UC Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Christian - Union College
UC Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Christian - Union College
UC Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Christian - Union College
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2010 UNION BULLDOG FOOTBALL<br />
GAME NOTES<br />
allowing more than 21 points.<br />
INTs By Committee<br />
The Bulldog defense has picked off 13<br />
passes in 10 games in 2009. This is after<br />
only intercepting 10 passes in 12 games in<br />
2008.<br />
Amazingly, 10 different players<br />
have picked off passes this year for the<br />
<strong>Bulldogs</strong>. Bert Brown (DB 5-9, 168) led<br />
way with 3 INTs.<br />
Converting Turnovers Into Points<br />
<strong>Union</strong> dominated the turnover battle the<br />
past 2 seasons, but the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> got off to a<br />
rocky start in this regard in 2010. In the 47-<br />
36 season-opening loss to Campbellsville<br />
(Ky.) on Sept. 4, <strong>Union</strong> turned the ball<br />
over 6 times (4 INTs, 2 fumbles) while<br />
Campellsville had 3 turnovers (1 INT, 2<br />
fumbles). The <strong>Bulldogs</strong> converted those<br />
miscues into 13 points, while the Tigers<br />
cashed in for 21 points.<br />
In 2009, <strong>Union</strong> had 30 takeaways to the<br />
opponents’ 17. <strong>Union</strong> garnered 111 points<br />
off of those miscues, while the opponents<br />
have tallied 61 points from the <strong>Bulldogs</strong>’<br />
17 turnovers.<br />
In 2008, <strong>Union</strong> won the turnover battles<br />
as the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> have created 25 takeaways<br />
and only had 20 giveaways. Also, <strong>Union</strong><br />
has been able to turn those takeaways in<br />
to 72 points this season, while opponents<br />
have only registered 56 points off of<br />
<strong>Union</strong>’s miscues.<br />
TURNOVERS TABLE<br />
2009 Takeaways Pts. Giveaways Pts.<br />
Campbellsville 3 13 6 21<br />
KY <strong>Christian</strong><br />
Wofford<br />
UVa-Wise<br />
Cumberlands<br />
Bethel<br />
Lindsey Wilson<br />
Belhaven<br />
Cumberland<br />
Shorter<br />
Faulkner<br />
Totals 3 13 6 21<br />
<strong>UC</strong> Turnover Margin: -3<br />
<strong>UC</strong> TO Scoring Margin: -8<br />
Controlling Momentum<br />
On Sept., 4, 2010, The <strong>Bulldogs</strong><br />
stayed right with Campbellsville (Ky.)<br />
scoring-wise in the first and third quarters.<br />
However, the Tigers kept momentum going<br />
in the second and fourth quarters to close<br />
out the halves.<br />
In the first and third quarters, <strong>Union</strong> was<br />
only outscored 14-13. Yet in the second<br />
and fourth quarters, <strong>Union</strong> was outscored<br />
33-23.<br />
This is opposite of what <strong>Union</strong> did<br />
in 2009. Last season, <strong>Union</strong> outscored<br />
opponents in the first (80-63), second<br />
(77-72) and fourth (106-63) quarters but<br />
struggled in the third as it was outscored<br />
53-38.<br />
<strong>Union</strong> owned the third quarter in 2008,<br />
outscoring its opponents 107-48. But the<br />
<strong>Bulldogs</strong> struggled in the third quarter<br />
as opponents are outscoring them 53-38.<br />
However, <strong>Union</strong> owned a 106-63 edge in<br />
the fourth quarter.<br />
2010<br />
Score by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total*<br />
<strong>Union</strong> 6 13 7 10 - 36<br />
Opponents 7 19 7 14 - 47<br />
2009<br />
Score by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total*<br />
<strong>Union</strong> 80 77 38 106 - 301<br />
Opponents 63 72 53 63 - 257<br />
*-<strong>Union</strong> outscored 6-0 in OT<br />
2008<br />
Score by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total<br />
<strong>Union</strong> 90 105 107 67 - 369<br />
Opponents 92 84 48 108 - 332<br />
By Air Or By Land - <strong>UC</strong> Getting It Done<br />
By and large, <strong>Union</strong> has been a passoriented<br />
team in recent years. However, the<br />
