2014 Football Preview

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Schedule and Season Preview

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Roster

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Roster Changes

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Seniors

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Stadium profile

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Tailgating

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Eden Creamer

Megan Van Emmerik

NT SPORTS EDITOR

NT SPORTS EDITOR

Matt Chapman

Alex Passannante

Contact the NT Sports Editors: sports@nineronline.com or @NTimes_Sports

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UNC CHARLOTTE

PRESEASON

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FOOTBALL 2014

THURSDAY, AUG. 28

Campbell

at Buies Creek, N.C.

7 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 11

The Citadel

at Charleston, S.C.

2 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 25

Johnson C. Smith

James Madison

12 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 13

North Carolina Central

at Durham, N.C.

5 p.m.

(Homecoming Game) at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOV. 8

Coastal Carolina at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20

SATURDAY, NOV 15

Elon

Wesley College

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

at Elon, N.C.

The honeymoon feeling of football season is floating in the air as we prepare to kick off the second season for Charlotte 49ers football.

The 49ers looks to start their season off strong as expectations grow higher to improve from last year’s results.

This upcoming season will the be the 49ers final year as a FCS Independent. The 49ers will move to Conference USA next year while fighting for the chance to achieve full FBS member status with bowl

at Charlotte, N.C.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27

SATURDAY, NOV 22

Charleston Southern

Morehead State

(Family Day Game)

AARON MCCAIN STAFF WRITER

SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 at Charlotte, N.C.

Preparing for their final FCS Independent season, the 49ers saw coaching and roster changes.

at Charlotte, N.C.

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at Charlotte, N.C.

12 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4

Gardner-Webb

at Boiling Springs, N.C.

1:30 p.m.

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eligibility in 2016.

This offseason Charlotte Head Coach Brad Lambert added three new additions to his coaching staff. Scotty Braswell, Matt Woodlief and Mikel Hunter will join Aaron Curry as the graduate assistants for the 49ers.

Hunter becomes the first Charlotte football alum to join the 49ers coaching staff.

The 49ers introduced a 22-player freshmen class to the team. While the recruitment class increased from 15 last year, this is still an older team.

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Changes to the 49er roster give the team a new spin for the new season MATT CHAPMAN SPORTS EDITOR

The Charlotte 49ers will showcase plenty of familiar faces on the field once the 2014 season kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 28 on the road against the Campbell Camels.

The 49ers fielded a young team comprised of mostly

underclassmen during their inaugural season and therefore didn’t have the large amount of roster turnover that plagues the more established programs around the country during the offseason.

Matt Johnson will remain at the helm of the offense as the team’s starting quarterback, as he returns for his redshirt sophomore season. Johnson showed tremendous potential during his freshman year, completing 60.1 percent of his passes while throwing for 2,581 yards. Johnson started all 11 games in 2013, tossing 21 touchdown passes compared to just 12 interceptions.

Kalif Phillips should enjoy an increase in playing time alongside Johnson in the backfield after the dismissal of last year’s starting running back Alan Barnwell.

Phillips proved to be capable of carrying the offense during the 2013 season. Phillips carried the rock 129 times through the year, racking up 716 yards on the ground to go along with a teamhigh 12 touchdowns.

The 49ers did suffer a hit at the wide receiver position during the offseason after the graduation of Mikel Hunter. Hunter reeled in 45 catches last year, good for second most behind freshman Austin Duke. Hunter will also be missed on special teams as he provided the lone return touchdown for the FO OT B A L L P R E V I E W

49ers during the 2013 season.

Charlotte will need to replace a good bit of production on the defensive side of the ball after losing four of their top six tacklers from last year.

The team’s leading tackler, safety Martay Mattox, was dismissed from the team after a violation of team rules. Mattox led the way with 85 tackles last season, including an impressive game against James Madison in which he recorded 18 tackles.

The 49ers lost three key players at the linebacker position following the season as well.

Mark Hogan, Terry Caldwell and Micah Bryan played big roles on the defense last year and leave big shoes to fill for the youngsters stepping into their positions.

Caleb Clayton-Molby, Nico Alcalde and Mark Pettit should get the opportunity for more playing time in the absence of the three departures.

Charlotte 49ers Head Coach Brad Lambert brought in 24 new recruits for the 2014 season, including four ESPN threestar recruits at the head of the class. Lambert made an effort to recruit locally and was able to successfully land nine players from North Carolina.

Brooks Barden should provide stiff competition for Lee McNeill at the backup quarterback position.

Barden played high school football in Cartersville, GA, passing for 2014

2,300 yards and 42 touchdowns during his senior year.

