The Waynesburg University football team finds itself in unfriendly territory – an 0-4 start to the season. However, this is the second consecutive year the Yellow Jackets have opened their season without a win in the month of September. The defense got roughed up, but the offense tallied its highest point total of 2017 following … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University football team has now started 0-3 for back-to-back seasons for the first time in over a decade following a 30-20 loss at John F. Wiley Stadium Saturday, Sept. 16, against Carnegie Mellon University. Games will not get any easier, as this upcoming Saturday, Sept. 23, the Yellow Jackets will travel to Cleveland, … Continue reading
During Sam Benger’s four-year career at Carnegie Mellon University as a running back, the accolades have piled on. During his sophomore year, he was the UAA and Presidents’ Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year and led the entirety of Division III football in rushing yards. In 2016, his junior year, Benger made the AFCA … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University football team held a 13-6 lead late into the third quarter over Carnegie Mellon University, but then 24 straight points by the Tartan offense in the final seconds of the third quarter and fourth quarter, crushed the Yellow Jackets hopes for the upset. Waynesburg scored with just over a minute left in … Continue reading
For three consecutive years, Waynesburg University football has lost the first two games of its season. This year, the schedule only gets harder for the Yellow Jackets, as they face Carnegie Mellon University, a school that has started the season undefeated. The Yellow Jackets come into Week Three still looking for their first win of … Continue reading
Interim head football coach Chris Smithley knows that the team’s offensive production begins with one thing: his offensive line. “That’s where it starts—it starts up front,” Smithley said. “If they play well, the whole offense is going to play well. Because if you’re running the ball well, now you’re opening up the play-action pass, you’re … Continue reading
In a run game concentrated offense, the Waynesburg University’s football team lost one of its leading running backs a day before the second game of the season with a pulled hip flexor. That was when sophomore Jarves Crews got called up; before Saturday he had never taken a snap at the collegiate level. According to … Continue reading
On Saturday, Nov. 12, Rick Shepas walked off the field for the last time as the head coach for Waynesburg University football and the search for a new football coach began for the Yellow Jackets. By early summer, a decision had been made and the search ended right where it began, at Waynesburg University with … Continue reading
