GAME 3:
W&L (1-1) vs. GUILFORD (1-0)
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Lexington, Va. • 1:00 pm
WASHINGTON AND LEE HEAD COACH GARRETT LeROSE:
Garrett LeRose (W&L '07) is in his fourth year as the head coach at Washington and Lee. His first three seasons have resulted in a 12-9 (.571) overall record. During his first season in 2018, the Generals posted a 5-4 record. His second in 2019 produced a 6-4 mark. Prior to becoming head coach, LeRose had served as an assistant coach with W&L ever since finishing his playing career with the Generals in 2006. He won one ODAC title as a player (2006) and has had a hand in four more (2010, 2012, 2015, 2017) as a coach. LeRose is 1-1 all-time against Guilford.
GUILFORD HEAD COACH BRAD DAVIS:
Brad Davis (Guilford '08) is in his first full year as the head coach at his alma mater. He was named interim coach in October of 2020 and took over on a permanent basis in December that same year. He is 1-4 overall, having dropped all four contests last spring and winning the 2021 season-opener over Greensboro, 21-7. As a player, Davis earned Second Team All-ODAC honors as an offensive lineman in 2007.
ALL-TIME RECORD:
W&L has a storied tradition that began with the first officially recognized game in the South, an 1873 matchup with neighboring VMI. The first official season was 1890 and over their 127 seasons, the Generals have compiled a 529-539-39 (.496) overall record.
THE SERIES:
W&L and Guilford are meeting for the 34th time, with the Generals claiming a 19-14 edge in the all-time series that began during the 1965 season. The Blue & White has won eight of the last 11 encounters, including each of the last three contests played at Wilson Field. Included in that tally was a 52-14 victory in the last meeting during the 2019 campaign.
SUSTAINED SUCCESS:
Since the begining of the 2010 season, W&L has produced a 67-38 (.638) overall record and a 46-21 (.687) mark in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The Generals have also claimed four ODAC titles during that stretch.
HOME SWEET HOME:
Since the turn of the century (2000), Washington and Lee is a combined 70-28 (.714) in games played at Wilson Field. The Generals have won 38 of their last 51 (.745) home contests dating back to the 2010 season.
CHASING HISTORY:
W&L is currently riding a string of five straight winning seasons, the fourth-longest stretch of consecutive winning seasons in program history and the longest such streak since posting six straight winning campaigns from 1980-85. W&L also had six straight from 1919-24 and a record 13-straight from 1905-17.
SCOUTING GUILFORD:
Guilford is 1-0 overall after posting a 21-7 victory over Greensboro College in its season-opener on September 4. The Quakers second game against Methodist scheduled for September 11 was postponed in accordance with Covid-19 protocols. In the opener, Guilford gave up a touchdown on the opening possession of the game and held the Pride scoreless for the remainder of the game in emerging with the win. The Quakers limited Greensboro to just 212 yards of total offense and forced three turnovers. Guilford managed just 241 yards themselves, but committed just one turnover. Junior quarterback Teddy Gassert finished 10-of-27 passing for 147 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Guilford offense. First-year running back Paulie Menegay tallied 69 rushing yards on 11 carries, while senior wide receiver Tre Alexander posted three catches for 64 yards and one score. Senior wide-out Edrick Purnell added one catch for a 10-yard touchdown as well. Sophomore defensive back Jaden James paced the defense with four tackles and two interceptions.
LAST TIME OUT:
(W&L 52, SEWANEE 0 - 9/11/21 - LEXINGTON, VA.)
The Washington and Lee football team amassed 472 yards, all on the ground, in posting a 52-0 victory over Sewanee on Saturday afternoon at Wilson Field. The shutout was W&L's first since notching a 63-0 victory over Guilford on October 1, 2011 and represents the largest margin of victory for either team in the history of the W&L-Sewanee series that now spans 69 meetings. The Generals opened a 28-0 halftime lead on the strength of two first quarter touchdowns and two second quarter scores. Senior running back Josh Breece got things started with a 51-yard touchdown run on W&L's second series of the game. Senior running back Coby Kirkland capped a 7-play, 50-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run that gave W&L a 14-0 lead with 6:28 left in the first quarter. Kirkland then made it 21-0 with another 2-yard touchdown run at 4:23 of the second quarter. The 5-play, 22-yard drive followed the W&L defense stopping Sewanee on downs on the prior possession. Senior quarterback Jack Pollard capped the first-half scoring with a 52-yard scamper to paydirt with 1:54 left in the half. Breece opened the second half scoring with his second touchdown run, this time a spectacular 56-yard jaunt that involved a spin move to avoid a tackle behind the line of scrimmage and several cuts along the sideline. It was the 38th touchdown of his career, moving him into third-place on the W&L career touchdown list and third on the career scoring list (238 pts). W&L tacked on a 44-yard field goal by sophomore placekicker Arturo Ramirez, a 6-yard touchdown run by junior running back Harry Crutcher and a 1-yard touchdown run by sophomore running back Giorgio Antonacci. One play earlier, Antonacci broke off a 94-yard run and was forced out of bounds at the 1-yardline. It was the second-longest run in program history and was the longest run without scoring. The Blue & White outgained the Tigers by a count of 472-199, with many of Sewanee's yards coming in the second half against the Generals' bench. The defense allowed an average of just 2.8 yards per play and limited the Tigers to just 6-of-20 on third-down conversions. W&L amassed five sacks led by junior defensive end Robert Poindexter, who registered five tackles and a pair of sacks. Junior defensive end Robert Harvey added four tackles, including three tackles for a loss (-4). Breece carried 10 times for 144 yards and two touchdowns, while Antonacci posted 95 yards and one touchdown on two carries. Pollard totaled 67 yards and one score on six carries, and Kirkland rushed six times for 31 yards and two touchdowns. Sewanee was led by first-year quarterback Jeremiah Young, who rushed for 37 yards on five carries. Sophomore defensive back Thomas Latimer keyed the defense with 11 tackles.
