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RHODE ISLAND 2019 GAME NOTES GoRhody.com • Twitter: @RhodyFootball • Facebook: /RhodyFootball • Instagram: @RhodyFootball • YouTube: /RhodeIslandRams 2019 SCHEDULE Rhode Island (0-2, 0-1) at Overall: 0-2 • CAA Football: 0-1 • Home: 0-1 • Away: 0-1 New Hampshire (0-2, 0-0) GAME 31 Sat at Ohio L, 41-20 Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 • 6 p.m. AUG 3 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, N.H. 7 SAT Delaware * L, 44-36 (3OT) 21 Sat at New Hampshire * 6:00 PM Radio: WHJJ 920 AM/104.7 FM • Internet Audio: 920whjj.com SEPT 28 SAT Stony Brook * 7:00 PM RHODE ISLAND VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE - SERIES NOTES • Saturday will be the 89th meeting between Rhode Island and New Hampshire, with the Wildcats 5 Sat at Brown 12:30 PM holding a 59-29 lead in the series. 12 Sat at Virginia Tech TBA • New Hampshire is 34-9-3 when hosting Rhode Island. OCT 19 Sat at Albany * 3:30 PM • Rhode Island won last year’s meeting, beating UNH 24-21 in the final game of the regular season. 26 SAT Elon * 1:00 PM • Ahmere Dorsey had a 95-yard kick return in the fourth quarter of last season’s meeting to provide the winning score. His return gave the Rams a 24-14 lead with 11:58 to go, but the Wildcats 2 SAT Merrimack * 1:00 PM responded with Carlos Washington’s third rushing touchdown of the day to pull within 24-21. On New Hampshire’s final possession, Rhody’s D.J. Stewart came up with an interception with less 9 Sat at William & Mary * 1:00 PM than two minutes in the game to seal the victory. NOV 16 Sat at Maine * 12:00 PM • Saturday will be Rhode Island’s second CAA Football contest of the season. Towson - which hosts 23 SAT James Madison * 12:00 PM Villanova Saturday night - is the only other team in the league to already be playing its second * CAA Football Game | HOME GAMES IN BOLD conference game. 2019 CAA FOOTBALL RAMS PAYING TRIBUTE TO MCDONNELL • During Saturday’s game, Rhode Island’s players will wear a special decal on their helmets in honor STANDINGS of New Hampshire head coach Sean McDonnell. The longtime UNH coach announced just before --League-- --Overall-- the start of the season that he was taking a personal leave for health reasons. Towson 1-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 • The decals on the URI helmets sport the phrase “Coach” on a navy blue helmet. Delaware 1-0 1.000 2-1 0.667 • New Hampshire is led by interim head coach Ricky Santos. Elon 1-0 1.000 2-1 0.667 • Playing for McDonnell, Santos had his jersey retired after a four-year career in which the Villanova 0-0 0.000 3-0 1.000 quarterback led the Wildcats to a 37-14 record from 2004-07. James Madison 0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667 • He led UNH to its first postseason victory (at Georgia Southern on Nov. 27, 2004), was part of the Stony Brook 0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667 William & Mary 0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667 2005 Atlantic 10 championship team and two A-10 Northern Division title-winning teams (2004, Albany 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 2006). In 2006, Santos won the Walter Payton Award as the most outstanding offensive player in New Hampshire 0-0 0.000 0-2 0.000 FCS football. Maine 0-1 0.000 1-2 0.333 Richmond 0-1 0.000 1-2 0.333 RHODE ISLAND VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE - TALE OF THE TAPE Rhode Island 0-1 0.000 0-2 0.000 RHODE ISLAND OFFENSE NEW HAMPSHIRE 2019 CAA FOOTBALL 28.0 .............................................................. Points/Game ...........................................................13.5 COACHES POLL 438.0 .........................................................Total Yards/Game ......................................................368.5 1. James Madison (20) 7. New Hampshire 77.5 ...........................................................Rush Yards/Game ......................................................155.0 2. Towson (3) 8. Rhode Island 360.5 ......................................................... Pass Yards/Game ......................................................213.5 3. Maine (1) 9. Villanova DEFENSE 4. Elon 10. Richmond 42.5 .............................................................. Points/Game ...........................................................21.5 5. Delaware 11. William & Mary 474.5 .........................................................Total Yards/Game ......................................................376.0 6. Stony Brook 12. UAlbany First place votes in parentheses 236.5 .........................................................Rush Yards/Game ......................................................186.0 188.0 ......................................................... Pass Yards/Game ......................................................190.0 PARKER AMONG NATION’S TOP RECEIVERS PRIORE SECOND IN PASSING YARDS PER GAME RAMS WINNING TURNOVER BATTLES • Senior Aaron Parker leads the country in • Redshirt junior quarterback Vito