Vanderbilt Bowl Notes Franklin, Others Hold Close Ties With Cincinnati Defensive Coach
Junior Zac Stacy Sets New Single-Season Rush Mark; Contributes 13 Rushing TDs to Successful Campaign Zac Stacy (Jr., RB) is the new single-season rushing leader at Vandy Single-Season Rushing List Vanderbilt. Name Att. Yards Avg. TDs 1. Zac Stacy, 2011 183 1,136 6.2 13 Stacy finished the regular 229 1,103 4.8 4 2. Corey Harris, 1991 season with 1,136 rushing yards, 3. Jermaine Johnson, 1995 267 1,072 4.0 4 33 more than the former mark set 4. Frank Mordica, 1978 173 1,065 6.2 8 by Corey Harris in 1991. 5. Jamie O’Rourke, 1974 201 933 4.6 12 Stacy also set a modern-day 6. Jermaine Johnson, 1994 167 877 5.3 7 school record with 13 rushing 7. Doug Mathews, 1969 167 849 5.1 4 8. Frank Mordica, 1979 162 830 5.1 6 touchdowns, one more than Jamie 9. Kwane Doster, 2002 160 798 5.0 3 O'Rourke scored in 1974. 10. Warren Norman, 2009 145 783 5.4 4 Stacy broke the single-season record during a 184-yard, 3-TD performance in the team's regular season finale at Wake Forest. Stacy's Top Rush Totals In early December, Stacy was rewarded for Yards Opponent Date the outstanding season by getting named as a 10/22/2011 198 vs. Army consensus All-Southeastern Conference 184 at Wake Forest 11/26/2011 running back. 169 vs. Ole Miss 9/17/2011 The Wake Forest effort allowed Stacy to 135 vs. Kentucky 11/12/2011 move up to No. 8 on the team's career rushing 128 vs. Arkansas 10/29/2011 list. He has 1,945 rushing yards and 19 TDs on 356 career carries. Stacy finished the regular season as the SEC's third leading rusher, trailing only Trent Richardson of Alabama and Michael Dyer of Auburn. He is second in rushing touchdowns and has the top yards per carry average (6.2) among the SEC's leading rushers. Stacy is averaging 121.7 rushing yards over his last seven games. He scored 12 rushing TDs during the seven-game stretch. Stacy also became the first 'Dore running back in two decades to earn SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors following a 135-yard, 3-TD performance vs. Kentucky on Nov. 12.
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Frank Mordica Carl Woods Jamie O'Rourke Jermaine Johnson Jared McGrath Lonnie Sadler Rodney Williams Zac Stacy Warren Norman
Vanderbilt Head Coach James Franklin, Offensive Coordinator John Donovan, Director of Performance & Enhancement Dwight Galt and Football Chief of Staff Jemal Griffin have close professional ties to Cincinnati co-Defensive Coordinator Tim Banks. Franklin, Donovan, Galt, Griffin and Banks served together at Maryland under Head Coach Ralph Friedgen. Banks coached the Terp secondary in 2006 and inside linebackers from 2003-05. Franklin served with Banks in 2003-04 as Maryland's recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach. Donovan coached Maryland running backs in 2005 and quarterbacks in 2006. Galt directed the strength and conditioning effort for Maryland football while Banks served on the Terp staff. Griffin served as Maryland's assistant recruiting coordinator in 2006.
Hand Worked With UC Head Coach Vanderbilt offensive line coach Herb Hand and Cincinnati Head Coach Butch Jones were members of the West Virginia offensive staff in 2005-06. With Hand coaching tight ends and Jones mentoring wide receivers, the Mountaineers recorded back-to-back 11-win campaigns, earned a pair of top-10 national rankings. West Virginia also notched victories in the Sugar Bowl and Gator Bowl during those years.
Beatty, UC's Johnson Coach Ties Prior to joining the Franklin staff this year, Vanderbilt offensive recruiting coordinator/wide receivers coach Chris Beatty served three years at West Virginia with current Cincinnati tight ends coach Dave Johnson. Beatty coached running backs, slot receivers and directed the recruiting effort as a WVU coach from 2008-10. Johnson served the same three years as the Mountaineers' offensive line coach.
Prep Teammates Facing Off Two Commodores will face prep teammates when the Commodores and Bearcats meet in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. • Andrew Bridges (R-Fr., OT) was a teammate at Westminister School in Atlanta with Cincinnati's Ralph David Abernathy IV (Fr., RB). • John Townsley (Jr., QB) and Cincinnati's Blake Annen (R-So.) were teammates at Upper Arlington (Ohio) H.S. Townsley is a first-year walk-on.
Smith Reaches Milestones
Career Rushing Yards Att. Avg. TDs 1976-79 1983-86 1971, 73-74 1993-95 1997-2000 1972-75 1998-2001 2009- 2009-
2,632 2,490 2,202 2,152 2,151 2,096 2,021 1,945 1,242
546 619 498 486 492 569 452 356 222
4.8 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.7 4.5 5.5 5.6
18 TDs 15 TDs 20 TDs 13 TDs 9 TDs 8 TDs 16 TDs 19 TDs 7 TDs
Larry Smith (R-Sr., QB) has surpassed three career passing milestones this season: 300 completions, 600 attempts and 3,000 yards. Smith ranks seventh all-time in attempts (611) and completions (301). He is 10th in career passing yards (3,036). Smith's last pass, coming vs. Wake Forest, resulted in a 45-yard TD to Jordan Matthews (So., WR).
2011 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Guide