Delaware from 2002 through 2005. He also served as defensive line and linebackers coach at Delaware from 1994 through 1998 before becoming the associate head coach/defensive coordinator at Fordham University from 1999 through 2001. The Long Island native, who was a two-year starter at LIU-C.W. Post, began his coaching career at the University at Albany in 1988 as linebackers and strength coach. In 1990 Cohen became linebackers and defensive line coach at Lafayette College and held that position for four seasons.

HOFSTRA HOFSTRA COACHING STAFF: With the coaching change this year the Pride return just one assistant coach, special FOOTBALL, 2006 teams coordinator/receivers coach and recruiting coordinator GAME 5: Jamie Elizondo, from last year’s staff. The 2006 Pride football HOFSTRA HOMECOMING coaching staff is as follows: HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (2-2, 1-1) vs. Coach Pos. HU Yr. Overall VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY (1-3, 0-1) Ed Foley Asst. HC/Off. Line 1st 18th Saturday, October 7, 2006 – Noon Mike Elko Def. Coord./DB 1st 8th James M. Shuart Stadium - Hempstead, NY John Perry Off. Coord./QB 1st 13th Jamie Elizondo ST Coord./WR 3rd 7th Television: Fox Sports New York, Carl Reuter (play-by-play), Tony Thompson Linebackers 1st 9th Steven Jackson (color), and Jared Greenberg (sidelines) Sean Spencer Def. Line 1st 11th Bill Polin Running Backs 1st 7th Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7), Pregame show at 10:00 a.m., T.J. DiMuzio Tight Ends 1st 2nd Greg Rice (play-by play) Scott Miller (color), A.J. Hall Lyle Hemphill DB Asst. 1st 5th (sideline) Kevin Baumann Def. Asst. 1st 3rd Internet: www.WRHU.org HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND 2006 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE TRENDS: Aug. 31 at Stony Brook (FSNY) 17-8 W - Hofstra, coming off a 16-14 victory at William & Mary last Sept. 9 at Marshall 31-54 L Saturday, enters the Villanova game having won four of its Sept. 23 TOWSON* 30-33 L last six contests dating back to last season. Sept. 30 at William & Mary* (FSNY) 16-14 W - The Pride has won 50 of 87 contests, including playoff Oct. 7 VILLANOVA* (FSNY) + Noon games, since the start of the 1999 season. Oct. 14 at Delaware Noon - Hofstra has won 43 of its last 76 regular season games and Oct. 21 at Maine* 2:00 p.m. 52 of its last 86 in-season contests. The Pride is 66-39 in Oct. 28 at New Hampshire* Noon regular season play since the start of the 1997 season. Hofstra Nov. 4 RHODE ISLAND* 1:00 p.m. has posted an 82-46-1 record over the last 129 regular season Nov. 11 NORTHEASTERN* 1:00 p.m. games. Nov. 18 at Massachusetts* Noon ON THIS DAY IN HOFSTRA FOOTBALL HISTORY: * - Atlantic 10 Game + - Homecoming • All times ET 1967 - Hofstra rallied from a 28-14 halftime deficit with 19 points in the fourth quarter, including two touchdown catches INFORMATION CONTACTS: by Jim Thorpe, to post a 33-31 victory over Delaware in Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Associate Athletic Director/ Hempstead. The Pride tallied 422 yards on offense, including Communications; (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; 325 yards passing by Don Gault, while holding the Blue Hens (516) 463-5033 - Fax to 225 yards.

Villanova -Dean Kenefick, Assistant Athletic Director/Media 1989- Tom Schimminger (15-120), Jim Scully (17-112) and Relations; (610) 519-4120-O; (610) 519-7323- Fax Rhory Moss (15-118) each rushed for over 100 yards to lead the Pride to a 41-10 victory over Gettysburg in Hempstead. The win was the start of a six-game winning streak that sent James M. Shuart Stadium Press Box - (516) 463-5274 the Pride into the Division III Playoffs.

HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Dave Cohen is in his first 1995 - Quarterback Kharon Brown and running backs Jimmy season as Hofstra University head football coach. Just the Jones and Paul Que each rushed for over 100 yards to lead a seventh head coach in the history of Pride football, Cohen school-record 434-yard rushing attack, and the Pride defense came to Hofstra last December after serving as defensive picked off four passes in a 55-15 victory at Sacramento State. coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Recpt/Gm. Shaine Smith 7 7.25 2 HOFSTRA'S STATISTICAL LEADERS - 4 GAMES Charles Sullivan 3.50 12 Rec. Yds./Gm Shaine Smith 3 115.25 1 RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD Charles Sullivan 39.75 21 Kareem Huggins 46 245 5.3 3 Terry Crenshaw 39 116 3.0 2 Charles Brooks 35.00 23 Interceptions DeWayne Whitaker .25 8 PASSING (Eff.) GP Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD Punting Anton Clarkson (118.8) 4 77-143-1 934 5 Punt Returns Kareem Huggins 54 8.13 9 Kickoff Returns Kareem Huggins 17.00 11 RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD Field Goals Rob Zarrilli 4 2.00 1 Shaine Smith 29 461 15.9 4 Charles Sullivan 14 159 11.4 0 Scoring Rob Zarrilli T-30 7.75 4 Kareem Huggins 9 58 6.4 0 Shaine Smith T-70 6.00 11 Phil Riley 7 65 9.3 0 Kareem Huggins 4.50 21 Charles Brooks 5 105 21.0 0 All-Purpose Yds. Kareem Huggins 27 126.00 3 Chris Manno 5 34 6.8 0 Shaine Smith 49 115.25 6 Sacks Thomas Massey T-13 .88 2 TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int Luke Bonus (LB) 13-20-33 0 0 Shemiah LeGrande T-61 .50 7 Gian Villante (LB) 11-17-28 0.5 0 Ken Sussman .38 14 DeWayne Whitaker (CB) 14-10-24 0 1 Chris Sebald .33 20 Kyle Arrington (CB) 15-9-24 0 0 Justyn Davis .25 24 Stephen Tate (FS) 6-14-20 0 0 Tackles Gian Villante 37 9.33 4 Luke Bonus T-87 8.00 11 HOFSTRA IN THE 2006 NCAA DeWayne Whitaker 6.00 24 STATS: Here are Hofstra’s 2006 statistical Kyle Arrington 6.00 24 rankings in I-AA and the Atlantic 10, as of October 2: Tackles For Loss Ken Sussman 10 1.75 1 Gian Villante 65 1.17 7 Thomas Massey T-71 1.13 8 National Conf Category Actual Rank Rank Rushing Offense 103 91.00 11 2006 ATLANTIC 10 Passing Offense 13 236.75 3 FOOTBALL Total Offense 58 327.75 10 CONFERENCE Scoring Offense T-49 23.50 8 STANDINGS: Rushing Defense 32 115.25 5 Pass Efficiency Defense 90 141.87 10 As of October 6, 2006 Total Defense 69 349.50 8 Scoring Defense 81 27.25 10 Conference Overall Net Punting 56 31.96 5 W L Pct. W L Pct. Punt Returns 57 8.67 7 North Massachusetts 1 0 1.000 3 1 .750 Kickoff Returns 110 15.75 12 Maine 1 0 1.000 2 2 .500 Turnover Margin T-31 .50 4 New Hampshire 1 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 Pass Defense 97 234.25 11 HOFSTRA 1 1 .500 2 2 .500 Passing Efficiency 67 117.08 8 Rhode Island 0 1 .000 2 2 .500 Sacks 21 2.50 2 Northeastern 0 2 .000 1 4 .200 Tackles For Loss 28 6.75 2 South Sacks Allowed 87 2.25 9 Towson 1 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 Richmond 1 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 National Conf James Madison 1 0 1.000 3 1 .750 Category Player Actual Rank Rank Delaware 1 1 .500 2 2 .500 Rushing Kareem Huggins 78 61.25 9 Villanova 0 1 .000 1 3 .250 William&Mary 0 2 .000 1 3 .250 Terry Crenshaw 29.00 24 Passing Efficiency Anton Clarkson 60 118.85 7 Total Offense Anton Clarkson 15 227.50 4 Kareem Huggins 61.25 21 THIS WEEK IN THE A-10 - October 7 Southern Utah 38, Western Kentucky 37, Penn 26, Charleston Richmond @ New Hampshire 12:00 p.m. Southern 13, Norfolk State 13, Hofstra 12, Montana State 12, Delaware @ Northeastern 12:00 p.m. Northern Arizona 11, Mississippi Valley State 5, Southeast Missouri Villanova @ Hofstra 12:00 p.m. State 5, Texas State 5, Wofford 5. William & Mary @ UMass 1:00 p.m. Rhode Island @ James Madison 1:30 p.m. Maine @ Towson 3:00 p.m. The 2006 COLLEGE SPORTING NEWS I-AA COACHES POLL: Here LAST WEEK IN THE A-10 - September 30 is the 2006 College Sporting News I-AA Rhode Island 28, Brown 21 Top 25 Coaches Poll, as of October 2, Boston College 22, Maine 0 2006. Hofstra 16, William & Mary 14 Richmond 12, Northeastern 7 No. School (1st Place Votes) W-L Pts. LW 1. New Hampshire (21) (4-0) 645 1 James Madison 45, VMI 7 2. Appalachian St (5) (4-1) 628 2 New Hampshire 52, Delaware 49 3. Furman (4-1) 575 3 4. Montana (4-1) 556 4 HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS: Here is where the Pride has 5. Illinois St (3-1) 499 5 ranked this season: 6. Cal Poly (4-1) 485 7 Date TSN CSN 7. Richmond (4-0) 480 6 Preseason RV NP 8. Youngstown St (4-1) 466 8 Sept. 4 RV NP 9. Southern Illinois (4-0) 439 9 Sept. 11 RV RV 10. Massachusetts (3-1) 419 10 Sept. 18 RV RV 11. North Dakota St (4-0) 414 12 Sept. 25 ---- RV 12. Hampton (5-0) 393 11 Oct. 2 RV RV 13. Northern Iowa (2-2) 332 13 (RV-receiving votes; NR-not ranked; NP-no poll) 14. James Madison (3-1) 324 15 15. Portland St (3-2) 254 14 16. UC Davis (2-2) 250 20 17. Towson (4-0) 217 19 18. Harvard (3-0) 192 21 19. Delaware (2-2) 174 16 20. Eastern Illinois (2-2) 126 17 21. Georgia Southern (2-2) 84 25 22. Princeton (3-0) 53 NR The 2006 SPORTS NETWORK I-AA POLL: Here is the 23. Alabama A&M (3-1) 49 24 2006 Sports Network I-AA Top 25 poll, as of October 2, 24. San Diego (4-0) 49 NR 2006: 25. Central Connecticut St (4-1) 48 NR

