Hofstra Football, 2004
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HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND TRENDS: • Saturday’s game could be dubbed the Pride Bowl as both teams are 5-5 overall and 3-4 in conference play. The Hofstra Pride are looking to erase the memory of a 2-10 record last season, its only losing season since 1997. The Minutemen of Massachusetts are trying to avoid their third losing season since 1997 and first since 2001. • Hofstra is coming off a 37-34 double-overtime loss to Northeastern at Shuart Stadium last Saturday. The loss HOFSTRA snapped Hofstra’s two-game winning streak. FOOTBALL, 2004 • A Hofstra win on Saturday would mark the Pride’s 44th season with a .500 record or better in the programs’ 64- For Immediate Release –November 16, 2004 year history. 2004 SEASON - GAME 11: • Hofstra has won 20 of its last 37 road games and 22 of its last 41 contests away from Shuart Stadium. The Pride HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (5-5, 3-4) is 27-20 on the road since the start of the 1997 season. at UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS • The Pride has won 34 of its last 60 regular season (5-5, 3-4) games and 43 of its last 70 in-season contests. The Saturday, November 20, 2004 – Noon Pride is 57-32 in regular season play since the start of McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA the 1997 season. The Pride has posted a 73-39-1 record --------------------------------------------------------------------------- over the last 113 regular season games. They are 85- Television: Metro Channel, Live at Noon 40-2 over the last 127 regular season games dating Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7) Pre-game show at 11:30 a.m. back to the middle of the 1993 season. Hofstra has won Internet: www.WRHU.org 42 of 72 contests, including playoff games, since the --------------------------------------------------------------------------- start of the 1999 season. 2004 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE Sept. 2 ALBANY (MSG-TV) 45-0 W HOFSTRA'S 2004 STATISTICAL LEADERS Sept. 11 at #2 Montana (KECI-TV) 23-41 L 10 GAMES: Sept. 25 RHODE ISLAND* 62-43 W Oct. 2 at #25 James Madison* 21-31 L RUSHING (GP) ATT. Net- Avg. TD Oct. 9 at Stony Brook 61-21 W Terry Crenshaw (10) 183 817 4.5 7 Oct. 16 #3 DELAWARE* + 19-20 L Kareem Huggins (9) 23 105 4.6 1 Oct. 23 at #15 New Hampshire* 27-33 L Oct. 30 RICHMOND*(METRO) 48-17 W PASSING (GP)_ Att-Comp-Int Yds. TD Avg. Nov. 6 at Maine* 31-20 W Anton Clarkson (10) 273-160-6 1863 18 186.3 Nov. 13 NORTHEASTERN* 34-37 L(2OT) Bobby Seck (4) 137-89-3 1348 13 337.0 Nov. 20 at Massachusetts*(METRO) Noon * - Atlantic 10 Game + - Homecoming • All times ET RECEIVING (GP) No. Yds. Avg. TD Charles Sullivan (10) 66 918 13.9 7 INFORMATION CONTACTS: Isaac Irby (10) 57 741 13.0 8 Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Assoc. A.D. for Communications Devale Ellis (10) 58 842 14.5 12 (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; (516) 463- Brian Wolman (10) 33 462 14.0 3 5033 - Fax TACKLES (GP) UT-AT-TT Sacks Int Massachusetts–Jason Yellin, Assistant Athletic Director Gian Villante (10) 57-63-120 5.0-20 1-42 for Media Relations; (413) 545-2439-O; (413) 545-1556- Cole Haley (10) 49-56-105 4.5-31 0-0 Fax Dan Garay (10) 25-41-66 7.5-57 0-0 James Glee (10) 42-20-62 0-0 1-20 McGuirk Alumni Stadium Press Box - (413) 545-3550 Stephen Bowen (10) 32-30-62 3.0-27 0-0 Sherief Little (10) 40-18-58 0-0 0-0 HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Joe Gardi is in his 15th This Week - November 20 season as Head Football Coach at Hofstra University. VILLANOVA AT DELAWARE 1:00 He has posted a 112-56-2 record during that time. His JAMES MADISON AT TOWSON 1:00 .665 winning percentage ranks second, behind Mickey NEW HAMPSHIRE AT MAINE 1:00 Kwiatkowski (.716), in school history. Gardi's 112 RICHMOND AT WILLIAM & MARY 1:00 victories are the second most all-time at Hofstra behind HOFSTRA AT MASSACHUSETTS 12:00 the legendary Howard "Howdy" Myers (141 wins from RHODE ISLAND AT NORTHEASTERN 12:30 1950-1974). HOFSTRA COACHING STAFF: The Pride lost five assistant coaches from the 2003 staff but Hofstra Head HOFSTRA IN THE NCAA I-AA Football Coach Joe Gardi says this year’s staff may be STATS: Here is how Hofstra ranks as the best that he has hired during his tenure in a team and individually in the I-AA Hempstead. The 2004 Pride football coaching staff is as statistics as of November 15: follows: Coach Pos. HU Yr. Overall Yr. Rushing Offense 108 96.90 Greg Gigantino Def. Coord. 