Week 8 • W&L (4-3, 3-1) at Bridgewater (5-2, 3-0) • October 30, 2004 • 1:00 pm

LAST WEEK'S ODAC SCORES:
Bridgewater 49, Emory & Henry 38
Hampden-Sydney 41, Catholic 26

SERIES INFO:
Time: 1:00 pm
Site: Jopson Field (3,500)
Series: W&L leads 22-12
Last Meeting: 11/1/03 at W&L (BC won 28-3)
First Meeting: 10/31/64 (W&L won 28-16)
Last W&L Win: 10/30/99 at W&L (44-38 OT)
Last BC Win: 11/1/03 at W&L (28-3)
Current Series Streak: BC +4
W&L vs. BC at W&L: 11-6
W&L vs. BC at BC: 11-6

THE SERIES:
W&L and Bridgewater will be meeting for the 35th time, with the Generals holding a 22-12 advantage in the series which began during the 1964 season.  The Eagles have taken each of the past four contests, including a 28-3 win last season at Wilson Field.  W&L has not recorded a win over the Eagles at Jopson Field since a 20-12 triumph during the 1998 season.  However, two of the last five games between these two teams have gone to overtime. Each team has one win in the overtime contests.

THE HEAD COACHES:
Frank Miriello (East Stroudsburg '67) is in his 10th season as the head coach at W&L and his 36th year of coaching. He claims a 45-50-1 (.474) overall record. Miriello is third all-time in victories at W&L and needs four more wins to overtake Lee McLaughlin for second place. He is 5-4 all-time against Bridgewater. The Eagles are led by ninth-year Head Coach Mike Clark (Cincinnati '79), who is 62-45-1 (.579) overall at Bridgewater. Clark's teams have gone 50-6 overall since the 2000 season and have claimed the last three ODAC Championships Clark is 4-5 all-time against the Generals.

ALL-TIME RECORD:
W&L has compiled a 427-476-39 (.474) all-time record. The Generals have been linked to the first intercollegiate football game played in the south, an 1873 matchup with VMI.

LAST TIME OUT:
(W&L 41, GC 14; October 23, 2004 - Lexington, Va.)
Sophomore wide receiver Colton Ward totaled 203 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns to propel the Washington and Lee football team to a 41-14 win over Guilford. Ward caught seven passes for 61 yards and a touchdown, rushed eight times for 34 yards and racked up 108 kick return yards, including an 86-yard touchdown return in the third quarter. For Ward it was his second kick return for a touchdown in the past two weeks, tying the W&L record for kickoff return touchdowns for a season (2) and career (2). The Generals jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead on a 1-yard touchdown run by sophomore fullback Ryan Sullivan and a 17-yard touchdown reception by sophomore wide receiver Garrett LeRose. W&L added to its lead on a 2-yard touchdown run by junior quarterback Greg Tweardy with 11:08 remaining in the third quarter, but Guilford answered as sophomore running back Branden Lindsey scored on a 7-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Chris Gammon to cut the lead to 20-7 with 7:20 remaining in the third period. Ward then responded with his 86-yard kickoff return on the ensuing kickoff and, sandwiched around a 1-yard touchdown reception by GC sophomore wide receiver Chris Barnette, caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Tweardy for a 34-14 lead. Sophomore running back Will Hatfield capped the scoring on a 7-yard touchdown run with 4:17 remaining in the game. Ward led the Generals offense, while Tweardy completed 17-of-26 passes for 192 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for nine yards and a touchdown. Senior wide receiver Taylor Callaham caught four passes for 81 yards, including a 49-yard reception to set up the game's opening score. Senior linebacker Lloyd Wilson paced the defense with nine tackles and a sack. Guilford was led by Gammon, who completed a career-high 17 passes (33 att.) for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Freshman defensive back Bryan Cook led the defense with seven tackles and an interception.

WHEN LAST WE MET:
(BC 28, W&L 3; November 1, 2003 - Lexington, Va.)
Bridgewater scored three second-half touchdowns to pull away for a 28-3 win over Washington and Lee at Wilson Field. The Eagles struck on the game's opening possession as fullback Robert Matthews scored on a 40-yard touchdown run. W&L climbed to within 7-3 with 7:49 remaining in the first half as placekicker Ben Long booted a school-record-tying 47-yard field goal and the teams went into the half with the Eagles leading 7-3. Bridgewater began to pull away in the third quarter as tailback Marcus Washington produced a 14-yard touchdown run with 10:14 remaining in the period. Tailback Winston Young put BC up 21-3 on a 2-yard touchdown reception with 3:39 remaining in the third quarter and wide receiver Brian Awkard added a 58-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter for the final margin. Senior quarterback Peter Dean led the W&L offense, completing 15-of-36 passes for 159 yards. He was sacked six times. Defensively, linebacker Lloyd Wilson notched 11 tackles. Bridgewater was paced offensively by Washington, who rushed 14 times for 85 yards and one touchdown. Matthews gained 73 yards on nine carries, while quarterback Brandon Wakefield completed 17-of-28 passes for 149 yards and one touchdown.

