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TWITTER @MUHAWKSFB | INSTAGRAM @MUHAWKSFB | MONMOUTHHAWKS.COM | FACEBOOK /MONMOUTHFOOTBALL | YOUTUBE /MONMOUTHHAWKS AUG. 31 • MONMOUTH AT WESTERN MICHIGAN // TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. STAT COMPARISON/MU CONFERENCES 2 OPPONENT INFO/LAST MATCHUP 3 O/D/ST NOTES | FCS POLLS 4 MONMOUTH STAT NOTES 5 VS TRENDS/START CHART 6 WALDO STADIUM LAST TIME OUT/BIG SOUTH SCHEDULE 7 AUG 31, 2019 | 7:00 PM TODAY’S 2 DEEP/2 DEEP NOTES 8-9 2019 MONMOUTH ROSTER 10 KALAMAZOO, MI RV BRONCOS HAWKS INDIVIDUAL SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 11 TV: ESPN3 0-0 | 0-0 MAC 0-0 | 0-0 BIG SOUTH HAWKS IN THE NFL 12 R: SHORE SPORTS NETWORK HEAD COACH KEVIN CALLAHAN 13 KESSLER STADIUM/MEDIA INFORMATION 14 // COACHING MATCHUP WESTERN MICHIGAN MONMOUTH 2019 OPPONENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS 15 HEAD COACH Tim Lester (Western Michigan ‘00) Kevin Callahan (Rochester 1977) 2018 MU/OPPONENT SCORING PLAYS 16 RECORD AT SCHOOL 13-12 152-121 2018 MU/OPPONENT EXPLOSIVE PLAYS 17 2018 MONMOUTH STATS 18-22 OVERALL RECORD 53-35 152-121 INDIVIDUAL/TEAM SUPERLATIVES 23 NOTES WMU QB from 1996-99 10th for wins among active FCS coaches RECYCLED NOTES 24 TODAY’S GAME WESTERN MICHIGAN - MONMOUTH SERIES HISTORY u Monmouth begins its 27th year of football with tonight's First Overall Meeting Series History game against Western Michigan. Overall Record: 0-0 Date Location u The Hawks open the season with an opponent from the Football West Long Branch: --- 8.31.19 at WMU First Meeting Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the second straight season. Kalamazoo, MI: --- u Today's game will be the first matchup between Monmouth and Western Michigan. The Hawks have played both Eastern First Meeting: Aug. 31, 2019 Michigan (2018) and Central Michigan (2015) along with Kent Last Meeting: --- State from the Mid-American Conference. Longest MU Win Streak: --- u Western Michigan was selected to finish second in the Longest HU Win Streak: --- Mid-American Conference West division and returns 17 starters Largest MU W Margin: --- from last year's bowl team. Largest HU W Margin: --- u Monmouth owns a 7-19 record all-time in season openers (3-15 Smallest MU W Margin: --- on the road), last winning in week one against Lafayette in 2017. u Today’s game can be viewed on ESPN3, with Shawn Kenney (pxp) Smallest HU W Margin: --- and Marcus Ray (analyst) on the call. Shutouts: --- u The matchup will air on The Shore Sports Network with Eddy Overtime Games: --- Occhipinti (pxp) and Emory Hunt (analyst). 2019 MONMOUTH FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result TV Series Notes Aug. 31 at Western Michigan 7:00 PM ESPN3 First Meeting Both schools predicted to finish second in their conferences Sept. 7 Lafayette 1:00 PM ESPN+ MU leads 2-1 Monmouth opened Kessler Stadium in '17 with win over LC Sept. 14 Albany 1:00 PM ESPN+ UA leads 12-4 Albany has won 7 straight in battle of former NEC squads Sept. 21 at Montana 3:00 PM Fox/ABC M First Meeting Hawks faced UM rival Montana State in 2013 season opener Sept. 28 BYE WEEK Oct. 5 at Wagner 6:00 PM N/A MU leads 14-10 Hawks have won five straight against former NEC rivals Oct. 12 Presbyterian* 1:00 PM ESPN+ MU leads 3-2 Final meeting between two as PC transitions to Pioneer League Oct. 19 Gardner-Webb* 1:00 PM ESPN3 MU leads 4-1 Bahar threw for a career high 407 yards and 5 TDs in '18 Oct. 26 at Charleston So* 6:00 PM ESPN+ CSU leads 3-2 Hawks have won two straight, including 37-3 affair in '18 Nov. 2 at Kennesaw St.* 2:00 PM ESPN3 KSU leads 4-0 Games the last two seasons have decided Big South Champion Nov. 9 North Alabama 12:00 PM ESPN+ First Meeting Hawks host newest Big South member in first FCS season Nov. 16 at Campbell* 1:00 PM ESPN3 MU leads 1-0 Farri runs for 239 yards and two scores in first meeting Nov. 23 Hampton* 12:00 PM ESPN3/+ MU leads 2-0 Hawks rallied from 14-0 deficit to win 56-28 last season BOLD - Home games played at Kessler Stadium *Big South Conference Game GAME 1 - MONMOUTH AT WESTERN MICHIGAN 2019 MONMOUTH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES MONMOUTH AGAINST THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TALE OF THE TAPE n Today's game is the fourth time Monmouth has faced an opponent from the Mid-American Conference, with the Hawks facing Central Michigan in 2015 MU Category WMU and Kent State in 2016 and Eastern Michigan last year. n Monmouth is 0-3 against MAC teams, falling 31-10 to CMU and 27-7 to 217.0 Rush Offense 199.5 Kent State and opening 2018 with a 54-24 setback to EMU. The Hawks will 241.7 Pass Offense 237.4 face Rutgers to open next season, their first matchup against a power five 138.7 Pass Efficiency 138.9 opponent. 