CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – The Campbellsville University football team kicks off the 2021 season against Union College this Thursday at home at 6:00 p.m. ET.
 
Zach Clements and Brett Sowell will be on the airwaves of the CU Sports Network on Comcast 10 and 88.7 The Tiger locally, as well as worldwide online at www.campbellsvilletigers.com/watch.
 
All tickets for Campbellsville University athletic events during the 2021-2022 season will be available online through HomeTown Ticketing. On any web browser, the links to purchase tickets can be found at campbellsvilletigers.com by clicking the Tickets header at the top of the page.


TIGER NOTES

• This game is the first primetime Tiger Football home opener since 2017 when Campbellsville defeated Pikeville, 28-14.
• Last season, the Tigers went 1-6 with their only win coming against Pikeville. UPIKE finished their 2020 season 3-4.
• Campbellsville is 17-9 all-time against Union College. Their last games was at Union where the Tigers were victorious 52-14 behind three touchdowns and 157 receiving yards by Kendon Young.
• After the first three contests, the remaining seven games of the Tigers' schedule will be against Mid-South Conference opponents.
• This season, Campbellsville has brought in new Wide Receivers coach and Special Teams Coordinator Mike Griffiths. In addition, Griffiths has more than twenty years of high school coaching experience and has served as the Head Coach of Pineville High School, Marion County High School, and Green County High School football programs with an overall Head Coaching record of 142-45. During this time, he received District Coach of the Year honors four times, won 3 District Championships, 3 Regional Finalists, and 2 undefeated regular season teams. He also was the Head Coach of the Jefferson County East All- Star Team.

 
STABILITY AND GROWTH

• Veteran upperclassmen offensive leadership sees the Tigers bring back wide receiver Tate Pringle as well as offensive linemen Kadallas Siner, Jared Rogers, and Charlie Spencer.
• The defense returns key contributors from last season's team including linebacker Abood Elias, defensive backs Xavier Newland and Kobe Reese, and defensive lineman Grover Russell.
• Senior Michael Walker and graduate student Christopher Gatewood look to add their talent to the Tigers' receiving corps as transfers to the program. Running back De'Anta Sipp, another graduate student transfer, looks to contribute immediately to the Tigers' ground game.

LOOKING AHEAD

• Campbellsville will hit the road for their next game when they travel to West Point, Georgia to face Point University. That contest is scheduled for Saturday September 11 at 1:30 p.m. ET.