Week 10 • W&L (5-4) vs. Greensboro (2-7) • November 13, 2004 • 1:00 pm

LAST WEEK'S ODAC SCORES:
Bridgewater 19, Randolph-Macon 16 (OT)
Guilford 35, Catholic 21
Johns Hopkins 38, Hampden-Sydney 14

SERIES INFO:
Time: 1:00 pm
Site: Jamison Stadium (10,000)
Series: W&L Leads, 3-0
Last Meeting: 11/15/03 at W&L (W&L won 27-14)
First Meeting: 11/10/01 at W&L (W&L won 46-14)
Last W&L Win: 11/15/03 at W&L (27-14)
Last GC Win: None
Current Series Streak: W&L +3
W&L vs. GC at W&L: 2-0
W&L vs. GC at GC: 1-0

THE SERIES:
W&L and Greensboro will be meeting for the fourth time, with the Generals holding a 3-0 advantage in the all-time series which began during the 2001 season.  W&L has allowed just 28 points to the Pride over those three games and posted a 6-0 shutout victory in the last meeting between the two teams in Greensboro, N.C.  The Generals claimed last season's meeting by a 27-14 score.

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 46-51-1 (.475) overall record. Miriello is third all-time in victories at W&L and needs three more wins to overtake Lee McLaughlin for second place. He is 3-0 all-time against Greensboro. The Pride is led by third-year head coach Neal Mitchell (Washington University '92), who has posted a 9-20 (.310) overall record in his only head coaching position. Mitchell is 0-2 all-time against W&L.

ALL-TIME RECORD:
W&L has compiled a 428-477-39 (.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 24, E&H 20; November 6, 2004 - Lexington, Va.)
Junior tailback Michael Lackett took a screen pass 30 yards for a touchdown with 32 seconds remaining to lift the Washington and Lee football team to a 24-20 win over Emory & Henry on Saturday afternoon at Wilson Field. After forcing an E&H punt, the Generals started the game-winning drive on their own 44-yardline with 59 seconds remaining. Junior quarterback Greg Tweardy started the drive with a pair of completions to sophomore wide receiver Colton Ward totaling 26 yards, then flipped the screen to Lackett who broke several tackles on his way to the end zone. The Wasps opened the scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run by sophomore quarterback Todd Woods at the 9:27 mark of the first quarter. The extra-point was no good. W&L tied the game at 6-6 with 12:33 remaining in the first half as Tweardy found Ward on a 43-yard scoring strike. The extra point was also no good. Woods scored again on a 1-yard touchdown run with 8:13 remaining in the second quarter, but the Generals retaliated on a 9-yard pass from Tweardy to junior wide-out Clark Kensinger with 4:55 remaining in the half. The extra point again failed and the Wasps took a 13-12 lead into halftime. The Generals took an 18-13 lead on a 50-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Thomas Hubka on the first possession of the second half, but the Wasps then assumed a 20-18 lead on a 7-yard scoring strike from Woods to sophomore wide receiver Brennan Stewart with 7:52 left in the third quarter. Tweardy led the W&L offense by completing 21-of-37 passes for a career-high 275 yards and three touchdowns. Ward caught six passes for 101 yards and a score, while Hubka rushed four times for 57 yards and a score. Senior linebacker Lloyd Wilson paced the defense with 11 tackles and two fumble recoveries. The Generals had three more sacks, setting a school record for sacks in a season (37).

WHEN LAST WE MET:
(W&L 27, GC 14; November 15, 2004 - Lexington, Va.)
Washington and Lee exploded for three touchdowns in the final 2:26 of the first half to defeat Greensboro College, 27-14 at Wilson Field. Greensboro assumed a 7-0 lead with 5:23 remaining in the first quarter as running back Ted Hoyle scored on a 1-yard touchdown run. The Generals evened the game at 7-7 with 9:52 remaining in the second quarter as wide receiver Clark Kensinger hauled in a 55-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Peter Dean. W&L assumed a 14-7 lead with 2:26 left in the half as quarterback Greg Tweardy scored on a 1-yard touchdown run. The Generals then successfully executed an onside kick and scored three plays later as running back Richard Garland found paydirt from 1-yard out. After stopping Greensboro on three plays, the Generals scored again, this time on a 28-yard strike from Tweardy to senior wide receiver Jonathan Brimer with 16 seconds left in the half for a 27-7 halftime edge. Greensboro was limited by 13 penalties for 118 yards and by holding the ball for just 15:28 of the game. W&L controlled the ball for the other 44:32. Dean led the Generals' offense, throwing for 129 yards and one touchdown, and running nine times for 43 yards. Tweardy threw for 96 yards and one score, while Garland carried 40 times for 103 yards and one touchdown. Senior linebacker Ben Krasnoff led the W&L defense with nine tackles and a sack. Greensboro was paced by Hoyle's 35 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries. Quarterback Justin Roberson completed just 10-of-23 passes for 59 yards and one touchdown. Senior defensive back Ian Mosher and senior linebacker Rick Tattersall led the Pride defense with 12 tackles each.

