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1818 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (314) 444-4364 FAX (314) 444-4365 2017 Weekly Report Contact: Cody Bush Week 1: August 31 & September 2 Phone: (931) 980-4940 2016 STANDINGS PFL OVERALL Team W-L PCT PF PA H A STR W-L PCT PF PA H A STR x-San Diego 8-0 1.000 343 83 4-0 4-0 W13 10-2 .833 428 187 5-2 5-1 L1 Dayton 7-1 .875 292 165 4-0 3-1 W7 9-2 .818 362 218 6-0 3-2 W7 Drake 6-2 .750 219 201 3-1 3-1 W4 7-4 .636 310 311 4-2 3-2 W4 Marist 5-3 .625 243 244 2-2 3-1 L2 5-6 .455 276 321 2-4 3-2 L2 Jacksonville 4-3 .571 243 217 1-2 2-2 W1 5-5 .500 326 333 2-3 3-2 W1 Campbell 3-4 .429 161 192 2-2 1-2 L1 5-5 .500 281 244 3-3 2-2 L1 Morehead State 3-5 .375 280 277 1-3 2-2 W1 4-7 .364 356 380 2-4 2-3 W1 Valparaiso 3-5 .375 177 250 1-3 2-2 W1 4-7 .364 253 366 3-2 1-5 W1 Butler 2-6 .250 159 249 0-4 2-2 L2 4-7 .364 270 318 1-4 3-3 L2 Stetson 2-6 .250 158 249 0-4 2-2 L4 4-7 .364 233 303 1-5 3-2 L4 Davidson 0-8 .000 104 252 0-4 0-4 L8 2-9 .182 191 323 1-4 1-5 L8 Teams tied for PFL lead are listed in alphabetical order unless tiebreaker is applicable. Tiebreaker format for FCS automatic bid available at PFL website. AHEAD IN WEEK 1 All times Eastern. - PFL Contest THURSDAY, AUG. 31 SATURDAY, SEPT. 2 Kentucky Christian at Morehead State, 6 p.m. Marist at Bucknell, 6 p.m. Location: Morehead, Kentucky Location: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Stadium: Jayne Stadium (10,000) Stadium: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium (13,100) Series: MOR leads, 2-0 Streak: MOR, two wins Series: BUCK leads, 11-1 Streak: BUCK, six wins Last Meeting: Morehead State def. Kentucky Christian, 28-0 (2015) Last Meeting: Bucknell def. Marist, 26-10 (2016) Video: OVC Digital Network Video: Patriot League Network Methodist at Campbell, 7 p.m. Stetson at Sacred Heart, 6 p.m. Location: Buies Creek, North Carolina Location: Fairfield, Connecticut Stadium: Barker-Lane Stadium (5,000) Stadium: Campus Field (4,000) Series: Series tied, 1-1 Streak: CAM, one win Series: SHU leads, 1-0 Streak: SHU, one win Last Meeting: Campbell def. Methodist, 48-28 (2009) Last Meeting: Sacred Heart def. Stetson, 18-16 Video: Big South Network Video: NEC Front Row Jacksonville at Mercer, 7 p.m. Butler at #20/18 Illinois State, 6:30 p.m. Location: Macon, Georgia Location: Normal, Illinois Stadium: Five Star Stadium (10,200) Stadium: Hancock Stadium (13,391) Series: MER leads, 1-0 Streak: MER, one win Series: ILST leads, 1-0 Streak: ILST, one win Last Meeting: Mercer def. Jacksonville (2013) Last Meeting: Illinois State def. Butler, 14-0 (1949) Video: ESPN3 Video: ESPN3 SATURDAY, SEPT. 2 Brevard at Davidson, 7 p.m. Dayton at Robert Morris, 1 p.m. Location: Davidson, North Carolina Location: Moon Township, Pennsylvania Stadium: Richardson Stadium (6,000) Stadium: Joe Walton Stadium (3,000) Series: First Meeting Series: DAY leads, 17-2 Streak: DAY, 14 wins Video: Davidson All-Access Last Meeting: Dayton def. Robert Morris, 13-0 (2016) Video: NEC Front Row South Dakota at Drake, 7 p.m. Location: Des Moines, Iowa Valparaiso at Montana, 3 p.m. Stadium: Drake Stadium (14,557) Location: Missoula, Montana Series: DRA leads, 11-7 Streak: SODAK, one win Stadium: Washington-Grizzly Stadium (25,200) Last Meeting: South Dakota def. Drake, 51-21 (2009) Series: First Meeting Video: Drake All-Access Video: Griz All-Access Western New Mexico at San Diego, 5 p.m. Location: San Diego, California Stadium: Torero Stadium (6,000) Series: SAN leads, 6-0 Streak: SAN, six wins Last Meeting: San Diego def. Western New Mexico, 27-0 (2016) Video: TheW.tv THE PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE A DIVISION I FCS CONFERENCE 2017 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEKLY REPORT NEWS AND NOTES FROM AROUND THE PFL PFL’s 25th CAMPAIGN | The 2017 season marks the 25th year for the Pioneer Football League – the nation’s only non-scholarship, football-only NCAA Football Championship Sub- division conference. The league will feature 11 teams each playing an eight-game schedule to determine the league champion and recipient of the automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA FCS PREFERRED NOMENCLATURE Championship. The league’s full name is the Pioneer Football League. Please use the league’s full name when EIGHT FIRST-TEAM ALL-PFL RETURNEES HIGHLIGHT PRESEASON SQUAD | San Di- possible or use PFL as an abbreviation. Please, DO ego, the defending PFL Champion, returns four First-Team All-PFL selections among its seven NOT use Pioneer League in any case. preseason picks, including