Football Preview | Game 8 | vs West Georgia

WEST ALABAMA (4-3, 1-3) vs WEST GEORGIA (4-3, 2-2)
Oct. 26, 2019 l Tiger Stadium | Livingston, Ala. | 1:05 p.m. l ESPN 104.9 | ESPN3

THE SERIES
This is the 37th meeting between the Tigers and the Wolves. UWG leads 21-15.

WEST ALABAMA
West Alabama is 4-3 overall, 1-3 in the GSC after a 14-7 loss at Delta State last week.

WEST GEORGIA
West Georgia is 4-3 overall, 2-2 in league play after losing, 30-2, to West Florida at home last week.

THE COACHES
Brett Gilliland is 41-24 in his sixth season at UWA. David Dean is 102-36 as a head coach, 23-9 since returning to UWG prior to the 2017 season.

RADIO
ESPN 104.9: Robert Upchurch & Will Atkinson handle the Tigers call.

TV
The game will air on ESPN3. Chuckie Kempf will do play by play and Richard Baldinger the color.
http://lives.watch/UWGUWA

CHARLEY GLENN AWARD/MILITARY APPRECIATION
The West Alabama football program will celebrate Military Appreciation Day at Tiger Stadium Saturday with the pre-game presentation of the Third-Annual Charley Glenn Award. The coaching staff will be wearing the hats with Special Ops combat worn patches on them. Robert Myers and Montell Dent are the previous two winners of the award.

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
Saturday is also Breast Cancer Awareness Day at Tiger Stadium. UWA Student Affairs is taking the lead on sponsoring the day and has plans in place to heighten awareness to fight this deadly disease. Expect pink giveaways (T-shirts & pom poms) and opportunities to contribute to Breast Cancer Awareness.

6 OF 10
West Alabama has won six of the last 10 meetings between the Tigers and Wolves. West Georgia, however, has won three of the last five.

AT TIGER STADIUM
Saturday's game is the 19th in the series between UWA and UWG to be played at Tiger Stadium in Livingston. West Georgia is 12-6 in Livingston.

2018 MEETING
West Alabama rallied late to throw a scare into No. 3 West Georgia, but the Wolves held on for a 27-25 Gulf South Conference football victory over the Tigers at Ra-Lin Field at University Stadium. Trailing 27-19, Harry Satterwhite connected with Tiger tight end Qua Boyd on a 19-yard touchdown pass with 1:08 to play to cut the score to the final margin. West Alabama was forced to try for a two-point conversion due to a pair of missed point after touchdown kicks earlier in the game. West Georgia was called for pass interference on the try for two, so West Alabama had another attempt for Boyd on a jump ball from Satterwhite, but it failed. West Alabama recovered the ensuing onside kick with 1:05 left but was called for an illegal block. West Georgia recovered the re-kick, ran three plays and punted. The Tigers had one final chance from their own 20-yard-line with 2 second left. A 23-yard completion from Satterwhite to Christian Saulsberry ended the game.

UNIFORM COMBINATIONS RECORD
Red Jersey, Red Pants: 1-0
Red Jersey, White Pants: 2-0
Red Jersey, Black Pants: 0-1
White Jersey, Red Pants: 0-0
White Jersey, White Pants: 0-1
White Jersey, Black Pants: 1-1

RUSHING TO NOWHERE
West Alabama's 67 yards rushing last week at Delta State was a season low and also marked the first time this season that the Tigers had not scored a rushing touchdown.

10 BEHIND THE LOS
The UWA defense recorded 10 tackles for loss at Delta State last week, which tied the Tigers' best TFL effort of the year. West Alabama also had 10 tackles for loss against Tuskegee on Sept. 28.

TOUGH NIGHT IN THE RED
West Alabama managed just one score in five trips to the red zone in the loss to Delta State last week. Going into the game the Tigers had points on 26 of 28 red zone trips.

12 INSIDE 8
West Alabama ran 12 plays inside the Delta State 8-yard-line last week and did not come away with points.

GILLILAND AGAINST DEAN
Tiger head coach Brett Gilliland is 1-1 in two meetings against UWG head coach David Dean.

THE ROBERTO CONNECTION
UWA defensive line coach Roberto Pinilla was a three-year starter on the defensive line for the Wolves and also coached at UWG. He finished his playing career as the West Georgia career leader in games started (35) and tackles by a defensive lineman (167).

ON TV
West Alabama is 20-18 in games played on TV, 0-3 this season.

TFL
UWA is 26th nationally in tackles for loss with 8.0 per game.. DE Jordan Jones has nine to lead the UWA defense.

TEAM COMPARISON

UWA	Category	UWG
31.57	Scoring	24.7
144	1st Downs	147
48	1st Down Rush	57
79	1st Down Pass	77
17	1st Down Penalty	13
140.7	Rushing PG	173.7
4.5	Rush Yards Per Attempt	5
265.9	Passing PG	218.7
7.05	Pass Yards Per Attempt	6.3
406.6	Total Yds PG	392.4
5.9	Yards Per Play	5.7
26.5	KO Returns	19.4
7.95	Punt Returns	8.4
0-1	Onside Kick	0-1
53-609	Penalties-Yards	57-604
87	Penalty YPG	86.3
25:33:00	Time of Possession	28:57:00
41.80%	3rd Down	44%
41.70%	4th Down	38%
3-7	Fumbles-Lost	7-10
15-104	Sacks	10-68
27-33	Red Zones Scores	21-31`
26-33	Red Zone TDS	16-31

