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GAME 3 • SEPT 15, 2018 • SAINT FRANCIS AT RICHMOND• ROBBINS STADIUM •RICHMOND, VA. 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result SAINT FRANCIS RED FLASH Sept. 1 at Lehigh L, 21-19 Record: 1-1 Sept. 8 vs DELAWARE STATE W, 45-14 NEC Record: 0-0 Sept. 15 at Richmond 2:00 PM 2017 Postseason: N/A Sept. 22 at Albany 7:00 PM Head Coach: Chris Villarrial Sept. 29 vs West Virginia Wesleyan 4:00 PM Eighth Season at SFU (37-53) Oct. 6 BYE WEEK Career Record: Same as SFU record. Oct. 13 at Wagner* NOON Oct. 20 vs DUQUESNE*% NOON RICHMOND SPIDERS Oct. 27 at Robert Morris* NOON Record: 1-1 Nov. 3 vs BRYANT* NOON Nov. 10 vs CENTRAL CT. STATE*! NOON CAA Record: 0-0 Nov. 17 at Sacred Heart* NOON 2017 Postseason: N/A Head Coach: Russ Huesman All Times Eastern 2nd season at Richmond (7-6) Career Record: 66-43 *NEC Game %Homecoming THIS WEEK’S FLASH POINTS ! Senior Day Saint Francis Coaching Staff • Saint Francis heads to Richmond for week three of the 2018 season and the Chris Villarrial .............................Head Coach second road game for the Red Flash Eric Long ....................Offensive Coordinator • The Red Flash knocked off Delaware State in the 2018 home opener 45-14 Marco Pecora .... Defensive Coordinator/LBs • SFU ran off 28-straight points against the Hornets in the first quarter Garrett Clawson ............... RBs/Special Teams • Sean Orsini was credited with 2.5 sacks and three TFL in the victory Ryan Heasley ............................Offensive Line • Freshman running back Chris Cropper took his second collegiate carry 65 yards Josh Hutchison ...............................Tight Ends for a score Brian Wright .......................... Wide Receivers • QB Bear Fenimore accounted for four touchdowns and 201 yards passing Jacob Craig .............................. Defensive Line • The Red Flash were picked to finish fourth in the Northeast Conference accord- Bishop Neal ...........................Defensive Backs ing to the pre-season coaches’ poll announced at NEC Media Day • SFU returns nine starters on offense and six on defense from a 5-6 season that saw them go 3-3 in conference play TV/Broadcast: Spider TV/NBC Sports • Kamron Lewis has been named a pre-season All-American by Stats FCS and Play-by-Play ............................ Bob Black Hero Sports and headlined five players named to the pre-season All-NEC first Play-by-Play ............................ Robert Fish team Analyst............................. Chris Anderson • The five first-team All-NEC selections mirrored football analyst Phil Steele’s Sideline.................................... Matt Smith first-team All-NEC selections as Lewis was joined by OL Mederick Flavius Jr, Studio Host........................... Matt Josephs DB Hakeem Kinard, DB Nick Rinella and Punter Andrew Zecca • Saint Francis players hail from 14 different states with 39 players on the SFU Social Media: roster from the state of Pennsylvania Facebook ......................................SFUAthletics Twitter ........................................@RedFlashFB Instagram ..........................................redflashfb ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS GAME DETAILS SERIES HISTORY Primary Contact: Dan Griffin Venue......................... Robbins Stadium Series vs. Richmond ...........First Meeting Office: 814-472-3180 Capacity ............................................. 8,217 Streak ..............................................N/A Cell: 814-502-1564 Playing Surface .......................... Field Turf Last meeting ....................................N/A Email: [email protected] Record vs. CAA ................................0-35 HEAD COACH CHRIS VILLARRIAL THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday No Media Practice Practice Practice No Media at Richmond No Media 2PM. ET Former National Football League All-Pro Offensive Lineman Chris Villarrial was named the 25th head coach of the Saint Francis University football program on December 20, 2009. After serving one year as the offensive coordinator under predecessor Dave Opfar, Villarrial will enter his seventh season at the helm of the Saint Francis football program. MEDIA INFORMATION He was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Interview Procedures Media Credentials Hall of Fame Capital Chapter in June 2017. Saint Francis players and coaches are available for Credentials are issued for all third-party press box Villarrial played 11 seasons in the NFL, earn- interview requests Tuesday through Thursday during personnel (media, scouts, officials’ observers, etc.). ing two All-Pro honors. game weeks. Coach Villarrial and selected players Requests for credentials are on a per-game basis. will also be available postgame following an NCAA Credential requests should be made at least a