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VILLANOVA FOOTBALL Game notes GAMEDAY THE MATCHUP Date March 6, 2021 Time 12:00 PM Stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Capacity 12,300 LIVE COVERAGE TV FloSports VILLANOVA STONY BROOK RADIO Nickname ....................................Wildcats Nickmame ................................Seawolves WWDB-AM 860 Conference ..........................CAA Football Conference ..........................CAA Football Record .....................................................0-0 Record .....................................................0-0 STATS FCS Poll.....................................#5 STATS FCS Poll......................not ranked MOBILE FCS Coaches Poll .................................#15 FCS Coaches Poll ....................not ranked Head Coach........................Mark Ferrante Head Coach..........................Chuck Priore TuneIn App Career Record ....................................19-16 Career Record ..................................128-82 Villanova Record ..............................19-16 Stony Brook Record .........................89-73 ALL-TIME SERIES Location ...............................Villanova, Pa. Location........................Stony Brook, N.Y. Founded ...............................................1842 Founded ...............................................1957 Enrollment..........................................6,584 Enrollment........................................26,254 STONY BROOK LEADS 3-1 Colors ................................Blue and White Colors...............Red and New York Navy First Meeting 2012 First Villanova Win 2013 (35-6) First Stony Brook Win 2012 (20-10) VILLANOVA SCHEDULE Last Meeting 2019 Date Opponent Location Time/Result Last Villanova Win 2013 (35-6) 3.6 at Stony Brook (*) Stony Brook, N.Y. 12:00 PM Last Stony Brook Win 2019 (36-35) 3.13 Rhode Island (*) Villanova, Pa. 1:00 PM Mark Ferrante vs. Stony Brook 0-2 3.27 New Hampshire (*) Villanova, Pa. 1:00 PM Chuck Priore vs. Villanova 3-1 4.3 at Maine (*) Orono, Maine 12:00 PM 4.10 at Albany (*) Albany, N.Y. 1:00 PM at Villanova 1-1 at Stony Brook 0-2 4.17 Delaware (*) Villanova, Pa. 1:00 PM Current Streak L2 (2018-2019) Longest Streak L2 (2018-2019) Home games in bold played at Villanova Stadium (capacity 10,500) (*) denotes a CAA Football regular season game ON THE INSIDE Media Information/Quick Facts......................................2 TODAY’S GAME Game Notes .....................................................................3-6 n n CAA Football at a Glance .................................................7 Villanova begins the spring portion of the Saturday’s game will be broadcast live by Statistics/Last Game/Today’s Game ..........................8-9 2020 season when it travels to Stony Brook FloSports and can also be heard on the Complete Student-Athletes ............................................10 on Saturday afternoon for at 12 p.m. kick- radio at WWDB-AM 860 as well as on the Mark Ferrante/Villanova Coaching Staff ...............11-12 off. This is the third time that the Wildcats TuneIn mobile app. Villanova Roster...............................................................13 will visit Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, with Depth Charts (Villanova-Stony Brook) ...................14-15 the previous two meetings coming in the n Villanova will return to action for the first Opponents at a Glance ....................................................16 Villanova Players to Watch .......................................17-20 first round of the 2012 FCS playoffs and in time in 461 days with Saturday’s spring Villanova Defense.......................................................21-22 a regular season CAA Football matchup in opener. The last time the Wildcats played Starters/Scoring Drives/Big Plays ..........................23-24 2018. Stony Brook leads the limited all-time was in the first round of the FCS playoffs at Miscellaneous Stats/Game Highs............................25-27 series between the teams by a 3-1 margin, Southeastern Louisiana on November 30, Last Time It Happened ..............................................28-29 including a 36-35 win at VIllanova in 2019. 2019. Career Highs................................................................30-32 MARCH 6, 2021 | 12:00 PM | NO. 5 VILLANOVA AT STONY BROOK | STONY BROOK, N.Y. 1 VILLANOVA FOOTBALL Game notes QUICK FACTS VILLANOVA MEDIA RELATIONS FOOTBALL SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTBALL CONTACT WEBSITE .....................www.villanova.com Villanova University Location Villanova, Pa. Dean Kenefick TWITTER ...............................@novafootball Founded 1842 Senior Associate AD/Communications INSTAGRAM........................