November 7th, 2009
(Photo of Kevin Cossey (27) by Tim Clark)
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SEGUIN, TEXAS – Texas Lutheran plays host to Louisiana College for the TLU Homecoming game at 2 p.m. Saturday in Seguin’s Matador Stadium.
Saturday’s contest also is the final home game for 12 Bulldog seniors: Ben Cooper, John Jackson, Brandon McCoy, Joseph Mendoza, James Moore, Jonathon Randle, Shawn Small, Anthony Smith, Steve Thrash, Frank Vera, James Villarreal, and Eric Walker.
All 12 seniors will be recognized prior to Saturday’s kickoff. The Senior Day ceremony will begin at approximately 1:40 p.m.
Seguin radio station KWED 1580 AM will have the game’s radio call, starting at 1:30 p.m. KWED’s audio can also be found at www.seguintoday.com. The KWED audio is paired with the TLU live video webcast, found at www.tlu.edu/athletics.
TLU will be out to snap an 11-game losing streak that dates back to the final three games of 2008. The Bulldogs have not tasted victory since Oct. 25, 2008, when TLU won in Abilene with an 18-0 victory over McMurry.
A loss Saturday by TLU would push the new school mark for consecutive losses to 12. The football program has lost 11 games in a row, breaking the record of 10 consecutive losses set on two other occasions in the program’s history.
TLU had a 13-game winless streak stretching over the 1954, 1955 and 1956 seasons. The Bulldogs had a tie in the 1955 season that kept the team winless but that stopped the consecutive losses streak at 10.
Louisiana College enters Matador Stadium on a three-game win streak. The Wildcats have wins over East Texas Baptist, Howard Payne and Sul Ross State in the last three contests. (LC also has an earlier-season victory over Hardin-Simmons.) On Oct. 24, LC defeated Howard Payne 51-45 in three overtimes in Brownwood, Texas. Last week, the Wildcats’ defense pitched a shutout in a 26-0 victory over Sul Ross State.
Texas Lutheran Bulldog greats Richard Miller (football), Lili Torres-Ramirez (women’s tennis), Aaron Merhoff (baseball), Craig Saunders (men’s basketball) and Madeline Klasing Williams (women’s volleyball) will be inducted into the Texas Lutheran Athletics Hall of Fame during halftime of Saturday’s football game as a part of TLU Homecoming ceremonies.
TLU also will recognize its Athletics Leadership Wall of Honor Class of 2009. This year’s inductees are the Honorable Edmund Kuempel and Ken and Linda Voges. Kuempel and the Vogeses will be honored during a pre-game ceremony at the football game.
The TLU Athletics Hall of Fame recognizes former Bulldog student-athletes for their accomplishments in the field of play. The TLU Athletics Leadership Wall of Honor recognizes individuals and groups that have contributed to the success of TLU Athletics outside the field of play.