THE MAGIC NUMBER:
The magic number for success for W&L is 400. The Blue & White has managed 400 rushing yards in a game 42 times since 2010 (104 games). In those games, the Generals are 39-3, scoring an average of 44.7 points per game with a scoring margin of +21.1 points per game. To contrast this point, when W&L fails to rush for 400 yards during the same span, it is just 28-35 with an average of 24.2 points per game and a scoring margin of -1.36 points per game.
BREAKING DOWN THE ROSTER:
Washington and Lee boasts 92 players on the roster, one of its largest rosters in program history. The breakdown includes 22 seniors, 20 juniors, 22 sophomores and 28 first-year players, who hail from 21 different states and also includes one player from Switzerland. Virginia tops the list with 24 players, while there are 13 players from Georgia, 11 from Texas and eight from North Carolina.
RE-WRITING THE RECORDS:
Senior running back Josh Breece has been re-writing the Washington and Lee record book from the moment he slipped on the Blue & White uniform. With his 144-yard, 2-touchdown performance against Sewanee, Breece continued to move up the list in several categories. First, his 14.4 yards per carry average against the Tigers proved to be tied for the fourth-best single-game average per carry in program history. His two touchdowns give him 38 total touchdowns, which are third all-time at W&L. His 228 career points also rank third overall at W&L and his 3,889 career yards are already the program standard. Additionally, his career rushing yardage total ranks third among all active NCAA players, trailing only Jaleel McLaughlin of Youngstown State (5,715) and Mount Union's Josh Petruccelli (4,339). Breece's 144 yards last week represented the 18th 100-yard rushing effort of his career, which tied him with Luke Heinsohn '13 for the most in program history.
ON ANOTHER NOTE:
Breece isn't the only W&L player who resides among the top active players in Division III. Senior running back Alex Wertz also makes the list for kickoff return average. Wertz currently has a 27.0 average per kickoff return, the fourth-best total among active players in Division III.
SO CLOSE:
Sophomore running back Giorgio Antonacci came just inches away from providing another top moment in program history. Antonacci took an option pitch on his own goaline and sprinted across the field for a 94-yard gain before being called out of bounds at the 1-yardline. Had he scored, Antonacci's run would have tied Josh Breece for the longest run in program history. As it was, his 94-yard play represented the longest non-scoring run in W&L history. Antonacci has a lot to live up to, as this represented the very first carry of his collegiate career. His exploits were rewarded one play later as he received the ball again and scored his first career touchdown from one yard out.
SHUTOUT SPEAK:
W&L's 52-0 blanking of Sewanee was the 198th shutout in the history of the W&L football program. It was the Generals' first shutout in 10 years dating back to a 63-0 win over Guilford on October 1, 2011. That was the longest stretch between shutouts in program history. It also marked the seventh all-time shutout against the Tigers, tied for the sixth-most shutouts against a single program. The record is 16 shutouts posted against Virginia Tech, while W&L has shut out both Virginia and Hampden-Sydney on 11 occasions. The Generals haven't posted back-to-back shutouts since the 2007 campaign while the record for consecutive shutouts is seven in a row set during the 1919 season. W&L posted eight total shutouts in nine games played that season.
TALKIN' DEFENSE:
Junior defensive end Robert Poindexter is off to a great start this fall. Poindexter currently leads the team in total tackles (11) and sacks (2.5), and he is tied with junior defensive end Robert Harvey for the team lead with 3.5 tackles for a loss (-12). His sack total also currently leads the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
IN A RUSH:
W&L has consistently possessed the most potent rushing offense in the country in recent seasons and currently ranks seventh in Division III with an average of 322.5 rushing yards per game. The Generals led all of college football in rushing in 2016 and 2015, and they have ranked no lower than sixth in DIII in rushing offense since 2010. Below is a look at the W&L national ranking in recent years.
2021: 7th - 322.5 ypg
2019: 5th - 315.7 ypg
2018: 5th - 296.0 ypg
2017: 2nd - 403.2 ypg
2016: 1st - 390.3 ypg
2015: 1st - 433.9 ypg
2014: 6th - 300.4 ypg
2013: 2nd - 346.7 ypg
2012: 1st - 363.7 ypg
2011: 4th - 331.8 ypg
2010: 5th - 359.5 ypg
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