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David Lipscomb Mustangs

TSSAA Class 3A Playoffs - Round One

Reese Smith Athletic Complex

November 7, 2008   7:00 p.m.

Audio:                    Lipscomb Sports Network

                                900 AM   WKDA

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Records:                Lipscomb              10-0   7-0    Region 5-3A

                                Chester Co.            6-4   2-3    Region 6-3A

Last Meeting:        Lipscomb   48     Chester Co.   12    (2005)

Series:                   Lipscomb leads 3-0

Streak:                   Lipscomb has won 3 in a row

  2008 DL Mustangs Season Schedule/Results

8/29        Greenbrier                            42-3          1-0        0-0             

9/5          @ Page*                                21-0          2-0        1-0

9/12        Stratford                                                43-19       3-0        1-0

9/19        @ Cheatham County*        42-7          4-0        2-0           

9/26        @ Goodpasture                   26-7          5-0        2-0

10/3        @ Spring Hill*                      48-20       6-0        3-0

10/10      Creek Wood*                        49-26       7-0        4-0

10/17      Giles County*                       31-28       8-0        5-0         

10/24      @ Marshall County*            38-14       9-0        6-0           

10/30      Montgomery Central*         42-0        10-0        7-0

11/7        Chester County**                                7:00 p.m.

                *     Region 5-3A Game

                **   TSSAA Playoffs

David Lipscomb Quick Facts

Location                                                Nashville, Tennessee

Established                           1891

Enrollment                            1386       (K-12)

                                                 536        (9-12)

Football Region                   5-3A

Home Field                           Reese Smith Athletic Complex

Dir. of Campus Schools     Michael Hammond

Principal                                                Mark Pugh

Athletic Director                   Mike Roller

Head Coach                         Glenn McCadams

Season at DL                       27^th  (31^st overall)

Record at DL                        259-79  (290-91 overall)

DL All-Time Seasons         46^th

DL All-Time Record            349-173-5

Playoff Appearances          19

Playoff Record                     48-15

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Lipscomb Hosts Chester County

to Open 2008 Class 3A Playoffs

     Lipscomb will welcome Chester County to the Reese Smith Athletic Complex this week as the 2008 TSSAA Playoffs begin within all classifications and divisions throughout the state.  The Eagles will be making their second trip from Henderson to Nashville in four years as they made the drive east on I-40 in the first round of 2005 as well.

     Chester County enters the playoffs with a 6-4 overall record finishing in fourth place with a 2-3 mark in Region 6-3A.  Lipscomb is 10-0 overall this season and posted its fourth consecutive 7-0 record in Region 5-3A since joining the new classification in 2005.  These two programs met in the playoffs during the first season as members of Class 3A in 2005 and do the same in the last season before next year’s realignment by the TSSAA Board of Control. 

     The winner of this week’s game will meet the winner of the Lexington - Marshall County  game in next week’s second round of the playoffs.

Region 5-3A

                                                Region                   Overall

David Lipscomb                    7-0                         10-0

Giles County                            6-1                           8-2

Marshall County                     5-2                           8-2

Page                                         4-3                           6-4

Cheatham County                  3-4                           5-5

Spring Hill                                2-5                           2-8

Creek Wood                            1-6                           1-9

Montgomery Central              0-7                          0-10

Last Week’s Games

Spring Hill               28         Creek Wood         13

David Lipscomb   42          Mont. Central        0

Giles County           25         Marshall Co.         20

Page                        34         Cheatham Co.     14

This Week’s Games

Chester County (#4 6-3A) at David Lipscomb (#1 5-3A)

Marshall County (#3 5-3A) at Lexington (#2 6-3A)

Page (#4 5-3A) at Jackson South Side (#1 6-3A)

McNairy Central (#3 6-3A) at Giles County #2 5-3A)

Last Week’s Game

     Lipscomb celebrated Senior Night at the Reese Smith Athletic Complex with three touchdowns in the first 5 ½ minutes of the game by the special teams and defensive units.  The quick start provided the spark needed to give the Mustangs a 42-0 victory over Montgomery Central will all of the points coming in the first half of action.  Lipscomb’s offense did not set foot onto the football field until 30 seconds remained in the opening quarter.  The Indians’ offense had already consumed more than 11 minutes in time of possession with their first four drives ending in two turnovers, two punts and 21 points for the Mustangs.

     Blake Johnson scored the first points of the night on a 47 yard punt return.  Evan Webb’s 35 yard interception return for a TD and Trey McClain’s fumble recovery in the end zone following a hard hit by Michael Saggio on the Montgomery Central punter gave the Mustangs the three touchdown lead.

