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1818 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (314) 444-4364 FAX (314) 444-4365 2013 Weekly Report Contact: Cody Bush Week 1: August 26, 2013 Phone: (931) 980-4940 CURRENT STANDINGS PFL (begins Sept. 14) OVERALL Team W-L PCT PF PA H A STR W-L PCT PF PA H A STR Butler 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L1 Campbell 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L9 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L9 Davidson 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L1 Dayton 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 W2 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 W2 Drake 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 W2 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 W2 Jacksonville 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L1 Marist 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L1 Mercer 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 — Morehead State 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 W1 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 W1 San Diego 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 W6 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 W6 Stetson 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 — Valparaiso 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L2 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 L2 AHEAD IN WEEK 1 - PFL CONTEST Thursday, August 29 Saturday, August 31 Pikeville (Ky.) at Morehead State, 7 p.m. Campbell at Charlotte, Noon Location: Morehead, Ky. (Jayne Stadium) Location: Charlotte, N.C. (McColl-Richardson Field) Series: First Meeting Series: First Meeting Notably: The Rob Tenyer Era gets underway as Morehead State hosts in- Notably: Mike Minter begins his tenure as head coach as Campbell will state and NAIA opponent Pikeville. help launch the Charlotte football program’s inaugural season. Grand View at Drake [RV/—], 7 p.m. Reinhardt at Mercer, 6 p.m. Location: Des Moines, Iowa (Drake Stadium) Location: Macon, Ga. (Moye Complex) Series: DRA leads, 3-0 Streak: DRA, three wins Series: First Meeting Notably: Drake has scored 28 points in each of the last two meetings Notably: Football returns to the Mercer campus for the first time since between the intracity squads, separated by only four miles. 1941 when it hosts in-state and NAIA foe Reinhardt. Dayton at Youngstown State [RV/24], 7:30 p.m. Sacred Heart at Marist, 6 p.m. Location: Youngstown, Ohio (Stambaugh Stadium) Location: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Tenney Stadium) Series: DAY leads, 9-0 Streak: DAY, nine wins Series: Tied, 5-5 Streak: MAR, one win Notably: First meeting between two teams since 1977 when Flyers head Notably: In the last meeting between the two squads Marist won, 20-7, in coach Rick Chamberlin was a player. quarterback Chuckie Looney’s first career start back in 2011. Jacksonville at Delaware [RV/RV], 7:30 p.m. Butler [RV/—] at South Dakota State [6/7], 7 p.m. Location: Newark, Del. (Delaware Stadium) Location: Brookings, S.D. (Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) Series: First Meeting Series: First Meeting Notably: Thursday’s meeting is only the 2nd time since 2000 CAA and PFL Notably: PFL owns two victories against MVFC squads, the last occuring teams have squared off (James Madison def. Morehead State in 2010). when Drake won at Illinois State to start the 2007 season. Valparaiso at North Dakota, 8 p.m. San Diego [RV/RV] at Cal Poly [14/11], 7 p.m. Location: Fargo, N.D. (Fargodome) Location: San Luis Obispo, Calif. (Spanos Stadium) Series: VAL leads, 1-0 Streak: VAL, one win Series: CPU leads 2-0 Streak: CPU, two wins Notably: Valparaiso and North Dakota will meet on the gridiron for the first Notably: San Diego and Cal Poly meet for the second consecutive season, time since their only meeting in 1920, a 20-10 Crusader victory. Cal Poly won a 41-14 decision to open the 2012 campaign. All times Eastern. Warner at Stetson, 7 p.m. FCS rankings in brackets following school’s name: [Sports Network Poll/FCS Location: DeLand, Fla. (Spec Martin Stadium) Coaches Poll] Series: First Meeting Notably: Stetson football plays its first football game since 1956 when it hosts in-state and NAIA foe Warner. Off Week: Davidson THE PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE A DIVISION I FCS CONFERENCE 2013 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEKLY REPORT PFL’S 21ST CAMPAIGN | The upcoming 2013 season marks the 21st year for the Pioneer Football League – the nation’s only non-scholarship, football-only NCAA Football Championship Subdivision conference. The league expands to 12 members for the upcoming campaign, Mer- cer and Stetson restarting their football programs and joining the