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University at Albany UAlbany Football 2010 Northeast Conference Football Champion, 2002, 2003, 2007 & 2008 for the first time in the program's history with a win vs. Monmouth ... UAlbany Great Danes (5-5, NEC 3-4) vs. ... DT Trevor Anderson, CB Ross Bertrand and DE Mike Kelly are among Monmouth Hawks (3-7, NEC 3-4) 13 seniors who will be honored in Saturday's pre-game ceremony ... ... UAlbany is playing its final two games at home after starting the GAME #11: Saturday, November 20, 2010 season with seven of the first nine games on the road ... ... Bob Ford is tied for fourth among the FCS all-time leaders in career University Field (5,000 / Natural Grass) victories with 246 ... the legendary Eddie Robinson tops that list ... Albany, N.Y., 1:00 p.m. Eastern ... TB Dillon Romain established the program's freshman single-game rushing record with 193 yards against Wagner ... TELEVISION COVERAGE ... WR Ryan Kirchner scored on an 80-yard punt return vs. Wagner, the None. second longest runback in UAlbany annals ... RADIO COVERAGE ... PK Herb Glass has climbed into sixth place on the school's all-time Fox Sports 980 (WOFX-AM) will again air the entire University at Albany scoring list with 160 career points ... football schedule. Andrew Catalon, the weekend sports anchor at ... UAlbany has played in three games decided by three points or less WNYT-TV, will work as the WOFX Radio play-by-play announcer. this season and upped that total to seven over the last two years ... ... UAlbany was the last NCAA Division I FBS or FCS program to play UALBANY vs. MONMOUTH a home game in the program's homecoming game on Oct. 9 ... UAlbany and Monmouth are meeting for the 13th time on the gridiron. ... UAlbany has reached the seven-win mark in eight of its previous 11 The Great Danes have won eight of the previous 12 contests, including seasons at the NCAA Division I FCS level ... a 35-10 road triumph last year. QB Vinny Esposito and TB Andrew Smith ... UAlbany has won or shared four Northeast Conference champion- each passed for one touchdown and ran for another. The Great Danes ships (2002, 2003, 2007 & 2008) ... scored twice in a two-minute-and-14-second span in third quarter. .... the Northeast Conference champion will earn an automatic NCAA Smith threw a 31-yard pass for a TD, before TB Justin Gannon scored FCS playoff berth for the first time in 2010 ... on a 23-yard scamper. UAlbany held Monmouth to 268 total yards. ... the National Football League's New York Giants have made the UAlbany campus its summer training camp home since 1996 ... LAST GAME - Wagner, Nov. 13, 2010 TB Dillon Romain rushed for a career-high 193 yards and scored the ABOUT MONMOUTH: The Hawks suffered their third consecutive go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter in leading UAlbany to a 24-14 setback in last Saturday's thrilling 49-48 double-overtime loss to Central victory over Wagner in Northeast Conference play. Romain, who set Connecticut State. Head coach Kevin Callahan, who has a 104-79 the school's single-game freshman rushing mark, rumbled over the left record, is in his 18th season at the helm. Monmouth (3-7, NEC 3-4) has side on a 25-yard TD run to break a 14-14 deadlock. He had all five 22 seniors on its roster. The Hawks run a balanced offense that carries on the first possession of the third quarter. UAlbany added a 37-yard field goal from Herb Glass with 7:09 left in the period. Wagner 2010 UAlbany Football Schedule QB Nick Doscher, who passed for 251 yards and ran for a team-high 76 yards, had his club on the move in the third quarter down just seven Sept. 2 (Thu.) at Maine 3-0, W points, but the Seahawks' scoring chance ended when WR David Sept. 11 (Sat.) at #10/12 Stephen F. Austin 59-14, L Crawford was stripped by ILB Dave Plungas at the 5-yard line and the Sept. 25 (Sat.) at Duquesne* 28-17, L ball bounced through the end zone for a touchback. The Great Danes Oct. 2 (Sat.) at Yale 23-20, W thwarted two other Wagner scoring chances. Doscher was stuffed Oct. 9 (Sat.) Saint Francis, Pa.