Week 5 • W&L vs. Catholic • October 11, 2003 • 1:30 pm

LAST WEEK'S SCORES:
Bridgewater 31, Hampden-Sydney 28
Emory & Henry 33, Methodist 30
Greensboro 13, Guilford 7

SERIES INFO:
Time: 1:30 pm
Site: Wilson Field (7,000)
Series: W&L Leads, 5-2
Last Meeting: 10/12/02 at CUA (CUA won 39-20)
First Meeting: 11/7/81 at CUA (W&L won 24-10)
Last W&L Win: 10/6/01 at W&L (18-12)
Last CUA Win: 10/12/02 at CUA (39-20)
Current Series Streak: CUA +1
W&L vs. CUA at W&L: 4-0
W&L vs. CUA at CUA: 1-2

THE SERIES:
W&L and Catholic will be meeting for the eighth time with the Generals holding a 5-2 advantage in the all-time series which began during the 1981 season.  Catholic has won two of the last three meetings since joining the ODAC after W&L won each of the first four encounters.  However, the Cardinals have never defeated W&L in Lexington, carrying an 0-4 streak.

THE HEAD COACHES:
Frank Miriello (East Stroudsburg '67) is in his ninth season as the head coach at W&L and his 35th year of coaching. He claims a 39-43-1 (.476) overall record. Miriello is third all-time in victories at W&L and needs 10 more wins to overtake Lee McLaughlin for second place. He is 1-2 all-time against Catholic. The Cardinals are led by second-year Head Coach Tom Mulholland (Catholic '92). Mulholland is 5-9 (.516) at Catholic, 1-0 against Washington and Lee.

ALL-TIME RECORD:
W&L has compiled a 421-469-39 (.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:
Randolph-Macon sophomore running back Jimmy Stevens scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in double-overtime to lift the Yellow Jackets to a 15-9 win over Washington and Lee. Randolph-Macon knotted the game at 9-9 as sophomore placekicker Reggie Moore booted a 25-yard field goal with 14 seconds remaining in regulation, sending the game into overtime. In the first overtime, W&L had the ball first, but could not score as freshman placekicker Ben Long’s 42-yard field goal attempt was wide-left. The Yellow Jackets countered by driving inside the W&L 1-yard line, but the Generals’ defense held and Moore’s 18-yard field goal attempt was wide-right setting up the second overtime period. R-MC got the ball first in the second overtime, setting up Stevens’ game-winning touchdown. However, the snap was low on the PAT attempt, opening the door for W&L. On W&L’s ensuing possession, the Generals faced a fourth-and-goal on the R-MC 12-yard line, but senior quarterback Peter Dean’s fade pass for junior wide receiver Taylor Callaham in the corner of the end zone fell to the turf and the Yellow Jackets walked away with the win. Long booted three field goals on the day, including a 42-yarder early in the fourth quarter.   Freshman running back Richard Garland rushed for 62 yards on 18 carries, while sophomore running back Michael Lackett gained 57 yards on 15 carries. Dean completed 11-of-26 passes for 124 yards.  Senior linebacker Ben Krasnoff paced the W&L defense with eight tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. Stevens led the Macon offense with 71 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries.

THE LAST MEETING:
(CUA 39, W&L 20; October 12, 2002 - Washington, D.C.)
Washington and Lee held a 7-0 lead after one quarter then saw Catholic score 33 unanswered points in a 39-20 loss to the Cardinals. The Catholic run included three touchdown passes from senior quarterback Bill Sutton to wide receiver Nick Bublavi, the last of which was a 67-yarder to make the score 26-7 just 5:54 into the second half. Senior running back Tokollo Moffat added a 50-yard touchdown run and linebacker Dave Beety scored on a 37-yard interception return during the run. W&L wide receiver Taylor Callaham scored two fourth quarter touchdowns for the Generals. He paced the W&L offense with six catches for 86 yards and the two scores. Senior running back Chris Sullivan rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, while quarterback Greg Tweardy completed 11-of-23 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns filling in for the injured starter, Peter Dean. He was intercepted three times. Safety Ted Maffitt led the defense with 14 tackles. Bublavi led the Catholic offense with seven catches for 126 yards and three touchdowns, while Moffat rushed for 113 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries. Sutton completed 14-of-23 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns. Senior linebacker Ryan Welsh led the Catholic defense with 11 tackles.

