Football News
SCAC recognizes two Colonel football players
Centre College senior football players Adam Blandford (Middletown, Ohio) and Brian Dougherty (Hopkinsville, Ky.) have been recognized by the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) as offensive and defensive players-of-the-week, for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 28.
Blandford, was named the SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week after playing a major role in Centre's first-ever win against DePauw in Danville, rushing for 134 yards on 26 carries (5.2 yards per carry) and three touchdowns. He also caught three passes for nine yards and threw a pass for 20 yards in the Colonels 28-24 win over the Tigers. Blandford scored the game's first touchdown, a 4-yard run, followed by a 15-yard run in the third quarter and a six-yard run with less than a minute in the game for the go-ahead score.
It was his third 100+ rushing performance of the season, giving him 541 yards for the year (fourth in the SCAC). He is also fourth in the league in all-purpose yards per game (112.5 yards/game). Blandford has now rushed for 1,943 career yards, only 20 yards shy of tying Gene Scott for fourth place in school history.
 Dougherty, one of the SCAC's Defensive Tri-Players-of-the-Week, led the Centre defense with a season-high 10 total tackles, including seven solo and three assisted. Of those 10 stops, five went for a loss, including two sacks. The five tackles for loss are the most in a single-game in the SCAC since Dylan Tarr and Jake Vieck of Rose-Hulman had 6.5 and 5.5 respectively in a 30-10 victory over Millsaps on Oct. 18, 2003. Dougherty also broke up a pass in Centre's first home win against DePauw in school history.
Dougherty has now tallied 37 total tackles on the year, including 15 tackles for a loss (second in the SCAC) and 4.5 sacks (tied for third in the SCAC).
Blandford and Dougherty are the third and fourth members of the Centre football team to be honored by the SCAC. Sophomore linebacker Adam Hay (Cincinnati, Ohio) was named the league's Defensive Player-of-the-Week following the Bluffton game, while junior linebacker Matt Johnson (Ashland, Ky.) was named the Defensive Player-of-the-Week for his performance in the Colonels win over Sewanee.
Centre will finish its final two weeks of the season on the road, traveling to LaGrange, Ga., Saturday, Nov. 4 to play first-year program LaGrange College. Kick-off for the non-conference game is set for 1:30 p.m.
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