Last time we lost the first two home games....

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Last time we lost the first two home games....

Unread post by bh2oson » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:57 pm

As far as I can tell it was 1979 under Jim Brakefield. UT-C and VMI. We finished 3-8.

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Re: Last time we lost the first two home games....

Unread post by APPSTATE-H3 » Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:05 pm

It looks like that is better than we are going to finish this year. However, I hope that statement I just made is not true.
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Re: Last time we lost the first two home games....

Unread post by App91 » Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:56 pm

as others on here have said---3 game losing streak at home. Unaccpetable

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Re: Last time we lost the first two home games....

Unread post by appmaj » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:26 am

bh2oson wrote:As far as I can tell it was 1979 under Jim Brakefield. UT-C and VMI. We finished 3-8.
Not to nit pick but per the media guide:


In 1979 the first home game was Western, App won:

1979
Head Coach JIM BRAKEFIELD
3-8 OVERALL
3-4 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE, FIFTH
Date Opponent Result
S 8 at Wake Forest L 22-30
S 15 at Virginia Tech L 32-41
S 22 * Western Carolina W 35-27
S 29 * at The Citadel L 23-24
O 6 * Chattanooga L 21-24
O 13 * VMI L 22-27
O 20 * at Furman L 17-31
O 27 * at East Tennessee State W 24-10
N 3 East Carolina L 21-38
N 10 William & Mary L 0-9
N 17 * Marshall W 45-7

Looks like it is actually 1972
1972
Head Coach JIM BRAKEFIELD
5-5-1 OVERALL
0-3-1 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE, EIGHTH
Date Opponent Result
S 9 at Western Kentucky W 7-6
S 16 * The Citadel L 21-28
S 23 * at East Carolina L 7-35
S 30 * Furman L 17-20
O 7 * at Davidson T 10-10
O 14 at South Carolina L 7-41
O 21 at Lenoir-Rhyne W 42-13
O 28 East Tennessee State W 35-34
N 4 North Alabama W 17-3 5
N 11 Eastern Kentucky W 55-7
N 18 at Western Carolina L 21-35

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Re: Last time we lost the first two home games....

Unread post by bh2oson » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:22 am

appmaj wrote:
bh2oson wrote:As far as I can tell it was 1979 under Jim Brakefield. UT-C and VMI. We finished 3-8.
Not to nit pick but per the media guide:


In 1979 the first home game was Western, App won:

1979
Head Coach JIM BRAKEFIELD
3-8 OVERALL
3-4 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE, FIFTH
Date Opponent Result
S 8 at Wake Forest L 22-30
S 15 at Virginia Tech L 32-41
S 22 * Western Carolina W 35-27
S 29 * at The Citadel L 23-24
O 6 * Chattanooga L 21-24
O 13 * VMI L 22-27
O 20 * at Furman L 17-31
O 27 * at East Tennessee State W 24-10
N 3 East Carolina L 21-38
N 10 William & Mary L 0-9
N 17 * Marshall W 45-7

Looks like it is actually 1972
1972
Head Coach JIM BRAKEFIELD
5-5-1 OVERALL
0-3-1 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE, EIGHTH
Date Opponent Result
S 9 at Western Kentucky W 7-6
S 16 * The Citadel L 21-28
S 23 * at East Carolina L 7-35
S 30 * Furman L 17-20
O 7 * at Davidson T 10-10
O 14 at South Carolina L 7-41
O 21 at Lenoir-Rhyne W 42-13
O 28 East Tennessee State W 35-34
N 4 North Alabama W 17-3 5
N 11 Eastern Kentucky W 55-7
N 18 at Western Carolina L 21-35
That's what I get for trusting CFBWarehouse It had it being played at Western.
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia ... esults.php

Good catch.

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