Lambert also looked to improve his team’s depth in the trenches with his signees in the 2014 recruiting class. Charlotte added three offensive linemen and four defensive linemen in the offseason. Jean Luc Cerza-Lanaux measures at 6’8 and 315 pounds and could be a future star for the 49ers at the offensive tackle position.

The 49ers also improved at the skill positions both offensively and defensively, landing five receivers and five defensive backs on the recruiting trail. Juwan Foggie, T.L. Ford and Workpeh Kofa will look to step into the fast paced Charlotte offense and provide production at the wide receiver position left vacant by Hunter.

Despite having to remain in the FCS for one more season, Charlotte’s recruiting class stacked up well against their future Conference USA competition. In fact, only Marshall (11) and Tulane (5) were able to land more ESPN three-star recruits than the 49ers.

The 49ers are still in the building stages with their young program, but another year of experience and great recruiting

by Coach Lambert should help boost this team heading forward into Conference USA competition in 2015.

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49ER SENIORS

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Photos by Chris Crews

EDEN CREAMER

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Wants to go to graduate scho ol after graduation

His hometown is Jacksonville, Fla.

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CALEB CLAYTON-MOL INSIDE LINEBACKER

Mathematical Finance Major

Plans to go into radiology after graduation

Previous played football at Georgia Military Geography Major

His hometown is Fairview, N.C.

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TYLER DESTEFANI OUTSIDE LINEBACKER

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OFFENSIVE TACKLE

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INSIDE “THE RICH” NT File Photo

Take a look inside the home for Charlotte 49ers Football LIBBY WEIHSMANN STAFF WRITER

Walking past the tall black gates that surround the perimeter of McColl-Richardson Field, the newly poured concrete looks almost as if it were poured yesterday, though it’s been months.

The shining sun beams down on the silver aluminum stadium bleachers so bright it’s impossible to stare at them long.

You can see the American flag flapping against the flagpole that lifts it high into the cool morning air.

You can hear the stadium

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concessions workers going over directions for the long day ahead of them while folding individual Papa John’s pizza boxes to prepare for the large number of pizzas they plan to sell.

WCCB-TV workers set up cameras and discuss their roles for the day in order to make the live broadcast better than the prior week’s.

A few facilities employees are walking the green Astroturf to make sure every white line and every number is flawless, though the field has already been painted.

You can hear music, though it’s hard to make out what’s playing from such a far distance.

Tailgaters blare music through portable speakers while drinking beers and setting up painted Charlotte 49ers corn hole boards.

It is 10 a.m. and hardly anyone is on the field yet. No one is in the stands.

Though there are more than 200 people already inside the stadium that seats 15,314 screaming 49ers fans, it feels empty.

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unbelievable. It’s the calm before the storm.

It’s game day at UNC Charlotte.

McColl-Richardson Field at Jerry Richardson Stadium, home to the Charlotte 49ers football team, might sound like just another college football stadium on just another college campus.

After all, it’s rare for a public university not to have one.

Jerry Richardson Stadium is unlike any other college football stadium.

The newness of the stadium stands out to everyone. The

Continued from previous page concrete is white, the bleachers unscratched, the bricks almost new as if they had just been laid.

Glancing at the field, your eyes can’t help but be drawn up to the 70-by-30-foot video scoreboard above the Judy W. Rose Football Center in the south end zone.

The field house was named after Rose, the Charlotte 49ers athletic director, the woman who pioneered and fought for UNC Charlotte to have a football program.

By 10:15 a.m., students have lined up outside of the student entrance to ensure that they grab the best seat in the house when the gates open.

They’re impatient and eager to get past security to get the best seats.

By 10:30 a.m., the students are running across the concourse, down the stairs and into the first few rows of bleachers in the student section.

Most are wearing some sort of Charlotte 49ers apparel. Others sport green and white painted chests.

They don’t care if they have to wait. They want the best seat in the house. Arguably, there is no bad seat in “The Rich,” the stadium’s nickname.

It’s 11 a.m. and the Charlotte 49ers football team has taken the field to warm up.

Their green jerseys and white pants look pristine against the green turf. The stands have become even more filled with fans from far and wide to come witness a part of history.

Sitting in the state of the art press box that spans from one 35-yard line to the other, the external noises are muffled, but not silenced.

Despite the windows blocking out the sound, the infamous UhHuh Guy can be heard, though no one can quite spot him in the stands.

As fans continue to stream into the stadium, the music playing from the loudspeakers becomes less distinguishable as the athletes from both teams’ warm up.

It’s 11:45 a.m. and the stadium

FOOTBALL COMPLEX FAST FACTS JERRY RICHARDSON STADIUM • 15,314 seats • Built for room to expand to 40,000 seats • Named on July 11, 2013 • Panthers owner Jerry Richardson committed $10 million to the stadium • McColl-Richardson Field is 98,000 square feet

JUDY W. ROSE FOOTBALL CENTER With 15,314 seats available, the Charlotte 49ers filled every available seat for the inaugural game last fall. NT File Photo

is almost completely full. Both teams are back in the locker rooms preparing to take the field.

