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FOOTBALL 2016 GAME NOTES Frostburg State vs. Geneva GAME 1 Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 ● 7:00 pm Bobcat Stadium ● Frostburg, Md. Live Stats/Video: www.FrostburgSports.com/Live Setting the Scene Frostburg Stat Leaders Frostburg State (0-0, 0-0 NJAC) Frostburg State opens its 2016 campaign on Saturday, Sept. 3 with Geneva Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Sept. 3 Geneva 7:00 pm College at 7:00 pm at Bobcat Stadium. This fall marks the eighth-straight season that the Golden Tornadoes and Bobcats will open their respective seasons Connor Cox 10 128 538 4 53.8 Sept. 10 at Wesley * 1:00 pm against one another. Gavin Lavat 8 100 456 5 57.0 Sept. 17 Southern Virginia * 7:00 pm Frostburg has won the last two meetings, including three of the last four contests. Oct. 1 at Kean * 1:00 pm Since the two programs reunited on the schedule in 2009, the series between the Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Oct. 8 William Paterson * 1:00 pm two is in favor of Frostburg 4-3. Connor Cox 10 121-199-12 60.8 1,311 12 Oct. 15 at TCNJ * 1:00 pm Joe Beckford 7 10-14-0 71.4 176 1 However, head coach DeLane Fitzgerald has guided the Bobcats to a pair of wins Oct. 22 Christopher Newport * # 1:00 pm over Geneva in each of his first two seasons at the helm in ‘14 and ‘15. Oct. 29 Rowan * 1:00 pm Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG The Bobcats finished their ‘15 campaign 6-4, including a 5-4 finish in their first Myles Burgess 10 46 576 5 57.6 Nov. 5 at Montclair State * 1:00 pm season as a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference. FSU collected a Nov. 14 Salisbury * ! 1:00 pm five-game winning streak during the middle part of the season, the longest streak Antonio Wood 10 34 313 2 31.3 * New Jersey Athletic Conference Opponent in the program since the 1999 team opened the season 6-0. Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. ! 18th Annual Regents Cup # Homecoming Meanwhile, Geneva capped its fall season with a 2-8 overall record and a 1-7 William Sewell 10 64 6.0-50 14.5-64 - mark in the President’s Athletic Conference. After falling to FSU in the opener, the Location: ......................Frostburg, Md. Golden Tornadoes posted wins over Grove City and Waynesburg. However, they Rowan Pinkett 9 57 1.0 - 3 5.0-13 1-34 Enrollment: ............................5,500 ended the season with seven-consecutive losses. Salaman Riddell 10 56 - 1.5-3 - Nickname:...........................Bobcats Fitzgerald, 10-10 after two seasons in Frostburg, is the only coach in the 56-year Geneva Stat Leaders Colors: ........................Red and Black history of Bobcat football to win his first game as head coach. Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Stadium: ................Bobcat Stadium (2,500) The Series Javid Ellis 10 88 315 7 31.5 Head Coach:.................DeLane Fitzgerald Saturday’s matchup between the Bobcats and Golden Tornadoes is the 26th Dylan Jones 7 74 258 1 36.9 Record at FSU ...................10-10 / 2 yrs. between the two program’s. Career Record: ..................34-40 / 5 yrs. The series is tied between the two schools at 12-12-1, but the Bobcats have won Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Sports Information Dir. .............Noah Becker the last two meetings and four of the last five contests. Aaron Channing 10 150-278-8 54.0 1,618 11 Contact: ..301-687-4371 / nzbecker@frostburg.edu Javid Ellis 10 44-80-1 55.0 476 2 This Saturday’s meeting represents the third-longest series for Frostburg against an opponent in its 56-year history. Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG Geneva (0-0, 0-0 PAC) FSU and GC met regularly throughout the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and the series was Nick Cook 9 45 611 5 67.9 Sept. 3 at Frostburg State * 7:00 pm halted in 1992. In 2009, the series was renewed with Geneva winning 22-7. Trewon Marshall 10 29 254 1 25.4 Sept. 10 Bethany * 7:00 pm The Bobcats are trying for their third-straight win in the series with Geneva. Sept. 17 at St. Vincent * 1:00 pm Frostburg has never won three in-a-row against the squad from Beaver Falls, Pa. Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. FSU has come close, however, winning two-straight contests four separate times Jimmy Quinlan 10 99 2.5-26 12.0-59 1 Sept. 24 Thiel * 3:00 pm in the 25-year history of the series. Oct. 8 at Waynesburg * 1:30 pm Thomas Benyo 10 78 - 1.5-2 1 Brent Mulneix 10 67 2.0-23 3.0-17 - Oct. 15 Carnegie Mellon * 7:00 pm Scouting Geneva Geneva College has a rich tradition of winning throughout the history of its foot- Oct. 22 at Case Western * 6:00 pm ball program as head coach Geno DeMarco has guided the Golden Tornadoes Team Comparisons Oct. 29 Grove City * 1:00 pm for the last 24 years. During that span, he has led them to 138 wins and 14 FSU Category GC postseason appearances. Nov. 5 at Washington & Jefferson * 1:00 pm 164.3 Rushing Offense 86.7 Nov. 12 Westminster * 1:00 pm However, Geneva has finished under .500 in each of the last two seasons with 154.5 Passing Offense 209.4 just three and two wins, respectively. * Presidents’ Athletic Conference Opponent 318.8 Total Offense 296.1 This fall, DeMarco’s team is poised to rebound and earn the program’s 15th trip 26.1 Scoring Offense 16.6 Location: ....................Beaver Falls, Pa. to the postseason. The Golden Tornadoes return 10 starters on offense, nine on Enrollment: ............................1,367 defense and three on special teams. 130.8 Rushing Defense 183.5 Nickname:...................Golden Tornadoes Leading the way on offense, quarterback Javid Ellis returns as GC’s leader in 182.6 Passing Defense 206.4 Colors: .............. Old Gold, White and Black passing (476 yds. 2TDs) and rushing (315 yds. 7TDs) and Trewon Marshall (254 313.4 Total Defense 389.9 Stadium: ..................Reeves Field (6,500) yds. 1 TD) returns as the team’s leader in receiving from last fall. Head Coach:...................Geno DeMarco No doubt, Jimmy Quinlan will pace the defense after making 99 tackles, including 55 / 138 (40%) 3rd Down Conv. 53 / 138 (33%) Record at GC:.................138-102 / 23 Yrs. 12.0 TFLs (59 yds.) and 2.5 sacks (26 yds.) during his junior campaign. Austin 7 / 13 (54%) 4th Down Conv. 6 / 24 (25%) Career Record: ...............138-102 / 23 Yrs. Mirizo is also back for his final season after making 48 tackles with 9.0TFLs and 5.0 sacks last season. Sports Information Dir. ..............Christy Lear 73 - 650 Penalties - Yards 66 - 589 Contact: ......724-847-6885 / cllear@geneva.edu 32:05 Avg. Time of Poss. 29:59 /FrostburgStateAthletics @FrostburgSports /FrostburgSports FrostburgSports.com/Live FOOTBALL 2016 GAME NOTES 2016 NJAC Preseason Standings Head Coach DeLane Fitzgerald DeLane Fitzgerald is in his third season at the helm of the Frostburg State football program in 2016 and his impact was immediate. The Conference Overall Bobcats finished 4-6 overall in ‘14 and posted a 6-4 mark a year ago.The six wins mark the first winning season for the Bobcats since the 2005 season, while the Bobcats’ five-game winning streak is the longest since the 1999 team. W L W L Salisbury 0 0 0 0 Frostburg hasn’t just improved in the win/loss column, but the team GPA has improved every semester since Fitzgerald became head coach. Fitzgerald and his staff also see vast improvements in the weight room and around campus and in the town of Frostburg in terms of Wesley 0 0 0 0 volunteer hours. Frostburg State 0 0 0 0 Rowan 0 0 0 0 On the field, Fitzgerald’s squad continues to improve statistically in every aspect of the game. On offense, the Bobcats set the school record in completion percentage (61.1%) last fall and finished fourth in the New JerseyAthletic Conference in rushing (164.3 ypg.). Kean 0 0 0 0 Montclair State 0 0 0 0 On the other side of the ball, the Bobcats’ improved in total defense for the second-straight year. In his first year, Fitzgerald’s defense allowed 359.6 yards per game, while a year ago, FSU finished third in the NJAC at 313.4 yards allowed per contest. Prior to Fitzgerald’s Christopher Newport 0 0 0 0 arrival, Frostburg allowed 464.2 yards per contest during the ‘13 season. TCNJ 0 0 0 0 William Paterson 0 0 0 0 Fitzgerald also placed an emphasis in special teams since the day of his arrival at Frostburg. Following the ‘14 season, the Bobcats finished 17th in the nation in blocked kicks (6) and they finished 18th a year ago (6). FSU also finished1th 1 in the country last season in Southern Virginia 0 0 0 0 punt returns (15.63) and 15th in kickoff return defense (14.95). 2016 D3football.com Top 25 Fitzgerald’s Weekly Quotes On Division III’s opening weekend ... - Preseason - “NCAA DIII Football’s opening week is always interesting in the fact that you don’t know who has what until the first game is played. DIII Football does not publish its signees or transfers, so week one you don’t know who you are playing against until it happens.” No.