Football Preview | Game 10 | vs. Mississippi College

WEST ALABAMA (5-4, 2-4) vs MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (4-4, 3-3)
Nov. 9, 2019 l Tiger Stadium | Livingston, Ala. | 12:04 p.m. l ESPN 104.9 | ESPN3

THE SERIES
This is the 46th meeting between the Tigers and the Choctaws. UWA leads the series 24-19-2.

WEST ALABAMA
West Alabama is 5-4 overall, 2-4 in the GSC after a 13-10 win at Florida Tech last week.

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
Mississippi College is 4-4 overall, 3-3 in GSC play after a 35-21 loss at West Georgia.

THE COACHES
Brett Gilliland is 42-25 in his sixth season as a head coach, all at UWA. John Bland is 84-65 in his 11th year as a head coach, 14-44 in his sixth year at MC.

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

ESPN3
The game is the GSC-TV Game of the Week and can be seen on ESPN3. Don Russell and Rick Rhoades on the call.

LAST EIGHT, SERIES HISTORY
West Alabama has won the last eight meetings in the series dating back to 1996. The Tigers and the Choctaws played every season between 1965 and 1997 as members of the GSC before MC left the league for a period of time. West Alabama has won all five games since the Choctaws returned to the GSC in 2014.

TEAM COMPARISON

UWA	Category		MC
27.9	Scoring		25.5
184	1st Downs		140
61	1st Down Rush		105
101	1st Down Pass		19
22	1st Down Penalty		16
130.8	Rushing PG		226.5
4.3	Rush Yards Per Attempt		4.6
269.7	Passing PG		74.1
7	Pass Yards Per Attempt		8.5
400.4	Total Yds PG		300.6
5.8	Yards Per Play		5.2
24.9	KO Returns YP		22.4
7.5	Punt Returns YP		8.6
0-1	Onside Kick		0-0
66-739	Penalties-Yards		39-411
82.1	Penalty YPG		51.4
25:27	Time of Possession	32:20
39%	3rd Down		32%
41%	4th Down		63%
4-10	Fumbles-Lost		18-8
21-157	Sacks		7-53
32-39	Red Zone Scores	23-25
28-39	Red Zone TDS		19-25

GSC WEEKLY AWARDS
UWA kicker Tre Jackson and defensive end Jordan Jones earned GSC weekly football awards for their performances in the Tigers' victory at Florida Tech last Saturday. Jackson earned GSC special teams player of the week and Jones earned GSC co-defensive player of the week, sharing the honor with Delta State defensive back Junior Faulk. Rounding out the league's honors was West Georgia quarterback Garrett Bass, who earned both offensive player and freshman of the week.

2019 WEST ALABAMA GSC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 7            Zach Gaines               Special Teams
Sept, 14          Tyler Butler                 Special Teams
Nov. 2             Tre Jackson                Special Teams
Nov. 2             Jordan Jones              Co-Defensive

SENIOR DAY
UWA will honor 22 seniors during pregame activities Saturday. Including redshirt seasons, this senior class has won 37 games and made two NCAA Playoff appearances.

TV GAMES
West Alabama is 0-4 in TV games this season, 20-19 all time.

GILLILAND vs MC
West Alabama head coach Brett Gilliland is 5-0 against Mississippi College, 2-0 in Livingston.

BLAND vs. UWA
Mississippi College head coach John Bland is 0-5 against West Alabama, 0-2 against the Tigers in Livingston.

LAST YEAR IN CLINTON: TIGERS 24, PANTHERS 3
The West Alabama defense kept Mississippi College out of the end zone and held the Choctaws to 97 yards below their rushing average on the way to a 24-3 win Nov. 3. Tiger defenders held Mississippi College twice on fourth down deep in Tiger territory in the fourth quarter and forced three turnovers. Abraham Wallace and Montell Dent had interceptions and Savon Parker recovered a fumble.

NEXT WEEK
UWA closes the regular season at 20th ranked West Florida.

JORDAN TIE FOR 10
Tiger DE Jordan Jones comes into the game this week with 40 career tackles for loss, leaving him 10th all-time in the Gulf South Conference.

EVEN TIGHT, PERFECT IN BIG MARGINS
West Alabama is 1-1 in games decided by five points or less, but 3-0 in games decided by 20 points or more.

THE MARGINS
In its five wins West Alabama has won by an average of 22.8 points. In four setbacks the Tigers have lost by an average of 12.5 points.

TWO STRAIGHT FOR BOYD
This is the second consecutive season that Qua Boyd has been voted by his teammates as a permanent team captain.

QUA MOVING UP RECEIVING CHARTS
With three regular seasons games to play Tiger tight end Qua Boyd has moved to fifth on the UWA all-time receptions chart with 120. His 1,514 receding yards is sixth all-time.

BAYLEY ONE OF EIGHT
Junior receiver Bayley Blanchard is eighth on the UWA career list with 100 receptions as his junior season nears its conclusion. He is one of only eight receivers in UWA history to have 100 receptions. Blanchard is one of two receivers in the league with over 40 catches with 43.

ALL-GSC OVER THE YEARS
As the time to vote for all-conference players nears, a look back shows that West Alabama has had 142 All-GSC players.

OVER A K FOR CHRISTIAN
UWA receiver and kick returner Christian Saulsberry is the only player in the GSC with over 1,000 all-purpose yards. Saulsberry has 1,034.

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

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

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

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

#38 Savon Parker: LB; 6' 0"; Junior

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

#25 Abraham Wallace: DB; 6' 0"; Senior

#89 Bayley Blanchard: WR; 6' 1"; Junior

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

#14 Tyler Butler: TE; 6' 2"; Junior

#17 Zach Gaines: P; 6' 1"; Senior

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

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

Players Mentioned

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

#38 Savon Parker
: 6' 0"; Junior
: LB

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

#25 Abraham Wallace
: 6' 0"; Senior
: DB

#89 Bayley Blanchard
: 6' 1"; Junior
: WR

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

#14 Tyler Butler
: 6' 2"; Junior
: TE

#17 Zach Gaines
: 6' 1"; Senior
: P

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

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