Rochester Football Game Notes Union College “Dutchmen” (5-1, 1-0) at University of Rochester “Yellowjackets” (2-3, 0-1) Sat., Oct
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Rochester Football Game Notes Union College “Dutchmen” (5-1, 1-0) at University of Rochester “Yellowjackets” (2-3, 0-1) Sat., Oct. 14, 2017, 1 p.m. - Edwin Fauver Stadium - Meliora Weekend Quick Facts • AN OLD FOE ON A FAMILIAR DAY: Long-time opponent Union College General Facts heads for the opposing sideline this Saturday. The Yellowjackets and Dutchmen Institution University of Rochester have played 107 times heading into this game and it has a special twist this time. Location Rochester, NY 14627 Founded 1850 It’s Meliora Weekend on the River Campus. This is Rochester’s annual celebra- Undergraduate Enrollment 6,170 tion of Homecoming. ‘Meliora’ is the school’s motto, signifying ‘ever better’. Nickname Yellowjackets Colors Blue and Yellow Stadium Edwin Fauver Stadium • ANOTHER LEAGUE UNBEATEN: For the second week in a row, Roches- Opened 1930 ter is playing an opponent that is unbeaten in the Liberty League. Last Saturday, Capacity 5,111 Playing Surface FieldTurf it was Ithaca College (Bombers were 2-0 coming into Fauver). This week, Union Affiliation NCAA Division III stands at 1-0 in the league after defeating St. Lawrence University last Saturday. Conference (football) Liberty League President and CEO Joel Seligman Alma Mater UCLA • SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY’S HERE: Six of Rochester’s seven traditional Exec. Dir. of Athletics George VanderZwaag fall sports are at home this weekend. Men’s and women’s soccer host Brandeis Alma Mater Trinity (CT) Athletic Dept. Phone (585)-275-4301 on Friday, NYU on Sunday. Men’s and women’s cross country have 15 senior colleges and two community colleges attending their Yellowjacket Cross Coun- Football History First Year of Football 1889 try Invitational at nearby Genesee Valley Park on Saturday. Field hockey hosts All-time Playoff Record 0-3 Union on Sunday and football is home Saturday against the Dutchmen. The only Years in Post-Season Play 3 Last NCAA Appearance 1987 fall sport not at home is volleyball. Rochester is in Chicago for the University Last ECAC Appearance 2007 Athletic Association Round Robin #2 - four matches in two days. All-time Record (1889-2016) 532-530-40 Athletic Communications • HOW ‘YA DOIN’ THIS YEAR? Rochester heads onto Fauver’s surface with Director of Athletic Comm. Dennis O’Donnell a 2-3 record. The Yellowjackets have traded victories and losses this season. UR Office Phone (585)-275-5955 Mobile Phone (585)-690-1908 lost at Carnegie Mellon, 42-14, on September 9, defeated Alfred State, 14-7, on E-Mail [email protected] September 16, lost at Alfred, 45-7, on September 23, defeated Becker College, Assoc. Dir. of Ath. Comm. Scott Sabocheck Office Phone (585)-276-6838 28-10, on September 30, and lost at home to Ithaca, 46-6, last Saturday. Mobile Phone (585)-755-9214 E-Mail [email protected] • THIRD TIME IN FOUR WEEKS: For the third time in four weeks, Roch- Athletic Dept. website www.uofrathletics.com ester is playing in a Homecoming Game. The Yellowjackets were the guest of Coaching Staff honor at Homecoming three weeks ago at Alfred (Saxons won, 45-7) and two Head Coach Scott Greene Alma Mater Michigan State ‘96 weeks ago at Becker (28-0 Yellowjackets). Record at Rochester 48-57 (11 yrs.) Liberty League Record 34-39 (11 yrs.) Football Office Phone (585)-275-9458 • THERE’S ONLY A COUPLE OF YOU OUT THERE: Union is one of only two schools that has played more than 100 football games against Rochester. 2017 Rochester Schedule and Results This will be game number 108 in the rivalry. Rochester has 48 wins, Union has Sept. 9 at Carnegie Mellon 14-42 L Sept. 16 ALFRED STATE 14- 7 W 54, and they have been tied five times. UR’s most oft-played football opponent Sept. 23 at Alfred University 7-45 L is Hobart College. The Yellowjackets and Statesmen have played 109 games Sept. 30 at Becker College 28-10 W Oct. 7 ITHACA COLLEGE* 6-46 L through 2016 (UR 48 wins, Hobart 54 wins, 7 ties). Oct. 14 UNION COLLEGE (M)* 1 p.m. Oct. 21 at St. Lawrence* 1 p.m. Nov. 4 at Rensselaer* 12 p.m. • WON’T SEE ‘EM FOR A MONTH: After today, Rochester plays two Nov. 11 HOBART (CC)* 12 p.m. straight on the road, split by a break weekend. UR plays at St. Lawrence next (M) - Meliora Weekend Saturday, has October 28 off, then goes to RPI on November 4. The Yellowjack- (CC) - Centennial Cup * - Liberty League games ets return to Fauver Stadium on November 11 to face Hobart on Senior Day. ROCHESTER FOOTBALL HEAD COACH SCOTT GREENE: • Now in his 12th season on the Yellowjacket sidelines. Only two men have coached lon- COACHING LEADERS ger than him: Elmer Burnham for 17 years (1944-60) and Pat Stark for 15 years (1969- 83). On Tuesday, he announced that the 2017 season will be his last on the sidelines. By Wins • Career record entering Union game: 50-60, third in career victories. Saturday’s game 1. Elmer Burnham (1944-60) .............82 will be his 111th as Rochester’s head football coach. It will also be his 75th Liberty 2. Pat Stark (1969-83) ...........................69 League game. Only Burnham and Stark have coached more overall games. Each man 3. Scott Greene (2006-17) ...........50 coached 136 games. 