HOFSTRA-MASSACHUSETTS SERIES: Saturday’s game is the 12th meeting between Hofstra and Massachusetts in a series that started in 1997. The Pride hold a 6-5 series lead but the Minutemen have captured four of the last five encounters. Hofstra is 4-3 against UMass in Amherst and 2-2 against the Minutemen in Hempstead. The two teams last met on November 17, 2007 on Long Island with the Minutemen downing the Pride 27-5. The series history is as follows:

Year Winner (Loc.) Score 2008 1997 Hofstra (A) 51-13 1998 Massachusetts (H) 35-40 HOFSTRA FOOTBALL 1999 Hofstra (A) 27-14 GAME 12: 2000 Hofstra (A) 51-36 (4-7, 2-5) 2001 Hofstra (H) 36-6 at 2002 Hofstra (A) 31-28 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (6-5, 3-4) 2003 Massachusetts (A) 22-27 Saturday, November 22, 2008 – 2:30 p.m. 2004 Massachusetts (A) 30-40 McGuirk Alumni Stadium (13,000) - Amherst MA 2005 Hofstra (H) 21-10 2006 Massachusetts (A) 16-22 Television: YES Network (in metro NY), Live at 2:30 p.m. 2007 Massachusetts (H) 5-27 Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7), Pre-game show at 2:00 p.m. THE LAST TIME - Internet: Audio - www.WRHU.org HOFSTRA- MASSACHUSETTS - GAME 2008 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE 11 - NOVEMBER 18, 2007 IN Date Opponent (TV) Time/Res. HEMPSTEAD: Pride receiver Aug. 28 at Connecticut (SNY) 3-35 L Charles Sullivan broke two more Sept. 13 ALBANY 16-22 L OT school receiving records, but Minutemen quarterback Liam Sept. 20 RHODE ISLAND*+ 23-20 W Coen passed for 309 yards and four touchdowns and the defense Sept. 26 at Stony Brook (MSG) 43-3 W stood tall as #8 Massachusetts recorded a 27-5 CAA victory over #22 Oct. 4 at #1 James Madison* 0-56 L Hofstra at James M. Shuart Stadium. Oct. 11 at Bucknell 45-31 W Oct. 18 at Maine* (WABI) 40-41 L Sullivan, who broke the Hofstra career receptions record on October Oct. 25 DELAWARE* 0-17 L 20 against New Hampshire, recorded 11 catches for 90 yards against UMass to break current New Orleans Saints receiver Marques Nov. 1 at #9 New Hampshire* 25-45 L Colston's career receiving yards mark of 2,834 yards. Sullivan Nov. 8 #7 RICHMOND* 14-34 L concludes his career with 238 receptions for 2,869 yards. He also Nov.15 NORTHEASTERN* 42-14 W broke the Pride's single season reception record, finishing the 2007 Nov. 22 at Massachusetts *(YES/CN8) 2:30 p.m. season with 86 catches for 991 yards, topping the previous mark of 82 catches by Bryan Kish in 1997. Hofstra quarterback Bryan * - CAA Game + - Homecoming • All times ET Savage, who was sacked six times in the contest, completed 21-of-34 passes for 129 yards. The Pride was held to a season-low 168 yards, including just 39 yards rushing, by the number two defense in the INFORMATION CONTACTS: CAA. Hofstra senior linebacker Gian Villante, a 2004 All-American, Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Senior Information Director; concluded his career by leading all players with 16 tackles in the (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; (516) 463-5033 - contest. Fax Massachusetts –Jason Yellin, Assistant Director of Sports Coen completed 22-of-34 passes for 309 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Minutemen into the FCS playoffs that begin next Information; (413) 577-3061- O; (413) 545-1556- Fax Saturday. Coen's favorite target was receiver J.J. Moore, who hauled McGuirk Stadium Press Box - (413) 545-3550 in 11 passes for 155 yards with scoring grabs of 7 and 42 yards. It was his third 100-yard receiving game of the year. Massachusetts 2008 HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND TRENDS: also received 101 yards on 25 carries by tailback Matt Lawrence, who posted his eighth 100-yard rushing contest of the year. The - Hofstra is coming off a 42-14 victory over Northeastern ;ast UMass defensive charge was led by linebacker Charles Walker, who Saturday at James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY. posted 11 stops.

