HOFSTRA-RICHMOND SERIES: Saturday’s game is the sixth meeting between Hofstra and Richmond in a series that started in 1999. Hofstra leads the series 3-2 and has captured three of the last four meetings. Hofstra is 2-1 against the Spiders in Hempstead, winning in 2002 and 2004 and losing in 1999. The Pride is 1-1 against Richmond in Virginia, winning in 2001and losing in 2005. The Spiders won the last meeting in 2005 in Richmond, 43-37, in double-overtime. The last time Hofstra posted a victory over UR was in 2004 at Hofstra, 48- 2008 17. The series history is as follows: HOFSTRA FOOTBALL Year Winner (Loc.) Score GAME 10: 1999 Richmond (H) 21-31 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (3-6, 1-4) 2001 Hofstra (A) 35-21 2002 Hofstra (H) 26-16 vs. 2004 Hofstra (H) 48-17 #7 UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND (6-3, 3-2) 2005 Richmond (A) 37-43 (2 OT) Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 1 p.m. James M. Shuart Stadium (13,000) - Hempstead, NY THE LAST TIME - Television: None HOFSTRA-RICHMOND - Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7), Pre-game show at 12:30 p.m. October 22, 2005: Senior quarterback Stacy Tutt threw a Internet: Audio - www.WRHU.org 15-yard touchdown pass to Arman Shields in the second 2008 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE overtime to give Richmond a 43- Date Opponent (TV) Time/Res. 37 come-from-behind win over Aug. 28 at Connecticut (SNY) 3-35 L Hofstra at Richmond Stadium. Hofstra led by 14 points (24-10) at the Sept. 13 ALBANY 16-22 L OT half, but Richmond came all the way back behind the scrambling and passing ability of Tutt, who finished with 376 yards passing. With Sept. 20 RHODE ISLAND*+ 23-20 W 1:31 to play Tutt scrambled under heavy pressure on third down and Sept. 26 at Stony Brook (MSG) 43-3 W threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Harry Wilson to tie the score at Oct. 4 at #1 James Madison* 0-56 L 30-30. The Pride dodged a pair of bullets as the Spiders missed the Oct. 11 at Bucknell 45-31 W ensuing extra point and then missed a 30-yard field goal as time Oct. 18 at Maine* (WABI) 40-41 L expired after Richmond blocked a punt with nine seconds remaining. Oct. 25 DELAWARE* 0-17 L Tutt again gave the Spiders a big play in overtime when he scrambled Nov. 1 at #9 New Hampshire* 25-45 L on third down and found John Crone at the 2-yard line for a 21-yard Nov. 8 #7 RICHMOND* 1:00 p.m. gain. Two plays later Tutt plunged over from the 1-yard line to put Nov.15 NORTHEASTERN* 1:00 p.m. the Spiders ahead, 37-30. Hofstra answered right back, though, as Nov. 22 at Massachusetts *(CN8) 2:30 p.m. Terry Crenshaw rushed in from 13 yards out to knot the score at 37- 37 and force the second overtime. * - CAA Game + - Homecoming • All times ET Hofstra got the ball first in the second extra session, and moved the ball to the Richmond 7-yard line, but Clarkson was sacked on third INFORMATION CONTACTS: down to force the Pride to go for the field goal. Rob Zarrilli's kick Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Senior Sports Information Director; was blocked, marking his first missed field goal of the season, and (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; (516) 463-5033 - Richmond took over needing only a field goal to win. The Spiders drove to the 5-yard line behind the running of Tim Hightower, but a Fax key second down holding penalty pushed them back to the 15-yard Richmond-, Mike DeGeorge, Assistant Director of Athletic line. Tutt, though, responded by scrambling and finding Shields for Public Relations; (804) 287-6313- O; (804) 289-8820- Fax the game-winner. Shuart Stadium Press Box - (516) 463-5274 The Pride defense may have tired in the second half as Richmond dominated the time of possession and ran off 102 plays in the contest. 2008 HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND TRENDS: The Hofstra defense was on the field for 40:43, including 23:28 in the second half. After a first half that saw Clarkson hit Devale Ellis for a - Hofstra, which has dropped its last three games and four of its last 44-yard touchdown pass, Clarkson run the ball in from 5-yards out, five games, is coming off a 45-25 loss at New Hampshire last Kareem Huggins go on a 60-yard scoring run and a Zarrilli 47-yard Saturday. field goal that gave the Pride a comfortable 24-10 lead, the Spiders crawled back. - The Pride is 67-54 (.559) in regular season play since the start of the 1998 season. Hofstra has posted a 99-64-1 (.611) record since After Richmond's David Freeman (17 yards) and Hofstra's Charles becoming a member of the Football Championship Subdivision Sullivan (24 yards) exchanged touchdown catches in the third to (FCS), formerly I-AA, in 1994. boost the score to 30-17, UR's Matt Hale caught a 6-yard scoring pass HOFSTRA'S 2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS – 9 GAMES from Tutt 1:40 into the fourth to close the deficit to 30-24. The Spiders tied the game, and could have taken the lead, following a RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD YPG 6:18 drive with Wilson catching a 29-yard TD pass from Tutt. Brock Jackolski 60 410 6.8 6 51.2 Fortunately, for the Pride, Joseph Fore's extra point was wide leaving Everette Benjamin 90 407 4.5 3 45.2 the game tied at 30 and set up Tutt's heroics in overtime. Cory Christopher (inj.) 106 272 2.6 5 38.9 The Spiders racked up 547 yards, including 376 passing from Tutt PASSING (Eff.) Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD YPG who completed 32 of 50 passes. The Pride posted 428 yards, Cory Christopher (118.9) 127-190-6 (66.8%) 1163 4 166.1 including 279 from Clarkson who connected on 23 of 38 passes. Steve Probst (89.5) 49-91-7 (53.8%) 396 4 132.0 Shields tallied 14 catches for 147 yards while Hale added nine catches for 112 yards. Hofstra’s Marques Colston posted five catches RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD YPG for 100 yards, while Ellis added five receptions for 76 yards. Huggins Aaron Weaver 52 394 7.6 2 43.8 rushed for 87 yards on six carries and Cole Haley had 17 tackles in Anthony Nelson (inj.) 35 314 9.0 1 39.2 the Pride's second double-overtime loss of the year. Ottis Lewis (inj.) 28 324 11.6 2 46.3 Everette Benjamin 18 134 7.4 2 14.9 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 F Hofstra 7 17 6 0 7 0 37 TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int Richmond 7 3 7 13 7 6 43 Luke Bonus 32-39-71 2.5-20 0-0 Greg Melendez 23-31-54 0-0 0-0 Scoring Summary Chris Edmond 28-22-50 0-0 0-0 UR-Hightower 2-yard run (Fore kick) Nick Altomare 21-20-41 0-0 3-8 HU-Ellis 44-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick) Ray McDonough 22-15-37 0-0 2-54 HU-Clarkson 5-yard run (Zarrilli kick) UR-Fore 36-yard field goal HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Dave HU-Huggins 60-yard run (Zarrilli kick) Cohen is in his third season as Hofstra HU-Zarrilli 47-yard field goal University head football coach. Just the UR-Freeman 17-yard pass from Tutt (Fore kick) seventh head coach in the history of HU-Sullivan 24-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick blocked) Pride football, Cohen came to Hofstra UR-Hale 6-yard pass from Tutt (Fore kick) in December 2005 after serving as UR-Wilson 29-yard pass from Tutt (Fore kick failed) defensive coordinator and linebackers UR-Tutt 1-yard run (Ball kick) coach at the University of Delaware HU-Crenshaw 12-yard run (Zarrilli kick) from 2002 through 2005. He also UR-Shields 15-yard pass from Tutt served as defensive line and linebackers coach at Delaware from 1994 through 1998 before becoming the associate head coach/defensive coordinator at Fordham HOFSTRA RICHMOND University from 1999 through 2001. The Long Island native, who First Downs (R-P-Pe) 6-11-2 13-19-3 was a two-year starter at LIU-C.W. Post, began his coaching career at Rushes-Yards (Net) 27-149 52-171 the University at Albany in 1988 as linebackers and strength coach. Passing Yards (Net) 279 376 In 1990 Cohen became linebackers and defensive line coach at Passes Comp-Att-Int 38-23-0 50-32-0 Lafayette College and held that position for four seasons. Total Offense/Plays-Yards 65-428 102-547 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 5-20 Cohen By The Numbers Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-21 4-94 12-19 Overall record Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 6-15 Conference record Punts (Number-Avg) 5-36.4 3-38.3 5-8 Home record Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-1 7-11 Road record Penalties-Yards 10-79 8-95 5-3 Night games Possession Time 19:17 40:43 7-16 Day games Third Down Conversions 5-13 10-17 Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 1-1 HOFSTRA COACHING STAFF: Pride Head Football Coach Dave Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 7-9 Cohen added two new members and made several promotions to its Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-17 4-24 2008 football coaching staff during the off-season.