#10 WEST ALABAMA (1-0) vs MILES COLLEGE (0-1)
Sept. 6, 2018 l Tiger Stadium | Livingston, Ala. | 6 p.m. CDT l ESPN 104.9
THE SERIES
West Alabama leads 10-1. The Tigers won the last meeting, 13-10, on Sept. 19, 2015 in Birmingham.
WEST ALABAMA
West Alabama is 1-0 after beating Lenoir-Rhyne, 36-32, in the season opener last week.
MILES COLLEGE
The Golden Bears are 0-1 after losing, 37-0, at Alabama A&M last week.
THE COACHES
Brett Gilliland is 30-17 in his fifth season at UWA, his fifth as a collegiate head coach. Reginald Ruffin is 45-31 in his eighth season at Miles and his eighth as a head coach.
COVERAGE
Radio: ESPN 104.9: Robert Upchurch & Will Atkinson handle the call. Nicholas Finch hosts halftime show
Twitter: @UWAAthletics
Stats: http://bit.ly/2Q23AJ3
Video: http://bit.ly/2lls7wI
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF WEEK
Tiger quarterback Harry Satterwhite earned GSC offensive player of the week for Week 1 for his performance in a win over Lenoir-Rhyne. He completed 23-of-44 passes for 256 yards and two scores and directed the game-winning drive for a score with 12 seconds left.
BRETT NEEDS TWO TO OWN, ONE TO TIE
UWA head coach Brett Gilliland needs two wins to move past Frank North into first place on the all-time Tigers head coaching win list. In his fifth season, Gilliland has 30 victories. North won 31 from 1979-84. Below are the top three on the list:
Coach Years W-L-T Pct.
Frank North 1979-84 31-29 .517
Brett Gilliland 2014-Present 30-17 .638
Jim King 1973-76 29-14-1 .663
LAST TIME AGAINST MILES
UWA came from 10 points behind to notch a 13-10 victory at Miles on Sept. 19, 2015. Trailing 10-0 after three quarters, Tyreek Hill scored on a 65-yard catch and run from Trent Thompson with just over nine minutes left and Tyler Rogers scored the game-winner on a 7-yard run with 5:04 left to seal the deal. Quentin Harton and Jared Washington both had 10 tackles for the Tiger defense.
17 of 21
West Alabama has won 17 of its last 21 games, an . 810 winning percentage dating back to the middle of the 2016 season.
COACH G AT HOME
West Alabama has won seven of its last eight games at Tiger Stadium and is 16-8 (.667) at home under Brett Gilliland.
SEPTEMBER
West Alabama was 4-1 last September, with the only loss coming on the road against FCS Samford. The Tigers are 13-4 in September under Brett Gilliland.
FORMER TIGERS ON THE 53
Five former West Alabama players are currently on NFL 53-man active rosters:
Malcolm Butler, CB, Tennessee Titans
Tyreek Hill, WR, Kansas City Chiefs
Deon Lacey, LB, Buffalo Bills
Seth Roberts, WR, Oakland Raiders
Dee Virgin, CB, Detroit Lions
NATIONAL POLLS
UWA is ranked No. 11 in the AFCA national poll and No. 10 by D2Football.com
HARRY CLIMBING THE CHARTS
With his performance against Lenoir-Rhyne, QB Harry Satterwhite has moved into fourth place on the all-time UWA passing yards list with 5,041. He is just the fifth quarterback in UWA history to pass for more than 5,000 yards.
COURTESY: UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
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