Current Standings Ahead in Week 8 Week 8 Preview
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
1818 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (314) 444-4364 FAX (314) 444-4365 A NCAA Division I FCS Conference 2010 Weekly Report Contact: Cody Bush Week 7: Oct. 17, 2010 Phone: (931) 221-7561 CURRENT STANDINGS PFL OVERALL Team W-L PCT PF PA H A STR W-L PCT PF PA H A STR WEEK 7 RESULTS Jacksonville 4-0 1.000 202 84 2-0 2-0 W7 6-1 .857 292 154 3-0 3-1 W5 def. Valparaiso, 86-7 Dayton 4-0 1.000 136 75 2-0 2-0 W6 6-1 .857 240 137 4-0 2-1 W5 def. Butler, 33-13 Drake 3-1 .750 111 70 1-0 2-1 W1 4-3 .571 174 160 1-1 3-2 W1 def. Campbell, 12-14 Davidson 2-2 .500 68 103 0-2 2-0 W1 2-4 .333 91 164 0-3 2-1 W1 def. Morehead State, 17-10 San Diego 2-2 .500 86 66 1-1 1-1 W1 2-5 .286 127 178 1-3 1-2 W1 def. Marist, 14-10 Morehead State 1-2 .333 83 90 0-1 1-1 L1 2-4 .333 131 196 1-1 1-3 L2 lost to Davidson, 10-17 Campbell 1-2 .333 66 52 0-2 1-0 L1 2-4 .333 120 136 0-4 2-0 L1 lost to Drake, 12-14 Butler 1-3 .250 47 92 0-2 1-1 L1 3-4 .429 111 156 1-2 2-2 L1 lost to Dayton, 13-33 Marist 1-3 .250 100 108 0-2 1-1 L1 2-4 .333 139 139 1-3 1-1 L1 lost to San Diego, 10-14 Valparaiso 0-4 .000 47 206 0-3 0-1 L13 0-7 .000 61 343 0-4 0-3 L16 lost to Jacksonville, 7-86 AHEAD IN WEEK 8 - PFL CONTEST WEEK 8 PREVIEW Saturday, Oct. 9 JACKSONVILLE returns home after a successful road excursion to host MARIST. Marist at Jacksonville, Noon The Red Foxes stunned the Dolphins last season, scoring with six seconds remain- Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (D.B. Milne Field) ing to post a 31-27 victory. Jacksonville running back Rudell Small is averaging MAR leads, 1-0 Streak: MAR, one win 102.9 yards per game after posting 192 yards at Valparaiso last week. Marist wideout James LaMacchia showed his double-threat ability last week, returning a Morehead State at Butler, 1 p.m. punt 69 yards for a touchdown against San Diego MOREHEAD STATE travels Location: Indianapolis, Ind. (Butler Bowl) BUTLER MOR leads, 10-3 Streak: BUT, two wins to after both squads lost at home in Week 7. Butler rolled up 348 yards offense in Week 7 but had just 13 points to show for its effort – kicker David Lang Campbell at Dayton, 1 p.m. scoring six points on field goals of 41 and 38 yards. Morehead State’s offensive Location: Dayton, Ohio (Welcome Stadium) output dropped to 218 yards in its Week 7 loss – quarterback Zach Lewis complet- DAY leads, 2-0 Streak: DAY, two wins ed 16 passes for 171 yards CAMPBELL returns to the road where it’s unbeaten, Davidson at Drake, 2 p.m. but will meet a DAYTON squad that is unbeaten at home. Campbell gathered 154 Location: Des Moines, Iowa (Drake Stadium) rushing yards in a Week 7 loss, with four rushers finishing between 33 and 48 net DRA leads, 4-1 Streak: DRA, one win yards rushing. Dayton scored on all six of its red-zone possessions in a Week 7 road Valparaiso at San Diego, 5 p.m. victory, quarterback Steve Valentino passing for 208 yards and rushing for a team- Location: San Diego, Calif. (Torero Stadium) best 74 yards DAVIDSON also returns to the road where it has posted both its SAN leads, 12-5 Streak: SAN, six wins victories this season and meets a DRAKE squad that will be playing its third home All times Eastern. game this campaign. Both teams survived final-drive scares to win their Week 7 FCS rankings in brackets prior to school’s name: road outings. Drake wideout Drew Blackmon caught eight passes for 122 yards, in- [Sports Network Fathead.com Poll/FCS Coaches Poll] cluding a 42-yard touchdown pass that gave his team an eight-point fourth-quarter lead last week. Meanwhile, Davidson needed a crucial sack by Lewis McAlister to stymie a late Morehead State drive to secure victory, it was one of a career-high three sacks for McAlister VALPARAISO will look to find the win column for the first time this season when it visitsSAN DIEGO which returns home after its second cross-country trip. Valparaiso’s offense has shown flashes this season, including a 52-yard touchdown pass by Nate Goergen in Week 7. San Diego’s offense has con- tinued to improve as the season has progressed, recording its third 300-yard outing in its last four games. Quarterback Mason Mills has led the effort, passing for 258 yards and running for 72 yards in last week’s victory. www.pioneer-football.org 2010 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEKLY REPORT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK PAST