Priore ranks • Rhode Island ranks 10th in the nation and both receptions per game and receiving second among all FCS quarterbacks with 360.5 third in CAA Football with a +1.5 turnover yards per game, averaging 10.5 catches and passing yards per game. margin thus far. 185.5 receiving yards per game. • Only Maine’s Chris Ferguson ranks ahead of • The Rams were +2 against Delaware and +1 • He also ranks third in the country with 371 Priore, with 370.0 per game. at Ohio in the season opener. total receiving yards, despite Rhode Island • His 430-yard performance against Delaware • Through two games, the Rams have already only playing two games. was the fourth-highest single-game total recorded four interceptions and one fumble • All other players ranked in the top 48 in among FCS players this season. recovery. receiving yards have played three games. • It also was the seventh-highest single game • Rhody has turned the ball over twice, both • Parker’s 227 receiving yards against total in Rhode Island history. on interceptions. Delaware were the third-highest single- • Redshirt senior safety Momodou Mbye game total among all FCS players this year. DORSEY MAKING IMPACT IN SEVERAL AREAS is tied for first in the country with 1.0 Eastern Washington’s Dre’ Sorton Dorton • Senior Ahmere Dorsey established himself as interception per game. He has picked off a (289) and Albany’s Juwan Green (245) are one of the nation’s best special teams players pass in each of the team’s first two contests. the only players with more in a game. last season, racking up 1,085 combined kick • The biggest point of emphasis for the • With 12 catches against Delaware, Parker and punt return yards. coaching staff in 2018 was to improve the recorded his 11th career game with 10 or • He was the first player in Rhode Island history program’s turnover margin. more receptions. to top 1,000 special teams yards in one year. • URI ranked 13th in the nation last season • He has topped 100 yards in each of the first • This season, Dorsey is third among all CAA with a +0.73 per game turnover margin. two games this season. Football players with 133.5 all-purpose yards • Parker is third among all active FCS-level per game. Only teammate Aaron Parker CARRICK LEADS LEAGUE IN SCORING players with his 2,607 receiving yards. Only (185.5) and Delaware’s DeJoun Lee (137.0) • Junior kicker C.J. Carrick is averaging a Sam Houston State’s Nathan Stewart average more per game. league-best 10.0 points per game. (3,823) and Idaho State’s Mitch Gueller • Dorsey is doing more of his damage in the • Against Delaware, he tied his career high (2,680) have more. passing game this season, catching 10 passes with 12 points, making three field goals and for 158 yards and one touchdown. three extra point attempts. PARKER MOVING UP ALL-TIME URI LISTS • In 2018, he had five catches for 61 yards and • Among his field goals was a career-long • With 12 grabs against Delaware, senior no touchdowns. 44-yard make with 19 seconds remaining in Aaron Parker now has 156 in his career. He • In 13 career games, Dorsey has scored seven regulation to send the game to overtime. ranks sixth in program history. touchdowns. He has rushed for three, returned • Carrick joined Louis Feinstein as the only • He joined Brian Forster (284 from 1983-85, two kickoffs for scores, returned one punt for a URI players with multiple games with 12 or 87); Brandon Johnson-Farrell (198 from touchdown and caught one touchdown pass. more points. Feinstein did it three times. 2008-12); Cy Butler (189 from 1993-96); • Carrick ranks fifth in URI history for points by Dameon Reilly (165 from 1983-85) and LINE OFFERING STRONG PROTECTION a kicker with 131. Chris Cassara is one spot Darren Rizzi (160 from 1989-92) as the • Through two games, Rhode Island’s offensive above Carrick, with 144 points (1988-91). only URI players with 150+ career catches. line has allowed just two sacks. • With the three field goals, Carrick also • Parker is third in team history with 2,607 • Only Stony Brook and New Hampshire have moved into a tie with Shane Laisle for receiving yards. Only Forster (3,944) and allowed fewer with one each. seventh all-time with 20 for his career. Reilly (2,698) rank ahead of him. • The Rams also rank second in the nation with • Next up are Matt Walker (24 from 1995-97) • Parker is now fourth in URI history with just 2.5 tackles for loss allowed per game. Only and Chris Cassara (25 from 1988-91). 23 touchdown catches. Next on the list is North Dakota State allows fewer, at 2.33 per • Carrick is fifth in program history with 71 Bobby Apgar, who had 26 from 1993-95. game. career extra points. • Senior left tackle Kyle Murphy, redshirt COULTER, PARKER KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY freshman left guard Evan Lovell, senior MURPHY, PARKER NAMED TO STATS FCS • Junior wide receiver Isaiah Coutler and center Raees Johnson, redshirt freshman PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM senior Aaron Parker are first cousins.

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