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USD Football; Oct. 14, 2014 Ted Gosen, Associate Director of Athletics for Media Relations Toreros travel to Indianapolis to take on Butler Bulldogs Sophomore RB Jonah Hodges sets new single game rushing record with 273 yards! 2014 USD SCHEDULE GAME #6: The USD Toreros (4-1; 2-1 PFL), under the direction of second year head coach Dale Lindsey, continue PFL play on the road with a trip to Indianapolis, Indiana. The Sept. 6 W. NEW MEXICO W, 23-17 Toreros will take on the Butler Bulldogs (3-3; 1-2 PFL) in a 9:00 a.m. (pacific) contest at Sept. 13 @ Jacksonville* L, 35-18 Butler Bowl this coming Saturday, October 18th. Sept. 20 PRINCETON W, 39-29 Sept. 27 @ Marist* W, 20-16 SERIES RECORD: This will be the 20th meeting between USD and Butler with theToreros Oct. 4 Bye owning a 14-5 series advantage... Last season the Toreros earned a 42-14 home victory Oct. 11 STETSON* W, 31-23 as QB Mason Mills completed 26-of-36 passes for 407 yards and 5 touchdowns... In the Oct. 18 @ Butler* 9:00 am victory Mills became just the 5th PFL quarterback to surpass the 10,000 passing yards Oct. 25 DAYTON* 6:00 pm milestone... Prior to last season's contest these two teams last met in 2010, a USD victory Nov. 1 @ Drake* 10:30 am (24-0)... USD's first ever PFL win came against Butler back in 1993. Nov. 8 MOREHEAD ST.* 1:00 pm Nov. 15 VALPARAISO* 1:00 pm Nov. 22 CAL POLY 4:00 pm WEBCAST/VIDEO STREAM: Saturday's contest will be webcast live with Jack Cronin (play-by-play) calling the action. The pre-game show begins at 8:50 am (pacific). The All times Pacific ... USD home games in BOLD played at USD Torero Stadium (6,000 capacity). audio feed will be streamed at www.usdtoreros.com. Butler provides a video-stream * PFL Contest. which can be accessed at www.butlersports.com. GAMES TO BE WEBCAST A LOOK AHEAD: Following the Butler game the Toreros return to Walter J. Zable Field at Torero Stadium for an October 25th contest against the Dayton Flyers at 6:00 pm. @ www.usdtoreros.com All USD Football games, home and PFL STANDINGS/SCHEDULE FOR OCT. 18TH: Jacksonville (4-0 PFL, 5-1), Campbell (3-0, away, will be webcast live this season 3-3), Dayton (2-0, 4-1), San Diego (2-1, 4-1), Drake (2-1, 3-3), Butler (1-2, 3-3), Morehead with Jack Cronin calling all of the play- State (1-2, 2-4), Marist (1-3, 1-6), Stetson (0-2, 2-4), Valparaiso (0-2, 2-4), Davidson (0-3, by-play action. Cronin begins his 8th 1-6). PFL Games for Oct. 18th: San Diego at Butler, Morehead State at Dayton, Drake year of calling Torero football. For USD's at Valparaiso, Davidson at Campbell, Jacksonville at Stetson. seven home games he will be joined in the booth by USD alum JT Rogan who HODGES RUSHES WAY INTO TORERO RECORD BOOK: Sophomore running back Jo- played for the Toreros from 2005-2009. nah Hodges (Santa Cruz, Calif.) set a new USD single game record for rushing yards In addition, USD's seven home games with his outstanding 273-yard performance in the team's 31-23 victory over the Stetson will have live video streaming, along Hatters... Hodges amassed his 273 yards on just 17 carries with two going for touch- with live statistics. downs of 53 yards (1st quarter) and 56 yards (4th quarter)... It was the third 200-yard rushing performance by a PFL running back this season and second best in the FCS this season, behind Dayton running back Connor Kacsor’s 301-yard performance in Week 2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2... Hodges' 17th and final carry of the game came late in the 4th quarter with under three minutes to go... He rushed for 2 yards allowing him to surpass Sammy Croom's Aug. 31 @ Cal Poly L, 38-16 long-standing mark of 271 yards (vs. Azusa Pacific, 1972)... Since joining the PFL in 1993, Sept. 7 W. NEW MEXICO W, 38-35 USD's previous individual best was 229 yards from Evan Harney (vs. Marist, 2003). Sept. 21 HARVARD L, 42-20 Sept. 28 @ Stetson* W, 59-0 Oct. 5 MERCER* W, 45-13 Oct. 12 MARIST* W, 35-33 Oct. 19 @ Dayton* L, 45-38 (2ot) Oct. 26 BUTLER* W, 42-14 Nov. 2 @ Valparaiso* W, 58-14 Nov. 9 @ Morehead St.