SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925| Cell: 585.734.2185
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SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925 | Cell: 585.734.2185 GAME 12 - THE ROCK at #13 LIU POST Date .............................. Saturday, Nov. 17 TALE OF THE TAPE Time ................................................. Noon Location ............................ Brookville, N.Y. Venue ...Bethpage Fed. Credit Union Stadium THE ROCK STAT CATEGORY LIU POST Capacity ...........................................3,500 425................................Scoring (Total Points) ................................316 SLIPPERY ROCK Surface ........................................ Artificial #13 LIU POST 38.6.................................. Points per Game ..................................31.6 “THE ROCK” Last Meeting ........... Nov. 13, 2010 at SRU “PIONEERS” 260..................................First Downs (Total) ..................................213 (9-2) ...................................LIU Post won 42-38 (10-0) 2,169.............................Rushing Yards (Total) .............................1,545 197.2.......................... Rushing Yards per Game ..........................154.5 LIVE COVERAGE 24..........................................Rushing TD.......................................... 17 Live Stats ............................. liupostpioneers.com/sidearmstats/football 2,976............................. Passing Yards (Total) .............................2,536 Live Video Stream ............................................ liupostpioneers.com/live 270.5...........................Passing Yards per Game...........................253.6 (Produced by LIU Post) 27.......................................... Passing TD .......................................... 22 Live SRU Audio .........................97.7 FM (Butler County) / 977rocks.com 5,145.............................. Total Yards Offense ..............................4,081 Play-by-play ......................................................................... Bob Cupp 467.7.......................... Yards Offense per Game ..........................408.1 Commentary .............................................. Glenn Thompson, Ty Friel 55...................................... Total TD Scored ...................................... 41 242............................Opp. Scoring (Total Points) ............................122 ALL-TIME SERIES 22.0..............................Opp. Points per Game ..............................12.2 These two teams have met just three times previously and have not 1,117......................... Opp. Rushing Yards (Total) ............................937 played in eight seasons dating back to a 2010 meeting when LIU Post 101.5.......................... Opp. Rushing per Game ............................93.7 was briefly an associate member of the PSAC. The Pioneers own a 2-1 14..................................... Opp. Rushing TD ....................................... 7 edge in the series with a 42-38 win in that 2010 meeting at SRU and a 2,446......................... Opp. Passing Yards (Total) .........................1,935 6-3 win back in the first meeting between the teams in 1976. The lone 222.4...........................Opp. Passing per Game ...........................193.5 SRU win in the series came by a 26-10 score in a 1977 game that was 16......................................Opp. Passing TD ........................................ 9 played at Slippery Rock. 3,563...............................Opp. Total Offense ...............................2,872 323.9...........................Opp. Offense per Game ...........................287.2 First Meeting: 1976 (LIU won 6-3) Most Points Scored by LIU: 42 (2010) 32..........................................Total Sacks .......................................... 25 Last Meeting: 2010 (LIU won 42-38) Largest Win by LIU: 4 (2010) 15....................................Total Interceptions .................................... 16 Current Streak: LIU +1 Most Points Scored by SRU: 38 (2010) 38.3............................. Average Yards per Punt .............................37.9 at LIU: LIU leads 1-0 Largest Win by SRU: 16 (1977) 24.2..............................Kick Return Avg. Yards ..............................25.5 at SRU: Series tied 1-1 Last SRU Win: 1977 at LIU (26-10) 11.1............................. Punt Return Avg. Yards ............................... 9.1 67-of-145 (43%) ................3rd-Down Conv. ................ 72-of-164 (44%) COACHING MATCHUP 9-of-20 (45%) ....................4th-Down Conv. .................. 11-of-20 (55%) Slippery Rock head coach Shawn Lutz, who was named this week as the 10.5 (109.7) ..............Avg. Penalties (Avg. Yards) ...................8.4 (89.5) PSAC West Coach of the Year, is in his 23rd overall season at The Rock 13......................................... INT Thrown ........................................... 7 and his third as head coach, where he owns a 24-9 record after posting 25 (7) ................................. Fumbles (lost) ..................................11 (4) 7-4 and 8-3 records his first two years. Prior to that, he served four years 73.5............................... Avg. Plays per Game ...............................74.2 as the associate head coach and eight as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. Lutz has been a member of the coaching staff for nine of SRU’s PSAC West titles. He played tight end at West Virginia 2018 ROCK FOOTBALL SCHEDULE University, graduating in 1996, and earned a master’s degree in sport management from SRU in 2003. 9/1 KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY .................................... W, 38-31 9/8 at (RV) Shippensburg University ...................................L, 21-25 Bryan Collins is in his 21st season as the head coach at LIU Post, where 9/15 at Millersville University .............................................. W, 57-10 he has amassed a 160-71 overall record and taken the program to six 9/22 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY * ...................................... W, 49-26 NCAA playoff appearances. His 100th career victory was actually the last 9/29 MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY * ................................... W, 41-21 meeting between LIU Post and Slippery Rock, a 42-38 win back in 2010. 10/6 at #14 Indiana University (Pa.) * ................................. W, 30-27 Collins has led the Pioneers to five straight winning seasons and 17 10/13 EDINBORO UNIVERSITY * ........................................ W, 59-28 total seasons above .500. He played linebacker at St. John’s University, 10/20 at Clarion University * ................................................. W, 28-13 graduating in 1987. 10/27 at California University (Pa.) * ..................................... W, 44-21 11/3 GANNON UNIVERSITY * ............................................ W, 48-7 PLAYOFF HISTORY 11/10 [1] #9 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY ...........................L, 10-33 Slippery Rock is making its fourth NCAA playoff appearance in the last 11/17 [2] at #13 LIU Post .............................................................Noon six years and its seventh overall Division II playoff appearance. The Rock made three straight postseason tournaments from 1997-99 and Home Games in BOLD CAPS again from 2013-15. This marks the first appearance since the 2015 * PSAC West Games season, when SRU went 12-2 and reached the quarterfinals. LIU Post is [1] PSAC Championship Game making its third NCAA playoff appearance in the last five years after also [2] NCAA Division II Playoffs reaching the 2014 and 2016 tournaments. Rock Football Game Notes - 1 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY FACTS NATIONAL RANKINGS Name of School ..................................................Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock is listed in the “others receiving votes” section of the AFCA City/Zip Code ....................................................Slippery Rock, Pa./16057 national poll for the fourth week in a row. The Rock have been listed Founded ........................................................................................... 1889 in the receiving votes section eight times this season, but have never Enrollment ...................................................................................... 8,824 cracked the top 25. LIU Post has slowly climbed up the national poll and Nickname ...................................................................................The Rock held steady at No. 13 this week. The complete national poll is on page School Colors .............................................. Green (PMS 342) and White eight of these notes. Affiliation ........................................................................NCAA Division II Conference ................................. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference SUPER REGION ONE PLAYOFF FIELD President ................................................................... Dr. William J. Behre 1. Notre Dame (Ohio)(BYE in round one) Director of Athletics .............................................................. Paul Lueken 2. LIU Post (hosts #7 Slippery Rock) Home Field ................................................... Mihalik-Thompson Stadium 3. West Chester (hosts #6 New Haven) Surface .................................................. Astroturf GameDay Grass 3D 4. Kutztown (hosts #5 Hillsdale) Capacity ................................................................................... 10,000 5. Hillsdale Opening Date .............................................................................