Jacksonville, Florida- Edward Waters, coming off of its biggest victory in program history last week at Tuskegee, will tackle another SIAC "Blue Blood" program as they will host the Golden Rams of Albany State in another vitally important conference matchup, where postseason implications could be at stake.
GAME INFORMATION:
Albany State (4-3, 4-1 SIAC) vs. Edward Waters (4-3, 4-2 SIAC)
Breast Cancer Awareness Game
Saturday, October 21st
Nathaniel Glover Community Field & Stadium | Jacksonville, Florida
Kickoff: 6:00pm
Weather: 71° Partly Cloudy, 0% Chance of Rain, Wind: SW 4 mph
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets must be purchased online at
http://EWUTigerPride.com/Tickets
FREE ADMISSION OFFER:
Edward Waters Athletics, in partnership with Thee Primetime Foundation, are offering fans free admission to the contest. To take advantage of the offer, fans MUST be in EWU gear and bring either two (2) cans of non-perishable food items, a gently used or new coat, or a pack of socks.
BROADCAST INFORMATION:
Video Stream: Black College Sports Network (
https://mybcsn.net/watch/ewutigers/) | Play-By-Play: Joshua C. Jackson
Radio Broadcast: WJXL-AM 1010 XL Jacksonville
COACHING MATCHUP:
Albany State: Quinn Gray, 1st Season (4-3)
Edward Waters:
Toriano Morgan, 3rd Season (13-16)
SERIES HISTORY:
Saturday's matchup with Albany State will be the 21st all-time meeting between the two teams. EWU and ASU have split their meetings with each team winning 10 contests. Albany State has had the better of the modern era meetings, winning the last two contests by a combined 86-7 margin including last season's 56-7 win in Jacksonville.
1940: EWC 14, Albany State 0
1948: Albany State 8, EWC 7
1952: Albany State 41, EWC 6
1953: EWC 14, Albany State 12
1954: Albany State 20, EWC 12
1955: Albany State 20, EWC 7
1956: Albany State 22, EWC 12
1957: EWC 13, Albany State 2
1958: Albany State 16, EWC 6
1959: EWC 8, Albany State 0
1960: Albany State 12, EWC 0
1961: EWC 19, Albany State 6
1962: EWC 7, Albany State 0
1963: EWC 18, Albany State 0
1964: EWC 12, Albany State 0
1965: EWC 29, Albany State 0
1966: Albany State 20, EWC 6
1967: EWC 16, Albany State 14
2021: Albany State 30, EWU 0
2022: Albany State 56, EWU 7
PREVIEWING EDWARD WATERS:
LAST TIME OUT: The EWU Football Program captured their signature and program defining victory in their last action, upsetting Tuskegee 41-38 in Alabama for their homecoming. The victory gave TU their first conference loss of the season, while extending EWU's win streak to four and keeping their own hopes for an SIAC Championship Game berth alive. Trailing 38-35 with 25 seconds left, the Tigers drove down to the Tuskegee 46-yd line and with two seconds remaining, Jyron Russell found Arsiah McCorker on a Hail Mary pass for a walk-off touchdown as time expired.
TO THE VICTOR GO THE SPOILS: With the monumental victory last week, EWU players were given several awards. Jyron Russell was selected as the BOXTOROW National Player of the Week, while Defensive End Jaren Wilson and Wide Receiver Nathan Rembert won SIAC Defensive Player and Newcomer of the Week respectively. Russell finished 17-31 passing for 341 yards, and 1 TD. Wilson tallied six tackles, including two TFLs, two sacks, and a forced fumble that set up EWU's first TD. Rembert led EWU with 123 yards on four catches and a TD.
DEFENSE TAKING SHAPE: Coming into last week's game at Tuskegee, the EWU Defense was -2 in turnover ratio on the season. Following the contest, Edward Waters was able to be on the plus side of the ledger at +2. The Tiger defense forced a season high five turnovers last week including three fumble recoveries and two interceptions.
PREVIEWING ALBANY STATE:
RAMS RICH HISTORY: Edward Waters will lock up with another accomplished SIAC program in the Golden Rams of Albany State. Since joining the league in 1969, Albany State has won 16 SIAC Football Championships, while also hoisting three Black College Football National Championship banners.
BY THE NUMBERS: Albany State is looking to bounce back after a shocking 39-27 Homecoming loss to Allen last Saturday. Coming into Saturday's matchup, ASU is 7th in the SIAC in scoring offense (24.3 ppg), 7th in total offense (342.7 ypg), 7th in rushing offense (121.4 ypg), and 6th in passing defense (221.3 ypg). On the other side of the field, the "Dirty Blue" Defense is 3rd in scoring offense (20.4 ppg), 2nd in total offense (327.4 ypg), 6th against the run (143.0), and 2nd against the pass (184.4 ypg)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: One of the most accomplished QBs in recent SIAC history leads the ASU offense. Graduate QB Dionte Bonneau was the 2021 SIAC Offensive Player of the Year and '22 Preseason Offensive POY. This season, Bonneau is 8th in the SIAC (49-91 passing, has a 53.8 comp pct, 688 yds, six TDs, & 1 INT). Rashad Jordan is ASU's leading pass catcher with 21 rec for 371 yds, and 5 TD, avg. 17.7 ypc. Jacksonville native Freddy Gaines is fifth in the SIAC in rushing with 58 carries, for 289 yds, and 3 TD, avg. 5.0 ypc. Defensively, Jalen Mitchell leads the Golden Rams with 46 tackles (7.7 avg)
GRAY RETURNS TO JACKSONVILLE: A name that several people in Northeast Florida know will make his return to the area. Quinn Gray is in his first season at the helm of the Albany State Football Program. Gray was a former QB for the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he signed as a free agent with the team in 2002 and played for six seasons. Gray was also a high school head coach in the area,
coaching at Andrew Jackson, Mandarin, and Duval Charter. Gray is most known for his record setting collegiate career at Florida A&M, where he helped lead the Rattlers to back-to-back MEAC titles in 2000 and 2001. Gray finished his career at FAMU with 7,378 yards and 57 TDs. In 2020, he was inducted in to the MEAC Hall of Fame.
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