Category: Furman Paladins
Paladins Complete Tough Season Against Wofford
The Paladin football team finished a tough season with a 35-10 loss to Wofford in Spartanburg. The team lost three of its last four games to finish with a 7-5 record, which was not enough to make the FCS Playoffs.
The Paladins began the season in Aug… more »
Chattanooga's Allison Tells Gault to be More Patient
For the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offense to work, quarterback Jare Gault has to do a better job of playing within the system, Mocs coach Rodney Allison said Monday.
Allison has described Gault as a “gunslinger,” which he meant as a comp… more »
Furman LB Looking to Turn the Corner
A few years ago, while he was catching passes and running for touchdowns at Riverside High School, senior captain and two-time All-Region player Dustin Gourdin had his eye on another position: the cornerback.
It didn't carry the attention or accolade… more »
Mistakes Spoil SoCon Opener for Chattanooga against Furman
Everything was done in preparation for this game. The big losses would all be forgiven if they could turn it around Saturday.
After the quarterback battle, the trips to big name schools, and all the time to work out the kinks, it was a 35-10 drubbing… more »
Breaks, Calls go Against Delaware at Furman
Fumbled punt goes back to Paladins, but tape shows error by officials.
NEWARK -- In a football game fraught with pivotal moments, many didn't go the University of Delaware's way in Saturday's 23-21 loss at Furman.
Several, particularly a Furman fu… more »
Furman's Ground Game Too Much for Colgate in 42-21 Loss
Colgate football entered last Saturday's game against the nationally-ranked Furman Paladins riding a wave of excitement after its miracle victory over Coastal Carolina the week before. However, Colgate failed to stop Furman's running game and was unable… more »
Paladins Handle Raiders, Crack Media Poll
The Furman Paladins easily handled the Colgate Raiders last Saturday in Hamilton, New York by a final score of 42-21. The win gives the Paladins a 2-1 record for the season and bumps them up to a 24th ranking in the most recent Football Championship Sub… more »
Blue Hen Defensive Linemen Face Test
No. 24 Furman can put up strong front.
NEWARK -- The University of Delaware's defensive line has found strength in numbers this football season, as the ability to regularly rotate at least eight players has increased the unit's effectiveness, line co… more »
Furman Takes on Big Task against Delaware
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- When Furman coach Bobby Lamb says his Paladins have a big task in front of them Saturday against Delaware, he means it literally.
Lamb noted two things about the Blue Hens -- they are one of the biggest teams he has ever seen and th… more »
Furman Overpowers Colgate 42-21
HAMILTON — The way Colgate University coach Dick Biddle sees it, there were a few game-changing moments in Saturday’s 42-21 loss to No. 23-ranked Furman University.
“Our margin of error is small against a team like that,” Biddle said. “We can’t make… more »
CCU Chants Try to Shake off Heartbreaker
The Charleston Post & Courier talks about Coastal Carolina, Furman, Elon, Presbyterian, South Carolina State, and Charleston Southern football this week.
Coastal Carolina's heartbreaker of a loss to Colgate on Sunday — the Raiders won, 23-19, on… more »
Southern Conference Defined by Parity
The Southern Conference is a tough football conference.
How tough?
So tough, national champion and Michigan slayer Appalachian State lost two of seven league games and didn't even earn the conference's automatic bid to the Football Championship Su… more »
FCS Teams Seek Speed to Help Counter Spread
For Furman coach Bobby Lamb, the light bulb lit up on Nov. 10, 2007.
That was the day last season when the Paladins faced Georgia Southern and quarterback Jayson Foster, the speedster who would finish the year with 1,844 rushing yards and 24 touchdow… more »
Year Later, Upset of Michigan Resonates
The Washington Post talks about how far FCS football has come since "the upset".
Coach Jerry Moore stopped on the edge of the Appalachian State practice field one day this preseason, turned and gazed at what his football program has become. To his ri… more »
Opinion: Stop The I-AA Madness
The number of games between ACC teams and Division I-AA teams will double this season.
Three ACC teams — Clemson, Florida State and Georgia Tech — have the audacity to play two Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS teams in the politically correc… more »