Williams earned National squad MVP honors after completing 7 of 15 passes for 115 yards and the team’s only offensive touchdown of the game. The hookup with Byrd gave the Nationals the lead for good at 16-14 with 5:02 remaining in the third quarter.

Will Conant (Air Force) kicked four field goals, and Brison Williams (South Carolina) capped the second-half National uprising with a 52-yard interception return for a touchdown with 8:35 left in the game.

Quinn Backus (Coastal Carolina) won American team MVP honors with six tackles and an 87-yard pick six that gave his squad a 14-6 lead in the opening minute of the second quarter. Synjyn Days (Georgia Tech) scored the other American touchdown on a five-yard run with 8:46 left in the first quarter.

The National team held a 382-211 advantage in total offense. In addition to Williams, Gary Nova (Rutgers) hit on 6 of 14 passes for 85 yards while Kevin Rodgers (Henderson State) completed 5 of 17 for 59 yards.

Jake Waters (Kansas State) completed 9 of 21 passes for 71 yards for the American team, with David Frazier (Miami, Ohio) grabbing a team-high four receptions for 42 yards.

Brandon Wegher (Morningside) was the game’s leading rusher with 90 yards on 14 carries, and Akeem Hunt (Purdue) ran for 30. NC State’s Tony Creecy paced the American ground game with 44 yards, followed by The Citadel’s Jake Stenson with 20.

Issac Blakeney (Duke) led all receivers with five catches for 103 yards. Conant booted field goals of 27, 21, 33 and 36 yards, the latter upping the National lead to 19-14 with 1:28 left in the third quarter.

Shaq Riddick (West Virginia) highlighted the National defense with four tackles including two sacks, one of which resulted in a strip and his own recovery. Tank Jakes (Memphis), Brock Hekking (Nevada) and Jordan Williams (Tennessee) also had sacks for the Nationals.

Will Brown (Missouri S&T) led all tacklers with nine for the American team, and Jermaine Whitehead (Auburn) had a team-high six stops for the Nationals. Cariel Brooks (Adams State) contributed an interception for the Nationals.

The Medal of Honor Bowl, which will be televised live nationally by the NBC Sports Network, is a premier all-star game the features the nation’s top draft-eligible college football players as projected for the NFL Draft. The game honors the Medal of Honor recipients and the game’s beneficiaries, the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, disabled veterans and wounded warriors.

The Falcons cheerleaders will be making their second appearance at the game as they performed in the inaugural game in 2014.

“With appreciation to the entire Atlanta Falcons organization, we welcome the famous Falcon Cheerleaders to our 2nd Medal of Honor Bowl Game,” said McQueeney. “These young ladies will assist us in mirroring the fan experience of an NFL game in Charleston. Our game will also feature NFL officials sent from the league office. With the NFL cheerleaders, the NFL referees, and the aspiring NFL players, this game will again be something special.”

“We are honored to have been chosen again this year to participate in this rewarding event to recognize some of our country’s heroes,” said Chato Hendrix, the cheerleaders’ coordinator. “We are looking forward to interacting and cheering on the Medal of Honor recipients, fans and athletes.”

Prior to the game, the cheerleaders will be on hand at the FanFest to sell their calendars and sign autographs and take pictures. After the contest, they will also be on the field for pictures.

The Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders perform a variety of moves during the Falcons home games at the Georgia Dome. The squad debuted in the 1966 as “The Falconettes,” and the squad currently has 35 cheerleaders of which 19 will be at the Medal of Honor Bowl Game. Like many other squads, the cheerleaders also make various appearances at events throughout Atlanta and the Southeast. The squad also releases an annual swimsuit calendar.

Tickets, which range from $15-$40, may be secured at the Medal of Honor Bowl Game’s dedicated website www.MOHbowl.com. They will also be available at The Citadel Athletic Ticket Office at 843/953-DOGS (3647) after Dec. 6.

For more information, please refer to Twitter: @MOHbowl and Facebook.com/MOHbowl

Jervey will join Coach Willie Jeffries’ staff as the special teams coach while Doleman will coach the linebackers. Doleman replaces Elvin Bethea, who had to withdraw from the game because of the health of a family member.

Also, former Clemson kicker Eddie Seigler will serve as the kicking coach for both squads.

The Medal of Honor Bowl, which will be televised live nationally by the NBC Sports Network, is a premier all-star game the features the nation’s top draft-eligible college football players as projected for the NFL Draft. The game honors the Medal of Honor recipients and the game’s beneficiaries, the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, disabled veterans and wounded warriors.

