USD Toreros (4-1, 3-0 PFL) Play at Drake (3-3, 2-1 PFL) on Saturday Jonah Hodges Named PFL Offensive Player of the Week
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USD Football; October 10, 2016 Ted Gosen, Associate Director of Athletics for Media Relations USD Toreros (4-1, 3-0 PFL) play at Drake (3-3, 2-1 PFL) on Saturday Jonah Hodges named PFL Offensive Player of the Week 2016 USD SCHEDULE GAME #6: The USD Toreros (4-1, 3-0 PFL), under the direction of fourth year head coach Sept. 3 W. NEW MEXICO W, 27-0 Dale Lindsey, hit the road for a trip to Des Moines, Iowa to take on the Drake Bulldogs Sept. 10 @ Cal Poly L, 16-38 (3-3, 2-1 PFL) on Saturday, October 15th. Game time is slated for 10:30 a.m. (Pacific) at Sept. 17 BYE Drake Stadium (14,557 capacity). Sept. 24 DAYTON* W, 34-22 Oct. 1 @ Butler* W, 44-10 Oct. 8 DAVIDSON* W, 52-3 SERIES RECORD: This 24th meeting between Drake and San Diego with the Toreros (Homecoming/Family Weekend) owning a 13-10 series lead.... USD has won the last three meetings, including last year's Oct. 15 @ Drake* 10:30 am 27-0 win in San Diego on October 17th for the school's homecoming game... Anthony Oct. 22 VALPARAISO* 1:00 pm Lawrence threw for 326 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Jereke Armstrong recorded 3 Oct. 29 @ Marist* 10:00 am touchdowns and had 112 yards of total offense... LB Alec Moreno (10 tackles) and NB Nov. 5 UDLAP # 12 noon Nov. 12 STETSON* 1:00 pm Max Michaels (9 stops) paced the defense. Nov. 19 @ Campbell* 9:00 am USD home games in BOLD played at LIVE STREAM: Saturday's contest will be streamed live at www.godrakebulldogs, along USD Torero Stadium (6,000 capacity). with audio and live stats links. There is a fee for accessing the video stream. * PFL Contest All times Pacific # Universidad De Las Americas Puebla A LOOK AHEAD: The Toreros return home to face the Valparaiso Crusaders on Saturday, October 22nd in a 1:00 p.m. contest at Walter J. Zable Field at Torero Stadium. GAMES TO BE WEBCAST @ www.usdtoreros.com PFL RECORDS/SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 15TH: San Diego (3-0 PFL, 4-1), Marist (2-0, 2-3), Jacksonville (1-0, 2-2), Dayton (2-1, 4-2), Drake (2-1, 3-3), Campbell (1-1, 3-2), Stetson All USD Football home games will (1-1, 3-2), Morehead State (1-2, 2-4), Valparaiso (1-2, 2-4), Butler (0-3, 2-4), Davidson (0- be webcast live this season with Jack 3, 2-4). PFL Schedule: Dayton at Jacksonville, San Diego at Drake, Butler at Davidson, Cronin calling all of the play-by-play Valparaiso at Stetson, Marist at Morehead State. Bye Week: Campbell. action. Cronin begins his 10th year of calling Torero football. 2016 PFL COACHES POLL: For the sixth straight year the Toreros were picked to finish In addition, USD's six home first in the PFL Preseason Coaches Poll. USD received five first place votes and five second games will have live video streaming, place votes for 95 points, narrowly edging Dayton (6 first place votes, 94 points). They along with live statistics. are followed by Drake (68), Morehead State (64), Campbell (62), Marist (56), Butler (54), Jacksonville (53), Stetson (27), Valparaiso (21) and Davidson (11). 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS HODGES SELECTED PFL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sept. 5 @ SDSU L, 37-3 Senior RB Jonah Hodges (Santa Cruz, Calif.) was named the Pi- Sept. 12 W. NEW MEXICO W, 45-21 oneer Football League Offensive Player of the Week after his Sept. 19 BYE performance in the team's 52-3 win over Davidson. Hodges Sept. 26 @ Valparaiso* W, 38-3 needed just 22 minutes to score four consecutive touchdowns Oct. 3 MARIST* W, 30-27 Oct. 10 @ Dayton* L, 12-13 in San Diego’s 52-3 PFL victory against Davidson, Saturday. He Oct. 17 DRAKE* W, 27-0 finished the day with 11 carries for 176 yards despite leaving (Homecoming/Family Weekend) the game after his fourth touchdown midway through the sec- Oct. 24 WARNER W, 45-14 ond quarter. Hodges carried the ball on all five plays of a 21- Oct. 31 @ Stetson* W, 47-16 yard scoring drive that was the first of his four touchdowns. On the next drive he had his Nov. 7 CAMPBELL* W, 31-27 Nov. 14 @ Davidson* W, 35-10 two receptions (27 receiving yards) before scoring on a rush from six yards out. Hodges’ Nov. 21 BUTLER* W, 28-27 third touchdown was a quick strike as he scored on a 68-yard burst on the drive’s only play. He finished his day with a two-yard scoring rush at the 7:58 mark of the second quarter and did not attempt another rush the rest of the game. 