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MONMOUTH UNI VER SI TY HAWKS FOOT BALL ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS • 400 Cedar Avenue • West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 Football Contact: Thomas Dick • Director of Athletics Communications • (732) 571-4447, FAX (732) 571-3535 HAWKS SCOREBOARD Date Opponent Result/Time HAWKS FOOTBALL 09/06 ST. PETER'S W, 24-0 09/13 ROBERT MORRIS W, 17-10 09/20 at Georgetown 1 p.m. MONMOUTH HAWKS (2-0, 1-0 NEC) 09/27 at Stony Brook 6 p.m. 10/04 IONA 1 p.m. 10/11 WAGNER 1 p.m. at 10/18 ALBANY 1 p.m. 10/25 at La Salle 1 p.m. 11/01 at Central Connecticut St. 1 p.m. GEORGETOWN HOYAS 11/08 at Sacred Heart 12:30 p.m. 11/15 at St. Francis (Pa.) 1 p.m. (0-2, 0-2 PATRIOT) 11/22 ECAC Football Classic September 20, 2003 • 1:00 EST - denotes Northeast Conference game Harbin Field (2,400) Washington, D.C. THE SERIES Overall Record . First meeting Monmouth University hits the road for the fi rst time in 2003 as the Hawks travel to in Washington, D.C. First meeting our nation's capital for a 1 p.m. contest at Georgetown University. After wins over St. Peter's (24-0) and Robert Morris (17-10). Monmouth is looking to get off to a 3-0 start for just the second time in school history (2001). The Hawks' defense is once THE COACHES MONMOUTH: again turning heads as Monmouth is ranked fi rst in the nation in rushing defense (9.5 Kevin Callahan (Rochester, 1977) ypg) and third in the nation in both total defense (200.5 ypg) and scoring defense Record at MU: 51-47 (11th year) (5.0 ppg). All-America JOE SENTIPAL has led the Hawks on defense with 28 tackles on Overall Record: 51-47 (11th year) the season. Monmouth's platoon system at quarterback has worked well to date with sophomore BRENDAN KENNEDY starting both games and freshman BRIAN BOLAND Record vs. GU: fi rst meeting coming off the bench. Georgetown is searching for its fi rst win of the season follow- GEORGETOWN: ing narrow losses in conference games vs. Colgate (20-19) and Holy Cross (42-34). Bob Benson (Vermont, 1986) ANDREW CRAWFORD leads the Hoyas' offense with 434 passing yards, completing Record at RMU: 61-43 (11th year) 28-of-51 passes for six TDs. On the ground, MARCUS SLAYTON has 180 yards on 33 Overall Record: 61-43 (11th year) rushes. LUKE MCARDLE is Georgetown's deep threat with seven receptions for 255 Record vs. MU: fi rst meeting yards and fi ve TDs. McArdle leads the nation in scoring with 15.0 points per game. RADIO HAWKS COVERAGE THE GEORGETOWN SERIES WCMX 88.9 FM Saturday's contest marks the fi rst-ever meeting in football between Georgetown West Long Branch, N.J. University and Monmouth University. Monmouth is 1-9 all-time in previous meetings Jon Guarna, play-by-play between schools currently in the Patriot League. Georgetown is 9-3 all-time in previ- Eddie Occhipinti, color ous meetings vs. schools currently in the Northeast Conference. www.WMCX.com HEAD COACH KEVIN CALLAHAN TELEVISON Head coach KEVIN CALLAHAN is in his 11th season at Monmouth and also in his 11th NONE year as a head coach. Callahan owns a 51-47 career coaching record, all with the Hawks. Callahan has led Monmouth to a pair of North east Con ference co-champi - on ships in 1996 and 1998. He earned NEC Coach of the Year accolades in 1998. Prior to arriving in West Long Branch, Callahan served as a defensive co or di na tor at Colgate for eight seasons and at Wagner for three years. He began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Albany (1977-79) and Syracuse (1980) before becoming a Seahawk assistant in 1981. www.monmouth.edu/athletics GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY With the exception of three hiatuses, football has been played on the campus of MEDIA SERVICES Georgetown University since 1887. Football was discontinued from 1895-1897, 1943- 1945 due to World War II and 1951-1963. It functioned as a club team from 1964 to 1969 before rejoining the NCAA ranks as a Division III member in 1970. The Hoyas INTERVIEWS WITH COACH CALLAHAN are looking for their fi rst winning season since 1999. In 1998 and 1999, Georgetown Media wishing to interview Coach had identical 9-2 records, matching the highest win total ever. The Hoyas went 9-1 in Callahan must notify the Monmouth both 1916 and 1925. The school's lone undefeated seasons came in 1938 and 