There are just a few rows of bleachers in the stadium yet to be filled, probably from tailgaters finishing their last beers before coming inside.

The canons go off; the fireworks fly into the sky and the 49ers team rushes out of the field house. Fans jump to their feet as they cheer the team on.

The fans are loud. The first half of the game is full of chants, cheers and every once in a while, a little silence.

By halftime, the stadium looks slightly empty, but that’s because most fans have headed to the concourse to grab a bite to eat or stretch their legs.

Some fans walk around with their yellow Bojangles’ boxes and others with drinks the size of their heads.

The lines to the concession stands are wrapped around the side of the press box. It’s loud from all of the moving noise and fans walking around the concourse.

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student section appears to have lost some fans during halftime, though there are still many hanging on the concrete wall cheering on their 49ers.

When the Charlotte team runs out of the tunnel from the locker room after halftime, the crowd rises to their feet and gets loud despite the missing fans.

By 4 p.m., the game is over and the stands have cleared out completely. It went from a standing room only crowd of 16,630 people, capacity inside “The Rich,” to just employees and media in less than half an hour.

From inside the stadium, you can see tailgaters cleaning up their tailgates while others enjoy another beverage waiting for the traffic to clear out.

You can even hear music blaring from some of the remaining tailgaters.

Clean-up crews have already begun their tedious job of picking up the stadium and transforming it back into the clean, new stadium it was only hours earlier.

Hardly anyone is on the field.

No one but a few members of the cleaning crew are in the stands.

There are no more than 200 2014

• 46,150 square feet • Administrative offices • Coaches’ offices • Training room • Strength training suite • Locker rooms • Academic center • Lounge for players

TRAINING SUITE • 7,075 square feet • Inside the Judy W. Rose Football Center • Includes synthetic turf floor space • Training equipment contained on Mondo flooring with inlaid platforms

PRESS BOX • 6,636 square feet • Media box • Coaches’ booths • Broadcast booths • University Box • Visiting Box • PA/Scoreboard • Security and Replay Booths

people inside the stadium.

It feels empty again. It’s peaceful. It’s almost unbelievable.

It’s the calm after the storm.

It still is game day at UNC Charlotte.

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WE CAME, WE SAW, WE CONQUERED After going 5-6 in the inaugural season, including four top 25 FCS opponents, the Charlotte 49ers are ready to take what they learned last season and go on to year two.

MATT CHAPMAN SPORTS EDITOR

In 2013, the Charlotte 49ers battled through plenty of ups and downs throughout their inaugural football season. The 49ers delivered convincing wins, suffered blowout losses, completed

a seemingly impossible comeback victory and gained plenty of valuable experience for a young team under first-year head coach Brad Lambert.

Charlotte finished their first season in school history with a mediocre 5-6 overall record, but the 49ers made great strides during the year with a team compiled of mostly freshman players experiencing their first action at the collegiate level.

The 49ers opened the season at home with a 52-7 victory over the Campbell Camels in front of a raucous crowd at Jerry Richardson Stadium.

Charlotte picked up another monster win the following week when they thumped the Chowan Hawks by a final score of 47-7 to improve their record to 2-0 early in the

2013 campaign.

Despite looking like worldbeaters against the Camels and Hawks, the 49ers were quickly brought back down to earth when the North Carolina Central Eagles delivered a humbling 40-13 beating that handed Charlotte their first loss of the season. The 49ers then hit the road to take on the James Madison Dukes, but four turnovers doomed Charlotte en route to a 34-7 defeat that dropped their overall

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Campbell, Aug. 31 W, 52-7 Chowan, Sept. 7 W, 47-7 N.C. Central, Sept. 14 L, 13-40 James Madison, Sept. 21 L, 7-34 Presbyterian, Sept. 28 W, 45-21 Gardner-Webb, Oct. 5 W, 53-51 UNC Pembroke, Oct. 12 L, 22-45 Charleston Southern, Oct. 26 L, 14-36 Coastal Carolina, Nov. 2 L, 25-50 Wesley College, Nov. 9 L, 28-35 Morehead State, Nov. 23 W, 61-17 NT File Photo

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Teamwork played an important role in the Charlotte 49ers inaugural season. NT File Photo

record to 2-2.

Charlotte rebounded nicely, capturing a 45-21 victory on the road over the Presbyterian Blue Hose. The 49ers returned home for their next contest against the nationally ranked Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs and pulled off a miraculous fourth quarter comeback.