quarterback Anthony Lawrence. Dayton, last season’s PFL runner PIONEER-FOOTBALL.ORG up, had two returning first-team selections on the team while Campbell and Marist return one The PFL’s website features the latest news and first-teamer each. stories around the league. Standings along with team-by-team and composite results are updated SAN DIEGO PICKED TO WIN PFL | For the seventh consecutive year, the University of San following the conclusion of each day’s action. Diego has been picked to win the Pioneer Football League regular-season race in a preseason vote of the league’s coaches. San Diego, which won the 2016 regular-season title then ad- PFL ON TWITTER @PFLNews vanced to the second round of the FCS Championship, again received the coaches’ nod to win The PFL also maintains an official twitter feed the 2017 PFL title. The Toreros were chosen just ahead of Dayton in polling that was dominated @PFLNews which will provide release and award notifications and score updates throughout the by the two teams. San Diego and Dayton combined to receive all available first-place votes and season. also claimed all but two of the possible second-place votes. WEEKLY RELEASE AND STATISTICS DAYTON’S SCORING STREAK PASSES 450 GAMES | The nation’s longest streak of Each week the PFL produces a weekly release in games without being shutout belongs to PFL-member Dayton, which extended the streak to two versions, an initial Sunday Release and a final an impressive 454 games with a 2016-ending victory against Marist. On the FBS side, Florida Weekly Release sent each Monday: holds the nation’s longest streak of games without being shutout at 355, dating back to the • The league’s Sunday Release contains updated 1988 season. The Flyers streak dates back to 1976 when it suffered a 9-0 loss to Marshall. standings, the upcoming week’s schedule and notes as well as the players of the week. TWO PFL ALUMNI SELECTED IN 2017 NFL DRAFT | In a milestone moment for the Pio- • The PFL Weekly Release is released each Mon- neer Football League, Drake tight end Eric Saubert and San Diego defensive back Jamal Agnew day and contains all the information from the were each selected in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. The PFL was one of five Division I Sunday release along with news and notes from FCS conferences to have two players selected in the draft. The PFL joined the Colonial Athletic around the league and up-to-date statistics. Association, Big Sky Conference, Missouri Valley Football Conference and the Southwestern Both versions are provided by e-mail and on the league’s website in PDF and may be reproduced Athletic Conference with two selections while the entire FCS saw 15 players drafted. as necessary. Weekly releases also will be sent via THREE PFL ALUMNI SAW NFL ACTION IN 2016 | A trio of Pioneer Football League alumni e-mail to media outlets around the league. Please played during the 2016 NFL season. Marist alumni Terrence Fede (Miami Dolphins) and Jason contact Cody Bush at the PFL Media Relations Of- fice to be added to the league’s e-mail list. Myers (Jacksonville Jaguars) and San Diego alumnus Josh Johnson (New York Giants) each con- tinued their professional careers. In addition, Jacksonville alumnus Andy Jones was a member WEEKLY AWARDS of the Dallas Cowboys practice squad. The PFL names Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week each Sunday during the SAN DIEGO’S LAWRENCE NAMED TO PAYTON WATCH LIST | San Diego junior quarter- season. Winners are selected from nominations back Anthony Lawrence, a nominee for the 2016 Walter Payton Award Watch List a year ago, provided by each PFL team’s Football Media Rela- is one of 22 players on the 2017 preseason watch list for the 2017 STATS FCS Walter Payton tions personnel. The information will be available Award. As a sophomore, he helped the Toreros to an undefeated league record and then an FCS from the PFL via the league’s Sunday Release, playoff win over Cal Poly that was the first in PFL history. Lawrence ranked fourth in the FCS in the league’s website, official Twitter feed and completion percentage (67.6) and eighth in passing efficiency rating (155.0) while throwing for Facebook page. 2,998 yards and 25 touchdowns against eight interceptions. ANNUAL AWARDS The league will announce the following awards at THREE NAMED TO STATS FCS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA SQUADS | Three Pioneer the conclusion of the regular-season: Football League student athletes were among the 100 named to the STATS FCS Preseason All- • All-PFL First and Second teams; America Team.