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GAMEDAY INFORMATION DAYTON GAME 3 DATE - Saturday, Sept. 21 - 1 p.m. ET Welcome Stadium -- Dayton, Ohio DAYTON DUQUESNE MEDIA INFORMATION Radio - NewsTalk1290WHIO FLYERS DUKES Larry Hansgen & Mike Kelly vs Video - Facebook Live Alex Mikos & Jared Phillips Live Stats, Audio & Video Stream: TEAM COMPARISON DaytonFlyers.com GOOD NEWS WORTH REPEATING DAYTON DUQUESNE The Flyers entered the season with the fi fth-best Fast Facts Record 2-0, 0-0 PFL 1-1, 0-0 NEC winning percentage (.733, 154-56) in FCS football Points/Gm 38.0/33.0 29.0/18.5 since 2000 AND have produced the most football Rush Yds/Gm 165.0/261.5 176.5/107.5 Academic All-Americans (31) at any level of The University of Dayton closes out the non- Pass Yds/Gm 244.5/214.5 158.5/117.5 competition in the same time frame. The top fi ve conference schedule against NEC preseason Total Off/Gm 409.5/476.0 335.0/225.0 in winning percentage are North Dakota State favorite Duquesne Saturday. Possession Time 28:59/31:01 29:29/30:31 (.792), Harvard (.772), Montana (.744), San Diego (.742) and Dayton (.733). The Dukes will be the third scholarship SERIES STUFF program Dayton will face this season. • Duquesne leads the series 10-6, has won three straight and seven of the last games between the two teams. STREAKING •The Dukes won last year in Pittsburgh 31-26 on Sept. 15. UD has not been shut out in a school-record 478 The Flyers are one of eight teams who • Duquesne won the last meeting at Welcome Stadium 28-23 straight games, the best such active string in all are still undefeated in FCS football after on Sept. 16, 2017. of . The last team to shut out the upsetting 14th-ranked Indiana State 42-35 •The two teams fi rst met in 1920. Flyers was Marshall, 9-0, on Oct. 16, 1976. That and edging Robert Morris 34-31 on the road. •This is the 12th consecutive year they have played. is also the all-time FCS record. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Freshman kicker Sam Webster was the PFL PFL POWER Player of the Week after making all of his DAYTON DUQUESNE • The Pioneer Football League is in its 27th kicks, and scoring 10 points in the three-point Passing Passing season. The original (and now the only) Jack Cook Daniel Parr win. His 53-yard FG was third-longest in UD Division I strictly need-based football league 34-55-1, 489 yards, 22-40-3, 242 yards, .550, history. began with charter members Butler, Dayton, .618, 4 TD 3 TD Drake, Evansville, San Diego and Valparaiso. College Sports Madness named Tim Simon Rushing Rushing • UD’s 123-45 record is the best in PFL history. its PFL Defensive Player of the Week. Sean Prophit A.J. Hines • The Flyers’ 12 league championships are more 34 for 185 yds, 2 TD 28 for 140 yards, 2 TD than any other PFL team. 2019 SCHEDULE Receiving Receiving SEPTEMBER SCOUTING THE DUKES Adam Trautman Kellon Taylor • This is the second of three straight road 7 @ Indiana State W, 42-35 16 rec., 13.4 avg., 1 TD 11 rec., 9.2 avg., 0 TD games for Duquesne. Last week, DU lost at 14 @ Robert Morris W, 34-31 Youngstown State 34-14, propelling YSU into Defense Defense 21 DUQUESNE 1 pm ET Brandon Easterling Chris Favaroso the FCS Top 25 rankings. • The Dukes are the defending Northeast OCTOBER 24hits, 14 solo, 1 TFL, 13 hits, 7 solo, 2.5 sacks, 1 PBU 3 QBH Conference champion, played in the 2018 FCS 5 JACKSONVILLE* Noon ET playoffs and won their fi rst round game. 12 @ Valparaiso* 2 pm ET • Duquesne is the preseason pick to fi nish fi rst DDAYTONAYTON 19 @ Stetson* 1 pm ET in the NEC this year. HHeadead CCoach:oach: RRickick CChamberlinhamberlin ((UDUD ‘‘80)80) • DU is a led by senior running back A.J. Hines, 26 SAN DIEGO* Noon ET RRecordecord aatt UUD:D: 887-387-38 (12th(12th year)year) and All-American who is top active performer NOVEMBER in FCS football in eight statistical categories, DUQUESNE 2 @ Morehead State* 1 pm ET : Jerry Schmitt (Westminster ‘83) including rushing yards (3,989), yards per game (117.3) and rushing touchdowns (40). 9 MARIST* 1 pm ET Record at Duquesne: 93-63 (15th year) • Daniel Parr returns for his second 16 @ Drake* 2 pm ET PLAYERS OF THE WEEK year as a starter after tranferrng from FAU. Last 23 BUTLER* 1 pm ET Off. -- Michael Niese, Senior OG, Chesterfi eld, Mo. season he was 188 of 311 (.605) for 2,447 yards Def. -- Brandon Easterling, Junior S, Fairborn, Ohio and 20 touchdowns. * Pioneer Football League Special Team -- Sam Webster, Freshman K, Richfi eld , Ohio • All-NEC nose guard Kam Carter returns for Home Games in ALL CAPS Scout (O) -- Turner Cook, Senior WR, Chesterfi eld, Mo. the Duke D, as does All-NEC linebacker Brett Times are ET and Subject to Change Scout (D) -- Logan Tate, R-Freshman CB, Gambier, Ohio Zanotto, but so far in 2018 linebacker Chris Scout (ST) -- Sam Bubonics, Freshman WR, Solon, Ohio Favoroso has led the way with 13 tackles (7 Hammer -- Cole Kaparos, Senior RB, Upper Arlington, Ohio solo), 2.5 sacks and three quarterback hurries. • All-conference punter/kicker Mitch MacZura also returns after a record-setting junior season.

PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 THE MAN AT THE TOP 3 FLYERS ON PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAM • is now in his 12th season in • The University of Dayton had three Flyers Pioneer Football League charge of Flyer football. His record is 87-38. named Preseason All-PFL. Standings • He is third all-time in wins at UD, behind two • They were Flyer Andrew Lutgens, offensive College Football Hall of Fame members-- Mike guard Michael Niese and tight end Adam PFL Overall Kelly (246 wins) and (124). Trautman. Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. • After coaching the Flyers to the FCS playoffs • Lutgens redshirted his fi rst year on campus, Marist 1-0 1.000 1-1 .500 in 2015, Chamberlin was named the 2015 but immediately moved into the starting Davidson 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 AFCA District Coach of the Year and the PFL lineup in 2017. He has started all 22 games Dayton 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000 Coach of the Year. He was the school’s fi rst of his college career at “Flyer”, UD’s hybrid Morehead State 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 AFCA District Coach of the Year, and his PFL defensive back/linebacker position. Last Jacksonville 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Butler 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 honor was the ninth for a Dayton coach. season he was named First Team All-Pioneer San Diego 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 • Chamberlin is also in his 45th season as Football League. He was third on the team in Valparaiso 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 part of the Flyer football program. A Flyer All- total tackles (68) and solo tackles (37), and he Drake 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 American linebacker in his playing days, he led Dayton in tackles behind the line (10). Stetson 0-1 .000 1-1 .500 has been a part of 381 of UD’s 681 wins – 26 as • Niese started all 11 games for Dayton last a player, 268 as an assistant coach, and 87 as season. A two-year starter, he was one of the a head coach. He has also been a part of 495 mainstays on the O-line that paved the way of UD’s 1,029 games. for Tucker Yinger’s back-to-back 1,000 yard • The Springfi eld, Ohio native is the 23rd seasons that were the fi rst in Flyer football Dayton’s Record In 2019 When... head football coach since the program began history. Niese was Honorable Mention All-PFL in 1905. He is the fi rst of the 11 modern era in 2018. Leading• after 1st Quarter 1-0 Trailing after 1st Quarter 0-0 coaches to have lettered for the Flyers, and the • Trautman has been named a Preseason Tied after 1st Quarter 1-0 second to be a graduate of the University of All-America Tight End by two different media Dayton (Pete Ankney was the fi rst alum when outlets. Phil Steele’s College Football has him Leading at Halftime 2-0 he coached in 1963 and 1964). on the second team, while STATS hash him Trailing at Halftime 0-0 • Chamberlin, 61, had been on the Flyer on the third team. STATS has also named him Tied at Halftime 0-0 coaching staff for 29 seasons before being to the Award Watch List (the named head coach. First as linebackers Payton Award goes to the top offensive player Leading after the 3rd Quarter 2-0 coach and then as defensive coordinator, in FCS football), while Phil Steele’s College Trailing after the 3rd Quarter 0-0 Chamberlin helped mold the Dayton D’s Football projects him to be the PFL Offensive Tied after the 3rd Quarter 0-0 reputation for its preparation and execution. Player of the Year. • A four-year letterwinner (1975-78) for the Scoring First 0-0 Opponents Score First 2-0 Flyers, Chamberlin is the Flyer career record JACKED UP in tackles with 419. • Redshirt sophomore quarterback Jack More Total Yards than Opponent 0-0 • He was named to the Football Coaches Cook was named to the HERO Sports FCS Less Total Yards than Opponent 2-0 Association Small College All-America Freshman All-America Team and was also the team as a senior. Chamberlin was the third Pioneer Football League’s Freshman Offensive Winning the Turnover Battle 1-0 Dayton player to be named a First Team All- Player of the Year in 2018. Losing the Turnover Battle 0-0 American, but the fi rst defensive player. He • He was thrust into the starting quarterback joined the UD Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989. role after redshirt senior and four-year starter Games Decided by 3 Points or Less 1-0 Alex Jeske tore his ACL in the fi rst quarter of Games Decided by 4-7 Points 1-0 THE MAN AT THE TOP IN THE PFL the season’s fi rst game. Cook’s fi rst two starts Games Decided by 8-14 Points 0-0 Games Decided by 15 points or More 0-0 • Rick Chamberlin is the winningest coach in came against teams that not only reached the Pioneer Football League history, with 63 wins. FCS playoffs last season, but they both won • No other PFL coaches have 60 league wins. their fi rst-round game. • Cook led all FCS freshmen in passing Around the PFL CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS effi ciency (155.5, 8th overall) and was ranked • The Flyer co-captains for the 2019 season third among all FCS freshmen in passing Saturday, Sept. 21 are Flyer Andrew Lutgens and tight end Adam yardage (2,421) and passing touchdowns (20). Trautman. • He was 170 of 280 passing (.607) for Cornell at Marist 12 Noon • Lutgens redshirted his fi rst year on campus, 2,421 yards and 20 touchdowns (with just but immediately moved into the starting two interceptions) for the year. Both of his lineup in 2017. He has started all 22 games interceptions were in late-game desperation Duquesne at DAYTON 1 p.m. of his college career at “Flyer”, UD’s hybrid downfi eld situations. The yardage was defensive back/linebacker position. Last the second-best single-season mark in UD Dartmouth at Jackonville 1 p.m. season he was named First Team All-Pioneer history, and the passing TD’s were third. Football League. He was third on the team in • Cook was also Dayton’s second-leading Harvard at San Diego 4 p.m. total tackles (68) and solo tackles (37), and he rusher, with 421 net yards on 91 attempts. (4.6 led Dayton in tackles behind the line (10). avg.). He ran for eight touchdowns. • Trautman has been named a Preseason • In the PFL, Cook was fourth in total offense Butler at Princeton 5 p.m. All-America Tight End by two different media per game (258.5). The next closest freshman outlets. Phil Steele’s College Football has him was Stetson RB Jareem Westcott at 78.2. Davidson at Campbell 6 p.m. on the second team, while STATS hash him Cook was also fi fth in passing yards (220.2) on the third team. STATS has also named him behind then-seniors Anthony Lawrence Western New England at Stetson 6 p.m. to the Walter Payton Award Watch List (the of USD, Colin McGovern of Stetson, Grant Payton Award goes to the top offensive player Kraemer of Drake and Will Marty of Butler. Morehead State at Murray State 7 p.m. in FCS football), while Phil Steele’s College • He is on the 2019 College Football Football projects him to be the PFL Offensive Performance FCS Performer of the Year Award Player of the Year. Watch List. Valparaiso at Truman State 8 p.m.

PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 COOKIN’ HITTING THE SLOPES PAYDIRT • Jack Cook was 21 of 29 passing (.724), for • Ryan Skibinski is second on the team with • Redshirt sophomore running back Richie 251 yards and two TDs in the win over 14th- six catches (19.8 avg.) with a TD. Warfi eld led UD with 13 touchdowns last season, ranked Indiana State. He also ran 13 times for • Skibinski had three catches for 49 yards in which was second among PFL freshmen. 52 yards and two more scores. the Indiana State win. • His 13 scores are also tied for third by a • With the score tied in the fourth quarter, • He was second on the team in receiving with freshman in FCS football. Cook engineered a 10-play, 85-yard drive for 33 catches (15.1 avg.) in 2018. • Five TD’s was the most for any Dayton player the winning touchdown. He completed all four • Ski was also second on the team in over 11 games in 2017, and Warfi eld had that in of his passes on the drive for 48 yards, and receptions in 2017 (29 for 15.3 avg.). three games in 2018, which was his fi rst three each of his runs in the drive resulted in a fi rst • He led UD with a Flyer freshman-record 40 college games. down. receptions in 2016. • He was named the PFL Player of the Week. OVERACHIEVER • For the season, Cook is 34 of 55 passing THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT • How many walkons can say they made their (.618) for 489 yards and four touchdowns. • Both Adam Trautman and Ryan Skibinski fi rst collegiate catch, fi rst collegiate touchdown are ahead of the pace to threaten the Dayton and fi rst collegiate penalty on the same play? RECORD COOK career receptions record. • H-Back Andrew Holderer can. He made a • Cook had two record-breaking days last • Bill Franks currently holds the record of 133 sliding catch out of a goal-line formation in season. At San Diego, Cook threw for a catches from 1988-91. the second quarter at Indiana State to give UD-record 432 yards (29 of 40, .725) and • After three seasons Trautman has 124 and UD its fi rst two-touchdown lead, and when had a hand in all fi ve Flyer TD’s (4 passing, 1 Skibinski has 108. his teammates swarmed him, he threw rushing). • (Full disclosure, the title of this note is not the ball down for a legit, if somewhat weak, • At Butler, he tied his current position coach, accurate. While Adam Trautman is the tallest unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Kevin Hoyng, for the UD record for touchdown player on the team, Ryan Skibinski is nowhere passes in a game (5). Cook completed 16 of 19 close to being the shortest player.) FREQUENT FLYER passes for 254 yards in that game. • Andrew Lutgens plays the “Flyer” position, UD’s NO BUTZ hybrid safety-linebacker position. TRAUT FISHING IN AMERICA • Kyle Butz is UD’s Special Teams captain this • He was third at UD with 68 tackles and led the • Adam Trautman has been named a season, after leading the PFL in punt returns Flyers with 10 TFL (also third in PFL). Preseason All-America Tight End by two (11.9) last year. • In 2017, his fi rst season of college football, he different media outlets. Phil Steele’s College • Butz’s value is not just the yardage he gains was the only Dayton player to make a mark in all Football has him on the second team, while on returns, but what he prevents by getting to 11 defensive statistical categories. STATS hash him on the third team. bouncing punts before they roll past. • STATS has also named him to the Walter • He was third for the Flyers in receiving with SIMPLY SIMON Payton Award Watch List (the Payton Award 27 catches for a 12.6 average. • Senior safety Tim Simon was the Pioneer goes to the top offensive player in FCS • Butz had three receptions for 25 yards in the Football League Player of the Week vs. Indiana football). win over 14th-ranked Indiana State. State after getting in on 11 tackles (6 solo), an • Phil Steele’s College Football projects him to interception, two other passes broken up and be the PFL Offensive Player of the Year. YARDS AFTER CATCH 0.5 TFL. • He opened 2019 with a career-high 11 • Dayton returns six of the eight pass catchers • His red-zone interception and 64-yard return catches (third-best ever for UD) for 132 yards who averaged at least 12.0 yards-per-catch with just over two minutes to go sealed the win at Indiana State. from a year ago. at Robert Morris. • His team-leading 16 catches this year are 10 • The fi rst two were admittedly from small • His 1.0 picks per game are tied for the FCS lead. more than anyone else on the team. sample sizes -- Sean Prophit (2 catches, 23.0) • This year, Simon is second on the team in • Last year, Trautman led UD in receptions and Jake Chisholm (1 catch, 20.0) -- but the tackles (19, 11 solo), with two interceptions and (41) and TD catches (9). He had a 14.7 yards three primary receivers are certainly legit -- three passes broken up. per catch average. Adam Trautman (41, 14.7), Ryan Skibinski (33, • He was second for UD in tackles last season • He tied the UD record for TD catches in a 15.1) and Kyle Butz (27, 12.6). Richie Warfi eld (75) and solo hits (41). game with three at Butler (all three of his caught fi ve passes for a 13.0 yard average. • He played in 10 games in 2017, but did not see receptions). • This season, UD has had seven players catch any action on defense until the Drake game • In 2017, he led Dayton in receptions with 43 passes, and only Richie Warfi eld (9.0 avg.) is (game 6) when he subbed in for David Leisring, (12.5 yards per catch). not averaging at least 12.0 yards per catch. intercepted two passes and was named PFL • He was third on the team in receptions with Defensive Player of the Week. 24 (9.9 avg.) in 2016. TO SERVE AND PROTECT • Three weeks later, he started for Reagan Malas • Those 24 catches were more than the • The Dayton offensive line is seventh in FCS against Butler and led UD with 12 hits and had previous freshman record (18), but Ryan for TFLs allowed (3.5 per game). an interception. Skibinski was in the process of setting a new • The Flyer O-line has allowed just two sacks • He had another pick in the Marist win and was record with 40. in 2019. tied with David Leisring for second in the PFL in • Trautman lined up at tight end, slot receiver, • Offensive guard Michael Niese was UD’s interceptions per game (0.41). fl anker and even as a wildcat QB in 2016. Offensive Player of the Week at Robert Morris. • His Elk Rapids (Michigan) high school team EASTER BONNET had 18 players on it his junior year, and 21 in OPERATING AT A PROPHIT •Brandon Easterling was UD’s top tackler at ISU, his senior season. • Senior Sean Prophit scored three putting his hat on 13 Sycamores (5 solo). He touchdowns -- two rushing, one receiving -- at also had a pass broken up. Indiana State. • At Robert Morris, he led again with 11 tackles • He was UD’s leading ground gainer in the and nine solo hits. opener, with 65 yards on 13 carries. • His 12.0 tackles per game and 7.0 solo tackles • At Robert Morris, he played all 59 offensive lead the PFL. plays, with a career-high 21 carries for a • Easterling is fi fth nationally in tackles per career-high 120 yards. game.

PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 ZACH ATTACK WELCOME MAT MAJOR FACTOR • Redshirt freshman Flyer Zach Rumpke was • UD moved to Welcome Stadium in 1974. • Of the 102 UD football players in camp, 52 are an unexpected hero in UD’s win at Indiana • The word “Welcome” implies hospitality, but in the School of Business. 24 are in Engineering, State. UD has been anything but to its opponents at 10 are in the School of Education, and seven •Playing in his fi rst college game and subbing home, where it is 230-51-2 (.816). more are on a medical track. in for injured senior captain Andrew Lutgens, • The “Welcome” is not a greeting, but an Rumpke had eight tackles and the game- honor to the late Percival Welcome, longtime DAYTON AND THE CAMPBELL TROPHY clinching interception with 18 seconds left. AD for the Dayton Public Schools. • Among D-I schools, UD is one of just two institutions with a semifi nalist for the National SLAMMIN‘ SAMMY THE BOSS GOT BUSIER Football Foundation’s Campbell Trophy, the • True freshman Sam Webster has made an • UD Vice-President and Director of Athletics major award of the NFF’s Scholar-Athlete Award immediate impact in the UD kicking game. Neil Sullivan added more to his plate in the fall program (aka, the Academic Heisman) in the • He was 6-for-6 in PAT’s in his college debut of 2017 when he was named to the Advisory last 13 years. The other school is Bucknell. at 14th-ranked Indiana State. Committee for FCS Football’s Central Region. • In 2016, Flyer linebacker Christopher • At Robert Morris, his very fi rst college fi eld Beaschler was a national fi nalist for the goal was a 53-yarder that was the third 600 CLUB Campbell Trophy. longest in Flyer history, the longest by a • The Flyers were the 11th NCAA FCS team • Beaschler and the 11 other fi nalists were freshman, and the second-longest so far in (and the fi rst west of the Alleghenies) to win honored at the NFF awards banquet at New 2019. 