DAYTON FOOTBALL • 2015 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS •NCAA FCS PLAYOFF BERTH •12 PFL TITLES Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390• Cell: (937) 272-4503 • Football Press Box: (937) 542-4093 WEBSITE: daytonflyers.com TWITTER: @DaytonFootball FACEBOOK: /DaytonFlyersFootball SNAPCHAT: Dayton Athletics GAMEDAY INFORMATION DAYTON GAME 8 DATE Saturday, Oct 22 - 1 pm ET DAYTON BUTLER LOCATION Butler Bowl -- Indianapolis, Ind. FLYERS vs BULLDOGS MEDIA INFORMATION Radio -- NewsTalk1290WHIO GOOD NEWS WORTH REPEATING Larry Hansgen & Mike Kelly TEAM COMPARISON The Flyers entered the season with the 4th-best DAYTON BUTLER Live Stats, Audio and Video stream: winning percentage (.757, 134-43) in FCS football DaytonFlyers.com Record 5-2, 3-1 PFL 3-4, 1-3 PFL since 2000 AND have produced the most football Points/Gm 29.71/20.0 27.0/27.6 Academic All-Americans (23) at any level of Rush Yds/Gm 201.1/119.7 163.1/122.1 2016 SCHEDULE competition in the same time frame. The top fi ve Pass Yds/Gm 162.3/237.4 225.1/286.7 SEPTEMBER are Harvard (.805), Montana (.766), North Dakota Total Off/Gm 363.4/357.1 388.3/408.9 3 CENTRAL STATE W, 31-19 Possession Time 29:23/29:15 30:13/29:47 State (.761), Dayton (.757) and San Diego (.705). 10 ROBERT MORRIS W, 13-0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS STREAKING 17 @ Duquesne L, 34-20 UD has not been shut out in a school-record 24 @ San Diego* L, 34-22 DAYTON BUTLER 450 straight games, the best such active string Passing Passing in all of college football. The last team to shut OCTOBER Alex Jeske Malcom Weaver out the Flyers was Marshall, 9-0, on Oct. 16, 88-173-4, 1136 yards, 73-135-5, 942 yards, 1 DRAKE* W, 35-10 1976. That is also the all-time FCS record. .510, 8 TD .541, 3 TD 8 MOREHEAD STATE* W, 51-27 PFL POWER 15 @ Jacksonville^ W, 36-16 Rushing Rushing Tucker Yinger Duvante Lane • The Pioneer Football League is in its 24th 22 @ Butler* 1 p.m. ET 73 for 533 yards, 2 TD 83 for 377 yards, 7 TD season. The original (and now the only) 29 STETSON* 1 p.m. ET Division I strictly need-based football league Receiving Receiving began with charter members Butler, Dayton, NOVEMBER Ryan Skibinski Pace Temple Drake, Evansville, San Diego and Valparaiso. 5 VALPARAISO* 1 p.m. ET 25 rec., 11.0 avg., 0 TD 40 rec., 16.2 avg., 3 TD • In this year’s preseason coaches poll, UD was 12 @Marist * 1 p.m. ET predicted to fi nish second in the PFL in a tight Defense Defense race that separated Dayton and San Diego by Christopher Beaschler Ethan Brunhofer * Pioneer Football League one point. (95-94). However, UD received six 56 tackles, 35 solo, 3 TFL 52 tackles, 29 solo, 3.5 TFL Home Games in ALL CAPS fi rst-place votes, while the USD had fi ve. Times are ET and Subject to Change • UD’s 106-33 record is the best in PFL history. DAYTON FAST FACTS SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS Head Coach: Rick Chamberlin (UD ‘80) • Butler comes into the Dayton game after Record at UD: 70-27 (9th year) Dayton, 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Pioneer coming through in the clutch last week at Davidson for its fi rst PFL win of 2016. BUTLER Football League , stays on the road to visit • Freshman kicker Drew Bevelhimer kicked a Head Coach: Jeff Voris (DePauw ‘89) Butler. BU is 3-4 and 1-3 in the PFL . Record at BU: 63-57 (11th year) 29-yard fi eld goal as time expired to give BU UD is coming off a 36-16 win at Jacksonville the 20-17 victory. SERIES STUFF last week. Cornerback Christian Searles tied • The kicking game is a strength for the ‘Dogs. • Dayton leads the series 28-12-1. a Flyer record with three interceptions in the They lead the PFL in net punting and allow just • UD won last year in Dayton 27-24 on Oct. game. 0.3 yards a return. Punter Ian Dobek is second 24, and has won the last two meetings. in the league to Dayton’s Sean Smith, averaging • The Flyers came back from 10 points down The Jacksonville win was Dayton’s third 40.4 yards a punt. to win last season at Welcome Stadium. straight, its fi rst road win and the fi rst win of • Linebacker David Starkey leads the PFL in PLAYERS OF THE WEEK the year that came after the Flyers trailed . fumbles forced (3) and defensive tackle Jordan Off. -- Ben Gauthier, Sophomore OT Ransome is tied for second in sacks (5.5, tied Def. -- Christian Searles, Junior CB RS senior kicker