     When Lipscomb’s offense was finally able to take the field for its first possession of the game, it would be short-lived, but with a sweet ending.  After an 11 yard pass to Kyle Lehning, quarterback Caleb Simpson hit tight end Evan Webb in stride across the middle of the field and Webb churned his way to the end zone for a 67 yard TD on the first play of the second quarter.  Blake Johnson added his second punt return touchdown of the game less than three minutes later on a spectacular 62 yard scamper to push the lead to 35-0.  Rafe Tenpenny and John McAlister had big stops for the Mustang defense during the next Montgomery Central possession giving the football back to the Mustangs at the Lipscomb 34.  Following the first penalty of the game to start the drive, Scott Bledsoe took the handoff and covered the five penalty yards and the rest of the field as well for a 71 yard TD run as Hunter Williams provided the final block to clear the path down the sideline.  Lehning’s sixth PAT kick of the game put what proved to be the final points of the night on the scoreboard giving Lipscomb a 42-0 lead entering halftime.

     The Mustang offense ran four plays using 1:44 in time of possession in the first half gaining 149 total yards.  The Indians finished the first 24 minutes with 34 plays and a 22:16 time of possession gaining 88 total yards. 

     For the game, Lipscomb had only three offensive possessions with four first downs and 15 total plays recording 213 yards of total offense.  Montgomery Central gained 199 yards on 56 offensive plays achieving 15 first downs during the game.  Lipscomb averaged 14.2 yards per play while the Indians averaged only 3.6 yards per down.  Montgomery Central led in time of possession 36:48 to 11:12.  Thirty-seven different Mustangs contributed to the tackling efforts as the Mustang defense combined for three quarterback sacks and an additional eight TFL.

Undefeated Regular Season for the

3^rd Time in Program History

     Completing the 2008 regular season with a 10-0 record, Lipscomb has matched a mark achieved by only two other teams in the program’s history.  The perfect mark matches the 10 wins recorded during the regular season by the 1994 and the 2003 Mustangs.  Both of those seasons were during the time that Lipscomb was a member of Class 2A.

     After running the table during the regular season in 1994, the Mustangs went on to win the first state football championship in school history.  Lipscomb allowed the opposition a total of 79 points that year including only 21 in the five playoff games.  The Mustangs defeated Harriman 42-0 in the title game giving the team a 15-0 record for the 1994 season.  The 2003 Mustangs won 14 straight games before falling in the state championship game to Huntingdon.

Blake Johnson Named LSN Player of the Game

     Blake Johnson was named as the Lipscomb Sports Network’s Player of the Game for his efforts on special teams and defense in last week’s victory over Montgomery Central.  Johnson had three punt returns totaling 115 yards and two touchdowns.  He also contributed four total tackles on defense.    

     Other recipient’s of the Lipscomb Sports Network’s Player of the Game Award for the 2008 season are:

Greenbrier                            Zach Rogers

Page                                      Harrison Daniel & Caleb Simpson

Stratford                                                Harrison Daniel

Cheatham County               Evan Webb

Goodpasture                        Kyle Lehning

Spring Hill                             Michael Saggio

Creek Wood                         Ben Brewer

Giles County                         Kyle Lehning & Zach Rogers

Marshall County                  William Officer

Lipscomb Head Coach Glenn McCadams

     Glenn McCadams is in his 27^th season as head coach of the football program at David Lipscomb.  He joined the Campus School in 1982 after spending four seasons leading the football team at Trenton Peabody.  McCadams has compiled a 259-79 record with the Mustangs and holds a career mark of 290-91 in his 31^st season as a head coach.

     McCadams was named as the 2007 Coach of the Year by the National Christian Schools Association (NCSA).  He recorded his 250^th victory as head coach on the David Lipscomb campus in Week One of this season as the Mustangs defeated Greenbrier.  McCadams has won over 76% of his games in 27 years on the Lipscomb campus.

     Under his leadership, the Mustangs have won three state championships  - two in Class 2A (1994 and 2002) and one in Class 3A (2007).  His Lipscomb teams have played in a total of seven state title games as well as five bowl games.  Including this season, McCadams has taken the program to 16 straight TSSAA Playoffs and 19 overall.  In his 27 seasons, the Mustangs have been to the post-season 24 times.

     A native of west Tennessee, the Huntingdon High School graduate spent nine years on the coaching staff at Milan High School before joining the head coaching ranks.  McCadams also serves the Campus School as assistant principal of the high school.  He has also been Athletic Director during his tenure at the Nashville school.    