- The Pride is 68-55 (.551) in regular season play since the start of the In a game that featured the top two defenses in the CAA in number 1998 season. Hofstra has posted a 100-65-1 (.605) record since one Hofstra (298.1 ypga) and number two Massachusetts (298.9 becoming a member of the Football Championship Subdivision ypga), many expected a bruising defensive battle. But it was the (FCS), formerly I-AA, in 1994. Minutemen who bruised the Pride by holding them to their lowest yardage output of the year. The Minutemen got on the board on their opening possession after Jeromy Miles picked off a Savage pass near RUSHING: HOFSTRA-Huggins (9-25-0), Savage (10-7-0), midfield on the first play of the game. Lawrence led the Minutemen Benjamin (1-5-0); UMASS-Lawrence (25-101-0), T. Nelson (7-19- on a 10-play, 48-yard drive before Coen hit J.J. Moore for a 7-yard 0), Moore (1-16-0) touchdown pass. Chris Koepplin's extra-point gave UMass a 7-0 lead PASSING: HOFSTRA-Savage (21-34-1, 129, 0 TD); UMASS-Coen with 10:29 to play in the first quarter. Lawrence carried the ball five (22-34-2, 309, 4 TD) times for 26 yards in the drive. RECEIVING: HOFSTRA-Sullivan (11-90-0), Cherilus (2-9-0), A. Nelson (2-7-0); UMASS-Moore (11-155-2), Omar (5-61-0), Rancher The Pride had their first real shot to get on the board late in the (3-70-1) period, driving down to the UMass 30-yard line. But Rob Zarrilli's TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Villante (7-9-16), Tate (5-4-9), 47-yard field goal attempt went wide left. The Minutemen held the Gutierrez (4-5-9); UMASS-Walker (3-8-11), Burris (2-6-8), Meggett Pride to just 21 yards in the first quarter. The Minutemen took (4-1-5) advantage of the missed field goal into the second quarter, driving 70 yards in four plays as Coen hit Rasheed Rancher for a 35-yard Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium scoring pass. Koepplin's point-after boosted the lead to 14-0 just 44 Attendance: 2,915 seconds into the second quarter. Weather: 43 degrees, windy and cloudy

The Pride got on the board five minutes later following a punt return HOFSTRA'S 2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS – 11 GAMES fumble by J.J. Moore at the UMass 14-yard line that was recovered by Hofstra’s Ottis Lewis. After the Minutemen held the Pride to just RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD YPG four yards, Hofstra had to settle for a 27-yard field goal by Zarrilli to Everette Benjamin 119 550 4.6 4 50.0 close the deficit to 14-3 with 9:05 to play in the half. While UMass Brock Jackolski 75 506 6.7 8 50.6 was picking up yardage Hofstra wasn't letting them in the end zone as Steve Probst 63 226 3.6 0 45.2 the half ended with the 14-3 score. The Minutemen outgained the Pride, 247-62, in the first half. PASSING (Eff.) Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD YPG Steve Probst (109.74) 86-146-8 (58.9%) 799 7 159.8 After a scoreless third quarter, Massachusetts blew the game open Cory Christopher (118.9) 127-190-6 (66.8%) 1163 4 166.1 with two touchdowns in the fourth. After a Hofstra punt gave the Minutemen the ball on their 28-yard line, it took Coen only three RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD YPG plays to go 72 yards in 1:33, capped by a 42-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Weaver 66 572 8.7 4 52.0 Moore with 9:25 to play in the game. After the Pride went three-and- Anthony Nelson (inj.) 35 314 9.0 1 39.2 out on their next possession, UMass marched 67 yards in six plays, Ottis Lewis (inj.) 28 324 11.6 2 46.3 with Coen hitting Ian Jorgensen for a 10-yard scoring pass. The Everette Benjamin 23 192 8.3 2 17.5 extra-point was blocked by Pride tackle Ken Sussman with senior cornerback DeWayne Whitaker scooping up the ball and going 80 TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int yards for the defensive extra-point. Luke Bonus 42-48-90 2.5-20 0-0 Greg Melendez 27-35-62 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 4 F Chris Edmond 32-26-58 0-0 1-6 #8 Massachusetts 7 7 0 13 27 Nick Altomare 31-21-52 0-0 3-8 Hofstra 0 3 0 2 5 Ray McDonough 25-23-48 0-0 3-74

Scoring Summary HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Dave UM - Moore 7-yard pass from Coen (Koepplin kick) Cohen is in his third season as Hofstra UM - Rancher 35-yard pass from Coen (Koepplin kick) University head football coach. Just the HU - Zarrilli 27-yard field goal seventh head coach in the history of UM - Moore 42-yard pass from Coen (Koepplin kick) Pride football, Cohen came to Hofstra UM - Jorgensen 10-yard pass from Coen (Koepplin kick blocked) in December 2005 after serving as HU - Whitaker PAT return defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Delaware HOFSTRA UMASS from 2002 through 2005. He also First Downs (R-P-Pe) 1-5-2 7-17-1 served as defensive line and Rushes-Yards (Net) 23-39 36-144 linebackers coach at Delaware from 1994 through 1998 before Passing Yards (Net) 129 309 becoming the associate head coach/defensive coordinator at Fordham Passes Comp-Att-Int 21-34-1 22-34-2 University from 1999 through 2001. The Long Island native, who Total Offense/Plays-Yards 57-168 70-453 was a two-year starter at LIU-C.W. Post, began his coaching career at Punt Returns-Yards 2-35 2-14 the University at Albany in 1988 as linebackers and strength coach. Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-100 1-27 In 1990 Cohen became linebackers and defensive line coach at Interception Returns-Yards 2-1 1-6 and held that position for four seasons. Punts (Number-Avg.) 8-33.9 4-33.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Cohen By The Numbers Penalties-Yards 8-88 11-70 13-20 Overall record Possession Time 29:41 30:19 7-16 Conference record Third Down Conversions 2-14 6-14 6-9 Home record Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 1-3 7-11 Road record Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 2-3 5-3 Night games Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 5-25 8-17 Day games