No. Team (1st-pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW This Week Others receiving votes (minimum of five points): Tennessee Martin 1. New Hampshire (81) 4-0 2,552 1 #7 Richmond (46), Western Illinois (40), Central Arkansas (28), Maine (25), 2. Appalachian State (21) 4-1 2,457 2 at Chattanooga Western Kentucky (25), Jackson St (20), McNeese St (15), Tennessee 3. Furman 4-1 2,252 3 at Coastal Carolina 4. Montana 3-1 2,195 4 at E. Washington Tech (11), Albany (10), Coastal Carolina (9), Hofstra (9), 5. Cal Poly 4-1 2,065 5 UC Davis Jacksonville St (9), Northwestern St (8), Charleston Southern (7), 6. Illinois State 3-1 1,996 6 at W. Kentucky Northern Arizona (7), Penn (7), Western Carolina (7). 7. Richmond 4-0 1,939 7 at #1 UNH 8. Youngstown State 4-1 1,831 8 Indiana State HOFSTRA-VILLANOVA SERIES: Saturday’s game is the 9. Southern Illinois (1) 4-0 1,730 10 Western Illinois 10. Massachusetts 3-1 1,711 9 William & Mary fourth meeting between the Pride and Villanova in a series 11. North Dakota State 4-0 1,576 11 at Ga. Southern that started in 2001. The Wildcats hold a 2-1 series lead. The 12. Hampton 5-0 1,476 12 Central State two teams last met on November 8, 2003 in Hempstead with 13. James Madison 3-1 1,296 15 Rhode Island the Pride posting a 34-32 victory over the seventh-ranked 14. Northern Iowa 2-2 1,229 13 Missouri State 15. Portland State 3-2 1,007 14 at Montana State Wildcats. 16. UC Davis 2-2 957 18 at #5 Cal Poly 17. Towson 4-0 931 19 Maine Year Winner (Loc.) Score 18. Delaware 2-2 723 17 at Northeastern 2001 Villanova (H) 34-54 19. Harvard 3-0 695 22 Cornell 20. Eastern Illinois 2-3 405 20 SE Missouri State 2002 Villanova (A) 7-35 21. Georgia Southern 2-2 389 NR #11 N. Dakota St. 2003 Hofstra (H) 34-32 22. Tennessee-Martin 4-1 251 NR at Tennessee Tech 23. Central Conn. State 4-1 250 NR St. Francis (PA) THE LAST TIME - HOFSTRA vs. VILLANOVA - 24. Alabama A & M 3-1 248 NR Southern 25. San Diego 4-0 198 NR Butler November 8, 2003 vs. #7 Villanova: Sophomore defensive lineman Dan Garay had two timely sacks, including one on a Others receiving votes (in order of points, minimum of five potential game-tying two-point conversion in the final minute required): Princeton 193, Western Illinois 152, McNeese State 147, of regulation, as Hofstra upset seventh-ranked Villanova, 34- Maine 103, Central Arkansas 61, Jacksonville State 60, Jackson State 32, at Shuart Stadium. Hofstra trailed 26-14 at intermission, 59, Albany 47, Western Carolina 47, Northwestern State 40, but came out in the second half and seized the momentum HU - Irby 7-yd run (Onorato kick) back, converting a pair of Villanova miscues into touchdowns HU - Bukula 18-yd run (Onorato kick) 44 seconds apart midway through the third quarter. After a VU - Dieser 15-yd pass from Casamento (Casamento pass knee injury to Hofstra starting quarterback Bobby Seck failed) knocked him from the game, freshman back-up Anton NOVA HOFSTRA Clarkson came in and completed a 29-yard touchdown pass to First Downs 22 18 senior wide receiver Isaac Irby with 7:57 left in the third Rushes-Yards (Net) 42-127 29-52 quarter. That score came one play after a bad snap on a Passing Yards (Net) 253 296 Villanova punt gave the Pride the ball in excellent field Passes Att-Comp-Int 38-27-0 42-24-0 position. A botched snap prevented the Pride from kicking the Total Offensive Plays-Yards 80-380 71-348 extra point, leaving the score at 26-20, but Garay sacked Fumble Returns-Yards 1-43 0-0 Villanova quarterback Marvin Burroughs, who was filling in Punt Returns-Yards 3-11 5-31 for injured starter Joe Casamento, on the Wildcats' next play Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-79 4-67 from scrimmage. Garay's sack forced a fumble, and the Pride's Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Stephen Bowen recovered on the Villanova 20-yard line. Two Punts (Number-Avg) 10-36.1 9-40.7 plays later, Irby scored on a touchdown run from 7-yards out Fumbles-Lost 4-3 4-4 to put Hofstra back in front at 27-26. The Pride extended its Penalties-Yards 4-33 10-62 lead to 34-26 with 3:11 left in the game when senior running Possession Time 33:41 26:19 back Vemba Bukula capped off an eight-play, 74-yard drive Third Down Conversions 4 of 16 5 of 16 with an 18-yard touchdown run. Villanova then put Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Casamento, the team's regular starting quarterback, into the Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 4-4 contest for the first time in the game on its final drive. Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-14 8-43 Casamento completed all seven of his pass attempts to bring the Wildcats 76 yards in just 2:16, capping the drive off with a RUSHING: VILLANOVA-Butler 14-90; Gibson 13-71; 15-yard scoring pass to John Dieser with 55 seconds left. Outlaw 1-7; Champen 1-1; Casamento 1-Minus 10; Burroughs Villanova went for the tying two-point conversion, and 11-Minus 15; Team 1-Minus 17; HOFSTRA-Bukula 6-35; Casamento rolled out to the right looking for an open receiver. Dimmie 6-18; Crenshaw 6-10; Irby 2-4; TEAM 2-minus 3; However, Garay came through the line and tackled Casamento Clarkson 3-minus 4; Seck 4-minus 8. all the way back at the 20-yard line. Villanova then tried an on-side kick, but Hofstra's James Glee recovered the ball to PASSING: VILLANOVA-Burroughs 19-30-0-143; secure the win for the Pride. Seck made his first start in a Casamento 7-7-0-86; Polite 1-1-0-24; HOFSTRA-Seck 16-32- month at quarterback and threw for 200 yards and two first 0-200; Clarkson 8-10-0-96. quarter touchdowns to Marques Colston from 20-yards and 6- yards to stake Hofstra to an early 14-0 lead. Villanova, though, RECEIVING: VILLANOVA-Outlaw 7-74; Dieser 6-52; rallied for 26 unanswered points to take a 26-14 lead into DiGiacomo 6-44; Champen 4-47; Burroughs 1-24; Gibson 1- intermission. Burroughs ran for two touchdowns and threw a 6; Wright 1-6; T. Butler 1-0; HOFSTRA-Bryant 7-84; Colston third to Phil DiGiacomo to put his team ahead at the break. 6-94; Irby 6-58; Perry 2-51; Wolman 2-8; Crenshaw 1-1. However, two failed conversion attempts would come back to haunt the Wildcats. Villanova fumbled the snap on an extra TACKLES (UA-A): VILLANOVA-Hulea 6-2; J. Butler 3-5; point attempt and failed on a two-point conversion attempt on Bacchus 4-2; Breeden 3-3; Ventrone 2-3; Curry 3-1; Morgan its third touchdown. Clarkson finished the day eight of 10 2-2; HOFSTRA-Bargman 10-2; Johnson 8-4; Wynn 6-2; passing for 96 yards and a touchdown in relief of Seck, who Garay 5-3; Momo 4-3; Williams 4-3; Haley 3-4. made his third start of the year and was knocked out of the game with an injury for the third time. Colston had six catches Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 3,294 for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Carlton Bargman and Tyree Temperature: 36 Wind: NE, 2 mph Weather: Clear Johnson led the Pride defense with 12 tackles apiece, with Bargman adding 2.5 sacks and a pass deflection and Johnson HOFSTRA’S LAST GAME - Saturday, September 30, adding 1.5 sacks. 2006 at William & Mary: Rob Zarrilli booted three field goals, including the game-winner with 7:20 to play in the 1 2 3 4 F fourth quarter, to lead the Hofstra Pride to a 16-14 victory VILLANOVA 7 19 0 6 32 over the Tribe of William & Mary in an Atlantic 10 contest at HOFSTRA 14 0 13 7 34 sold out Walter Zable Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Pride evened their record at 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the A-10, while Scoring Summary the Tribe fell to 1-3 on the season and 0-2 in league play. HU - Colston 20-yd pass from Seck (Onorato kick) HU - Colston 6-yd pass from Seck (Onorato kick) Zarrilli, who saw his consecutive field goal attempt streak end VU - Ventrone 43-yd fumble recovery (James kick) at 13 on the possession before his game-winning kick, blasted VU - Burroughs 2-yd run (DiGiacomo pass failed) the 47-yard attempt giving Hofstra the 16-14 lead after the VU - DiGiacomo 17-yd pass from Burroughs (Burroughs pass Pride drive ended at the William & Mary 30-yard line. He failed) smacked two field goals in the second quarter, booting a 24- VU - Burroughs 6-yd run (James kick) yarder that gave the Pride a 10-7 lead, and then followed with HU - Irby 29-yd pass from Clarkson (DePasquale rush failed) a 45-yarder, with 47 seconds remaining in the half, that first, Hofstra allowed just 20 yards before forcing the Tribe to boosted the Hofstra lead to 13-7 at halftime. punt the ball away. On the second, after the Pride punted away with 2:57 to play, giving the Tribe the ball at their own 34, Zarrilli dismissed questions about if he was thinking about the William & Mary moved the ball to the Hofstra 36-yard line blocked field goal when he kicked the winner. "When that after a 30-yard completion to Brooks. But Hofstra end Thomas kick was blocked in the fourth quarter, I immediately put it out Massey sacked Phillips back to midfield on first down. of my head," the junior kicker from Orlando, Florida, said. Phillips (9-for-22, 189 yards) hit R.J. Archer for 19 yards to "Every kick is a new kick-a new chance-and I said to myself the Hofstra 31 before the Tribe was hit with a false start I'm going to win this game if I get another shot." penalty, sending them back to the 36. On the third-and-10 play at the 36, Hofstra cornerback DeWayne Whitaker nearly The Pride accumulated 344 yards on offense, including 212 picked off Phillips at the 5-yard line. With the Tribe going for yards passing as quarterback Anton Clarkson completed 18 of the first down on fourth down, Pride safety Stephen Tate 33 passes for 212 and a touchdown. Wide receiver Charles broke up Phillips pass to Nicholas (3-70-1) with 1:20 to play Sullivan had six catches for 69 yards, while Shaine Smith and Hofstra took over and ran out the clock. hauled in five passes for 76 yards. Running back Kareem Huggins rushed 16 times for 78 yards to lead the Pride ground "I couldn't be prouder of our players," Hofstra Head Football game. Hofstra held William & Mary to 259 yards on the day, Coach Dave Cohen said. "Coming back after last week's including just 70 on the ground on 29 rushing attempts. emotional loss that was tough to swallow, says a little bit about the character of this team. I am happy with the victory The Tribe opened the scoring on their first possession after the but we are still work in progress." Pride turned the ball over on downs at the W&M 34-yard line. Sophomore quarterback Jake Phillips directed a five-play, 66- 1 2 3 4 F yard drive, completing passes of 45 yards to D.J. McAulay Hofstra 0 13 0 3 16 and 12 yards to Joe Nicholas before hitting Drew Atchison for William & Mary 7 0 7 0 14 a 10-yard touchdown pass with 9:14 to play in the quarter. Blair Pritchard's extra-point gave the Tribe a 7-0 lead. Scoring Summary WM- Atchison 10-yard pass from Phillips (Pritchard kick) The Pride tied the score 4:38 into the second quarter after the HU- Scarpa 8-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick) Tribe turned the ball over on downs at the Hofstra 35-yard HU- Zarrilli 24-yard field goal line. Clarkson completed passes to four different receivers in HU- Zarrilli 45-yard field goal the nine-play, 65-yard drive, including an 8-yard scoring pass WM- Nicholas 46-yard pass from Phillips (Pritchard kick) to senior fullback R.C. Scarpa, who scampered into the end HU- Zarrilli 47-yard field goal zone for his first collegiate touchdown. Zarrilli's extra-point tied the game at 7-7. HOFSTRA W&M First Downs (R-P-Pe) 9-8-3 6-5-0 On William & Mary's next possession, Hofstra cornerback Rushes-Yards (Net) 36-132 29-70 DeWayne Whitaker picked off Phillips at the Pride 43-yard Passing Yards (Net) 212 189 line. Hofstra moved the ball to the Tribe 7-yard line before Passes Comp-Att-Int 18-34-0 9-22-1 Zarrilli booted a 24-yard field goal to give the Pride a 10-7 Total Offense/Plays-Yards 70-344 51-259 lead with six minutes to play in the first half. The key play in Punt Returns-Yards 3-17 2-7 the Hofstra drive was a fake punt that saw linebacker Gian Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-2 2-30 Villante take the short snap and ramble 36 yards to the Tribe Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 13-yard line. Punts (Number-Avg) 3-39.0 5-46.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Hofstra boosted the lead to 13-7 just 47 seconds before Penalties-Yards 5-55 7-65 halftime as Zarrilli kicked a 45-yard field goal to cap an eight- Possession Time 33:51 26:09 play, 43-yard drive that stalled at the Tribe 28-yard line. The Third Down Conversions 5-16 3-12 big play in the drive was a 28-yard reception by Shaine Smith, Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 1-3 on a third-and-18 play, that moved the ball to the William & Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 1-1 Mary 35-yard line. Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-25 2-17

