2010 Albright College Football Game Notes Schedule and Results Game Time Coverage
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2010 Albright College Football Game Notes Schedule and Results Game Time Coverage 9/4 URSINUS COLLEGE L 13-21 Webcast (Audio): http://www.teamline.cc 9/11 at Geneva College W 54-27 Live Stats: http://www.widenerpride.com 9/25 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY W 41-31 10/2 at Wilkes University L 35-38 10/9 LYCOMING COLLEGE L 0-50 Pre and Post Game Coverage 10/16 KING’S COLLEGE W 38-14 1023 at Widener University 1 p.m. For all the latest scores, updates, and highlights visit www.AlbrightAthletics. 10/30 at FDU-Florham 1 p.m. com or call the Albright Sports Hotline at 610-929-6668. 11/6 DELAWARE VALLEY 1 p.m. For interviews with coaches or players please contact Dave Walberg, 11/13 at Lebanon Valley 1 p.m. Sports Information Director at 610-921-7786 or [email protected]. Tale of the Tape Albright College (3-3/1-2 MAC) at Widener University (3-3/2-1 MAC) Saturday, October 23 at 1 p.m. at Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium, Chester, Pa. Now with their first conference win under their belts, the Lions will hit the road to take on a very tough Widener University team. Albright will look to pick-up their second straight win after handing King’s College a 38-14 loss last Saturday. The Lions still have their eyes set on this year’s postsea- son, and will come one step closer if they pull out a win over Widener this weekend. Location: Reading, Pa. Location: Chester, Pa. Year Founded: 1856 Year Founded: 1821 Enrollment: 1,625 Enrollment: 2,350 President: Lex O. McMillan, III Ph.D. President: Dr. James T. Harris III Athletic Directors: Rick Ferry and Janice Luck Athletic Director: Jack Shafer Nickname: Lions Nickname: Pride Colors: Red and White Colors: Blue and Gold Affiliation: NCAA Division III, ECAC Affiliation: NCAA Division III Conference: Middle Atlantic Conference Conference: Middle Atlantic Conference Stadium (Capacity): Gene L. Shirk Stadium (5,000) Stadium (Capacity): Leslie C. Quirk Jr. (4,000) Field Surface: A-Turf Field Surface: Artificial (Field Turf) Head Coach: John Marzka (Allegheny College ‘91) Head Coach: Isaac Collins (U. of Rochester ‘94) Seasons/Record at Albright: 4th season/26-9 Seasons/Record at Widener: 1st season/0-0 2009 Record: 11-2, 6-1 MAC 2009 Record: 3-7, 1-6 MAC Most Wins in Program History/NCAA Quarterfinalists Albright College at Widener University - Week 8 BACK ON TRACK HISTORY OF ALBRIGHT FOOTBALL After suffering two straight losses, the Lions got back on track last Saturday against Founded: 1892 King’s College. They will now look for their second straight conference win this Seasons/Record: 103/425-456-24*# Saturday at Widener. Since his arrival in Reading, coach Marzka has never loss *-No Team 1895-99, 1901, 1907-1911 three consecutive regular season games, and with last Saturday’s win coach #-Did not play due to WWII 1943-45 Marzka maintained that record. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (09, 96, 76, 75) Middle Atlantic Conference Championships: 10 WHATEVER IT TAKES IN 2010 (08, 97, 96, 77, 76, 75, 72, 68, 60, 59) With the win over King’s the Lions offense is now ranked second in the Middle ECAC Bowl Game Championships: 5 Atlantic Conference. Averaging 388 yards per game, the Lions have totaled 181 (08, 04, 01, 97, 95) points this season, which ranks third behind Lycoming and Delaware Valley. In Best Finish in NCAA Tournament: Quarterfinal Round (09, 96, 76, 75) the air, the red and white are currently the second best team in the MAC averaging Most Wins in Program History: 11 (09) 205.8 yards per game, while their passing efficiency of 131.6 ranks third overall. Defensively, Albright is currently sitting fifth in the MAC, having allowed 2,243 2010 TEAM CAPTAINS yards this season. When it comes to stopping the run Albright is sixth, and when it comes to stopping the pass the Lions are seventh in the conference. ALBRIGHT IN DIVISION III Of the 236 teams in Division III, the Lions are currently ranked 55th in rushing of- fense with 182.17 yards per game. Going into Saturday’s match-up with Widener, the Lions are ranked 74th in scoring and 62nd in total offense. KELLY ON THE SIDELINES After having one of the most prolific careers in program history, former quarterback #9 Bergery #30 McAdams #76 Schannauer Tanner Kelly has joined Head Coach John Marzka’s staff for the 2010 season. Kelly will work primarily with the quarterbacks as well as being in charge of the 2010 ALBRIGHT ROSTER BREAKDOWN offensive quality control. The ECAC Division III Player of the Year, Kelly ended his senior season as one of the top passers in the country, and