HOFSTRA COACHING STAFF: Pride Head Football Coach Dave Everette Benjamin 50.00 22

Cohen added two new members and made several promotions to its Receptions/Game Aaron Weaver 25 6.00 2

2008 football coaching staff last off-season. After the departure of Receiving Yards/Game Aaron Weaver 99 52.00 7

assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Ed Interceptions Nick Altomare .27 T-10

Foley to a BCS position and wide receiver/special teams coach Jaime Ray McDonough .27 T-10 Elizondo to the , Cohen promoted: Punting Shane Casciano 92 34.16 8 defensive coordinator Mike Elko to assistant head coach/defensive Punt Returns coordinator; passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach Dave Kickoff Returns Aaron Weaver 8 28.17 2 Patenaude to offensive coordinator/passing game coordinator; Brock Jackolski 37 23.83 5 defensive backs coach Lyle Hemphill to special teams Field Goals Roger Williams T-52 .80 4 coordinator/defensive backs coach; defensive backs assistant Kahmal Brian Hanly .33 14 Roy to Receivers Coach; and defensive line assistant Kevin Mapp to Scoring Brock Jackolski 4.80 T-14 defensive ends coach. In addition Cohen added Bill Durkin from the

Roger Williams 4.30 22 University of Richmond as run game coordinator/offensive line, and

All-Purpose Runners Brock Jackolski 62 114.80 5 newcomer Kyle Smith as defensive backs assistant. Durkin, who

Aaron Weaver T-80 104.82 10 brings 11 years of college coaching experience to Hofstra, was an

Everette Benjamin 67.45 24 All-American, a two-time All-Yankee Conference first team selection and a two-time captain at Massachusetts from 1989 through 1993. He Sacks Quincy Barr .28 18 was also named to the Yankee Conference 50th anniversary all-time Luke Bonus .23 T-25 team. Smith, a newcomer to college coaching, was a three-year Tackles Luke Bonus T-68 8.18 T-5 letterman and a two-year starter at free safety at Purdue University Tackles For Loss from 2001 through 2005. The 2007 Pride football coaching staff, with returning coaches bolded, is as follows: CAA FOOTBALL Coach Pos. HU Yr. Overall THIS WEEK: Here is Mike Elko Asst. HC/DC./LB 3rd 10th the CAA Football David Patenaude OC/QB Coach 2nd 17th standings and schedule Lyle Hemphill S.T. Coord/DB. 3rd 7th as of November 17: Bill Durkin Off. Line 1st 12th Kevin Baumann Tight Ends 3rd 5th Conference Overall Antonio Smikle RB Coach 2nd 4th W L Pct. W L Pct. Malik Hall DL Coach 2nd 5th North Kahmal Roy WR Coach 2nd 2nd New Hampshire 5 2 .714 8 2 .800 Kevin Mapp DE Coach 2nd 6th Maine 5 2 .714 8 3 .727 Kyle Smith Asst. DB Coach 1st 1st Massachusetts 3 4 .429 6 5 .545 Hofstra 2 5 .286 4 7 .364 HOFSTRA IN THE NCAA STATS: Northeastern 1 6 .143 2 9 .182 Here is where the Hofstra team and Pride Rhode Island 0 7 .000 2 9 .182 players rank in this week’s NCAA

statistics report, as of November 17: South James Madison 7 0 1.000 9 1 .900 Villanova 6 1 .857 8 2 .800 Richmond 5 2 .714 8 3 .727 Category FCS Avg. CAA William& Mary 5 2 .714 7 3 .700 Delaware 2 5 .286 4 7 .364 Rushing Offense 41 164.18 7 Towson 1 6 .143 3 8 .273 Passing Offense 77 178.36 9

Total Offense 64 342.55 7 This Week - Scoring Offense 74 22.82 8 Saturday, November 22

Rushing Defense 96 188.91 10 *New Hampshire at Maine, Noon

Pass Efficiency Defense 24 111.87 3 *Richmond at William and Mary, Noon

Total Defense 42 331.09 6 *James Madison at Towson, 1 p.m.

Scoring Defense 83 28.91 9 *Rhode Island at Northeastern, 1 p.m.

Net Punting 103 29.70 11 *Hofstra at Massachusetts, 2:30 p.m.

Punt Returns 112 3.75 12 *Villanova at Delaware, 2:30 p.m.

