Week 7 • W&L (2-4) vs. Sewanee (4-3) • October 26, 2002 • 1:00 pm

LAST WEEK'S SCORES:
Bridgewater 56, Guilford 7
Catholic 41, Frostburg St. 35
Randolph-Macon 17, Emory & Henry 13

THE SERIES:
Washington and Lee and Sewanee will be meeting for the 52nd time, with the Generals holding a 30-21 advantage in the all-time series which began during the 1892 season. W&L and UOS have played every season since 1955 and the Generals' 30 wins against the Tigers are the most wins against any opponent in school history. The Generals have won each of the last four meetings, including a 28-24 win last season in Sewanee, Tenn. The Tigers have not posted a win in Lexington since a 14-7 triumph during the 1986 season.

SERIES INFO:
Time: 1:00 pm
Site: Wilson Field (7,000)
Series: W&L leads 30-21
Last Meeting: 10/20/01 at UOS (W&L won 28-24)
First Meeting: 1892 (UOS won 22-16)
Last W&L Win: 10/20/01 at UOS (28-24)
Last UOS Win: 10/25/97 at UOS (48-14)
Current Series Streak: W&L +4
W&L vs. UOS at W&L: 21-5
W&L vs. UOS at UOS: 9-16

THE HEAD COACHES:
Frank Miriello (East Stroudsburg '67) is in his eighth season as the head coach at W&L and his 35th year of coaching. He claims a 35-39-1 (.473) overall record. Miriello is third all-time in victories at W&L. He is 6-1 all-time against Sewanee. The Tigers are led by seventh-year head coach John Windham (Vanderbilt '86), who has posted a 32-31 (.508) overall record in his first career head coaching opportunity. Windham is 1-5 all-time against W&L.

W&L vs. THE SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE:
W&L sports a 56-65-3 (.464) all-time record against the current members of the SCAC. However, the Generals have taken seven of the last nine games against the SCAC. Here is a breakdown:

Centre (20-33-2)
DePauw (0-0)
Millsaps (0-0)
Rhodes (6-11-1)
Rose-Hulman (0-0)
Sewanee (30-21)
Trinity (0-0)

LAST TIME OUT:
Hampden-Sydney sophomore running back CW Clemmons produced a 67-yard touchdown run on the team's second play from scrimmage and the Tigers never looked back in claiming a 44-13 win over Washington and Lee at Wilson Field on Saturday afternoon. Leading 21-0 at the half, the Tigers scored two more touchdowns and kicked a field goal in the third quarter for a 38-0 lead. The Generals scored two fourth quarter touchdowns as junior quarterback Sean McGarvey found senior tight end Jay Thomas on scoring strikes of 30 and 10 yards. Clemmons led the H-SC offense with 116 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries. Senior quarterback Mac Russell completed 16-of-24 passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns, while junior wide receiver Conrad Singh caught seven balls for 76 yards and one touchdown. Senior defensive back Chris Scott recorded two tackles and an interception. Thomas led the Generals' offense with four catches for 80 yards and two touchdowns. McGarvey completed 12-of-26 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns, while senior running back Chris Sullivan rushed 19 times for 55 yards. He also caught five passes for 55 yards and returned two kickoffs for 37 yards. Sophomore linebacker Lloyd Wilson led the W&L defense with 12 tackles and a half sack.

THE LAST MEETING WITH SEWANEE:
(W&L 28, UOS 24; October 20, 2001 - Sewanee, Tenn.)
Washington and Lee running back Chris Sullivan scored on a 23-yard run with 5:50 remaining to give the Generals a 28-24 come-from-behind victory at Sewanee. Sewanee jumped on the board with 4:24 to play in the first quarter as Dale Williams hauled in a 15-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kirk Holtgrewe. The Tigers used a 33-yard field goal by Ben Tuck and a 10-yard blocked punt return for a touchdown by Nate Murphy to extend its lead to 17-0 with 8:28 to play in the first half. The Generals cut the lead to 17-7 with 4:45 to play in the first half as Sullivan scored his first of three touchdowns on the afternoon on a 2-yard scamper. The score would remain 17-7 in favor of Sewanee at halftime. W&L sliced the Tiger lead to 17-14 with 4:45 to play in the third quarter as senior running back Marc Watson plunged into the end zone from 1-yard out. The Generals went ahead for the first time in the game just seven seconds into the fourth quarter as Sullivan scored on a 6-yard run. Sewanee regained a 24-21 lead as Holtgrewe found the end zone on a 1-yard quarterback keeper. That set the stage for Sullivan’s game-winning touchdown run. Sullivan led the Generals with 147 rushing yards on 39 carries. Watson toted the ball 14 times and gained a season-high 120 yards, while senior linebacker Jeff Bahl led the W&L defense by recording 10 tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. The Tigers were led by Holtgrewe who completed 12-of-28 passes for 145 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Williams caught six passes for 100 yards. Charles McCauley led the Tiger defense with 12 stops.

