100 18 137 0 29 4441Opponents 491 2465 20 62 126 1780 11 51 126-259-10 1780 11 51 47 880 0 41 11 116 0 42 4245

Games played: 11 Avg per rush: 4.9 Avg per catch: 11.2 Pass efficiency: 140.63 Kick ret avg: 21.9 Punt ret avg: 7.6 All purpose avg/game: 512.4 Total offense avg/gm: 403.7

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts

Aug 30 at USF 32 10 42 4.0-9 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-10 0 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 21 31Sep 06 BREVARD 32 64 96 8.0-21 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 6-6 0 0 0 0 45Sep 13 CATAWBA 33 60 93 8.0-40 2.0-22 4 2-0 2--2 7 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 28 35Sep 27 at Furman 35 26 61 5.0-15 1.0-4 0 0-0 2-12 0 9 0 5-5 0 0 0 28 35Oct 04 at Presbyterian College 49 8 57 7.0-33 4.0-27 1 1-0 1-0 0 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 28 14Oct 11 WOFFORD 31 48 79 3.0-5 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 0 1 1 3-3 0 0 1 0 26Oct 18 at Mercer 36 38 74 7.0-25 3.0-18 2 2-10 1--1 1 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 28 35Oct 25 THE CITADEL 40 60 100 4.0-14 0.0-0 3 3-7 1-0 2 4 0 3-3 0 1 0 14 29Nov 01 CHATTANOOGA 32 66 98 3.0-12 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 08 at Samford 49 16 65 5.0-6 1.0-1 2 2-0 0-0 2 5 0 2-2 0 0 0 21 20Nov 15 VMI 34 32 66 5.0-16 2.0-2 2 1-0 2-8 6 10 0 6-6 0 0 0 28 42Western Carolina 403 428 831 59.0-196 13.0-74 17 13-17 10-27 18 39 2 41-41 0 1 1 196 312Opponents 477 320 797 59.0-185 12.0-54 10 8-15 12-106 6 29 0 28-29 0 2 0 71 272

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs

Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Aug 30 at USF 8 311 38.9 46 0 1 2 0 2 1-1 33 0 4 194 48.5 0 0Sep 06 BREVARD 1 49 49.0 49 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 19 0 8 493 61.6 1 1Sep 13 CATAWBA 5 209 41.8 58 0 1 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 6 346 57.7 1 0Sep 27 at Furman 4 162 40.5 46 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0 0 6 320 53.3 0 0Oct 04 at Presbyterian College 5 192 38.4 50 0 2 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 3 144 48.0 0 0Oct 11 WOFFORD 4 174 43.5 53 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 33 0 5 305 61.0 0 0Oct 18 at Mercer 6 224 37.3 47 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 0 0 6 282 47.0 0 0Oct 25 THE CITADEL 3 135 45.0 59 0 2 0 1 0 0-1 0 0 5 301 60.2 1 0Nov 01 CHATTANOOGA 9 360 40.0 61 0 1 0 1 2 0-0 0 0 1 63 63.0 0 0Nov 08 at Samford 5 174 34.8 45 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 2 125 62.5 0 0Nov 15 VMI 5 194 38.8 50 0 0 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 7 424 60.6 1 1Western Carolina 55 2184 39.7 61 0 7 6 6 12 3-4 33 0 53 2997 56.5 4 2Opponents 42 1668 39.7 57 1 0 3 7 13 14-19 51 1 58 3526 60.8 11 0


Western Carolina Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 19, 2014)

