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2015 Malone University Football Presented By: Game 9 Preview Notes - Nov. 7, 2015 Malone Pioneers (0-8, 0-8 GLIAC) at Findlay Oilers (4-5, 3-5 GLIAC) 12:00 pm | Donnell Stadium | Findlay, Ohio Schedule/Results All-Time Series Sept. 3 #8 Ohio Dominican* L 59-21 Findlay leads 5-0 Sept. 12 @ Michigan Tech* L 28-27 Sept. 19 @ Wayne State* L 56-21 Year-by-Year Results Sept. 26 Tiffin* L 27-24 OT 2014: Findlay 38, @ Malone 0 Oct. 3 #13 Ashland* L 42-17 2013: Findlay 35, @ Malone 21 Oct. 10 @ Northern Michigan* L 41-13 2012: @ Findlay 38, Malone 14 Oct. 17 Walsh* L 24-7 1996: Findlay 13, @ Malone 10 Oct. 24 @ Lake Erie* L 27-24 OT 1995: @ Findlay 15, Malone 7 Nov. 7 @ Findlay* 12:00 pm Nov. 14 Northwood* 1:00 pm Around The GLIAC (Nov. 7) *GLIAC Contest Lake Erie at Wayne State - 12:00 pm Michigan Tech at Ashland - 1pm Ferris State at Northern Michigan - 1pm Broadcast/Ticket Information Hillsdale at Northwood - 1:00 pm Grand Valley State at Tiffin - 1:30 pm Live Streaming Video Ohio Dominican at Saginaw Valley State - 7:00 pm http://athletics.findlay.edu/video/Live_Video Coaches Malone Live Streaming Audio Eric Hehman is in his sixth season as the Pio- http://www.malonepioneers.com/showcase neers’ head coach and has tallied an 11-50 record Clint Scroggs - Play-by-Play at Malone. Prior to arriving in Canton, Hehman Larry Ridgeway - Color Commentary spent the previous five years as head coach at NCAA Division III Greenville (IL) College where he Live Stats led the Panthers to a 28-22 record and a berth in http://gliac.org/sports/fball/2015-16/ the 2009 NCCAA Victory Bowl. gameday/week_8 Rob Keys is now in his fifth season as the Oilers’ head coach and has guided UF to a 30-22 overall Tickets record. Keys previously served as an assistant Adults: $8.00 coach for the Oilers from 2000-04. He then held Students: $5.00 (6-17) assistant coaching positions at Indiana State Children: Free (5 & under) Univ., Slippery Rock University and the Univ. of Seniors: Free (65 & under) New Hampshire before returning to Findlay to be- come the Oilers’ head coach. 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics Malone Notes Findlay Notes +In its most recent contest prior to its bye week +The Oilers opened the year with three straight victo- (October 24th), Malone suffered a narrow 27-24 over- ries, but have since lost five of their last six games, time loss at Lake Erie College...After the Storm tied including a 31-26 defeat at Wayne State (MI) Univer- the game at 21-21 early in the third quarter, both sity last Saturday… Findlay fell behind 17-0 before teams had opportunities to pull ahead….However, fighting back to tie the game at 17-17 midway through the third quarter turnovers in the red zone by each team and a missed 35-yard field goal by the Pioneers helped keep the +Wayne State stretched its advantage back out to 31- game knotted at 21-21 20 midway through the fourth stanza…The Oilers +Malone got the ball first in overtime and connected scored on a five-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit on a 21-yard field goal to pull in front…Lake Erie an- to 31-26 but were unable to convert on their ensuing swered back quickly, though, sealing the win with a 19 two-point conversion attempt…Wayne State then ran -yard touchdown pass the final 3:46 off the clock to preserve the five-point victory +Malone piled up a season-high 338 rushing yards against LEC, the highest single-game total for the +The Oilers were held to 214 yards through the air on squad since posting 434 rushing yards in a victory Saturday, but still lead the GLIAC with an average of 297.7 passing yards per contest over Alderson Broaddus in 2013 +The Pioneers are currently ranked fifth in the GLIAC +The Findlay offense also ranks among the conference in rushing, averaging 184.0 yards on the ground per leaders in total yards (469.8 per game), first downs game (24.7 per game) and third-down conversion percent- age (50%) +The Malone defense recovered two fumbles against the Storm and now have eight fumble recoveries on +Despite their offensive success, the Oilers have had the season, the fourth most in the GLIAC. trouble slowing down opponents, yielding an average of 38.9 points and 495.7 yards per outing. Malone