OFFENSIVE HONOREES S04 Steve Valentino (DAY) Rudell Small, Jacksonville S11 Zach Lewis (MOR) Senior, Running Back, Ocala, Fla. S18 Kenny Mantuo (DAV) Small rushed for three touchdowns in Jacksonville’s 86-7 PFL victory at Valparaiso, Saturday. He carried the ball 12 S25 Josh McGregor (JAC) times for 192 yards, averaging 16.0 yards per carry. Small’s O02 Josh Philpart (JAC) three touchdowns went for 4, 35 and 9 yards. It is the 18th O09 Josh McGregor (JAC) best rushing performance (by yards) in the FCS and the O16 Rudell Small (JAC) most by a runner in the PFL this season. O23 O30 N06 N13 N20 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK PAST DEFENSIVE HONOREES S04 Jerome Raymond (MOR) Lewis McAlister, Davidson S11 Mario Kurn (SAN) Sophomore, Defensive Line, Apex, N.C. S18 Brandon Wingeier (DAY) McAlister made just three tackles, but each was a fourth- quarter sack as Davidson held on to defeat Morehead State, S25 David Witkiewicz (DRA) 17-10, in PFL action, Saturday. His final sack came on More- O02 James Vercammen (DAY) head State’s final drive and forced a fumble that pushed the O09 Joe Ries (DAY) Eagles into a 3rd-and-32 situation and effectively ended any O16 Lewis McAlister (DAV) threat. His second sack came on 3rd-and-3 and forced the O23 Eagles to punt. O30 N06 N13 N20 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK PAST SPECIAL TEAMS HONOREES S04 David Lang (BUT) Josh Hostetler, Jacksonville S11 Rainer Duzan (MOR) Senior, Placekicker, Titusville, Fla. S18 Josh Hostetler (JAC) Hostetler finished with 14 points in Jacksonville’s 86-7 PFL victory at Valparaiso, Saturday. He made a 36-yard field S25 Rainer Duzan (MOR) goal to end the first half and converted 11-of-12 extra-point O02 Gary Hunter (DAY) attempts. Hostetler also handled kickoff duties for the Dol- O09 Stanley Shurson (SAN) phins, booming 14 kickoffs for 808 yards, averaging 62.2 O16 Josh Hostetler (JAC) yards per kick. His 14 points scored were two shy of the PFL O23 record for points by a kicker. O30 N06 N13 N20 OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR THIS WEEK’S HONORS OFFENSE Daniel Polk (CAM), Lanny Funsten (DAV), Steve Valentino (DAY), Drew Blackmon (DRA), Mason Mills (SAN) DEFENSE Paul Pizzuti (CAM), James Vercammen (DAY), Dain Taylor (DRA), Taylor Marsh (JAC), Tyler Ramsey (MAR), Jerome Raymond (MOR), Mario Kurn (SAN) SPECIAL TEAMS Adam Willets (CAM), Andrew Wohler (DAV), Nate Miller (DAY), Billy Janssen (DRA), James LaMacchia (MAR) PAGE 2 2010 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEKLY REPORT NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE PFL: CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: Current league co-leaders Dayton and Jacksonville will not meet each other this season due to the PFL’s eight-game league schedule. It is the second season the Flyers and Dolphins will not meet one another. However, next season the two teams will resume their series as their game will rotate back into the league slate. MEDIA SERVICES BUTLER: Butler lost at home to Dayton despite a nearly even offensive battle – Dayton posting a narrow 349-348 advantage. Linebacker Jordan Ridley finished with 10 tackles PREFERRED NOMENCLATURE against the Flyers, his sixth consecutive game reaching double-digits in tackles. Kicker The league’s full name is the Pioneer Football League. Please use the league’s full name when David Lang booted a career-long 41-yard field goal to get Butler on the scoreboard and possible or use PFL as an abbreviation. Please, later added a 38-yard kick. do not use Pioneer League in any case. CAMPBELL: Campbell’s 14-12 loss to Drake last week was the third consecutive game PIONEER-FOOTBALL.ORG the Camels have lost a home contest by three points or less. Quarterback Daniel Polk The Pioneer Football League’s website features completed a career-high 18 passes in the loss but his lone score came on one of his 13 the latest news and stories around the league. carries – his eighth rushing touchdown this season. Kicker Adam Willets had six of the Standings along with team-by-team and compos- team’s 12 points courtesy field goals of 20 and 38 yards. ite results are updated following the conclusion of each day’s action. DAVIDSON: Davidson won the first of its two games during its current road trip, winning at Morehead State. The Wildcats prevailed courtesy Jonathan Carkhuff’s 71-yard touchdown WEEKLY RELEASE AND STATISTICS Each week the PFL produces a weekly release pass to Lanny Funsten.