McCadams Ranks 5^th in All-Time in Wins

     Lipscomb head coach Glenn McCadams moved into sole possession of fifth place on the TSSAA’s list of all-time wins by head coaches in the state of Tennessee in Week Nine this year.  He passed Springfield’s Boyce Smith with his 289^th victory.  With last week’s victory, McCadams has now won 290 overall games in his career as a head coach

     Below is the list of the top five all-time Tennessee high school head coaches for number of wins according to the TSSAA:

354     Carlton Flatt              Brentwood Academy

342     Ken Netherland       St. George’s

332     John Tucker              Parsons, Tiptonville, Lewis County,

                                                   Dickson, Milan, Gibson County,

                                                   & Humboldt

324     E.B. “Red” Etter        Chattanooga Central & Baylor

290     Glenn McCadams  David Lipscomb

McCadams Second on Active Head Coaches Wins List

     With his 290 career wins, Glenn McCadams is ranked #2 in the state of Tennessee for the most number of wins among active head coaches.  Trailing only St. George’s Ken Netherland who has won 342 games, the Lipscomb head coach is just ahead of Benny Hammonds (Gatlinburg-Pittman) and Gary Rankin (Alcoa - formerly of Riverdale) who have each secured 288 victories

Assistant Coaching Staff

     The assistant coaching staff at Lipscomb is one of the finest groups of men that can be found walking the sidelines at any high school in the state.  Not only are they great coaches, each one also embodies the spirit and mission of the school while taking to heart the task of molding young men into leaders. 

Jesse Blair                            Linebackers & Running Backs

Todd Cunningham              Assistant Middle School Coach

David Morris                         Freshman Head Coach

David Sessions                    Corner Backs & Tight Ends

Andrew Stewart                   Secondary & Wide Receivers

Tim Taylor                             Assistant Head Coach & Off. Line

Kevin Temple                       Middle School Head Coach

Scott Tillman                        Defensive Coordinator

Ken Tyler                               Coordinator of Training

From the Mustang History Books

     The 2008 season marks the 46^th season of football on the David Lipscomb campus.  Taking the field for the first time in 1935, Lipscomb played four years through the 1938 season before discontinuing the program for almost three decades.  The program under the leadership of head coach Jacky Ray Davis returned to the field in 1967.

     Ten head coaches have walked the sidelines for Lipscomb in 73 years with current head coach Glenn McCadams leading the team in over 64% of the games.  Buck Dozier was the head coach of the Mustangs from 1969-1976 compiling a 51-32-2 record including five Nashville Interscholastic League Class A Championships and two bowl berths.

     The Mustangs have posted a 349-173-5 overall record.  This week’s game is the 528^th all-time contest in the school’s tradition rich football history.

     Six Straight Region Championships

     The 2008 Region 5-3A championship gave the Mustangs a sixth straight region title.  The championship streak covers participation in both Class 2A and Class 3A.  This year’s region championship represents the fourth straight region title for the Mustangs since joining Class 3A in 2005.  The overall streak began in the program’s last two years in Class 2A with titles in 2003 and 2004.    

Nine Undefeated Region Champions

     Through the years and region championships earned by the Lipscomb football program, nine seasons have produced undefeated Mustang teams within the region.  Those years are 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Region Home Winning Streak Stands at 24

     Last week’s victory over Montgomery Central gave the Mustangs the program’s 24^th straight region victory at the Reese Smith Athletic Complex.  The last region loss at home for Lipscomb was in the 2001 season. 

Looking at the 21^st Century

     Since the turn of the calendar into the new millennium, Lipscomb holds a 108-16 overall record and a 53-3 mark in region play.  The Mustangs are 28-6 in the playoffs during this time.

Overall Region Win Streak Now at 44

     Lipscomb has defeated 44 straight region opponents during the regular season giving the Mustangs the state’s second longest current winning streak for region games.  The Mustangs streak covers portions of six seasons dating back to 2002 as members of Region 4-2A.  Since joining Region 5-3A in 2005, Lipscomb has defeated all 28 region opponents during the regular season.      

     Maryville holds the state’s longest region winning streak as the Rebels have won 56 straight region games.

Consecutive Win Streak Reaches 20

     Lipscomb tied the second longest overall winning streak in program history last week with the win over Montgomery Central.  The Mustangs have now won 20 straight games in a streak that includes the final 10 games of the 2007 season through the first ten weeks of 2008. 

     The longest winning streak for Lipscomb football is 24 games which began in Week #1 during the 1994 season and continued through Week #9 in 1995.  The original 20 game winning streak began with the last regular season game in 2002 and ended with a loss in the 2003 state title game.  Each of these streaks was built around a state championship season. 