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110-2492 619/260-4745 Fax: 619/260-2990 E-Mail: [email protected] * www.usdtoreros.com * Athletic Dept.: 619/260-4803 * #GameChangers SAN DIEGO TORERO TWO-DEEP Head Coach Dale Lindsey - 4th Season (as of 10-10-16) C- Team Captains USD Torero Offense The University of San Diego introduced Dale Lindsey as WR- #2 Brian Riley (6-3, 200, Sr.) - C its new head football coach on December 29, 2012. Lindsey be- #13 Joseph Jakubowsky (5-8, 175, Sr.) came the Toreros' 13th head coach and replaced Ron Caragher LT- #75 Daniel Cooney (6-8, 315, So.*) #65 Tanner Wilkey (6-7, 312, Fr.*) who was hired as head coach at San Jose State University. LG- #56 Trevor Provencio (6-1, 315, So.*) Lindsey enters the 2016 campaign with a three-year re- #64 Jack White (6-5, 293, Fr.*) cord of 26-8 (76.5 winning percentage). He has guided the To- C- #68 Joe Hurney (6-1, 280, Jr.) reros to two PFL championships (2015 & 2014), and to the pro- #53 Jake Arlotti (6-2, 285, So.*) RG- #53 Jake Arlotti (6-2, 285, So.*) gram's first-ever NCAA Division I FCS playoff in 2014. Over the #79/97 Ricky Laureano (6-3, 330, Jr.) past three seasons the Toreros have taken care of business in RT- #55 Miles McArdle (6-3, 290, Jr.) home games, going 17-2 with a perfect 12-0 PFL mark. #57/88 Jake Michaels (6-4, 270, Fr.*) TE- #85 Ross Dwelley (6-5, 240, Jr.*) In 2015 he guided the Toreros to an overall record of 9-2 #42 Zach Holland (6-3, 230, Jr.) (6-0 home), including a share of the PFL Championship with its 7-1 record. USD opened the QB- #18 Anthony Lawrence (6-1, 195, So.*) season by playing its first-ever FBS opponent in San Diego State before 48,785 fans at Qual- #7 Reid Sinnett (6-4, 215, Fr.*) comm Stadium. Following a tough one-point road loss at Dayton, the Toreros closed out the RB- #29 Jonah Hodges (5-9, 194, Sr.*) - C #5 Jereke Armstrong (5-9, 196, Sr.*) year strong with six straight victories. FB- #45 Tevin Heyward (6-1, 230, Jr.*) Lindsey directed the 2014 squad to its first ever NCAA Division I FCS Playoff spot #49 Fia Malepeai (5-9, 215, Jr.*) as the Toreros finished 9-3 overall and won the PFL Championship with a 7-1 record. For his WR- #8 Justin Priest (6-3, 208, Jr.) #86 Jacob Arnell (5-10, 172, Sr.) efforts Lindsey was named PFL Coach of the Year and a 2014 Eddie Robinson Award Finalist for FCS Coach of the Year. He guided the 2013 USD football program in his rookie year to an 8-3 overall record with the team winning its final four contests and seven of its final eight. USD Torero Defense LE- #93 Spencer Hammitt (6-1, 235, Jr.*) Lindsey returned to USD's staff in 2012 where he was the program's defensive coor- #14 Jacob Bergstrom (6-3, 230, Fr.) dinator. The Toreros finished the season with an overall record of 8-3 and earned a share of DT- #77 Jamal Newman (6-2, 287, Sr.) the Pioneer Football League title with Butler and Drake with 7-1 records. The Toreros won their #91 Aaron Laut (6-2, 240, So.*) final six games, and among 121 FCS teams in the country, USD ranked 14th in scoring defense NT- #94 Jalen Smith (6-2, 280, Sr.*) #99 Connor Spencer (6-2, 280, So.*) (19.27), 15th in rushing defense (120.0) and 19th in pass efficiency defense (114.56). RE- #95 Jonathan Petersen (6-1, 230, Jr.*) From 2009-2011 Lindsey was at New Mexico State University where he was assistant #76 Kevin Glajchen (6-2, 230, Fr.) head coach and linebackers coach. Prior to NMSU, he spent his first season with the USD NB- #59 Max Michaels (5-9, 190, Jr.) #37 KJ Mahoney (6-2, 205, So.*) staff in 2008, where he was the Torero linebackers coach. That season Lindsey helped the 9-2 MB- #46 Alec Moreno (6-2, 215, Jr.*) Toreros' defense hold its opponents to just 18.9 points a game and 322 yards of total offense #41 Luke Taffuri (5-11, 220, Sr.) per contest. WB- #43 Nic Henson (6-2, 220, Sr.*) #58 Marcus Vaivao (5-11, 225, So.) Lindsey brings a wealth of football experience as a former NFL player and coach. His LCB- #26 Jamal Agnew (5-9, 193, Sr.) resume includes over 30 years of football coaching at the high school, college and profession- #25 David Tolbert (5-9, 164, Fr.) al ranks.