ELON, N.C. -- The home portion of Elon football's 2012 schedule will come to a close this Saturday as the Phoenix hosts the Samford Bulldogs in a 1:30 p.m. Southern Conference contest.  Prior to the game, Elon will honor its senior class.  Saturday will also be Take a Kid to the Game Day and children 12 and under will be admitted free with a paying adult.

The radio broadcast will air live on WPCM 920 AM while elonphoenix.com will have both a free live audio and video stream.

Site: Elon, N.C.
Stadium: Rhodes Stadium
Surface: Natural Grass
Capacity: 11,250
Radio: WPCM 920 AM – David Hibbard (play-by-play) and Taylor Durham (color)
TV: None
Series: Elon leads 7-3

Gameday Central
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Live Audio
Live Stats
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Tweet to the Radio
The Elon Phoenix radio crew is now on Twitter!  Follow @ElonRadio for updates and insights for the remainder of the season.  Fans can also tweet questions to the radio crew during the games.

The Series
Elon holds a 7-3 edge in the all-time series with Samford and the maroon and gold has won three of the last four meetings with the Bulldogs.  The teams first met in Birmingham in 1973 with Elon claiming a 33-10 victory.  The two programs did not meet again until 1997 - a 46-32 Samford win in Birmingham.

The Coaches
Elon: Jason Swepson (Boston College ‘92) is 8-12 and is in his second year as a head coach, both with the Phoenix.  Prior to becoming Elon’s head coach, Swepson spent 12 years as an assistant with Tom O’Brien at both Boston College and NC State.

Samford: Pat Sullivan (Auburn ‘72) owns a career mark of 55-75-1 in his 11+ seasons as a collegiate head coach.  Sullivan, in his sixth season at Samford, is 31-33 with the Bulldogs.

A Numbers Game
• 9 - Number of receivers that caught passes for the Phoenix in Charleston last weekend.
• 37 - Completions by Thomas Wilson against The Citadel last week, a career-high.
• 285 - Career receptions by Aaron Mellette, tying him for second all-time in the SoCon with The Citadel’s Andre Roberts.

It Happened on November 10
Elon Football: On Nov. 10, 1928, Coach “Peahead” Walker led Elon to its first victory of the year, a 21-18 decision at the University of Miami.

World Events: On Nov. 10, 1969, “Sesame Street” premiered on PBS Television.

Player of the Month
For the third time in his career, senior wide receiver Aaron Mellette was honored as the SoCon’s Offensive Player of the Month as he earned the accolade for October.  In just three October outings Mellette racked up 32 catches for 595 yards and eight touchdowns.  He averaged 198.3 receiving yards per game and tied a career high with 237 receiving yards at Appalachian State.

Pass it Around
In Elon’s contest at The Citadel, quarterback Thomas Wilson completed a career-high 37 passes (in 50 attempts).  Wilson’s 37 completions went to nine different receivers.  It was the most different players with a catch for Elon since nine players had grabs against Chattanooga last year.  Making catches against The Citadel were Aaron Mellette (9-102), Kierre Brown (9-85), Tracey Coppedge (5-35), Jeremy Peterson (5-29), Andre Davis (3-13), Rasaun Rorie (2-66), Chris Harris (2-12), Karl Bostick (1-5) and Ricky Brown (1-4).