458.7 Total Offense 436.8 n Monmouth's other Division I teams play in the other MAAC, the Metro At- 33.2 Scoring Offense 32.0 lantic Athletic Conference. 149.5 Rush Defense 165.8 239.9 Pass Yds Allowed 220.8 KENJI BAHAR NAMED BIG SOUTH PRESEASON OFFENSIVE POY n 134.2 Pass Eff. Defense 160.7 Senior quarterback Kenji Bahar has been named Big South Preseason Of- fensive Player of the Year. Bahar led the league in almost every passing cat- 389.5 Total Defense 386.6 egory a season ago en route to setting the Monmouth single season passing 31.5 Scoring Defense 34.5 record with 2,626 yards in 11 games. 34.4 Net Punting 35.7 n Bahar, Monmouth's first preseason offensive player of the year, was also 9.4 Punt Returns 21.4 named to the Walter Payton Watch List the FCS version of the Heisman. 7.2 Punt Return Def 7.8 n In addition to the Big South Honor, the fifth-year senior who has started 18.5 Kickoff Returns 15.8 26 consecutive games for the Blue & White, was named to the NFLPA Bowl 22.5 Kickoff Return Def 19.1 Watch List and as a CFPA Performer of the Year Watch List. -6 Turnover Margin +1 11 Turnovers Gained 20 HAWKS SELECTED SECOND IN PRESEASON POLL Monmouth University was selected to finish second in the 2018 Big South 17 Turnovers Lost 19 Conference preseason poll, tied for the highest it has been selected since 11 Sacks By 32 joining the league in 2014. The Hawks received five first place votes, the 23 Sacks Allowed 20 most in program history. 61 TFL 90 60 TFL Allowed 67 2019 Big South Preseason Poll 5.9 Penalties/GM 5.9 1. Kennesaw State (14 votes) 134 51.4 Penalty Yds/GM 52.2 2. Monmouth (5 votes) 122 21.4 1st Downs Avg 22.7 3. Charleston Southern (1 vote) 79 18.7 1st Downs Allowed 19.6 4. Campbell 73 5. Gardner-Webb 67 39% 3rd DN Conv Off 37% 6. Hampton 64 40% 3rd DN Conv Def 35% 7. Presbyterian 21 84% Red Zone Offense 82% 82% Red Zone Defense 91% HAWKS SELECT TEAM CAPTAINS Fifth-year senior quarterback Kenji Bahar, senior linebacker Evan Powell, 2018 MONMOUTH LEADERS fifth-year senior defensive back Tymere Berry and fifth-year senior John Gallina have been named as team captains for the 2019 season. Berry is the Rushing Att Yds Avg Td Lg Farri 139 1047 7.4 8 79 only returning captain and the move to four captains is a departure from the last two seasons when MU had two season captains and two game captains. Passing Cmp Att Yds Td Int Bahar 207 345 2626 20 6 AUMER NAMED AS AFCA ALLSTATE GOODWORKS NOMINEE Junior defensive lineman Kurt Aumer recently became the second Mon- Receiving Rec Yds Avg Td Lg mouth player to be named as a AFCA AllState Goodworks Team Nominee Moore IV 22 292 13.3 0 63 (Ryan Wetzel, 2018). Off of the field, Aumer is in involved with almost every community service project that the team is involved with. For the second Defensive Tac Solo TFL Sck Int Berry 60 44 1.0 0.0 2 straight year he was an integral part of the Monmouth's "Be the Match" campaign, a national football program that matches donors to patients with blood cancers. Aumer is also heavily involved with Monmouth Football's 2018 WMU LEADERS Team Impact effort, mentoring and spending time with the Hawks' selected Rushing Att Yds Avg Td Lg teammate. He spent hours in January reading to children as part of the 'Read Bellamy 205 1262 6.0 6 64 Across America' and he annually participates in the Schroth School for Chil- Passing Cmp Att Yds Td Int dren Holiday Party and Super Bowl Party. He is part of the Monmouth SAAC Wassink 151 245 1994 16 6 Executive board and one of the Co-Founders and MSAAC Representative of the Peer Mentor Program starting this fall called FLIGHT Academy. Receiving Rec Yds Avg Td Lg Eskridge 38 776 20.4 3 84 Defensive Tac Solo TFL Sck Int DID YOU KNOW? Spears 86 53 9.5 3.0 0 Monmouth has two players who have graduated and are working on advanced de- grees in fifth-year senior captainsKenji Bahar and John Gallina. Bahar is working towards his master's degree in public service while Gallina has begun coursework *Leaders based on returning players towards a human resources degree. 2 MonmouthHawks.com 2019 MONMOUTH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES WESTERN MICHIGAN LAST GAME BRONCOS FIRST MEETING HEAD COACH TIM LESTER Aug.