TWITTER @MUHAWKSFB | INSTAGRAM @MUHAWKSFB | MONMOUTHHAWKS.COM | FACEBOOK /MONMOUTHFOOTBALL | YOUTUBE /MONMOUTHHAWKS APR. 10 • KENNESAW STATE AT MONMOUTH • GAME 3 // TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. STAT COMPARISON/MU CONFERENCES 2 OPPONENT INFO/LAST MATCHUP 3 O/D/ST NOTES | FCS POLLS 4 MONMOUTH STAT NOTES 5 VS TRENDS/START CHART 6 KESSLER STADIUM LAST TIME OUT/BIG SOUTH SCHEDULE 7 APR 10, 2021 | 1:00 PM TODAY’S 2 DEEP/2 DEEP NOTES 8-9 2021 MONMOUTH ROSTER 10 7/7 WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ 20/22 OWLS HAWKS INDIVIDUAL SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 11 ESPN+ 4-0 | 2-0 BIG SOUTH 2-0 | 2-0 BIG SOUTH HAWKS IN THE NFL 12 HEAD COACH KEVIN CALLAHAN 13 KESSLER STADIUM/MEDIA INFORMATION 14 // COACHING MATCHUP KENNESAW ST MONMOUTH 2021 OPPONENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS 15 HEAD COACH Brian Bohannon (Georgia '93) Kevin Callahan (Rochester'77) 2021 MU/OPPONENT SCORING PLAYS 16 RECORD AT SCHOOL 52-15 165-124 2021 MU/OPPONENT EXPLOSIVE PLAYS 17 2021 MONMOUTH STATS 18-22 OVERALL RECORD 52-15 165-124 INDIVIDUAL/TEAM SUPERLATIVES 23 NOTES Two-time Big South COY 6th for wins among active FCS coaches RECYCLED NOTES 24 TODAY’S GAME KENNESAW STATE - MONMOUTH SERIES HISTORY u Despite there being another week to the regular season, Sixth Overall Meeting Series History today's game is the defacto Big South Championship game as Overall Record: KSU 4-1 Date Location Score the winner of today's matchup will earn the league's automatic 10.31.15 at KSU KSU, 21-13 West Long Branch: KSU 2-0 qualifier to the 2021 NCAA FCS Championship. 10.29.16 WLB KSU, 49-17 u Both teams are coming into today's game off of decisive Kennesaw, GA: KSU 2-1 11.18.17 at KSU KSU, 52-21 conference victories in their last outings. Monmouth blew open a close halftime game with Gardner-Webb while KSU was in com- First Meeting: Oct. 31, 2015 11.10.18 WLB KSU, 51-14 plete control by halftime of their game against Robert Morris. Last Meeting: Nov. 02, 2019 11.02.19 at KSU MU, 45-21 u Today's game will feature the nation's second ranked rushing Longest MU Win Streak: 1 gm attack in Kennesaw State (294.8) against the sixth best rush- ing defense in Monmouth who is allowing 56 yards per game. Longest KSU Win Streak: 4 gms Monmouth hasn't allowed more than 86 yards on the ground in Largest MU W Margin: 24 pts its two games while the Owls have run for more than 300 yards Largest KSU W Margin: 37 pts in three of their four contests. u The Hawks finally broke back into the top-25 polls after drop- Smallest MU W Margin: 24 pts ping out due to missing games when opponents had to cancel due Smallest KSU W Margin: 9 pts to CV-19. Monmouth ranks 20th in the STATS Perform Poll, 22nd in the AFCA Coaches' Poll and 14th in the Athlon Sports Poll. Shutouts: --- u The game will air on ESPN+with Eddie Occhipinti (pxp) and Overtime Games: --- Emory Hunt (analyst) on the call. SPRING 2021 MONMOUTH FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result TV Series Notes Mar. 27 Charleston So* W, 35-17 ESPN+ MU leads 4-1 Hawks rack up 470 yards, force three turnovers in wins Apr. 3 at Gardner-Webb* W, 48-19 ESPN+ MU leads 6-1 Farri runs for 4 TDs, Defense pitches second half shutout Apr. 10 Kennesaw St.* 1 PM ESPN+ KSU leads 4-1 Winner of this game has won the BSC title each of last 3 yrs Apr. 17 at Robert Morris* 12 PM ESPN+ TIED 10-10 Hawks won last three meetings against the Colonials BOLD - Home games played at Kessler Stadium *Big South Conference Game GAME 3 - Kennesaw State at Monmouth 2021 MONMOUTH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES INSIDE THE MONMOUTH-KENNESAW STATE SERIES TALE OF THE TAPE n Today’s game marks the sixth time that Kennesaw and Monmouth have met, with KSU winning four of the five previous matchups. MU Category KSU n Monmouth defeated the fouth-ranked Kennesaw Owls on the road last season, sprinting out to a 31-7 lead on Tymere Berry's pick six with one minute left in the 212.5 Rush Offense 290.5 half. The Hawks would scored two more to take a 45-7 lead before KSU scored 226.0 Pass Offense 83.2 on a pair of 50+ yard plays. 