Hofstra Football, 2006
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regular season play since the start of the 1997 season. Hofstra has posted an 82-47-1 record over the last 130 regular season games. ON THIS DAY IN HOFSTRA FOOTBALL HISTORY: - The Pride is 1-2 on October 14 since 1956. Ironically, all three games have been on the road. Hofstra downed Fordham in 1995, 36-15. In 1967, Temple defeated the Pride, 35-23, while in 1978 Hofstra fell at C.W. Post, 41-0. HOFSTRA 1995 - Quarterback Kharon Brown passed for 289 yards and FOOTBALL, 2006 rushed for 96 more and Joe Wright (90) and Cedric Johnson GAME 6: (75) each had long interception returns for touchdowns to lead HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (2-3, 1-2) the Pride to a 36-15 victory at Fordham. The Pride jumped out at to a 30-0 lead on the way to their seventh victory in as many UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (2-3, 1-2) games. Saturday, October 14, 2006 – Noon Delaware Stadium -Newark, DE HOFSTRA'S STATISTICAL LEADERS - 5 GAMES RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD Television: None Kareem Huggins 65 308 4.7 3 Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7), Pregame show at 11:30 a.m. Terry Crenshaw 40 116 2.9 2 Greg Rice (play-by play) Scott Miller (color), A.J. Hall (sideline) PASSING (Eff.) GP Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD Internet: www.WRHU.org Anton Clarkson (119.9) 5 89-170-1 1156 6 2006 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD Aug. 31 at Stony Brook (FSNY) 17-8 W Shaine Smith 35 613 17.5 5 Sept. 9 at Marshall 31-54 L Charles Sullivan 18 207 11.5 0 Sept. 23 TOWSON* 30-33 L Kareem Huggins 9 58 6.4 0 Sept. 30 at William & Mary* (FSNY) 16-14 W Charles Brooks 7 127 18.1 0 Oct. 7 VILLANOVA* (FSNY) + 16-20 L Phil Riley 7 65 9.3 0 Oct. 14 at Delaware Noon Oct. 21 at Maine* 2:00 p.m. TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int Oct. 28 at New Hampshire* Noon Luke Bonus (LB) 14-26-50 0 0 Nov. 4 RHODE ISLAND* 1:00 p.m. Gian Villante (LB) 13-20-33 0.5 0 Nov. 11 NORTHEASTERN* 1:00 p.m. Manny Anderson (S) 9-20-29 0 0 Kyle Arrington (CB) 19-10-29 0 0 Nov. 18 at Massachusetts* Noon Chris Sebald (LB) 7-20-27 1 0 * - Atlantic 10 Game + - Homecoming • All times ET HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Dave Cohen is in his first season as Hofstra University head football coach. Just the INFORMATION CONTACTS: seventh head coach in the history of Pride football, Cohen Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Associate Athletic Director/ came to Hofstra last December after serving as defensive Communications; (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of (516) 463-5033 - Fax Delaware from 2002 through 2005. He also served as defensive line and linebackers coach at Delaware from 1994 Delaware -Scott Selheimer, Sports Information Director; (302) through 1998 before becoming the associate head 831-2186-O; (302)831-8653- Fax coach/defensive coordinator at Fordham University from 1999 through 2001. The Long Island native, who was a two-year Delaware Stadium Press Box - (302) 831-6199 starter at LIU-C.W. Post, began his coaching career at the University at Albany in 1988 as linebackers and strength HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND coach. In 1990 Cohen became linebackers and defensive line TRENDS: coach at Lafayette College and held that position for four - Hofstra, coming off a 20-16 loss to Villanova last Saturday, seasons. enters the Delaware game having won four of its last seven contests dating back to last season. HOFSTRA COACHING STAFF: With the coaching change - The Pride has won 50 of 88 contests, including playoff this year the Pride return just one assistant coach, special games, since the start of the 1999 season. teams coordinator/receivers coach and recruiting coordinator - Hofstra has won 43 of its last 77 regular season games and Jamie Elizondo, from last year’s staff. The 2006 Pride football 52 of its last 87 in-season contests. The Pride is 66-40 in coaching staff is as follows: Shemiah LeGrande .40 15 Coach Pos. HU Yr. Overall Tackles Gian Villante 72 8.25 10 Ed Foley Asst. HC/Off. Line 1st 18th Luke Bonus T-96 7.80 12 