Charlotte found themselves trailing 45-24 entering the final quarter of the game. The 49ers strung together 29 unanswered points and picked up a thrilling 5351 victory as Gardner-Webb failed on a two-point conversion attempt with 31 seconds left on the clock.

Unfortunately Charlotte couldn’t capitalize on the momentum gained from the comeback as they dropped their next four decisions against stiff competition, including Charleston Southern and Coastal Carolina. The 49ers late season losing streak dropped their record to 4-6 entering the final week of the season.

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The 49ers put up some staggering numbers offensively behind the leadership of their redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Johnson. Charlotte scored 33.4 points per game while averaging 448.5 yards of total offense throughout the season. Kalif Phillips shined in the backfield for the 49ers, rushing for 716 yards and a team-high 12 touchdowns, including three scoring runs in Charlotte’s season finale.

The only Achilles’ heel for the 49ers offense in 2013 was their astronomically high number of turnovers. Charlotte turned the ball over 26 times last season, including 12 interceptions thrown

by Johnson and 14 lost fumbles.

The low point of the season for the 49ers came against N.C. Central

when they committed a seasonhigh seven turnovers en route to a blowout loss.

Charlotte suffered at times on defense, getting gashed on multiple occasions, but the 49ers proved to be one of the best teams in the nation in creating takeaways.

Charlotte intercepted 15 passes from opposing quarterbacks in 2013 and forced 16 fumbles.

Terrence Winchester led the 49ers ballhawking defense with a teamhigh three interceptions in his freshman season. Linebacker Caleb Clayton-Molby was a nightmare for opposing ball carriers, forcing four fumbles and recovering three of them.

The 49ers have plenty of positives to build on heading into the 2014 season. A year of experience should do wonders for the young guys on the team and provide mental sharpness that should help cut back on the turnover problems that plagued the squad throughout their inaugural campaign.

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GAME-DAY TAILGATING REGULATIONS RULES IN PLACE FOR GAME-DAY TAILGATING ARE MEANT TO KEEP STUDENTS, STAFF AND CAMPUS VISITORS SAFE WHILE THEY HAVE FUN AND CHEER ON THE 49ERS ALEX PASSANNANTE SPORTS EDITOR

With the launch of a new football program, the need for an official policy regarding tailgating at the university becomes necessary.

As the university revved up for football, a tailgating policy was created to make sure students and fans have the most fun possible while being safe. These rules and regulations are meant to maximize safety and comfort for all that attend.

Tailgating rules and regulations are completely broken down in University Policy 706, Alcoholic Beverages.

Any violation of this policy may cause students and campus guests revoked tailgating rights, criminial prosecution, displainary action through the Office of Student Conduct if the violator is a UNC Charlotte student and/or trespassing charges should the individual be a campus guest.

Tailgating on campus is about being part of the 49er family. NT File Photos

CAMPUS ENTRANCES AND LOT INFORMATION

All entrances except the main entrance and the John Kirk Road entrance will be closed five hours prior to kickoff. Game-day entrances open four hours prior to kickoff.

Parking and tailgating will be available in lots 5, 5A, 6, 7, 7A, 14, 18, 19, 23, 25, 27 and CRI 2 and 3. Decks available for parking are Union Deck, Cone Deck 1 and 2, West Deck and CRI Deck. On-campus residents not attending the game can park in East Deck 2 and 3 or North Deck.

Students who live in campus who normally park in lots designated for tailgating for football game-day parking will be required to move their vehicles to an alternative parking location the night before a home game. If there are any cars in the parking lots as of midnight on game day, the vehicle will be automatically towed.

Tailgating areas will open four hours prior to the game. Tailgating at halftime and during the game time is prohibited, and tailgaters will be encouraged to vacate lots. Lots must also be evacuated no later tan two hours after the end of the game.

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Kegs, glass containers, drinking games, devices used to accelerate the consumption of

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alcohol, grills in parking decks and on brick pavers, open pit fires, staked tents, household furniture and animals are prohibited.

Grills in use during tailgating must also be no less than 15 feet away from any building.

Campus police have the right to take any of the prohibited items from tailgaters, and also have the right to remove any individual from tailgating areas who is getting out of control.

This includes an individual who is heavily intoxicated and acting out, and also includes underage drinkers.

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game, as campus police are authorized to ask for proof of age of on-campus drinkers.

STADIUM CONTRABAND

Tobacco products, other drugs, alcohol of all kinds and weaponry are prohibited.

Football patrons will be permitted to bring empty, clear, plastic bottles into the stadium to fill with water at designated fill stations, but other beverages will be prohibited.

The complete University Policy 706 is available online. Tailgaters are encouraged to read this policy prior to game-day.

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