was named MAC BY STATE BY CLASS SIZE Offensive Player of the Year, ECAC Southeast Player of the Year, and D3Football. Pennsylvania - 60 Seniors - 16 New Jersey - 55 Juniors - 35 com East Region Offensive Player of the Year. Maryland - 23 Sophomores - 31 PAC-MAC CHALLENGE Delaware - 4 Freshmen - 69 For the first time ever members of the Middle Atlantic Conference and the Penn- New York - 3 sylvania Athletic Conference faced each other in rivalry games in week 2. Albright Virginia - 3 Washington D.C. - 1 along with Widener, Wilkes, Delaware Valley, Lycoming, and FDU-Florham pulled out victories against their Western Pennsylvania opponents. Next season, the STARTERS RETURNING STARTERS LOST Lions will host Geneva College in year-two of the PAC-MAC Challenge and for Offense - 6 Offense - 4 the first time in over 70 years. The rest of the conference will pack their bags and Defense - 4 Defense - 7 travel to their PAC counterparts in hopes to continue the dominance that is Middle Atlantic Conference football. LETTERMAN RETURNING LETTERMAN LOST ANOTHER ONE JOINS THE PARTY 33 17 It was recently announced that Misericordia University will be starting a collegiate football program. With the addition of the Cougars, the Middle Atlantic Conference now has 10 conference teams. Just like Stevenson University, Misericordia will kickoff their first season in 2012. Misericordia who are members of the MAC Free- dom Conference have begun their search for a new head coach and are beginning ALBRIGHT ON THE RADIO renovations to all their athletic facilities. Along with Albright College, Misericordia Starting this fall Albright’s own radio station WXAC 91.3 FM will be is the only other college in the MAC that carries all 23 sanctioned MAC sports. broadcasting all five home football games on the radio. Along with the This announcement comes less than two months after Stevenson announced they live internet broadcast provided by Teamline broadcasting company, will be joining the MAC for the 2012 season. Misericordia is located in Dallas, Pa. fans will have even more choices when it comes to listening into their while Stevenson remains the only team to compete in the MAC from the state of Lions. The voice of Albright Football, Bob McCool will team up with cur- Maryland. rent student Tyler Parmer every single home game this season. On the NEXT UP FOR THE LIONS road McCool will be a one man show as he covers the Lions. The Lions will travel to FDU-Florham next Saturday for a 1 p.m. Middle Atlantic Conference showdown. ALBRIGHTATHLETICS.COM Albright College at Widener University - Week 8 ODENWALT AND WHELAN TABBED AS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS WORLD WAR WIDENER Prior to the start of the 2010 season, senior offen- The first time that Albright faced Widener University was when World sive lineman Matt Odenwalt and senior kicker John War I was at its peak. In 1916 the Lions dropped their inaugural game Whelan were named Preseason All-Americans by with the Pride, who at the time was known as the Pennsylvania Military D3PRODAY.com. The honor was the first for both College, by the final score of 24-7. Albright did not defeat Widener for players. The duo is also the only two returning the first time until 1921 (27-20). This Saturday’s showdown will mark the Odenwalt Whelan players from the 2009 squad that earned MAC All- 57th meeting between the two programs. Conference honors. Widener leads series 40-16 HOLMES HOLDING STRONG Since 2000... Still in the hunt for that record breaking TD, junior tailback Josan Holmes was 2000 - WU 27-14 2005 - WU 33-19 2006 - WU 33-19 able to catch his breathe last week against King’s. For the first time in his career 2001 - WU 47-33 2002 - WU 13-12 2007 - WU 28-24 Holmes did not record a single carry in the Lions 38-14 win over the Monarchs. 2003 - AC 30-29 2008 - AC 21-10 Despite not seeing any action, the junior still leads Albright’s run game with 486 2004 - WU 52-35 2009 - AC 31-17 yards this season. In his career, Holmes has rushed for 2,109 yards and has 30 rushing TD’s. The Penllyn native also has two touchdown receptions and has SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION totaled 651 career receiving yards. In the nation, Holmes ranks 86th in rushing, Widener’s offense has numerous weapons at its disposal, starting with 59th in scoring, and 52nd in all-purpose yards. dual quarterbacks Chris Haupt and Colin Masterson. So far this season the two have thrown for 877 yards and six touchdowns respectively. On HUGHES ARRIVES the ground Adam Smith has rushed for a team best 270 yards on 63 Last Saturday, saw a very promising performance from sophomore tailback Ty carries and is currently averaging 4.3 yards per carry.