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SCHEDULE Overall: 5-6 Home: 2-3 | Away: 3-3 | NEC 2-4 At Lehigh W Sat. Aug 31 | Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, Pa. 14-13 At JMU L Sat. Sep 7 | Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, Va. 44-7 SAINT FRANCIS RED FLASH Delaware State Hornets Vs Merrimack W Record ....................................................... 5-6 Record ....................................................... 2-9 Sat. Sep 14 | DeGol Field 42-14 Head Coach: ............................ Chris Villarrial Head Coach: ................................ Rod Milstead Loretto, Pa. Coach Record ........................................ 45-65 Coach Record ............................................ 5-17 Vs Columbia $ L Record at SFU: ........................................Same Record at Del State (2nd season) ......Same Sat. Sep 21 | DeGol Field 42-14 Location: .........................................Loretto, Pa Location: .........................................Dover, Del. Loretto, Pa. Founded: .................................................... 1847 Founded: ..................................................... 1891 At Bryant W Enrollment:............................................... 1,750 Enrollment:.............................................. 4,872 Sat. Sep. 28 | Beirne Stadium Colors: ................Red (PMS 1805) and White Colors: ............................................ Blue & Red Smithfield, R.I. 16-6 vs Robert Morris* L (2OT) Sat. Oct. 12 | DeGol Field Loretto, Pa. 20-17 Kickoff ......... Saturday, Nov. 23 @ 2:00 PM Live Stream ........................................ ESPN+ at LIU* W Location ...........................................Dover, Del. Play By Play .................................. Gary Laing Sat. Oct. 19 | Bethpage FCU Stadium 30-0 Brookville, NY Stadium.................................. Alumni Stadium Color..............................................Mike Walker vs Sacred Heart*! L(OT) Sat. Oct. 26 | DeGol Field Loretto, Pa. 36-33 at Duquesne * L • SFU looks to finish the season with a .500 • 2019 marks the 50 year anniversary of the Sat. Nov. 2 | Rooney Field 30-21 Pittsburgh, Pa. record and two-game win streak “modern era” of Saint Francis football. In 1969, several fraternities joined forces to start a club football at CCSU * L (OT) • SFU has held a second half lead in all four team. Under the direction of head coach Art Sat. Nov. 9 | Arute Field Martynuska, Saint Francis quickly rose up the club New Britain, CT 38,31 of its conference losses and a fourth quarter lead in three. All three of those game ended in rankings, reaching #1 in the club football polls by vs Wagner *# W overtime defeats 1971. The club would later make the transition into Sat. Nov. 16 | DeGol Field 42-8 Division-III and eventually Division-I, first Loretto, Pa. • Senior Da’Jon Lee leads all of FCS with 21.5 competing in the NEC in 1996. at Delaware St. tackles for a loss. Sat. Nov. 23 | Alumni Field • The Red Flash were picked to finish sixth in the Dover, Del. • Junior Joel Denley recorded his first career 3 Northeast Conference as announced at the NEC *NEC Contest touchdown game last week and was the first Media Day held in July at Met Life Stadium. $ 50 Years of Football Celebration SFU player to rush for 3 in a game since 2016. ! Homecoming # Senior Day • SFU’s only conference championship came in 2016. • Quarterback Jason Brown has thrown three The Red Flash went on to lose to Villanova in the first touchdown passes in five straight contests and round of the FCS Playoffs. needs 224 yards to go over 3,000 for the season. Football Contact: Taylor Powers • The Saint Francis defense has ranked in the top two in • Senior linebacker Da’Jon Lee is five four shy of the NEC in total defense and scoring defense in every Email: [email protected] the school’s career record. season dating back to 2015 and currently ranks third Office: 814-472-3128 in both categories in 2019. Cell: 814-341-5189 • Redshirt sophomore wide receiver E.J. Jenkins Twitter: @RedFlashFB has scored touchdowns in 9 of 11 games. Web: sfuathletics.com Saint Francis at Delaware State Game 12: November 23, 2019 MEDIA INFORMATION Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday No Media Practice Practice Practice No Media at Delaware No Media State 2:00 p.m. ET Availability Video Information Interview Procedures Video Highlights Saint Francis players and coaches are Saint Francis will do its best to send available for interview requests Tuesday video highlights and interviews to media through Thursday during game weeks. outlets not able to attend home and road Coach Villarrial and selected players will contests. Requests for highlights for home also be available postgame following an games should be directed to Chris Miller at NCAA mandated cooling-off period. All [email protected] for road games, please requests should be made to football contact direct your request to Taylor Powers Taylor Powers. Football Practices NEC Front Row Saint Francis football practices are open NECFrontRow.com