ELON, N.C. -- Following its bye week, the Elon Phoenix football team returns to Rhodes Stadium for a Homecoming showdown with the ninth-ranked Wofford Terriers at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.  It marks just the third home game for the Phoenix this season.

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)
Series: Wofford leads 22-11

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Noteworthy
• Quarterback Scott Riddle is among the players on the Watch List for the 2010 Walter Payton Award which is presented to the top offensive player at the FCS level.
• Elon has gotten on the scoreboard first in five of its six games this season.
• The Phoenix has had at least one receiver eclipse the 100-yard receiving mark in each game this year.
• Elon has won three consecutive Homecoming games.
• Benefactors Dusty and Peggy Rhodes will be honored at halftime of Saturday’s contest.

The Coaches
Elon: Pete Lembo (Georgetown '92) is 75-35 in his 10th season as a head coach.  He is 31-21 in his four-plus years at Elon.
Wofford: Mike Ayers (Georgetown Ky. ‘74) is 160-26-2 in his 26th season as a head coach.  He is 149-105-1 in his 22-plus campaigns at Wofford.

SoCon Showing Support for the Gulf Coast
Southern Conference football teams will show their support for those being impacted along the Gulf Coast by wearing helmet decals with the initials “GC” during the 2010 football season. More than 170 SoCon football players come from states that share a coastline being affected by the oil spill. The nine institutions that play SoCon football agreed to display the decals to express their support and encouragement for the people living in the region.

“Pete Lembo of Elon approached me with the idea while we were at our annual coaches’ meetings in June,” noted Southern Conference Commissioner John Iamarino. “I lived in Louisiana for six years and my son was born there, so when Pete mentioned it, the concept really resonated with me.”

Use of the decal was approved by the NCAA’s rules committee and supervisory officiating organization upon request by the conference.

Elite Company
Quarterback Scott Riddle has led the league in passing yards in each of his first three seasons in the league. No player has ever led the SoCon in passing for four consecutive years. Marshall’s Michael Payton (1990-92) is the only other player to have led the league in passing for three straight seasons.

2010 SoCon Passing Leaders
1. Scott Riddle, Elon - 1,976
2. B.J. Coleman, UTC - 1,439

First Strike
In five of its six games this season Elon has jumped out on top in the first quarter. The Phoenix has struck for the first score in five of its 2010 outings. Four of the first scores have been touchdowns. The lone field goal that gave Elon the early lead came at Duke.  Appalachian State is the only opponent to get on the board before the Phoenix this season.

Mellette Making His Mark
Just six games into his sophomore season, Aaron Mellette is already etching his name into the Elon record book.  Mellette’s 53 receptions for 670 yards and nine touchdowns all rank among the top-10 on the program’s single-season charts at the FCS level.  The 53 grabs rate seventh, the 670 receiving yards also rank seventh and the nine total TDs are tied for fifth while nine receiving TDs sit as the fourth-most.

Nesting at Home
Now in the 89th year of Elon’s program history, the Phoenix owns an all-time record of 473-391-18 (.546) – including a sizzling 176-84-3 (.674) in 52 seasons of home games at Burlington Memorial Stadium and a mark of 27-26 (.509) in its current home at Rhodes Stadium.  The 2010 campaign marks the 10th-year of operations at Elon’s on-campus home.