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2014 JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME #1 JACKSONVILLE NO. 3 SOUTHEASTERN AUG. 30, 2014 0-0 0-0 STRAWBERRY STADIUM (7,408) 0-0 PIONEER 0-0 SOUTHLAND HAMMOND, LA. STREAK: STREAK: ‘FIN FACTS THE SERIES PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE • 2014 marks the 17th year for Jacksonville • This is the fourth all-time meeting between 2013 STANDINGS University football and the eighth under the two teams with Southeastern holding PFL Overall Head Coach Kerwin Bell a 3-0 series lead 1. Butler 7-1 9-4 • Jacksonville has eight starters back • The two teams previous met in 2003 Marist 7-1 8-3 on offense, including nearly the entire (Hammond, La.), 2004 (Jacksonville, 3. Mercer 6-2 10-2 receiving core from an attack that ended Fla.) and 2006 (Hammond, La.). A 2005 4. Dayton 5-3 7-4 2013 ranked third in the nation with 41.8 meeting was canceled due to Hurricane Drake 5-3 6-5 6. Jacksonville 4-4 5-6 points per game. The Dolphins were also Katrina 7. Morehead St. 3-5 3-9 top 10 nationally in total offense (5th; 8. Campbell 2-6 3-9 522.7 ypg), passing offense (6th; 331.5 RADIO COVERAGE 9. Stetson 1-7 2-9 ypg) and red zone offense (7th; .886) RADIO Valparaiso 1-7 1-10 11. Davidson 0-8 0-11 • 92.5 FM (Scott Manze) JACKSONVILLE 2013 OFFENSE * San Diego 0-0 8-3 Stat NCAA Ranking • Download the 92.5 app on your smartphone THIS WEEK Points Per Game 41.8 (3rd) and listen to the game anywhere in the Thursday, August 28, 2014 Total Offense 522.7 (5th) nation Passing Offense 331.5 (6th) Charlotte at Campbell 7:00 p.m. Red Zone Offense .886 (7th) Valparaiso at Western Illinois 7:00 p.m. THE OPPONENT Saturday, August 30, 2014 • On defense five starters return, but • Southeastern is coming off an 11-3 season Morehead State at Richmond 6:00 p.m. more importantly the Dolphins welcome highlighted by a Southland Conference Marist at Sacred Heart 6:00 p.m. back four 2014 opening day starters that championship and advancing to the Jacksonville at Southeastern 6:30 p.m. missed last season to injury quarterfinals in their first-ever NCAA Stetson at Warner 7:00 p.m. • This marks the second season the Pioneer Football Championship Subdivision playoff College of Faith at Davidson 7:00 p.m. Football League regular season champion appearance Grand View at Drake 7:00 p.m. will receive an automatic bid to the FCS • The Lions are the favorite to repeat as playoffs the Southland Conference champions 2013 PFL PRESEASON POLL • Jacksonville was picked third in the and currently sit at No. 3 in both the FCS VOTED ON BY LEAGUE COACHES preseason PFL coaches poll. The Dolphins Coaches and Sports Network polls 1. San Diego (5) 90 received the second most first place votes. • The Lions return 15 preseason All- 2. Dayton 82 • Three players were named to the Preseason Southland Conference players from last 3. Jacksonville (3) 80 All-PFL squad: WR Andrew Robustelli season’s team. Walter Payton Award 4. Butler (2) 77 (51 receptions, 1,063 yards, 11 TDs) also candidate and SLU senior quarterback 5. Drake (1) 73 named to The Sports Network’s Preseason Bryan Bennett leads an explosive offense, 6. Marist 61 All-America squad. Lineman Maroa White while junior defensive back Harlan Miller, 7. Campbell 38 8. Morehead State 35 (55 tackles, 9 sacks) and linebacker