SCOUTING GREENSBORO:
Greensboro is 2-7 overall following an 18-14 loss to Methodist on Saturday afternoon. The Pride jumped out to a 14-0 second-quarter lead, but Methodist climbed to within 14-11 late in the third quarter and took the lead on a touchdown with 3:30 remaining in the game. Greensboro was led by junior quarterback Justin Roberson, who completed 12-of-28 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns and rushed nine times for 30 yards. Freshman wide receiver Corey Eadie caught seven passes for 84 yards, while junior Damon Day caught two passes for 27 yards and a touchdown. Junior cornerback Dennis Stokes led the Pride defense with 12 tackles. For the season, the Greensboro offense is averaging just 265.8 yards per game, but has averaged 154.3 yards per game on the ground. Senior running back Quentin Caldwell leads the offense with 679 yards and two touchdowns on 139 carries. Roberson has completed 100-of-204 passes for 1,003 yards and 10 touchdowns, while Eadie has snared 55 passes for 521 yards and three touchdowns. Senior safety Mantron Davis has paced the defense with 60 tackles and three interceptions. Stokes claims 41 tackles and two interceptions.

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 16.7 points per game this season.

SACK PARTY:
W&L has posted 37 sacks on the season, a total which breaks the former school season record of 35 sacks set during the 1995 season. The Generals have twice set a school record for sacks in a game with nine against Sewanee and 10 against Randolph-Macon. All told, 11 different players have gotten to the quarterback this season, led by sophomore linebacker Robert Foster's 8.5 sacks.

REACHING THE TOP:
Junior quarterback Greg Tweardy is reaching the top of many W&L season passing record lists this season. He has completed 186-of-316 attempts for 1,744 yards and 11 touchdowns through nine games. Last week against Emory & Henry, Tweardy had his career-best outing, completing 21-of-37 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns. In the process, he set season records for completions and attempts, surpassing the totals established by Christian Batcheller '00 in 1999. Tweardy's 1,744 yards rank sixth all-time for a season, while his 10 touchdowns rank seventh. Tweardy has been named the ODAC Offensive Player of the Week for his play against the Wasps.

WILSON LEADS THE ODAC:
A three-year starter, senior linebacker Lloyd Wilson has tallied 275 career tackles and nine sacks during his career. Wilson is capping his career with another fine season as he leads the ODAC in tackles (78) and tackles per game (8.7) this season.

ON THE OFFENSIVE:
Sophomore wide receiver Colton Ward has been carrying the Generals offense the past five weeks. Over that span, he has totaled 41 receptions for 443 yards and four touchdowns, 27 rushes for 88 yards and two touchdowns, and returned nine kickoffs for 297 yards (33.0 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. Ward ranks first in the ODAC in kickoff returns (27.6 ypr.), second in all-purpose yards (133.4 ypg.), second in receptions (6.14 rpg.) and fifth in receiving yards (65.0 ypg.).

CLIMBING THE LADDER:
Senior wide receiver Taylor Callaham is capping a stellar career with an outstanding senior season. Callaham is currently fourth in the ODAC in receptions per game (4.78 rpg.) and ranks seventh in receiving yards per game (55.8 ypg.). For his career, Callaham ranks sixth all-time in receptions (116), receiving yards (1,455) and touchdowns (10).

IN SEARCH OF NO. 6:
With its 24-20 win over Emory & Henry, the Generals won four ODAC games in a season (4-2) for the first time since 1985. A win over Greensboro would give W&L another milestone this season. It would not only be W&L's first winning season since 1995 (5-3-1), it would also give the Generals their first six-win season since that 1985 campaign when W&L went 7-2 overall. The last time W&L entered the final game of the season with a winning season at stake was in 2000. The Generals fell to Swarthmore, 16-6, in the final game of that season.

SHARING THE PIGSKIN:
Junior quarterback Greg Tweardy has been spreading the pigskin around this season as 14 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 (43) and sophomore wide receiver Colton Ward (43). The latest General to enter the receiving column was sophomore running back Will Hatfield, who snared a 1-yard pass against Bridgewater.

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