50 Wins as Members of Class 3A

     Since making the move to Class 3A at the beginning of the 2005 season, the Mustangs have posted a 50-5 overall record.  Looking deeper inside of that mark, the program has a 4-0 record against teams from Class 4A, 44-3 against Class 3A teams and 2-2 against Class 2A.  The only losses to teams within Class 3A have come at the hands of Livingston Academy and Knoxville Fulton in the 2005 and 2006 state title games respectively as well as Greenbrier to open the 2005 campaign.  During the regular season, the Mustangs are 37-3 since moving up in classifications and 13-2 in the playoffs.

   All-Time Records Against 2008 Opponents

     Lipscomb owns a 80-30 overall record against its 2008 opponents winning 73% of the games.  Over the years, the Mustangs have played the most games against Goodpasture as the two have met 40 times on the football field with the series standing at 20 wins for each team.  Removing those contests from the record against 2008 opponents, the Mustangs are 60-10 (85.7%) against the other nine regular season opponents.

Eighth Straight Season with 10 or More Wins

     The Mustangs have won 10 or more games in a season for the eighth straight year.  Lipscomb has recorded double-digit win seasons every year since 2001 with five trips to the state title game included during that time.  The streak includes a

10-2 mark in 2001, 13-2 in 2002, 14-1 in 2003, 12-2 in 2004, 13-2 in 2005, 13-2 in 2006, 14-1 in 2007 as well as the 10-0 record this season.

     Overall under Glenn McCadams, Lipscomb has enjoyed 10 wins or more in a season 14 times.  Buck Dozier’s 1975 team was the only other team in Lipscomb’s history to reach the 10 win plateau.  That season, the Mustangs went 10-1 claiming the Nashville Interscholastic League’s Class A Championship and a trip to the Bear Booster Bowl.

Mustangs by the Numbers

     The 2008 Lipscomb football roster is one of the largest in recent memory.  A total of 79 players and managers are on the team this season including 21 seniors, 27 juniors and 31 sophomores.

Mustangs Begin 16^th Straight Playoffs

     This week, Lipscomb enters the TSSAA playoffs for the 16^th straight season in a streak that dates back to 1993.  The 2008 campaign also marks the 19^th year overall that the Mustangs have participated in the playoff system.  Since 1988, Lipscomb has only missed going to the post-season twice - in 1989 and 1992.       

     Lipscomb has played in five out of the last six state championship games bringing home titles in Class 2A in 2002 and Class 3A in 2007.  The Mustangs finished runner-up in 2003 (2A) and as Class 3A runner-up in 2005 and 2006.  The only time that the team missed a trip to Murfreesboro was in 2004 in the program’s last season in Class 2A.  That year, Alcoa defeated the Mustangs at the RSAC in the semifinals.

     Prior to the current TSSAA playoff format, Lipscomb won five Nashville Interscholastic League Class A titles and played in eight bowl games.

Mustangs Take Field for 64^th Playoff Game

     The first round playoff game with Chester County to open the 2008 playoffs will be the 64^th playoff game in the history of Mustang football.  Lipscomb owns a 48-15 record in the TSSAA playoffs winning over 76% of the games.     

     Lipscomb has faced 38 different opponents in the playoffs including three new faces during the 2007 state title run.  The Mustangs have faced Chattanooga Tyner more than any other team in the state during the playoffs as the two programs have met six times.

2008 TSSAA Class 3A First Round Playoffs

Upper Bracket – Regions 3 and 4

Sycamore (6-4) at Howard (9-1)

Polk County (8-2) at Station Camp (7-3)

DeKalb County (8-2) at McMinn Central (9-1)

East Ridge (5-5) at White House (9-1)

Upper Bracket – Regions 1 and 2

Kingston (7-3) at Seymour (8-2)

Grainger County (5-5) at Austin-East (8-2)

Anderson County (7-3) at Carter (6-4)

Gibbs (3-7) at Knoxville Catholic (10-0)

Lower Bracket – Regions 7 and 8

Hillcrest (3-7) at Haywood County (8-2)

Crockett County (7-3) at Mitchell (6-4)

Trezevant (6-4) at Dyersburg (8-2)

Dyer County (4-6) at Sheffield (7-3)

Lower Bracket – Regions 5 and 6

Chester County (6-4) at David Lipscomb (10-0)

Marshall County (8-2) at Lexington (6-4)

McNairy Central (6-4) at Giles County (8-2)

Page (6-4) at Jackson South Side (9-1)