The Tribe took their second and final lead of the game with RUSHING: HOFSTRA-Huggins (16-78-0), Villante (1-36-0), 4:40 to play in the third quarter with some razzle-dazzle. On a Crenshaw (8-31-0); W&M-Brooks (15-79-0), Bynum (1-1-0) second-and-four play at the Hofstra 46-yard line, Phillips handed off to tailback Elijah Brooks (15-79), who pitched PASSING: HOFSTRA-Clarkson (33-18-0, 212, 1 TD), back to Phillips. Phillips completed the flea-flicker with a Crenshaw (1-0-0, 0, 0TD; W&M-Phillips (22-9-1, 189, 2TD) perfect strike to the wide open Nicholas for the touchdown. The score capped a nine-play, 77-yard drive and Pritchard's RECEIVING: HOFSTRA-Sullivan (6-69-0), S. Smith (5-76- extra-point gave the Tribe a 14-13 lead. 0), Huggins (3-16-0), Brooks (1-30-0); W&M-Nicholas (3-70- 1), McAulay (2-53-0), Brooks (1-30-0) After the Pride took the lead, William & Mary had two cracks on offense to take the lead in the final seven minutes. On the TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Villante (4-3-7), Tate (2-5- VILLANTE LEADS PRIDE DEFENSE AGAINST 7), Anderson (2-4-6); W&M-Pigram (9-1-10), Tracy (4-6-10), TRIBE: Junior linebacker Gian Villante, a 2004 All- Wheeling (0-7-7) American who missed last season with a knee injury, continues to raise his defensive game to post-season honors Stadium: Walter J. Zable Stadium level. The Wantagh, Long Island, native posted a team-high Attendance: 12,259 seven tackles against William & Mary. He had 13 tackles Weather: 75 degrees and sunny against the Tigers of Towson on September 23. He posted three solo stops and 10 assisted tackles to go with 1.5 tackles HOMECOMING: Hofstra will celebrate its 2006 for losses of 7 yards, a pass deflection and a half-sack. After Homecoming this weekend against Villanova. The Pride is 14- missing the season opener against Stony Brook, Villante 6 in their last 20 Homecoming contests. recorded eight tackles and one forced fumble against the Thundering Herd of Marshall. He has 28 total tackles in three K ROB ZARRILLI NAMED A-10 SPECIAL TEAMS games this season. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Junior kicker Rob Zarrilli, Hofstra’s sole returning All-American from 2005, was named A BONUS AT LINEBACKER: Red-shirt freshman the Atlantic 10 Special Teams Player of the Week for his three linebacker Luke Bonus (Medford Lakes, NJ), is making an field goal performance at William & Mary last Saturday. early bid for Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year honors. Bonus Zarrilli, who booted the winning field goal from 47 yards with posted five more tackles at William & Mary last week and 7:20 to play in the fourth quarter, also kicked 24 and 45-yard continues to lead the team in tackles with 33. He posted 12 field goals in the second quarter of the contest. He had his tackles, including six solos, three pass deflections and had a consecutive field goal attempt streak stopped at 13 when his half-tackle-for-a-loss against Towson. At Stony Brook, Bonus, 33-yard field goal attempt was blocked 21 seconds into the playing in his first college game and making his first career fourth quarter. Zarrilli was three-for-three in the field goal start, recorded five tackles, had one tackle for a loss, forced a department and added three extra points against Towson on fumble and also recovered a fumble. At Marshall, he was September 23. He is 8-9 in field goals and a perfect 8-for-8 in second on the team with 10 tackles, including five solo stops. the extra point department this season. The Orlando, FL, native was a third team All-American by The Associated QB ANTON CLARKSON: Pride quarterback Anton Press. Zarrilli connected on 17 of 19 field goals last season Clarkson completed 18 of 33 passes for 212 yards and one and 33 of 36 extra points. touchdown in Saturday’s victory at William & Mary. He was 15-for-30 for 226 yards and one touchdown against Towson. SCARPA RECORDS FIRST TOUCHDOWN: Senior The senior from Los Angeles, CA, completed 25 of 49 passes fullback R.C. Scarpa recorded his first collegiate touchdown for 256 yards and two touchdowns at Marshall on September 9 as a Hofstra player last Saturday at William & Mary. Scarpa, a and, in the process, moved into fourth place on the Hofstra 2004 Siena College transfer, hauled in an 8-yard scoring pass career passing touchdowns chart. Clarkson currently has 46 from Anton Clarkson to tie the game at 7-7 in the second career touchdown passes. He completed 19 of 31 passes for quarter in Williamsburg. The TD catch was just his second 240 yards and one touchdown at Stony Brook on August 31 reception of the season. and moved into second place on the Hofstra career passing yards chart. Clarkson has 6,629 yards passing. Giovanni HUGGINS LEADS GROUND GAME AGAIN: Junior Carmazzi (1996-99) is number one on the list with 9,371 running back Kareem Huggins led the Pride ground game in yards. yards for the fourth consecutive game last Saturday at William & Mary. Huggins, who also had three receptions for 16 yards, Most Passing Yards - Career carried the ball 16 times for 78 yards against the Tribe. He Player Yards Atts. -Comp.-TD Years posted his first career 100-yard rushing game against Towson 1 Giovanni Carmazzi 9,371 1,187-764-71 1996-99 on September 23, rushing 17 times for a game-high 117 yards 2 Anton Clarkson 6,841 911-552-46 2003-Pres. 3 George Beisel 6,049 892-497-51 1990-93 and one touchdown. His rushing game total against Towson 4 Rocky Butler 5,844 636-375-54 1998-01 was almost two-times the Pride’s rushing team total for the 5 Don Gault 5,149 710-362-41 1965-67 first two contests of the season. Huggins also caught two passes for 25 yards and returned two kickoffs for 48 yards to WR SHAINE SMITH: Senior receiver Shaine Smith led the accumulate 190 all-purpose yards against the Tigers. In the team with 76 receiving yards (five catches) last week at season opener at Stony Brook, he handled both the kickoff and William & Mary. He leads the team in receptions (29) and punt return duties. The junior from Irvington, NJ, returned five receiving yards (461) through four games. Smith caught five punts for 48 yards (9.6) with a long of 17, and two kickoffs for passes for 72 yards against Towson on September 23. Smith, 16 yards. Huggins also led the team in rushing with 33 yards who was named the Atlantic 10 Football Conference on eight carries and had one catch for 4 yards. At Marshall, he Offensive Player of the Week after the Stony Brook game, has posted three kickoff returns for 50 yards with a long of 23, had two 100-yard receiving games this season. An Oceanside, CA, three catches for 13 yards and had 17 yards on five rushing native who played his senior high school season at August attempts. Huggins leads the team with 245 rushing yards, 65 Martin High School in Queens, NY, Smith posted a career- punt return yards, 136 kickoff return yards and 504 all- best 12 receptions for 195 yards in the Pride’s season opening purpose yards. 17-8 victory at Stony Brook. Included was an 11-yard touchdown pass from Anton Clarkson late in the third quarter that gave Hofstra a 14-0 lead. He tallied seven receptions for a September 23. The Accokeek, MD, native had five solo stops game-high 118 yards and two touchdowns at I-A Marshall. and four assisted tackles against the Tigers. His previous best was seven tackles (5-2) at Marshall. Arrington now has 24 WR CHARLES BROOKS: Sophomore receiver Charles tackles on the season. Brooks, who had one catch for 30 yards in a starting role at William & Mary last week, recorded a career-high four RB TERRY CRENSHAW: Senior running back Terry catches for 75 yards against Towson. The Lancaster, PA, Crenshaw, who had 31 yards on eight carries before spraining native tallied just one catch as a red-shirt freshman in 2005. an ankle at William & Mary last week, recorded his best rushing game of the season against Towson on September 23 DE THOMAS MASSEY: Junior defensive end Thomas with 48 yards on 10 carries and a touchdown. The Sarasota, Massey recorded 1.5 sacks and two tackles last week at FL, native, who posted four 100+-yard rushing games in 2005, William & Mary. He posted five tackles and 1.5 sacks against also became the eighth player in school history to top the Towson on September 23. The Nassau Community College- 2,000 yard career rushing mark last year. Crenshaw, who transfer made his first Hofstra start of the season against tallied 31 yards on 15 carries against Stony Brook this season, Towson and now has 14 tackles and 3.5 sacks on the season. climbed two spots into fifth place on the Pride’s career rushing yards list. After the William & Mary contest, he now has WR CHARLES SULLIVAN: Junior receiver Charles 2,266 yards on 476 carries. Sullivan, who saw limited time in the Stony Brook game due to an injury, led the Pride with six receptions for 69 yards at Most Rushing Yards - Career William & Mary. It was his best performance of the season. Player Yards Att. Avg. Years Sullivan recorded three catches for 46 yards against Towson 1 Trevor Dimmie 3,622 739 4.9 2000-03 on September 23. The Nanuet, NY, native recorded five 2 Bill Sanford 2,503 445 5.6 1951-54 catches for 44 yards at Marshall on September 9 to move into 3 Vaughn Sanders 2,497 433 5.8 1996-99 a three-way tie for 15th on the Hofstra career receptions list 4 Jimmy Jones 2,381 410 5.8 1995-99 with 105. Sullivan now has 114 career receptions for 1,510 5 Terry Crenshaw 2,266 476 4.8 2002-pres. yards (14th career) in 26 games during his Hofstra career. In 6 Paul Que 2,166 424 5.1 1995-97 2004 he recorded the most receptions by a freshman in school 7 Kurt Murrell 2,162 397 5.4 1977-80 history with 68 for 938 yards and seven touchdowns. Sullivan 8 Bob McKenna 2,073 425 4.9 1980-83 was the first freshman receiver and only the ninth player in 9 Kevin Huff 1,989 491 4.1 1973-77 school history to record 60 catches in a season and broke the 10 Mike Mullins 1,874 366 5.1 1980-83 Hofstra freshman receiving mark of 39 receptions for 463 yards set in 1997 by Steve Jackson. S STEPHEN TATE: Junior safety Stephen Tate tallied a season-high seven tackles at William & Mary last week. The Most Receptions - Career Centreville, VA native has posted five or more tackles in each Player Rec. Yards Years of his last three games and now has 20 tackles on the season. 1 Steve Jackson 206 2,561 1997-00 2 Marques Colston 182 2,834* 2001-05 OT JED PRISBY: Senior tackle and co-captain Jed Prisby 3 Devale Ellis 176 2,207 2002-05 played in his 38th straight Hofstra game last Saturday against 4 Isaac Irby 168 1,923 2002-04 William & Mary. After red-shirting the 2002 season, Prisby 5 Emil Wohlgemuth 161 2,304 1981-84 6 Charlie Adams 159 2,649 1998-01 has not missed a game since. He was a third team All-Atlantic 7 Kahmal Roy 152 2,442 1998-01 10 selection in 2005. 8 Wayne Chrebet 150 2,297 1991-94 9 Wayne Morris 137 1,943 1988-91 LB TOM DADDINO: Junior linebacker Tom Daddino, who 10 Wayne Yearwood 134 1,749 1996-98 recorded a game-high nine total tackles in the Pride’s season 11 Rusty Hoehn 130 1,474 1969-71 opener at Stony Brook, posted seven tackles against Towson 12 Ricky Bryant 127 1,690 2002-03 on September 23. Daddino, a late addition to the Pride’s 13 Nick Johnson 126 1,387 1992-95 starting lineup for expected starter Gian Villante in the season 14 Bill Roca 125 1,932 1968-70 opener, posted four solo stops and one tackle for a loss against 15 Charles Sullivan 114 1,510 2004-pres. the Seawolves. CB DEWAYNE WHITAKER GETS FIRST PICK: Junior CAREER-HIGHS AT MARSHALL: Sophomore tight end DeWayne Whitaker tallied just two tackles last week but had a Phil Riley had a career best five receptions for 49 yards while key interception in the first half and nearly had a second in the junior receiver Chris Manno had a career-high four catches for waning seconds of the victory at William & Mary. It was his 24 yards. first career interception. Whitaker recorded a career-best nine tackles, including five solos, against Towson on September PUNTER SHANE CASCIANO: Red-shirt freshman Shane 23. His previous best tackle total was seven at Marshall on Casciano continues to punt well in place of 2006 season starter September 9. Whitaker now has a career-best 24 tackles on the Chris Hanly. Casciano punted three times for 117 yards last season. week at William & Mary. He punted three times for a 33.0 average at Marshall, and punted four times for a 40.0 average CB KYLE ARRINGTON: Junior cornerback Kyle against Towson. On the season, he has punted 10 times for a Arrington, who posted four tackles at William & Mary, 37.6 average with four inside the 20. recorded a career-high nine tackles against Towson on PUNTER CHRIS HANLY SIDELINED: Junior punter (*indicates players who started the last quarter of the season Chris Hanly, who punted six times for an average of 43.7 or a majority of games) yards at Marshall, has been sidelined with an ankle injury since that contest. He missed the Towson and William & Mary PRIDE PICKED FOURTH IN ATLANTIC 10 games and is doubtful this week against Villanova. PRESEASON COACHES POLL Two Hofstra players have been named to the preseason All- FS DAVID DARBY OUT: Senior safety and co-captain Atlantic 10 Team and the Pride is picked to finish fourth in the David Darby, the Pride’s top returning defensive player in Atlantic 10 North Division in the 2006 Atlantic 10 Preseason 2006, will likely miss the remainder of the season with a back Poll of conference coaches and select media. Junior kicker injury and red-shirt. Darby, who posted eight tackles in the Rob Zarrilli and linebacker Gian Villante were voted to the Pride’s season opening victory at Stony Brook, tallied 12 preseason all-conference squad. tackles at Marshall on September 9. A native of Sewell, NJ, Darby tallied 93 tackles, including 43 solos, and two In the preseason team poll, the Pride placed behind I-AA interceptions in 2005. Playoff quarterfinalist New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine, two teams Hofstra defeated in 2005, in the North SEASON HIGH ON OFFENSE AGAINST TOWSON: Division. The Wildcats of UNH posted an 11-2 mark last The Pride offense recorded their best yardage numbers of the season while UMass and Hofstra were 7-4, and Maine 5-6. season against Towson. Hofstra accumulated 399 yards, Rhode Island (4-7) and Northeastern (2-9) round out the including 226 passing, with an almost 50/50 passing/rushing predicted order of finish in the division. (32/29) play split. Hofstra picked up 173 yards rushing against the Tigers, which was three times its first two games total. In the South Division, 2005 Atlantic 10 Division Champion and I-AA Playoff quarterfinalist Richmond is bumped to the HOFSTRA’S BEST DEFENSIVE EFFORT SINCE 1995 number two spot in favor of 2004 I-AA National Champions AT STONY BROOK: Stony Brook’s 111 yards on offense in James Madison. The Dukes of JMU were 7-4 and finished Hofstra’s season opening victory was the Pride’s best second in the South Division. The Spiders of Richmond defensive effort since 1995. On October 21, 1995, the Pride posted a 9-4 mark including a 7-1 in A-10 play. The Blue held Charleston Southern to 27 total yards in a 56-6 Hens of Delaware are picked third after posting a 6-5 record in Homecoming victory at Shuart Stadium. The Buccaneers of 2005. William & Mary (5-6), Villanova (4-7) and Towson (6- CSU had 41 yards passing and -14 yards rushing in that 5) wrap up the second half of the South Division. The Atlantic contest. 10 sent more than one team to the I-AA Playoffs for the 15th consecutive year, the longest active streak among I-AA IN NO RUSH: At Marshall, the Pride had 264 yards on conferences. offense but -5 rushing yards. It was the lowest rushing total since the “Mud Bowl” at Delaware in 2005 when Hofstra had 2006 ATLANTIC 10 PRESEASON COACHES POLL -11 yards rushing. ATLANTIC 10 - NORTH ZARRILL AND VILLANTE NAMED TO THE SPORTS 1. New Hampshire (22) NETWORK PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM: Two 2. Massachusetts (5) Hofstra juniors, kicker Rob Zarrilli and linebacker Gian 3. Maine Villante, have been named to The Sports Network’s 2006 4. Hofstra Division I-AA Preseason All-America second team. Zarrilli, a 5. Rhode Island first team All-Atlantic 10 selection and a third team I-AA All- 6. Northeastern America pick by The Associated Press, made good on 17 of 19 field goals and 33 of 36 extra points in 2005. Villante, a ATLANTIC 10 - SOUTH first team I-AA postseason All-American in 2004, returns to 1. James Madison (17) the field after missing the 2005 season with a knee injury. 2. Richmond (9) Zarrilli and Villante are two of the 14 Atlantic 10 football 3. Delaware (1) players, the most from any conference, who were named to 4. William & Mary The Sports Network’s I-AA preseason All-America teams. 5. Villanova 6. Towson RETURNING STARTERS: The Pride has 15 returning starters from the 2005 squad. There are six offensive starters, (As voted on by the league's head coaches and selected media seven defensive and two kickers. The returning starters are: members. First-place votes are in parentheses)