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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Aug 30 at USF 33 294 4 62 10 191 0 44 10-27-1 191 0 44 4 86 0 41 1 24 0 24 485Sep 06 BREVARD 60 278 3 51 1 18 0 18 1-4-0 18 0 18 6 111 0 24 1 0 0 0 296Sep 13 CATAWBA 39 102 0 19 22 266 2 33 22-37-2 266 2 33 5 81 0 22 1 8 0 8 368Sep 27 at Furman 33 106 0 19 14 208 2 45 14-35-2 208 2 45 6 86 0 32 2 49 0 42 314Oct 04 at Presbyterian College 39 89 1 18 15 133 0 35 15-26-1 133 0 35 3 42 0 18 0 0 0 0 222Oct 11 WOFFORD 51 270 2 33 1 3 0 3 1-3-0 3 0 3 5 136 0 40 1 4 0 4 273Oct 18 at Mercer 40 201 1 34 13 199 1 44 13-25-1 199 1 44 6 89 0 28 0 0 0 0 400Oct 25 THE CITADEL 61 360 2 53 7 83 0 28 7-18-1 83 0 28 4 98 0 33 0 0 0 0 443Nov 01 CHATTANOOGA 60 386 4 43 9 126 2 51 9-14-0 126 2 51 1 18 0 18 3 28 0 16 512Nov 08 at Samford 46 229 2 16 15 232 2 37 15-25-0 232 2 37 2 67 0 41 0 0 0 0 461Nov 15 VMI 29 150 1 28 19 321 2 44 19-45-2 321 2 44 5 66 0 18 2 3 0 3 471Opponents 491 2465 20 62 126 1780 11 51 126-259-10 1780 11 51 47 880 0 41 11 116 0 42 4245Western Carolina 418 2032 22 55 216 2409 19 56 216-325-12 2409 19 56 47 1031 1 100 18 137 0 29 4441

Games played: 11 Avg per rush: 5.0 Avg per catch: 14.1 Pass efficiency: 112.67 Kick ret avg: 18.7 Punt ret avg: 10.5 All purpose avg/game: 486.1 Total offense avg/gm: 385.9

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts

Aug 30 at USF 61 18 79 8.0-21 4.0-12 1 1-0 1-0 0 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 36Sep 06 BREVARD 23 44 67 3.0-4 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 21Sep 13 CATAWBA 31 40 71 6.0-11 1.0-3 1 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17Sep 27 at Furman 50 26 76 3.0-12 0.0-0 2 2-10 1-0 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17Oct 04 at Presbyterian College 54 12 66 6.0-22 2.0-15 2 1-5 4-82 0 3 0 1-2 0 0 0 24 19Oct 11 WOFFORD 25 52 77 4.0-15 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 14Oct 18 at Mercer 37 42 79 6.0-17 1.0-2 0 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 1-1 0 1 0 14 21Oct 25 THE CITADEL 47 24 71 2.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-14 0 3 0 1-1 0 1 0 0 15Nov 01 CHATTANOOGA 32 10 42 9.0-42 3.0-21 1 1-0 1-0 1 3 0 6-6 0 0 0 6 51Nov 08 at Samford 61 8 69 7.0-13 1.0-1 1 0-0 2-10 3 1 0 4-4 0 0 0 21 34Nov 15 VMI 56 44 100 5.0-25 0.0-0 2 1-0 1-0 2 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 6 27Opponents 477 320 797 59.0-185 12.0-54 10 8-15 12-106 6 29 0 28-29 0 2 0 71 272Western Carolina 403 428 831 59.0-196 13.0-74 17 13-17 10-27 18 39 2 41-41 0 1 1 196 312

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs

Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Aug 30 at USF 3 142 47.3 53 0 0 0 1 1 3-3 47 0 8 496 62.0 3 0Sep 06 BREVARD 5 179 35.8 57 1 0 0 1 2 0-0 0 0 4 248 62.0 1 0Sep 13 CATAWBA 5 191 38.2 47 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 39 0 4 230 57.5 0 0Sep 27 at Furman 5 215 43.0 53 0 0 0 2 1 1-3 51 0 4 253 63.2 1 0Oct 04 at Presbyterian College 6 227 37.8 45 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 4 232 58.0 1 0Oct 11 WOFFORD 3 118 39.3 54 0 0 0 1 1 0-1 0 1 4 258 64.5 0 0Oct 18 at Mercer 3 112 37.3 44 0 0 0 0 1 2-3 44 0 5 267 53.4 0 0Oct 25 THE CITADEL 4 145 36.2 43 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0 0 3 169 56.3 0 0Nov 01 CHATTANOOGA 3 120 40.0 52 0 0 0 1 1 3-3 39 0 9 550 61.1 3 0Nov 08 at Samford 1 43 43.0 43 0 0 1 0 1 2-2 39 0 7 453 64.7 2 0Nov 15 VMI 4 176 44.0 55 0 0 1 1 1 2-2 45 0 6 370 61.7 0 0Opponents 42 1668 39.7 57 1 0 3 7 13 14-19 51 1 58 3526 60.8 11 0Western Carolina 55 2184 39.7 61 0 7 6 6 12 3-4 33 0 53 2997 56.5 4 2


Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Nov 19, 2014)

All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 19 Darius Ramsey vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Yards Rushing 131 Troy Mitchell vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)TD Rushes 3 Darius Ramsey vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)Long Rush 55 Troy Mitchell vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Pass attempts 66 Troy Mitchell at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Pass completions 46 Troy Mitchell at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Yards Passing 374 Troy Mitchell at USF (Aug 30, 2014)TD Passes 5 Troy Mitchell vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Long Pass 56 Troy Mitchell vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)Receptions 15 Terryon Robinson at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Yards Receiving 183 Terryon Robinson vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)TD Receptions 4 Karnorris Benson vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Long Reception 56 Willie Police vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)Field Goals 1 Richard Sigmon at USF (Aug 30, 2014)

1 Richard Sigmon vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)1 Richard Sigmon vs Wofford (Oct 11, 2014)

Long Field Goal 33 Richard Sigmon at USF (Aug 30, 2014)33 Richard Sigmon vs Wofford (Oct 11, 2014)

Punts 8 Destry Barnwell at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Punting Avg 49.0 Destry Barnwell vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)Long Punt 61 Destry Barnwell vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Punts inside 20 2 Destry Barnwell at USF (Aug 30, 2014)

2 Destry Barnwell at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)2 Destry Barnwell at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)2 Blake Metcalf vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)

Long Punt Return 29 C.J. Goodman at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)Long Kickoff Return 100 Detrez Newsome vs Wofford (Oct 11, 2014)Tackles 18 Daniel Riddle vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)Sacks 2.0 Christon Gill at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)Tackles For Loss 3.0 Daniel Riddle vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)

3.0 Sertonuse Harris at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)Interceptions 1 Ace Clark at USF (Aug 30, 2014)

1 Sertonuse Harris vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)1 Trey Morgan vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)1 Fred Payne at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)1 Trey Morgan at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)1 Trey Morgan at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)1 Trey Morgan at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)1 Trey Morgan vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)1 Christon Gill vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)1 Terrence Green vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)



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TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 50 at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)Yards Rushing 342 vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)Yards Per Rush 9.2 vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)TD Rushes 6 vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)Pass attempts 67 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Pass completions 46 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Yards Passing 374 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Yards Per Pass 12.3 at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)TD Passes 5 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Total Plays 96 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Total Offense 640 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Yards Per Play 9.6 vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)Points 45 vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)Sacks By 4 at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)First Downs 30 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Penalties 15 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Penalty Yards 155 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Turnovers 5 at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)Interceptions By 2 vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)

2 at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)2 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)

Punts 9 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Punting Avg 49.0 vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)Long Punt 61 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Punts inside 20 2 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)

2 at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)2 at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)2 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)

Long Punt Return 29 at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)



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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 27 Denzel Williams, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)Yards Rushing 275 MACK, Marlon, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)TD Rushes 4 MACK, Marlon, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Long Rush 62 MACK, Marlon, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Pass attempts 45 Al Cobb, vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Pass completions 21 M.Sheehan, vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)Yards Passing 321 Al Cobb, vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)TD Passes 2 M.Sheehan, vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)

2 Jacob Huesman, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)2 Michael Eubank, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)2 Al Cobb, vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)

Long Pass 51 Jacob Huesman, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Receptions 8 ANTIGHA, T., at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)Yards Receiving 119 Aaron Sanders, vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)TD Receptions 1 C.Tarrats, vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)