4. Rich Parrinello (1989-97)................41 5. Tom Davies (1926-34) .....................40 • Liberty League Coaching Record: 34-40. 6. Mark Kreydt (1998-2005) ...............28 7. Don Smith (1963-68) .......................26 • Head coaching debut at Rochester: 2006 when his team finished 7-4. In his second 8. Geo. Sullivan (1910-11, 20-23) .....24 year Greene’s team finished 6-5. “Doc” Pollard (1902-07) ..................24 10. Dud DeGroot (1940-43) .................23 • When the Yellowjackets defeated Johns Hopkins, 20-10, on the road to open the 2006 campaign, Greene became only the second man in more than 70 years to win his debut as Rochester’s head football coach. Rich Parrinello defeated Chicago, 40-8, at Fauver By Years Coached Stadium in 1989. Before that, the last man to win his debut was Dick Larkins, a 7-0 win 1. Elmer Burnham (1944-60) ............17 at Oberlin College on Oct. 5, 1935. 2. Pat Stark (1969-83) ..........................15 3. Scott Greene (2006-17) .......... 12 • Greene is the first Rochester football coach to take the Yellowjackets to back-to-back 4. Rich Parrinello (1989-97)................. 9 post-season appearances. Rochester played in the ECAC playoffs in 2006 and 2007. His Tom Davies (1926-34) ...................... 9 teams put together win streaks of five games (in 2006) and six games (in 2007). 6. Mark Kreydt (1998-05) ..................... 8 7. “Doc” Pollard (1902-07) ................... 6 LAST YEAR: Geo. Sullivan (1910-11, 20-23) ...... 6 • Rochester was 1-8 in 2016. Before that, Rochester posted three straight winning sea- Don Smith (1963-68) ........................ 6 sons (5-4 in 2013, 2014, and 2015). 10. Ray Tellier (1984-88) ......................... 5 HE GOT THE 50th: Scott Greene earned his 50th head coaching victory with the 28-10 win over Becker on By Games Coached September 30. He earned #49 four weeks ago with the 14-7 win over Alfred State Col- 1. Elmer Burnham (1944-60) .......... 136 lege. Of the 30 men who have served as Rochester’s head coach (Greene is the 30th), Pat Stark (1969-83) ........................ 136 just two others (in addition to Greene) have 50 or more wins - Elmer Burnham won 82 3. Scott Greene (2006-17) .........110 (1944-60, 17 years) and Pat Stark won 69 (1969-83, 15 years). 4. Rich Parrinello (1989-97)................84 5. Mark Kreydt (1998-2005) ...............78 GREENE AGAINST THE DUTCHMEN: 6. Tom Davies(1926-34) ......................76 • With Scott Greene as the head coach, Rochester is 3-8 vs. Union: 7. “Doc” Pollard (1902-07) ..................51 2006 Union 27, Rochester 24 (in Frank Bailey Field) Geo. Sullivan (1910-11, 20-23) .....51 2007 Union 13, Rochester 7 (at Edwin Fauver Stadium) 9. Don Smith (1963-68) .......................48 2008 Rochester 29, Union 25 (at Frank Bailey Field) Ray Tellier (1984-88) ........................48 2009 Union 28, Rochester 21 (at Edwin Fauver Stadium) 2010 Union 16, Rochester 14 (at Frank Bailey Field) 2011 Union 41, Rochester 34 (at Edwin Fauver Stadium) 2012 Union 20, Rochester 7 (at Frank Bailey Field) 2013 Rochester 21, Union 7 (at Edwin Fauver Stadium) Game Officials 2014 Union 16, Rochester 14 (at Frank Bailey Field) REFEREE: ........................ Brian Finn 2015 Rochester 33, Union 30 (at Edwin Fauver Stadium) UMPIRE: ......................... Mike Kalise 2016 Union 31, Rochester 15 (at Frank Bailey Field) HEAD LINESMAN: ........Joe Granchelli LINE JUDGE: ............. Matthew White THE SERIES: FIELD JUDGE: ................Doug Camp This is the 108th edition of the series dating back to the 1889 season - Roch- SIDE JUDGE: ............ Joshua Griffing ester’s first on the gridiron. (That game, played in Elmira, NY, ended 0-0). BACK JUDGE: ............. Stephen Speno Union took the lead in the series at 46-45-5 by winning 41-28 at Fauver Sta- CLOCK OPERATOR: ..........Joe DeSain dium in 2005. The Dutchmen won in Schenectady, 27-24, in 2006, and at Fau- PLAY CLOCK: ..................... Dan Kane ver Stadium, 13-7 in 2007. Rochester won at Union, 29-25, in 2008 to snap a 10-game losing streak at Frank Bailey Field. Union won at Fauver, 28-21, in 2009, took a 16-14 win in Schenectady in 2010, and won a shootout, 41-34, AUDIO: at Fauver five years ago. The Dutchmen won, 20-7, on Homecoming in 2012 Rochester Broadcast: in Schenectady in a game delayed over an hour by a thunderstorm midway WYSL 92.1 FM, 1040 AM through.