MURFREESBORO - This week's kick off versus Shaw University rounds out the Hawks schedule with a three-game home stand. Kick off is slated for 6:00pm. Hawks fans can tune into the game two ways on Saturday, via LIVE STATS and by listening to the online webcast. Both links can be found at the GAME DAY CENTRAL button on the
www.gocuhawks.com website. Click here for the game day preview, CIAA football week seven.
The Match Up…The Hawks enter today's game coming off their first season win at Livingstone (42-33). The Hawks two career CIAA wins have come against the Blue Bears ('08, '09). The Bears are coming off a 29-28 loss at the hands of Fayetteville State. The Broncos converted a safety in the final minute of regulation to take the upset win.
The Series…Today's game marks the second time in program history that these two teams have met.They met for the first time on 10/18/2008 in Raleigh, NC…Shaw came away with a 68-13 win to lead the series 1-0.
10/18/2008 Chowan 13, Shaw 68
A Year Ago...The Bears posted big numbers last year with a 68-13 win over Chowan in Raleigh. The Bears went on to the CIAA Championship game where they claimed the 2008 CIAA Football Title with a win over Eastern Div. Champ, Elizabeth City State University. The Bears amassed over 600 yards of total offense against the Hawks while holding Chowan to under 300 yards of offense. CJ Westler passed for 344 yards and 1 TD, and rushed for another TD. He hit JJ Spates 4 times out of the backfield for 87 yards. Defensively, Jeremy Bednardz-Gray tallied 10 tackles while Marcus Johnson had 8 tackles in the game.
Players to watch…Westler is the league's top passer, averaging 278 yds a game. He is poised to top the 2,000 yd mark at 1,946 yds to go with 19 TD's, which also leads the CIAA. Westler's top receiver has been Robert Holland, who leads the league in receiving yds and TDs at 96.6 yds/game and 5 receiving TDs. Shaw brings with them the league's top rusher in Raymond Williams (Cleveland, OH). Williams is averaging 101 yds per game and has 10 TDs on the year to lead the league in total points.
Inside the numbers…Shaw enters the game with the top scoring offense in the CIAA at 37.7 points an outing while Chowan ranks 6th with 26.0 points an outing. Defensively the Bears are ranked 5th in scoring defense, giving up 22.0 points a game while Chowan is 10th in the league with 35.6 points a game. Chowan is atop the CIAA in total offense at 373.4 yds per game while Shaw is 3rd at 360.0 yds an outing. Chowan comes in 10th in the CIAA in rushing yds per game at 91.3 while Shaw is 6th at 162.6 yds per game. Chowan is currently leading the league in passing yds per game at 282.1 yds an outing while Shaw is ranked 3rd at 197.4 yds per game. The league's top rusher (R. Williams-SHAW) has totaled 707 yds on the ground while the league's top passer (CJ Westler-CHOWAN) has 1,946 yds and 19 TDs.
