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Sports Information Office Mark Fleming, Director 1200 Main Street MORAVIAN COLLEGE Bethlehem, PA 18018 Telephone: (610) 861-1472 SPORTS NEWS FAX: (610) 861-1581 Email: [email protected] MORAVIAN COLLEGE GREYHOUNDS DICKINSON COLLEGE RED DEVILS 1-3 (1-1 Centennial Conference) 4-0 (2-0 Centennial Conference) 1:00 p.m.; Saturday, October 3, 2009 Rocco Calvo Field (c. 2,000); Bethlehem, Pa. THE GAME: Moravian looks to snap a two-game losing streak in a Centennial Conference game versus About Moravian Dickinson College. Kickoff is slated for 1:00 p.m. at Rocco Calvo Field in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. THE COACHES: Scot Dapp (West Chester ’73) is in his 23rd season at Moravian, with a career record of 136-94-1 (.591), the winningest football coach in Moravian history. He entered the season in the top 50 Location .................................. Bethlehem, Pa. in winning percentage among NCAA Division III active coaches. Dapp, who served as the president of Founded .................................................. 1742 the American Football Coaches Association in 2005, has earned Coach-of-the-Year honors from the MAC Enrollment ............................................. 1,557 three times including Co-Coach of the Year in 1997 and has led the ’Hounds to two appearances in the Nickname ..................................... Greyhounds NCAA playoffs, the ECAC Southeast Bowl game in 2002, the ECAC Southwest Bowl game in 2004, Colors............................. Navy Blue and Grey 2005 and 2008, winning the title in 2005. Conference ..................................... Centennial Dickinson coach Darwin Breaux (West Chester ’77) has a record of 106-62-1 (.630) in his 17th year at Stadium ................ Rocco Calvo Field (2,000) the school. Surface ............................................. Sportexe Athletic Director ...................... Paul R. Moyer THE SERIES: Saturday’s meeting will be the 13th in the series with Dickinson holding a 6-4-2 lead. The Athletics Phone ..................... (610) 861-1534 Red Devils earned a 16-7 win in Carlisle last fall and left Bethlehem with a 24-23 victory in 2007. The 2008 Record ........................ 8-3, 6-2 T-2nd CC schools had not met since 1980 when the Greyhounds earned a 33-12 victory, also in Bethlehem. Offensive Set ................................... Multiple Moravian has only won once in six trips to Carlisle, a 13-7 win back on September 26, 1936. Defensive Set .................................... Multiple Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............... 54/45 GREYHOUNDS IN THE CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE: Moravian joined the Centennial Starters Returning ........... 13 (6 O, 7 D, 0 KS) Conference as an associate member in the sport of football in 2007. The Greyhounds were selected fourth Head Coach ................................... Scot Dapp in the Centennial Conference preseason coaches and sports information directors poll while Dickinson Alma Mater, Year ........... West Chester, 1973 College was tied for second with two first-place votes. Overall record ................. 136-94-1, 23rd year Phone ..................................... (610) 861-1533 WEEKLY CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE COACHES WEB CHAT: Head Football Coach Scot Email [email protected] Dapp will be participating in the weekly Centennial Conference football chats every Tuesday beginning at SID ........................................... Mark Fleming 10:00 a.m. Coach Dapp is scheduled to be on-line beginning at 10:42 a.m. each week as all nine Phone ..................................... (610) 861-1472 Centennial Conference head coaches will be available. Hotline ................................... (610) 625-7865 Email ...................... [email protected] MILESTONE WATCH: The Greyhounds have one player closing in on milestones for his career. Senior running back Ryan Rempe (Dickson City, PA/Mid-Valley HS) needs just 69 yards to become the 20th player in school history to rush for 1,000 career yards. Rempe, who came to Moravian as a About Dickinson quarterback, has 931 career yards on just 252 carries with seven touchdowns in 289 games. Rempe, who tied the school record with 51 attempts at Juniata College last season, had 727 of those yards on 178 carries last season with 165 carries in the last four games of the year. Rempe did not play in Moravian’s loss versus Lebanon Valley College, and he only played on play in the victory over McDaniel College. Location ...................................... Carlisle, PA Founded ................................................. 1783 ON THE AIRWAVES: For the 13th straight year, the Greyhounds' games will be on the radio. Enrollment ............................................ 