Mike a Buck Buchanan Award candidate, is 9. Stetson 30 Klein (76 tackles). among the leaders of a deep, talented 10. Davidson 20 defense 11. Valparaiso 19 2014 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result Series Notes Aug. 30 at No. 3 Southeastern 7:00 pm SLU leads 1-0 First meeting since 2006; Teams combined averaged 80.2 ppg in 2013 Sept. 6 BYE Sept. 13 San Diego* 1:00 pm SD leads, 5-3 Perennial PFL powers meet for the first time since 2012 Sept. 20 Penn 1:00 pm First Meeting First visit by an Ivy League opponent to D.B. Milne Field Sept. 27 at Butler* 12:00 pm JU leads 7-2 Jacksonville looks to avenge two game losing streak to Bulldogs Oct. 4 Drake (Homecoming)* 1:00 pm DU leads 11-2 WR Andrew Robustelli had 161 yards & 1 TD in last year’s meeting Oct. 11 at Morehead St.* 1:00 pm JU leads 9-4 Dolphins established a school record with 69 points in the win last year Oct. 18 at Stetson* 6:00 pm JU leads 1-0 JU scored 21 unanswered 2nd half points to win first meeting last year Oct. 25 at Limestone College 1:00 pm First Meeting Inaugural season for NCAA Division II Limestone Nov. 1 at Marist* 12:00 pm JU leads 3-2 93 and 80 yard TD passes from Kade Bell not enough in last years loss Nov. 8 at Davidson* 1:00 pm JU leads 10-6 JU in search of a sixth straight win in the series Nov. 15 Campbell (Senior Day)* 1:00 pm JU leads 6-0 JU in search of a seventh straight win in the series * Pioneer Football League game JACKSONVILLE Todd Vatter, Director, Athletic Media Relations [email protected] Office: 904-256-7402 • Cell: 330-329-5248 MEDIA RELATIONS Monyae Williamson, Assoc. Director [email protected] Office: 904-256-7444 • Cell: 904-383-6801 Game 1 - at Southeastern page 1 www.judolphins.com OFFENSIVE NOTES DEFENSIVE NOTES ALL-AMERICAN ROBUSTELLI LEADS DEEP RECEIVING CORE DOLPHINS HOPE TO SQUASH 2013 INJURY BUG • Senior wide receiver ROBUSTELLI NCAA 2013 RANKINGS • The Dolphins defense had the unfortunate pleasure of keeping the Andrew Robustelli Stat NCAA Ranking JU Athletic Training staff on speed dial in 2013 with the injures (Sarasota, Fla.) Receiving TDs 11 (15th) that depleted the roster throughout the season rewrote a number Receiving yards per game 96.6 (14th) • Best news with the start of 2014 is that injuries have healed and of Jacksonville Receiving yards 1,063 (21st) four key players who missed the majority if not all of the past University records a year are back in the starting lineup year ago, now the rest of the nation is starting to take notice. Robustelli was named a preseason All-American by The Sports RETURNING FROM INJURY Network and the Beyond Sports Network as well as a preseason Player Pos. Yr. Notes: third team pick for The Sports Network Jordan Dewhirst LB R-Sr. 2012 1st Team All-PFL • A preseason second team pick for BSN, Robustelli is looking to Led JU with 57 total tackles in 2012 build on a 2013 season in which he ranked nationally in receiving Injured in 2013 season opener TDs (15th; 11 TDs), receiving yards (21st; 1,063 yards) and yards Tre Davis LB R-Jr. 2012 2nd Team All-PFL per game (13th; 96.6 ypg). 2nd on JU with 53 tackles in 2012 • Last season he was named to Walter Camp’s 2013 Football Missed all of 2013 to injury Championship Subdivision All-America team, the College Sports Terrance Bryant DB Jr. Missed all but 3 games in 2013 Madness All-American FCS Football Second Team and the Beyond Was also leading PR in 2012 Sports Network All-American Fourth Team TJ Jenkins DE R-Jr. Missed all of 2013 to injury • As a team the Dolphins return 9 of their top 10 receivers based on receptions a year ago 25 tackles, two sacks in 2012 TOP RETURNING RECEIVERS KLEIN & WHITE ANCHOR DEFENSIVE RETURNERS Player Pos. Yr. ‘13 Stats • Both Second Team All-PFL picks a year ago, senior Mike Klein Andrew Robustelli WR Sr. 51 rec., 1063 yards, 11 TDs (Edgewater, Fla.) and junior Maroa While (DeLand, Fla.) are D’Andre Randle WR Sr. 50 rec, 865 yards, 9 TDs the only two returners on defense from 2013 that started all 11 Andy Jones WR Jr. 31 rec, 457 yards, 2 TDs games a year ago Yeovanti Williams WR R.-Jr. 14 rec, 228 yards, 2 TDs • White ranked 10th in the nation a year ago with an average of Dorrian Guy WR Sr. 9 rec, 156 yards, 2 TDs* 0.82 sacks a game, totaling nine on the season. His sack total *missed eight games to injury was also the highest by a JU player since the legendary Shaun Lewis had 10 in the 2008 season • Klein finished with a team high 76 tackles ranking him 16th in BELL BACK TO IGNITE OFFENSE the PFL • R.-Junior quarterback BELL PFL 2013 RANKINGS Kade Bell (Fleming Stat PFL Ranking TOP RETURNING DEFENDERS Island, Fla.) returns Total offense per game 312.6 (1st) Player Pos. Yr. ‘13 Stats for his third full year Passing yards per game 299.6 (2nd) Maroa White DE Jr. 9 sacks, 12 TFL under center. TD passes 25 (3rd) Mike Klein LB R-Sr. 76 tackles, 7 TFL. 3 PBU • Despite missing Passing efficiency 144.9 (3rd) Grady Redding LB So. 67 tackles, 5.5 TFL three games to an Anthony Joiner LB R-Sr. 43 tackles, 4 TFL emergency appendectomy three games into the middle of last Schon Thomas CB R-Sr. 28 tackles, 5 PBU season, Kade, the son of Head Coach Kerwin Bell, threw for 25 touchdowns and over 2300 yards in eight games • Bell had four games with four touchdown passes in 2013, including the season opener at Delaware • He led the league in total offense per game last year, was second in passing yards, third in TDs and third in pass efficiency CAUDIO & BRYANT TO CARRY THE BACKFIELD • Junior Frantz Caudio (Fleming Island, Fla.) and sophomore Ulysses Bryant (Jacksonville, Fla.) will carry the load in the backfield for the Dolphins again in 2014 • Caudio is looking to build upon a strong finish to 2013 when he totaled 305 yards rushing and four TDs over the final three games of the season • Bryant meanwhile led the Dolphins with 710 yards in 2013 giving him the second most by a JU freshman running back in school history (747; Greg Portee, 1998) • Junior Orlando Thomas (Ocoee, Fla.) who ran for 392 yards in the backfield last fall has been moved out to wide receiver for 2014 page 2 Game 1 - at Southeastern www.judolphins.com BELL YEAR-BY-YEAR HEAD COACH Year School Overall PFL (Finish) 2007 Jacksonville 3-8 2-5 (T-7th) 2008 Jacksonville 9-4 7-1 (1st) Kerwin 2009 Jacksonville 7-4 5-3 (T-3rd) 2010 Jacksonville 10-1 8-0 (T-1st) 2011 Jacksonville 7-4 6-2 (3rd) 2012 Jacksonville 7-4 5-3 (T-4th) BELL 2013 Jacksonville 5-6 4-4 (6th) 8th Season Total 50-35 (.588) 38-20 (.655) Florida, ‘87 ow in his eighth season, Coach Kerwin Bell began leading THE KERWIN BELL FILE the Jacksonville University football team in 2007 and since • Hometown: Mayo, Fla.