1 G.Williams, vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)1 J. Snellings, at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)1 Duncan Fletcher, at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)1 Josh Jones, at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)1 Tommy Hudson, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)1 Taharin Tyson, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)1 Karel Hamilton, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)1 Jeremiaha Gates, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)1 Doug Burton, vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)1 Aaron Sanders, vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)

Long Reception 51 Taharin Tyson, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Field Goals 3 KLOSS, Marvin, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)

3 H. Ribeiro, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Long Field Goal 51 Hollingsworth, at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)Punts 6 DOAR, S., at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)Punting Avg 47.3 CIABATTI, Matti, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Long Punt 57 G. Nestor, vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)Punts inside 20 2 G. Nestor, vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)

2 Will Vanvick, vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)Long Punt Return 42 Andrej Suttles, at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)Long Kickoff Return 41 DUNKLEY, Chris, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)

41 Malik Johns, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)Tackles 17 A. Cratsenberg, vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Sacks 1.0 CALLOWAY, Derri, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)

1.0 HILL, Demetrius, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)1.0 CLIETT, Reshard, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)1.0 WHITEHURST, Tas, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)1.0 J.Taylor, vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)1.0 AKOH, U., at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)1.0 Devin Davidson, at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)1.0 M. Wakeel, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)1.0 Davis Tull, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)1.0 Josh Freeman, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)1.0 Calvin Ruff, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)

Tackles For Loss 2.0 J.Taylor, vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)2.0 Marcus McMorris, at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)2.0 S. Cornellier, vs Wofford (Oct 11, 2014)2.0 Tyler Ward, at Mercer (Oct 18, 2014)2.0 Keionta Davis, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)2.0 Josh Freeman, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)2.0 Justin Cooper, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)



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Interceptions 1 BYRD, Jamie, at USF (Aug 30, 2014)1 Reggie Thomas, at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)1 WHITE, C., at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)1 BRITT, E., at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)1 BYERS, S., at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)1 DAVIS, D., at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)1 DeVonta Delaney, vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)1 Malik Diggs, vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)1 Dee Virgin, vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)1 Josh Kimberlin, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)1 Josh Killett, at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)1 Brendon Bock, vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)



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OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 61 vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)Yards Rushing 386 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Yards Per Rush 8.9 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)TD Rushes 4 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)

4 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Pass attempts 45 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Pass completions 22 vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)Yards Passing 321 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Yards Per Pass 9.3 at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)TD Passes 2 vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)

2 at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)2 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)2 at Samford (Nov 08, 2014)2 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)

Total Plays 79 vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)Total Offense 512 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Yards Per Play 8.1 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Points 51 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)Sacks By 4 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)First Downs 26 vs Chattanooga (Nov 01, 2014)

26 vs VMI (Nov 15, 2014)Penalties 13 vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)Penalty Yards 119 vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)Turnovers 4 vs Catawba (Sep 13, 2014)

4 vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)Interceptions By 4 at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)Punts 6 at Presbyterian College (Oct 04, 2014)Punting Avg 47.3 at USF (Aug 30, 2014)Long Punt 57 vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)Punts inside 20 2 vs Brevard (Sep 06, 2014)

2 vs The Citadel (Oct 25, 2014)Long Punt Return 42 at Furman (Sep 27, 2014)


Western Carolina Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 19, 2014)

All games

Western Carolina Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ

Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

Aug 30, 2014 at USF L 31-36 5 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 06, 2014 BREVARD W 45-21 6 6 38 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 13, 2014 CATAWBA W 35-17 3 3 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 27, 2014 at Furman W 35-17 4 3 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Oct 04, 2014 at Presbyterian College L 14-19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Oct 11, 2014 WOFFORD W 26-14 3 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0Oct 18, 2014 at Mercer W 35-21 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 25, 2014 THE CITADEL W 29-15 4 2 15 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0Nov 01, 2014 CHATTANOOGA L 0-51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 08, 2014 at Samford L 20-34 3 3 20 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 15, 2014 VMI W 42-27 4 3 21 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Totals 34 28 184 25 17 8 3 1 2 1 1 1 028 of 34 (82.4%)

Opponents Inside Western Carolina Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ

Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

Aug 30, 2014 at USF L 31-36 3 3 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 06, 2014 BREVARD W 45-21 3 3 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 13, 2014 CATAWBA W 35-17 4 3 17 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Sep 27, 2014 at Furman W 35-17 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Oct 04, 2014 at Presbyterian College L 14-19 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 11, 2014 WOFFORD W 26-14 4 2 14 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0Oct 18, 2014 at Mercer W 35-21 4 2 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0Oct 25, 2014 THE CITADEL W 29-15 2 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Nov 01, 2014 CHATTANOOGA L 0-51 5 5 23 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 08, 2014 at Samford L 20-34 5 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0Nov 15, 2014 VMI W 42-27 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 35 26 147 17 14 3 9 4 1 1 3 0 026 of 35 (74.3%)


Western Carolina By-Quarter Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2014)

All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime

Aug 30, 2014 at USF L 31-36 9-19 47.4 2-3 66.7 0-4 0.0 2-5 40.0 5-7 71.4Sep 06, 2014 BREVARD W 45-21 3-5 60.0 2-2 100.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0Sep 13, 2014 CATAWBA W 35-17 4-10 40.0 1-3 33.3 0-3 0.0 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0Sep 27, 2014 at Furman W 35-17 6-12 50.0 0-0 0.0 3-4 75.0 1-4 25.0 2-4 50.0Oct 04, 2014 at Presbyterian College L 14-19 3-14 21.4 0-2 0.0 1-4 25.0 1-4 25.0 1-4 25.0Oct 11, 2014 WOFFORD W 26-14 8-14 57.1 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 6-6 100.0Oct 18, 2014 at Mercer W 35-21 7-15 46.7 1-3 33.3 2-5 40.0 2-3 66.7 2-4 50.0Oct 25, 2014 THE CITADEL W 29-15 4-9 44.4 0-0 0.0 3-6 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0Nov 01, 2014 CHATTANOOGA L 0-51 1-11 9.1 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 1-2 50.0 0-3 0.0Nov 08, 2014 at Samford L 20-34 7-18 38.9 2-4 50.0 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 2-5 40.0Nov 15, 2014 VMI W 42-27 10-16 62.5 4-6 66.7 2-4 50.0 3-3 100.0 1-3 33.3

Western Carolina 62-143 43.4 12-28 42.9 15-43 34.9 15-33 45.5 20-39 51.3 0-0 0.0Opponents 74-161 46.0 20-40 50.0 24-45 53.3 14-37 37.8 16-39 41.0 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions


Aug 30, 2014 at USF L 31-36 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0Sep 06, 2014 BREVARD W 45-21 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 13, 2014 CATAWBA W 35-17 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 27, 2014 at Furman W 35-17 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0Oct 04, 2014 at Presbyterian College L 14-19 3-4 75.0 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0Oct 11, 2014 WOFFORD W 26-14 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0Oct 18, 2014 at Mercer W 35-21 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0Oct 25, 2014 THE CITADEL W 29-15 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Nov 01, 2014 CHATTANOOGA L 0-51 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0Nov 08, 2014 at Samford L 20-34 3-4 75.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 2-2 100.0Nov 15, 2014 VMI W 42-27 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Western Carolina 12-17 70.6 2-3 66.7 2-4 50.0 3-4 75.0 5-6 83.3 0-0 0.0Opponents 6-16 37.5 0-3 0.0 3-3 100.0 2-4 50.0 1-6 16.7 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession


Aug 30, 2014 at USF L 31-36 37:21 8:48 9:21 10:25 8:47Sep 06, 2014 BREVARD W 45-21 21:14 7:21 6:01 1:02 6:50Sep 13, 2014 CATAWBA W 35-17 27:33 7:06 6:10 6:36 7:41Sep 27, 2014 at Furman W 35-17 32:37 6:02 7:23 8:08 11:04Oct 04, 2014 at Presbyterian College L 14-19 31:11 6:51 7:14 10:19 6:47Oct 11, 2014 WOFFORD W 26-14 32:56 4:31 6:54 10:21 11:10Oct 18, 2014 at Mercer W 35-21 31:39 7:35 6:55 5:43 11:26Oct 25, 2014 THE CITADEL W 29-15 26:01 4:17 9:44 5:37 6:23Nov 01, 2014 CHATTANOOGA L 0-51 21:59 5:04 6:49 3:46 6:20Nov 08, 2014 at Samford L 20-34 32:51 8:53 9:21 8:22 6:15Nov 15, 2014 VMI W 42-27 31:32 7:34 9:18 6:51 7:49

