Week 6 • W&L (3-2, 2-0) vs. Hampden-Sydney (4-1, 2-1) • October 16, 2004 • 1:00 pm

LAST WEEK'S ODAC SCORES:
Hampden-Sydney 52, Emory & Henry 21
Ferrum 21, Guilford 16
Apprentice School 20, Randolph-Macon 15

SERIES INFO:
Time: 1:00 pm
Site: Wilson Field (7,000)
Series: H-SC Leads, 31-29-2
Last Meeting: 10/18/03 at H-SC (H-SC won 45-17)
First Meeting: 11/1899 at Unknown (W&L won 6-5)
Last W&L Win: 10/13/01 at H-SC (39-12)
Last H-SC Win: 10/18/03 at W&L (45-17)
Current Series Streak: H-SC +2
W&L vs. H-SC at W&L: 14-15-2
W&L vs. H-SC at H-SC: 10-13

THE SERIES:
W&L and Hampden-Sydney will be meeting for the 62nd time, with the Tigers holding a 31-29-2 advantage in the all-time series which began during the 1899 season.  HSC has won each of the past two meetings, including a 45-17 victory last season in Hampden-Sydney, Va. W&L and Sydney have met every season since 1955, tying for the longest current continuous rivalry at W&L (Centre and Sewanee).

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 44-49-1 (.473) overall record. Miriello is third all-time in victories at W&L and needs five more wins to overtake Lee McLaughlin for second place. He is 6-3 all-time against Hampden-Sydney. The Tigers are led by fifth-year Head Coach Marty Favret (Catholic '84), who is 30-15 (.667) overall. After starting his career with a 4-6 and a 5-5 season, Favret has led the Tigers to a 21-4 mark over the last three seasons. He is 2-2 all-time against Washington and Lee.

ALL-TIME RECORD:
W&L has compiled a 426-475-39 (.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 22, CUA 0; October 9, 2004 - Washington, D.C.)
Washington and Lee recorded its second straight shutout with a 22-0 win over Catholic on Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C. It was the first time since 1982 that the Generals have posted back-to-back shutouts. The Generals took a 3-0 lead on a 42-yard field goal by sophomore placekicker Ben Long with 8:44 remaining in the first quarter. Long then connected from 26 yards out with 12:14 left in the second quarter to give W&L a 6-0 lead which it would take into halftime. After halftime, the Generals broke the game open by scoring 16 points in the third quarter. Sophomore wide receiver Colton Ward started the scoring spree on a 19-yard touchdown run with 8:43 left in the quarter. Ward would finish the game with four carries for 35 yards and a touchdown. He also caught a career-high 11 passes for 84 yards. W&L extended its advantage to 16-0 with 4:35 remaining in the quarter on a 24-yard field goal by Long. Catholic fumbled the ensuing kickoff and, on the very next play, W&L junior running back Michael Lackett hit senior wide receiver John Barnwell on a 29-yard strike to give the Generals a 22-0 lead. The two-point conversion failed producing the final score. The W&L defense recorded five sacks and held the Cardinals to just 116 yards of total offense. Offensively, W&L was led by junior quarterback Greg Tweardy, who completed 27-of-42 passes for 246 yards. Lackett rushed 17 times for 51 yards and senior wide receiver Taylor Callaham caught eight balls for 115 yards. Freshman defensive back Kyle Luby notched a team-high 11 tackles and junior defensive end Liam Murray had eight tackles. Catholic was paced by running back Ed Smith, who rushed for 54 yards on 15 carries. Quarterback Anthony Durham completed 15-of-25 passes for 84 yards and wide receiver Frank Lynch caught six passes for 65 yards.

WHEN LAST WE MET:
(H-SC 45, W&L 17; October 18, 2003 - Hampden-Sydney, Va.)
Hampden-Sydney racked up 548 yards of total offense, led by quarterback J.D. Ricca’s 255 yards passing and five touchdowns, in defeating Washington and Lee, 45-17. The Tigers broke open a 3-3 game with three touchdowns in a span of 7:05, including a 98-yard touchdown pass from senior wide receiver Conrad Singh to wide receiver Tripp Murchison to make the score 24-3 with 11:24 remaining in the second quarter. The Generals sliced the H-SC lead to 24-10 on a 28-yard touchdown run by running back Richard Garland with 8:38 left in the half, but the Tigers added two late-half touchdowns for a 38-10 lead at the break. Garland led the W&L ground game with 32 yards on three carries, while senior quarterback Peter Dean completed 26-of-40 passes for a career-high 293 yards and one touchdown.  Wide receiver John Barnwell hauled in a career-high eight passes for 99 yards and wide receiver Clark Kensinger caught four passes for 62 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown. Senior defensive lineman Brian Becker paced the W&L defense with nine tackles. Singh caught nine passes for 146 yards and a touchdown, while running back CW Clemmons rushed 17 times for 46 yards and caught three passes for 56 yards and three touchdowns.