league. MEDIA SERVICES TOREROS STREAKING TO START 2013 | San Diego ended 2012 with six consecutive PREFERRED NOMENCLATURE victories, using the streak to clinch a share of the PFL title. That six-game win streak will be the The league’s full name is the Pioneer Football third longest in FCS entering 2013, behind only defending national champion North Dakota League. Please use the league’s full name when State (nine wins) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (seven wins). Dayton and Drake will each begin the possible or use PFL as an abbreviation. Please, do season with two-game win streaks. not use Pioneer League in any case. THE ROAD TO FRISCO | For the first time, the PFL regular-season champion will receive PIONEER-FOOTBALL.ORG an automatic bid into the Division I Football Championship. The championship will expand to The PFL’s web site features the latest news and 24 teams this season with 11 automatic bids and 13 at-large berths. The football selection stories around the league. Standings along with committee will select eight national seeds, which will receive a first-round bye. The remaining team-by-team and composite results are updated following the conclusion of each day’s action. 16 teams will be placed into the bracket’s first round spots with an emphasis on geographical proximity. PFL ON TWITTER @PFLNews The PFL also maintains an official twitter feed NEW FACES ABOUND | One half of the league’s teams will have a first-year head coach @PFLNews which will provide release and award at the helm in 2013. Obviously, first-year programs Mercer (Bobby Lamb) and Stetson (Roger notifications and score updates throughout the Hughes) will be under the guidance of first-year head coaches. In addition, Campbell (Mike season. Minter), Davidson (Paul Nichols), Morehead State (Rob Tenyer) and San Diego (Dale Lindsey) WEEKLY RELEASE AND STATISTICS will start the campaign under new leadership. Each week the PFL produces a weekly release in two versions, an initial Sunday Release and a final FIVE PFL ATHLETES NOMINATED FOR 2013 ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS Weekly Release sent each Monday: TEAM | Five PFL student-athletes – Butler’s Matt Lancaster, Campbell’s Michael Rudisill, • The league’s Sunday Release contains updated Davidson’s Weston Hawkins, Marist’s Max Jacques and San Diego’s Thomas Cobb – were standings, the upcoming week’s schedule and among a record 150 nominees for the 2013 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, which recog- ntoes as well as the players of the week. nizes the selfless contributions to volunteerism and community service made by college foot- • The PFL Weekly Release is released each Mon- ball student-athletes across the nation. Two 11-member teams will be selected, one composed day and contains all the information from the players competing in the NCAA® Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the other is a combined Sunday release along with news and notes from around the league and up-to-date statistics. team representing the NCAA® Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Divisions II, III, and Both versions are provided by e-mail and on the the NAIA. league’s web site in PDF and may be reproduced as necessary. Weekly releases also will be sent via 2012 PFL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR RETURN | Three of the PFL’s Players of the Year e-mail to media outlets around the league. Please will return for the 2013 campaign. Butler quarterback Matt Lancaster returns after earning contact Cody Bush at the PFL Media Relations Of- PFL Offensive Player of the Year honors after finishing 2012 responsible for an average of fice to be added to the league’s e-mail list. 16.18 points per game – ranking ninth among FCS quarterbacks. Valparaiso running back Jake WEEKLY AWARDS Hutson posted 1,102 all-purpose yards en route to PFL Freshman Offensive Player of the Year The PFL names Offensive, Defensive and Special honors. Butler defensive lineman Kyle Annis was named the league’s Freshman Defensive Teams Players of the Week each Sunday during Player of the Year after a 42-tackle campaign last season. the season. Winners are selected from nomina- tions provided by each PFL team’s Football Media PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAM | The Pioneer Football League’s coaches preseason All-PFL Relations personnel. The information will also be team named 28 student-athletes for 29 positions. Butler and Jacksonville each had six players available from the PFL via the league’s Sunday earn preseason accolades. Release as well as on the league’s web site and official twitter feed. ALL-PFL HONOREES RETURN | Twenty-six members of the 2012 All-PFL squads re- turn to their teams in 2012, including 13 first-team selections and 13 second-team honorees.