2013 Southern Conference football media guide

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Elon ELON Quick Facts Location:.....................................................................................................Elon, N.C. Founded:.............................................................................................................1889 Enrollment:........................................................................................................6,029 Nickname:.................................................................................................... Phoenix Colors:......................................................................................... Maroon and Gold President:.................................................................................Dr. Leo M. Lambert Director of athletics:........................................................................... Dave Blank Stadium (capacity):..................................................Rhodes Stadium (11,250) Press box phone:............................................................................336-278-6777 Football facts Head coach:...................................................................................Jason Swepson Alma mater (year):..........................................................Boston College (1992) Record at Elon (years):.............................................................................. 8-14 (2) Overall record (years):............................................................................... 8-14 (2) Football office phone:...................................................................336-278-6721 2012 record:........................................................................................................... 3-8 Conference record (place):.....................................................................1-7 (8th) Home:...................................................................................................................... 3-3 Away:....................................................................................................................... 0-5 Letterwinners returning/lost:.....................................................................36/12 Offensive starters returning/lost:..................................................................4/7 Defensive starters returning/lost:..................................................................9/2 Specialists returning/lost:.................................................................................1/2

#SOCONFB

SoCon titles:............................................................................................................... 0 Last SoCon title:..................................................................................................N/A Media relations Football contact:....................................................................................Chris Rash Email:..............................................................................................crash@elon.edu Office:..................................................................................................336-278-6712 Cell:......................................................................................................336-263-4737 Fax:.......................................................................................................336-278-6768 Website:......................................................................................ElonPhoenix.com

2013 Schedule Date Opponent Time (ET)/TV Series Aug. 31 at Georgia Tech 12 p.m. First meeting Sept. 7 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN 6 p.m. ELON leads 1-0 Sept. 14 at North Carolina A&T 6 p.m. Series tied 4-4 Sept. 21 APPALACHIAN STATE* 6 p.m. APP leads 31-9-1 Sept. 28 COASTAL CAROLINA 1:30 p.m. Series tied 1-1 Oct. 5 at Furman* 1:30 p.m./ESPN3 FUR leads 11-5 Oct. 12 at Wofford* 1:30 p.m. WOF leads 25-11 Oct. 19 CHATTANOOGA* 1:30 p.m. ELON leads 6-4 Oct. 26 at Western Carolina* 3:30 p.m. ELON leads 24-16-2 Nov. 2 OPEN Nov. 9 THE CITADEL* 1:30 p.m. CIT leads 7-5 Nov. 16 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 3 p.m. GSU leads 10-3 Nov. 23 at Samford* 3 p.m. ELON leads 7-4 * Southern Conference game NOTE: Appalachian State and Georgia Southern are ineligible for the SoCon title as they transition to FBS, but their SoCon games will count in the league standings.

2012 Results (3-8, 1-7 SoCon; 8th) Date Opponent Sept. 1 at North Carolina Sept. 8 N.C. CENTRAL Sept. 15 WEST VIRGINIA STATE Sept. 22 at Georgia Southern* Sept. 29 WOFFORD* Oct. 6 at Appalachian State* Oct. 13 OPEN Oct. 20 WESTERN CAROLINA* Oct. 27 FURMAN* Nov. 3 at The Citadel* Nov. 10 SAMFORD* Nov. 17 at Chattanooga*

W/L L W W L L L

Score Attendance 0-62 50,500 34-14 7,528 48-14 7,053 23-26 18,353 24-49 10,302 23-35 29,073

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42-31 17-31 24-38 15-26 17-24

* Southern Conference game

Elon running back Karl Bostick

Dr. Leo M. Lambert President

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Dave Blank Director of Athletics

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Dr. Eric Hall Faculty Athletics Rep.

Faith Shearer Senior Woman Administrator

Chris Rash Football SID

10,154 6,158 14,853 6,231 8,791


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