HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University football team will be home for the first time this season on Saturday, taking on No. 13/13 William & Mary at Armstrong Stadium at 6 p.m.
 
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Last Time Out: The Pirates (0-1) are coming off a 54-21 loss at Old Dominion, while the Tribe (0-1) opened the season this past weekend with a 48-14 loss at N.C. State.

The Series: The Pirates are 0-6 all-time against William & Mary, including last season's 40-7 loss at Zable Stadium. Three of the previous five meetings between the two teams have come at Zable Stadium – the last one coming last season. The two teams last met at Armstrong Stadium in 2014, with the Tribe winning 42-14. 1998 and 2004 saw the two closest contests in the series; in 1998, the Tribe won 41-34, and in the 2004 NCAA Div. I FCS playoffs, William & Mary escaped with a 42-35 win.
 
Pirates at Home: The Pirates went 3-2 at home last season, picking up wins over Kentucky State, Delaware State, and Florida A&M, and in two seasons under head coach Connell Maynor, Hampton is a combined 5-6 at Armstrong Stadium.
 
Pirates in Home Openers: Since 1943, Hampton is 45-27-1 in home openers. Last season's 35-20 home-opening win over Kentucky State snapped a streak of three straight home-opening losses for the Pirates. From 2003-11, Hampton had won nine straight home openers.
 
Pirates Against the CAA: The Pirates are 2-15 against teams that currently compete in football in the CAA, with both of those wins coming against James Madison. Hampton is 2-0 against JMU; 0-3 against New Hampshire; 0-3 against Richmond; 0-2 against Rhode Island; 0-1 against Villanova; and 0-6 against William and Mary. The Pirates have never faced Albany, Delaware, Elon, Maine, Stony Brook, or Towson.
 
Picked to Finish Fifth: The MEAC preseason poll, voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors, picked the Pirates to finish fifth this season. The Pirates picked up one first-place vote and 265 points, while defending co-champion North Carolina A&T was picked to repeat. Twarn Mixson and Christian Faber-Kinney were both Preseason First Team selections, while Dwayne Garrett, Donovan Johnson, Ryan Gould, and Myles Morris all earned Preseason Third Team honors.
 
Mixson Among the Leaders: Mixson led the MEAC in both receiving yards (93.4 per game) and receptions (5.4 per game) last season, becoming just the second Pirate ever to have a 1,000-yard receiving season (1,027). Mixson had five 100-yard receiving games last season, including a season-high 172 yards at Savannah State, and he caught a season-high four touchdowns in the season opener against Kentucky State. He also displayed his arm in 2015, completing three of his five pass attempts – and all three completions were for touchdowns.
 
Carter Returning: Eric Carter Jr. will be in the backfield again this season, making his return after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the Pirates' 2015 opener. Carter was second on the team in rushing as a freshman in 2014, averaging 5.8 yards per carry while racking up 541 yards on 94 carries. He had three 100-yard rushing games that season, including a season-high 120 in an upset of then-nationally ranked Bethune-Cookman. He also had 113 yards at Delaware State and 103 at Howard. Carter had 41 yards on nine carries in his return at Old Dominion, averaging 4.6 yards per carry.
 
Garrett Providing Depth: Garrett had his best game as a Pirates against Florida A&M last season, celebrating Senior Day with a career-high 147 yards on 20 carries and a touchdown for Hampton's lone 100-yard rushing effort of the season. Garrett, a transfer from San Diego State, averaged 7.4 yards per carry, and for the season, he was ninth in the MEAC in rushing with 52.1 yards per game. For the season, Garrett had 478 yards on 87 carries and two touchdowns, averaging 5.5 yards per carry.
 
Faber-Kinney Reliable: After being named Second Team All-MEAC in 2013, Faber-Kinney was a First Team All-MEAC selection each of the last two seasons. He led the conference in punting in 2015, averaging 40.9 yards per kick and recording 11 punts of at least 50 yards. He pinned nine punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line, and he had a season-long boot of 59 yards at William & Mary. Faber-Kinney also starred in track & field last season, winning MEAC titles in both the indoor heptathlon and outdoor decathlon.
 
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