Jackson, Tennessee-In search of that elusive first win of the 2022 season, Edward Waters will begin the second quarter of the campaign on the road against the Dragons of Lane College on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff will take place at 2:00pm CST/3:00pm EST at Liberty Technology Magnet High School Football Stadium.
GAME INFORMATION:
Edward Waters (0-3, 0-2 SIAC) at Lane College (1-2, 1-1 SIAC)
Saturday, September 24th
Glover Community Field & Stadium | Jacksonville, Florida
Kickoff: 2:00pm CST/3:00pm EST
Weather: 84° Partly Cloudy, 15% Chance of Rain, Wind: SW 8mph
BROADCAST INFORMATION:
Live Stream: N/A
Radio Broadcast: EWU Sports Network (
http://ewusportsnetwork.mixlr.com)
COACHING MATCHUP:
Edward Waters:
Toriano Morgan, 2nd Season (4-10)
Lane College: Vyron Brown, 2nd Season (7-6)
GAME NOTES:
https://ewutigerpride.com/documents/2022/9/22/EWU_Football_Game_Notes_vs._Lane__22.pdf
SERIES HISTORY:
9th Meeting All-Time (Lane 5, Edward Waters 3)
1964: Jacksonville, FL EWC 72, Lane 0
1965: Jackson, TN EWC 34, Lane 0
2001: Jackson, TN Lane 40, EWC 12
2004: Jacksonville, FL EWC 21, Lane 9
2011: Jacksonville, FL Lane 17, EWC 10
2012: Jackson, TN Lane 45, EWC 28
2019: Jackson, TN Lane 44, EWC 14
2021: Jacksonville, FL Lane 45, EWU 35
PREVIEWING EDWARD WATERS:
The Purple & Orange come into Saturday's contest after a tough 31-28 home loss to Savannah State in their last action on September 10th. The Tigers were driving for what would have been the go-ahead touchdown with less than a minute left in the game and got as close as the SSU 23-yard line. However, a fumble thwarted EWU's efforts at their first victory of the season, instead giving Savannah State their first win on the year.
Edward Waters has been one of the most snake bitten teams in NCAA Division II football. The Tigers have lost their first three games of the year by a combined 13 points. The second half of contests through the first three games of the 2021 season have been a lot kinder to the Tigers as they have outscored opponents 68-43.
EWU's bread & butter seems to be their ground attack. Through three games, EWU is averaging 210.0 yards per contest which leads the SIAC. Senior tailback De'Shaun Hugee leads the way on the ground for EWU with 275 yards, averaging 9.5 yards per carry, and three rushing touchdowns.
On the defensive side of the ball, despite the Tigers' struggles, they have had success in turnover margin as they presently are +4 with nine total takeaways (5 interceptions & 4 fumble recoveries).
PREVIEWING LANE:
The homestanding Dragons are looking to make some serious noise in the SIAC this season after a solid 6-4 2021 campaign under head coach Vyron Brown. LC through three games is 1-2 overall after picking up their first win of the season last week, a 38-6 win over Clark Atlanta.
Preseason First Team All-SIAC running back Ike Brown leads a Lane rushing attack that averages 132.0 yards per game. Brown through three games has 180 total yards rushing on 50 attempts, averaging 3.6 yards per game, and two rushing touchdowns.
Senior defensive end Andrew Farmer is continuing to earn his Preseason SIAC Defensive Player of the Year nod. The Jacksonville native and First Coast High School grad leads the way for LC with 25 total tackles, a nation leading 14.0 tackles for loss, and three sacks.
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