Dayton Football • 2015 Pioneer Football League Champions •Ncaa Fcs Playoff Berth •12 Pfl Titles
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DAYTON FOOTBALL • 2015 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS •NCAA FCS PLAYOFF BERTH •12 PFL TITLES Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390 • Cell: (937) 272-4503 • Football Press Box: (937) 542-4093 WEBSITE: daytonflyers.com TWITTER: @DaytonFootball FACEBOOK: /DaytonFlyersFootball INSTAGRAM: daytonflyers GAMEDAY INFORMATION DAYTON GAME 10 DATE - Saturday, Nov. 4 - 1 p.m. ET Welcome Stadium - Dayton, Ohio MEDIA INFORMATION DAYTON MARIST Radio - NewsTalk1290WHIO Larry Hansgen & Mike Kelly FLYERS vs RED FOXES TV- Spectrum Sports Mike Hartsock & Jared Phillips Live Stats, Audio and Video Stream: TEAM COMPARISON DaytonFlyers.com DAYTON MARIST GOOD NEWS WORTH REPEATING Fast Facts Record 4 -5, 3-3 PFL 3-5, 2-3 PFL The Flyers entered the season with the third-best Points/Gm 21.7/21.3 21.5/29.5 winning percentage (.761, 143-45) in FCS football Dayton, 4-5 overall and 3-3 in the Pioneer Rush Yds/Gm 170.8/168.8 108.9/132.9 since 2000 AND have produced the most football Football League, plays its nal regular Pass Yds/Gm 168.6/245.7 216.6/230.6 Academic All-Americans (26) at any level of season home game of 2017. UD hosts Marist, Total Off/Gm 339.3/414.5 325.5/363.5 competition in the same time frame. The top ve who is 3-5 and 2-3. Possession Time 30:23/29:37 26:50/33:10 in winning percentage are Harvard (.799), North Dakota State (.761), Dayton (.757), Montana (.755), The Marist game is UD’s Senior Day. SERIES STUFF and San Diego (.719). The Flyers’ 19-man senior class will be • UD leads the series 7-1. • Dayton has won the last three meetings. recognized before the game, and at halftime, • UD won last year’s contest 59-31 in Poughkeepsie on Nov. 12. STREAKING one of them will be named the winner of the • Alex Jeske ran for 179 yards in that game. UD has not been shut out in a school-record Lt. Andy Zulli Trophy, a character-driven • The Flyers won the last meeting in Dayton 28-21 on Nov. 14, 463 straight games, the best such active string award that is the most prestigious at UD. 2015 to clinch the PFL title. The Flyers scored a TD with 53 seconds left to win behind Tucker Yinger’s 237 yards rushing. in all of college football. The last team to shut out the Flyers was Marshall, 9-0, on Oct. 16, Dayton coach Rick Chamberlin is in his 10th 1976. That is also the all-time FCS record. season as UD’s head coach. With the win at INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Drake, he became the winningest coach in DAYTON MARIST PFL POWER PFL history. He now has 58 PFL wins . Passing Passing Alex Jeske Mike White • The Pioneer Football League is in its 25th season. The original (and now the only) QB Alex Jeske , LB Jack Crain and DE Nick 67-119-2, 820 yards, 147-280-11, 1,635 yards, Division I strictly need-based football league Surges are the Flyer football captains this .563, 4 TD .525, 9 TD year. Christian Searles, an All-America began with charter members Butler, Dayton, Rushing Rushing kick returner , is UD’s special teams captain. Drake, Evansville, San Diego and Valparaiso. Tucker Yinger Marcellus Calhoun • UD’s 113-36 record is the best in PFL history. 168 for 876 yards, 4 TD 107 for 337 yards, 4 TD 2017 SCHEDULE SCOUTING THE RED FOXES Receiving Receiving SEPTEMBER • Marist comes to Dayton after a “bye week.” Adam Trautman Juston Christian 2 @ Robert Morris L, 13-10 35 rec., 10.1 avg., 3 TD 46 rec., 15.4 avg., 3 TD Marist has won its last four games coming off a bye week. The Red Foxes have lost their last 9 SEMO W, 25-23 Defense Defense three games. 16 DUQUESNE L, 28-23 David Leisring Wes Beans • Marist is led by four captains -- running back 23 @ Morehead State* L, 34-28 78 hits, 50 solo, 4 INT, 56 hits, 33 solo. 3 PBU, Marcellus Calhoun, linebacker Ruben Avalos, 7 PBU, 2.0 TFL 1 Forced Fumble 30 SAN DIEGO* L, 23-7 safety Wes Beans and quarterback Mike White. • Calhoun leads the team in rushing (377 yards) OCTOBER and touchdowns (4). DAYTON 7 @ Drake* W, 20-10 Head Coach: Rick Chamberlin (UD ‘80) • Beans and Avalos are 1-2 in tackles for Marist 14 CAMPBELL* L, 17-7 Record at UD: 78-32 (10th year) (56 and 42 respectively). Beans is also tops in solo hits (33) and passes broken up (3). Avalos 21 @ Davidson* W, 48-22 MARIST lls the stat sheet with 3.5 TFL, one sack, 1 28 BUTLER* W, 27-22 Head Coach: Jim Parady (Maine ‘83) fumble forced and one fumble recovered. NOVEMBER Record at Marist: 132-137-1 (26th year) • White is Marist’s career leader in passing yards and completions with 25 career starts 4 MARIST* 1 p.m. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK under his belt. This season, he is 147 of 280 11 @ Valparaiso* 2 p.m. Off. - - Ben Gauthier, Junior OT / Avon, Ohio passing (.563) for 1,635 yards. He has thrown Def. - - Tim Simon, , RS Freshman S / Morton Grove, Ill. nine TD passes to six different receivers. * Pioneer Football League Special Teams - - Ryan Skibinski, Freshman WR / Geneva, Ill. • White’s favorite target is wideout Juston Home Games in ALL CAPS Scout (O) -- Jack Cook, Freshman QB/ Cranberry Township, Pa. Christian, who leads the PFL in receptions (5.8) Times are ET and Subject to Change Scout (D) -- Parker Getz, Freshman DT / Bexley, Ohio and is second in receiving yards per game Scout (ST) -- Nate Obringer, Freshman DE / Lebanon, Ohio Hammer -- Jack Crain, RS Senior LB / Lisle, Ill. (88.4). • Marist has been outscored 73-10 in the rst quarter this season, but is outscoring opponents 72-51 in the fourth. PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 THE MAN AT THE TOP 5 FLYERS ON PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAM • Rick Chamberlin is now in his tenth season • UD had ve players named this year’s All- Pioneer Football League in charge of the Flyer football program. His PFL team three on defense, one on special Standings record is 78-32. teams and one on offense. They were: (As of October 28) • He is third all-time in wins at Dayton, behind • Senior cornerback Christian Searles was PFL Overall two members of the College Football Hall one of two repeat selections for UD. Searles Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. of Fame -- Mike Kelly (246 wins) and Harry was tied for second in the PFL in interceptions San Diego 5-0 1.000 6-2 .760 Baujan (124). (5) and was third in passes defended (16) a Drake 4-1 .800 5-3 .625 • After coaching the Flyers to the FCS playoffs year ago. The two-time First Team All-PFL Campbell 4-2 .667 5-4 .556 in 2015, Chamberlin was named the 2015 cornerback was in on 36 tackles, with 25 of Jacksonville 3-2 .600 5-3 .625 Valparaiso 3-2 .600 4-4 .500 AFCA District Coach of the Year and the PFL the solo variety. His three interceptions at Dayton 3-3 .500 4-5 .444 Coach of the Year. He was the school’s rst Jacksonville last year tied the Flyer single- Butler 3-3 .500 5-4 .556 AFCA District Coach of the Year, and his PFL game record. Marist 2-3 .400 3-5 .375 honor was the ninth for a Dayton coach. • Linebacker Jack Crain was a Second Team Morehead State 2-4 .333 3-6 .333 • Chamberlin is also in his 43rd season as All-PFL pick in 2016. Crain has played in Stetson 1-5 .167 2-7 .222 part of the Flyer football program. A Flyer All- every game for the last three years (34 Davidson 0-5 .000 2-6 .250 American linebacker in his playing days, he games). In that time he has accumulated 216 has been a part of 372 of UD’s 662 wins – 26 tackles, including 79 last season, good for as a player, 268 as an assistant coach, and 78 third on the team. He is also a two-time First as a head coach. He has also been a part of Team Academic All-PFL selection. Dayton’s Record When... 480 of UD’s 1,065 games. • Nick Surges, like Crain, was Second Team • The Spring eld, Ohio native is the 23rd All-PFL last season. Surges was second in the Leading after 1st Quarter 3-1 Trailing after 1st Quarter 1-1 head football coach since the program began PFL in sacks per game (0.77 per game) from Tied after 1st Quarter 0-3 in 1905. He is the rst of the 11 modern era his defensive end position. He had 46 tackles, coaches to have lettered for the Flyers, and the 12.0 TFL (second on the team) and a pass Leading at Halftime 2-2 second to be a graduate of the University of batted down, with team highs in quarterback Trailing at Halftime 1-2 Dayton (Pete Ankney was the rst alum when hurries (8) and fumbles forced (2). Tied at Halftime 1-1 he coached in 1963 and 1964). • Dayton averaged a Pioneer Football League- • Chamberlin, 60, had been on the Flyer best 5.1 yards per carry in 2016, and one of Leading after the 3rd Quarter 2-1 coaching staff for 29 seasons before being the reasons was the play of Ben Gauthier at Trailing after the 3rd Quarter 2-2 named head coach.