@novafootball Enrollment 6,584 E: [email protected] FACEBOOK ..................................vufootball President Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. P: 610-308-4395 Athletic Director Mark Jackson MEDIA INFORMATION Colors Blue and White SECONDARY CONTACT WEBSITE Nickname Wildcats David Berman Press releases, statistics, game notes and Athletics History Assistant AD/Communications postgame coverage - including quotes from Team National Championships 21 E: [email protected] press conferences - will be available online Individual National Champions 120 P: 860-490-6398 at villanova.com/football. Team Conference Championships 123 2020 BROADCAST SCHEDULE MEDIA AVAILABILITY Villanova Football FloSports Villanova practices and the Wildcats locker Affiliation FCS March 6 - at Stony Brook room on game days are closed. Members of Conference CAA Football First Year 1894 March 13 - Rhode Island the media who wish to interview a football All-Time Record 631-489-41 (.561) March 27 - New Hampshire student-athlete via a phone interview or Bowl Games 5 April 3 - at Maine over Zoom must contact Dean Kenefick by FCS Playoff Appearances 13 April 10 - at Albany email ([email protected]) or Last Playoff Appearance 2019 April 17 - Delaware phone (610-519-6514) at least 48 hours in ad- National Championships 1 vance. Head Coach VILLANOVA RADIO NETWORK Head Coach Mark Ferrante FLAGSHIP STATION POSTGAME PROTOCOL Years at Villanova 33 WWDB-AM 860 Head coach Mark Ferrante an selected play- Years as Head Coach Third Season Ryan Fannon (Play By Play) ers will conduct a postgame Zoom press Career Record 19-16 (.543) Kevin Reilly (Analyst) conference following a 10-minute cooling Joe Gaines (Engineer) off period. The Villanova media relations Stadium staff will select 1-2 players to appear in the Stadium Villanova Stadium postgame press conference after consulta- Capacity 12,000 TUNEIN Surface Astroplay (artificial grass) The radio broadcast of every football game tion with members of the media. The Vil- Press Box Phone 610-519-5290 this season can be heard on TuneIn and will lanova locker room is closed at home and on All-Time Record 248-106-5 (.698) be available on any mobile device. Access the road. any Villanova football radio broadcast by Award Winners using the shortcut bit.ly/radio-vufootball. CREDENTIALS Walter Payton Awards 3 Requests for credentials to cover Villanova Jerry Rice Awards 1 home games should be made to Dean All-Americans 28 CAA WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Major Confence Awards 17 Villanova head coach Mark Ferrante will Kenefick at least one week prior to the All-Conference Honorees 260 take part in the CAA Football teleconference game. Academic All-Americans 14 with members of the media each Monday CAA Football Scholar-Athletes of the Year 4 morning during the season. The call will PHOTOS Academic All-Conference Honorees 405 open at 10 a.m. with the release of the CAA All requests for photos of Villanova football student-athletes and coaches for use in the 2020 Team Information Football weekly awards. Ferrante will be media should be directed by email to David Offensive Formation Multiple available on the call weekly from 11:00- Berman in media relations Defensive Formation 3-3-5 11:10. Media representatives wishing to par- Letterwinners Returning 67 ticipate in the teleconference should contact ([email protected]). Letterwinners Lost 21 Rob Washburn in the CAA Football office Offensive Starters Returning/Lost 8/3 for the phone number and media password. Defensive Starters Returning/Lost 8/3 Each teleconference will also be streamed Specialists Returning/Lost 4/2 live online at CAA.tv and audio files will be 2019 Overall Record 9-4 2019 Conference Record 5-3 (tie-3rd) archived on the CAA Football Pressbox. MARCH 6, 2021 | 12:00 PM | NO. 5 VILLANOVA AT STONY BROOK | STONY BROOK, N.Y. 2 VILLANOVA FOOTBALL Game notes TEAM NOTES VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY KICKING THINGS OFF ABOUT THE SCHOOL n Since 1842, Villanova University’s Augustinian Villanova begins its 123rd season of varsity football with Saturday’s game at Stony Brook. Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cor- Villanova is 60-59-3 all-time in season openers, including a 26-25-2 mark on the road. nerstone of an academic community in which stu- This will be the 16th consecutive season that the Wildcats begin the season with a road dents learn to think critically, act game. In the last season opener, the Wildcats tallied a 34-14 win at Colgate on Aug. 24, compassionately and succeed while serving oth- ers. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, 2019. graduate and law students in the University's six colleges—the College of Liberal Arts and Sci- LONG LAYOFF ences, the Villanova School of Business, the Col- n lege of Engineering, the M. Louise Fitzpatrick When Villanova kicks off the 2021 spring season on Saturday afternoon, it will have been College of Nursing,
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