USD Toreros (7-2, 6-0 PFL) Play at Davidson on Saturday
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USD Football; November 7, 2017 Ted Gosen, Associate AD for Athletic Communications USD Toreros (7-2, 6-0 PFL) play at Davidson on Saturday A win on Saturday would give USD the outright PFL title and AQ for the FCS Playoffs 2017 USD SCHEDULE GAME #10: The USD Toreros (7-2, 6-0 PFL), under the direction of fifth year head coach Dale Lindsey, play their final regular-season road game this Saturday, November 11th, Sept. 2 W. NEW MEXICO W, 34-20 Sept. 9 @ UC Davis L, 35-7 at Davidson College (2-7, 0-6 PFL). Game time is 9:00 a.m. (Pacific) from Richardson Sept. 16 @ Princeton L, 27-17 Stadium. A link to the video stream ($5.95 fee) can be found at usdtoreros.com and Sept. 23 BUTLER* # W, 38-17 davidsonwildcats.com. The game will also be broadcast on ESPN 1700AM with Jack (Brian Fogarty PFL Classic) Cronin providing the play-by-play. A win on Saturday would clinch the outright PFL Sept. 30 @ Dayton* W, 23-7 title and the league's AQ for the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs. USD's win over Oct. 14 MOREHEAD ST.* W, 56-27 Davidson claimed a share of the 2017 PFL title, making this the fourth-straight season (Homecoming/Family Weekend) the Toreros have claimed at least a share of the PFL title and it is their ninth title all-time. Oct. 21 @ Jacksonville* W, 63-10 Oct. 28 @ Stetson* W, 48-7 FOOTBALL TICKETS: Single game home ticket prices for football include the follow- Nov. 4 DRAKE* W, 45-15 ing: reserved seating ($15), general admission ($10 adult, $5 high school student or Nov. 11 @ Davidson* 9:00 am under). USD faculty and staff receive up to four free general admission tickets (available Nov. 18 MARIST* 2:00 pm upon request). The Toreros provide an excellent Family Four Pack for $48; this comes USD home games in BOLD played at with four general admission tickets, four hot dogs, four sodas and one popcorn. Group USD Torero Stadium (6,000 capacity). tickets for general admission only seats are $7 (10 to 19 people), and $5 for groups of * PFL Contest All times Pacific 20 or more. Additionally, all military personnel (with proper ID) can receive a compli- # Brian Fogarty PFL Classic mentary ticket for all Torero home football games. TORERO FOOTBALL SERIES RECORD: This will be 13th meeting between USD and Davidson with the Toreros on The Mighty 1090 & ESPN 1700 owning a 10-2 series advantage... USD has won the last five meetings including last year's 52-3 win on October 8, 2016 at Torero Stadium. All five USD Football home games will air on The Mighty 1090 AM radio A LOOK AHEAD: USD returns to Walter J. Zable Field at Torero Stadium to take on the station this season with Jack Cronin Marist Red Foxes on November 18th (2:00 p.m.). It will be Senior Day with a pre-game calling all of the play-by-play action. ceremony for those seniors playing in their final home game. Cronin begins his 11th year of calling Torero football. PFL STANDINGS & UPCOMING SCHEDULE: San Diego (6-0 PFL, 7-2), Campbell (5-2, In addition, USD's six road games will 6-4), Drake (4-2, 5-4), Jacksonville (4-2, 6-3), Butler (4-3, 6-4), Dayton (4-3, 5-5), Valparaiso air on ESPN 1700 AM. (3-3, 4-5), Marist (2-4, 3-6), Morehead State (2-4, 3-6), Stetson (1-6, 2-8), Davidson (0-6, All five Torero home games will be 2-7). NOV. 11TH GAMES: Morehead State at Marist, San Diego at Davidson, Valparaiso streamed on TheW.tv and at usdtoreros. at Butler, Drake at Campbell, Stetson at Jacksonville. Off Week: Dayton. com, along with links for live statistics. TOREROS STREAKING: With last Saturday's 45-15 win over Drake, the Toreros have now won a PFL record nineteen consecutive Pioneer Football League games... That mark ranks second among FCS programs with Jacksonville State owning 30 straight victories. 