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FOOTBALL 2017 GAME NOTES #16/18 Frostburg vs. Montclair State Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 ● 1:00 pm GAME SEVEN Bobcat Stadium ● Frostburg, Md. Live Stats/Video: www.FrostburgSports.com/Live Frostburg (5-1, 4-1 NJAC) Frostburg Stat Leaders Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Aug. 31 #18 Stevenson W/33-7 Jamaal Morant 6 120 434 5 72.3 Sept. 9 TCNJ * W/49-14 Gavin Lavat 5 31 248 0 49.6 Sept. 16 at Christopher Newport * W/33-30 Sept. 23 at Rowan * W/24-10 Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Oct. 7 #19 Wesley * L/24-27 (OT) Connor Cox 6 101-157-6 64.3 1,456 14 Oct. 14 at William Paterson * W/59-7 Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG Oct. 21 Montclair State * # 1:00 pm Russell Neverdon 5 28 407 1 81.4 Oct. 27 at Southern Virginia * 7:00 pm Joe Beckford 6 20 268 2 44.7 Nov. 4 Kean * 1:00 pm Christian DiPaola 6 15 261 4 43.5 Nov. 11 at Salisbury * ! TBA * New Jersey Athletic Conference Opponent Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. ! 19th Annual Regents Cup # Homecoming Frostburg has spent all eight weeks of the season ranked Niles Scott 6 31 6.5-56 11.0-73 - inside the D3football.com Top 25 Poll Josh Scales 6 27 - 2.0-3 - Location: ......................Frostburg, Md. Dante Chinnery 6 26 - 3.0-9 1-0 Setting the Scene Enrollment: ............................5,500 The 16th-ranked Frostburg State football team returns to Bobcat Stadium for Nickname:...........................Bobcats Homecoming this afternoon when it hosts Montclair State. The Bobcats enter the Colors: ........................Red and Black contest with a 5-1 overall record, a 4-1 NJAC slate and they have won eight of Montclair Stat Leaders Stadium: ................Bobcat Stadium (2,500) their last nine home games. Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Anthony Travisano 6 110 378 2 63.0 Head Coach:.................DeLane Fitzgerald Willie Barr 4 30 113 1 28.2 Record at FSU ...................25-12 / 4 yrs. Fourth-year head coach DeLane Fitzgerald has also led his Bobcats to a win on Homecoming in each of his three seasons at the helm. Career Record: ..................49-42 / 9 yrs. Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Sports Information Dir. .............Noah Becker Last week, Frostburg rolled to a 59-7 win over William Paterson on WPU’s Home- John Apicella 5 56-113-7 49.6 654 4 Contact: ..301-687-4371 / [email protected] coming. The 59 points are the fourth most in a single game in program history and the 52-point win is the largest since FSU downed Greensboro 60-3 in 1997. Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG Julanee Prince 6 25 360 3 60.0 Montclair State (3-3, 3-2 NJAC) Montclair enters this afternoon’s matchup at 3-3 overall and 3-2 in the NJAC. The Taj Huggins 5 14 141 0 28.2 Sept. 9 at Salve Regina L/20-26 Red Hawks collected a 21-17 victory over TCNJ two weeks ago and they lost to Kason Campbell 5 9 159 1 31.8 Sept. 16 at Southern Virginia * W/24-0 Salisbury last Saturday 28-10. Sept. 23 Christopher Newport * L/8-16 Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. Last year, Frostburg defeated the Red Hawks 24-16 in New Jersey and the win Mauro Altamura 6 54 2.0-10 - - Sept. 30 Kean * W/18-15 handed FSU its seventh-consecutive win. Shaon Stephenson 6 41 2.5-6 - 3-7 Oct. 7 at TCNJ * W/21-17 Nick Catalano 6 38 3.0-7 0.5-4 - Oct. 14 Salisbury * L/10-28 The game will be broadcast live on the Bobcat Sports Network. You can follow all Oct. 21 at #16/18 Frostburg * 1:00 pm the action by logging onto FrostburgSports.com/live. Oct. 28 Wesley * 1:00 pm Team Comparisons The Series Nov. 4 at Rowan * 1:00 pm FSU Category MSU Today’s matchup between Frostburg and Montclair is the eighth meeting between 176.3 Rushing Offense 90.7 Nov. 11 William Paterson * 1:00 pm the two schools and the Red Hawks lead the all-time series 5-2. * New Jersey Athletic Conference Opponent 268.3 Passing Offense 164.8 Frostburg and Montclair have met the last two years as opponents in the NJAC 444.7 Total Offense 255.5 Location: ......................Montclair, N.J. and the schools have split the two games. Montclair captured a 33-27 win over 37.0 Scoring Offense 16.8 Enrollment: ...........................18,402 Frostburg in 2015, while the Bobcats defeated the Red Hawks, 24-6, in New Nickname:........................Red Hawks Jersey last fall. 55.2 Rushing Defense 153.7 Colors: ........................Red and White 200.7 Passing Defense 134.5 Stadium: .......................Sprague Field Prior to Frostburg joining the NJAC, FSU and MSU met five times with Frostburg’s 255.8 Total Defense 288.2 only win coming in 2005, 17-14. Head Coach:.................... Rick Giancola 43 / 87 (49%) 3rd Down Conv. 30 / 91 (33%) Record at MSU: ..............237-119-2 / 35 yrs. Montclair opened the series in 1962 with a 20-0 win. 6 / 13 (46%) 4th Down Conv. 3 / 12 (25%) Career Record: ..............237-119-2 / 35 yrs. Sports Information Dir. ...............Mike Scala 37 - 356 Penalties - Yards 51 - 451 Contact: ....973-655-6787 / [email protected] 34:15 Avg. Time of Poss. 29:12 /FrostburgStateAthletics @FrostburgSports /FrostburgSports FrostburgSports.com/Live FOOTBALL 2017 GAME NOTES 2017 NJAC Standings Scouting Montclair Montclair State enters this afternoon’s matchup at 3-3 overall and 3-2 in the NJAC after being selected to finish seventh in the league’s Conference Overall preseason poll. W L W L Salisbury 5 0 5 1 All three of MSU’s wins this fall have come in conference against Southern Virginia (24-0), Kean (18-15) and TCNJ (21-17). A week ago, Montclair dropped its Homecoming game to Salisbury, 28-10. Wesley 5 0 5 1 Frostburg State 4 1 5 1 Head coach Rick Giancola is in his 35th season at the helm and he has amassed 237 wins with 162 wins in the league. He currently leads Christopher Newport 3 2 4 2 Division III in wins among active coaches and he has led the Red Hawks to the NCAA Playoffs nine times. Under Giancola, Montclair has Montclair State 3 2 3 3 won or shared the NJAC Title 11 times. Rowan 2 3 3 3 Through six games, the Red Hawks are scoring as many points per game (16.8) as they allow (17.0). They are eighth in the NJAC in total Kean 2 3 2 4 offense (255.5) and seventh in total defense (288.2). Montclair, however, is second in the league in pass defense (134.5) and have allowed The College of NJ 1 4 1 5 just seven passing touchdowns all season. Southern Virginia 0 5 1 5 William Paterson 0 5 0 6 Anthony Travisano leads the team in rushing with 378 yards and two touchdowns as Montclair State has scored just three rushing touch- downs all season. John Apicella took over the quarterback duties three weeks ago and he has thrown for 654 yards with four touchdowns in 2017 D3football.com Top 25 five appearances. Julanee Prince has caught 25 passes for 360 yards and three scores. - Week 7 - On defense, Mauro Altamura is tied for second in the conference with 54 total tackles to go along with 5.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. Shaon Stephenson is second with 41 tackles and leads the team with three interceptions. No. Team Record Pts. Prev. 1 Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) 6-0 621 1 Scouting Frostburg 2 Mount Union (4) 6-0 598 2 After rolling past William Paterson (59-7) last week, the Bobcats return to Bobcat Stadium as they host Montclair State on Homecoming. Fourth-year head coach DeLane Fitzgerald enters the conference matchup with a 25-12 (.675) career record as the coach of the Bobcats, 3 UW-Oshkosh 5-0 577 3 including a 15-2 (.882) mark since 2016. 4 North Central (Ill.) 5-0 552 4 5 Hardin-Simmons 5-1 499 5 Last week, Frostburg (5-1, 4-1 NJAC) scored the most points in a single game since 1997, gashing the Pioneers to the tune of 559 yards 6 St. Thomas 5-1 491 6 of total offense in a 59-7 blowout win. The Bobcats’ stingy defense held William Paterson in check, allowing just 26 yards on 22 plays in the first half. Frostburg scored 45 unanswered points and jumped out to a 38-0 halftime lead. Junior QB Connor Cox was extremely efficient, 7 Linfield 4-1 465 7 completing 17-of-19 passes (89.4%) for 294 yards and four touchdowns. First-year LB Jake Broschart had a breakout performance to lead 8 St. John’s 6-1 438 8 the Bobcats defensively with eight tackles. 9 Delaware Valley 7-0 414 10 10 UW-Platteville 5-1 388 9 Broschart and first-year RB Malcom Facey were named the NJAC Rookies of the Week following the victory. Facey ran for a team-high 72 yards and scored the first touchdown of his Bobcat career. 11 Illinois Wesleyan 6-1 374 11 12 Brockport 6-0 323 13 Frostburg enters today’s game atop the NJAC in total offense (444.7), passing offense (268.3) and rushing defense (55.2). The Bobcats 13 Wittenberg 6-0 315 12 have 14 scoring drives that are two minutes or less this season and have scored nine touchdowns of 20+ yards, while also leading the conference in time of possession (34:15).