Posted: Sep 21, 2005
C-SC, QU to Renew Rivalry
One of the best rivalries in Tri-States area sports has been renewed.
Quincy University and Culver-Stockton College will meet again on the football field on Nov. 11, 2006. The teams will play for the Pepsi Great River Bowl, which was announced during a press conference Monday in the Hall of Fame Room at Quincy.
Refreshment Services Pepsi of Quincy has agreed to sponsor the game. Ron Vecchie of Pepsi flipped a coin during Monday's press conference to see who would host the first game of the two-game series.
Culver-Stockton head football coach Christian Guenther called tails. The coin landed on heads, meaning Quincy will host the 2006 game.
"I've been involved with as many of these game as anyone, as a player, assistant coach and head coach," Hawks coach Bill Terlisner said. "All I can say that with all the alumni I golf with during the summer, this is what they talk about ... getting a chance to play Culver. It's almost like a homecoming game. More people care about this game than they care about anything else."
The schools have agreed to a two-game contract. The date and terms of the second game will be determined after Quincy learns its future open dates from the Mid-States Football Association and Culver-Stockton learns its future open dates from the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
The teams last played in 2002, with Quincy coming away with a 54-31 victory at QU-Stadium. The Hawks have won three of the last four games in the rivalry and have a 9-5 lead in the series.
The first-ever rivalry game was played in 1986. Quincy, in its first season after reviving its football program, beat Culver-Stockton's junior varsity 21-6 at QU-Stadium. Neither team has won more than three straight games in the series.
"I go back a long way," said Culver-Stockton athletic director Rod Walton, in his 22nd year at the school. "I've seen us get our lunch handed to us. But we've served the lunch as well."
The teams represent two of the top NAIA conferences in the nation. Quincy has been a member of the Mid-States Football Association the past four years and Culver-Stockton has been a Heart of America Athletic Conference member since 1981.
Those conferences combined to qualify five of the 16 schools in last season's NAIA playoffs. St. Francis, Ind., a MSFA school, advanced to the title game where it lost to Carroll, Mont., 15-13.
"Having them back on the schedule is special," Terlisner said. "Who knows, it may be the champs of the Mid-States against the champs of the Heart of America. There are a lot of good things involved with this."
Guenther was named Culver-Stockton's head coach in December, after Shawn Mennenga left for an assistant coaching position at Fort Hays State. He was the defensive coordinator at Culver-Stockton for the last two games against Quincy.
"We've got a lot of alumni who support us and who are going to be excited this is taking place," Guenther said. "A lot of people are looking forward to this. I'm really excited to have it at the end of the year."
That makes it something for both teams to aim for throughout the season.
"It's a great time to play, with both teams having the same bye," Quincy athletic director Pat Atwell said. "It's a beautiful rivalry weekend for college football."
Quincy University and Culver-Stockton College will meet again on the football field on Nov. 11, 2006. The teams will play for the Pepsi Great River Bowl, which was announced during a press conference Monday in the Hall of Fame Room at Quincy.
Refreshment Services Pepsi of Quincy has agreed to sponsor the game. Ron Vecchie of Pepsi flipped a coin during Monday's press conference to see who would host the first game of the two-game series.
Culver-Stockton head football coach Christian Guenther called tails. The coin landed on heads, meaning Quincy will host the 2006 game.
"I've been involved with as many of these game as anyone, as a player, assistant coach and head coach," Hawks coach Bill Terlisner said. "All I can say that with all the alumni I golf with during the summer, this is what they talk about ... getting a chance to play Culver. It's almost like a homecoming game. More people care about this game than they care about anything else."
The schools have agreed to a two-game contract. The date and terms of the second game will be determined after Quincy learns its future open dates from the Mid-States Football Association and Culver-Stockton learns its future open dates from the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
The teams last played in 2002, with Quincy coming away with a 54-31 victory at QU-Stadium. The Hawks have won three of the last four games in the rivalry and have a 9-5 lead in the series.
The first-ever rivalry game was played in 1986. Quincy, in its first season after reviving its football program, beat Culver-Stockton's junior varsity 21-6 at QU-Stadium. Neither team has won more than three straight games in the series.
"I go back a long way," said Culver-Stockton athletic director Rod Walton, in his 22nd year at the school. "I've seen us get our lunch handed to us. But we've served the lunch as well."
The teams represent two of the top NAIA conferences in the nation. Quincy has been a member of the Mid-States Football Association the past four years and Culver-Stockton has been a Heart of America Athletic Conference member since 1981.
Those conferences combined to qualify five of the 16 schools in last season's NAIA playoffs. St. Francis, Ind., a MSFA school, advanced to the title game where it lost to Carroll, Mont., 15-13.
"Having them back on the schedule is special," Terlisner said. "Who knows, it may be the champs of the Mid-States against the champs of the Heart of America. There are a lot of good things involved with this."
Guenther was named Culver-Stockton's head coach in December, after Shawn Mennenga left for an assistant coaching position at Fort Hays State. He was the defensive coordinator at Culver-Stockton for the last two games against Quincy.
"We've got a lot of alumni who support us and who are going to be excited this is taking place," Guenther said. "A lot of people are looking forward to this. I'm really excited to have it at the end of the year."
That makes it something for both teams to aim for throughout the season.
"It's a great time to play, with both teams having the same bye," Quincy athletic director Pat Atwell said. "It's a beautiful rivalry weekend for college football."