Game Notes

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Hampton University football team will look to bounce back and get into the win column on Saturday, hitting the road again to take on William & Mary at Walter J. Zable Stadium at 7 p.m.

The Pirates (0-1), in their fifth season under head coach Donovan Rose, lost their season opener 42-9 at Western Illinois on Aug. 29, while the Tribe (0-1), under long-time head coach Jimmye Laycock, is coming off a hard-fought, 24-17 loss at West Virginia this past Saturday.

Sophomore quarterback Jaylian Williamson (Chesapeake, Va.) threw for a team-high 113 yards and a touchdown at Western Illinois, accounting for all but 46 of Hampton's passing yards.

Senior running back Antwon Chisholm (Belle Glade, Fla.) was the Pirates' leading rusher and receiver last Thursday, averaging 3.7 yards per carry, while also leading the team in receiving, catching three passes for 56 yards a touchdown.

Seniors Delbert Tyler (Monroeville, Pa.) and Carvin Johnson (New Orleans, La.) each had a team-high 11 tackles for the Pirates, while sophomore Joshua Thorne (Oxon Hill, Md. ) and redshirt-junior Courtney Bridget Jr. (Baltimore, Md.) each added 10 tackles.

The Pirates defense held Western Illinois to 262 yards, and only 99 of those yards came through the air.

Hampton also blocked a pair of Western Illinois field goal attempts; junior Khambrel McGee (Miami, Fla.) blocked a 42-yard attempt in the second quarter and a 23-yard attempt later in the same quarter.

The Pirates are 0-3 all-time against William & Mary, though the two teams have not met since 2004 – when the Tribe won in Williamsburg, Va. 42-35 in the NCAA Div. I-AA playoffs. The first meeting was also in Williamsburg in 1997, when William & Mary won 31-6. The two teams met again the following year at Armstrong Stadium, and the Tribe won that game 41-34. Hampton is 0-2 all-time at Zable Stadium.

The Pirates are 3-9 all-time against schools currently in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Pirates are 2-0 all-time against James Madison, 0-3 against New Hampshire, 1-0 against Richmond, 0-2 against Rhode Island, 0-1 against Villanova, and 0-3 against William & Mary.

Hampton has never faced Albany, Delaware, Maine, Stony Brook, or Towson.

The Pirates went 1-5 on the road last season, with their lone win coming at Morgan State in the season finale. During Rose's tenure as head coach, Hampton is 8-13 on the road, and last season, the Pirates dropped road contests against Tennessee Tech, Florida A&M, North Carolina Central, Howard, and Delaware State.

The Pirates have seven road contests this season, and are 0-1 away from Armstrong Stadium.

For more information on Hampton University football, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.