Hofstra Football, 2004
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HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND TRENDS: • Hofstra is riding a two-game losing skid following its 33- 27 loss at New Hampshire last Saturday. • Hofstra has won 25 of its last 37 regular season games at Shuart Stadium. Hofstra is 59-21 at Shuart Stadium since Joe Gardi arrived in Hempstead in 1990. • The Pride has won 32 of its last 57 regular season HOFSTRA games and 41 of its last 67 in-season contests. The Pride is 55-31 in regular season play since the start of FOOTBALL, 2004 the 1997 season. The Pride has posted a 71-38-1 record over the last 110 regular season games. They are 83- For Immediate Release –October 26, 2004 39-2 over the last 124 regular season games dating back to the middle of the 1993 season. Hofstra has won 2004 SEASON - GAME 8: 40 of 69 contests, including playoff games, since the start of the 1999 season. HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (3-4, 1-3) vs • Hofstra has won 19 of its last 36 road games and 21 of UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND its last 40 contests away from Shuart Stadium. The Pride (2-5, 1-3) is 26-20 on the road since the start of the 1997 season. Saturday, October 30, 2004 – Noon James M. Shuart Stadium • Hempstead, NY HOFSTRA'S 2004 STATISTICAL LEADERS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 GAMES: Television: Atlantic 10 Football Network; locally on Metro Channel at Noon RUSHING (GP) ATT. Net- Avg. TD Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7) Pre-game show at 11:30 a.m. Terry Crenshaw (7) 118 549 4.7 6 Internet: www.WRHU.org Kareem Huggins (6) 16 73 4.6 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE PASSING (GP)_ Att-Comp-Int Yds. TD Avg. Sept. 2 ALBANY (MSG-TV) 45-0 W Bobby Seck (4) 137-89-3 1348 13 337.0 Sept. 11 at #2 Montana (KECI-TV) 23-41 L Anton Clarkson (7) 140-80-5 842 7 120.3 Sept. 25 RHODE ISLAND* 62-43 W Oct. 2 at #25 James Madison* 21-31 L RECEIVING (GP) No. Yds. Avg. TD Oct. 9 at Stony Brook 61-21 W Charles Sullivan (7) 50 634 12.7 4 Oct. 16 #3 DELAWARE* + 19-20 L Isaac Irby (7) 41 582 14.2 6 Oct. 23 at #15 New Hampshire* 27-33 L Devale Ellis (7) 31 476 15.4 7 Oct. 30 RICHMOND*(METRO) Noon Brian Wolman (7) 24 365 15.2 2 Nov. 6 at #19 Maine* 2:00 p.m. Nov. 13 NORTHEASTERN* 3:30 p.m. TACKLES (GP) UT-AT-TT Sacks Int Nov. 20 at Massachusetts*(METRO) Noon Gian Villante (7) 49-43-92 5.0-25 1-42 * - Atlantic 10 Game + - Homecoming • All times ET Cole Haley (7) 37-35-72 4.5-31 0-0 Stephen Bowen (7) 24-19-43 1.0-7 0-0 INFORMATION CONTACTS: James Glee (7) 29-13-42 0-0 1-20 Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Assoc. A.D. for Communications Sherief Little (7) 28-12-40 0-0 0-0 (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; (516) 463- 5033 - Fax HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Joe Gardi is in his 15th season as Head Football Coach at Hofstra University. Richmond–Simon Gray, Director of Athletic Public He has posted a 110-55-2 record during that time. His Relations; (804) 289-8320-O; (804) 289-8820- Fax .667 winning percentage ranks second, behind Mickey Kwiatkowski (.716), in school history. Gardi's 110 Shuart Stadium Press Box - (516) 463-5274 victories are the second most all-time at Hofstra behind the legendary Howard "Howdy" Myers (141 wins from 1950-1974). HOFSTRA COACHING STAFF: The Pride lost five assistant coaches from last year’s staff but Hofstra Head Football Coach Joe Gardi says this year’s staff may be the best that he has hired during his tenure in HOFSTRA IN THE NCAA I-AA Hempstead. The 2004 Pride football coaching staff is as STATS: Here is how Hofstra ranks as follows: a team and individually in the I-AA Coach Pos. HU Yr. Overall Yr. statistics as of October 25: Greg Gigantino Def. Coord. 12th yr. 27th yr. Warren Ruggiero Off. Coord. 