Offensive Starters Returning: 6 (Anton Clarkson-QB, Terry 2006 Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team Crenshaw-RB, Charles Sullivan-WR, Jed Prisby-OT, Chris Offense Durkin-OG, Jason Goodman-C) Pos. Name School Cl. Defensive Starters Returning: 7 (Shemiah LeGrande-DT, QB Ricky Santos New Hampshire Jr. Gian Villante-LB (+2004 starter, injured in 2005), Chris TB Steve Baylark Massachusetts Sr. Sebald-LB, David Darby-S, Nick Altomare-CB, Stephen Tate- TB Omar Cuff Delaware Jr. S, Kyle Arrington-CB) FB/HB Joe Casey Rhode Island So. Kickers Returning: 2 (Rob Zarrilli-K, Chris Hanley-P) WR David Ball New Hampshire Sr. WR Andrae Brown Towson Sr. HOFSTRA ALUMNI IN THE NFL: There are six former WR Brandon London Massachusetts Sr. Hofstra players currently gracing NFL team rosters. They are: TE Matt Sherry Villanova Jr. OL Corey Davis James Madison Sr. - OT Willie Colon (Class of ‘06), Pittsburgh Steelers OL Shamel Lewis Rhode Island Sr. - WR Marques Colston (Class of ‘06), New Orleans Saints OL Alex Miller Massachusetts Sr. - WR Devale Ellis (Clas of ‘06), Detroit Lions OL Cody Morris William & Mary Sr. - WR Charlie Adams (Class of ‘02), Denver Broncos OL Tucker Peterson New Hampshire Sr. - RB Arlen Harris (Class of ‘03), Detroit Lions RET L.C. Baker James Madison Jr. - DE Stephen Bowen (Class of ’06), Dallas Cowboys PK Rob Zarrilli Hofstra Jr.

Defense COLSTON CONTINUES TO SHINE IN NEW Pos. Name School Cl. ORLEANS: New Orleans Saints’ receiver and Hofstra DL Johnny Campbell Richmond Sr. alumnus Marques Colston continues to make a name for DL Mike DeVito Maine Sr. himself as a NFL rookie. Colston, who had five catches for DL Sherman Logan Richmond Jr. 132 yards and a touchdown last week in a loss to Carolina, DL Kevin Winston James Madison Sr. leads NFL rookies in receiving yards with 336 yards on 20 LB Adam Goloboski Richmond Sr. receptions. He has three touchdowns in four NFL games. LB Jason Hatchell Massachusetts Jr. LB Akeem Jordan James Madison Sr. ALUMNI NORTH OF THE BORDER: Three Hofstra LB Gian Villante Hofstra Sr. football alums are currently on the 2006 rosters of Canadian S Allyn Bacchus Villanova Sr. Football League teams. They are: S Tony LeZotte James Madison Jr. CB Corey Graham New Hampshire Sr. - LB Brian Clark (Class of ’96), Calgary Stampeders CB Daren Stone Maine Sr. - QB Rocky Butler (Class of ‘02), Saskatchewan Rough P Christian Koegel Massachusetts Sr. Riders - DB Patrick Dorvelus (Class of ’02), Montreal Alouettes HOF•STRA PRO•NUN•SEE•AY•SHUNS: 11- Anton Clarkson (Ann-tahn) ROAD WARRIORS: The Pride has won 26 of their last 47 12 - Casciano (Cash•see•ann•o) road games and 28 of their last 51 contests away from Shuart 16 - Marquis Bonds (Mar-Keese) Stadium. The Pride is 33-24 on the road since the start of the 18 - Zarrilli (Za•rill•ee) 1997 season. 20 - Altomare (Al•toe•mar•ee) 22 - Vineyard (VIN•yard) SHUART STADIUM - HOME, SWEET HOME: Since 30 - Cherilus (Chair•ah•lus) 1980, Hofstra is 106-26-0 in regular season play at Shuart 36 - Aime (Ah-may) Stadium. Hofstra was 6-0 in 1986 and 1980; 6-1 in 1998; 5-0 38 - Sugalski (Su•gall•ski) in 1995, 1990, 1989, 1988 and 1983, 4-0 in 1991; 5-1 in 2001, 48 - Sebald (See•bald) 1999, 1984 and 1982; 4-1 in 2000, 1997, 1994, 1993, 1987, 49 - Ilchert (Ill-kurt) 1985 and 1981; 3-1 in 1992; 3-2 in 2004 and 2005; and 3-3 in 50 - Szelong (Zee•long) 2002. The Pride was 2-4 in 2003 and 1996. Hofstra is 0-1 at 53 - Akabalu (Ocka•bah•loo) home in 2006. 54 - Talvacchio (Tal•vot•cheo) 56 - Gutierrez (Goo•tee•air•ez) 66th SEASON: 2006 marks the 66th season of Hofstra 60 - Ottaiano (Oh-tee-ah-no) football. The Pride has posted a .500 or better record in 45 of 74 - Coccaro (Co•car•o) those seasons. Hofstra has recorded a 387-243-11 record 76 - Asermelly (Ah•sir•ma•lee) (.613) in its 641 games. 80 - Ottis Lewis (OTT•is) 90 - Denimarck (Den•ah•mark) TELEVISION: Saturday’s game against Villanova is the 92 - Shemiah LeGrande (Sha-my•ah, La•grand) Pride’s third and final televised game of the season. Hofstra had the season opener at Stony Brook on August 31 and the HOFSTRA AND THE NFL: For the first time in school William & Mary game on September 30 televised on Fox history, Hofstra had two players selected in the National Sports New York, Football League Draft last April. Offensive tackle Willie Colon was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 34th RADIO AND INTERNET: Every 2006 Hofstra football pick in the fourth round (131st overall) while wide receiver game can be heard on radio on WRHU-FM (88.7) and on the Marques Colston was drafted in the seventh round by the New Internet at www.wrhu.org beginning with the pregame show Orleans Saints with the 252nd overall pick. Colon and Colston 30 minutes before every contest. became the ninth and tenth Hofstra football players ever picked in the NFL draft and the first since Giovanni Carmazzi THE HOFSTRA FOOTBALL SHOW: Fans, friends and was selected in the third round of the 2000 draft by the San the media are invited to listen to Hofstra Head Football Coach Francisco 49ers. Dave Cohen and be part of the live audience as WRHU-FM (88.7) presents the Hofstra Football Show. The one-hour show, which will air locally on WRHU-FM and worldwide on the internet at www.wrhu.org on Tuesday’s at noon will review and preview Hofstra football during the 2006 season. Three shows, Sept. 25, Oct. 9 and Nov. 6, will be produced live on Monday nights, with the public invited, at Champions at the Long Island Marriott. In addition to Coach Cohen and Pride players, Hofstra’s opposing coach that week and media members will make guest appearances on the show. The Hofstra Football Show will be re-aired on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. prior to WRHU’s In the Trenches football show at 8 p.m.