SCOUTING CATHOLIC:
Catholic is 1-3 overall, 1-0 in the ODAC and is coming off a bye week. In their last contest, the Cardinals defeated Randolph-Macon, 31-14, on September 27 in Washington, D.C. Catholic broke open a 7-7 game at the half as junior quarterback Pat Truxillo found junior wide receiver Nick Bublavi with three touchdown passes in the second half. Bublavi led the Cardinals with 10 catches for 209 yards and the three scores, while Truxillo completed 19-of-29 passes for 289 yards and four touchdowns. However, he was sacked seven times by the Macon defense. Junior running back Ed Smith gained 69 yards on 16 rushing attempts to suppliment the passing attack. Junior defensive back Sean Heenan paced the Catholic defense with nine tackles and a sack. On the season, Bablavi, a Third Team All-American in 2002, leads the team with 30 catches for 518 yards and five touchdowns. Truxillo has completed 48.5 percent of his passes for 669 yards and five touchdowns, while Smith has rushed for 218 yards on 58 carries. The Cardinals offensive line has struggled early on, allowing 22 sacks in just four games thus far. Defensively, Heenan leads the team with 33 tackles, a pair of pass breakups and one sack. Junior linebackers Brendan Nugent and Bobby Stutz claim 30 tackles each, with Stutz adding 13 tackles for a loss, three sacks, two fumble recoveries and an interception.

DOUBLE-TROUBLE:
Senior quarterback Peter Dean spells double-trouble for opponents of Washington and Lee athletics. Not only is Dean the starting quarterback for the football team, but he is also the top pitcher for the Generals' baseball team. The starting signal-caller each of the past two seasons, Dean has completed 47.4 percent of his passes for 2,621 yards and 15 touchdowns for his career. On the mound, Dean claims a 2.14 career ERA with 168 strikeouts and just 48 walks in posting a 20-5 career record. He was 8-2 with a 1.67 ERA last spring en route to posting First Team All-ODAC, First Team All-Region and Second Team Academic All-America honors.

DOUBLE-TROUBLE -- PART TWO:
Dean now comprises one half of a two-headed monster at quarterback. He and sophomore Greg Tweardy rotated every other possession against Centre and split time against Randolph-Macon. In the win over Centre, the duo combined to complete 13-of-26 passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. In the loss to Macon, the two combined to complete 14-of-33 passes for 144 yards.

DEFENSIVE DOLDRUMS:
The Generals' defense has forced 138 turnovers since the beginning of the 1998 season, but has scored just one defensive touchdown during that span. In fact, W&L has gone 45 straight games without scoring a defensive touchdown. W&L's last defensive touchdown occurred on a fumble return in a 23-20 loss to Emory & Henry during the 1998 season. The Generals have not returned an interception for a score since Jon Wagner did so against Davidson during the 1992 season.

SECONDARY ISSUES:
Though the Generals' defense has produced nine turnovers in four games (2.3 tpg.), all of have been by fumble. The W&L defense has yet to record an interception this season and W&L's starting cornerbacks, sophomore Joe Greenhill and freshman Rob Rain have no career INT's. However, senior safeties Ted Maffitt and Lee Walker claim 13 career interceptions between them.

LONG AND LONGER:
Freshman placekicker Ben Long broke a W&L string of 12 consecutive games without a field goal in a win over Centre, then booted three more in a 15-9 overtime loss to Randolph-Macon on Saturday. Included in that total was a 42-yarder, the Generals' longest field goal since Brad Wiginton kicked a 42-yard field goal to defeat Sewanee during the 1998 season. Long is 4-of-6 on field goal attempts this season.

EXTRA FRAMES:
W&L has played in four overtime games all-time, recording a 1-3 overall record in those contests. Listed below is W&L's overtime history:

DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
Oct. 30, 1999	Bridgewater	W, 44-38
Oct. 27, 2001	Bridgewater	L, 28-34
Sept. 14, 2002	Johns Hopkins	L, 14-21
Oct. 4, 2003	at Randolph-Macon	9-15 (2 OT)

FOOTBALL AND ACADEMICS:
Washington and Lee has featured a First Team Verizon Academic All-American each of the past two seasons and claims another player with an Academic All-America award in another sport. Tight end Jay Thomas '03 was presented the award following the 2001 season and offensive lineman John Melillo '03 won the award following the 2002 campaign. Senior quarterback Peter Dean was a Second Team Academic All-America selection last spring in baseball. Melillo also garnered an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship last season.

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