12th yr. 27th yr. Passing Offense 5 322.00 Warren Ruggiero Off. Coord. 5th yr. 17th yr. Total Offense 14 418.90 th th Bob McIntyre Linebackers 16 yr. 16 yr. Scoring Offense 8 37.10 th th Adam Brown DL & ST 4 yr. 4 yr. Rushing Defense 65 153.30 nd th Carlton Goff RB 2 yr. 10 yr. Pass Efficiency Defense 66 119.14 st th Damian Wroblewski Off. Line 1 yr. 6 yr. Total Defense 87 386.60 Jaime Elizondo Receivers 1st yr. 5th yr. st th Scoring Defense 73 26.30 Chip Garber Def. Backs 1 yr. 24 yr. Net Punting 42 34.24 Dennis Mikula Off. & ST Asst.1st yr. 1st yr. Punt Returns 76 7.41 Alberto Van der Mije ST Asst. 2nd yr. 2nd yr. Kickoff Returns 17 22.11 Turnover Margin 65 .00 Pass Defense 103 233.30 2004 ATLANTIC 10 Passing Efficiency 16 145.69 FOOTBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS: Rushing Terry Crenshaw 58 81.70 As of November 19, 2004 Passing Efficiency Anton Clarkson 24 133.29 ATLANTIC 10 OVERALL Total Offense Anton Clarkson 56 184.60 W L Pct. W L Pct. Recpt./Gm. Charles Sullivan 11 6.60 North Isaac Irby 20 5.90 *New Hampshire 5 2 .714 8 2 .800 Devale Ellis 26 5.60 Hofstra 3 4 .429 5 5 .500 Rec. Yds./Gm Charles Sullivan 19 91.80 Maine 3 4 .429 5 5 .500 Devale Ellis 30 81.20 Massachusetts 3 4 .429 5 5 .500 Isaac Irby 37 77.10 Northeastern 3 4 .429 4 6 .400 Interceptions Prentice James .22 Rhode Island 2 5 .286 4 6 .400 Punting Joe Nolan 46 38.17 South Punt Returns Kareem Huggins 45 8.73 Delaware 6 1 .857 7 3 .700 Kickoff Returns Kareem Huggins 23 25.50 James Madison 6 1 .857 8 2 .800 Devale Ellis 48 22.71 William & Mary 6 1 .857 8 2 .800 Field Goals Chris Onorato 8 1.40 Villanova 3 4 .429 6 4 .600 Scoring Chris Onorato 16 8.70 Richmond 2 5 .286 3 7 .300 Devale Ellis 57 6.60 Towson 0 7 .000 3 7 .300 Isaac Irby 5.40 All-Purpose Devale Ellis 43 119.90 Last Week - November 13 Terry Crenshaw 67 109.50 DELAWARE 23, RICHMOND 14 WILLIAM & MARY 27, JAMES MADISON 24 Note: Players must have played in 75% of the teams’ games to MAINE 42, RHODE ISLAND 28 be ranked nationally. NEW HAMPSHIRE 62, TOWSON 24 NORTHEASTERN 37, HOFSTRA 34 (2 OT) consecutive possessions but got burned only once. After Le’Var Starr fumbled on the ensuing kickoff, UMass kicker Michael Torres missed on a 40-yard field goal attempt. After Hofstra got the ball back, cornerback HOFSTRA-MASSACHUSETTS Tracy Belton picked off English at the Pride 35-yard line. SERIES: Saturday’s game is the eighth meeting This time UMass made Hofstra pay. Eight plays later between Hofstra and Massachusetts in a series that Demers scored his second touchdown of the game on a started in 1997. 5-yard run with 9:42 to play that gave UMass a 20-9 • The Pride lead the series 5-2. lead. Hofstra closed the deficit to 20-12 on an Onorato • The two teams last met on October 18, 2003 in 41-yard field goal as time expired in the first half. Hofstra Amherst with the Minutemen posting a 27-22 victory had its chances in the second half but couldn’t come up over Hofstra. with the big plays when needed. The Pride opened the • The Pride have won four of the last five meetings. third quarter with a 13-play, 54-yard drive with Onorato • Hofstra is 4-1 against Massachusetts in games played booting his third field goal, this time from 36 yards, to in Amherst. close the gap to 20-15. Hofstra got the ball down to the • The series history is as follows: Massachusetts 14-yard line on that possession but were pushed back to the 18 on one of its nine penalties (69 Year Winner (Loc.) Score yards) on the day where the drive stalled. After the Pride 1997 Hofstra (A) 51-13 defense stopped UMass on its next possession, another 1998 Massachusetts (H) 35-40 Hofstra turnover proved costly. On the Pride’s first play 1999 Hofstra (A) 27-14 from scrimmage from its own 22-yard line, English 2000 Hofstra (A) 51-36 completed a pass to Marques Colston, who was hit and 2001 Hofstra (H) 36-6 fumbled. Anton McKenzie recovered for the Minutemen 2002 Hofstra (A) 31-28 at the Pride 27. Four plays later, Krohn hit Dominque 2003 Massachusetts (A) 22-27 Stewart on a 28-yard scoring pass to boost the lead to 27-15 with 6:54 to play in the third quarter.