SAN DIEGO TOREROS Vs DRAKE BULLDOGS GAME 6 | OCT. 17, 2015 | 2:00 P.M. GAMES to BE WEBCAST @ 2014 SCHEDULE/RE
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2015 SAN DIEGO TOREROS vs DRAKE BULLDOGS GAME 6 | OCT. 17, 2015 | 2:00 P.M. 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS SAN DIEGO MEDIA INFORMATION Sept. 5 @ SDSU L, 37-3 TOREROS VENUE: Torero Stadium Sept. 12 W. NEW MEXICO W, 45-21 3-2, 2-1 PFL CAPACITY: 6,000 PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass Sept. 19 BYE Sept. 26 @ Valparaiso* W, 38-3 Streak: L1 VIDEO STREAM: SOCIAL MEDIA: Oct. 3 MARIST* W, 30-27 Jack Cronin (PxP) TWITTER: @USDfootball Oct. 10 @ Dayton* L, 13-12 usdtoreros.com IG:@USDToreros FB: USDAthletics Oct. 17 DRAKE* 2:00 pm DRAKE (Homecoming/Family Weekend) BULLDOGS USD MEDIA RELATIONS Oct. 24 WARNER 6:00 pm FB Contact: Chris Loucks Oct. 31 @ Stetson* 10:00 am 3-3, 2-1 PFL EM: [email protected] Nov. 7 CAMPBELL* 12 noon Ph: 619-260-7930 Nov. 14 @ Davidson* 9:00 am Streak: W1 #TorerosTogether Nov. 21 BUTLER* 1:00 pm All times Pacific ... USD home games in BOLD TOREROS TO HOST DRAKE SATURDAY FOR HOMECOMING played at USD Torero Stadium (6,000 capacity). * PFL Contest. GAME #6: The University of San Diego football team (3-2, 2-1 PFL), under the direction of third-year head coach Dale Lindsey, will return home this week for Homecoming, as they host the Drake GAMES TO BE WEBCAST Bulldogs in a 2 p.m. Pioneer Football League game on Saturday at Torero Stadium. San Diego has @ www.usdtoreros.com won their last 20 PFL home games. SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS : Drake enters the game with an overall record of 3-3, and they All USD Football home games, and the hold a 2-1 record in the PFL after picking up a 34-7 win over Valparaiso this past Saturday in their SDSU contest, will be webcast live this sea- homecoming game. Drake’s defense continues to lead the squad, as the team ranks first in PFL son with Jack Cronin calling all of the play- games in total defense by allowing just 228.7 yards per game. The Bulldogs also lead the confer- by-play action. Cronin begins his 9th year ence in third-down conversion, holding opponents to a 30.4 percent (28-of-92). Drake’s offense of calling Torero football. For home games is led by junior running back Conley Wilkins, who has scored 48 of Drake’s 151 points this season Cronin will be joined in the booth by USD and rushed for 416 yards, the fourth-most in PFL. alum JT Rogan who played for the Toreros from 2005-2009. CAN YOU SEE ME?: Saturday's contest will have a free live video stream from Dayton, with the In addition, USD's six home games will voice of the Toreros, Jack Cronin, calling all the play-by-play action. A link to this can be found on have live video streaming, along with live USDToreros.com. Live stats are also available. statistics. 2015 PFL COACHES POLL: For the fourth straight year, the Toreros were picked to finish first in the PFL Preseason Coaches Poll. USD received seven of a possible 10 first-place votes and 89 of a maximum 100 points. The Toreros were followed by Dayton (87 points), Drake (86), Campbell 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (71), Butler (59), Stetson (54), Marist (50), Morehead State (40), Valparaiso (37) and Davidson (22). Jacksonville not included in preseason poll due to league penalty. The PFL will feature 11 teams Sept. 6 W. NEW MEXICO W, 23-17 each playing an eight-game schedule to determine the league champion and recipient of the Sept. 13 @ Jacksonville* L, 35-18 Sept. 20 PRINCETON W, 39-29 automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA FCS Championship. Sept. 27 @ Marist* W, 20-16 Oct. 4 Bye FOUR TOREROS SELECTED TO PFL PRESEASON FIRST TEAM: Twenty-nine student-athletes Oct. 11 STETSON* W, 31-23 were named to the 2015 Preseason All-PFL Team as selected by the league’s head coaches. Re- Oct. 18 @ Butler* W, 27-21 turning players who were selected to the league’s 2014 All-PFL Teams were placed automatically Oct. 25 DAYTON* W,40-29 on the 2015 Preseason All-PFL team in order of voting. Sixteen First-Team All-PFL honorees return Nov. 1 @ Drake* W, 17-14 for the 2015 season. In addition, 12 Second-Team All-PFL selections and one honorable mention Nov. 8 MOREHEAD ST.