Kickoff Returns 4 24.06 2

Turnover Margin 47 .27 5 Last Week - Saturday, November 15

Pass Defense 4 142.18 1 *Massachusetts 21 at New Hampshire 52

Passing Efficiency 86 112.92 11 *Maine 37 at Rhode Island 7

Sacks T-101 1.18 10 *Towson 31 at Villanova 34

Tackles For Loss T-93 5.00 8 *Northeastern 14 at Hofstra 42

Sacks Allowed 93 2.64 10 *William and Mary 24 at James Madison 48

*Delaware 14 at Richmond 31

For more CAA Football information visit the CAA website at Category HU Player FCS Avg. CAA www.caasports.com Rushing Brock Jackolski 50.60 11

Everette Benjamin 50.00 12

Total Offense Brock Jackolski 50.60 21 HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS: Here is where the Pride ranked in the No. Team (1st Votes) W-L Pts. LW FCS Polls in 2008: 1. James Madison (28) 9-1 700 1 2. Appalachian State 9-2 668 2 Date TSN Coaches 3. Cal Poly 8-1 633 3 Preseason RV RV 4. Northern Iowa 9-2 615 4 Sept. 1 RV RV 5. Montana 10-1 589 5 Sept. 8 RV RV 6. Richmond 8-3 559 6 Sept. 15 NR NR 7. Villanova 8-2 520 7 Sept. 22 NR NR 8. Weber State 9-2 505 8 Sept. 29 RV RV 9. Southern Illinois 8-2 472 9 Oct. 6 NR NR 10. Wofford 8-2 433 11 Oct. 13 NR NR Oct. 20 NR NR 11. New Hampshire 8-2 414 12 Oct. 27 NR NR 12. Central Arkansas 9-2 372 13 Nov. 3 NR NR 13. McNeese State 7-3 338 14 Nov. 10 NR NR 14. Elon 7-3 331 10 RV-Receiving Votes; NR- Not Ranked 15. South Carolina State 9-2 311 17 16. Harvard 8-1 219 19 17. Maine 8-3 210 23 THE SPORTS NETWORK FCS 18. UT Martin 8-3 207 21 MEDIA POLL: Here is The 19. William and Mary 7-3 171 15 Sports Network’s 2008 Football 20. Liberty 9-2 164 22 Championship Subdivision Media 21. Jacksonville State 8-3 117 NR Poll, as of November 17: 22. Colgate 8-2 115 24 23. Furman 7-4 106 16 No. Team (1st place votes) W-L Pts. LW 24. North Dakota State 6-4 61 25 1. James Madison Dukes (106) 9-1 2,986 1 25. Tennessee State 8-3 56 18 2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (13) 9-2 2,871 2 3. Cal Poly Mustangs (1) 8-1 2,623 3 Other receiving votes (pts. in parentheses): Prairie View A&M (49), 4. Northern Iowa Panthers 9-2 2,517 4 Grambling State (40), Western Illinois (28), Montana State (19), 5. Montana Grizzlies 10-1 2,499 5 Eastern Kentucky (18), Holy Cross (18), Massachusetts (12), South 6. Villanova Wildcats 8-2 2,355 6 Dakota State (8), Florida A&M (8), Bethune-Cookman (7), Texas 7. 8-3 2,188 7 State (4), Jacksonville (3). 8. Weber State Wildcats 9-2 2,161 8 9. Wofford Terriers 8-2 2,005 9 INJURIES AND THE PRIDE: For the first time in five weeks, the 10. Southern Illinois Salukis 8-2 1,988 10 Pride escaped from a contest without a season-ending injury last 11. 8-2 1,659 13 week against Northeastern. Since the Maine contest on October 18, Hofstra has lost seven players to injuries. The Pride lost their sixth 12. Elon Phoenix 8-3 1,473 11 and seventh players in the 34-14 loss to Richmond on November 8. 13. Central Arkansas Bears 9-2 1,448 15 Junior defensive end Joe Akabalu was lost for the final two games 14. McNeese State Cowboys 7-3 1,272 16 with a knee injury while junior end Kevin Smith is expected to miss 15. South Carolina State Bulldogs 9-2 1,231 17 the final two contests with a neck injury. At New Hampshire on 16. William & Mary Tribe 7-3 1,106 12 November 1, junior offensive lineman Mike Trice suffered a high 17. 8-3 900 21 ankle sprain early in the game against the Wildcats and is, most 18. Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 8-3 863 20 likely, lost for the season. Four weeks ago against Delaware the Pride 19. 8-1 769 19 lost sophomore receiver Anthony Nelson for the season with a high 20. Furman Paladins 7-4 595 14 ankle sprain. The double-overtime loss at Maine on October 18 was 21. 8-2 506 23 even more costly to the Pride. Several injuries, including three 22. Liberty Flames 9-2 409 24 season-ending ailments, were added to the many that have occurred 23. Western Illinois Leathernecks 6-4 338 25 since training camp. Junior quarterback Cory Christopher suffered a 24. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 8-3 242 NR hip injury that resulted in season-ending surgery last week. Running 25. Tennessee State Tigers 8-3 238 18 back Justine Buries, a graduate-student, saw his season come to a close when he suffered a broken leg. Senior receiver Ottis Lewis Others receiving votes: Holy Cross 196, Prairie View 185, Eastern suffered a hand injury that required surgery on October 23. In Kentucky 174, North Dakota State 147, Grambling 117, Montana addition, freshman running back Brock Jackolski has been slowed by State 111, Texas State 107, South Dakota State 87, Lafayette 47, a hip injury sustained in the Maine game. These injuries are added to Massachusetts 43, Florida A&M 35, Albany 28, Georgia Southern season-ending injuries this season to: center Jimmy Mangiero (knee); 23, Bethune-Cookman 18, Brown 10, Northern Arizona 7, Dayton 6, defensive back Garrett Heron (back); quarterback Bryan Savage Jacksonville 5, San Diego 4, Yale 3, Monmouth 2 Northwestern State (back); and tight end Bryant Carpenter (knee). 2, South Dakota 2. PRIDE FIRST IN CAA AND FOURTH IN FCS IN PASS DEFENSE IN CAA: After holding Northeastern to just 97 yards The 2008 CCA/AFCA FCS TOP 25 passing, Hofstra remains ranked number one in the CAA and moved COACHES POLL: Here is Collegiate up one place to fourth in the FCS in pass defense with a 142.2 ypg Commissioner’s Associations/American average. Football Coaches Association 2008 Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll, as of November 17:

