Ferrum @ Shenandoah

Saturday, Ferrum travels to Shenandoah to take on the 2-1 Hornets. This game could be the ultimate definition of a barn burner. Ferrum had little trouble with last weeks win, but this week the Panthers will need just as good of a defensive effort. Just a little information about the Shenandoah offense.

Quarterback- Hayden Bauserman

Through three games

2018 Stats-105 completions out of 156 attempts for 1097 passing yards and 15 TD's with 1 Int.

Offense is averaging 51.6 points per game.

The rushing game gives them 157 yards per game.

By Comparison, Ferrum numbers look like this:


Quarterback- Zach Clifford

Through three games

2018 Stats- 41 completions out of 72 attempts for 533 yards and 9 TD's with 1 Int.

Offense is averaging 47 points per game

The rushing game gives Ferrum 271.3 yards per game


Shenandoah is a pass heavy offense. They have a solid offensive attack. Ferrum is no less solid, but seems to rely a bit more on the run game than the Hornets. Nonetheless, both phases of Ferrum's offense are effective

To win this Ferrum must be able to do four things:

Control time of possession- You can't score if you don't have the ball.

The defense must create turnovers. The offense must capitalize on the turnover.

The secondary has to be omnipresent. The have to blanket the Hornet receivers

There must be pressure on the quarterback.....constant pressure

All of these seem like basic fundamentals, but trust me, this team can put up points in a hurry.
As solid as the Ferrum offense has been, I am worried about the availability of Nick Pearce (ankle)
Ferrum can win this game, but they cannot help the Hornets. They will not need it, so penalties are another thing that must be kept to a minimum.

Yes, it's one of those games that may come down to who has the ball last. It will be an exciting game, I just hope we don't need all of those 81 points this week.
Defensively, Shenandoah has only given up 137 yards rushing in three games. Their pass defense has given up 348 yards so far, but opponents have averaged 36.7 points per game. Ferrum is only giving up 21.7 points per game.
It will take a complete game in all phases for a Ferrum win. The win is attainable, and if the defense is as good as I think they are, we could be on the right side of the final score.......otherwise, Ferrum will be 0-2 in the conference.


Ferrum  47

Shenandoah  40

Go Panthers!

In the rest of the ODAC-


Randolph Macon @ Washington and Lee

Bridgewater @ Guilford

Emory and Henry @ Hampden-Sydney