SCOUTING BRIDGEWATER:
Bridgewater is 5-2 overall, 3-0 in the ODAC following a 49-38 win over Emory & Henry on Saturday. The Eagles jumped out to a 28-0 first quarter lead, hitting on four touchdown plays of 35 yards or more. The Wasps pulled to within 35-17 with 10:27 remaining in the third quarter, but BC scored two more touchdowns before the end of the quarter for a 49-17 lead. E&H scored three fourth quarter touchdowns, but could get no closer than 49-38. The Eagles racked up 634 yards of total offense led by senior quarterback Brandon Wakefield, who earned ODAC Offensive Player of the Week honors by hitting 14-of-19 passes for 378 yards and five touchdowns. Junior fullback Eric Spence rushed for 119 yards and one touchdown on six carries, while junior wide receiver Douglas Napier caught five passes for 99 yards and one touchdown. Junior safety Brandon Mays paced the defense with eight tackles and a sack. For the season, Wakefield has completed 54.4 percent of his passes for 1,418 yards and 11 touchdowns with eight interceptions. Sophomore running back Winston Young has rushed for a team-high 306 yards and five touchdowns on 59 carries, while junior running back Marcus Washington (256 yds., 3 TD) and Spence (211 yds., 2 TD) have also helped carry the load. Napier claims a team-high 22 catches for 441 yards and three touchdowns, and junior wide receiver Brian Awkard has 15 receptions for 261 yards and three scores. He has also averaged 18.1 yards per punt return with one touchdown. Senior linebacker Brian Neal lead the Eagles in tackles (50) and claims one sack.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT -- ZERO:
The Generals defense has plenty to say about the word zero. More importantly, the number 0. With a 22-0 victory over Catholic on Oct. 9, the Generals produced their second straight shutout and third of the season. It marked the first time that a W&L team had recorded back-to-back shutouts since the 1982 season and also was the first time that W&L had produced three shutouts in a season since the 1967 campaign. W&L is allowing just 13.7 points per game and is outscoring ODAC opposition, 108-45, this season.

SACK PARTY:
W&L has posted 34 sacks this season, a total which has already doubled that of last season. W&L has twice set a school record for sacks in a game (9 vs. Sewanee, 10 vs. Macon), and has notched no fewer than two sacks in a game this season. The W&L record for sacks in a season is 35 set during the 1995 season. All told, 10 different players have gotten to the quarterback this season, led by sophomore linebacker Robert Foster's eight sacks.

ODD STAT OF THE WEEK:
The W&L defense has recovered 10 fumbles this season which have been scooped up by 10 different players. Junior safety Stuart Swann returned his recovery 49 yards for a touchdown in the Generals' 17-0 win over Randolph-Macon on Oct. 2.

WILSON NAMED ODAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF WEEK:
Senior linebacker Lloyd Wilson has been named the ODAC Defensive Player of the Week following his nine-tackle, one-sack performance against Guilford. Wilson currently leads the ODAC in tackles per game (8.7) and also claims four sacks. A three-year starter at linebacker, Wilson has notched 258 tackles and nine sacks.

ON THE OFFENSIVE:
Sophomore wide receiver Colton Ward has been carrying the Generals offense the past three weeks. Over that span, he has totaled 24 receptions for 257 yards and three touchdowns, 16 rushes for 76 yards and two touchdowns, and returned seven kickoffs for 268 yards (38.3 avg.) and two more scores. Ward's two kickoff returns for touchdown tied the W&L season (2) and career records (2). Ward missed two games early in the season after suffering an injury in the season-opener.

CLIMBING THE LADDER:
Senior wide receiver Taylor Callaham is capping a stellar career with an outstanding senior season. Callaham is currently second in the ODAC in receptions per game (5.43 rpg.) and ranks fifth in receiving yards per game (64.7 ypg.). For his career, Callaham ranks sixth all-time in receptions (111), seventh in receiving yards (1,406) and sixth in receiving touchdowns (10).

SHOW ME THAT FOUR:
The Generals have loved seeing a four on the sideline down marker this season. W&L has stopped its' opponents on fourth down 12 times this season (5-of-17), while the Generals' offense has converted 8-of-10 fourth downs.

SHOW ME THAT FOUR -- PART TWO:
A win in either of its final two ODAC contests would give W&L its first four-win season in ODAC play since the 1985 season, the last time that the Generals claimed an ODAC Championship. Two wins in their final three games would give the Generals their first winning season since 1995 (5-3-1) and the first six-win season since 1985.

SHARING THE PIGSKIN:
Junior quarterback Greg Tweardy has been spreading the pigskin around this season as 13 different players have recorded at least one catch. Additionally, six different players have caught 10 or more passes led by senior wide receiver Taylor Callaham (38) and sophomore wide receiver Colton Ward (26). The latest General to enter the receiving column was sophomore wide receiver Daniel Hackett, who snared a 2-yard pass against Guilford.

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