Greensboro College football finished the 1999 season with a solid campaign at 3-6. While that mark is the best in GC’s three years of football, don’t expect Head Coach Marion Kirby and his staff to be satisfied.

“We all had a bad taste in our mouths after the last game. We know we could’ve won more games. We’re not satisfied, and that says a lot about how our expectations have change at Greensboro College.” 

Perhaps the high point for this year’s team was the homecoming win over Apprentice, 35-16. The Pride found itself in the race for the Atlantic Central Football Conference championship with three games to play. Not bad for a third-year program in its first year of conference play.

A heartbreaking 32-29 loss, however, at Methodist took its toll on The Pride. GC then lost its next two games, including a hard-fought 15-14 defeat to cross-town rival Guilford.

Greensboro shattered its football record book. The Pride tied or broke 32 individual records and  20 team marks this past year.

“We did some real good things this season,” Kirby said. “Getting Daryl Gholson 1,000 yards was a big achievement for the offensive line and the program.”

Gholson  set the single game rushing mark, with 189 yards against Apprentice, and also established a new record with 16 touchdowns for the season. Gholson was named to the All-South Region 3rd team earlier this month. 

After losing two games by an average margin of 26 points in 1998, the club lost its games by an average of just 9.5 points in 1999. This year’s three wins also included the most lopsided victory in GC history—a 42-13 defeat of Salisbury State.

Next season will be GC’s fourth year of football. Pride football’s first senior class has big expectations for the year 2000.  A conference championship will be part of The Pride’s pre-season goals.

 Andy  Cresimore has been a mainstay of  The Pride offensive line since 1997. Off the field, number 77 is a business administration major who has a  3.34 grade point average. Cresimore was nominated for Academic All American recognition. He was named to the All South Region Team by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA). 
 “Andy is just the type of student-athlete we want to attract at Greensboro College,” said GC Head Coach Marion Kirby.  “He not only is a fine student and football player, but he’s a good citizen.”