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COLGATE RAIDERS ALBANY | OCT. 25, 2014 | 3:30 P.M. GAME 8 | BOB FORD FIELD COLGATE UNIVERSITY Location .................................... Hamilton, N.Y. COLGATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Founded ..................................................1819 Enrollment ..............................................2,927 RAIDERS, GREAT DANES LOOKING TO BREAK TIE Nickname............................................ Raiders Colgate (4-3) and Albany (5-2) get together in football for the fifth time overall and the fourth Colors .......................... Maroon, Gray & White season in a row. The teams have split the series, with Colgate capturing wins in 2007 and President .................................. Jeffrey Herbst 2011, and Albany the last two years. The last three meetings have been particularly high Director of Athletics............... Victoria M. Chun scoring, with Colgate winning 37-34 in overtime in 2011, and Albany capturing 40-23 and 37- Conference .............................. Patriot League 34 decisions the last two years. FOOTBALL HISTORY Saturday continues a challenging stretch for the Raiders, as Princeton, Yale, Albany First Year of Football................................1890 and Fordham are 18-6 in the won-lost department. All-Time Record ............................ 624-468-50 Seasons..................................................124th MORGAN EARNS PATRIOT LEAGUE SPECIAL TEAMS AWARD NCAA Playoff Appearances ...........................9 Chris Morgan is the latest Colgate Raider to be awarded Corvias Patriot League Special Best Finish ........................... 2nd Place (2003) Teams Player of the Week. 2014 RECORD Morgan averaged 45.7 yards on three kickoff returns at Overall ........................................................4-3 Yale, including a 93-yarder for a touchdown. That was Patriot League ............................................2-0 ON THE AIR Colgate’s first non-onside kickoff return TD in nearly 15 Home ..........................................................4-0 years, and the program’s first kickoff return touchdown of Away ...........................................................0-3 Because Saturday’s game any kind in almost seven years. is being televised by Time 2014 TEAM INFORMATION Warner Cable Sports and the Head Coach......................................Dan Hunt The Raiders as a kickoff return unit lead the Patriot League Colgate men’s hockey team Alma Mater, Year ......................Springfield ‘92 and rank 13th nationally at 24.1 yards per return. Morgan plays at 3 p.m. at Sacred CU Record ....................................4-3/1st Year now owns a 36.8-yard average, but with only four returns Heart, there will be no radio Career Record ..............................4-3/1st Year is not yet eligible for conference and national rankings. broadcast of the Colgate- Offense/Defense ................................. Multiple Teammate John Maddaluna III leads the Patriot League Albany football game. Stadium ...................Crown Field at Andy Kerr with a 25.9-yard average on 16 returns, with a long of 56. Capacity.............................. 10,221 (FieldTurf) Colgate student-athletes have won the Corvias Patriot ASSISTANT COACHES League Special Teams award four of the last six weeks, Paul Shaffner ...............DC/Inside Linebackers with Jonah Bowman (Sept. 13 and 20) and Victor Steffen Chris Young * .......................OC/Quarterbacks (Sept. 27) already earning certificates. Ryan Knowles...............D-Line/Special Teams Stan Dakosty * .............. Secondary/Recruiting MOONEY MAKES DEBUT AT YALE Brad Dunlay ..............................Offensive Line Colgate matched its season high for points last Saturday but it wasn’t enough, as Yale pulled Terry Dow ........................ Tight Ends/H-Backs Andrew Kirkland .............................Secondary Tem Lukabu *..................Outside Linebackers COLGATE RAIDERS 4-3 (2-0 PATRIOT*) Brent Bassham *.....................Wide Receivers Jay Clark................ Football Operations Intern *Stationed in press box during games. DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT ATTEND. Aug. 30 at Ball State Muncie L 10-30 9,659 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 13 at Delaware Newark L 25-28 15,319 John Painter .....................................Director Sept. 20 CORNELL (HC) HAMILTON W 27-12 7,522 (865) 414-1143 | [email protected] Sept. 27 GEORGETOWN * HAMILTON W 19-0 4,199 Jarrett Abelson ..............Associate Director (585) 732-7120 | [email protected] Oct. 4 HOLY CROSS * HAMILTON W 20-17 3,720 Kat Castner .....................Assistant Director Oct. 11 PRINCETON HAMILTON W 31-30 4,402 (484) 695-0670 | [email protected] Oct. 18 at Yale New Haven L 31-45 8,788 