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2012 Football Gameday - Villanova

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Date Saturday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m.
Location Villanova, Pa. | Villanova Stadium
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TOWSON TIGERS
Record 3-4, 2-2 CAA
Ranking 18 (The Sports Network)
Last Game Oct. 20 - Lost to Old Dominion, 31-20
Head Coach Rob Ambrose (Towson, 1993)
Villanova Wildcats
Record 6-2, 4-1 CAA
Ranking 24 (The Sports Network)
Last Game Oct. 20 - Defeated Georgia State, 49-24
Head Coach Andy Talley (Southern Connecticut '67)

VILLANOVA, Pa. - For the second straight week, the Tigers will be facing a nationally-ranked Colonial Athletic Association team when the No. 23 Tigers face No. 19 Villanova ... The Tigers are coming off a 31-20 loss against No. 7 Old Dominion, a team that Villanova beat two weeks ago ... The Tigers, who are 3-4 overall, have been playing a very difficult schedule ... Two of Towson's losses have come at the hands of two top ten FCS teams, James Madison and ODU ... The other losses have been to NCAA BCS programs Kent State (5-1) and Louisiana State (7-1).
Seeking their first road win of the season (0-3), the Tigers will be visiting Villanova Stadium where they have an all-time record of 1-3 ... Towson's only win at Villanova came in 2006 when the Tigers pulled out a 21-13 victory ... The Tigers, who were 4-0 in CAA road games last year (wins at Old Dominion, William & Mary, Maine, Rhode Island), have an all-time CAA road record of 10-23 ... Under Coach Rob Ambrose, Towson is 5-8 on the road.
TIGERS vs. VILLANOVA: Towson and Villanova are meeting for the ninth time ... They have played every year since 2004 ... Villanova has won four of the last five games and leads the series, 5-3 ... Last year, the Tigers started their drive for the Colonial Athletic Association title with a 31-10 victory in their CAA opener.
Last year, the Tigers rushed for 223 yards en route to a win over the Wildcats in the CAA opener for both teams ... Dominique Booker scored a pair of touchdowns and caught a 47-yard TD pass ... Terrance West scored two touchdowns while quarterback Grant Enders ran for 62 yards ... Towson rolled to a 21-0 lead in the third quarter before holding off Villanova.
This is the fifth time that the teams are playing at Villanova ... In 2010, Villanova celebrated its 2009 national championship with a 43-7 win ... Quarterback Chris Whitney ran for two touchdowns and threw for two TD's as the Wildcats jumped out to a 36-0 halftime lead.
The last three meetings have lacked much drama ... The average margin of victory has been 33 points in those games.


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