HOFSTRA SECOND IN CAA AND FOURTH IN NATION IN WILLIAMS NAMED CAA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF KICKOFF RETURNS: The Pride remain second in the CAA but THE WEEK: Hofstra kicker Roger Williams has been named the slipped to fourth in the FCS in kickoff returns this week with a 24.06 CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance ypr average. New Hampshire is number one in the country with a in the Pride’s 42-14 victory over Northeastern University last 24.84 average. Saturday at James M. Shuart Stadium.

KILLING THE CLOCK: Hofstra is dominating the time of Williams, a red-shirt freshman from Mandeville, Louisiana, tied the possession category this season, winning that battle in eight of the Hofstra school record for the longest field goal with a 54-yard boot last 10 games. After holding the ball for a season-high 42:33 against with 40 seconds remaining in the first quarter. The long-range kick Northeastern last week, the Pride is averaging 33:33 in the 11 games equaled Dave Ettinger’s marks set in 1995 against Lafayette, and this season. Hofstra displayed a quick-strike scoring ability at 1996 against Southwest Texas State. The field goal is also the third Bucknell-a game in which the Pride tallied 45 points yet had the ball longest in CAA history and the longest since Northeastern’s Miro only 25:14. Hofstra remains first in the CAA in time of possession Kesic hit a 57-yarder against Richmond in 2002. Williams made his only field goal attempt and hit three-of-four point-after attempts RED-ZONE: The Pride is 32-for-44 in the red-zone for a 72.7% Saturday against Northeastern. success rate through 11 games this season. Included in those 32 scores in the red-zone are 24 touchdowns. - He has made eight-of-10 field goals and 19-of-24 point after attempts in 2008. THIRD DOWN SUCCESS: The Pride equaled their season-best with 10 third down conversions in 15 attempts last week against - Williams made one-of-two field goals at UNH. He hit a 45-yard Northeastern. Hofstra recorded 10 third down conversions in 18 field goal but missed a 29-yard attempt. attempts at New Hampshire on November 1. The previous best was eight accomplished against Maine, Stony Brook and Albany. For the - He hit on field goals of 20 and 42 yards and was four-for-five in the season Hofstra is 67 of 161 for a 41.6% success rate on third down extra-point department at Maine on October 18. Unfortunately, the conversions. Hofstra opponents are succeeding 40.6% of the time on missed extra-point in the second overtime was the margin of third down. Villanova leads the CAA with a 50% (66-132) success difference in the contest. rate on third down. - Williams was a perfect 6-6 in point-after attempts and 1-1 in field SEASON-BEST ON OFFENSE: Hofstra posted a season-high 523 goal attempts in the Pride’s victory over Bucknell on October 11. His yards on offense against Northeastern last week, topping the previous 29-yard field goal near the end of the first half gave the Pride a 31-14 2008 best of 476 against Rhode Island. It was the Pride’s fifth 400- lead at the break. yard contest and the first 500-yard game of the season. The 523 yards are the Pride’s most since posting 533 against New Hampshire in - He made his first three field goal attempts this season but missed his 2005. fourth-hitting the left upright at James Madison.