William Will took sole with UD’s Mike Gray). ST -- Andrew McCormick, RS Soph. LB possession of the PFL career fi eld goal mark . • Quarterbacks Will Marty and Malcolm Scout (O) -- Ryan Culhane, Freshman OT He now has 52 and needs 10 points to become Weaver have combined for 125 of 240 passing Scout (D) -- Jon Barker, Freshman $$ the PFL’s record holder in kick scoring. (.521) for 1,573 yards, seven touchdowns and Scout (ST) -- Kyle Butz, Freshman WR nine interceptions. Weaver is also Butler’s Hammer -- Shane Hannah, RS Soph. LB UD’s 22–man senior class includes 15 fi fth- second-leading rusher with 298 yards and an year players . Captains Chris Beaschler, Ian attention-getting 9.8 per-carry average. Palin and Shane Toub are all redshirt seniors. • The Bulldog O-line has allowed just fi ve sacks in 2016, second-best in the PFL. PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 THE MAN AT THE TOP 7 SPOTS ON PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAM SEARLES A PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN • Rick Chamberlin is now in his ninth season • Dayton had the most student-athletes on the • Junior cornerback Christian Searles was in charge of the Flyer football program. His Preseason All-PFL squad. named Third Team All-America as a punt record is 70-27. • UD had six players named to seven spots; returner by Stats LLC. • He is third all-time in wins at Dayton, behind three on defense, three on special teams and • Searles was All-Pioneer Football League last two members of the College Football Hall one on offense. No other school had more than season as a return specialist, as well as a corner. of Fame -- Mike Kelly (246 wins) and Harry four. They were: • He led the PFL in punt return average (12.2, Baujan (124). • Linebacker Christopher Beaschler, a two- 5.0 yards better than second-place Brad Duwe • After coaching the Flyers to the FCS playoffs time First Team All-PFL selection and last of Drake), and was also eighth in FCS football in in 2015, Chamberlin was named the 2015 year’s co-Student-Athlete of the Year, led the punt return average. AFCA District Coach of the Year and the PFL defensive selections. Beaschler led UD in • Among the top 50 FCS punt returners in 2015, Coach of the Year. He was the school’s fi rst 2015 with 110 tackles. In three seasons of Searles had the most returns (33). AFCA District Coach of the Year, and his PFL action, the senior has 293 total hits and 21.5 • Searles was the 10th Dayton player to intercept honor was the ninth for a Dayton coach. tackles behind the line, with two interceptions. a UD-record three passes in a game in the • Chamberlin is also in his 42nd season as Beaschler was also a First Team Academic Jacksonville win. He was named PFL Player of part of the Flyer football program. A Flyer All- All-American last season. the Week. American linebacker in his playing days, he • Both of UD’s cornerbacks, Cameron Stubbs • Searles leads the team in passes broken up (7), has been a part of 364 of UD’s 653 wins – 26 and Christian Searles, were also named. and is tied for second in interceptions (3) as a player, 268 as an assistant coach, and 70 Stubbs was Dayton’s MVP in 2015. He led the • He is tied for second in the PFL in passes as a head coach. He has also been a part of Flyers in interceptions (7) and passes batted defended (1.43) 468 of UD’s 1,053 games. away (11). He was second in the PFL in both • The Springfi eld, Ohio native is the 23rd categories. He also led UD in fumbles forced WILL RECORDS FALL head football coach since the program began (2) and tied for team honors in recoveries • William Will was named the STATS National in 1905. He is the fi rst of the 11 modern era (2). In addition, Stubbs was tied for second FCS Special Teams Player of the Week after the coaches to have lettered for the Flyers, and the on the team in TFL (8.5). He had 58 tackles, Morehead State win. second to be a graduate of the University of including 41 solo. Stubbs also led UD in • He scored 15 points on 3-for-3 FG and 6-for-6 Dayton (Pete Ankney was the fi rst alum when kickoff return average (27.0), good for third in PAT kicking. he coached in 1963 and 1964). the PFL. • His fi rst fi eld goal of the day gave him sole • Chamberlin, 59, had been on the Flyer • Searles was both All-PFL at corner and as a possession of UD’s career fi eld goal record.