[Sly Fox]

Coastal Carolina University
Conway, South Carolina


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Brooks Stadium
Built in 2002 - 9112 Seating Capacity



David Bennett
9th Season as CCU Head Coach


2010 Schedule/Results

• 09/04 - @ West Virginia ................................... L 31-0
  09/11 - @ Towson .......................................... L 47-45 in 5OT
  09/18 - Georgia Southern ................................. L 43-26
  09/25 - Delaware State ................................... W 34-14
  10/02 - @ Richmond ....................................... L 41-19
  10/16 - @ Presbyterian* .................................. W 35-7
  10/23 - Stony Brook* ...................................... L 38-28
  10/30 - @ Gardner-Webb* ............................... W 30-27 in OT
  11/06 - @ VMI* ............................................. W 31-3
  11/13 - Liberty* ............................................ 1:00 PM ET
  11/20 - Charleston Southern*

Zach MacDowall Leads CCU to 31-3 Win at VMI
Coastal tops VMI 31-3 behind 254 passing yards from MacDowall.


Zach MacDowall

Nov. 6, 2010

Final Stats

LEXINGTON, Va. - Zach MacDowall completed 16 straight passes at one point, throwing two touchdowns and rushing for one, to lead Coastal Carolina to a 31-3 win at VMI.

With the win Coastal improves to 3-1 in Big South play and 4-5 overall, and will host defending Big South champions Liberty next Saturday at 1 pm. VMI falls to 3-6 overall and 2-3 in the league.

MacDowall opened the day with a completion before throwing back-to-back incompletions. From that point, he hit his next 16, which started toward the end of the first quarter and extended into the third quarter, completing his first three of the third quarter. He finished the day 18-of-24 for 254 yards with a late interception and touchdown passes of 15 and 18 yards to Marquel Willis, adding a two-yard rushing score. During the streak, MacDowall had completions of 14, 7, 8, 12, 15, (-5), 17, 9, 21, 53, 18, 12, 9, 28, 2 and 29 yards.

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Key Players



#10 Zach MacDowell
6' 2" 200 lb Senior Quarterback
Thru 9 Games: 151-of-251 (59.8%) for 1710 Yds Passing with 12 TDs & 12 INTs + 69 Carries for 250 Yds for 6 TDs




#22 Eric O'Neal
5' 10" 200 lbs Senior Running Back
Thru 9 Games: 123 Carries for 543 Yds (4.4 YPC) for 4 TDs + 25 Catches for 170 Yds and 1 TD Reception




#25 Brandon Whitley
6' 3" 200 lbs Senior Receiver
Thru 9 Games: 25 Catches for 309 Yds including 5 TDs




#40 Andrae Jacobs
5' 11" 245 lbs Sophomore Linebacker
Thru 9 Games: Team-High 85 Tackles including 9.5 for Loss + 2 Sacks + 1 Pass Breakup + 1 Forced Fumble




#36 Dominique Davenport
5' 11" 210 lbs Senior Safety
Thru 9 Games: 53 Tackles including 3.5 for Loss + 4 INTs including 1 for TD

[SuperJon]

Beat Coastal.

Dadgummit.

[jcmanson]

They are playing good football right now. We will have to play well to win.

[Sly Fox]

Checking their stats from recent weeks you can see how well MacDowell is distributing the ball amongst his receivers & backs. They really have three quality guys outside catching the ball (it was tough to choose who was their primary receiver ... another guy had 2 TD catches yesterday).

Anyone who has been around the program for much of any time knows how difficult it is to win down at Brooks Stadium. Our games there nearly always go down to the wire. I would expect nothing different this Saturday.

[TDDance234]

Most important game of the season so far. Have to win this one.

[Keenan]

Big time matchup! Hopefully we put together a total and complete game next week. If we do, I don't think this game will be very close. It certainly will enable us to make a statement. Come on Liberty! Beat Coastal!

[Keenan]

Don't forget that this game will be available on ESPN3.com too! That's where I will be watching while working at Tri-State Nissan in Winchester,Va.!

[BJWilliams]

This is gonna be a good game...the last two games between LU and Coastal in Myrtle Beach (yeah I know its officially in Conway) have been decided by a total of <7 points and I expect more of the same. If LU wins this one by two TDs or more I will certainly be shocked

[SuperJon]

Just because I haven't said it yet today:

Dadgummit.

