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GAME 2009 COLGATE FOOTBALL Patriot League Champions • 1997 • 1999 • 2002 • 2003 2 2005 • 2008 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs 1982 • 1983 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2003 • 2005 • 2008 NCAA Division I-AA Runnerup • 2003 SCHEDULES THIS WEEK COLGATE (1-0, 0-0 PL) Sept. 5 MONMOUTH ......................W, 35-23 Stony Brook (0-1, Big South 0-0) Sept. 12 StoNY BROOK Sept. 19 at Dartmouth at Colgate (1-0, Patriot League 0-0) Sept. 26 FORDHAM * Oct. 3 CORNELL Saturday, September 12, 2009 • 6:00 Oct. 8 at Princeton Oct. 17 at Georgetown * Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, N.Y. Oct. 24 at Holy Cross * Oct. 31 LEHIGH * "Second Game Under the Lights" Nov. 7 at Lafayette * Nov. 14 BUCKNELL * GAME DAY * Patriot League Game The Colgate Raiders will be playing host to the Stony Brook Seawolves this Saturday in the second of three games under the lights at Andy Kerr STONY BROOK (0-1, 0-0 Big South) Stadium. Kickoff is at 6:00 p.m. Sept. 5 at Hofstra L, 17-10 Sept. 12 at Colgate "NIGHT GAMES" Sept. 19 Brown Sept. 26 at UMass Today's game will be the second "Night Game" under the lights at Andy Oct. 3 Presbyterian Kerr Stadium. The Raiders are 1-0 under the lights at home after the win Oct. 10 at North Dakota over Monmouth last week. Oct. 17 at VMI Oct. 24 Costal Carolina Oct. 31 at Gardner-Webb THE SERIES Nov. 14 at Charleston Southern This is the second meeting between Colgate and Stony Brook, with the Nov. 21 Liberty Seawolves leading 1-0. Stony Brook won the first meeting 42-26 in 2008. TICKETS Tickets for the Colgate-Stony Brook game are available at the Raider Ticket Office (315-228-7600). They are priced at $15 for reserved seats, $10.00 for general admission, and $5.00 for children (12 and under) in the general admission section. COLGATE VS. NON-CONFERENCE TEAMS UNDER BIDDLE AT-A-GLANCE In 13 seasons under head coach Dick Biddle, the Raiders are 43-33 Site: Andy Kerr Stadium, Hamilton, N.Y. against non-conference teams for a winning percentage of .565. They have (10,221). Radio: WKXZ (94 FM/99.3 FM, Oneonta, 1-1 mark against the Big South Conference. N.Y.). Eric Malanoski is the play-by-play voice of Colgate football with Mike Getman on WEBSITES color commentary. Air time for the pregame show is 5:40. Complete Colgate football information, including releases, statistics, records ALL-ACCESS (www.goColgateRaiders.com) and features can be found on: Colgate's official website at www.goColgat- John McGraw will handle the play-by-play, eRaiders.com while Steve Hansen provides the color com- mentary. Video Streaming: THE COACHES www.goColgateRaiders.com Colgate head coach Dick Biddle, who is the winningest football coach in The Series: Stony Brook leads 1-0 school history, is in his 14th season at the helm of the Raiders. His overall Series Streak: Stony Brook - 1 Last Meeting: 2008, Stony Brook 42-26 record is 105-49 and is 0-1 against Stony Brook. Last Meeting at Colgate: Stony Brook head coach Chuck Priore is in his fourth campaign with the none Seawolves. He has compiled a mark of 16-18 at Stony Brook and 55-27 Stony Brook at Colgate: 0-0 overall. Head Coaches: Colgate - Dick Biddle (Duke ‘71) 14th Year at Colgate and Overall (105-49) LAST OUTING vs. Stony Brook (0-1) Sophomore Nate Eachus carried 20 times for 139 yards and three touch- Stony Brook - Chuck Priore (Albany '82) Fourth Year at Stony Brook (16-18) and . downs as Colgate ran over Monmouth 35-23. Overall (55-27) Eachus, led a Colgate rushing attack that gained 258 yards. Junior quar- vs. Colgate (1-0) terback Greg Sullivan added 83. Colgate's 35 points tied the most ever scored in a season opener under RAIDER COVERAGE coach Biddle, and is the most scored in an opening day win since 1989. Colgate Athletic Communications STONY BROOK NOTEBOOK Office Phone: (315) 228-7602 The Seawolves return seven starters on offense and eight on defense from Fax Phone: (315) 228-7977 last year's 5-6 team. Jeremiah Hergott............ Director Leading the way on offense are tailbacks Conte Cuttino and Ed Gowins. E-Mail . [email protected] Cuttino is the Stony Brook career rushing leader with 2,836 yards. Last sea- Cell Phone.............315-527-8460 son Cuttino rushed for 1,195 yards with seven touchdowns, while Gowins John Gilger . Ass’t Director rushed for 1,310 yards and 11 touchdowns. Elizabeth Judge............ Assistant Defensively, the Seawolves are led by senior linebacker Tyler Santucci Lisa Diehl......Administrative Assistant and classmate Chris Richards at cornerback. Last season both earned All- Big South honors as Santucci led the team in tackles (79) and Richards in • interceptions (3). Colgate Athletic Website www.goColgateRaiders.com 1,000 YARD RUSHING CLUB • Against Monmouth Nate Eachus became the just the 26th Colgate player to ever reach 1,000 rushing yards in his career. He currently sits 25th with 1,071 yards, just four yards behind 24th. QUARTERBACK RUSHING MARK Greg Sullivan needs 19 rushing yards to reach 1,000 in his career. The all-time leader is Tom Parr who finished his career in 1974 with 2,221 when Colgate was running the wishbone. CAREER RECEIVING CHART Senior wide receiver Pat Simonds has moved into sixth place on the school's all-time receiving yardage list with 1,865 yards on 109 catches. Simonds needs 10 yards for fifth place. He is fifth in the Patriot League with 80 yards per game, and tied for ninth in catches per game with 4.00. BY THE NUMBERS • Colgate has won 60 of its last 87 games. • Colgate has won 62 of its last 79 Patriot League games. • Colgate has won 27 of its last 40 games decided by nine points or less. • Colgate has won 33 of its last 41 games at Andy Kerr Stadium. League Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. THE BIDDLE ERA Holy Cross 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 Last season became a major milestone in the coaching career of Colgate Colgate 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 head coach Dick Biddle. On September 7, Biddle became the winningest Lafayette 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Lehigh 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 football coach in school history with his 97th victory, passing the legendary Fordham 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Andy Kerr. Bucknell 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Entering his 14th season with the Raiders, Biddle has an overall mark of Georgetown 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 105-49. He has achieved the best winning percentage (.679) of any Colgate coach with seven or more years at the helm of the Raiders. Biddle is also THIS WEEK: Stony Brook at Colgate, Sacred Heart at Holy Cross, Lafayette at Georgetown, the first Colgate coach to ever record nine straight seasons with seven or Robert Morris at Bucknell, Lehigh at Villanova more victories. He has been named Patriot League Coach of the Year four times while guiding the Raiders to six Patriot League titles and six appearances in the For further information on the Patriot FCS (formally I-AA) playoffs. League and its members, please contact In 2003, Biddle was named the American Football Coaches Association the league office. Division I-AA National Coach of the Year after leading the Raiders to a 15-1 Matt Dougherty........ (610) 289-1963 record, and to the national championship game of the NCAA Division I-AA E-Mail [email protected] playoffs. Fax . (610) 289-1952 www.patriotleague.com SIMONDS SAYS The 2009 Colgate team captain is senior wide reciever Pat Simonds. Simonds is the first lone Raider team captain since Mike Boorman in 1994. NON-CONFERENCE RECORD The Raiders have a 43-33 record against non-conference foes under coach Biddle, and are 1-1 against teams from the Big South. TEAM COMPARISONS ON DEFENSE Senior Garington Spence is Colgate's leading tackler with eight fol- COLGATE (1-0, PL 0-0) lowed by Uzi Idah with seven and Vinnie Nicosia and Paul Mancuso 2009 Team Statistics COL OPP with six. Uzi Idah and Brendan Buglione each have one tackle for minus Points/Game 35.0 23.0 yardage, while Buglione has one sack. First Downs 22 17 Rushing/Game 258.0 154.0 Passing 14-8-0 20-14-0 DIFFERENT STYLES Passing/Game 136.0 146.0 Total Offense/Game 394.0 300.0 Todays game will feature contrasting styles. Colgate is currently ranked Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 sixth in the country with 258.0 rushing yards per game, while Stony Brook Penalties-Yards 6-51 9-55 is ranked 90th with 46.0. Punting 37.0 36.8 Overall, the Raiders are ranked 26th in total offense (410.0 ypg) and Stony Brook 70th (234.0 ypg). STONY BROOK (0-1, Big South 0-0) 2009 Team Statistics SBU OPP Points/Game 10.0 17.0 NINE IN A ROW First Downs 12 18 Dating back to last season the Raiders have won nine straight regular Rushing/Game 46.0 119.0 season games. Passing 29-18-0 33-19-1 Passing/Game 188.0 157.0 COLGATE VS. TOP 25 TEAMS Total Offense/Game 234.0 276.0 Colgate is 7-8 in its last 15 games against teams ranked in the Top Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-0 Penalties-Yards 9-95 2-10 25 of the FCS.