1939 Athletics Com muni ca tions offi ce. when the Jack Hagerty' led Hoyas went 8-0-0 and 7-0-1, respectively. The 1940 Twenty-four hours of advance no- Hoyas earned an Orange Bowl bid with wins over the likes of Virginia Tech, Syracuse tice is appre ci at ed. Coach Callahan and Maryland, as Georgetown went 8-2. It's lone losses came vs. Boston College (19- is most available weekday morn- 18) and Mississippi State (14-7 - Orange Bowl). The Hoyas other bowl berths came ings. in 1949 when the Hoyas lost 33-20 to Texas Western (now the University of Texas at El Paso) in the Sun Bowl and in 1997 when they lost to Robert Morris 35-13 in the ECAC-IFC Bowl after winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title. WEEKLY PLAYER INTER VIEWS All player interviews must be HEAD COACH: BOB BENSON (Vermont, 1986) is in his 11th season at the helm of request ed through the Monmouth the Hoyas' football program. Benson owns a 61-43 record and has posted winning Athletics Com muni ca tions offi ce, records six times. In 1998 and 1999, Benson led the Hoyas to 9-2 records, equal- and must be arranged at least 24 ing the highest win total in school history. In 1997, he guided Georgetown to an 8-3 overall mark, a 7-0 record in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action and a berth in hours in advance. Please coor di nate the ECAC-IFC Bowl. Benson's 61 wins ranks second in school history behind Scotty all requests with the Monmouth Glacken's 98 wins from 1970 to 1992. Benson arrived at Georgetown after serving Ath let ics Communcations offi ce. as defensive coordinator for three seasons at Johns Hopkins University. Benson also coached at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of Albany. PRACTICE COVERAGE Monmouth’s practices are open to the media. Shooting of video and IF YOU ARE SCORING AT HOME, OR JUST ALONE still photos is limited to the fi rst Monmouth has displayed a propencity for keeping its opponents off the scoreboard over the last four seasons. The Hawks' have yielded the sixth lowest points per game 20 minutes of each practice unless total among Division I-AA teams in the 21st Century. Monmouth is allowing just 15.0 other arrangements are made. points per game, trailing only Western Kentucky, Dayton, Duquesne, Sacred Heart and Georgia Southern. MEDIA CREDENTIALS DIVISION I-AA TOTAL DEFENSE LEADERS FROM 2000 TO 2003 Arrangements for media creden - Total Pts Gms Yds/Gm tials for Monmouth home football 1. Western Kentucky 502 39 12.87 games must be made throught 2. Dayton 504 37 13.62 the Monmouth Athletics Com- 3. Duquesne 484 35 13.83 muni ca tions offi ce. Requests by 4. Sacred Heart 459 33 13.91 ac credit ed media members should 5. Georgia Southern 550 38 14.47 be made in writing and submitted 6. MONMOUTH 525 35 15.00 on company letterhead to Thomas 7. St. Peter's 562 36 15.61 8. Bethune-Cookman 579 36 16.08 Dick. 9. Lehigh 570 35 16.29 Credentials must be requested at 10. Youngstown State 610 36 16.94 least 48 hours prior to requested game. D-FENCE HOW TO REACH US: Monmouth has boasted one of the best defenses in the country over the last four years. After leading the nation in total defense in 2000, allowing just 232.1 yards per ATHLETICS COMMU NI CA TIONS: game, Monmouth has ranked in the top 20 in total defense each of the last two sea- THOMAS DICK sons, fi nishing 17th in 2001 and 16th in 2002. Over the last four seasons, Monmouth Director of Ath let ics Com mu ni ca tions ranks fi fth among all Division I-AA teams in total defense, behind only St. Peter's, Offi ce: 732.571.4447 Duquesne, Sacred Heart and Wagner. Fax: 732.571.3535 Cell: 908.309.2893 DIVISION I-AA TOTAL DEFENSE LEADERS FROM 2000 TO 2003 E-mail: [email protected] Total Yds Gms Yds/Gm 1. St. Peter's 8,518 36 236.61 2. Duquesne 8,687 35 248.20 3. Sacred Heart 8,352 33 253.09 4. Wagner 8,664 33 262.55 5. MONMOUTH 8,678 33 262.97 6. Western Kentucky 10,302 39 264.15 7. McNeese State 10,897 40 272.43 8. Bethune-Cookman 9,990 36 277.50 9. Eastern Kentucky 10,068 36 279.67 10. Bucknell 9,755 34 286.91 AIR DEFENSE Over the last three years, Monmouth has been one of the top teams in the nation at defending the pass. Monmouth led the nation in pass defense in 2000, allowing just 114.73 passing yards per game. The Hawks ranked eighth in pass defense in 2001 and The Record Watch 19th in 2002.