Players To Watch Findlay Players To Watch +RB Matt Blasiole posted his fourth 100-yard perfor- +QB Rhys Gervais, a transfer from Western Illinois mance of the season in the game vs. Lake Erie, ending University, has completed 190 of 303 pass attempts the night with 140 yards on 26 carries…The sopho- (62.7%) this season for 2682 yards with 25 touch- more has rushed for 878 yards and 10 touchdowns downs and nine interceptions…Gervais leads the GLIAC this season, needing 122 more yards to become the in both passing yards per game (298.0) and comple- sixth player in Malone history to rush for 1000 yards in tions while ranking second in the conference in touch- a single season…His average of 109.8 yards per game downs and fifth in completion percentage is the fourth highest in the GLIAC…Blasiole needs one +Four different Oilers have caught five or more touch- more rushing TD to move into a tie for third (with downs this season while five different Findlay players Malone Athletics Hall of Fame member Dan DeGeorge) have eclipsed 300 yards receiving on the Pioneers’ list for most rushing TDs in a single +WR Dylan Blunk has been the top target with 57 season receptions on the season for 742 yards and five +QB John Iacucci rushed for 61 yards against the scores…Blunk is third in the GLIAC rankings in both Storm…On the season, the redshirt freshman has receptions per game (6.3) and receiving yards per thrown for 374 yards and a TD game (82.4) +Although he has missed substantial time this year +RB Daiquone Ford has carried the ball 136 times with injuries, QB Will Szpor has completed 56% of for 724 yards and five TDs his passes (44 of 78) for 687 yards with four TDs +RBs Chauncy Bridges and Marcus Jones have +WR Eian Elsass is Malone’s leading receiver with 31 also contributed in the running game…Bridges has catches for 453 yards and two TDs picked up 430 yards on the ground with two scores +LB Ryan Weber, who had seven tackles, a sack and while Jones has registered 336 rushing yards and sev- a forced fumble against Lake Erie, is currently tied for en touchdowns sixth in the conference with an average of nine tackles +DB Anthony Linnear paces the Findlay defense per game (72 total) with 72 total tackles on the season…Linnear has also made two sacks and recovered a fumble 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics Malone University 2-Deep Depth Chart QB 11 John Iacucci R-FR 6-2 220 DE 57 Austin Cary JR 6-2 245 QB 4 Will Szpor SR 6-2 200 DE 93 Jesse Correll R-JR 6-3 230 RB 45 Matt Blasiole SO 5-10 200 NG 96 Tyler Bowman JR 6-2 250 RB 41 Tyler Howell FR 5-10 175 NG 77 Carl Grady SR 6-1 250 RB 42 Jon Zimmerly R-SO 5-10 210 DT 9 Colton Hale JR 6-5 240 RB 41 Tyler Howell FR 5-10 175 DT 91 Drew Shreve R-FR 6-4 225 LT 75 Fred Clearman SR 6-4 290 LB 8 Fred Baker Jr. R-JR 6-0 230 LT 66 Blake Cary FR 6-2 256 LB 15 Romel Pollard R-FR 6-3 215 LG 60 Chris Henke JR 6-2 270 LB 52 Phil Fisher SR 6-0 225 LG 78 JD Stamper FR 6-2 270 LB 49 Charles Dickens SR 6-0 220 C 58 Greg Martinez JR 5-11 300 LB 47 Ryan Weber SO 5-11 205 C 55 Sione Veikoso SR 6-0 290 LB 54 Dan Mower R-SR 6-0 225 RG 72 Brenson Ennis R-JR 6-4 295 LB 2 Ricarlo Bell JR 6-3 240 RG 78 JD Stamper FR 6-2 270 LB 15 Romel Pollard R-FR 6-3 215 RT 74 Trevoy Bates JR 6-5 285 CB 25 Jordan Johnson SO 6-0 170 RT 66 Blake Cary FR 6-2 256 CB 12 Darien Giles JR 5-10 177 TE 87 Rodney Lewis FR 6-2 225 SS 6 Lucas Haupt SR 5-11 175 TE 89 Camden Baucke R-FR 6-2 250 SS 26 Cameron Pitts FR 5-11 192 WR 81 Eian Elsass R-SO 6-1 180 FS 13 James Pawlyk JR 5-11 190 WR 10 Garrett Beech R-FR 5-10 175 FS 17 Lamon Mathison FR 6-0 180 WR 3 Damien Russell SR 5-10 180 CB 5 Daniel Tepe SO 5-11 185 WR 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 CB 29 Obrem. Oppong SO 5-11 185 KOR 17 Lamon Mathison FR 6-0 180 P 85 Riley Escalle R-FR 6-3 185 KOR 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 P 21 Devin Wallace FR 6-1 145 PR 25 Jordan Johnson SO 6-0 170 K 21 Devin Wallace FR 6-1 145 PR 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 K 85 Riley Escalle R-FR 6-3 185 LS 40 Tom Watt JR 6-2 230 LS 74 Trevoy Bates JR 6-5 285 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics 2015 Malone University Football Roster # First Last YR Pos HT WT Hometown High School/Previous School 2 Ricarlo Bell Jr.