2,030 Moravian's games will be aired on WSAN 1470 AM The Fox for the fifth straight year. Phil May calls Nickname ..................................... Red Devils the play-by-play call with color commentary from Craig Barnes and technical assistance from John Colors ..................................... Red and White Elliott. The broadcast kicks off at 12:30 p.m. with a half hour pregame show. Conference .................................... Centennial Stadium .......................... Biddle Field (2,577) Surface ..................................... Natural Grass 2009 Moravian College Schedule (1-3) 2009 Dickinson College Schedule (4-0) 2008 Record .......................... 6-4, 5-3 T4th CC Sept. 5 at Susquehanna ......................... L 24-0 Sept. 5 at Grove City ........................... W 52-47 Offensive Set ....................... Multiple Option Sept. 12 vs. McDaniel* ........................ W 21-16 Sept. 12 vs. Hobart ................................ W 26-3 Defensive Set ............................................ 4-3 Sept. 19 vs. Lebanon Valley ................... L 32-3 Sept. 19 at Franklin & Marshall* .......... W 45-43 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............... 26/15 Sept. 26 at Johns Hopkins* ...................... L 27-0 Sept. 26 vs. McDaniel* ......................... W 35-7 Oct. 3 vs. Dickinson* ...................... 1:00 p.m. Oct. 3 at Moravian* ......................... 1:00 p.m. Starters Returning ......... 15 (10 O, 4 D, 1 KS) Oct. 10 vs. Gettysburg* .................. 1:00 p.m. Oct. 10 vs. Johns Hopkins*.............. 7:00 p.m. Head Coach ............................ Darwin Breaux Oct. 17 at Franklin & Marshall* ........ 1:00 p.m. Oct. 17 BYE Alma Mater, Year ........... West Chester, 1977 Oct. 24 vs. Juniata* .......................... 1:00 p.m. Oct. 24 at Gettysburg* ....................... 1:00 p.m. th Overall record .................. 106-62-1, 17 year Oct. 31 at Ursinus* ............................. 1:00 p.m. Oct. 31 at Muhlenberg* ..................... 1:00 p.m. SID ....................................... Charlie McGuire Nov. 7 BYE Nov. 7 vs. Juniata* .......................... 7:00 p.m. Phone ..................................... (717) 245-1652 Nov. 14 at Muhlenberg* ...................... 1:00 p.m. Nov. 14 vs. Ursinus* .......................... 1:00 p.m. Email ........................ [email protected] *Centennial Conference game *Centennial Conference game Moravian vs. Dickinson Series THE CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE STATISTICAL RANKINGS: The Greyhounds are eighth in Year Winner Score Site the Centennial Conference in total defense, allowing 406.0 yards per game. The squad is fourth in passing 11/4/1933 DC 10-0 A defense at 213.8 yards per game, and the defense is ninth in rushing yards allowed at 192.2 per game. The 9/26/36 MOR 13-7 A Greyhounds are fourth in points allowed at 24.8 per game, and the squad is eighth in points scored per 10/2/37 DC 13-0 A game at 6.0. Offensively, Moravian is ninth in the Centennial Conference at 169.0 yards per game. The 9/21/74 MOR 35-14 H Greyhounds are ranked ninth in rushing offense at 54.8 yards per game and ninth in passing offense at 9/20/75 TIE 7-7 A 114.2 yards per game. Moravian is seventh in turnover margin with a -0.75 per game average as the 9/18/76 MOR 21-7 H Greyhounds have committed ten turnovers while forcing seven turnovers. Moravian leads the Centennial 9/17/77 DC 18-0 A Conference in penalties, being flagged just 11 times for 80 yards, an average of 20.0 yards per game, and 9/16/78 TIE 10-10 H the squad is tied for first in field goal percentage at 100 percent (one-for-one). Individually, senior 9/15/79 DC 13-3 A running back Ryan Rempe is eighth in the conference in rushing at 50.7 yards per game. Sophomore 9/20/80 MOR 33-12 H quarterback Steve Panasuk (Yorktown, VA/New Egypt HS) is seventh in the conference in pass 9/29/2007 DC 24-23 H efficiency with a 95.5 rating, and he is eighth in passing yardage at 110.0 yards per game. Senior 10/4/08 DC 16-7 A quarterback Patrick Weiss (Gilbertsville, PA/St. Pius X HS) is tenth in passing yardage at 48.0 yards per game. Freshman defensive back Travis King (Wilmington, DE/Concord HS) is fourth in kickoff returns with an average of 21.5 yards per return while junior punter Eric THE LAST TIME THEY MET: In Carlisle last fall, quarterback Ian Dziengelski (Coatesville, PA/Chestnut Hill Academy) is seventh in Mitchell completed eight of 19 passes for 132 yards and threw a pair of punting with an average of 35.1 yards per punt. Sophomore kicker Ian touchdown passes to wide receiver Pat O’Conner to lead the Dickinson Heck (Easton, PA/Easton HS) is ninth in kick scoring at 1.0 points per College football team to a 16-7 victory over Moravian in Centennial game, and he is tied for eighth in field goals per game at 0.25. Sophomore Conference