Western Carolina Total 326:54 74:02 85:10 77:10 90:32 0:00Avg. 29:43 6:43 7:44 7:00 8:13 0:00

Opponents Total 333:01 90:48 79:45 88:00 74:28 0:00Avg. 30:16 8:15 7:15 8:00 6:46 0:00


Western Carolina Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2014)

All games

Date Opponent Score Att.

Aug 30, 2014 at USF L 31-36 31642Sep 06, 2014 BREVARD W 45-21 8929Sep 13, 2014 CATAWBA W 35-17 10511

* Sep 27, 2014 at Furman W 35-17 9789Oct 04, 2014 at Presbyterian College L 14-19 4007

* Oct 11, 2014 WOFFORD W 26-14 7343* Oct 18, 2014 at Mercer W 35-21 9277* Oct 25, 2014 THE CITADEL W 29-15 13323* Nov 01, 2014 CHATTANOOGA L 0-51 8705* Nov 08, 2014 at Samford L 20-34 4689* Nov 15, 2014 VMI W 42-27 8339

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g

Darius Ramsey 11-11 144 780 27 753 5.2 6 38 68.5Troy Mitchell 11-11 121 657 85 572 4.7 6 55 52.0Detrez Newsome 11-0 94 519 30 489 5.2 9 38 44.5Garrett Brown 11-0 28 143 5 138 4.9 0 24 12.5Shaun Warren 9 - 0 18 71 2 69 3.8 1 19 7.7Keion Crossen 11-0 1 16 0 16 16.0 0 16 1.5Destry Barnwell 10-0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 0.6London Richardson 11-3 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2Total 11 418 2200 168 2032 4.9 22 55 184.7Opponents 11 491 2689 224 2465 5.0 20 62 224.1

Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g

Troy Mitchell 11-11 141.94 208-313-9 66.5 2320 18 56 210.9Garrett Brown 11-0 102.74 6-7-1 85.7 38 0 11 3.5Wes Holcombe 3 - 0 0.27 1-3-1 33.3 12 0 12 4.0Terryon Robinson 11-9 278.80 1-2-1 50.0 39 1 39 3.5Total 11 140.63 216-325-12 66.5 2409 19 56 219.0Opponents 11 112.67 126-259-10 48.6 1780 11 51 161.8

Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g

Terryon Robinson 11-9 56 643 11.5 1 43 58.5Spearman Robinson 11-10 40 526 13.1 9 44 47.8Willie Police 11-5 32 313 9.8 1 56 28.5Karnorris Benson 9 - 8 31 401 12.9 5 44 44.6Detrez Newsome 11-0 18 118 6.6 0 16 10.7Darius Ramsey 11-11 14 126 9.0 0 36 11.5Jeff Moore 11-2 9 114 12.7 0 37 10.4Michael Helms Jr. 11-4 6 80 13.3 0 28 7.3Tyler Sexton 11-2 6 78 13.0 3 31 7.1C.J. Goodman 10-0 2 -1 -0.5 0 6 -0.1London Richardson 11-3 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.6Steffon Hill 5 - 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.8Total 11 216 2409 11.2 19 56 219.0Opponents 11 126 1780 14.1 11 51 161.8

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk

Richard Sigmon 3-4 75.0 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 33 0

PAT

Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts

Detrez Newsome 10 - - - - - - - 60Spearman Robinson 9 - - - - - - - 54Richard Sigmon - 3-4 41-41 - - - - - 50Darius Ramsey 6 - - - - - - - 36Troy Mitchell 6 - - - - 1-2 - - 36Karnorris Benson 5 - - - 1 - - - 32Tyler Sexton 3 - - - - - - - 18Jaleel Lorquet 1 - - - - - - - 6Shaun Warren 1 - - - - - - - 6Willie Police 1 - - - - - - - 6Terryon Robinson 1 - - - - - - - 6TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2Total 43 3-4 41-41 - 1 1-2 - 1 312Opponents 33 14-19 28-29 0-1 2 2-3 - - 272