UWA RECORD BREAKDOWN
Overall: 4-3
GSC: 1-3
Home: 3-1
Road: 1-2
Day: 1-1
Night: 3-2
Sept: 3-1
Oct: 1-2
Nov: 0-0
Score First: 4-1
Lead After 1st Quarter: 3-0
Trail After 1st Quarter: 1-2
Tied After 1st Quarter: 0-1
Lead At Half: 3-0
Trail At Half: 1-2
Tied At Half: 0-1
Lead After 3rd Quarter: 4-1
Trail After 3rd Quarter: 0-2
Tied After 3rd Quarter: 0-0
1-5 Points: 0-1
6-10 Points: 0-1
11-19 Points: 1-1
20-29 Points: 1-0
30 or More Points: 2-0
Overtime: 0-0
GSC Home: 1-1
GSC Road: 0-2
TV Games: 0-3

HEAD COACH BRETT GILLILAND
Record setting quarterback and University of West Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame member Brett Gilliland is the 21^st head football coach at his alma mater. The winningest coach in school history, Gilliland is 41-24 in charge of the Tiger program and showing no signs of slowing down.?

Now entering his sixth season as the Tigers head coach, Gilliland returned to West Alabama from Kennesaw State, where he was coaching quarterbacks. Previous coaching stops include Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern.?

In just his fourth year as head coach at UWA he led the Tigers to a 10-3 record and the 2017 Gulf South Conference championship and a third round trip in the NCAA Division II Playoffs. Under Gilliland, the Tigers became just the third team in school history to win at least 10 games and the first since 1975. He followed that with an 8-4 mark in 2018 and another playoff trip.?

Following his playing days at UWA, Gilliland began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech before moving on to the offensive staff Georgia Southern. While at Georgia Tech, Gilliland was a part of three Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Coastal Division Championships (2006, 2008 and 2009).?

In 2007, Gilliland worked with Yellow Jacket quarterbacks after assisting with the receiving corps in 2006, including Biletnikoff Award winner and current Detroit Lions star Calvin Johnson. Gilliland coached the running backs for two seasons at Tech, a group that included Doak Walker semi-finalist Jonathan Dwyer. Dwyer was the ACC rushing leader and player of the year in 2008.?

In three seasons at Georgia Southern, Gilliland worked with the running backs (2010), tight ends and tackles (2011) and wide receivers (2012). He took over the recruiting coordinator duties following the conclusion of the 2011 season. With Gilliland on staff, Georgia Southern posted a 31-12 (.721) overall record, won two Southern Conference titles (2011, 2012) and made three consecutive NCAA Football Championship Series (FCS) semifinal appearances during Gilliland's time as an Eagle.?

Gilliland was a regional finalist for the Harlon Hill trophy in 2003. He earned all-region recognition from the Football Gazette (2002). He concluded his career as the Tigers' single-season (3,213) and career passing yards (6,689) record holder.?

In 2012, he was inducted into the UWA Athletic Hall of Fame. At the conclusion of his playing career, Gilliland had posted four of the top 10 single game passing performances in school history, including a then school-record 470 yards against Valdosta State in 2002.?

A two-time member of the All-Gulf South Conference Academic list, he was a two-time winner of the Asa Green Scholar-Athlete Award, an award presented to the UWA student-athlete with the highest grade-point average on the football team, winning it in 2001 and 2003. A 2003 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District IV selection, he also was honored twice with a Gulf South Conference "Top Eight" award before graduating magna cum laude from UWA in 2004.?

Gilliland and his wife, Amanda, are the parents of a son, Rece (8), and a daughter, Ella Kate (3). His father, Ronnie, was a member of the UWA 1971 National Championship Football team.

UWA FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACHES
Assoc. HC /Receivers/Special Teams
Lamont Seward (Western Carolina 2003)
5th Year at UWA

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Steve Sisa (Virginia Tech 2001)
3rd Year at UWA

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Don Bailey (Portland State 1991)
4th Year at UWA

Tight Ends
David Thornton, (UAB 1995)
8th Year at UWA

Defensive Line
Roberto Pinilla, (West Georgia 1997)
6th Year at UWA

Defensive Backs
Ervin Jackson (Ohio 2008)
8th Year at UWA

Running Backs
Will Furlong (UNA 2012)
1st Year at UWA

Offensive Line
Devin Myers (UWA 2016)
5th Year at UWA

ST/Defensive Graduate Assistant
Robert Belle (UWA 2015)
2nd Year at UWA

Defensive Graduate Assistant
Jared Boddie (Taylor University 2013)
2nd Year at UWA

Offensive Graduate Assistant
Harry Satterwhite (UWA 2018)
1^st Year at UWA

Hype Coach
Ryan Cram (School of Hype 2015)
5^th Year at UWA

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Players Mentioned

#21 Robert Myers: RB; 5' 11"; Senior

#18 Qua Boyd: TE; 6' 5"; Senior

#8 Montell Dent: DB; 5' 8"; Senior

#15 Harry Satterwhite: QB; 6' 1"; Senior

#2 Christian Saulsberry: WR; 5' 8"; Junior

#7 Jordan Jones: LB; 6' 2"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#21 Robert Myers
: 5' 11"; Senior
: RB

#18 Qua Boyd
: 6' 5"; Senior
: TE

#8 Montell Dent
: 5' 8"; Senior
: DB

#15 Harry Satterwhite
: 6' 1"; Senior
: QB

#2 Christian Saulsberry
: 5' 8"; Junior
: WR

#7 Jordan Jones
: 6' 2"; Senior
: LB