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2019 Football Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2019 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (0-6, 0-2 PFL) Date Opponent Time/Result at San Diego (3-2, 2-0 PFL) Aug. 29 at Eastern Kentucky L 53-7 Game #7: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, 4 p.m. CT Sept. 14 Central Connecticut State L 42-13 Torero Stadium (6,000) – San Diego, Calif. Sept. 21 at Truman State L 38-7 This Week in Valpo Football: The Valparaiso University football team will board a Sept. 28 University of Charleston L 19-13 plane for the first time this season in advance of Saturday’s game as the team makes Oct. 5 at Drake* L 35-6 its way to America’s Finest City to renew a Pioneer Football League matchup with Oct. 12 Dayton* L 41-28 defending league champion and perennial favorite San Diego. Valpo will close out Oct. 19 at San Diego* 4 p.m. a stretch of playing the league’s top three teams based on the preseason poll in the Oct. 26 Stetson* Noon first three weeks of PFL play. Nov. 2 at Davidson* Noon Nov. 9 Morehead State* 1 p.m. Previously: Valpo enjoyed its most productive offensive day of the year in Satur- Nov. 16 at Butler* 11 a.m. day’s 41-28 loss to Dayton, accumulating 447 yards of offense including 299 on Nov. 23 Marist* 1 p.m. the ground. Quarterback Chris Duncan led the way with 148 yards passing and 154 rushing, while Ollie Reese provided a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown. Valpo was down by just seven with the ball in the third quarter, but a drive stalled out at * - Pioneer Football League game midfield. The team went 1-of-5 on fourth down. All home games at Brown Field Dual Threat Quarterback: Chris Duncan rushed for 154 yards on Oct. 12 vs. Dayton, becoming the first Valpo player to exceed 150 rushing yards in a game in seven years. The last Valpo player to do so was Jake Hutson on Nov. 3, 2012, when Pioneer Football League he went for 248 yards in a game at Campbell. Duncan was the first Valpo player Standings to rush for 150 yards in a game at Brown Field since 2008, when Ross Wiemer went for 170 against Davidson. Duncan had the most rushing yards by a Valpo PFL Overall quarterback in a single game since Sept. 1, 2007, when Warren Arnold had 172 Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. against Saint Francis. Duncan had the second-highest single-game rushing total of Drake 3-0 1.000 3-3 .500 any PFL player this season to date, behind only Jacksonville’s Calvin Turner (169 Dayton 2-0 1.000 4-1 .800 on Oct. 5 at Dayton). His single-game yards per rush average of 11.0 was the best in the PFL this year. San Diego 2-0 1.000 3-2 .600 Davidson 1-1 .500 4-2 .667 Big Gain Alert: Quarterback Chris Duncan ran for a 76-yard touchdown in the Oct. Morehead State 1-1 .500 3-3 .500 12 game against Dayton, Valpo’s longest rushing play since Jarrett Morgan had an Stetson 1-1 .500 4-1 .800 86 yarder on Sept. 16, 2017 at Trinity International. The Duncan run was Valpo’s Marist 1-2 .333 1-4 .200 longest offensive play of the season. Morgan’s play in 2017 did not go for a TD, Butler 0-2 .000 1-5 .167 so Duncan’s was Valpo’s longest scoring run since Ozzie Young had a 76 yarder Jacksonville 0-2 .000 2-4 .333 on Nov. 11, 1995 against Kentucky Wesleyan. Duncan provided Valpo’s longest Valparaiso 0-2 .000 0-6 .000 rushing play against a Division-I opponent since Young’s 84 yarder on Oct. 22, 1994 against Evansville. It was the longest rush by any PFL player this season. He is one of 22 players in the FCS nation with a rush of 76 yards or longer this year. Ground Game: As a team, Valpo totaled 299 yards on the ground on Oct. 12 vs. Dayton after entering the game with 72 marking the team’s season high. It was Valpo’s top team rushing performance since the aforementioned Nov. 3, 2012 game at Campbell, when the team totaled 304 yards against the Fighting Camels. The @ValpoUFootball game against the Flyers marked Valpo’s second-best rushing performance since the start of the 2009 season and best in a home game since accumulating 351 yards on Oct. 11, 2008 vs. Davidson. In addition, the 447 yards of total offense against Valpo Dayton was a season best. The