Week 3 • W&L vs. Centre • September 27, 2003 • 1:00 pm

LAST WEEK'S SCORES:
Bridgewater 59, Maryville 7
Shenandoah 14, Catholic 7
Emory & Henry 20, Millsaps 14
Johns Hopkins 24, Randolph-Macon 0

SERIES INFO:
Time: 1:00 pm
Site: Wilson Field (7,000)
Series: CC Leads, 33-20-2
Last Meeting: 9/28/02 at CC (CC won 19-13)
First Meeting: 10/30/1897 at CC (W&L won 22-0)
Last W&L Win: 9/23/00 at CC (45-7)
Last CC Win: 9/28/02 at CC (19-13)
Current Series Streak: CC +2
W&L vs. CC at W&L: 11-11-2
W&L vs. CC at CC: 8-20-0

THE SERIES:
W&L and Centre will be meeting for the 56th time, with the Colonels holding a 33-20-2 edge in the series that began during the 1897 season.  Centre has won each of the past two meetings and its 33 wins over W&L is the most by any W&L opponent in school history. Centre won last season's meeting, 19-13, in Danville, Ky. W&L's last win in the series came during the 2000 season as the Generals prevailed 45-7 in Danville.

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 38-42-1 (.475) overall record. Miriello is third all-time in victories at W&L and needs 11 more wins to overtake Lee McLaughlin for second place. He is 4-3-1 all-time against Centre. The Colonels are led by seventh-year Head Coach Andy Frye (Muskingum '81). Frye is 31-22 overall at Centre, 3-3 against Washington and Lee.

ALL-TIME RECORD:
W&L has compiled a 420-468-39 (.474) all-time record. The Generals have been linked to the first intercollegiate football game played in the south, an 1873 matchup with VMI.

THE LAST MEETING:
(CC 19, W&L 13; September 28, 2002 - Danville, Ky.)
Centre College generated 13 of its 19 points off Washington and Lee turnovers and hung on to defeat the Generals, 19-13. Centre put its first points on the board after Matt Johnson hit W&L quarterback Peter Dean, jarring the ball loose. The fumble was recovered by the Colonels at the W&L 5-yard line. One play later, Centre quarterback Brian Behrendt found Bryan Walker for the touchdown. Nearing the end of the first half, the Colonels' Taylor Hoffer recovered a fumble by W&L wide receiver Taylor Callaham at the Generals' 45-yard line. Centre's ensuing 11-play drive culminated with a 32-yard field goal by Nick Zilich, making the score 10-0 at the half. Following an interception of Behrendt by defensive back Ted Maffitt, the Generals marched 40 yards as Dean capped off the drive with an 11-yard touchdown strike to Callaham. Trailing 16-7, another W&L possession resulted in a fumble, this time by senior running back Chris Sullivan. Following the turnover, Zilich capped the Colonels' drive by splitting the uprights with his fourth field goal of the day and a 19-7 advantage. The Generals rallied to cut the lead to 19-13 on a 35-yard scoring toss from Dean to Callaham, but the Colonels held on and ran out the clock to secure the victory. On the offensive side of the ball, W&L was led by Sullivan who racked up 115 yards on 29 carries. Dean completed 7-of-18 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns, while Callaham caught four balls for 67 yards and two touchdowns. Maffitt was the Generals' defensive leader, tallying 15 tackles, intercepting a pass, recovering a fumble and registering a sack.

LAST TIME OUT:
Sewanee freshman quarterback Wes Satterfield rushed for 114 yards and three touchdowns and completed 10-of-15 passes for 91 yards in leading the Tigers to a 37-13 win over Washington and Lee. The game’s momentum swung as the Generals recovered a fumble on the Sewanee 4-yard line with 51 seconds remaining in the first half, trailing 16-6.  After a pair of rushes for two yards, Sewanee sophomore cornerback Mike Glanton picked off a pass from W&L senior quarterback Peter Dean and returned it 98 yards for a touchdown and the Tigers took a 23-6 halftime edge. The Generals climbed back to 23-13 on a 22-yard touchdown pass from Dean to sophomore wide receiver Clark Kensinger with 5:03 remaining in the third quarter, but a pair of Satterfield touchdown runs, one with 1:57 remaining in the third period, and another with 7:30 remaining in the fourth, iced the game away. Dean led the Generals’ offense, completing 10-of-18 passes for 101 yards and a touchdown, and rushing six times for 12 yards and another score.  Freshman running back Richard Garland carried 25 times for 38 yards, while junior wide receiver Taylor Callaham caught three passes for 53 yards.  Junior linebacker Lloyd Wilson led the Generals’ defense with 12 tackles. Sewanee senior running back Justin Askew supplemented Satterfield’s day with 41 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.

SCOUTING CENTRE:
Centre is 3-0 on the season following a 32-31 win over Rhodes on Saturday afternoon. The Colonels squandered a 24-14 third quarter lead and the Lynx assumed a 31-24 advantage with 8:52 remaining in the game. However, Centre junior quarterback Brian Behrendt found senior wide receiver Adam Schneider on a 3-yard scoring strike with 3:33 left and senior running back Lorenzo Engleman ran in a two-point conversion for a 1-point lead. The Centre defense held on the ensuing possession to improve to 3-0. Behrendt led the Colonels, completing 22-of-34 passes for 208 yards and three touchdowns. Engleman rushed for 52 yards on 19 carries and caught seven passes for 78 yards and a score. Senior defensive back John Ortega paced the Centre defense with 12 tackles. On the season, Behrendt has completed 63-of-103 passes for 607 yards and six touchdowns and has rushed for two more scores. Engleman is averaging 188.0 all-purpose yards and claims four touchdowns, while junior wide receiver David Crowley has 14 catches for 159 yards and three touchdowns. Ortega claims 31 tackles, one sack and one 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 2,439 yards and 14 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.

W&L vs. THE SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE:
W&L sports a 57-66-3 (.464) all-time record against the current members of the SCAC. However, the Generals have taken eight of the last 11 games against the SCAC. Below is a breakdown:

Centre (20-33-2)
DePauw (0-0)
Millsaps (0-0)
Rhodes (6-11-1)
Rose-Hulman (0-0)
Sewanee (31-22)
Trinity (0-0)

DEFENSIVE DOLDRUMS:
The Generals' defense has forced 135 turnovers since the beginning of the 1998 season, but has scored just one defensive touchdown during that span. In fact, W&L has gone 43 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.

THE DROUGHT:
The Generals are currently in the midst of a field goal drought which encompases a total of 12 games without splitting the uprights. W&L attempted just two field goals (0-2) last season and is 0-1 on field goals this season.

TICK-TOCK:
Ball control can play a major factor in a game as it did during the Generals' 36-7 loss to Johns Hopkins in the season-opener. The Blue Jays controlled the ball for 38:57 of the games 60:00, wearing down the W&L defense. The Generals reversed the total in week two against Sewanee, holding the ball for 36:51 of the game. Paramount to this total was a 22-play, 85-yard drive which ate up 11:52 of the clock.

HOME SWEET HOME:
The Generals' game against Centre will be their first home game of the season. W&L's two road games to start the season covered a total of 1382.2 miles so the friendly confines of Wilson Field seem all the more friendly. The last time W&L began the season with a pair of road games (1979), the Generals returned home to defeat Centre by a 14-10 margin.

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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