Tusculum Adds Gardner-Webb to 2008 Football Schedule

Sunday, February 3, 2008

 

TUSCULUM ADDS GARDNER-WEBB TO 2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

 

                GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College has announced it has added a game to its 2008 football schedule.  The Pioneers will face Gardner-Webb University on Sep. 6th in Boiling Springs, N.C. at 6 p.m., announced Tusculum athletic director and head coach Frankie DeBusk.

 

                With the addition of Gardner-Webb, the Pioneers have completed their 11-game schedule, which will kickoff Aug. 30 when Tusculum hosts the University of Charleston (W.Va.) at Pioneer Field.

 

                Tusculum and Gardner-Webb have met three previous times, including its last encounter in 1999 when the two squared off in a South Atlantic Conference contest, with the Runnin’ Bulldogs coming out on top, 24-21.

 

                GWU posted a 5-6 record last season, while finishing third in the Big South Conference (NCAA Football Championship Subdivision).

 

                After starting the season 0-3, Tusculum rebounded by winning six of its last eight contests, including 4-2 in the league, tying for second place in the South Atlantic Conference.

 

                Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference which is comprised of nine colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

 

- TC –

 

2008 Tusculum College Football Schedule

Date

Opponent

Time

Series

Sat. Aug. 30

CHARLESTON (W.Va.)

1:30 p.m.

UC leads 1-0

Sat., Sep. 6

at Gardner-Webb

6 p.m.

GWU leads 3-0

Sat., Sep. 13

ELIZABETH CITY STATE

6 p.m.

1st Meeting

Sat., Sep. 20

URBANA

1:30 p.m.

1st Meeting

Sat., Sep. 27

at Wingate*

1:30 p.m.

WU leads 7-5

Sat., Oct. 4

at Lenoir-Rhyne*

2 p.m.

TC leads 8-3

Sat., Oct. 11

BREVARD*

1:30 p.m.

TC leads 4-1

Sat., Oct. 18

at Catawba*

1:30 p.m.

CAT leads 8-4

Sat., Oct. 25

NEWBERRY* (HC)

2 p.m.

NC leads 6-4

Sat., Nov. 1

at Mars Hill*

1:30 p.m.

TC leads 14-8-2

Sat., Nov. 8

CARSON-NEWMAN*

1:30 p.m.

C-N leads 27-9-2

* South Atlantic Conference Game
HC – Homecoming Game

Home Games in BOLD

All Times Eastern & Subject to Change