19 Years and Counting

     With the opening of the program’s 19^th post-season run to the state championship, here is a summary of the Mustangs’ first 18 years in the TSSAA playoffs:

State Championships                         3

State Runner-up                                  4

Semifinals                                            2

Quarterfinals                                        3

Second Round                                     6

2007 – Class 3A State Champions  5-0

Defeated McNairy Central, Marshall County, Bolivar Central, Mitchell and Fulton

2006 – State Runner-up                    4-1

Defeated Fayette-Ware, Spring Hill, Giles County and Dyersburg; Lost to Fulton

2005 – State Runner-up                    4-1

Defeated Chester Co., Cheatham Co., Lexington and Covington; Lost to Livingston Academy

2004 – Semifinals                                               3-1

Defeated Marion County, East Robertson and Goodpasture; Lost to Alcoa

2003 – State Runner-up                    4-1

Defeated Polk County, Houston County, Tyner and Alcoa;

Lost to Huntingdon

2002 – Class 2A State Champions  5-0

Defeated Marion County, Tyner, Goodpasture, Sweetwater and Mitchell

2001 – Second Round                       1-1

Defeated Meigs County; Lost to Tyner

2000 – Quarterfinals                           2-1

Defeated Marion County and Meigs County; Lost to Goodpasture

1999 – Second Round                       1-1

Defeated Meigs County; Lost to Tyner

1998 – State Championship Game 4-1

Defeated Marion County, Bledsoe County, Tyner and Alcoa; Lost to Milan

1997 – Quarterfinals                           2-1

Defeated Meigs County and Westmoreland; Lost to Tyner

1996 – Second Round                       1-1

Defeated Mt. Pleasant; Lost to Huntingdon

1995 – Semifinals                                               3-1

Defeated Mt. Pleasant, Union City and Loretto; Lost to Goodpasture

1994 – Class 2A State Champions  5-0

Defeated Spring Hill, Huntingdon, Lewis County, Milan and Harriman

1993 – Second Round                       0-1

First Round Bye; Lost to Martin Westview

1991 – Second Round                       1-1

Defeated Fairview; Lost to Springfield

1990 – Second Round                       1-1

Defeated Waverly; Lost to White House

1988 – Quarterfinals                           2-1

Defeated Waverly and Springfield; Lost to Milan

Playoff Margins

Largest Mustang Victory – 49 points vs. Alcoa (2003)

Smallest Mustang Victory – 2 points vs. Mitchell (2007)

Largest Mustang Loss – 34 points vs. Huntingdon (2003)

Smallest Mustang Loss – 1 point vs. Goodpasture (2000)

15 Teams Enter Post-Season Undefeated

     Fifteen teams enter Round One of the TSSAA playoffs with unblemished records.  Class 1A has the most undefeated teams with four while Class 4A has three teams without a loss.  The other classifications including Division II each have two undefeated teams.  Here is a look at the remaining undefeated teams beginning in the east and moving to the west within each division and classification.

Class 1A – Oneida, South Pittsburg, Trousdale County and Cascade

Class 2A - Lewis County and Milan

Class 3A - Knoxville Catholic and David Lipscomb

Class 4A - Sullivan South, Maryville and Henry County

Class 5A - Dobyns Bennett and Millington

Division II - Ensworth (AA) and MUS (AA)

Senior Class Chasing Win Record and

Fourth BlueCross Bowl Berth

     The 2008 Lipscomb senior football class is one of only four senior classes across the state that can make the claim of having the opportunity to participate in four straight BlueCross Bowls during their high school careers.  The other three teams with senior classes hoping to make the return to Murfreesboro are Alcoa, Goodpasture and Maryville.  Alcoa and Maryville are both 3-0 during this time.  The Mustang seniors are 1-2 with Goodpasture’s senior class looking for their first win and title.

     During their varsity career, the senior class has put together a 37-3 overall record including a 20-1 mark at the Reese Smith Athletic Complex.  On the road, the seniors are 16-0 with a 1-2 record at neutral sites.  The 2007 football seniors hold the program record for number of wins in a three year period with 40 as they finished their varsity career at 40-5.

Thank You Seniors

     Lipscomb hosted senior night activities during halftime of last weeks game with Montgomery Central as the Mustangs honored 21 players and managers in the football Class of 2008.  The individuals recognized were:

#10  Ben Brewer                                  #42  Evan Webb

#11  Caleb Simpson                           #44  Michael Saggio

#13  Kyle Lehning                               #52  Andrew Gwinn

#15  T.J. Hoelzer                                 #53  Andrew Quinn

#18  Clark Tomberlin                          #54  Blake Lehmer

#20  Ryan Nowers       &nb