Jervey, a Lowcountry resident, was a running back who played scholastically at Wando High School and collegiately at The Citadel. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1995 draft (170th pick overall).
A popular player in Green Bay, Jervey in 1997, was the first Packers’ player ever to make the Pro Bowl for his play on special teams. He is perhaps best known for his 1998 season with Green Bay, in which he started a career high five games before suffering a season-ending broken ankle on “Monday Night Football.”

Jervey was named to the Pro Bowl in 1997 and was part of the Packers’ 1996 team that won the Super Bowl, becoming the first Citadel player ever to own a Super Bowl ring. Jervey was enshrined in The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012 and in the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.

While at The Citadel, Jervey ranked third in the Southern Conference in rushing and sixth in scoring in 1994, and was named second team All-SoCon by both the coaches and media. For his career, he rushed for 1,490 yards.

Doleman was drafted as a linebacker out of the University of Pittsburgh by the Minnesota Vikings as the fourth player overall in the 1985 NFL Draft and two years later unleashed his great pass-rushing ability when he recorded a team-high 11 sacks in 1987. It marked the first of six sack titles with the Vikings. For his efforts he was named All-Pro, All-NFC and voted to his first Pro Bowl.

His finest season came two years later in 1989 when he led the NFL with 21 sacks, just one shy of the single-season record at the time. In 1992, he was named the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Year after he led the Vikings with 14.5 sacks, had 64 tackles, returned an interception for a touchdown, forced six fumbles, recovered three fumbles, and had a safety.

After nine seasons with Minnesota, Doleman was dealt to the Atlanta Falcons in 1994. He spent two seasons with Atlanta before signing with the San Francisco 49ers as a free agent in 1996. Doleman played three seasons in San Francisco before returning for one final year with the Vikings in 1999. He retired as the fourth-ranked sack leader of all-time with 150.5 and was tied for third in the NFL Record Book with eight seasons in which he recorded 10 or more sacks.
Aside from leading the Vikings in sacks six times, Doleman was also the Falcons’ leading sacker in 1995 and led the 49ers with 15 sacks in 1998. Doleman was extremely durable as evidenced by him missing a mere two games due to injury during his 15-season, 232-game NFL career. In all, he was named to eight Pro Bowls, six with the Vikings and once each as a member of the Falcons and the 49ers. He was named first-team All-Pro in 1987, 1989, and 1992 and first-team All-NFC four times. Doleman is a member of the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s. He was enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame in 2012.

Seigler, a former Clemson Tigers kicker who was reared in Greenwood, will be the kicking coach for both teams. Currently the president of Edgar B. Heape & Son Inc. in Greenville, Seigler is best known as Clemson’s first “soccer-style” kicker who booted a 52-yard field goal to lead Clemson to a 17-7 win over the South Carolina Game­cocks in 1971 in Columbia. It was the first field goal of at least 50 yards in Clemson history.

Tickets, which range from $15-$40, may be secured at the Medal of Honor Bowl Game’s dedicated website www.MOHbowl.com. They will also be available at The Citadel Athletic Ticket Office at 843/953-DOGS (3647).

For more information, please refer to Twitter: @MOHbowl and Facebook.com/MOHbowl

Chris Doleman
1985-93 Minnesota Vikings
1994-95 Atlanta Falcons
1996-98 San Francisco 49ers
1999 Minnesota Vikings

Travis Jervey
1995-98 Green Bay Packers
1999-00 San Francisco 49ers
2001-03 Atlanta Falcons

Eddie Seigler

Set for 2:30 pm on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium, the Medal of Honor Bowl is a premier all-star game the features the nation’s top draft-eligible college football players as projected for the NFL Draft. The game honors the Medal of Honor recipients and the game’s beneficiaries, the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation and the Wounded Warrior Project.

General admission tickets for the East side (visitor’s) are only $15 each while general admission on the West side (home) are $20 each. Seats for the West side’s two gray sections are $30 each while those in the blue section are $40.

The Bowl also has Club Seats, which includes food and beverage, for $175 each.

In order to secure tickets, please order online at www.mohbowl.com. After December 6, fans may also get tickets through The Citadel Athletic Ticket Office at 843/953-DOGS (3647) and at many State Farm Insurance agencies around the Lowcountry.

For more information, please refer to www.mohbowl.com/tickets, Twitter: @MOHbowl and Facebook.com/MOHbowl.

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The Medal of Honor Bowl is a premier all-star game featuring the nation’s top draft-eligible college football players as projected for the NFL draft. The game honors the Medal of Honor recipients and the game’s beneficiaries, the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation and the Wounded Warrior Project. For more information about the game and to find out how you can become a supporter, visit www.MOHbowl.com.