Date: Saturday, Oct. 5
Contest: The Citadel (1-3, 0-2) at Wyoming (0-4)
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyo.
THE GAME: The Bulldogs will travel to War Memorial Stadium to face the Cowboys of Wyoming … This is the first meeting between the two programs … The Citadel is 1-3 vs Mountain West Conference opponents, facing Air Force in all four contests.
THE COACHES: Ellis Johnson (The Citadel ’75) is in his second season as the Bulldogs’ head coach and has a record of 4-10 … Johnson has a career record of 9-16 including a 5-6 season in 1983 as the head coach at Gardner-Webb … Cowboy’s head coach Vic Koening is in his third season and has record of 3-23.
GAME NOTES: The Bulldogs, coming off a 37-28 loss at Appalachian State last week will travel Laramie, WY to face the Cowboys of Wyoming … The Cowboys were idle last week and are 0-4 on the season, suffering losses to Tennessee, Central Michigan, Boise State, and Washington … This is the only SoCon vs Mountain West contest of the 2002 season … The last SoCon-Mountain West matchup resulted in a 20-14 Wyoming win over Furman on Sept. 1, 2001 … The Citadel is second in the SoCon in fourth down conversion success, making seven of nine … The Bulldogs have also been efficient in the red zone, scoring on 11 of 12 opportunities including eight touchdowns and three field goals … The Citadel’s Scooter Johnson is the top receiver in the SoCon with 27 receptions for 358 yards … He leads the league both in number of catches and number of yards.

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