RUSHING GAME COMING TOGETHER: The Pride rushed for - Williams had a field goal and connected on four of six point-after a season-best 342 yards against the Huskies of Northeastern last attempts to record seven points in the Pride’s 43-3 victory over Stony Saturday. It is Hofstra’s most rushing yards since recording 370 Brook. against Liberty in the 2002 season finale. The Pride’s 164.2 rushing yards per game average is Hofstra’s best since the 2001 season. - He came off the bench in the second half against Rhode Island to kick two field goals, including the game-winner with 3-seconds to PASS DEFENSE IS SECOND-BEST IN 18 YEARS: Hofstra’s play, that gave the Pride a 23-20 victory over the URI Rams. pass defense average of 142.2 yards per game allowed through 11 games is the Pride’s second-best season mark since 1991. Only the - Williams, a native of Mandeville, Louisiana who was a transplanted 2002 team posted a better mark of 131.1 ypga over the past 18 (Yarmouth (MA) Regional HS) victim of Hurricane Katrina, kicked a seasons. 33-yard field goal with 3:27 to play in regulation that boosted the Hofstra lead to 20-14 before his game-winner. He also assisted in the KICKOFF RETURN RECORDS FELL IN 2008: The 2008 Pride game-ending tackle on the kickoff following his 38-yard kick. broke two long-standing kickoff return records this season. Hofstra’s 51 kickoff returns tops the previous mark of 47 set in 1970 and 1992. RB EVERETTE BENJAMIN RECORDS FIRST 100-YARD The Pride tallied 1,227 kickoff return yards topping the 1998 record RUSHING GAME: Sophomore Everette Benjamin accounted for of 1,066. 152 all-purpose yards in the Pride’s 42-14 victory over Northeastern last Saturday. Benjamin recorded the first 100-yard receiving game of FAREWELL SENIORS: Hofstra honored its nine graduating his career with 122 yards on 24 carries and scored on a 25-yard run. seniors and two graduate-students in ceremonies before the His previous high rushing game was 93 yards at Northeastern in Northeastern game last week. The departing seniors are: DT 2007. His 24 carries Saturday were also a career-best. Benjamin also Larry Abiola, CB Nick Altomare, FB Ray Bennett, DT Bruce hauled in three passes for 30 yards against the Huskies. DeMyer, TE Mike Denimarck, WR Ottis Lewis, TE Phil Riley, QB Bryan Savage and OT Josh Weigel. In addition, two - He leads the team in rushing with 550 yards on 119 carries for a 4.6 graduate-students, LB Anthony Vernaglia and RB Justine yards per carry average. Buries, are also exhausting their NCAA eligibility this season. - Benjamin carried the ball 16 times for 73 yards and scored on a 1- yard run, and also caught a 10-yard TD pass at New Hampshire. He A FINE HOME SENDOFF: On Hofstra’s senior day last week had two catches for 24 yards in the game. against Northeastern, senior tight end Mike Denimarck recorded his first two catches of the season for 47 yards including a 27-yard - He posted a season-best 71 yards on 13 carries in the Pride’s 17-0 reception. In addition, senior fullback Ray Bennett also got into the loss to Delaware. action, rushing for 10 yards and his first NCAA touchdown in front of his hometown fans. - Benjamin tallied 47 yards on 11 carries and caught two passes for - Bonus was third on the Pride and 24th in the CAA in tackles with 14 yards at Maine. 84 (42-42) last year. He posted four double-digit tackle games in 2007. Bonus also led the Pride in pass deflections with six. - He had just three carries for 15 yards at Bucknell and recorded 36 yards on seven carries against the #1 Dukes of JMU on October 4. - Led the Hofstra defense with a game-high 13 tackles, including 4 solos, against New Hampshire last season. It was his season-high. - He rushed for 69 yards on 19 carries against the Great Danes of Albany on September 13. - Posted game-high honors with 12 tackles-all solo stops- in Hofstra’s 35-31 loss at Northeastern in 2007. The 12 were a career solo tackle - Benjamin posted 45 yards on 11 carries (4.1), caught two passes for high for the 2006 Atlantic 10 Defensive Rookie of the Year. 11 yards and tallied 56 all-purpose yards at Stony Brook. - Recorded 11 tackles and three pass deflections against Stony Brook - He carried the ball nine times for 43 yards and scored on a 6-yard on September 29, 2007. It was his first double-digit tackle game of run against Rhode Island on September 20. the season.

Benjamin last year: - Notched five solo stops and five assisted tackles in the Pride’s 38- - Played in 11 games and started eight at both fullback and tailback 13 victory over Maine. and was third on the team in rushing with 68 carries for 260 yards and two touchdowns. - Posted seven tackles against William and Mary.

- Tallied 93 yards on 20 carries and scored on a 2-yard run at - Led the team with 98 tackles stops in 2006. Northeastern and posted 57 yards on 15 carries against William and

Mary. - The Medford Lakes, New Jersey, native recorded a career-high 15 - Filled in for Kareem Huggins in the second half of the Villanova tackles, 4.5 tackles for losses of 23 yards, one sack for eight yards, game and rushed 11 times for 24 yards and scored on a 2-yard run one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in the Pride’s 20-13 loss late in the third quarter. to Rhode Island on November 4, 2006.

- Benjamin rushed for 42 yards on nine carries against New - Posted 12 tackles including six solos, three pass deflections and had Hampshire, and posted 10 carries for 32 yards against Maine. a half-tackle-for-a-loss against Towson on September 23. 2006.