week After leading SFU to its first ever NEC Title and FCS Playoffs appearance in 2016, Villarrial mandated cooling-off period. in advance. Seating in the press box will be deter- was named NEC Coach of the Year for the mined by the Athletics Communications office. second straight season and was the ECAC Football Practices Coach of the Year. He was also a finalist for Saint Francis football practices are open to the Media Will Call & Parking STATS FCS National Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year. media Tuesday through Thursday during game Credentials will be mailed in advance of the game, weeks. Requests to attend practice should be made but a Will Call can be established under special cir- With 36 career wins, Villarrial is second in as far in advance as possible. cumstances. Parking is available on campus within program history. With a win vs. Malone, he walking distance of DeGol Field. passed Frank Pergolizzi (1989-94) for second all-time and trails Art Martynuska (1969-79, 81) by 10 wins for first place. Villarrial led SFU to a 7-5 record in 2016, including 5-1 in the NEC. SFU won its first PRONUNCIATION GUIDE conference title as a Division I program and made its first FCS Playoffs appearance, Eric Bofenkamp ..........BAW-fin-camp meeting VIllanova in the First Round. Ben Bruni .................. BREW-nee Coaching Staff: Mederick Flavius, Jr. ...........Med-rick Chris Villarrial ...........vih-LARRY-uhl On November 14, 2016, the Red Flash earned its first ever appearance in a Top 25 poll, be- Abijah Howell ..............ah-BEE-jah Ryan Heasley .................HEE-sley ing ranked 25th in the STATS FCS Media Poll. Jake Heiple .................. High-Pull Jymere Jordan-Toney ........J-EYE-meer Villarrial has coached seven players to 21 Da’Jon Lee .................. Day-John postseason FCS All-America selections, in- cluding S Lorenzo Jerome, WR Kamron Lewis Syaire Madden .................. Cy-Air and LB Solomon Leaeno in 2016 and Lewis Tyler Magaha .............muh-GAH-ha again in 2017. Sean Orsini .................. Or-SEE-ni NEC FRONT ROW INFORMATION Kane Piroch ...................Pir-OAK NECFrontRow.com is the official streaming He has coached 45 All-NEC selections at Saint Francis, including 10 last year (eight First Gibbs Tinne ....................Tin-ee platform of the Northeast Conference. Every Team). Aaron Yasulitis .............Ya-SUE-lit-is home football game will be streamed for FREE In 2016, Lewis was named NEC live on NEC Front Row with Pat Farabaugh on Offensive Player of the Year and Jerome play-by-play and Jay Roberts providing the color became the conference’s first ever four-time first team selection. commentary. Villarrial is from Hershey, Pa. 2 GAME 3 • SEPT 15, 2018 • SAINT FRANCIS AT RICHMOND• ROBBINS STADIUM •RICHMOND, VA TEAM COMPARISON (2018 TOTALS) INDIVIDUAL HONORS-2018 Chris Cropper #29/35 - Running Back Northeast Conference Freshman of the Week-Week 2 Da’Jon Lee #19 - EDGE Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Week-Week 1 Honorable Mention Stats FCS Defensive Player of the Week-Week 1 Kamron Lewis Record .............. 1-1,(0-0) Record ............... 1-1(0-0) #2 - Wide Receiver Walter Payton Award Watch List Scoring Offense ........32.5 Scoring Offense ........32.0 CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List College Sports Madness Preseason All-America Total Offense .............405 Total Offense ..........317.0 HERO Sports Preseason All-America Rushing Offense .....158.5 Rushing Offense .......95.5 STATS FCS Preseason All-America Preseason All-NEC Passing Offense ......246.5 Passing Offense ......221.5 Nick Rinella Pass Efficiency ........145.7 Pass Efficiency ......130.71 #25 - Safety/Returner Time/Possession ....27:36 Time/Possession ....30:15 Northeast Conference Special Teams Player of the Week-Week 2 Red Zone ........6-8 (75%) Red Zone ........6-7 (86%) Andrew Zecca #82 - Punter Scoring Defense .......24.5 Scoring Defense .......17.5 Preseason All-NEC Total Defense .............340 Total Defense ..........284.5 Honorable Mention Stats FCS Special Teams Player of the Week-Week1 Rushing Defense .......149 Rushing Defense ....147.0 Passing Defense ........191 Passing Defense .....137.5 Pass Efficiency D....104.2 Pass Efficiency D......94.7 Sacks ...............................8 Sacks ...............................6 Sacks Allowed ...............4 Sacks Allowed ...............1 Tackles For Loss ..........17 Tackles For Loss ..........15 Turnovers Gained .........5 Turnovers Gained .........3 Turnovers Lost ..............3 Turnovers Lost ..............2 Net Punting ..............36.4 Net Punting ..............46.9 Kick Returns .............24.0 Kick Returns .............23.4 Punt Returns ............... -2 Punt Returns ............19.5 2018 RICHMOND SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER