GAME INFORMATION MONTCLAIR STATE vs. KEAN UNIVERSITY VIDEO: www.montclairathletics.com Saturday, September 30, 2017 1:00 pm RADIO: WMSC 90.3 FM / wmscradio.com LIVE STATS: www.montclairathletics.com Sprague Field Montclair, NJ SERIES: This will be the 43rd meeting between the schools in a series that began in 1975. Montclair has won 33 of the previous 42 contests however owns victories in RED HAWKS LOOK TO GET BACK ON TRACK each of the last two seasons, including a 21-10 victory in Union. AS KEAN COMES TO SPRAGUE FIELD Montclair State will get back-to-back home games as Kean University comes to Sprague Field on HEAD COACHES: Saturday in a New Jersey Athletic Conference matchup. RICK GIANCOLA Turnovers and missed opportunities were costly for Montclair State as the Red Hawks fell to Christopher Newport in its home opener 16-8 last Saturday. Montclair committed six turnovers and GAME 4 MONTCLAIR STATE RECORD: 235-118-2 (35th Season) OVERALL RECORD: Same was flagged for 120 yards in penalties. Still MSU was in the game and trailed 16-0 late when John VS. KEAN: 25-9 Apicella connected with Kason Campbell on a 63-yard touchdown pass with 2:51 to play in the NOTABLE: Named the 12th head coach in program history in August game. The Red Hawks made the 2-point conversion cutting the lead back to one score. Montclair 1983... Entered 2017 as the active winningest coach in Division III... got the ball back however the last of the six turnovers sealed the contest for the Captains. Has led team to 10 NJAC titles and nine NCAA Division III Tournament Linebacker Mauro Altamura led the way with 12 tackles while Vin Cordasco and Nick Catalano appearances. had 10 apiece. Nick Volpe had aseven tackles, 3.5 for loss, a sack and a forced fumble. DAN GARRETT The Cougars picked up their first victory of the season in a 28-14 win at Southern Virginia last KEAN RECORD: 68-51 (12th Season) week. Kean jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the second quarter that included a blocked punt for a OVERALL RECORD: Same VS. MONTCLAIR STATE: 5-6 touchdown. Quarterback Charles App was 22-of-29 for 218 yards and one rushing touchdown. NOTABLE: Became the head coach in 2006... Was named the Brian Matthews rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on the day. Defensively Darin AFCA D3 Assistant Coach of the Year in 2005... Led the Cougars to Hungerford led all players with 14 tackles, including two for a loss. the 2011 NJAC Championship and the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Playoffs... Was a 2-time All-NJAC selection at MSU in This will be the 43rd meeting between the Red Hawks and Cougars with Montclair State capturing 1995 & 96 and later served as the Red Hawks’ defensive 33 of the previous 42 games. Kean has won the last two contests, including a 28-21 win at MSU coordinator from 1999-2002. in 2015 and a 21-10 victory at Alumni Stadium in Union in 2016. RED HAWK STAT LEADERS TEAM COMPARISONS Montclair State (1-2, 1-1 NJAC) Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Sat., September 9 at Savle Regina ....................................... L, 26-20 A. Travisano 3 61 217 1 72.3 MSU Category KU Sat., September 16 at Southern Virginia * ................................ W, 24-0 Willie Barr 1 6 57 0 57.0 109.0 ...................... Rushing Offense ...................... 151.3 155.7 ...................... Passing Offense ...................... 161.3 Passing G C-A-I Pct. YD TD Sat., September 23 CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT * ................ L, 16-8 264.7 ......................... Total Offense ........................ 312.7 Sat., September 30 KEAN UNIVERSITY *........................... 1:00 pm Ryan Adzima 3 17-54-3 31.5 332 5 John Apicella 2 8-18-2 44.4 132 1 17.3 ......................... Scoring Offense ........................ 16.3 Sat., October 7 at The College of New Jersey * ............. 12:00 pm Sat., October 14 SALISBURY UNIVERSITY * # ............ 2:00 pm Receiving G Rec. Yds. TD YPG 143.0 ...................... Rushing Defense ..................... 222.0 Sat., October 21 at Frostburg State * .................................. 1:00 pm Julanee Prince 3 11 205 2 68.3 119.3 ....................... Passing Defense ....................... 92.3 Sat., October 28 WESLEY COLLEGE * ........................... 1:00 pm Joe Schultz 3 4 84 1 28.0 262.3 ......................... Total Defense ........................ 314.3 Sat., November 4 at Rowan University * ............................. 1:00 pm Scoring G TD EXP FG PTS 14.0 ......................... Scoring Defense ........................ 21.0 Sat., November 11 WM. PATERSON UNIVERSITY * ........ 1:00 pm Julanee Prince 3 2 0-0 0-0 12 Hunter Daly 3 0 5-5 1-1 8 13 / 42 (31%) ............ 3rd Down Conv ........... 16 / 43 (37%) 1 / 7 (14%) ............... 4th Down Conv. .............. 4 / 8 (50%) * NJAC Game; # Homecoming Defense G TT SKS INT PD FF-FR ALL CAPS indicate Home game; all times Eastern Mauro Altamura 3 28 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Vin Cordasco 3 21 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 4 - 25 ....................... Sacks By-Yards ............................ 