141.0 Pass Efficiency 249.4 n The last time the Owls visited Kessler Stadium, the Hawks held a 14-7 lead in 438.5 Total Offense 373.8 the second quarter but KSU scored 44 unanswered points - including pitching a 41.5 Scoring Offense 32.8 shutout in the second half to win its second Big South title. 56.0 Rush Defense 88.0 n The teams first met in 2015 down at Kennesaw. The Hawks struck first on 242.5 Pass Yds Allowed 132.2 a 12 yard Darren Ambush TD but KSU held Monmouth out of the endzone for 111.8 Pass Eff. Defense 101.2 the next 46+ minutes building a 23-7 lead in the process. KSU had 341 yards 298.5 Total Defense 220.2 rushing with two 100+ yard rushers on the day. 18.0 Scoring Defense 12.2 JUWON FARRI EARNS BACK TO BACK WEEKLY AWARDS 26.5 Net Punting 34.6 Monmouth redshirt sophomore Juwon Farri broke his own personal record he 12.0 Punt Returns 4.1 set last week by reaching the endzone four times on the ground in Monmouth's 39.0 Punt Return Def 0.0 48-19 win over Gardner-Webb. He finished with his second consecutive 100-yard 11.8 Kickoff Returns 23.1 game, rushing for 124 yards on 24 carries. Not only did Farri averaged 5.2 yards 18.0 Kickoff Return Def 19.3 per carry but he did not have a negative rush against the Runnin' Bulldogs. Farri +5 Turnover Margin +2` scored on a short run of two yards and a pair of one yard runs out of the wildcat 6 Turnovers Gained 6 before breaking into the open field for a 20 yard scoring jaunt in the fourth quar- 1 Turnovers Lost 4 ter. Farri, who has seven touchdowns in two games this season, won Offensive Player of the Week last week as well. He was also named STATS Perform National 9 Sacks By 12 Player of the Week runner up. 3 Sacks Allowed 2 15 TFL 29 THIS WEEK'S GAME CAPTAINS 9 TFL Allowed 20 Due to the shortened Spring season, Monmouth will not have traditional season long 3.5 Penalties/GM 6.0 captains, instead will have game by game. Today's game captains for the Hawks are 35.5 Penalty Yds/GM 49.5 seniors Eddie Hahn, Kahari Scarlett, Lonnie Moore and Mahmoud Shabana. 20.5 1st Downs Avg 20.7 15.5 1st Downs Allowed 15.2 HAWKS SELECTED FIRST IN PRESEASON POLL 31% 3rd DN Conv Off 47% Monmouth University was selected to finish first, for the first time since join- ing the Big South in the 2020-21 Big South Preseason Poll. The Hawks edged 27% 3rd DN Conv Def 29% out Kennesaw State by one point, however garnered six of a possible 10 first 82% Red Zone Offense 89% place votes. Hampton, Campbell and North Alabama were not included in the 82% Red Zone TDs 67% poll due to choosing to opt out in the Spring. 2021 MONMOUTH LEADERS 2020-21 Big South Preseason Poll Rushing Att Yds Avg Td Lg 1. Monmouth (6 votes) 44 Farri 57 243 4.3 7 26 2. Kennesaw State (3 votes) 43 3. Charleston Southern (1 vote) 31 Passing Cmp Att Yds Td Int 4. Robert Morris 16 Musket 32 59 452 4 0 Gardner-Webb 16 Receiving Rec Yds Avg Td Lg MONMOUTH AGAINST THE BIG SOUTH Greene 9 212 23.6 2 70 n Since starting up Big South league play in 2014, Monmouth owns an 20-14 con- Defensive Tac Solo TFL Sck Int ference record, however is 16-2 since 2017. Grimes 19 13 0 0 0 n The Hawks own a 6-1 record against Gardner-Webb, 2-0 against Campbell, 4-1 against CSU and 1-4 vs Kennesaw State. The Hawks are also 1-0 against Hampton (3-0 overall) in conference competition. MU is 1-0 against North Alabama as well. 2021 KSU LEADERS n The Hawks won their first Big South Title in 2019 going undefeated for the first Rushing Att Yds Avg Td Lg time since joining the league. Glover 53 278 5.2 2 29 n MU was 0-3 against members of the Big South prior to joining the league, includ- ing dropping a home and home series with Coastal Carolina and a non-conference Passing Cmp Att Yds Td Int tilt with the Flames. The Hawks were also 4-2 against PC. Murphy 4 6 108 2 0 n With the win over Campbell in 2019, Monmouth won four consecutive Big South games to start Big South play for the first time in school history (2017). Receiving Rec Yds Avg Td Lg Haigler 5 116 23.20 1 41 DID YOU KNOW? Defensive Tac Solo TFL Sck Int The winner of the Monmouth vs Kennesaw State football game has decided the Big Armstrong 30 21 5.5 1.5 1 South Champion and earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA FCS Playoffs in each of the last four seasons, including wins by KSU in 2017 and 2018 and Mon- mouth in 2019.