SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925| Cell: 585.734.2185
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SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925 | Cell: 585.734.2185 GAME 10 - SETON HILL at THE ROCK Date ................................ Saturday, Nov. 5 TALE OF THE TAPE Time ................................................3 p.m. Location ....................... Slippery Rock, Pa. Venue ...........Mihalik-Thompson Stadium THE ROCK STAT CATEGORY SETON HILL Capacity .........................................10,000 300............................... Scoring (Total Points) ................................316 SLIPPERY ROCK Series Record ......................SRU leads 5-2 SETON HILL 33.3..................................Points per Game ................................... 35.1 “THE ROCK” Last Meeting ..........Sept. 26, 2015 at SHU “GRIFFINS” 216................................. First Downs (Total) ..................................235 (5-4, 2-4 PSAC) .......... Seton Hill 41, #14 Slippery Rock 38 (5-4, 2-4 PSAC) 1,453.............................Rushing Yards (Total) .............................1,259 161.4..........................Rushing Yards per Game...........................139.9 LIVE COVERAGE 16......................................... Rushing TD .......................................... 16 Live Stats ................................................sidearmstats.com/sru/football/ 2,385.............................Passing Yards (Total) ..............................3,464 Live Stats for Media ................... sidearmstats.com/sru/football/media/ 265.0.......................... Passing Yards per Game ...........................384.9 Live Audio ................................97.7 FM (Butler County) / 977rocks.com 22..........................................Passing TD .......................................... 25 Live Streaming Video ......................................rockathletics.com/watch/ 3,838..............................Total Yards Offense ...............................4,723 Play-by-Play ......................................................................... Bob Cupp 426.4..........................Yards Offense per Game ...........................524.8 Color Commentary .................................Tyler Friel, Glenn Thompson 39......................................Total TD Scored ....................................... 42 Live TV ............................................................................................. None 281............................Opp. Scoring (Total Points) ............................344 31.2............................. Opp. Points per Game ..............................38.2 ALL-TIME SERIES 707............................Opp. Rushing Yards (Total) ..........................1,203 Slippery Rock owns a 5-2 advantage in the all-time series against Seton 78.6............................ Opp. Rushing per Game ...........................133.7 Hill that dates back to 2007. The Rock had been dominant over a four- 8.......................................Opp. Rushing TD ...................................... 17 year stretch from 2011-14, winning each game by at least 30 points, but 2,514.........................Opp. Passing Yards (Total) .........................2,736 Seton Hill shocked a nationally ranked SRU squad last year and handed 279.3.......................... Opp. Passing per Game ...........................304.0 The Rock their only regular season loss of the year. 26..................................... Opp. Passing TD ...................................... 28 3,221.............................. Opp. Total Offense ...............................3,939 First Meeting: 2007 (W, 51-24) Most Points Scored (SHU): 41 (2015) 357.9.......................... Opp. Offense per Game ...........................437.7 Last Meeting: 2015 (L, 38-41 at SHU) Biggest Win Margin (SHU): 7 (2008) 23........................................ Sacks (Total) ......................................... 26 Current Streak: Seton Hill +1 Most Points Scored (SRU): 63 (2014) 14..........................................INT (Total) ........................................... 10 at SHU: SRU leads 2-2 Biggest Win Margin (SRU): 46 (2012) 49 (36.7) ...................... Punts (Avg. per Punt) ........................35 (36.3) at SRU: SRU leads 3-0 Last SRU Win: 2014 at SRU (63-19) 37 (21.9) ................... Kick Returns (Avg. Yards) ...................45 (22.09) 20 (8.4) .....................Punt Returns (Avg. Yards) .....................12 (12.3) COACHING MATCHUP 48-of-155 (31%) ............... 3rd-Down Conv. ................ 63-of-146 (43%) Slippery Rock head coach Shawn Lutz is off to a 5-4 start in his first 20-of-34 (59%) ................. 4th-Down Conv. .................... 8-of-24 (33%) season at the helm of the program. Lutz is in his 20th season at The 89 (88.8) ...................... Penalties (Avg. Yards) ........................88 (87.0) Rock, having spent the last four as the associate head coach and the last 9...........................................INT Thrown .......................................... 15 eight as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. Lutz has 24 (9) .................................Fumbles (lost) ...................................13 (9) been a member of the coaching staff for eight of SRU’s PSAC West titles. 84.3...............................Avg. Plays per Game ................................83.4 Isaac Collins is in his fourth year as the head coach at Seton Hill and has put together an overall record of 12-30. After a 1-10 record in his first 2016 ROCK FOOTBALL SCHEDULE season with the program in 2013, he led Seton Hill to a 3-8 record each of the last two years. Prior to taking the SHU job, Collins led Division III 9/3 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN ................................... W, 31-28 Widener to a 25-8 record in three years as the head coach. He is a 1994 9/10 at West Chester University .......................................... W, 36-28 graduate of the University of Rochester. 9/17 at Lock Haven University ............................................. W, 59-23 9/24 [1, 2] GANNON UNIVERSITY * ................................. W, 34-13 LONGEST HOME WINNING STREAK SNAPPED 10/1 at #24 California University (Pa.) * ................................L, 26-52 Slippery Rock won 20 straight home games from the opener of the 2013 10/8 [3] MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY * .............................. W, 37-25 season until two weeks ago when Edinboro scored on an untimed extra 10/15 at #13 Indiana University (Pa.) * ...................................L, 19-48 play that was added after an SRU penalty with no time left on the clock. 10/22 [4] EDINBORO UNIVERSITY * .....................................L, 35-37 That score gave the Fighting Scots a 37-35 win and snapped what was 10/29 at Clarion University * ...................................................L, 27-23 the nation’s longest active home winning streak. The SRU senior class is 11/5 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY * ........................................... 3 p.m. currently 20-1 in home games over the last four years. 11/12 [5] TBA FROM PSAC EASTERN DIVISION ...................... 1 p.m. GOING FOR A WINNING SEASON Home Games in BOLD CAPS Slippery Rock is searching for its eighth straight winning season and can * PSAC West Games lock that up with a win this week or in the season finale. Entering this [1] Family Day/Village Fest [4] Homecoming season, only three programs in the PSAC could say they had at least [2] Hall of Fame Game [5] Senior Day seven straight winning seasons. Bloomsburg could see that streak end [3] Salute to Veterans this year as the Huskies are at 5-4 with two games to play. California has already ensured that its streak of winning seasons will continue. Rock Football Game Notes - 1 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY FACTS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE Name of School ..................................................Slippery Rock University Rock football teams have compiled a 154-65 (.703) record the last 41 City/Zip Code ....................................................Slippery Rock, Pa./16057 seasons in games played at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium (formerly known Founded ........................................................................................... 1889 as N. Kerr Thompson Stadium). The Rock own a 55-20 (.733) home Enrollment ......................................................... 8,881 (new SRU record) record since artificial turf was installed in the summer of 2003 and are Nickname ...................................................................................The Rock 51-13 (.797) in home games since 2005. The numbers get even better School Colors .............................................. Green (PMS 342) and White in recent years, as The Rock are 20-1 (.952) since the beginning of 2013 Affiliation ........................................................................NCAA Division II and have posted a 33-5 (.868) record at home since the beginning of the Conference ................................. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 2010 season. SRU has posted four flawless home seasons since 2010. President ...................................................................... Dr. Cheryl Norton Director of Athletics .............................................................. Paul Lueken LAST MEETING WITH SETON HILL - 9/26/15 Home Field ................................................... Mihalik-Thompson Stadium Seton Hill provided No. 14 Slippery Rock with a wakeup call just four Surface .................................................