Lisa Diehl...........................Admin. Assistant Oct. 25 at Albany Albany 3:30 p.m. (315) 292-3182 | [email protected] Nov. 1 at Fordham * Bronx 1:00 p.m. Ben Johnston .............Multimedia Assistant Nov. 8 LAFAYETTE * HAMILTON 1:00 p.m. (317) 752-1623 | [email protected] Nov. 15 at Lehigh * Bethlehem 12:30 p.m. Press Box Phone .................... (315) 228-6863 Nov. 22 at Bucknell * Lewisburg 1:00 p.m. Website ...................... GoColgateRaiders.com *Patriot League Games. (HC) Homecoming. All times Eastern. away for a 45-31 decision at the Yale Bowl. The game was scoreless through one quarter and tied at 10 going into the break before Yale outscored Colgate 35-21 in the final 30 minutes. Freshman Bret Mooney drew the start at quarterback for Colgate in place of Jake Melville, who was recovering from an upper body injury suffered at the end of the 31-30 victory over Princeton. Mooney (right) finished 15-of-31 passing for 225 yards. He also rushed 17 times for 27 additional yards. Kris Kent contributed 12 tackles to lead the Raiders. John Wilkins scored two rushing touchdowns and James COLGATE RECORDS WATCH Travellin one for the Raiders. Kris Kent was the tackle CAREER INTERCEPTION LEADERS leader with 12. The loss snapped Colgate’s four-game Tom Wilson (1964-66) 20 winning streak. Paul Lawler (1974, 76-78) 16 MIKE ARMIENTO (2011-14) 14 GREENAWALT PATRIOT ROOKIE OF WEEK Sheldon Spicer (1985-87) 13 Alex Greenawalt was Colgate’s first Patriot League Rookie of the Week award winner. Marcus Cameron (1993-96) 13 The wide receiver set personal game highs with five catches for 103 yards and a TD as Brandon Tinson (1997-2000) 12 Colgate rallied past Princeton, 31-30. Greenawalt’s 24-yard TD reception late in the first half John Owens (1951-53) 11 narrowed a 16-point Princeton lead to 23-14 and jump-started the Raider fortunes. Thomas Doyle (1969-71) 11 Jared Nepa (2003-05) 11 Greenawalt posted receptions of 24, 26 and 24 (TD) in the second quarter alone, and then Al SImmons (1950-52 10 added catches of 21 and 8 after halftime to complete his breakout performance. Todd Palmatier (1971-73) 10 Mark Murphy (1973-76) 10 ARMIENTO CLIMBING THE CHARTS Mike Armiento (right) had interceptions in consecutive SEASON INTERCEPTION LEADERS games recently, giving him 14 for his career and lifting him Tom Wilson (1966) 8 all alone into third place on the Colgate career chart. The Paul Lawler (1977) 7 senior safety is also third on the Patriot League career chart. Sheldon Spicer (1987) 7 Tom Wilson (1964) 6 Among active FCS participants, Armiento’s 14 interceptions Tom Wilson (1965) 6 and 44 career passes defensed are second only to Sacred Al Simmons (1967) 6 Heart’s J.D. Roussel with 16 and 48, respectively. Thomas Doyle (1970) 6 Geoff Bean (2004) 6 See charts at left. MIKE ARMIENTO (2013) 6 RAIDERS SWEEP HOMESTAND ACTIVE TACKLE LEADERS Colgate completed a four-game homestand in perfect Kris Kent (2011-) 252 fashion, twice rallying from 16 points down for a 31-30 Mike Armiento (2011-) 235 thriller over Princeton. NCAA FCS ACTIVE LEADERS The Tigers rolled to leads of 16-0 and 23-7 before Colgate rallied with two touchdowns in the CAREER INTERCEPTIONS final 52 seconds before halftime. Jake Melville sandwiched TD passes of 24 yards to Alex J.D. Roussel, Sacred Heart 16 Greenawalt (right) and 13 to John Quazza – the latter as the halftime horn sounded – around MIKE ARMIENTO, COLGATE 14 Mike Armiento’s 56-yard interception return to send the Raiders into the locker trailing only Christian Dudzik, North Dakota State 11 23-21. Matthew Steinbeck, Bucknell 11 Daniel Fitzpatrick, Tennessee State 10 Melville had never thrown for more than 159 yards, but he busted loose for 303 against a Princeton defense that limited PASSES DEFENDED Colgate’s running game to just 111 yards. Greenawalt, J.D. Roussel, Sacred Heart 48 Quazza and Brian Lalli caught five passes apiece for a MIKE ARMIENTO, COLGATE 44 combined 235 of those yards. Jarrett Dieudonne, Wagner 36 Christian Dudzik, North Dakota State 34 BOWMAN BOOTS SCHOOL FG RECORD Daniel Fitzpatrick, Tennessee State 33 Colgate placekicker Jonah Bowman etched his name into the Raider records book when he connected on his ninth PATRIOT LEAGUE straight field goal. It handed Bowman the season record for CAREER INTERCEPTION LEADERS consecutive made field goals. Dave Murphy, Holy Cross (1986-89) 28 Angel Colon, Lafayette (1996-99) 15 Bowman (right) made 10 straight field goals to begin his MIKE ARMIENTO, COLGATE (2011-14) 14 collegiate career -- he was 1-of-1 last season -- before Tad Kornegay, Fordham (2001-04) 14 missing a 39-yarder at Yale. He is 10-of-11 for the season Bryce Robertson, Bucknell (2008-11) 14 and leads the Patriot League in both field goal percentage 2014 COLGATE RAIDERS GAME NOTES and field goals made per game. 2014 In-Season Awards COMEBACK