* (HC) 48-0, W on fourth-and-goal at the UA one-yard line by FS Justin Hassan and ILB Oct. 16 (Sat.) at Robert Morris* 38-0, L Said Gaida after the Seahawks had moved 11 plays from their own 37. Oct. 22 (Fri.) Central Conn. State* (OT) 30-27, L CB Ross Bertrand picked off Doscher to stamp out another drive. Oct. 30 (Sat.) at Bryant* 24-7, L ABOUT UALBANY: In 2009, the Great Danes finished second in the Nov. 6 (Sat.) at Sacred Heart* 35-23, W Northeast Conference standings. UAlbany (7-4, NEC 6-2) had won the Nov. 13 (Sat.) Wagner* 24-14, W conference championship the previous two years. Eight all-confer- Nov. 20 (Sat.) Monmouth* 1:00 ence players graduated off last year's squad. *Northeast Conference Opponent Head coach Bob Ford is in his 42nd season as a college head (HC) - Homecoming/Fall Festival Weekend coach. Andy Sparano, a preseason All-NEC selection, is among four returning starters on the offensive line. Andrew Smith is a triple- ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS threat on offense as a quarterback, tailback and receiver. WR Jason Brian DePasquale, Poore had 26 catches for 243 yards and two touchdowns. Associate Athletics Director/Communications & Media Trevor Anderson, a first-team All-NEC defensive tackle, leads (O) 518-442-3072 (FAX) 518-442-3139 a defense that was tough against the run and allowed just over 19 e-mail: [email protected] points per game. CB Ross Bertrand has 100-plus career tackles. PK ALBANY SPORTSLINE (518) 442-DANE Herb Glass earned second-team All-NEC honors. www.ualbanysports.com UALBANY QUICK HITS www.facebook.com/ualbanysports ... UAlbany is attempting to record five consecutive winning campaigns www.twitter.com/ualbanysports averages 212.3 passing yards and 156.0 rushing yards. QB Kyle Sept. 11, 1999: Albany 24, Monmouth 16 (Kessler Field) Frazier (6-3, 230) has thrown for 1,853 yards and nine touchdowns Nov. 4, 2000: Albany 37, Monmouth 10 (University Field) with just four interceptions in his second year as a starter. Frazier Nov. 3, 2001: Albany 19, Monmouth 10 (Kessler Field) passed for 300 yards and two scores and rushed for a career-high 115 Nov. 16, 2002: Albany 19, Monmouth 7 (University Field) yards vs. Central Conn. State. TE Tyler George (6-5, 250) is the Oct. 18, 2003: Monmouth 10, Albany 7 (Kessler Field) leading receiver with 32 catches for 331 yards and two TDs. WR Ryan Oct. 16, 2004: Monmouth 25, Albany 24 (University Field) Folsom, who moved from quarterback prior to the 2009 season, and Nov. 12, 2005: Monmouth 16, Albany 13 (Kessler Field) WR Nick Romeo, who missed last year due to illness, have 31 and 27 Nov. 11, 2006: Monmouth 19, Albany 0 (University Field) receptions, respectively. RB Bobby Giles is the top rusher with 671 Nov. 10, 2007: Albany 21, Monmouth 3 (Kessler Field) yards and one touchdown. Giles is seventh on MU's career rushing Nov. 1, 2008: Albany 35, Monmouth 17 (University Field) chart with 1,536 yards. RG Shawn Wright (6-2, 305) is a three-time Oct. 24, 2009: Albany 35, Monmouth 10 (Kessler Field) all-conference offensive lineman, including a pair of first-team selec- tions. Monmouth is ranked 16th among the FCS leaders in turnover FORD BUILT: UAlbany's Bob Ford is first among active NCAA margin (+0.80 pg) thanks in large part to a defense that has allowed just Division I FCS coaches with 246 career victories. He is also tied for four 100-yard rushers this season. FS Jose Gumbs, the 2009 NEC fourth on the all-time FCS chart. Ford, the architect of the UAlbany Defensive Player of the Year, has 67 tackles, eight pass break-ups and program, has a 237-152 career record in his 38th varsity season as one interception. Gumbs has earned both the conference's weekly head coach at the school. Under his direction, the Great Danes have defensive and special team awards this year. SS Kendall Haley, who moved from the club level in 1970 to its present NCAA Division I FCS like Gumbs received first-team All-NEC honors last season, has 62 status. Ford, who has a 246-174-1 career record at the collegiate level, tackles and three interceptions. He made 11 tackles against UAlbany earned his 200th UAlbany win in a 20-17 victory against Robert Morris one year ago. MLB Chris Mastrangelo adds 58 tackles, including 4.5 in 2005. More than 100 of Bob Ford's assistant coaches are currently hits for a loss. CB Kenny Amsel, who has missed just three games working in the professional, college and high school ranks. Dave in four years, is tied for second on the program's career interceptions Campo, a former UAlbany graduate assistant in 1973, is the defensive list with 11. Amsel reached the end zone on a 72-yard INT return on the backs coach of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. Tony Wise, a former NFL last play of the first half vs. Central Conn. State. He totals 28 tackles, assistant, is on the University of Pittsburgh staff. Dave Clawson is in two interceptions and two PBUs. Jack Daniels is 19th nationally with his second season as Bowling Green's head coach.