UWA Hosts Boll Weevils in GSC Game of the Week

LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama football team returns to action for its second consecutive Gulf South Conference contest, as the Tigers host the University of Arkansas at Monticello in the GSC-TV Game of the Week at Tiger Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

This will mark the 20^th meeting in the series that began in 1962; a contest in which the Tigers claimed a 21-6 victory in Demopolis, Ala. The series has been played in four different locations, three of which, including Livingston, are located in the State of Alabama.

In the last 12 meetings, the two schools are deadlocked with six wins each. UWA has claimed three outings in Livingston and three in Monticello with UAM equaling the mark. A season ago, UWA pulled within one win of tying the series, as the Tigers picked up their sixth win of the 2006 campaign in Monticello, 37-14. The win gave UWA its first winning season since 1992.

Both teams enter with highly-touted running attacks. UAM posts the 10^th best rushing attack in the nation, while UWA ranks 23^rd.

John L. Williams leads the way for the top ranked rushing team in the conference, as he put together a 31-carry, 275-yard performance to lead the Boll Weevils in a 35-32 overtime win at West Georgia last weekend. Williams’ leads the GSC in rushing yards (125.1) and scoring (nine touchdowns).

UWA’s ground and pound style of offense is led by Cole Mason, who is ranked fourth in the conference with just under 90-yards per game and eight touchdowns, which ranks fifth in the GSC.

The televised contest will be aired on Comcast Sports Southeast at 7:05 p.m. The game can be heard on WSLY-Gospel Hits, Y-104.9 FM and at athletics.uwa.edu.