Newberry Set For Final Home Game Of Season

NEWBERRY (NC SID) — The Newberry College Wolves‘ football team plays its final home game of the 2014 campaign as the scarlet and gray host the 24th-ranked Carson-Newman Eagles at Setzler Field this Saturday. WHO: Carson-Newman University at Newberry College WHERE: Setzler Field on the campus of Newberry College WHEN: 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 8 RECORDS: Newberry is 4-5 overall and 2-4 in South Atlantic Conference action. Carson-Newman is 6-2 overall and 4-1 in SAC play. LIVE AUDIO: http://www.NewberryWolves.tv, WKDK-AM 1240 in Newberry County LIVE VIDEO: http://www.NewberryWolves.tv LIVE STATS: http://www.NewberryStats.com WEATHER FORECAST: High of 60 degrees. Partly cloudy. Full Game Notes Package (PDF) THE GAME “¢ Newberry College is in its 101st season of intercollegiate football. “¢ Today‘s game marks the 990th game in school history, with Newberry carrying an all-time record of 408-544-36 (.431) “¢ Newberry is not ranked in either national poll, while Carson-Newman is ranked 24th in both the AFCA Coaches‘ Poll and the D2Football.com poll. THE CARSON-NEWMAN SERIES “¢ This game is the 50th meeting between Newberry and the Eagles. “¢ Carson-Newman has a 30-19 lead in the all-time series, which began in 1940. “¢ Newberry has a 13-12 lead in games played at Setzler Field. “¢ The Eagles won both meetings last season, snapping a two-year Newberry winning streak. “¢ The Wolves have won three of the last four meetings in Newberry. THE COACHES NEWBERRY: Todd Knight (Gardner-Webb, 1989) is in his sixth season as Newberry‘s head coach. He has a 32-30 record and a record of 5-4 against teams ranked in the AFCA Divsion II Top 25. He has a 19-20 record against the South Atlantic Conference. In 2009, Knight led Newberry to a 6-4 record and became the first Newberry head coach to record a winning record in his inaugural season since Reed Charpia in 1978. In 2010, Knight led Newberry to a 4-6 record, as well as the 2011 season. The Wolves went 5-6 overall in the 2012 season and achieved a ranking as high as No. 25 nationally. In 2013, he led the Wolves to a 9-3 overall record, making the school‘s second appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs. Newberry finished the season ranked No. 23 nationally. Knight is 2-4 all-time against Carson-Newman. CARSON-NEWMAN: Ken Sparks (Carson-Newman, 1968) is in his 35th season as a collegiate head coach and as the head coach of the Eagles. He has a 324-88-2 (.785) overall record, is the winningest coach in Division II and South Atlantic Conference history and was one of the first three coaches inducted into the Division II Football Hall of Fame. He has a 23-8 record against Newberry. UP NEXT: NORTH GREENVILLE “¢ Newberry closes out the 2014 season on Saturday, November 15, in Tigerville against the Crusaders of North Greenville University. “¢ NGU is currently in the midst of a 5-4 season and is at Catawba today. “¢ Newberry has a 10-2 all-time record against their Upstate foe, snapping a two-year losing streak with last year‘s 55-21 home victory. “¢ Kickoff next week is set for 1 p.m. ROLL OVER THE ODOMETER “¢ Newberry quarterback W.T. Murden became just the fourth trigger man in school history to pass for over 5,000 yards in a career with his 174 yards at CSU. “¢ He now has 6,026 yards passing, just the second Newberry quarterback to eclipse 6,000 yards in his career. “¢ He ranks second in in TD passes, yardage, completions and attempts.