is the official to the media Tuesday through Thursday streaming platform of the Northeast during game weeks. Requests to attend practice should be made as far in advance Conference. Every home football game as possible. Please contact Taylor Powers at will be streamed for FREE live on NEC [email protected] or 814-341-5189 for Front Row with Pat Farabaugh on any request to attend practice play-by-play and Jay Roberts providing the color commentary. Media Credentials (Cont.) & Parking Credentials will be mailed in advance of the game, but a Will Call can be established under special circumstances. A parking pass NEC On The Run can also be arranged. Parking is available on NEC On the Run is the official app of campus within walking distance of DeGol NEC Front Row. The new re-design of Field. the app can be found in the App Store and Google Play store and is available Media Credentials Credentials are issued for all third-party for both mobile and smart tv platforms press box personnel (media, scouts, officials’ observers, etc.). Requests for credentials are on a per-game basis. Credential requests should be made at least a week in advance. Seating in the press box will be determined by the Athletics Communications office. To request a credential, please contact Taylor Powers. Saint Francis at Delaware State Game 12: November 23, 2019 GAME NOTES Series History Head Coach Chris Villarrial Tied 1-1 Ninth Season as Head Coach Inside the Matchup The all-time series is tied at 1-1 after Saint Head Coach Chris Villarrial (Vuh-Larry-AL) Francis routed the Hornets 45-14 last sea- 1 1 0 enters his ninth season at the helm in Wins Losses Ties son. Nick Rinella returned a punt for a touch- Loretto. Villarrial enjoyed a successful 1 1 0 down and current running back turned 11-year pro career on the offensive line Wins Losses Ties linebacker Chris Cropper ran for 91 yards on of the Bears and Bills and was a two-time nine carries with a touchdown. All-Pro. At SFU, “Coach V” has guided the At: Delaware State ...........................0-1 Red Flash to 44 wins, second-most in At: SFU ................................................1-0 school history. Villarrial vs Delaware State ...........1-0 Milstead vs SFU .................................0-1 Scouting the Hornets The Hornets are 2-9 after last week’s 33-17 Keeping the Tradition Alive Streak .........................................SFU, W1 loss to Norfolk State. The only common Saint Francis built one of the top Last Meeting .............. W, 45-14 (2018) opponent between Delaware State and defenses in the country under former Saint Francis is Merrimack. The Red Flash defensive coordinator Marco Pecora, Team Comparison (2019) defeated the Warriors 42-14 while Delaware ranking in the top two in the NEC in State lost 30-21. Saint Francis Delaware State scoring defense and total defense in each 5-6 Record 2-9 of the last four seasons. With Pecora 24.3 Scoring Offense 14.7 The Hornets start a freshman at moving to the offensive side of the ball, 21.8 Scoring Defense 26.3 quarterback in Tylik Bethea, who has had an 194 First Downs 140 questions surrounded whether the 203 First Downs Allowed 178 up and down first season, completing 47.3% defensive unit could continue its 102.5 Rushing YPG 59.3 of his passes for 10 touchdowns and nine 114.8 Rushing YPG Allowed 144.8 dominance under first-year defensive 255.9 Passing YPG 178.7 interceptions. Senior Bryant Dallas leads coordinator Bishop Neal but SFU has been 208.6 Passing YPG Allowed 191.0 the team in rushing, averaging a tck over 47 up to the task ranking third in the league 358.4 Total Offense 238.0 rushing yards per game with three 323.5 Total Defense 335.8 in both total defense and scoring defense. 21.2 Kick Return Avg 20.8 touchdowns. 11.8 Punt Return Avg 3.9 61.4 Penalties Avg 48.4 Junior wide receiver Kwannah Kollie has 29:59 Time of Poss. 30:44 34.59% 3rd Down Offense 28.35% caught a team-high 35 passes with four 28.83% 3rd Down Defense 44.60% touchdowns while six of Bizzet Woodley’s 22 16.67% 4th Down Offense 53.85% A Positive Switch 60.87% 4th Down Defense 61.54% catches have gone for touchdowns. 81.82% Red Zone Offense 84.00% The coaching changes have paid 80.00% Red Zone Defense 82.86% Defensively, sophomore Brooks Parker leads dividends across the board as the Saint the team with 50 tackles and 7.5 tackles for Francis offense has shown vast a loss. Brandon Carswell has registered a improvement under first-year team-best 4.5 sacks and Jawain Granger has offensive coordinator Marco Pecora. broken up 12 passes. Saint Francis has the top-ranked pass offense in the league, averaging over 251 yards through the air per game. The Red Flash have scored 20 or more points in five straight games and are averaging 31.4 point per game during the span. Saint Francis at Delaware State Game 12: November 23, 2019 GAME NOTES HEAD COACH CHRIS VILLARRIAL Brown Sets Record, Eyes Another Dynamic Duo Redshirt sophomore quarterback Jason Redshirt junior Ra’Shaun Henry and redshirt Brown now holds the school’s single-season sophomore E.J.