[kuntryboimike]

Just because I haven't said it yet today:

Dadgummit.

You should make that a big sign for the game @ Coastal:

"Beat Coastal, Dadgummit!"

[Sly Fox]

Dadgummit.

[Cider Jim]

Anybody know what hotel(s) the team and band are staying at in Conway/Myrtle?

[Rooster Cogburn]

a Huge game indeed. Can't wait, and surely CDB will give us some entertainment in advance by tomorrow.

[therealbodoyle]

JC: I have to disagree. We played good this past weekend against a bad VMI team. I need more than that to say we are playing good.

Any of you guys coming to the game?

I am flying in tomorrow. If any of you guys play golf, lemme know. I am possibly looking for a game this Thurs. depending on how I feel after playing Wednesday with a pinched nerve. Shoot me an email: Chanticleers@gmail.com

[Chris Lang]

Tuesday's notes:

http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/ ... otes_11_9/

[jcmanson]

Tuesday's notes:

http://www.mynewsadvance.com/index.php/ ... otes_11_9/

Thanks Chris. Great quote from Rocco:

No matter who we would be playing this week, I’d like to think this group would be highly energized and highly motivated. We’re in a position right now where we’re sitting on the cusp of being in the top 10 in the country. We’re in a position right now where we’re fighting for the conference championship, and the first-ever four-peat. And we’re in a position where we have an opportunity to control our future in terms of getting into the postseason for the first time in school history. So regardless of who was on the schedule this week, I’d like to think my team would be highly motivated and energized. Now they are. And it’s Coastal. So whether that’s because it’s Coastal or because of the reasons I just mentioned, I’m not sure. But I do like where our kids are in terms of understanding the significance of this football game.

[Keenan]

Apparently a couple of Coastal fans have tried to compete with Flames fans on Twitter. If you haven't tweeted "#beatCoastal" this week, please do so!

[TDDance234]

Apparently a couple of Coastal fans have tried to compete with Flames fans on Twitter. If you haven't tweeted "#beatCoastal" this week, please do so!

Competing is three people and I'm not convinced that two of them aren't the same person.

[flamesfilmguy]

That chicken got dominated. it wasn't even a war.

[SuperJon]

Apparently a couple of Coastal fans have tried to compete with Flames fans on Twitter. If you haven't tweeted "#beatCoastal" this week, please do so!

Competing is three people and I'm not convinced that two of them aren't the same person.

Everyone I've seen do the #BeatLiberty stuff is on staff at Coastal. I haven't seen many, if any, just regular fans do it.

[kuntryboimike]

So I'm pretty nervous about this one. We have some pretty similar scores against the same opponents, with Coastal beating Presby by much more than we did...Anyone have any info or facts/stats that will give me some encouragement?

[LUnpretty11]

So I'm pretty nervous about this one. We have some pretty similar scores against the same opponents, with Coastal beating Presby by much more than we did...Anyone have any info or facts/stats that will give me some encouragement?

This argument never holds any water. You cannot simply compare two teams by how they have competed versus the same opponents. It's like saying we could play VT to a 2 point game because they only lost to JMU by 5, and we lost to JMU by 7. Doesn't work that way. You should be concerned because we always are in a battle with Coastal when we play at their place. As far as encouragement, that's TTL's job to be Mr. Optimistic.

[kuntryboimike]

So I'm pretty nervous about this one. We have some pretty similar scores against the same opponents, with Coastal beating Presby by much more than we did...Anyone have any info or facts/stats that will give me some encouragement?

This argument never holds any water. You cannot simply compare two teams by how they have competed versus the same opponents. It's like saying we could play VT to a 2 point game because they only lost to JMU by 5, and we lost to JMU by 7. Doesn't work that way. You should be concerned because we always are in a battle with Coastal when we play at their place. As far as encouragement, that's TTL's job to be Mr. Optimistic.

Calling Mr. Optimistic!!!!....Hello?

[Rooster Cogburn]

Now that's funny. Thanks Coach Bennett:
http://bit.ly/9kTXaA.

[LCA&LU Mom]

Now that's funny. Thanks Coach Bennett:
http://bit.ly/9kTXaA.

"Yawwwwwl got tam tuh tweeet den yawwwwwl got too much tam on yo hayunds"

I'm from the South and I just about needed an interpreter for that one.