PRACTICE: Here is the Hofstra football practice schedule this week. Tuesday, Oct. 3 3:35 Grass Practice Fields Wednesday, Oct. 4 3:35 Grass Practice Fields Thursday, Oct. 5 3:35 Grass Practice Fields Friday, Oct. 6 3:35 Shuart Stadium Saturday, Oct. 7 Noon Game vs. Villanova Sunday, Oct.8 3:30 Meetings Monday, Oct. 9 ----- Off Day Tuesday, Oct. 10 3:35 Grass Practice Fields Wednesday, Oct. 11 3:35 Grass Practice Fields

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VILLANOVA IN THE 2006 NCAA VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY STATS: Here are Villanova’s 2006 statistical rankings in I-AA and the Atlantic Location: Villanova, PA 10, as of October 2: Founded: 1842 Enrollment: 6,295 Nickname: Wildcats Conference: Atlantic 10 I-AA A-10 Category Avg. Colors: Blue and White Rank Rank Stadium: Villanova Stadium (12,000) Rushing Offense 40 163.50 7 President: Rev. Edmund J. Dobbin, OSA Passing Offense 24 218.00 4 Athletic Director: Vince Nicastro Football SID: Dean Kenefick Total Offense 16 381.50 4 Web Site: www.villanova.com Scoring Offense 52 23.00 10 Head Coach: Andy Talley (Southern Connecticut, 1967) Rushing Defense 60 145.00 8 Record at School: 142-89-1/21 years Pass Eff. Defense 94 146.45 11 Overall Record: 170-107-2/26 years Assistant Coaches: Mark Ferrante (assistant head coach/offensive Total Defense 90 381.25 12 line), Sam Venuto (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks), Mark Scoring Defense 93 29.25 12 Reardon (defensive coordinator/secondary), Apollo Wright (running Net Punting 111 24.25 12 backs), Clint Wiley (linebackers), Billy Crocker (defensive line), Punt Returns 82 6.56 11 Brian Flinn (wide receivers), Chris Mosley (cornerbacks), Justis Kickoff Returns 93 16.89 9 Galac (defensive assistant), Andrew Berggren (offensive assistant) Basic Offense: Multiple Turnover Margin T-72 -.25 10 Basic Defense: 4-3 Pass Defense 99 236.25 12 2005 Record: 4-7 (2-6 Atlantic 10/6th in A-10 South) Passing Efficiency 38 130.00 6 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 31/9 Sacks 34 2.00 3 Off. Starters Returning: 8 Tackles For Loss T-44 6.00 4 Def. Starters Returning: 8 Series Record: Villanova leads 2-1 Sacks Allowed T-62 1.75 6 Last Meeting: 2003 – Hofstra 34, Villanova 32 I-AA A-10 Category Player Avg. 2006 Schedule - 1-3, 0-1 Rank Rank Sept. 2 at Central Florida 16-35 L Rushing DeQuese May 66 67.75 7 Sept. 9 Lehigh 28-31 L Passing Efficiency Marvin Burroughs 38 128.97 5 Sept. 16 Massachusetts 21-31 L Sept. 23 at Pennsylvania 27-20 W Total Offense Marvin Burroughs 10 248.00 3 Oct. 7 at Hofstra Recpt./Gm. Chris Polite 3.50 12 Oct. 14 at Maine DeQuese May 3.25 17 Oct. 21 Towson Anton Ridley 3.25 17 Oct. 28 at William & Mary Rec. Yds./Gm. DeQuese May 88 52.50 9 Nov. 4 Richmond Nov. 11 James Madison Anton Ridley 93 50.75 10 Nov. 18 at Delaware Chris Polite 48.50 12 Interceptions Allyn Bacchus .25 8 2005 Results - 4-7-0 Rodney Badger .25 8 at Rutgers 6-38 L Northeastern 38-20 W Punting Zach Ugarte 51 37.53 3 at Pennsylvania 28-24 W Punt Returns Salim Koroma 62 6.75 10 at New Hampshire 17-45 L Kickoff Returns Salim Koroma 68 20.42 7 at Richmond 20-38 L Scoring Matt Dickin T-70 6.00 11 at Bucknell 38-10 W DeQuese May T-70 6.00 11 Rhode Island 30-48 L William & Mary 35-21 W All-Purpose Yds. DeQuese May 40 120.25 5 at Towson 19-40 L Sacks Greg Miller T-61 .50 7 at James Madison 13-28 L Michael Holland T-61 .50 7 Delaware 13-38 L Tackles Allyn Bacchus 33 9.50 3 Tackles For Loss Greg Miller .88 16 2006 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES The Pride, which posted their 22nd season opening victory in GAME 1 - AUGUST 31 AT STONY BROOK: Senior the last 24 seasons, held Stony Brook to 27 yards rushing and receiver Shaine Smith hauled in 12 passes for 195 yards and 84 yards passing while recording 304 yards including 240 the Pride defense held the Seawolves to just 111 yards on through the air. The 111 total yards by the Seawolves is offense as Hofstra downed Stony Brook, 17-8, in the season Hofstra's best defensive effort since October 21, 1995, when opener for both teams at LaValle Stadium. the Pride held Charleston Southern to 27 total yards in a 56-6 Homecoming win at Shuart Stadium. Pride junior linebacker Pride senior quarterback Anton Clarkson completed 19 of 31 Tom Daddino led a defensive charge with a game-high nine passes for 240 yards and hit Smith with an 11-yard scoring tackles. "I'm really proud of Tommy," Cohen said. "He is one strike in Hofstra's 14-point third quarter. The victory is Pride of our toughest kids. He's a blue-collar, lunch-box guy who Coach Dave Cohen's first collegiate head coaching win. comes to work every day and plays with his heart."

Hofstra, which defeated the Seawolves, 55-0, last year, faced a Clarkson climbed into second place on the Pride's career different, tougher and scholarship-armed Stony Brook team on passing chart, becoming just the third player in school history this day as the game was a battle of defenses in the scoreless to pass for 6,000 career yards and passing George Beisel's first half. The Pride, which posted their 10th consecutive (1990-93) 6,049 yards. Clarkson now has 6,147 career passing victory in as many attempts over Stony Brook, had the only yards. real scoring opportunity in the waning seconds of the first half. 1 2 3 4 F Pride freshman linebacker Luke Bonus stripped Stony Brook Hofstra 0 0 14 3 17 tailback Von Bryant of the ball at the Seawolves 20-yard line Stony Brook 0 0 0 8 8 and then recovered the fumble at the 12 with five seconds to play. Clarkson connected with Smith for a 6-yard gain but the Scoring Summary officials did not acknowledge a timeout request from the Pride HU - Huggins 12-yard run (Zarrilli kick) sideline and the half ended scoreless. HU - S. Smith 11-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick) SBU - Cosentino 4-yard pass from Dudash (Halonski pass The Pride came out inspired in the third quarter and opened from Austin) the half with an eight play, 84-yard drive capped by a 12-yard HU - Zarrilli 26-yard field goal touchdown run by junior Kareem Huggins. Two plays earlier, Clarkson hooked up with Smith for a 39-yard completion to Hofstra SBU the Stony Brook 17-yard line. Hofstra boosted the lead to 14-0 First Downs (R-P-Pe) 3-11-1 2-5-0 with 29 seconds to play in the third quarter as Clarkson Rushes-Yards (Net) 33-64 27-27 connected with Smith for an 11-yard scoring pass. Like the Passing Yards (Net) 240 84 first Pride score, this touchdown was set-up, two plays earlier, Passes Comp-Att-Int 19-31-0 11-22-0 by a 47-yard completion to Smith that moved the ball to the Total Offense/Plays-Yards 64-304 49-111 Seawolves' 9-yard line. Punt Returns-Yards 5-48 4-40 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-16 2-38 Stony Brook got on the board 5:41 into the final quarter after a Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 strong defensive effort pinned the Pride back deep in their Punts (Number-Avg) 8-39.9 9-41.6 own territory. After the Pride was stopped on their own 2-yard Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 line and forced to punt, SBU sophomore Dwayne Elay Penalties-Yards 7-61 5-35 returned the punt 31 yards to the Pride 6-yardline.On the Possession Time 33:45 26:15 Seawolves’ first play, after a 2-yard illegal procedure penalty Third Down Conversions 5-14 2-13 was assessed against the Pride, quarterback Josh Dudash (22- Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 0-1 11-0, 84, 1TD) completed a 4-yard scoring pass to senior Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 1-1 receiver Michael Cosentino (6-55-1). Stony Brook inched Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 1-13 closer when the extra-point kick snap was high and holder Steve Austin scrambled and hit Kevin Halonski for the two- RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Huggins (8-33-1), Crenshaw (15-31- point conversion and a 14-8 deficit. 0); STONY BROOK- Bryant (8-17-0), Hafiz (10-15-0) PASSING: HOFSTRA- Clarkson (31-19-0, 240, 1TD); But that would be all that the Seawolves would get as the STONY BROOK- Dudash (22-11-0, 84, 1TD) Pride defense held SBU to just two yards total in the next two RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- S. Shaine (12-195-1), Manno (1- possessions while Hofstra junior kicker Rob Zarrilli booted a 10-0), Lewis (1-9-0); STONY BROOK- Cosentino (6-55-1), 26-yard field goal with 5:28 to play to close out the scoring in Suggs (3-16-0), Eley (2-13-0) the 17-8 victory. "I'm very proud of our players and the way TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Daddino (4-5), Darby (3-5), they held their composure," Hofstra's first year coach Dave Whitaker (4-2); STONY BROOK- Merkle (3-4), Jean-Pierre Cohen said. "I thought they played together and believed in (4-2), Stewart (3-3) each other. I thought we made some big plays in the second half. We had some chances in the first half that we didn't Stadium: LaValle Stadium connect on. In the second half we were able to make the big Attendance: 5,626 plays." Weather: 75 degrees and clear GAME 2 - SEPTEMBER 9 AT MARSHALL: Running The Pride closed the gap to 20-17 at halftime as Zarrilli booted back Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 152 yards and four a 21-yard field goal with 12 seconds to play to conclude a 13- touchdowns, and quarterback Bernard Morris passed for 153 play, 75-yard drive. It was Zarrilli’s eighth consecutive yards and rushed for 151 yards to lead the Thundering Herd of successful field goal attempt. Marshall (1-1) to a 54-31 victory over the Hofstra Pride (1-1) at Joan C. Edwards Saturday night. The Thundering Herd came out flying in the second half and tallied 20 points in the first 7:43 of the quarter to open up the The Pride were led by senior receiver Shaine Smith with seven game. Marshall opened the third quarter with a 10-play, 80- receptions for 118 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback yard drive, with Morris hitting freshman Cody Slate for a 13- Anton Clarkson, who completed 25 of 49 passes for 256 yard touchdown and a 27-17 lead with 10:40 to play in the yards. Senior safety David Darby posted 12 tackles, while third. On Hofstra’s next possession, Clarkson was hit by freshman linebacker Luke Bonus added 10 stops for the Pride. linebacker Dennis Thornton and fumbled on his own 10-yard Bradshaw rushed 14 times for his game-high 152 yards while line. Herd end Shavar Greer scooped up the fumble and Morris completed 20 for 27 passes for 153 yards with two chugged into the end zone for the touchdown. Sussman touchdowns. blocked his second extra point of the game and Marshall led 33-17 with 10:13 to play in the third quarter. After the Herd The Pride opened the scoring on their first possession of the stopped the Pride on their next possession, Bradshaw recorded game, going 82-yards on nine plays capped by a 45-yard his fourth touchdown of the game, with a 30-yard run on a touchdown pass from Clarkson to Smith just 3:50 into the fourth-and-one play with 7:17 to play. contest. Hofstra recorded two big first downs on third down plays in the drive as Clarkson hit Charles Sullivan for a 15- Hofstra closed the deficit to 40-25 early in the fourth quarter yard pick-up on a third-and-seven from the Pride 35-yard line, as Crenshaw rushed 1-yard for the touchdown to cap a seven- and the senior quarterback called his own number for a 1-yard play, 36-yard drive. Clarkson hit Shaine Smith for the two- gain later in the drive. The touchdown pass was also point conversion and the Marshall lead was cut to 40-25 with Clarkson’s 43rd in his career, moving him into fourth place on 12:14 to play in the contest. The Thundering Herd scored the Pride’s career touchdown pass list. twice more in the final eight minutes of the fourth quarter, around a 1-yard Hofstra touchdown pass from Clarkson to On the ensuing Thundering Herd kickoff return by Chubb Smith with 2:15 to play. Emanuel Spann caught a 10-yard Small, Hofstra linebacker Gian Villante stripped the scoring pass with 7:41 to play and Mike Nolan hauled in a 13- sophomore returner of the ball and Pride kicker Chris Hanly yard pass with 39 seconds to play, to close out the scoring. recovered at the Marshall 20-yard line. Hofstra showed some razzle-dazzle in its possession as Clakson pitched to running Hofstra finished up with 264 yards in total offense, but minus back Terry Crenshaw, who ran to the right and then threw 5 on the ground. The Thundering Herd compiled 519 yards on back to Clarkson for a 13-yard gain to the Herd 7-yard line. the night, including 313 yards rushing. On the next play, junior running back Kareem Huggins took the handoff and broke outside for a 7-yard scoring run. Kicker 1 2 3 4 F Rob Zarrill’s second PAT of the game gave the Pride a 14-0 Hofstra 14 3 0 14 31 lead with just 4:55 gone in the first quarter. Marshall 7 13 20 14 54