4 10 - 80 ....................... Sacks Allowed ............................... COUGARS STAT LEADERS 32 - 296 ................... Penalties - Yards .................. 22 - 178 Kean University (1-2, 1-1 NJAC) Rushing G Att Net TD YPG 3 - 3 ........................... Fumbles-Lost ......................... 4 - 0 Sat., September9 at Springfield College ....................................... L, 28-8 Brian Matthews 3 58 326 3 108.7 Damian Corredor 3 19 101 1 33.7 Sat., September 16 SALISBURY * .............................................. L, 21-13 27:45 ..................... Avg. Time of Poss. .................... 32:01 Sat., September 23 at Southern Virginia ........................................ L, 28-14 Passing G C-A-I Pct. YD TD Sat., September 30 at Montclair State ........................................... 1:00 PM Charles App 3 46-75-1 61.3 484 1 Sat., October 7 WILLIAM PATERSON * ............................. 1:00 PM Receiving G Rec. Yds. TD YPG Sat., October 14 at Wesley * .................................................... 1:00 PM Ben Guarino 3 14 220 0 73.3 Damian Corredor 3 7 28 0 9.3 NEXT UP: Sat., October 21 at The College of NJ * ................................. 2:00 PM GAME 5 - Oct. 7 at TCNJ Sat., October 28 CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT * ............................................ 1:00 PM Scoring G TD EXP FG PTS TIME: 12:00 pm Sat., November 4 at Frostburg State * ....................................... 1:00 PM Brian Matthews 3 4 0-0 0-0 24 Charles App 3 1 0-0 0-0 6 VENUE: Lions Stadium Sat., November 11 ROWAN * ..................................................... 1:00 PM RADIO: www.wmscradio.com Defense G TT SKS INT PD FF-FR LIVE STATS: tcnjathletics.com * NJAC Game D. Hungerford 3 37 2.0-7 0-0 0 0-0 SERIES: MSU Leads 52-30-2 L. Zambardino 3 18 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 ALL CAPS indicate Home game; all times Eastern LAST MEETING: 2016 - MSU 21, TCNJ 7 KEAN UNIVERSITY HEAD COACH in the INSIDE THE SERIES DAN GARRETT Following three years as the Cougars’ defensive coordinator, TRENCHES Dan Garrett assumed the top spot at Kean University after SERIES HISTORY: Montclair State Leads, 33-9 being named the 2005 American Football Coaches Associa- SERIES MEETINGS: 42nd Meeting tion Division III Assistant Coach of the Year. Garrett was Below is a comparison - based on the average size of FIRST MEETING: 1975 named the head coach of the football program in July 2006, each team’s starters - of Montclair State and Kean Montclair State 20, Kean 6 and he immediately made an impact turning the program Unviersity offensive and defensive lines: at Montclair State : 16-4 around as the Cougars recorded seven straight non losing 6-3, 278 lbs. 6-1, 260 lbs. at Kean: 15-5 seasons for first time in program history in his first seven years at the helm. MSU O-Line MSU D-Line SERIES NOTES In 2015 and 2016 the football program combined for 15 wins vs. vs. The teams first met in 1975 with Montclair State (8 and 7 respectively) and claimed two ECAC Presidents KU D-Line KU O-Line posting a 20-6 victory at Sprague Field and the two Bowl Championships and defeated every school from New have met every season since. MSU captured the Jersey on the schedule. 6-2, 252 lbs. 6-2, 276 lbs. first 12 meetings before Kean broke through with a 16-14 win in 1987 en route to winning the confer- In his 11 seasons, the Cougars have won 67 games. Garrett led the team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory and its ence championship. In 2009 and 2011 the teams nity when Giancola offered Garrett the chance to assume sqaured off in defacto NJAC title games with third NJAC Championship, and has also guided three ECAC Southeast Bowl Championship teams. control of the defensive unit. He eagerly accepted and Montclair State taking the first contest 14-6. Kean became the youngest defensive coordinator in the NJAC grabbed the league crown two years later with a The football team had its most successful season in program at the age of 25. 27-14 win. There has been one overtime contest history in 2011 after winning the New Jersey Athletic Confer- and that came in 2005 as Montclair State prevailed ence title and earning the program's first trip to the NCAA Opposing offenses were quickly overwhelmed by the in a pouring rain 3-0 in overtime on a game-winning playoffs, while winning a school-record 10 games. The ferocity of his defense, which finished in the top five na- field goal by Vin Doffont. Last season Kean collected Cougars, who defeated Montclair State University for the tionally in yards allowed in Garrett’s first year and helped a 21-10 win in Union. program's third NJAC title, defeated Christopher Newport the Red Hawks to their first NJAC title in a decade, fol- University in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs, before lowed by an encore in 2000.