5th yr. 17th yr. Team Category I-AA Avg. Bob McIntyre Linebackers 16th yr. 16th yr. Rushing Offense 102 94.71 Adam Brown DL & ST 4th yr. 4th yr. Passing Offense 4 314.14 nd th Carlton Goff RB 2 yr. 10 yr. Total Offense 20 408.86 st th Damian Wroblewski Off. Line 1 yr. 6 yr. Scoring Offense 10 36.86 st th Jaime Elizondo Receivers 1 yr. 5 yr. Rushing Defense 87 180.29 st th Chip Garber Def. Backs 1 yr. 24 yr. Pass Efficiency Defense 69 122.99 Dennis Mikula Off. & ST Asst.1st yr. 1st yr. nd nd Total Defense 94 400.57 Alberto Van der Mije ST Asst. 2 yr. 2 yr. Scoring Defense 77 27.00 Net Punting 25 36.17 Punt Returns 98 5.72 2004 ATLANTIC 10 Kickoff Returns 21 22.28 FOOTBALL Turnover Margin 79 -.29 CONFERENCE Pass Defense 90 220.29 STANDINGS: As of October 29, 2004 Passing Efficiency 19 143.53 ATLANTIC 10 OVERALL W L Pct. W L Pct. Indiv. Category HU Player I-AA Avg. North Rushing Terry Crenshaw 63 78.43 Maine 2 2 .500 4 3 .571 Passing Efficiency Anton Clarkson 52 117.02 New Hampshire 2 2 .500 5 2 .714 Total Offense Anton Clarkson 97 124.29 Northeastern 2 2 .500 3 4 .429 Recpt./Gm. Charles Sullivan 7 7.14 Rhode Island 2 2 .500 4 3 .571 Isaac Irby 24 5.86 Hofstra 1 3 .250 3 4 .429 Devale Ellis 71 4.43 Massachusetts 1 4 .200 3 5 .375 Rec. Yds./Gm Charles Sullivan 15 90.57 South Isaac Irby 28 83.14 Delaware 5 0 1.000 6 1 .857 Devale Ellis 55 68.00 James Madison 5 0 1.000 6 1 .857 Interceptions Prentice James 90 .33 William & Mary 3 1 .750 5 2 .714 Punting Joe Nolan 47 38.00 Villanova 2 3 .400 5 3 .625 Punt Returns Kareem Huggins 63 7.36 Richmond 1 3 .250 2 5 .286 Kickoff Returns Kareem Huggins 21 26.00 Towson 0 4 .000 3 4 .429 Devale Ellis 41 23.62 Field Goals Chris Onorato 9 1.29 Last Week - October 23 Scoring Chris Onorato 18 8.29 DELAWARE 31, WILLIAM & MARY 28 Devale Ellis 72 6.00 NEW HAMPSHIRE 33, HOFSTRA 27 Terry Crenshaw 72 6.00 RHODE ISLAND 27, MASSACHUSETTS 24 All-Purpose Yds. Devale Ellis 58 112.00 MAINE 35, NORTHEASTERN 26 Terry Crenshaw 62 109.14 JAMES MADISON 26, RICHMOND 20 Note: Players must have played in 75% of the teams’ games to VILLANOVA 41, TOWSON 6 be ranked nationally. This Week - October 30 RICHMOND AT HOFSTRA 12:00 VILLANOVA AT RHODE ISLAND 12:00 NEW HAMPSHIRE AT NORTHEASTERN 12:30 HOFSTRA-RICHMOND SERIES: MAINE AT MASSACHUSETTS 1:00 Saturday’s game is the fourth meeting between Hofstra Delaware at Navy 1:30 and Richmond in a series that started in 1999. Virginia Military Institute at James Madison 3:00 • The Pride lead the series 2-1. WILLIAM & MARY AT TOWSON 6:00 • The two teams last met on November 9, 2002 in Hempstead with Hofstra kicker Chris Onorato tying a school record with four field goals in a 26-16 victory over fourth down rush, this time with help from Micah Barnes, the Spiders. to give Hofstra the ball back with 4:36 left in the contest. • The Spiders won the first game in the series in 1999 The Pride tacked on another field goal from Onorato, his 31-21 in Hempstead longest of the day from 42 yards, to push the lead to 26- • Hofstra is 1-1 against Richmond in games played at 10 with 2:11 left. The Spiders drove down the field Shuart Stadium. quickly, scoring with 1:29 left on a 32-yard rush from • The series history is as follows: Wills, but the two-point conversion attempt failed, leaving Richmond down 26-16. The Spiders recovered an Year Winner (Loc.) Score onsides kick and drove down to the Hofstra 1-yard line. 1999 Richmond (H) 21-31 But Renauld Williams stopped a Lee Williams carry on 2001 Hofstra (A) 35-21 the final play of the game to preserve the 10-point 2002 Hofstra (H) 26-16 margin. Renauld Williams tied for team high honors with 13 tackles, along with Hambrecht. Bryant had 111 yards receiving for Hofstra. THE LAST TIME – HOFSTRA- RICHMOND – November 9, 2002 in HOFSTRA 26 RICHMOND 16 Hempstead: Trevor Dimmie rushed November 9, 2002 for 89 yards and a touchdown, Ryan Hempstead, NY - Attendance: 3,235 Cosentino completed 11 of 18 passes for 153 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown to Team 1 2 3 4 TP Ricky Bryant with 30 seconds left in the first half, and Richmond 3 0 0 13 16 Chris Onorato booted a school record-tying four field Hofstra 10 10 3 3 26 goals to lead Hofstra to a 26-16 win over Richmond at James M. Shuart Stadium. Hofstra controlled play Scoring Summary throughout the opening half, taking a 20-3 lead into HU- Dimmie 9-yard run (Onorato kick) intermission. The Pride's defense got things started on a UR- Kirchner 38-yard field goal positive note, as Daniel Garay had a sack on HU- Onorato 33-yard field goal Richmond's first possession of the game, which forced a HU- Onorato 41-yard field goal fumble that was recovered by linebacker Cole Haley at HU- Bryant 71-yard pass from Cosentino (Onorato kick) the Spiders' 19.