600 games in its football history when they York’s Waldorf Astoria on Dec. 6, 2016. • He scored 10 points in the three-point win reached that milestone in 2008. • In 2007, safety Brandon Cramer was one of 15 at RMU, and was named PFL Special Teams • The 22 members of the club, going into the fi nalists for the trophy. Player of the Week. 2019 season are: Yale (907), Harvard (875), • As fi nalists, Beaschler and Cramer earned an • For the season, Webster is 2-for-2 on fi eld Penn (856), Princeton (832), North Dakota $18,000 post-graduate scholarship. goals, 10-for-10 on PATs, and fi ve of his six State (725), Dartmouth (706), Delaware (696), • Cramer was also the 2007 Division I football kickoffs have been touchbacks. Lehigh (694), Dayton (676), Lafayette (678), Academic All-American of the Year. Northern Iowa (670), Colgate (656), North • Safety Tim Simon is this year’s Flyer nominee CHISHOLM TRAIL Dakota (650), Cornell (644), Holy Cross (632), for Campbell Trophy. • Jake Chisholm returned four kickoffs a 36.2 Villanova (622), Drake (621), Brown (613), yard average at Indiana State, which would Furman (608), Eastern Kentucky (602), South DAYTON AND THE HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY lead the PFL if he played last week. • The National Football Foundation has an Dakota State (601) and Bucknell (601), • He also had seven carries for 43 yards at ISU. initiative that honors seniors who complete • Of the Top Ten 600 Club members, UD has • In addition to Kyle Butz leading the PFL in their college careers with a minimum GPA of 3.2. played the fewest seasons (111, 14 fewer than punt return average in 2018, Jake Chisholm It is known as the Hampshire Society. North Dakota State). was fi fth (and the top freshman) in PFL kickoff • Dayton had 12 players named last spring to the • Dayton is one of fi ve schools to be ranked in return average (21 returns, 22.0 avg.). Hampshire Society. the top 10 in wins and winning percentage. • His fi rst touch on offense in 2018 went for a • UD is one of 20 schools who have had at least 20-yard pass reception. one member of the Hampshire Society in its SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM 12-year existence, and the 122 Flyers who are • In the last 18 years, the University of Dayton FCS NUMBERS members are second in all of college football to football program has produced 31 Academic • Tim Simon leads FCS football in passes only Brown’s 152. All-Americans, the most of any college team. defended (2.5) and interceptions (1.0, one of • Last season, UD had two -- Tucker Yinger six tied). BRANDEIS AMONG 1,439 GRADS IN COLLEGE was named to the fi rst team, and David • Brandon Easterling is tied for fi fth in tackles FOOTBALL Leisring to the second team. per game (12.0) and seventh in solo hits (7.0). • Defensive tackle Matthew Brandeis is one of • Leisring and Yinger were named in 2016, • Adam Trautman is seventh in receptions per just 1,439 football playing student-athletes (out 2017 and 2018. game (8.0) and ninth in yardage (107.0). of approximately 70,000 players) who have • It was the third straight year Dayton has • Jack Cook is eighth in points responsible for already earned their undergraduate degrees. tied for the most Division I Academic All- (21.0). • He is pursuing his MBA after graduating with a Americans. UD was one of 11 schools to have degree in Marketing. two Division I Academic All-Americans in PFL NUMBERS 2018. In 2017, the Flyers were one of three • Adam Trautman leads the PFL in receptions FLYER FAMILY schools to have three, and 2016, one of two per game (8.0), and receiving yardage (107.0). • The Flyers have two sets of brothers on the schools to have three. • Sam Webster leads in kick scoring (8.0). team this season -- Joe/Sam Bubonics, and • In the history of the Academic All-America • Tim Simon leads in passes defended (2.5) Adam/Alec Trautman. program, UD football has had 61 Academic and interceptions (1.0, one of two tied). He is • In addition, fi ve current members of the Flyer All-Americans. also tied for third in tackles (9.5). football team have relatives who also played • Among schools playing Division I football, • Brandon Easterling is fi rst in tackles per for UD in the past. They are Drake Yinger only Nebraska (107) and Penn State (65) have game (12.0) and solo hits (7.0). (Mitch, 2010,-14 and Tucker, 2014-18), Jack had more. The Flyers are tied with Notre • Kyle Finnick and Mike Stodola are two of the Schell (dad Chris, 1985-88 and uncle Hans, Dame at 61. Ohio State (55) and Oklahoma nine tied for fi rst in fumbles forced (0.5). 1990-91), Michael Drobnick (uncle Ed, 1991-92) (52) are next. • Jack Cook is second in passing yardage Mark Rumpke (dad Rob, 1976-78) and Niko • Twelve Flyers (11 starters) were nominated (244.5), total offense (286.5) and passing DiGirolamo (dad Paul Kasprzycki, 1973-76). for Academic All-America in 2018. effi ciency (156.9), and third in completion • The Flyers also had 79 players on the 2018 percentage (.618). PFL Academic Honor Roll, the most in the PFL for the 24th time in the 26-year history of the league. It was also the 12th straight season UD had the most players on the honor roll. • Dayton’s current 992 APR score is the best in the PFL (for the sixth consecutive year), the best in Ohio and tied for eighth in the nation.

PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 STATS DON’T LIE PHLYER PHONETICS • UD has won 15 of the last 16 games it has Bobek BOE-beck also won the turnover battle with its opponent. Brandeis BRAN-dice • UD’s 5-6 record in 2017 included four losses Costantino Koss-tan-TEE-know by a total of 15 points. Niko DiGiroloma NEE-koe Dee-jurr-OH-lah-moe • UD’s 6-5 record in 2018 included three Doneghy Donn-uh-HIGH losses to teams that made the playoffs, two by Fanelli Fun-ELL-ee a total of six points. Ferrick FAIR-ick • Dayton’s six wins last season came when the Jacon-Duffy Jay-CONN-Duffy Flyers scored 38 points or more. Hazzell Like “Hazel”nut • The six games of 38 points or more in 2018 Harkelroad HARK-ell-road were as many as UD had in the previous four Hegewald HEGG-uh-wald seasons combined. Kaparos KAPP-uh-roas Karem Care-um HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Laake Like “Lackey” • While college football is playing its Lenti LEN-tee sesquicentennial season, The NFL is Lutgens LOO-chens celebrating 100 seasons of professional Melaragno Mell-uh-RON-yo football this year. Moews Mays • It is interesting to note that the fi rst NFL Mysliwiec MIZZ-ull-wick game was played between the Dayton Nieman NEE-mun Triangles and the Columbus Panhandles at Niese Neese Triangle Park, just four miles from the UD Pipoly Pipp-OH-lee campus. Ricobene REE-co-bean • Two Dayton football alums (Norm Roell Rell Sacksteder and Red Werder) played in that Rumpke RUMM(p)-key game for the Triangles. Schadek Shad-UCK Sciaretti Shuh-RETT-ee SUPER STAT Skalitzky Skah-LITTS-key • When Jon Gruden coached the Tampa Bay Specht SPEKT Bucs to the 2003 win, he became Stauffer Stoffer the second UD grad to coach a Super Bowl Stodola Stuh-DOE-lah winner. Former UD co-captain Chuck Noll Tkatch Catch won four as coach of the Steelers. VanSchelven Van-SKELL-ven • UD became only the third school (now there Waldoch WALL-dock are four) to have two alumni coach Super Bowl winners. The others are San Jose State (Bill Walsh and Dick Vermeil), Arkansas (Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer), and Eastern Illinois (Mike Shanahan and Sean Payton). • As a matter of fact, UD has ties to 22 Super Bowl rings. In addition to Noll’s four and Gruden’s one, seven former members of Dayton coaching staff own a total of 16 Super Bowl rings between them. They are the late Len Fontes (, Super Bowl XXI), Jon’s father Jim Gruden (, Super Bowls XXII & XXIV), John McVay (49ers, XVI, XIX, XXII, & XXIV), Tom Moore (Pittsburgh Steelers, XIII & XIV), George Perles (Steelers, IX, X, XII & XIV), Joe Lombardi (New Orleans Saints, XLIV) and Scott Boyer (New England Patriots, XLIX, LI, LIII). McVay was the Flyers’ head coach from 1965-72. The others were UD assistants.

PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 PLAYERS TO WATCH ANDREW LUTGENS, FLYER MIKE STODOLA, DT 6-3, 205, Senior 6-1, 260, Sophomore JACK ALBERS, QB • 2019 team captain • Preseason Third Team All-PFL, according to 6-1, 179, R-Freshman • First Team Preseason All-PFL Phil Steele’s College Football • Has not yet seen action (Redshirted 2018) • Missed the RMU win with an injury • 2018 ROTC Cannonball Award winner, which • 2018 Dayton Scout Team Offensive Player of • Third on the team in total tackles (68) and goes to team’s top newcomer the Year solo tackles (37), and led Dayton in tackles • Was originally slated to redshirt 2018, but • PFL Honor Roll behind the line (10) in 2018 could not keep him off the fi eld • Three-year captain in high school • Had at least one stat in all 11 standard • Was third on the team in sacks (3.5) and TFL • Quarterbacked Louisville St. Xavier to 2017 categories as a RS freshman in 2017 (5.5) state championship • Led team with 2 sacks and 7.0 TFL in 2017 • PFL Academic Honor Roll • Also had 2 picks, 4 PBU, a fumble forced and KYLE BUTZ, WR one recovered, and blocked a kick in 2017 ADAM TRAUTMAN, TE 5-9, 175, Senior CAREER HIGH: 11 tackles (Butler 17) 6-6, 253, R-Senior • 2019 Special Teams Captain • Needs nine catches to tie Bill Franks’ Dayton • Phil Steele’s pick for Preseason First Team MICHAEL NIESE career receptions record of 133 All-PFL punt returner 6-5, 273, Senior • Preseason FCS All-America by two different • Led the PFL and was ninth in FCS football in • 2019 Preseason First Team All-PFL media outlets punt returns (11.9 avg.) • UD Offensive Player of the Week vs. RMU • Phil Steele has him on the second team • Third on the team in receiving in 2018 (27 • Two-year starter • STATS has him on the third team, and also on catches, 12.6 avg.) • One of the mainstays on the O-line that the Watch List for the Walter Payton Award (top CAREER HIGHS: 7 rec. for 73 yds. (SEMO 18), paved the way for Tucker Yinger’s back-to- offensive player in the FCS football) Longest punt return--51 yds. (Valpo 18) back 1,000 yard seasons that were the fi rst in • Phil Steele also named him Preseason PFL Flyer football history. Offensive Player of the Year JACOB BRUNSON, OT • Two-time PFL Academic Honor Roll • First Team preseason All-PFL 6-3, 286, R-Sophomore • Member of state champion water polo teams • Caught 11 passes for 132 yards in the win at • Preseason Third Team All-PFL, according to as a junior and senior in high school 14th-ranked Indiana State Phil Steele’s College Football • Had 5 for 82 at Robert Morris •Started last fi ve games of 2018 after SEAN PROPHIT, RB • His 18 career TD catches are currently fourth, returning from injury 6-0, 198, Senior and are one behind Matt Champa’s tight end • High school captain, and was all-region • Played every offensive down and ran for 120 record. (Pat Hugar hold the UD record at 24) yards in the Robert Morris win • Team leader in 2018 with 41 catches for 604 JAKE CHISHOLM, RB • Third in the PFL in rushing (92.5 yards per) yards (14.7 avg.) and 9 TD 5-9, 182, Sophomore • Third on team in rushing in 11 games in 2018 • Had 25 catches in his last six games in 2018 • Had 5 carries for 50 yards (10.0 avg.) in 2018 (240 yards, 5.6 per carry, 1 TD) • Tied the school record with 3 touchdown • Leads PFL in kickoff average (36.2). • Second on the team in rushing in 2017 (283 receptions at Butler in 2018 • PFL Honor Roll yards, 5.4 yards per carry avg., 2 TD) • Led UD with 43 catches for 12.5 avg. in 2017 • Finished high school career with 4,763 • A knee injury cut his 2017season short after • Third on team in 2016 with 24 catches for a 9.9 rushing yards, 1,100 receiving yards, and 75 6 games, but played all 11 in 2018 yard-per-catch avg. touchdowns • Played in seven games with three starts as a • Has lined up at tight end, wideout, in the slot freshman, with 262 yards (4th on team) and as a wildcat QB at UD JACK COOK, QB CAREER HIGHS: 21 att., 120 yds. (RMU 19) • Was conference player of the year in high 6-0, 207, R-Sophomore school as a record-setting QB • On the 2019 College Football Performance TIM SIMON, S • Tallest player on the team at 6-foot-6 Award Player of the Year Watch List. 6-2, 202, Senior CAREER HIGHS: 11 rec. (Indiana State 19), 133 • Preseason Second Team All-PFL according • Preseason Third Team All-PFL according to yds. (Marist 17), 3 TD (Butler 18) to Phil Steele’s College Football Phil Steele’s College Football • 21 of 29 passing for 251 yards (2 TD) with 52 • Had 11 hits (6 solo) and interception and 2 SAM WEBSTER, K yards rushing in the win at #14 Indiana State PBU in the win at 14th-ranked Indiana State 5-10, 215, Freshman • 2018 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All- • Had eight tackles and the game-clinching • Leads PFL in kick scoring (8.0 ppg., 2-2 FG, 10- America Team intercpetion and 64-yard return at RMU 10 PAT), and is tied for seventh overall • Pioneer Football League’s Freshman • Second on team in tackles in 2018 (75 hits, • His fi rst college fi eld goal was a 53-yarder Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 41 solo) in 11 starts • That tied Greg French for the third-longest in • Led all FCS freshmen in passing effi ciency • Co-leader for UD with 4 interceptions in 2017 UD history, and is the longest by a freshman (155.5, 8th overall) and was ranked third • Subbed in for David Leisring (targeting • The 53-yarder is also the second-longest this among all FCS freshmen in passing yardage foul) at Drake in 2017 in the fi rst action from season in FCS football (2,421) and passing touchdowns (20). scrimmage of his career and intercepted 2 • Five of his six kickoffs have been touchbacks • Threw for a UD-record 432 yards (29-40) at CAREER HIGH: 15 tackles (Drake 18) 2 int. •Earned two letters in football and four in soccer San Diego. Passed for 4 TD and ran for 1 (Drake 17) at Revere High School • Against 2018 playoff teams, Cook was 71 of •Was First Team All-Ohio in football and 116 (.621) for 958 yards (319.1 avg.) with 6 TD RYAN SKIBINSKI, WR Honorable Mention All-Ohio in soccer as Revere • Tied a UD record with 5 TD passes at Butler 5-11, 180 Senior fi nished second in the state his senior year • STATS FCS National Frosh of the Week (SD) • Second on team in receptions in 2018 (33 • 2019 is the fi rst year he has not played soccer • 2017 Offensive Scout Player of the Year catches, 497 yards, 15.1 avg. 5 TD) since he was three years old • Team captain in football and basketball • Also second in 2017 (29, 443, 15.3, 2) CAREER HIGHS: 10 points (RMU 19), 2 FG (RMU • Second team All-Pennsylvania in football • Led UD with a freshman-record 40 19), 6 PAT (Indiana State 19); Long FG of 53 • State fi nalist runner in track receptions in 2016 yards (RMU 19) CAREER HIGHS: 29 comp. (San Diego 18), 48 • Has 102 career catches in 32 career games att. (SEMO 18), 432 yds. (San Diego 18), 5 TD CAREER HIGHS: 8 rec. (San Diego 2018), 135 (Butler 18) yds. (Butler (2018)

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PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 GAMEDAY DEPTH CHART -- VS. DUQUESNE

DAYTON DUQUESNE Off ense Off ense

WR 16 Sam Costan no (6-3, 205, Sr.) LT 60 Lyle Petrosky (6-4, 300, Jr.) 26 Billy Skalitzky (6-0, 185, Fr.) 77 Vincent Lumia (6-3, 285, Fr.) WR 80 Kyle Butz (5-9, 175, Sr.) LG 54 Zack Blystone (6-2, 295, Jr.) 4 Markus Hurd (5-10, 186, Sr.) 58 Eric Neill (6-3, 300, Fr.) OT 67 Jus n Karem (6-3, 256, Sr.) C 75 Gabe Spurlock (6-4, 295, Sr.) 53 Tim Roell (6-2, 262, R-Sr.) 74 Jus n Baker (6-3, 310, Jr.) OG 71 Nick Bart (6-2, 270, R-So.) RG 71 Ryan Johnson (6-4, 295, Fr.) 51 Ryan Harkleroad (6-4, 287, Sr.) 74 Jus n Baker (6-3. 310, Jr.) C 53 Tim Roell (6-2, 262, R-Sr.) RT 72 Sterling Jenkins (6-8, 310, Gr.) 62 Dom Sciarre (6-1, 266, Sr.) 63 Mark Weideman (6-3, 290, So.) OG 57 Michael Niese (6-5, 273, Sr.) TE 10 Jake Dixon (6-6, 245. Jr.) 61 Andrew Lordo (6-2, 251, R-So.) 84 Bill O’Malley (6-4, 240, Jr.) OT 72 Jacob Brunson (6-3, 286, R-So.) WR 15 Kareem Coles Jr. (6-1, 190, Sr.) 53 Tim Roell (6-2, 262, R-Sr.) 6 Dominic Thieman (6-3, 190, Jr.) TE 84 Adam Trautman (6-6, 253, R-Sr.) WR 5 Kellon Taylor (6-5, 220. Sr.) 88 Jay Vallie (6-3, 245, Sr.) 2 Aidan Cain (6-0, 170, So.) 38 Ma hew Young (6-2, 230, So.) 80 Davie Henderson (6-2, 175, So.) WR 3 Ryan Skibinski (5-11, 180, Sr.) FB 84 Bill O’Malley (6-4, 240, Jr.) 40 Derek Willits (6-3, 190, Fr.) 46 Kevin Lenz (6-2, 210, Jr.) RB 30 Sean Prophit (6-0, 198, Sr.) RB 32 A.J. Hines (5-11, 225, Sr.) 9 Cole Kaparos (6-0, 220, Sr.) 8 Mark Allen (5-7, 185, Gr.) 21 Tyler Vincent (5-10, 201, Sr.) QB 13 Daniel Parr (6-3, 210, Sr.) QB 10 Jack Cook (6-0, 207, R-So.) 7 Bre Brumbaugh (6-5, 235, Sr.) 11 Jack Albers (6-1, 179, R-Fr.) 8 Will Bobek (6-5, 215, R-Sr.)