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

Western Carolina 98 62 64 88 0 312Opponents 55 106 36 75 0 272

Record: Overall Home Away Neutral

All games 7-4 5-1 2-3 0-0Conference 5-2 3-1 2-1 0-0Non-Conference 2-2 2-0 0-2 0-0

Team Statistics WCU OPP

FIRST DOWNS 225 222 R u s h i n g 102 125 P a s s i n g 104 77 P e n a l t y 19 20RUSHING YARDAGE 2032 2465 Rushing Attempts 418 491 Average Per Rush 4.9 5.0 Average Per Game 184.7 224.1 TDs Rushing 22 20PASSING YARDAGE 2409 1780 C o m p - A t t - I n t 216-325-12 126-259-10 Average Per Pass 7.4 6.9 Average Per Catch 11.2 14.1 Average Per Game 219.0 161.8 TDs Passing 19 11TOTAL OFFENSE 4441 4245 Average Per Play 6.0 5.7 Average Per Game 403.7 385.9KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 47-1031 47-880PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-137 11-116INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-27 12-106FUMBLES-LOST 15-8 21-13PENALTIES-Yards 82-807 76-622PUNTS-AVG 55-39.7 42-39.7TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 9 : 4 3 3 0 : 1 63RD-DOWN Conversions 62/143 74/1614TH-DOWN Conversions 12/17 6/16

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg

Trey Morgan 5 0 0.0 0 1Fred Payne 1 11 11.0 0 11Terrence Green 1 0 0.0 0 0Sertonuse Harris 1 -2 -2.0 0 0Christon Gill 1 8 8.0 0 8Ace Clark 1 10 10.0 0 10

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

Destry Barnwell 47 1885 40.1 61 7 5 9 5 0Blake Metcalf 8 299 37.4 50 0 1 3 1 0

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg

C.J. Goodman 10 110 11.0 0 29Garrett Brown 4 10 2.5 0 6Terryon Robinson 1 1 1.0 0 0Jeff Moore 1 5 5.0 0 5K.P. Hicks 1 11 11.0 0 0TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 18 137 7.6 0 29Opponents 11 116 10.5 0 42

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg

Detrez Newsome 24 650 27.1 1 100Shaun Warren 13 203 15.6 0 49Trey Morgan 4 74 18.5 0 24Karnorris Benson 3 63 21.0 0 26Keion Crossen 1 21 21.0 0 21Terryon Robinson 1 0 0.0 0 0C.J. Goodman 1 20 20.0 0 20Total 47 1031 21.9 1 100Opponents 47 880 18.7 0 41

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g

Detrez Newsome 11 489 118 0 650 0 1257 114.3Darius Ramsey 11 753 126 0 0 0 879 79.9Terryon Robinso 11 0 643 1 0 0 644 58.5Total 11 2032 2409 137 1031 27 5636 512.4Opponents 11 2465 1780 116 880 106 5347 486.1

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g

Troy Mitchell 11 434 572 2320 2892 262.9Darius Ramsey 11 144 753 0 753 68.5Detrez Newsome 11 94 489 0 489 44.5Total 11 743 2032 2409 4441 403.7Opponents 11 750 2465 1780 4245 385.9

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd

## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

7 Christon Gill 11-10 43 58 101 11.0-40 3.0-23 1-8 2 1 2-7 . . .28 Ace Clark 10-10 32 41 73 3.5-6 . 1-10 2 . 1-0 3 . .58 Daniel Riddle 11-8 30 38 68 5.0-32 1.5-15 . 1 1 . 2 . .

Total 11 403 428 831 59-196 13-74 10-27 39 18 13-17 17 2 1Opponents 11 477 320 797 59-185 12-54 12-106 29 6 8-15 10 . .

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