Mike Elko Def. Coord./DB 1st 8th Chris Sebald 6.75 21 John Perry Off. Coord./QB 1st 13th Tackles For Loss Ken Sussman 16 1.60 2 Jamie Elizondo ST Coord./WR 3rd 7th Thomas Massey T-68 1.10 8 Tony Thompson Linebackers 1st 9th Gian Villante .88 18 Sean Spencer Def. Line 1st 11th Bill Polin Running Backs 1st 7th T.J. DiMuzio Tight Ends 1st 2nd 2006 ATLANTIC 10 Lyle Hemphill DB Asst. 1st 5th FOOTBALL Kevin Baumann Def. Asst. 1st 3rd CONFERENCE STANDINGS: HOFSTRA IN THE 2006 NCAA STATS: Here are Hofstra’s 2006 statistical As of October 13, 2006 rankings in I-AA and the Atlantic 10, as of October 9: Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. North Massachusetts 2 0 1.000 4 1 .800 National Conf Category Actual Rank Rank Maine 2 0 1.000 3 2 .600 Rushing Offense 110 82.60 11 New Hampshire 2 0 1.000 5 0 1.000 Passing Offense 16 233.80 2 HOFSTRA 1 2 .333 2 3 .400 Total Offense 66 316.40 10 Northeastern 1 2 .000 2 4 .333 Scoring Offense 59 22.00 9 Rhode Island 0 2 .000 2 3 .500 Rushing Defense 24 110.60 4 South Pass Efficiency Defense 91 140.97 10 James Madison 2 0 1.000 4 1 .800 Total Defense 57 336.60 6 Towson 1 1 .500 4 1 .800 Scoring Defense 74 25.80 9 Richmond 1 1 .500 4 1 .800 Net Punting 54 32.03 6 Villanova 1 1 .500 2 3 .400 Punt Returns 68 8.00 10 Delaware 1 2 .333 2 3 .400 Kickoff Returns 107 16.12 11 William & Mary 0 3 .000 1 4 .200 Turnover Margin T-29 .60 4 Pass Defense 94 226.00 11 THIS WEEK IN THE A-10 - October 14 Passing Efficiency 62 118.36 7 Hofstra @ Delaware 12:00 p.m. Sacks T-22 2.40 4 Richmond @ Rhode Island 12:00 p.m. Tackles For Loss 39 6.20 5 James Madison @ New Hampshire 12:00 p.m. Sacks Allowed T-101 2.80 9 William & Mary @ Liberty 1:00 p.m. Villanova @ Maine 2:00 p.m. National Conf Category Player Actual UMass @ Towson 3:00 p.m. Rank Rank Rushing Kareem Huggins 80 61.60 9 LAST WEEK IN THE A-10 - October 7 Passing Efficiency Anton Clarkson 50 119.94 7 New Hampshire 27, Richmond 17 Total Offense Anton Clarkson 17 226.00 4 Northeastern 27, Delaware 24 Kareem Huggins 61.60 22 Villanova 20, Hofstra 16 Recpt. Per Game Shaine Smith 7 7.00 2 UMass 48, William & Mary 7 Charles Sullivan T-100 3.60 12 James Madison 35, Rhode Island 23 Rec. Yards Per Game Shaine Smith 1 122.60 1 Maine 28, Towson 7 Charles Sullivan 41.40 20 Interceptions Stephen Tate .20 8 HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS: Here is where the Pride has DeWayne Whitaker .20 8 ranked this season: Punt Returns Kareem Huggins 55 8.13 10 Date TSN CSN Kickoff Returns Kareem Huggins 17.00 11 Preseason RV NP Chris Manno 15.33 12 Sept. 4 RV NP Field Goals Rob Zarrilli 2 2.20 1 Sept. 11 RV RV Scoring Rob Zarrilli 29 8.20 6 Sept. 18 RV RV Shaine Smith T-71 6.00 10 Sept. 25 NR RV All-Purpose Runners Shaine Smith 35 122.60 5 Oct. 2 RV RV Kareem Huggins 49 113.40 7 Oct. 9 NR NR Sacks Thomas Massey T-14 .90 2 (RV-receiving votes; NR-not ranked; NP-no poll) Ken Sussman T-63 .50 7 16. Eastern Illinois 3-3 241 20 17. Tennessee Martin 5-1 190 NR 18. Alabama A&M 4-1 147 23 19. San Diego 5-0 135 24 20. Central Connecticut 5-1 133 25 21. UC Davis 2-3 126 16 22. Princeton 4-0 114 22 23. Maine 3-2 110 NR The 2006 SPORTS NETWORK I-AA POLL: Here is the 24. Coastal Carolina 4-2 97 NR 25. Towson 4-1 67 17 2006 Sports Network I-AA Top 25 poll, as of October 9, 2006: Others receiving votes (minimum of five points): Portland St. (53), Charleston Southern (33), Jackson St. (27), Montana St. (27), No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW This Week Delaware (19), Western Illinois (17), Jacksonville St (15), Georgia 1. New Hampshire (88) 5-0 2,704 1 James Madison 2. Appalachian St. (21) 5-1 2,622 2 Wofford Southern (12), Penn (10), Lafayette (9), Idaho St. (8), Delaware St. 3. Montana 4-1 2,401 4 Northern Arizona (6), Elon (6), Sam Houston St. (6), Indiana St. (5), Northwestern St. 4. Cal Poly 5-1 2,325 5 OPEN (5). 5. Illinois State 4-1 2,226 6 Southern Illinois 6. Youngstown State 5-1 2,076 8 at Western Illinois 7. Southern Illinois 5-0 2,022 9 at Illinois State HOFSTRA-DELAWARE 8. Massachusetts 4-1 1,893 10 at Towson SERIES: Despite being a 9. North Dakota State 5-0 1,859 11 Mississippi Valley St. 10. Richmond 4-1 1,703 7 at Rhode Island battle between two Atlantic 10 11.