SCOUTING HAMPDEN-SYDNEY:
Hampden-Sydney is 4-1 overall, 2-1 in the ODAC following a 52-21 win over Emory & Henry on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers jumped out to a 17-7 lead on a pair of touchdown runs and a field goal, but saw the Wasps score two touchdowns in the final 8:54 of the half to trail E&H 21-17 at the half. H-SC opened the second half scoring with a 98-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback J.D. Ricca to freshman wide receiver Drew Smith and it was all Sydney the rest of the way as they went on the score four more touchdowns. The Tigers were led by senior running back CW Clemmons, who rushed for 152 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries. He also caught three passes for 10 yards and another score. Ricca completed 18-of-26 passes for 278 yards and four touchdowns, but was picked off twice. Smith hauled in three passes for 154 yards, while junior tight end Ben Dull caught five passes for 69 yards and two scores. Junior linebacker Wes Hall and senior linebacker Ty LaFlame paced the Tiger defense with eight tackles each. Hall had an interception, while LaFlame added a sack. For the season, the Tigers are averaging 498.8 yards and 47.2 points per game and are led by Ricca, who has completed 62.5 percent of his passes for 1429 yards and 16 touchdowns, while throwing just four interceptions. Clemmons has rushed 83 times for 621 yards (7.5 ypc.) and six touchdowns, while senior receiver Nick Ferrante has caught a team-best 31 passes for 328 yards and two touchdowns. Clemmons claims 17 catches for 225 yards and three scores, and Smith has grabbed 15 passes for a team-high 373 yards and a team-best seven touchdowns. Defensively, LaFlame leads the ODAC with 44 tackles. He also claims three sacks. Senior defensive end Mike Clark has posted 30 tackles and a team-best four sacks.

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 Saturday, the Generals produced their second straight shutout and third of the season. It marked the first time that a W&L team has recorded back-to-back shutouts since the 1982 season and also was the first time that W&L has produced three shutouts in a season since the 1967 campaign. W&L is allowing just 10.2 points per game and is outscoring ODAC opposition, 39-0, this season.

ON THE DEFENSIVE:
In addition to its three shutouts, there are many more impressive numbers associated with the Generals' defense. W&L leads the ODAC in scoring defense (10.2 ppg.), rushing defense (38.4 ypg.), total defense (220.2 ypg.), sacks (6.0 spg.), opponent first downs (63) and fourth down conversions (1-9, 11.1%). W&L ranks nationally in the first three catagories.

SACK PARTY:
W&L has posted 30 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 three sacks in a game this season. The W&L record for sacks in a season is 35 set during the 1995 season. All told, nine different players have gotten to the quarterback this season, led by sophomore linebacker Robert Foster's eight sacks.

FOSTERING ATTENTION:
Sophomore linebacker Robert Foster has been fostering plenty of attention with his play this season. Not yet a full-time starter at outside linebacker, Foster has been having a monster season highlighted by his play against Macon when he totaled eight tackles, a school-record tying five sacks, one interception and one forced fumble. For the season, Foster has tallied 20 tackles, eight sacks, two interceptions, two pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.

EAT, DRINK AND BE MURRAY:
Junior Liam Murray is having a stellar junior season playing the defensive end position. Murray is currently tied for second in the ODAC in tackles per game (8.6) and is third in tackles for loss per game (2.00). Murray has also totaled three sacks on the season.

ON THE OFFENSIVE:
Sophomore wide receiver Colton Ward had a breakout game on Saturday at Catholic when he totaled 135 all-purpose yards en route to ODAC Offensive Player of the Week accolades. Ward caught a career and ODAC-high 11 passes for 84 yards, rushed four times for 34 yards and a touchdown, and returned a kickoff for 17 yards. Ward scored the Generals' first touchdown against the Cardinals with a 19-yard run on fourth-and-one.

CLIMBING THE LADDER:
Senior wide receiver Taylor Callaham is capping a stellar career with an outstanding senior season. Callaham currently leads the ODAC in receptions per game (6.20 rpg.) and ranks third in receiving yards per game (71.6 ypg.). Following his eight-catch, 115-yard performance at Catholic on Saturday, Callaham has moved into several Top 10 categories at W&L. He now ranks eighth all-time in receptions (104), ninth in receiving yards (1,311) 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 eight times this season (1-of-9), while the Generals' offense has converted 5-of-7 fourth downs.

PLEASANT SURPRISE:
Junior punter Donny Banks has been a pleasant surprise for the Generals thus far. A first-year player, Banks is averaging 36.7 yards over 43 punts this season. He has also pinned the opponent inside their 20-yard line 17 times, already eclipsing the total from all of last season. He ranks third in the ODAC in net punting (33.0 ypp.) and claims the two longest punts in the ODAC this season -- boots of 66 and 65 yards.

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