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Sept. 3 W. NEW MEXICO W, 27-0 PETERSEN SETS TORERO ALL-TIME SACK RECORD: Senior defensive end Jonathan Sept. 10 @ Cal Poly L, 16-38 Petersen (Poway, Calif.) tallied three sacks against Drake this past weekend to become Sept. 24 DAYTON* W, 34-22 the program's all-time leader with 38 career sacks. The previous USD record was held Oct. 1 @ Butler* W, 44-10 by Eric Bakhtiari (35, 2004-2007). Petersen, who is a candidate on the STATS FCS Buck Oct. 8 DAVIDSON* W, 52-3 Buchanan Award Watch List, needs five more sacks to set a new all-time FCS mark of (Homecoming/Family Weekend) 43. The current mark of 42.5 sacks is held by James Cowser (Southern Utah, 2012-15) Oct. 15 @ Drake* W, 38-7 who accomplished his record over 48 games. The Buchanan Award, first awarded in Oct. 22 VALPARAISO* W, 49-10 Oct. 29 @ Marist* W, 27-3 1995 and presented to the FCS defensive player of the year, has sent past winners such Nov. 5 UDLAP # W, 49-25 as Dexter Coakley, Rashean Mathis, Jared Allen, Arthur Moats and Kyle Emanuel on to Nov. 12 STETSON* W, 42-7 the NFL. Petersen currently ranks first amongst all FCS players in sacks (1.33 per game; Nov. 19 @ Campbell* W, 57-21 12 total for -92 yards), tackles for loss (1.9 per game; 17 total for -104 yards) and forced Nov. 26 @ #20 Cal Poly $ W, 35-21 fumbles (0.56 per game, 5 total)... Petersen entered the 2016 campaign as USD’s all-time Dec. 3 @ #3 N. Dakota St. $ L, 7-45 leader in forced fumbles with 10. Already with five this season, he has extended that * PFL #Exhibition $ NCAA FCS Playoffs total to 15. Among FCS active career leaders, he ranks No. 1 in sacks (0.86) and forced fumbles (0.32) per game as well as career sacks (38.0). Petersen is No. 2 in tackles for loss per game (1.50). 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110-2492 619/260-4745 E-Mail: [email protected] * www.usdtoreros.com * Athletic Dept.: 619/260-4803 * #SanDiego #Toreros SAN DIEGO TOREROS TWO-DEEP Head Coach Dale Lindsey - 5th Season (as of 11-7-17) C- Team Captains San Diego introduced Dale Lindsey as its new head football USD Torero Offense coach on December 29, 2012. Lindsey became the Toreros' WR- #5 Michael Bandy (5-11, 190, So.) #9 Nate Loya (5-10, 180, Jr.*) 13th head coach and replaced Ron Caragher who was hired as LT- #75 Daniel Cooney (6-8, 315, Jr.*) head coach at San Jose State University. Lindsey enters the Da- #60 Nolan Bisogno (6-2, 270, So.) vidson game with a career record of 43-12 (78.2 winning per- LG- #56 Trevor Provencio (6-1, 310, Jr.*) #61 Preston Orellana (6-1, 275, Fr.*) centage). He has guided the Toreros to four straight PFL cham- C- #68 Joe Hurney (6-2, 280, Sr.) pionships (2017, 2016, 2015 & 2014), and to the program's two #61 Preston Orellana (6-1, 275, Fr.*) postseason trips to the NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs. RG- #57 Jake Michaels (6-3, 280, So.*) #54/88 Christian Williams (6-3, 285, Jr.*) RT- #55 Miles McArdle (6-3, 290, Sr.) - C #63/97 Aidan Valencia (6-6, 275, So.) Coach Lindsey joins The Dan Sileo Show on The Mighty 1090AM TE- #85 Ross Dwelley (6-5, 240, Sr.*) #42 Zach Holland (6-3, 230, Sr.) every Friday at 8:50 a.m. (Pacific) to preview Saturday's game. QB- #18 Anthony Lawrence (6-1, 195, Jr.*) #7 Reid Sinnett (6-4, 225, So.*) Over the past four-plus seasons the Toreros have taken care of business in RB- #29 Emilio Martinez (5-9, 190, Fr.) #23 Joseph Binda, Jr. (5-10, 205, Jr.) home games, going 26-2 with a perfect 19-0 PFL mark. FB- #44 Zach Nelson (6-2, 240, So.*) In 2016, USD, which finished with a national ranking of No. 19 (STATS FCS Top- #43 Brandon Micale (5-10, 230, Fr.) 25), defeated Cal Poly 35-21 in the first round of the playoffs becoming the first PFL WR- #8 Justin Priest (6-3, 212, Sr.) school to win a playoff game in the FCS Playoffs. For the second time in three years #84 Alex Spadone (6-1, 208, Fr.) Lindsey was named the PFL Coach of the Year and a Eddie Robinson Award Finalist for USD Torero Defense FCS Coach of the Year. LE- #93 Kevin Glajchen (6-2, 245, So.) In 2015 he guided the Toreros to an overall record of 9-2 (6-0 home), including #77 Zeke Downs (6-4, 215, Fr.) DT- #91 Aaron Laut (6-2, 240, Jr.*) a share of the PFL Championship with its 7-1 record. USD opened the season by playing #90 Jake Wittwer (6-2, 245, Jr.*) its first-ever FBS opponent in San Diego State before 48,785 fans at Qualcomm Stadi- NT- #99 Connor Spencer (6-3, 285, Jr.*) um. Following a tough one-point road loss at Dayton, the Toreros closed out the year #67 Myles Wilson (6-1, 245, Fr.) RE- #95 Jonathan Petersen (6-1, 240, Sr.*) - C strong with six straight victories. #96 Nick Friedel (6-3, 235, Fr.*) Lindsey directed the 2014 squad to its first ever NCAA Division I FCS Playoff NB- #59 Max Michaels (5-9, 190, Sr.) spot as the Toreros finished 9-3 overall and won the PFL Championship with a 7-1 re- #47 Kama Kamaka (6-1, 195, Fr.) cord.