SCOUTING SEWANEE:
Sewanee is 4-3 overall and is coming off a 36-31 win over Rhodes on Saturday afternoon in Sewanee, Tenn. The Tigers trailed 31-24 with 9:45 remaining in the game, but sophomore defensive back Nate Murphy scored a pair of touchdowns on blocked punt returns in the final four minutes to give the Tigers the win. Murphy also scored on a 15-yard blocked punt return in the first quarter to give him three punt returns for touchdowns. All three punts were blocked by sophomore wide receiver Don Rodgers, tying the national record. Senior quarterback Kirk Holtgrewe completed 27-of-45 passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns, while sophomore wide receiver Dale Williams caught 10 passes for 122 yards and one score. Freshman defensive back Will Smith led the Tiger defense with 10 tackles. On the season, Holtgrewe has completed 54.4 percent of his passes for 1,605 yards and 14 touchdowns. Williams has caught 43 passes for 719 yards and six touchdowns, while Rodgers has caught 37 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns. Junior linebacker Luqman Salam leads the defense with 47 tackles.

SOPHOMORE SENSATION:
Sophomore wide receiver Taylor Callaham has been a pleasant surprise this season. Callaham leads the team in touchdowns (6), receptions (21) and receiving yards (295). His six touchdowns receiving are just two shy of the W&L single-season record held by Bruce Green since the 1969 season. Callaham caught nine passes for 73 yards last season.

CLOSE SERIES:
Washington and Lee and Sewanee have met 51 times over the years and the series has seen its share of close games. In all, 25 of the 51 games have been determined by a touchdown or less. The Generals have won each of the last four meetings, but all of them have been close. In those four games, the average margin of victory is just three points with the largest margin of victory (28-24) coming last season.

MOVIN' ON UP:
Senior running back Chris Sullivan continues to move up the W&L career record charts. Sullivan has set a new standard for career all-purpose yards (5,285), eclipsing the record of 5,184 set by Marc Watson last season. Sullivan is also 449 yards away from breaking Watson's school career rushing record (3,112). Sullivan currently leads the ODAC in rushing (107.8 ypg.) and all-purpose yards (184.5 ypg.).

QUARTERBACK CAROUSEL:
The 2002 season has featured a quarterbacking carousel. Junior Peter Dean began the season as the starter and performed as such until suffering a knee injury against Randolph-Macon. Junior Sean McGarvey got the starting nod in the Generals' following game at Catholic, but was relieved by freshman Greg Tweardy, who threw for 177 yards and two touchdowns. Tweardy started on Saturday against Hampden-Sydney, but was relieved by McGarvey, who threw for 183 yards and two touchdowns. A game time decision will determine the starter for this week. Dean may return from his knee injury for the Generals' game with Emory & Henry on Nov. 9.

WELCOME BACK:
Senior tight end Jay Thomas has been hampered by injuries in the early going, but appears to be back on track. Thomas had a breakout game against Hampden-Sydney on Saturday, catching four passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Thus far, Thomas has caught nine passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns. He earned First Team Academic All-America honors last season after catching 38 passes for 575 yards and six touchdowns.

THE INTERCEPTOR:
Junior defensive back Ted Maffitt is having an outstanding 2002 campaign. Maffitt is tied for the ODAC-lead in interceptions (4) and is tied for second in the league in tackles per game (9.8). In just 13 games as a starter at defensive back, Maffitt claims nine career interceptions.

FIRST HALF WOES:
W&L has had its share of problems in the first half of games this season. The Generals have scored just 18 first-half points, while giving up 57 points. The second quarter has been particularly troublesome with W&L being outscored 40-9.

TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE:
The Generals' defense has forced 122 turnovers since the beginning of the 1998 season, but has scored just one defensive touchdown during that span. In fact, W&L has gone 36 straight games without scoring a defensive touchdown.

OH SO CLOSE:
The Generals have had numerous heart-breaking defeats in recent memory, including a 21-14 overtime loss to Johns Hopkins in week one. All told, W&L has lost 11 games by seven points or less since the beginning of the 1998 season.

ALL-TIME RECORD:
W&L has compiled a 417-465-39 (.474) all-time record. The Generals have been linked to the first intercollegiate football game played in the south, an 1873 matchup with VMI.

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