H-Back 42 Andrew Rothstein (6-1, 228, Sr.)

Defense Defense

DE 90 Brennan Burdo (6-2, 230, Sr.) E 47 Mike O’Malley (6-2, 250, Sr.) 50 Nate Obringer (6-2, 234, RS Fr.) 29 Lucas D’Orazio (6-2, 230, So.) DT 94 Mike Stodola (6-1, 260, So.) N 93 Kam Carter (6-4, 295, Sr.) 56 Mar n Geary (6-3, 289, R-Fr.) 94 Maxi Hradecny (6-2, 300, So.) DT 96 Kyle Finnick (6-1, 255, R-Fr.) E 53 Chris an Boyd (6-3, 260, So.) 69 Ma hew Brandeis (6-4, 260, R-Sr.) 90 Jack Dawson (6-3, 280, So.) DE 91 Michael Newbold (6-4, 240, Sr.) S 11 Chris Favoroso (6-3, 240, Sr.) 65 Mason Stauff er (6-3, 240, R-Fr.) 33 Logan DeBoer (6-1, 235, Sr.) 83 Joe Durham (6-3, 239, R-Fr.) J 18 Bre Zano o (6-1, 215, Sr.) LB 47 Grant Dyer (6-2, 222, R-Fr.) 19 Connor Barre (6-1, 210, Fr.) 41 Danny Meehan (6-2, 21602, R-Fr.) M 38 Brendan Thompson (5-10, 220, Sr.) LB 35 Anthony Best (6-1, 202, R-So.) 52 Todd Hill (5-10, 225, Fr.) 44 Zach Pipoly (6-1, 222, Sr.) W 35 Tom Jurkovec (6-1, 225, Jr.) $$ 17 Zach Rumpke (6-0, 190, R-Fr.) 20 Jahan Worth (5-11, 240. So.) 6 Owen Smith 285-11, 197, R-Fr.) CB 3 Mason Williams (5-11, 185. Gr.) CB 28 A.J. Watson (5-11, 196, R-So.) 12 Ty Williams (5-11, 160. Fr.) 46 Chris an Kelly (5-8, 165, So.) FS 9 Harvey Clayton Jr. (6-2, 205, Jr.) CB 32 Sam Broom (5-11, 172, So.) 21 Mahlik Strozier (6-3, 195, Fr.) 37 Elijah Smith (6-0, 180, Fr.) SS 28 Spencer DeMedal (6-0, 200, Jr.) FS 31 Tim Simon (6-2, 202, Sr.) 24 Tim Lowery (6-0, 160, So.) 2 Drake Yinger (5-11, 187, Sr.) CB 27 Reid Harrison-Ducros (5-10, 185, Sr.) SS 24 Brandon Easterling (6-0, 203, Jr.) 16 Jassir Jordan (5-11, 175. Jr.) 14 Ma Cliff ord (6-1, 198, Sr.)

Specialists Specialists

P 87 Allan Waltz (6-1, 164, Jr.) P 98 Mitch MacZura (6-3, 200, Sr.) 47 Grant Dyer (6-2, 222, R-Fr.) 19 Connor Brennan (5-10, 180, So.) K 92 Sam Webster (5-10, 215, Fr.) K 98 Mitch MacZura (6-3, 200, Sr.) 97 Clayton Hamby (6-0, 187, Sr.) 91 Jacob Gill (5-10, 185, Jr.) HOLD 8 Will Bobek (6-5, 215, R-Sr.) 87 Zach Sterr (6-2, 230, Fr.) SNAP 38 Ma hew Young (6-2, 230, So.) HOLD 7 Bre Brumbaugh (6-5, 235, Sr.) 14 Ma Cliff ord (6-1, 198, RS So.) 98 Mitch MacZura (6-3, 200, Sr.) KO RET 3 Ryan Skibinski (5-11, 180, Sr.) SNAP 10 Jake Dixon (6-6, 245. Jr.) 80 Kyle Butz (5-9, 175, Sr.) 84 Bill O’Malley (6-4, 240, Jr.) P RET 80 Kyle Butz (5-9, 175, Sr.) KO RET 8 Mark Allen (5-7, 185, Gr.) 24 Brandon Easterling (6-0, 203, Jr.) 16 Jassir Jordan (5-11, 175. Jr.) P RET 15 Kareem Coles Jr. (6-1, 190, Sr.) 8 Mark Allen (5-7, 185, Gr.)

PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015