* W, 56-3 Nov. 16 DRAKE* W, 23-13 Jonah Hodges 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110-2492 619/260-4745 Fax: 619/260-2990 E-Mail: [email protected] * www.usdtoreros.com * Athletic Dept.: 619/260-4803 * #GoGetIt SAN DIEGO TORERO TWO-DEEP Head Coach Dale Lindsey - 2nd Season (as of 10-14-14) C- team captain USD introduced Dale Lindsey as its new head football USD Torero Offense WR- #13 Brandon White (6-3, 208, Sr.) coach on December 29, 2012. Lindsey took over for Ron #80 Justin Priest (6-2, 185, Fr.) Caragher who moved onto San Jose State University. The LT- #66 Pono Keni (6-3, 290, Jr.) program's13th head coach, Lindsey directed the Toreros to #71 Spencer Seeley (6-4, 280, Fr.*) LG- #54 Jimmy Maloney (6-2, 263, Fr.) an 8-3 record in his first season. #64 Connor Spencer (6-2, 265, Fr.) "After Coach Caragher informed me that he was C- #52 Steven Oliver (6-1, 270, Jr.*) leaving USD, the first person I met with was our Defensive #68 Joe Hurney (6-0, 270, Fr.) RG- #79 Jeff Starr (6-4, 330, Jr.*) Coordinator, Dale Lindsey,” said Ky Snyder, USD Executive #55 Miles McArdle (6-3, 266, Fr.) Director of Athletics. “His knowledge of the game of football, RT- #74 Luke Meyer (6-3, 280, Jr.*) of our team, of transitions, the respect he commands from #70 Austin Hyatt (6-5, 285, Fr.*) TE- #85 Ross Dwelley (6-5, 237, Fr.*) both our coaches and players made him the likely person for #84 Mason Burnett (6-4, 220, Fr.*) me to put in charge of our program while we searched for a new Head Coach. We knew WR- #3 Reggie Bell (6-0, 200, Sr.*) - C #81 Trevor Barney (5-9, 175, Fr.*) the characteristics that we were looking for: Integrity, belief and promotion of the student- QB- #12 Trey Wheeler (6-1, 212, Jr.*) athlete, great knowledge of the game of football, a recruiter who can identify talent that can #19 Keith Williams (6-1, 185, So.) be nurtured, a coach of coaches and one with connections to build our staff; and, a person RB- #29 Jonah Hodges (5-9, 185, So.*) #20 Dallas Kessman (5-9, 200, Jr.*) who can be creative in moving our program forward. As we spoke to and interviewed many WR- #7 D'Angelo Barksdale (6-1, 190, Sr.*) coaches, we kept coming back to the realization that the characteristics and experience #83 Parker Mays (6-2, 180, So.*) that we were looking for, was already on our staff. We could not find someone with more USD Torero Defense integrity, belief in the student-athlete and knowledge of the game than Dale Lindsey. Both LE- #93 Spencer Hammitt (6-2, 235, Fr.*) the coaches and players look to him to learn and draw on his experience. In his heart, Dale #51 Angelo Watley (6-2, 245, Jr.) Lindsey is a teacher and a leader. That fits the University of San Diego and our Football DT- #73 Brandon Pulealii (6-0, 310, Jr.*) #92 Steven Spencer (5-10, 240, Sr.*) program. I am very excited to introduce Dale Lindsey as our new Head Football Coach of NT- #77 Jamal Newman (6-2, 280, So.) the University of San Diego.” #78 Bennie Harris (6-2, 265, Jr.*) Lindsey returned to USD’s staff for the 2012 RE- #95 Jonathan Petersen (6-1, 225, Fr.) #98 Josh Williams (6-1, 255, Jr.*) season where he was the program’s defensive coordinator. #NB- #25 Troy McClelland (5-11, 205, Sr.*) - C The Toreros finished the season with an overall record of #2 Brian Riley (6-2, 190, So.) 8-3 and earned a share of the Pioneer Football League MB- #50 Una Hamala (6-1, 230, Jr.*) - C #46 Alec Moreno (6-2, 235, Fr.*) title with Butler and Drake with 7-1 records. The Toreros WB- #43 Nic Henson (6-2, 220, So.*) won their final six games, and among 121 FCS teams in #41 Luke Taffuri (5-11, 222, So.) CB- #21 Toney Sawyer (6-1, 185, Sr.) the country, USD ranked 14th in scoring defense (19.27), #33 Kishan Patel (5-10, 167, Fr.*) 15th in rushing defense (120.0) and 19th in pass efficiency CB- #39 Devyn Bryant (5-11, 178, So.) defense (114.56). #26 Jamal Agnew (5-9, 180, So.) SS- #10 Joe LaBarbera (6-0, 205, Sr.*) From 2009-2011 Lindsey was at New Mexico #30 Jereke Armstrong (5-8, 180, So.*) State University where he was assistant head coach FS- #6 Matt Miller (5-11, 200, Sr.*) and linebackers coach. Prior to NMSU, he spent his first #28 Ray Clark (5-11, 190, Fr.) season with the USD staff in 2008, where he was the USD Torero Special Teams Torero linebackers coach. That season Lindsey helped PK- #14 David Last (5-10, 205, Jr.*) the 9-2 Toreros’ defense hold its opponents to just 18.9 points a game and 322 yards of #35 Daniel McManus (6-2, 185, Fr.) KO- #14 David Last (5-10, 205, Jr.*) total offense per contest.