But Marshall came roaring back, scoring the next 20 points in Scoring Summary the contest. Late in the first quarter following a Hofstra punt, HU- Smith 45-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick) the Herd took over at their own 34-yard line. Quarterback HU- Huggins 7-yard run (Zarrilli kick) Bernard Morris scampered 42 yards on a draw play moving MU- Bradshaw 24-yard run (Binswanger kick) the ball to the Pride 24. On the next play tailback Ahmad MU- Bradshaw 7-yard run (Binswanger kick blocked) Bradshaw rushed 24 yards for the touchdown. Anthony MU- Bradshaw 40-yard run (Binswanger kick) Binswanger’s PAT closed the gap to 14-7 with 2:35 to play in HU- Zarrilli 21-yard field goal the first quarter. MU- Slate 13-yard pass from Morris (Binswanger kick) MU- Greer 10-yard fumble recovery (Binswanger kick The Thundering Herd closed the gap again 2:11 into the blocked) second quarter as Bradshaw rushed 7 yards for a touchdown to MU- Bradshaw 30-yard run (Binswanger kick) cap a nine-play, 59-yard drive. The extra-point kick attempt HU- Crenshaw 1-yard run (Smith pass from Clarkson) was blocked by Hofstra tackle Ken Sussman. The big play in MU- Spann 10-yard pass from Morris (Binswanger kick) the drive for Marshall was a 19-yard pass completion from HU- Smith 2-yard pass from Clarkson (Clarkson pass failed) Morris to Marcus Fitzgerald on a third-and-seven play at the MU- Nolan 13-yard pass from Skinner (Binswanger kick) Hofstra 33. Hofstra Marshall Marshall took the lead almost four minutes later following a First Downs (R-P-Pe) 1-11-3 13-10-3 Pride punt. The two-play 59-yard drive saw Bradshaw score Rushes-Yards (Net) 18- (-5) 38-313 his third rushing touchdown of the game on a 40-yard run. Passing Yards (Net) 269 206 Binswanger extra point gave the Herd a 20-14 lead with 9:26 Passes Comp-Att-Int 26-50-0 25-33-0 to play in the half. Total Offense/Plays-Yards 68-264 71-519 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 5-85 Schaefer hit Yancey with a 22-yard scoring pass on the first Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-71 4-83 play to cut the lead to 17-16 with 8:23 to play in the half. But Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Zarrilli kicked his second field goal of the game 28 seconds Punts (Number-Avg) 9-40.1 3-44.7 from halftime to boost the Hofstra lead to 20-16. Fumbles-Lost 2-2 5-4 Penalties-Yards 5-52 12-99 The Tigers closed to within one point at 20-19 as Desautels Possession Time 28:31 31-29 booted his second of the game, this time from 36 yards, 8:45 Third Down Conversions 2-15 7-14 into the third quarter. But the Pride responded with 10 Fourth Down Conversions 2-2 2-2 unanswered points as Zarrilli kicked his third of the game and Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-4 his eleventh consecutive successful attempt with less than Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-9 6-27 three minutes to play in the third quarter, and then Kareem Huggins, who posted his first career 100-yard rushing game, RUSHING: HOFSTRA-Huggins (5-17-1), Crenshaw (6-6-1), scored on a 3-yard run 14 seconds into the fourth quarter to Clarkson (7-(-28)-0; MARSHALL-Bradshaw (17-152-4), boost the Pride lead to 30-19. Morris (14-151-0), Small (2-7-0) PASSING: HOFSTRA- Clarkson (49-25-0, 256, 2TD), Towson made the Pride a little uneasy when Schaefer hit Crenshaw (1-1-0, 13, 0TD); MARSHALL- Morris (27-20-0, Marcus Lee for a 15-yard scoring pass in the corner of the end 153, 2TD), Skinner (6-5-0, 53, 1TD) zone with 5:22 to play to cut the gap to 30-26. Hofstra could RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Smith (7-118-2), Riley (5-49-0), not hold onto the ball for longer than five plays and 2:34, and Sullivan (5-44-0); MARSHALL-Spann (10-97-1), Wynn (4- punted away to Towson, which took over on its own 11-yard 27-0), Nolan (2-20-1). line with 2:42 to play. Schaefer completed seven of 12 passes TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Darby (5-7-12), Bonus (5- to move the ball to the Hofstra 11-yard line with less than 30 5-10), Villante (4-4-8); MARSHALL-Kitchens (3-5-8), seconds to play. On the next play, Schaefer found Yancy for McClellan (3-2-5), Spillman (2-2-4) an 11-yard touchdown pass. Schaefer then hit Ryan Meehan for a 2-point conversion pass and a 33-30 lead. Stadium: Joan C. Edwards Stadium Attendance: 26,861 The Pride got the ball back on their own 15-yard line with 15 Weather: 80 degrees and partly cloudy seconds but couldn't move the ball as time ran out. Schaefer completed 43 of 60 passes for 458 yards and three GAME 3 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2006 VS. touchdowns, while Demetrius Harrison (11-129) and Yancey TOWSON: Sean Schaefer threw for 458 yards, and his 11- (10-115-2TD) both went over the century mark in receiving yard scoring pass to Eric Yancey with 24 seconds remaining yards. The Tigers posted 509 yards on the night. The Pride gave #21 Towson a 33-30 victory over Hofstra at Shuart received 117 yards on 17 carries from Huggins, while Smith Stadium in the Atlantic 10 Football Conference opener for finished with 72 yards on five catches. Clarkson completed 15 both schools. The win improves the Tigers record to 4-0, of 30 passes for 226 yards and one touchdown. Hofstra tallied while Hofstra falls to 1-2. Kareem Huggins rushed for 117 399 yards on the night, including 226 passing. yards for the Pride. "Obviously, it's a disappointing loss," Hofstra Coach Dave Hofstra, which never trailed in the contest until the final 24 Cohen said. "I was proud of our effort but I was not seconds, jumped out to a 17-6 lead early in the second quarter. particularly happy with our execution. Although we were up On their first possession, the Pride went 65 yards in six by 11 we had other opportunities to produce more in all three plays,and quarterback Anton Clarkson hit receiver Shaine facets of the game, offense, defense and special teams. It's the Smith with a 12-yard touchdown pass to cap the drive. Rob second year in a row that (Sean) Schaefer has broken my heart Zarrilli's point-after gave Hofstra a 7-0 lead just 2:53 into the in the final minute after beating me at Delaware. But my hat is game. Later in the period, the Tigers took advantage of a off to Schaefer and the Towson staff, they did a great job in Hofstra fumble and three plays and 32 yards later Nick keeping their kids together." Williams carried the ball 1 yard for the score. The extra point was blocked by Hofstra end Thomas Massey and the Pride 1 2 3 4 F held a 7-6 lead. Towson 6 10 3 14 33 Hofstra 14 6 3 7 30 The Pride opened up a 14-6 lead with 2:41 to play in the quarter as Terry Crenshaw rushed 8 yards for a score to cap a Scoring Summary nine-play, 71-yard drive. Towson turned the ball over on a HU- S. Smith 12-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick) fumble on its next possession and Hofstra took over at the TU- Williams 1-yard run (Desautels kick blocked) Tiger 23-yard line. Four plays later, Zarrilli booted the first of HU- Crenshaw 8-yard run (Zarrilli kick) three field goals to give Hofstra a 17-6 lead just 50 seconds HU- Zarrilli 32-yard field goal into the second quarter. TU- Desautels 21-yard field goal TU- Yancey 22-yard pass from Schaefer (Desautels kick) Towson embarked on its longest drive of the night on the next HU- Zarrilli 33-yard field goal possession, going 76 yards in 14 plays with kicker Chris TU- Desautels 36-yard field goal Desautels booting a 21-yard field goal. After Clarkson was HU- Zarrilli 31-yard field goal picked off by Trent Covington on the Pride's next possession, HU- Huggins 3-yard run (Zarrilli kick) TU- Lee 15-yard pass from Schaefer (Schaefer pass failed) of my head," the junior kicker from Orlando, Florida, said. TU- Yancey 11-yard pass from Schaefer (Meehan pass from "Every kick is a new kick-a new chance-and I said to myself Schaefer) I'm going to win this game if I get another shot."

Towson Hofstra The Pride accumulated 344 yards on offense, including 212 First Downs (R-P-Pe) 4-19-3 7-9-1 yards passing as quarterback Anton Clarkson completed 18 of Rushes-Yards (Net) 21-51 29-173 33 passes for 212 and a touchdown. Wide receiver Charles Passing Yards (Net) 458 226 Sullivan had six catches for 69 yards, while Shaine Smith Passes Comp-Att-Int 43-60-0 15-32-1 hauled in five passes for 76 yards. Running back Kareem Total Offense/Plays-Yards 81-509 61-399 Huggins rushed 16 times for 78 yards to lead the Pride ground Punt Returns-Yards 1-18 1-13 game. Hofstra held William & Mary to 259 yards on the day, Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-79 4-80 including just 70 on the ground on 29 rushing attempts. Interception Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-29.7 4-40.0 The Tribe opened the scoring on their first possession after the Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Pride turned the ball over on downs at the W&M 34-yard line. Penalties-Yards 4-40 9-69 Sophomore quarterback Jake Phillips directed a five-play, 66- Possession Time 32:56 27:04 yard drive, completing passes of 45 yards to D.J. McAulay Third Down Conversions 8-19 2-11 and 12 yards to Joe Nicholas before hitting Drew Atchison for Fourth Down Conversions 3-4 0-0 a 10-yard touchdown pass with 9:14 to play in the quarter. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 6-6 Blair Pritchard's extra-point gave the Tribe a 7-0 lead. Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-17 The Pride tied the score 4:38 into the second quarter after the RUSHING: HOFSTRA-Huggins (17-117-1), Crenshaw (10- Tribe turned the ball over on downs at the Hofstra 35-yard 48-1), Clarkson (2-8-0); Towson-Williams (13-36-1), Harrison line. Clarkson completed passes to four different receivers in (2-19-0), Castor (1-4-0) the nine-play, 65-yard drive, including an 8-yard scoring pass to senior fullback R.C. Scarpa, who scampered into the end PASSING: HOFSTRA-Clarkson (30-15-1, 226, 1TD), Davis zone for his first collegiate touchdown. Zarrilli's extra-point (2-0-0, 0, 0TD); Towson-Schaefer (60-43-0, 458, 3TD) tied the game at 7-7.

RECEIVING: HOFSTRA-S. Smith (5-72-1), Brooks (4-75- On William & Mary's next possession, Hofstra cornerback 0), Sullivan (3-46-0); Towson-Harrison (11-129-0), Yancey DeWayne Whitaker picked off Phillips at the Pride 43-yard (10-115-2), Lee (7-86-1) line. Hofstra moved the ball to the Tribe 7-yard line before Zarrilli booted a 24-yard field goal to give the Pride a 10-7 TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Villante (3-10), Bonus (6-6), lead with six minutes to play in the first half. The key play in Arrington (5-4); Towson-Edwards (4-6), Lumpkin (2-4), the Hofstra drive was a fake punt that saw linebacker Gian Mitchell (1-5) Villante take the short snap and ramble 36 yards to the Tribe 13-yard line. Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 4,984 Hofstra boosted the lead to 13-7 just 47 seconds before Weather: 74 degrees and cloudy halftime as Zarrilli kicked a 45-yard field goal to cap an eight- play, 43-yard drive that stalled at the Tribe 28-yard line. The GAME 4 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 AT big play in the drive was a 28-yard reception by Shaine Smith, WILLIAM & MARY: Rob Zarrilli booted three field goals, on a third-and-18 play, that moved the ball to the William & including the game-winner with 7:20 to play in the fourth Mary 35-yard line. quarter, to lead the Hofstra Pride to a 16-14 victory over the Tribe of William & Mary in an Atlantic 10 contest at sold out The Tribe took their second and final lead of the game with Walter Zable Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Pride evened 4:40 to play in the third quarter with some razzle-dazzle. On a their record at 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the A-10, while the Tribe second-and-four play at the Hofstra 46-yard line, Phillips fell to 1-3 on the season and 0-2 in league play. handed off to tailback Elijah Brooks (15-79), who pitched back to Phillips. Phillips completed the flea-flicker with a Zarrilli, who saw his consecutive field goal attempt streak end perfect strike to the wide open Nicholas for the touchdown. at 13 on the possession before his game-winning kick, blasted The score capped a nine-play, 77-yard drive and Pritchard's the 47-yard attempt giving Hofstra the 16-14 lead after the extra-point gave the Tribe a 14-13 lead. Pride drive ended at the William & Mary 30-yard line. He smacked two field goals in the second quarter, booting a 24- After the Pride took the lead, William & Mary had two cracks yarder that gave the Pride a 10-7 lead, and then followed with on offense to take the lead in the final seven minutes. On the a 45-yarder, with 47 seconds remaining in the half, that first, Hofstra allowed just 20 yards before forcing the Tribe to boosted the Hofstra lead to 13-7 at halftime. punt the ball away. On the second, after the Pride punted away with 2:57 to play, giving the Tribe the ball at their own 34, Zarrilli dismissed questions about if he was thinking about the William & Mary moved the ball to the Hofstra 36-yard line blocked field goal when he kicked the winner. "When that after a 30-yard completion to Brooks. But Hofstra end Thomas kick was blocked in the fourth quarter, I immediately put it out Massey sacked Phillips back to midfield on first down. Phillips (9-for-22, 189 yards) hit R.J. Archer for 19 yards to the Hofstra 31 before the Tribe was hit with a false start penalty, sending them back to the 36. On the third-and-10 play at the 36, Hofstra cornerback DeWayne Whitaker nearly picked off Phillips at the 5-yard line. With the Tribe going for the first down on fourth down, Pride safety Stephen Tate broke up Phillips pass to Nicholas (3-70-1) with 1:20 to play and Hofstra took over and ran out the clock.

"I couldn't be prouder of our players," Hofstra Head Football Coach Dave Cohen said. "Coming back after last week's emotional loss that was tough to swallow, says a little bit about the character of this team. I am happy with the victory but we are still work in progress."

1 2 3 4 F Hofstra 0 13 0 3 16 William & Mary 7 0 7 0 14

Scoring Summary WM- Atchison 10-yard pass from Phillips (Pritchard kick) HU- Scarpa 8-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick) HU- Zarrilli 24-yard field goal HU- Zarrilli 45-yard field goal WM- Nicholas 46-yard pass from Phillips (Pritchard kick) HU- Zarrilli 47-yard field goal

HOFSTRA W&M First Downs (R-P-Pe) 9-8-3 6-5-0 Rushes-Yards (Net) 36-132 29-70 Passing Yards (Net) 212 189 Passes Comp-Att-Int 18-34-0 9-22-1 Total Offense/Plays-Yards 70-344 51-259 Punt Returns-Yards 3-17 2-7 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-2 2-30 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-39.0 5-46.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-55 7-65 Possession Time 33:51 26:09 Third Down Conversions 5-16 3-12 Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 1-3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 1-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-25 2-17

RUSHING: HOFSTRA-Huggins (16-78-0), Villante (1-36-0), Crenshaw (8-31-0); W&M-Brooks (15-79-0), Bynum (1-1-0)

PASSING: HOFSTRA-Clarkson (33-18-0, 212, 1 TD), Crenshaw (1-0-0, 0, 0TD; W&M-Phillips (22-9-1, 189, 2TD)

RECEIVING: HOFSTRA-Sullivan (6-69-0), S. Smith (5-76- 0), Huggins (3-16-0), Brooks (1-30-0); W&M-Nicholas (3-70- 1), McAulay (2-53-0), Brooks (1-30-0)

TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Villante (4-3-7), Tate (2-5- 7), Anderson (2-4-6); W&M-Pigram (9-1-10), Tracy (4-6-10), Wheeling (0-7-7)

Stadium: Walter J. Zable Stadium Attendance: 12,259 Weather: 75 degrees and sunny 2006 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY TENTATIVE TWO-DEEP CHART vs. Villanova University - James M. Shuart Stadium Saturday, October 7, 2006 - Noon PRIDE OFFENSE WR 81 Shaine Smith (Sr., 6-3, 180) 30 Sam Cherilus (Jr., 5-10, 158) WR 88 Charles Sullivan (Jr., 6-2, 194) 84 Chris Manno (Jr., 5-10, 195) LT 52 Jed Prisby (Sr., 6-4, 272) 72 Phil Hall (Jr., 6-2, 293) LG 70 Mike Trice (RFr., 6-5, 320) 57 Shawn McMackin (Jr., 6-3, 276) C 58 Jason Goodman (Jr., 6-0, 284) 59 Tristan McLaren (Jr., 6-2, 263) RG 74 Frank Coccaro (Sr., 6-2, 314) 75 Jimmy Mangiero (RFr., 6-2, 280) RT 64 Chris Durkin (Sr., 6-4, 285) 62 Mike Juliana (So., 6-3, 275) WR 15 Charles Brooks (So., 6-0, 210) 80 Ottis Lewis (So., 6-5. 215) QB 11 Anton Clarkson (Sr., 6-0, 229) 14 Dennis Davis (Jr., 6-4, 229) RB 2 Kareem Huggins (Jr., 5-9, 184) 21 Terry Crenshaw (Sr., 6-1, 216) FB 41 R.C. Scarpa (Jr., 6-2, 233) 35 Ray Bennett (Jr., 5-9, 216) (TE 32 Phil Riley (So., 6-3, 251) 16 Marquis Bonds (Sr., 6-2, 216) ) PRIDE DEFENSE LE 46 Justyn Davis (Sr., 6-0, 239) 53 Joe Akabalu (RFr., 6-1, 238) LT 91 Ken Sussman (Jr., 6-3, 286) 97 Antonio Colon (Sr., 6-0, 282) RT 92 Shemiah LeGrande (Jr., 6-0, 280) 77 Armand Poole (Fr., 6-3, 280) RE 94 Thomas Massey (Jr., 6-4, 210) 50 Scott Szelong (RFr., 6-1, 226) OLB 44 Luke Bonus (RFr., 5-9, 191) 22 Greg Vineyard (Jr., 5-10, 191) MLB 42 Gian Villante (Jr., 6-1, 224) 55 Tom Daddino (Jr., 6-0, 229) OLB 48 Chris Sebald (Sr., 6-1, 216) 56 Stanley Gutierrez (Jr., 5-11, 219) CB 4 DeWayne Whitaker (Jr. 6-0, 180) 34 Lenny Carter (Jr., 5-9, 177) FS 10 Stephen Tate (Jr., 5-11, 186) 19 Eric Taylor (Jr., 6-0, 173) SS 20 Nick Altomare (So., 5-11, 170) 8 Emanuel Anderson (Jr., 5-7, 185) CB 9 Kyle Arrington (Jr., 5-10, 196) 20 Nick Altomare (So., 5-11, 170) PRIDE SPECIAL TEAMS PK 18 Rob Zarrilli (Jr., 6-0, 193) 1 Shaun McQueary (So., 5-8, 198) H 84 Chris Manno (Jr., 5-10, 195) 12 Shane Casciano (RFr., 6-1, 194) LS 55 Tom Daddino (Jr., 6-0, 229) 43 Kent Clancy (Fr., 6-2, 223) P 12 Shane Casciano (RFr. 6-1, 194) 18 Rob Zarrilli (Jr., 6-0, 193) PR 2 Kareem Huggins (Jr., 5-9, 184) 30 Sam Cherilus (Jr., 5-10, 158) KOR 2 Kareem Huggins (Jr., 5-9, 184) 21 Terry Crenshaw (Sr., 6-1, 216)

THE PRIDE

1 Shaun McQueary K 35 Raymond Bennett FB 70 Mike Trice OT 2 Kareem Huggins RB 36 Jeff Aime TB 71 Brian Frederick OT 4 DeWayne Whitaker CB 38 Eric Sugalski DB 72 Phil Hall OG 5 David Darby FS 39 Ithalmar DeSedas SS 74 Frank Coccaro OG 6 Cory Yates QB 40 Chris Hanly P/K 75 Jimmy Mangiero OG 7 Clarence Clanton OLB 41 R.C. Scarpa FB 76 Joe Asermelly OT 8 Emanuel Anderson SS 42 Gian Villante LB 77 Armand Poole DT 9 Kyle Arrington CB 43 Kent Clancy LB 78 Ryan Boyle OL 10 Stephen Tate SS 44 Luke Bonus LB 79 David Spanich OG 11 Anton Clarkson QB 45 Said Gaida LB 80 Ottis Lewis WR 12 Shane Casciano P 46 Justyn Davis DE 81 Shaine Smith WR 13 Garrett Heron CB 47 Jerry DeLuca DB 82 Rudys Santana WR 14 Dennis Davis QB 48 Chris Sebald OLB 83 Aaron Weaver WR 15 Charles Brooks WR 49 Derick Ilchert P 84 Chris Manno WR 16 Marquis Bonds TE 50 Scott Szelong DE 85 Bryan Smith WR 18 Rob Zarrilli K 52 Jed Prisby OT 86 Chris Betz WR 19 Eric Taylor DB 53 Joe Akabalu DE 88 Charles Sullivan WR 20 Nick Altomare DB 54 D.J. Talvacchio LB 89 Darnell Forrester WR 21 Terry Crenshaw RB 55 Tom Daddino LB 90 Mike Denimarck TE 22 Greg Vineyard LB 56 Stanley Gutierrez LB 91 Ken Sussman DT 23 Jabaris Wesley DB 57 Shawn McMackin OG 92 Shemiah LeGrande DT 24 Kory Compson-Parrish RB 58 Jason Goodman C 93 Bruce DeMyer DE 25 Darryl Kornegay DL 59 Tristan McLaren C 94 Thomas Massey DE 26 Everette Benjamin FB 60 Tom Ottaiano OG 95 Al Carmody DE 27 Jaron McNeill CB 62 Mike Juliana OT 96 Jack Smith DE 28 Deron Mayo LB 63 Andrew Nelson DE 97 Antonio Colon DT 30 Sam Cherilus WR 64 Chris Durkin OT 32 Phil Riley TE 66 Zachary Carney DE 34 Lenny Carter DB 67 Jaren Harrell OT The Automated ScoreBook Hofstra University Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2006) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (2-2-0) (0-1-0) (2-1-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (1-1-0) (0-1-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-1-0) (0-0-0) (1-1-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS HOFSTRA OPP ------Aug 31, 2006 at Stony Brook W 17-8 5626 FIRST DOWNS...... 67 70 Sep 09, 2006 at Marshall L 31-54 26861 Rushing...... 20 25 *Sep 23, 2006 #21 TOWSON L 30-33 4984 Passing...... 39 39 *Sep 30, 2006 at William and Mary W 16-14 12259 Penalty...... 8 6 * denotes conference game RUSHING YARDAGE...... 364 461 Yards gained rushing... 458 589 RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Yards lost rushing..... 94 128 ------Rushing Attempts...... 116 115 Kareem Huggins 4-0 46 255 10 245 5.3 3 30 61.2 Average Per Rush...... 3.1 4.0 Terry Crenshaw 4-4 39 124 8 116 3.0 2 12 29.0 Average Per Game...... 91.0 115.2 Gian Villante 3-3 1 36 0 36 36.0 0 36 12.0 TDs Rushing...... 5 5 TEAM 1-0 3 0 9 -9 -3.0 0 0 -9.0 PASSING YARDAGE...... 947 937 Anton Clarkson 4-4 27 43 67 -24 -0.9 0 7 -6.0 Att-Comp-Int...... 147-78-1 137-88-1 Total...... 4 116 458 94 364 3.1 5 36 91.0 Average Per Pass...... 6.4 6.8 Opponents...... 4 115 589 128 461 4.0 5 42 115.2 Average Per Catch...... 12.1 10.6 Average Per Game...... 236.8 234.2 PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G TDs Passing...... 5 9 ------TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1311 1398 Anton Clarkson 4-4 118.85 77-143-1 53.8 934 5 47 233.5 Total Plays...... 263 252 Terry Crenshaw 4-4 104.60 1-2-0 50.0 13 0 13 3.2 Average Per Play...... 5.0 5.5 Dennis Davis 1-0 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Game...... 327.8 349.5 Total...... 4 117.04 78-147-1 53.1 947 5 47 236.8 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 12-189 13-230 Opponents...... 4 141.90 88-137-1 64.2 937 9 46 234.2 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 9-78 12-150 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 1-0 1-2 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G FUMBLES-LOST...... 4-4 8-6 ------PENALTIES-YARDS...... 26-237 28-239 Shaine Smith 4-4 29 461 15.9 4 47 115.2 PUNTS-AVG...... 24-39.9 20-41.3 C. Sullivan 4-4 14 159 11.4 0 24 39.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 30:48 29:12 Kareem Huggins 4-0 9 58 6.4 0 17 14.5 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 14/56 20/58 Phil Riley 4-3 7 65 9.3 0 14 16.2 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 3/4 6/10 Charles Brooks 3-1 5 105 21.0 0 37 35.0 Chris Manno 4-1 5 34 6.8 0 10 8.5 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Anton Clarkson 4-4 2 21 10.5 0 13 5.2 ------Marquis Bonds 4-0 2 16 8.0 0 8 4.0 D. Whitaker 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ottis Lewis 3-2 2 14 7.0 0 9 4.7 Total...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 R.C. Scarpa 4-1 2 12 6.0 1 8 3.0 Opponents...... 1 2 2.0 0 2 Terry Crenshaw 4-4 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.5 Total...... 4 78 947 12.1 5 47 236.8 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Opponents...... 4 88 937 10.6 9 46 234.2 ------Chris Hanly 14 581 41.5 59 1 3 2 0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Shane Casciano 10 376 37.6 52 1 1 4 0 ------Total...... 24 957 39.9 59 2 4 6 0 Rob Zarrilli 8-9 88.9 0-0 3-3 3-4 2-2 0-0 47 1 Opponents...... 20 827 41.3 69 1 2 7 0

|------PATs ------| PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points ------Kareem Huggins 8 65 8.1 0 20 Rob Zarrilli 0 8-9 8-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 32 Sam Cherilus 1 13 13.0 0 13 Shaine Smith 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 26 Total...... 9 78 8.7 0 20 Kareem Huggins 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Opponents...... 12 150 12.5 0 31 Terry Crenshaw 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 R.C. Scarpa 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Anton Clarkson 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 0 ------Ken Sussman 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Kareem Huggins 8 136 17.0 0 24 Total...... 10 8-9 8-8 0-0 1 1-2 0 0 94 Chris Manno 2 29 14.5 0 21 Opponents...... 15 2-4 9-12 0-0 2 2-3 0 0 109 Phil Riley 1 0 0.0 0 0 Terry Crenshaw 1 24 24.0 0 24 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Total...... 12 189 15.8 0 24 ------Opponents...... 13 230 17.7 0 37 Hofstra University.. 28 22 17 27 - 94 Opponents...... 20 23 30 36 - 109 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Kareem Huggins 4 245 58 65 136 0 504 126.0 ------Shaine Smith 4 0 461 0 0 0 461 115.2 Anton Clarkson 4 170 -24 934 910 227.5 C. Sullivan 4 0 159 0 0 0 159 39.8 Kareem Huggins 4 46 245 0 245 61.2 Terry Crenshaw 4 116 2 0 24 0 142 35.5 Terry Crenshaw 4 41 116 13 129 32.2 Charles Brooks 3 0 105 0 0 0 105 35.0 Gian Villante 3 1 36 0 36 12.0 Total...... 4 364 947 78 189 0 1578 394.5 Total...... 4 263 364 947 1311 327.8 Opponents...... 4 461 937 150 230 2 1780 445.0 Opponents...... 4 252 461 937 1398 349.5

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------44 Luke Bonus 4 13 20 33 1.5-2 . . 3 . 1-0 1 . . 42 Gian Villante 3 11 17 28 3.5-11 0.5-3 . 1 1 . 1 . . The Automated ScoreBook Hofstra University Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2006) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------44 Luke Bonus 4 13 20 33 1.5-2 . . 3 . 1-0 1 . . 42 Gian Villante 3 11 17 28 3.5-11 0.5-3 . 1 1 . 1 . . 9 Kyle Arrington 4 15 9 24 1.0-3 . . 2 . . . . . 4 DeWayne Whitaker 4 14 10 24 . . 1-0 1 . . . . . 5 David Darby 2 8 12 20 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 10 Stephen Tate 4 6 14 20 0.5-1 . . 1 . 1-8 . . . 55 Tom Daddino 4 6 13 19 1.5-3 0.5-2 ...... 91 Ken Sussman 4 5 13 18 7.0-18 1.5-5 . . 1 2-0 . 1 . 8 Emanuel Anderson 4 5 13 18 1.0-3 . . 1 . . . . . 48 Chris Sebald 3 3 14 17 2.0-7 1.0-6 . 1 . . . . . 94 Thomas Massey 4 8 6 14 4.5-34 3.5-30 . . . . . 1 . 92 Shemiah LeGrande 4 3 9 12 2.0-12 2.0-12 . . 1 . . . . 20 Nick Altomare 4 3 6 9 0.5-1 ...... 46 Justyn Davis 4 2 3 5 1.0-5 1.0-5 . . . 1-0 . . . 53 Joe Akabalu 4 2 2 4 1.0-3 . . . 1 . . . . 50 Scott Szelong 3 1 3 4 ...... 24 Kory Compson-Parrish 4 1 2 3 ...... 21 Terry Crenshaw 4 1 2 3 ...... 22 Greg Vineyard 4 2 1 3 ...... 1 . . 2 Kareem Huggins 4 2 1 3 ...... 56 Stanley Gutierrez 4 2 1 3 ...... 1 . . 81 Shaine Smith 4 2 1 3 ...... 77 Armand Poole 4 . 2 2 ...... 41 Ryan Scarpa 4 1 1 2 ...... 1 . . 40 Chris Hanly 2 . 1 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 52 Jed Prisby 4 1 . 1 ...... 95 Al Carmody 1 1 . 1 ...... 16 Marquis Bonds 4 1 . 1 ...... 34 Lenny Carter 3 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 4 120 176 296 27-103 10-63 1-0 11 4 6-8 6 2 . Opponents...... 4 121 142 263 19-79 9-57 1-2 26 9 4-10 4 1 . 2006 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY NUMERICAL FOOTBALL ROSTER The Pride

No. Name Pos. CL Ht. WT Hometown/High School 1 Shaun McQueary K SO 5-8 198 New Hartford, NY/New Hartford 2 Kareem Huggins RB JR 5-9 184 Irvington, NJ/Bayley-Ellard 4 DeWayne Whitaker CB JR 6-0 180 Germantown, MD/Northwest 5 David Darby FS SR 6-0 200 Sewell, NJ/Washington Township 6 Cory Yates QB RFR 6-1 202 White Plains, MD/McDonough 7 Clarence Clanton OLB JR 6-1 206 Norfolk, VA/Lake Taylor 8 Emanuel Anderson SS JR 5-7 185 Hampton, VA/Phoebus 9 Kyle Arrington CB JR 5-10 196 Accokeek, MD/Gwynn Park 10 Stephen Tate SS JR 5-11 186 Centreville, VA/Centreville 11 Anton Clarkson QB SR 6-0 229 Los Angeles, CA/Venice 12 Shane Casciano P RFR 6-1 194 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 13 Garrett Heron CB FR 5-9 166 South Orange, NJ/Columbia 14 Dennis Davis QB JR 6-4 229 Rutherford, NJ/Rutherford 15 Charles Brooks WR SO 6-0 210 Lancaster, PA/J.P. McCaskey 16 Marquis Bonds TE SR 6-2 216 Orange, NJ/Orange 18 Rob Zarrilli K JR 6-0 193 Orlando, FL/Colonial 19 Eric Taylor DB JR 6-0 173 Canonsburg, PA/Canon McMillan 20 Nick Altomare DB SO 5-11 170 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary 21 Terry Crenshaw RB SR 6-1 216 Sarasota, FL/Riverview 22 Greg Vineyard LB JR 5-10 191 Gary, WV/Mount View 23 Jabaris Wesley DB FR 6-0 175 Fort Pierce, FL/John Carroll 24 Kory Compson-Parrish RB JR 5-10 190 Syracuse, NY/Nottingham 25 Darryl Kornegay DL FR 6-4 245 Burtonsville, MD/Springbrook 26 Everette Benjamin FB FR 6-2 210 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial 27 Jaron McNeill CB FR 5-10 171 Brooklyn, NY/Christ the King 28 Deron Mayo LB FR 6-0 210 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan 30 Sam Cherilus WR JR 5-10 158 Irvington, NJ/Union 32 Phil Riley TE SO 6-3 251 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 34 Lenny Carter DB JR 5-9 177 Media, PA/Strath Haven 35 Raymond Bennett FB JR 5-9 216 Uniondale, NY/Hempstead 36 Jeff Aime TB FR 5-11 188 Queens Village, NY/St. Francis Prep 38 Eric Sugalski DB SR 6-1 193 Oradell, NJ/River Dell Regional 39 Ithalmar DeSedas SS SR 5-11 171 Clifton, NJ/Clifton 40 Chris Hanly P/K JR 6-4 214 Ridgewood, NJ/Bergen Catholic 41 R.C. Scarpa FB SR 6-2 233 Clifton, NJ/Clifton 42 Gian Villante LB JR 6-1 224 Wantagh, NY/MacArthur 43 Kent Clancy LB FR 6-2 223 Davie, FL/Chaminade-Madonna 44 Luke Bonus LB RFR 5-9 191 Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee 45 Said Gaida LB FR 6-0 203 Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield 46 Justyn Davis DE SR 6-0 239 Englewood, NJ/Bergen County Academies 47 Jerry DeLuca DB JR 5-8 180 Long Branch, NJ/Verona 48 Chris Sebald OLB SR 6-1 216 Stone Ridge, NY/Rondout Valley 49 Derick Ilchert P JR 6-2 202 Waldwick, NJ/Bergen Catholic 50 Scott Szelong DE RFR 6-1 226 Mt. Pleasant, PA/Mt. Pleasant Area 52 Jed Prisby OT SR 6-4 272 Lititz, PA/Warwick 53 Joe Akabalu DE RFR 6-1 238 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 54 D.J. Talvacchio LB SR 6-1 227 Franklinville, NJ/Delsea Regional 55 Tom Daddino LB JR 6-0 229 Franklin Square, NY/Carey 56 Stanley Gutierrez LB JR 5-11 219 Freeport, NY/Freeport 57 Shawn McMackin OG JR 6-3 276 River Vale, NJ/St. Joseph's Regional 58 Jason Goodman C JR 6-0 284 Weston, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas 59 Tristan McLaren C JR 6-3 263 St. James, NY/Smithtown 60 Tom Ottaiano OG FR 6-3 285 East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park 62 Mike Juliana OT SO 6-3 275 Burlington Township, NJ/Holy Cross 63 Andrew Nelson DE FR 6-3 240 Uniondale, NY/Uniondale 64 Chris Durkin OT SR 6-4 285 Centereach, NY/Centereach 66 Zachary Carney DE FR 6-5 237 Wynatskill, NY/Blair Academy 67 Jaren Harrell OT FR 6-4 280 Quartz Hill, CA/Quartz Hill 70 Mike Trice OT RFR 6-5 320 Hempstead, NY/Holy Trinity 71 Brian Frederick OT FR 6-4 250 Dracut, MA/Dracut/Bridgton Academy 72 Phil Hall OG JR 6-2 293 Pittsburgh, PA/Woodland Hills 74 Frank Coccaro OG SR 6-2 314 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ/St. Joseph’s 75 Jimmy Mangiero OG RFR 6-2 280 Bloomington, IN/Bloomington South 76 Joe Asermelly OT SO 6-5 282 Hopkinton, RI/Chariho Regional 77 Armand Poole DT FR 6-3 280 Grayson, GA/Grayson 78 Ryan Boyle OL FR 6-2 275 Rocky Point, NY/Rocky Point 79 David Spanich OG RFR 6-3 270 Coral Springs, FL/Cardinal Gibbons 80 Ottis Lewis WR SO 6-5 215 Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon 81 Shaine Smith WR SR 6-3 180 Long Island City, NY/August Martin 82 Rudys Santana WR JR 6-1 198 Wallington, NJ/Wallington 83 Aaron Weaver WR FR 6-2 200 Freeport, NYBaldwin 84 Chris Manno WR JR 5-10 195 Holbrook, NY/Sachem North 85 Bryan Smith WR SO 6-0 200 Matteson, IL/Marian Catholic 86 Chris Betz WR FR 5-10 200 Chatham, NJ/Chatham 88 Charles Sullivan WR JR 6-2 194 Nanuet, NY/St. Joseph Regional 89 Darnell Forrester WR SO 6-5 197 Queens Village, NY/Bayside 90 Mike Denimarck TE SO 6-4 246 Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place 91 Ken Sussman DT JR 6-3 286 Great Neck, NY/Great Neck North 92 Shemiah LeGrande DT JR 6-0 280 Staten Island, NY/Curtis 93 Bruce DeMyer DE RFR 6-1 242 Poughquag, NY/Arlington 94 Thomas Massey DE JR 6-4 210 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie/Nassau CC 95 Al Carmody DE RFR 6-3 224 Wilton Manors, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas 96 Jack Smith DE FR 6-3 230 Hamden, CT/Hamden 97 Antonio Colon DT SR 6-0 282 Bronx, NY/Cardinal Hayes

Head Football Coach: Dave Cohen Assistant Coaches: Ed Foley (Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line); Mike Elko (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs) John Perry (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks); Jaime Elizondo (Wide Receivers/Special Teams); Tony Thompson (Linebackers); Sean Spencer (Defensive Line); Bill Polin (Running Backs); T.J. DiMuzio (Tight Ends); Lyle Hemphill (Defensive Backs Assistant); Kevin Baumann (Defensive Assistant)

As of September 18, 2006