* W, 49-28 recipient from the 2014 All-PFL squads were elevated to the 2015 preseason squad. Four Toreros Nov. 15 VALPARAISO* W, 32-27 are included on the PFL Teams - junior running back Jonah Hodges (Santa Cruz, Calif.), senior Nov. 22 CAL POLY L, 3-34 offensive tackle Pono Keni (Kailua, Hawaii), sophomore tight end Ross Dwelley (El Dorado Hills, Nov. 29 @ Montana (FCS) L, 14-52 Calif.) and junior cornerback Jamal Agnew (San Diego, Calif.) on defense. SAN DIEGO FOOTBALL HEAD COACH DALE LINDSEY SAN DIEGO UNDER Fifth Season | Third Season as Head Coach DALE LINDSEY Hometown: Bowling Green, KY. | Alma Mater: Western Kentucky (1964) Overall record: 20-8 (.714) At home: 13-2 (.867) On the road: 7-6 (.538) PFL Games: 15-3 (.833) Non-conference games: 5-5 (.500) Playoff Games: 0-1 (.000) Coming off a loss: 5-2 (.833) Coming off a win: 13-3 (.813) Coming off a bye: 2-1 (.667) In August: 1-0 (1.000) In September: 5-3 (.625) In October: 10-2 (.833) In November: 3-2 (.600) The University of San Diego introduced Dale of the Year and a 2014 Eddie Robinson Award Head Football Coach," stated Dr. Mary E. Lyons, Lindsey as its new head football coach on De- Finalist for FCS Coach of the Year. He guided the USD President. "Dale's experience and vision cember 29, 2012, at a Saturday afternoon press 2013 USD football program in his rookie year to for our program match well with the Universi- conference held in the Warren Hospitality Suite an 8-3 overall record with the team winning its ty. We look forward to having Coach Lindsey at of the Jenny Craig Pavilion. Lindsey beccame final four contests and seven of its final eight. the helm as we seek our first ever appearance the Toreros' 13th head coach and replaced Ron He enters the 2015 campaign with a two-year in the FCS Playoffs." Caragher who was hired as head coach at San record of 17-6. Jose State University. Lindsey brings a wealth of football experience Lindsey returned to USD's staff in 2012 where as a former NFL player and coach. His resume "After Coach Caragher informed me that he he was the program's defensive coordinator. includes over 30 years of football coaching at was leaving USD, the first person I met with was The Toreros finished the season with an overall the high school, college and professional ranks. our Defensive Coordinator, Dale Lindsey," said record of 8-3 and earned a share of the Pioneer Most recently with the Washington Redskins Ky Snyder, USD Executive Director of Athletics. Football League title with Butler and Drake (2004-06), Lindsey also spent time on the San "His knowledge of the game of football, of our with 7-1 records. The Toreros won their final six Diego Chargers staff as defensive coordinator team, of transitions, the respect he commands games, and among 121 FCS teams in the coun- (2002-03) and linebackers coach (1992-96). from both our coaches and players made him try, USD ranked 14th in scoring defense (19.27), the likely person for me to put in charge of our 15th in rushing defense (120.0) and 19th in From 1992-96, Lindsey was the linebackers program while we searched for a new Head pass efficiency defense (114.56). coach on the Chargers' defensive staff that Coach. We knew the characteristics that we helped guide the team to a pair of AFC West ti- were looking for: Integrity, belief and promo- "I want to thank Ky (Snyder), the USD athletic tles (1992 and 1994), three playoff appearances tion of the student-athlete, great knowledge of administration and department, former play- (1992, 1994 and 1995) and one AFC Champion- the game of football, a recruiter who can identi- ers, and the university for giving me this great ship (1994). Lindsey also spent time with the fy talent that can be nurtured, a coach of coach- opportunity," said Dale Lindsey."We've had a Chicago Bears, New England Patriots, Tampa es and one with connections to build our staff; winning tradition here that has been estab- Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers. and, a person who can be creative in moving lished by Ron Caragher, by former and active our program forward. As we spoke to and inter- players, and it falls on me to continue this tra- Lindsey played both linebacker and fullback viewed many coaches, we kept coming back to dition of excellence in athletics as well as aca- for two years at Western Kentucky, helping the the realization that the characteristics and ex- demics. Our staff will do everything in our pow- 1963 Hilltoppers to a 10-0-1 mark and the Tan- perience that we were looking for, was already er to help our players reach their goals both on gerine Bowl Championship. Overall, the two on our staff. We could not find someone with and off the field. Not only do we want to de- Topper teams (1963-64) he played on went more integrity, belief in the student-athlete velop good football players, but we want the 16-3-2.