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LIVINGSTON, Ala. –
The University of West Alabama football opened the 2006
season in grand fashion, as the Tigers dropped Concordia
College, 65-0 Thursday night at Tiger Stadium. A crowd
of 6,200 witnessed not only the shutout win in the
season opener, but also the beginning of the Bobby
Wallace era in Livingston.
“I told the team to
enjoy the feeling of winning,” Wallace said following
the Tigers win. “This is a feeling to remember and build
on. I was pleased with our execution of offense and
defense. We haven’t scrimmaged a lot and I thought our
guys had good execution for lack of scrimmage time.”
UWA tied a school
record with six touchdowns in one game. The record tied
a 37-year old record that the Tigers set against LSU-New
Orleans.
The Tigers opened the
scoring on a 29-yard field goal by Mitch Warfield.
Senior running back Jerin Wright added his first of
three touchdowns on the evening to give UWA a 10-0 after
one quarter.
Wright added his
second touchdown of night and opened a 21 point quarter
for the Tigers. Josh Jones tacked on his first of two
touchdowns on the evening. Kidane McBride returned a
36-yard interception for a touchdown, the first of two
on the night for UWA, with 20-seconds left before the
intermission gave UWA a 31-0 lead.
“I thought Kidane’s
interception put the game away,” said Wallace. “That was
a big play before the half and I don’t think they were
able to recover from it.”
UWA added 21-points in
the third quarter before the Tigers ended with a
13-point fourth quarter to ice the game for West
Alabama.
The Tigers posted 509
total yards while the UWA defense held the Hornets
offense to 204 yards on the night.
“Overall, I am very
pleased with the outcome of the game,” Wallace said.
“Our team played well. We played everyone on the
sideline tonight. The starters were happy to see the
second and third string guys step up and secure the
shutout for us. I can’t hold my guys back. We teach them
only one way to play and that is full speed.”
West Alabama returns
to action on Saturday, September 9th, as the
Tigers travel to Jackson, Tenn. for a 1:30 kickoff
against Lambuth University. |