LB LUKE BONUS: Junior linebacker Luke Bonus led the Pride in - On October 28, 2006 at New Hampshire, he tallied 11 tackles and tackles for the sixth time this season with six solo stops and four an assisted tackle behind the line of scrimmage, in Hofstra’s 10-6 loss assisted tackles in the Pride’s win over Northeastern Saturday. Bonus to the Wildcats. also forced his second fumble of the season to tie for the team lead in that category. - At Marshall on September 9, 2006 he was second on the team with 10 tackles, including five solo stops. - Bonus, who now has a team-high 90 tackles on the season, was one of four Pride players with nine tackles (4-5) against Richmond. - Posted three tackles and one interception against Northeastern in 2006. His interception was in the end zone. - He posted six tackles in the Pride’s loss at New Hampshire and tallied game-highs of seven solos and 14 total stops against the Blue RB BROCK JACKOLSKI: Hofstra freshman running back Brock Hens of Delaware. The 14 stops are also a season-high for Bonus. Jackolski continues to return to health following a hip injury at Maine on October 18. The true freshman who had 14 carries for 27 yards in - Bonus recorded eight tackles (2-6) in the Pride’s loss at Maine on the three games after the Maine injury, rushed nine times for 91 yards October 18. and two touchdowns last Saturday against Northeastern. His 91 yards brought him over the 500-yard mark for the season and his two TDs - He led all players with 11 tackles including five solo stops at James Saturday give him eight for the year. Madison on October 4. Bonus led the Pride defense in tackles with 10, including eight solos, in the Pride’s victory at Bucknell on - He got into the game for just one play at UNH and had six carries October 11. His recovery of a fourth quarter fumble led to a late for five yards and caught five passes for 19 yards against Richmond. Hofstra touchdown that gave the Pride some breathing room. - Jackolski, a former State Player of the Year and - The 2006 Atlantic 10 Defensive Rookie of the Year award-winner PrepNation All-American out of William Floyd High School in and a two-time academic all-conference selection tallied five tackles Suffolk County leads the Hofstra team in kickoff returns with 23 for including four solos to finish second on the Pride team against Stony 548 yards (23.8) and is second in rushing with 506 yards on 75 Brook. He tallied five tackles against Rhode Island on September 20. carries (6.7 ypr) with eight touchdowns.

- He doubled his tackle output from week one with eight tackles to - He returned four kickoffs for 98 yards and rushed eight times for 22 lead the Pride defense against Albany on September 13. The Garden yards in the Pride’s 17-0 loss to Delaware. It was his third-best State native also tallied two tackles for losses of eight yards and kickoff- return performance of the year behind 176 at JMU and 107 recorded 1.5 sacks for six yards in losses. at Bucknell.

- He posted four tackles, broke up a pass and was in on one tackle for - Jackolski played only two quarters before suffering a hip injury at a loss in the opener at Connecticut. All four of his stops were assisted Maine. He tallied just six carries, including three as quarterback, for tackles. 14 yards and scored on a four-yard run in the first quarter.

