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Troy, NY 12180-3590 2006 SCHEDULE Founded .................................................................................................1824 Sept. 9 at Endicott ..............................................................12pm Undergraduate Enrollment ................................................................. 5,000 Sept. 16 at Utica ................................................................1:30pm President .................................................................Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Sept. 23 HOBART* ............................................................1pm Athletic Director ..........................................................................Ken Ralph Sept. 30 BECKER ..............................................................1pm Athletic Department Phone .....................................................518-276-6685 Oct. 7 at St. Lawrence* ........................................................1pm Athletic Department Web Address ........................... www.rpiathletics.com Oct. 21 at Merchant Marine* ................................................1pm Colors .................................................................................Cherry & White Oct. 28 WPI* .....................................................................1pm Nickname .......................................................................................Engineers Annual Transit Trophy Game Mascot ...........................................................................................Red Hawk Nov. 4 at Rochester* ..........................................................12pm Home Field ................................................. ’86 Field (grass/3,000 capacity) Nov. 11 UNION* ..............................................................1pm Annual Dutchman Shoes Trophy Game * - Indicates Liberty League game • All games broadcast live on WRPI, First Year of Football .....................................................................1886 (1-0) 91.5 FM, and www.wrpi.org All-Time Record ...........................................................................362-468-42 Years in Post-Season ...................................................9 (3 NCAA, 6 ECAC) TABLE OF CONTENTS Conference .............................................................................Liberty League Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...............................................................2-4 Affiliations .....................................................NCAA Division III & ECAC President, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson .............................................................2 Troy and the Capital Region .......................................................................4 Base Offense ................................................................................. Multiple I Athletic Department Administration ..........................................................5 Base Defense ...............................................................................Multiple 50 The 2006 Season Outlook ........................................................................6-7 Head Coach Joe King ...............................................................................8-9 2005 Regular Season Record ....................................................................8-2 Assistant Coaches ................................................................................. 10-11 Contacting Rensselaer Football .................................................................10 2005 League Record/Finish ..........................................................5-2/Third Football Support Personnel .......................................................................12 Starters Returning ...................................................18 (11 off., 6 def., 1 ST) Rensselaer’s Annual Football Golf Tournament .......................................12 Starters Lost ................................................................6 (0 off., 5 def., 1 ST) Rosters ................................................................................................... 13-14 Letterwinners Returning ...........................................................................41 Pronunciations ...........................................................................................14 Letterwinners Lost .....................................................................................13 2006 Team Photo .......................................................................................14 Players to Watch ....................................................................................15-27 Head Coach ...................................................................Joe King (Siena ’70) The Junior Varsity ......................................................................................21 Overall Collegiate Record ................................................118-44-2 (17 years) 2005 Final Statistics ...................................................................................28 Record at Rensselaer ........................................................118-44-2 (17 years) 2005 Game-by-Game Summaries .........................................................29-33 Office Phone .............................................................................518-276-2556 2005 Honors & Awards ............................................................................34 e-mail .......................................................................................kingj@rpi.edu Rensselaer’s National Academic All-Americans ........................................35 All-Time Record by Opponent ..................................................................36 Assistant Coaches ........................ John Barber (Hudson Valley CC) — TEs Series Records by Opponent .....................................................................36 .................................................................Dan Cole (Rensselaer ’04) — QBs Year-by-Year Results ...............................................................................37-40 ................................................Pete Costanza (William Paterson ‘94) — DBs Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders...................................................................41 ................................................... Pat DelMonaco (Albany ‘00) — OC & OL All-Time Captains ......................................................................................42 ...........................................................Will Headen (Rensselaer ‘89) — OLB All-Time Head Coaches .............................................................................43 ................................................................Kevin King (Rensselaer ’00) — ILB In the Post-Season .................................................................................43-44 ......................................................................John Maletta (LSU ’87) — RBs Individual Records .....................................................................................45 .............................................Chad Martinovich (Hobart ‘94) — DC & DBs Team Records ........................................................................................46-47 ...................................................Chris Sapp (North Greenville ‘05) — WRs The Last Time it Happened.......................................................................47 .............................................Bob Schoonmaker (Hudson Valley CC) — OL Rensselaer’s All-Time Shutouts .................................................................48 ...................................................Blaise Zambrano (Baldwin Wallace) — LBs Rensselaer & The NFL ..............................................................................49 Football Office Phone ..............................................................518-276-6257 Rensselaer Football in the Athletics Hall of Fame ....................................49 Facilities .....................................................................................................50 Rensselaer Football Alumni Association ...................................................51 Captains .....................................................................Jay Bernardo ‘07 (RB) Liberty League ............................................................................................51 ..................................................................................... Jon Branche ‘07 (TE) 2006 Opponents ...................................................................................52-54 ............................................................................Shawn Herrmann ‘07 (OL) All-Time Series Records by 2006 Opponents .......................................54-56 .................................................................................... John Tesiero ‘08 (DB) The 2006 Rensselaer football program is a product of the RPI sports information de- ..................................................................................Armin