Reese Return: Among the highlights of Valpo’s 28-point output on Oct. 12 against Dayton was a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Ollie Reese, the Football first of his career and the first by a Valpo player this season. He turned in the sec- 2019 Football Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 ond-longest kickoff return in the PFL this season behind Dayton’s Jake Chisholm, who had a 97 yarder on Sept. 21 vs. Duquesne. Through Oct. 13, Reese is one of Around the PFL just 15 players in the FCS nation with a kickoff return of 95 yards or longer this Saturday, Oct. 5 season. Reese is ranked 20th nationally and leads the PFL with 810 all-purpose yards. Dayton 56, Jacksonville 28 Davidson 42, Morehead State 31 Punt-Free Football: Another noteworthy tidbit on Oct. 12 vs. Dayton is that Valpo did not punt the football in the contest. This was the first time Valpo did not punt Stetson 30, Butler 27 in a game in over 18 years. Drake 35, Valpo 6 San Diego 31, Marist 7 Latsonas on Verge of Record: Valpo kicker Dimitrios Latsonas tied the program record for career made PATs by going 4-for-4 last week at Dayton. The Valpo kicker Saturday, Oct. 12 is currently even with Andrew McCawley (2003-2005) with 83 made extra points Drake 42, Butler 7 in his career, needing one more to take over sole ownership of the program record. San Diego 37, Davidson 17 Morehead State 30, Jacksonville 22 Latsonas, Turner Among Nation’s Active Leaders: Fifth-year senior Nick Turner Dayton 41, Valpo 28 is up to 219 career tackles, making him the program’s active leader. In addition, Turner has moved into a tie for the active lead in career tackles among all PFL players with Butler’s Luke Sennett. The PFL pair is tied for 33rd nationally among Saturday, Oct. 19 active tackle leaders in Division-I FCS. Valpo kicker Dimitrios Latsonas is 23rd Dartmouth at Marist, 11 a.m. nationally among active FCS players in career extra points with 83 and 22nd in Davidson at Jacksonville, noon made field goals with 24. He’s third on the active career PFL list in both categories Dayton at Stetson, noon behind Butler’s Drew Bevelhimer and Stetson’s Jonny Messina. Butler at Morehead State, 1 p.m. Valpo at San Diego, 4 p.m. Following Valpo Football: This week’s game will be broadcast on the West Coast Conference Digital Network courtesy of San Diego Athletics. The WCC Network is Saturday, Oct. 26 available free of charge. Todd Ickow will have the hometown call alongside Brandon San Diego at Dayton, 11 a.m. Riley (filling in for Brandon Vickrey) on 95.1 FM Valparaiso WVUR. Links to live Jacksonville at Butler, noon video, audio and stats will be available on ValpoAthletics.com. Marist at Davidson, noon Stetson at Valpo, noon Series Notes: The Toreros are back on the schedule this season after a two-year hiatus. The most recent matchup was on Oct. 22, 2016 in San Diego, a 49-10 victory Morehead State at Drake, 1 p.m. for the hosts. The 2014 meeting was the closest in recent years, as Valpo led 27-26 in San Diego entering the final play of the game. With all zeros on the clock, San Saturday, Nov. 2 Diego converted a 44-yard desperation pass to win 32-27. Valpo is 5-19 in the all- Butler at Marist, 11 a.m. time set and has lost 13 straight since a 41-34 win on Oct. 18, 2003 at Brown Field. Valpo at Davidson, noon Stetson at Jacksonville, noon Scouting San Diego: For the ninth consecutive season, San Diego was tabbed as Dayton at Morehead State, noon the preseason favorite based on a survey of the league’s head coaches. Six Toreros Drake at San Diego, 4 p.m. were featured on the preseason all-conference squad – WR Michael Bandy, RB Emilio Martinez, DL Nick Friedel, LB Kama Kamaka, P Tanner Kuljian and RS (all times Central) Michael Armstead. Bandy is second in the PFL in receiving yards per game at 101.8 and receptions per game at 6.4. Martinez leads the team with 64.2 rushing yards per contest, while quarterback Reid Sinnett has thrown for a PFL-best 347.6 yards per Media Relations Information game. Sinnett ranks second nationally in FCS in completion percentage, passing Requests to cover home football games should be made through yards per game and passing efficiency.