<strong>Bulldogs</strong> have been a two-headed monster<br />
in recent seasons.<br />
The balanced attack continued to be the<br />
theme in the season opener on Sept. 4,<br />
2010, as the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> ran for 241 yards<br />
and passed for another 248 for 489 yards in<br />
total offense.<br />
In 2009, <strong>Union</strong> tallied 3,778 yards in<br />
total offense with 1,347 coming on the<br />
ground and 2,431 through the air. This is<br />
just a continuation of what the <strong>Bulldogs</strong><br />
accomplished in 2008 when <strong>Union</strong> tallied<br />
4,354 total yards on offense with 2,611<br />
through the air and 1,691 on the ground.<br />
New Season, New Changes<br />
Every new season brings forth new<br />
changes. And the 2010 season is no<br />
different.<br />
While one of the more noticable changes<br />
around Burch/Nau Field is the new, stateof-the-art<br />
scoreboard which is 100 percent<br />
digital with a LED message board, biggest<br />
change is the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> moving divisions<br />
within the Mid-South Conference.<br />
Since the MSC had been split into the<br />
divisions in 2005, <strong>Union</strong> had been in the<br />
MSC East. That is no more as the <strong>Bulldogs</strong><br />
have been told to “Go west.”<br />
<strong>Union</strong> and archrival Cumberlands (Ky.)<br />
now join Belhaven (Miss.), Bethel (Tenn.),<br />
Cumberland (Tenn.), Faulkner (Ala.) and<br />
Shorter (Ga.) in the MSC West.<br />
<strong>Kentucky</strong> <strong>Christian</strong> and football<br />
newcomer Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) are in<br />
the MSC East along with Campbellsville<br />
(Ky.), Georgetown (Ky.), Pikeville (Ky.),<br />
UVa-Wise and West Virginia Tech.<br />
Lambuth (Tenn.) is no longer in the<br />
MSC and now competes as an independent<br />
in football.<br />
It’d Been A While<br />
When <strong>Union</strong> held West Virginia Tech<br />
scoreless on Oct. 3, 2009, it marked the<br />
first time since the 1993 season opener that<br />
the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> shut out an opponent - a span<br />
of 169 games.<br />
<strong>Union</strong> opened the 1993 season with a<br />
30-0 win over Tennessee Wesleyan.<br />
The 31-0 win over West Virginia Tech<br />
was just the 6th shutout in the modern era<br />
of Bulldog football (since 1985). From<br />
1905-41, <strong>Union</strong> recorded 45 shutouts to<br />
give the <strong>Bulldogs</strong> 51 in their history.<br />
In case you were wondering, the last<br />
time <strong>Union</strong> posted back-to-back shutouts<br />
came during the 1940 season when the<br />
<strong>Bulldogs</strong> defeated Rio Grande (Ohio) 12-0<br />
and tied Transylvania (Ky.) 0-0. The last<br />
time <strong>Union</strong> had two shutouts in a season<br />
was 1989 when it defeated <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />
Wesleyan 34-0 and Tennessee Wesleyan<br />
20-0.<br />
Recent OT History Not Kind To <strong>UC</strong><br />
<strong>Union</strong> has played in 6 overtime games<br />
and is 2-4 in such contests.<br />
The <strong>Bulldogs</strong> won their first 2 extended<br />
period games, defeating Cumberland<br />
(Ky.) <strong>College</strong> 24-23 in 1996 and Pikeville<br />
(Ky.) <strong>College</strong> 17-16 in 2001. However,<br />
since then, <strong>Union</strong> has lost its last 3<br />
overtime games. In 2002, <strong>Union</strong> lost<br />
32-29 to NCAA Division II Concord<br />
(W.Va.) <strong>College</strong>. The <strong>Bulldogs</strong> lost 9-3 at<br />
Campbellsville (Ky.) University in 2003.<br />
<strong>Union</strong>’s last overtime game was in 2004<br />
when it fell 32-25 to Pikeville. And <strong>Union</strong><br />
closed out the 2009 season with a 37-31<br />
overtime loss to Belhaven.<br />
<strong>Union</strong> versus NCAA Division I<br />
<strong>Union</strong> has faced 6 difference NCAA<br />
Division I opponents and will play its<br />
seventh DI foe on Sept. 18, at Wofford<br />
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