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The Presbyterian College football team moves from the ACC to the SEC as the Blue Hose travel to Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 15, to take on Vanderbilt.  In their first game against a SEC opponent since moving to NCAA Division I in 2007, the Blue Hose face the Commodores in a 12:30 p.m. (ET) p.m. kick-off at Vanderbilt Stadium.  The game is being aired live on CSS and ESPN3.

The Blue Hose played at ACC member Georgia Tech last weekend, coming away with a 59-3 loss to move to 1-1 on the season.

Vanderbilt is looking for its first win of the season after coming off a 24-13 loss at Northwestern last weekend to drop to 0-2.

EXTRA POINT

• PC travels to Vanderbilt for its first SEC opponent in its Division I history ... The last SEC opponent the Blue Hose faced was Florida back on Nov. 17, 1945 ... The Blue Hose lost that contest 17-0 ..
• Brian Reese, PC's Director of Athletics has ties to Vanderbilt ... He was an Associate AD at the school before taking over at PC ... Assistant Coach Matt Cain was a GA for the Commodores for three years as well ... Commodore GA Joey Orck is a PC football graduate, having played from 2003-07 ...
• While the game at Georgia Tech was sort of a homecoming of sorts for the Blue Hose with over 30 players on the roster from Georgia, the trek to Vanderbilt will be a little different, as only one athlete hails from the state of Tennessee ... Freshman Darius Norfleet is from Memphis and attended Memphis Central ...
• One highlight from the 59-3 loss to Georgia Tech was a 91-yard fumble return by Branden Leston ... He recovered a fumble at the PC goal line and ran it back to the Georgia Tech nine-yard line ... Leston's return set a new Division I record for longest recovery, eclipsing a Chetyuane Reeder 78-yarder set in 2007 against Charleston Southern ...
• The Blue Hose recovered three fumbles, the most lost fumbles for the Yellow Jackets since giving up a trio in the 2010 Independence Bowl against Air Force ..
• Lance Byrd needed just 11 rushing attempts to reach 400 for his career, he surpassed that mark with 18 at Georgia Tech ... Michael Ruff just missed reaching 1,000 career pass reception mark at Georgia Tech ... He needed 25 yards heading into the GT game, but amassed just 20...
• The 45-10 win over Brevard marked the first time the Blue Hose have won their season-opening game since a 10-0 victory over West Georgia in 2006, its last year in NCAA Division II ... The margin of victory, 35 points, was the largest since a 62-10 win over Chowan in 2007 ...
• Against Brevard the Blue Hose returned the game's opening kick-off for a touchdown, marking just the second time PC has scored off a kick return ..
• Demarcus Rouse recorded three rushing TDs in the game against Brevard ... his three TDs were not only personal records, but they tied PC's Division I single-game record for most rushing TDs, as well as most total TDs ... Rouse's 18 points is tied for first as well in most points ..
• Cedric Byrd ran back five punts for 33 yards against the Tornados ... the five punt returns broke PC's Division I record for most in a single game ...
• In a game of records, the four rushing TDs against Brevard is tied for second in PC Division I record books ...
• With Lance Byrd's 109 rushing yards against the Tornados he became the first PC player in Division I history to break the 2,000-career yard mark, finishing the game with 2,058 ... he is already the school's leading rusher ... He is just 229 yards from catching teammate Michael Ruff for the all-purpose yardage record ... Ruff has 2,654 ..
• Michael Ruff led off the 2012 season with a bang, returning the opening kick-off 92 yards for a touchdown ... It was the longest in PC's Division I history and the first score from the opening kick for the Blue Hose ... It was the second kick-off returned for a TD by PC in PC's Division I history ... Ruff finished with over 100 all-purpose yards for the game (109), earning him College Football Performance Awards National Kickoff Returner of the Week, as well as Big South Special Teams Player of the Week ..
• Patrick Morgano was named to the 2012 College Football Performance Awards Punter Award watch list ... A Big South All-Conference selection in 2011, Morgano was also named CFPA Positional Performer of the Week ... He averaged 40.7 punts in 2011 and put 21 of them inside the 20-yard line, with 10 of them over 50 yards in distance ...
• The Blue Hose were picked to finish fourth in the Big South in 2012 ... The top three preseason picks all come to Clinton this season with Liberty coming to town Oct. 13, Stony Brook Oct. 27 and Coastal Carolina Nov. 10 ...

THIS DAY IN PC FOOTBALL HISTORY
The Blue Hose have played in five September 15th games dating back to a 13-12 win to Furman in 1950 ... PC is 2-3 in games on this day, the last coming in 1984 as the team lost to The Citadel, 6-23 ... Vanderbilt will be PC's first opponent on this day not named Furman or The Citadel ...
1984 - The Citadel - L 6-23
1979 - Furman - W 17-10
1973 - The Citadel - L 13-25
1962 - Furman - L 6-40
1950 - Furman - W 13-12

SHUTOUT
PC has not been shutout in a game in the last 61 contests ... the last time was a 28-0 loss at Elon Sept. 16, 2006 ...

SEC COUNTRY
Vanderbilt will mark the first SEC opponent for the Blue Hose in their Division I history ... PC will continue the streak in 2013 as the team will travel to Ole Miss ...

ON THE ROAD
Since moving to Division I in 2007, the road has not been kind to the Blue Hose ... In six seasons PC is 3-29 away from Bailey Memorial Stadium ... Some of the opponents PC has faced on the road include California, Wake Forest, Clemson, Old Dominion and Southern Conference powers Appalachian State, Furman and Wofford ... This season PC is at Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt ...

SMALLEST TO SMALLEST
Presbyterian College, with an enrollment of 1,200, is the smallest football playing Division I school in the NCAA, as well as the Big South Conference ... When the Blue Hose travel to Vanderbilt, which has an enrollment of 12,700, they will face the smallest school in the SEC ...

OH CAPTAIN
The Captains for the 2012 football season were announced at the end of preseason ... Lance Byrd, Cedric Byrd, Mark Williams and Shawn Armstrong were chosen by their fellow teammates to lead the team this season ...

MORE THAN PRIDE
For the first time since becoming a Division I member in 2007, the Blue Hose will be able to play for the conference championship and a spot in the NCAA FCA play-offs ... Since 2007 PC has been a provisional Division I member ... That changed on August 2, 2012, when the NCAA granted PC full Division I membership ...

HONOR
Five football student-athletes earned a prestigious honor this summer as they were named to the Honor Council ... Tamyn Garrick, John Hardy, Kaleb Griffin, J.J. Russell and Joe Wideman were chosen to serve on a panel consisting roughly of 55 members that ensure the integrity of all academic and student life affairs ... As a result of the Honor Code being a cornerstone of the PC community, students can trust one another and leave items unattended ... Professors can issue take home tests and can leave testing rooms unattended. In general, the Honor Code is one of PC's greatest assets and traditions ...

RECORD WATCH
Several players are close to career milestones at PC ... With 18 at Georgia Tech, Lance Byrd reached 400 rushing attempts for his career ... He is already first on the list ... Michael Ruff needs just 5 yards for 1,000 pass reception yards and is just 205 from moving to second in that category ... He also needs to five receiving TDs to become the PC Division I leader, and only 34 receptions to take the top spot ... His 13 total TDs is tied for third, just four away from the top spot ... With 98 total points, kicker Aaron Mayes is just 9 points from second in career total points scored ... Ruff has 68 kick returns, which is only four from the top spot ... Justin Bethel may hold the career mark for interceptions but Antarius Terrell is closing in with four of his own ... Cedric Byrd is fourth on the pass breakup career list, just six from Bethel 16 ...