The Bonus Career - He was selected the Colonial Athletic Rookie of the Week for his performance in the Pride's 45-31 victory at Bucknell on October 11. The Shirley, New York native earned his second CAA Rookie of the Week honor by accounting for 295 all- purpose yards in Hofstra's road victory. Jackolski paced the Pride on - He posted eight catches for 76 yards against Rhode Island on the ground with a career-best 170 yards and three rushing September 20 and recorded seven catches for 70 yards and hauled in touchdowns on nine carries, including a 78-yard scamper which ranks a 13-yard TD pass to open the scoring in the Albany contest. as the longest run in CAA Football this season. By halftime, he had accounted for 150 yards on the ground and three of the Pride's four - Weaver led the Pride with four receptions for 25 yards and added touchdowns. Jackolski also hauled in two catches for 18 yards in the two kickoff returns for 44 yards in the Pride’s loss at UConn on game, and returned three kickoffs for a total of 107 yards, including a August 28. Weaver had two receptions on the Pride’s only scoring long-return of 49 yards. It was his second 100-yard rushing game in drive against the Huskies, including a possession opening 11-yard five contests. grab to the UC 33-yardline. He also had a 19-yard KOR in the first quarter and a 25-yard KOR in the fourth quarter. - Jackolski was also named the CAA Rookie of the Week for his performance against Rhode Island on September 20. In only his Most Receptions - Single Season second collegiate game, Jackolski posted his first 100-yard rushing Player Rec. Yards TD Year game, carrying the ball 13 times for 144 yards against the Rams of 1 Charles Sullivan 86 991 7 2007 URI. His 64-yard run to the URI 1-yard line in the fourth quarter set- 2 Bryan Kish 82 1,084 7 1997 up Roger Williams’ first field goal. The former NY State Player of 3 Wayne Morris 80 890 7 1991 the Year and PrepNation All-American also returned four kickoffs 4 Wayne Yearwood 76 973 12 1997 for 73 yards including a 23-yarder in the fourth quarter that started 5 Devale Ellis 74 1,067 13 2004 the Pride on a touchdown drive that gave them the lead 17-14. 5 Devale Ellis 74 943 5 2005 7 Steve Jackson 73 975 8 1999 - He made his collegiate debut against Albany on September 13 and 8 Kahmal Roy 70 1,221* 15 2001 posted a team-high 108 all-purpose yards for the Pride. Jackolski 8 Marques Colston 70 975 5 2005 stepped into a back-up role at tailback after the departure of red-shirt 10 Charles Sullivan 68 938 7 2004 freshman Larry Gaskins and a hamstring injury to graduate-student 11 Ricky Bryant 67 793 4 2002 transfer Justine Buries (New Mexico State). Jackolski’s 38-yard 12 Aaron Weaver 66 572 4 2008 return on the opening kickoff against Albany helped set-up Hofstra’s 13 Charlie Adams 64 1,006 11 2000 first score. He later tied the game at 16-16 early in the fourth quarter 14 Shaine Smith 60 951 9 2006 with a 3-yard touchdown run. Jackolski rushed eight times for 19 13 Emil Wohlgemuth 60 927 8 1984 yards, had one reception for 13 yards, and returned three kickoffs for 13 Ricky Bryant 60 897 3 2003 76 yards against the Great Danes of Albany. DB NICK ALTOMARE NAMED TO COSIDA ALL-DISTRICT - Jackolski came off the bench to post 32 yards on 11 carries and TEAM: Senior safety Nick Altomare tallied nine tackles including caught one pass for eight yards in the Pride’s 43-3 victory over Stony eight solo stops against Richmond and two tackles and two pass Brook. The William Floyd High School graduate from Shirley, New break-ups last week against Northeastern. York also returned one kickoff for 18 yards. - Altomare, a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District pick in 2007 WR AARON WEAVER GOT HIS FIRST 100-YARD GAME and 2008 as well as a two-time academic all-conference selection, AGAINST RICHMOND: Sophomore receiver Aaron Weaver posted five tackles (2-3) at UNH and five tackles including four solo recorded his first 100-yard receiving game of his career against stops at Bucknell. Richmond on November 8 when he hauled in nine passes for 132 yards. - The Academic All-American candidate and the 2008 Draddy Award semifinalist is fourth on the Pride in tackles with 52 and is tied for the - After posting five catches for 46 yards and two touchdowns last team lead with three interceptions in 2008.Altomare ranks tenth in week against Northeastern, Weaver now has 66 receptions for 572 the CAA in interception average this season. yards through 11 games this season. The 66 catches rank 12th on the Hofstra single season reception list. - He led a Pride defensive charge that held Stony Brook to 211 yards on the night, including 139 yards passing. Altomare recorded a game- - He accounted for 305 all-purpose yards in the Pride’s 54-25 loss at high and career-best eight tackles against the Seawolves including a New Hampshire. Weaver caught seven or more passes for the fifth career-best six solo tackles in the contest. time this season, posting seven receptions for 32 yards. He also carried the ball six times for 17 yards and scored a fourth quarter - Altomare led a Pride defensive charge that held URI to 341 yards touchdown on a one-yard plunge that closed the deficit to 31-17. on the day, including 248 yards passing which was 64 yards under Weaver set the single game kickoff return record with 254 yards on their 2008 average. Altomare picked off his second pass of the season eight returns topping Mark Cox’s 1991 mark at New Hampshire of in the first quarter at the URI 33 and returned it five yards. He was 253 yards-on 6 returns-by one yard. third on the team in tackles against the Rams with five and added one tackle for a loss of two yards, forced a fumble and had a pass break- - Weaver hauled in a game-high five receptions for 41 yards and up. rushed three times for 16 yards against Delaware. Weaver also accounted for 158 all-purpose yards in the double-overtime loss at -He notched seven tackles including six assisted stops, against Maine. He returned three kickoffs for 91 yards, including a 56 yard Albany on September 13, topping his previous best of five tackles. return to start the second half. Weaver also was credited with seven catches for 64 yards and scored on an 8-yard reception in the first - Altomare posted five tackles and his first Hofstra interception at quarter. He also picked up three-yards on a reverse in overtime. Connecticut on August 28. He tallied his interception in the UConn end zone stopping a second quarter Huskie drive. - Weaver posted a career-best nine receptions for 47 yards at James Madison on October 4. He added two catches at Bucknell and picked - Last year, Altomare recorded a career-high 32 tackles (18-14) as a up three receptions for 23 yards, one rush for 18 yards, and returning junior and equaled his career-high with five tackles in games against one kickoff for 27 yards against Stony Brook. Rhode Island (4 solos), Albany and William and Mary. He also tallied four tackles against New Hampshire on October 20 and three against Northeastern and posted two tackles and recorded the second tackles at Northeastern. interception of his career. Mayo was playing after the loss of the starting ends in the Richmond game. QB STEVE PROBST: True freshman quarterback Steve Probst was most efficient with a 16-for 22 day for 181 yards and two - He tallied five tackles and was also credited for a rush of 16 yards touchdowns without an interception against Northeastern last week. against Delaware. He added two tackles at New Hampshire and one He also rushed for 64 yards on 10 carries. against Richmond.

- Probst completed 21 of 33 passes for a season-best 222 yards and - He now has 19 solo tackles and 13 assisted stops through 11 games one touchdown against Richmond on November 8. in 2008.

- He started his first game against Delaware after coming off the - Mayo notched a career-high seven total tackles (2-5) in the Pride’s bench at Maine on October 18. He completed 11 of 28 passes for 71 loss to Albany on September 13 yards in the wind and the rain against the Blue Hens. - He posted three tackles against both Rhode Island and James - He came off the bench in the second quarter at Maine in relief of Madison and two stops at Bucknell this season. starting junior Cory Christopher, who was lost for the season with a hip injury. Probst completed 14 of 20 passes for 135 yards and tossed - Mayo also recorded a career-high five solo stops in the season three touchdowns, including two in overtime in the Pride’s 41-40 opener at Connecticut. loss. He also rushed for 63 yards on 16 carries and came up big with a 14-yard run on a third down play in the first overtime before hitting Last year Mayo: Lewis with a TD pass two plays later. The North Massapequa, NY - Posted 11 solos and seven assisted tackles in nine games. native, out of Farmingdale High School, accounted for 198 yards of total offense in his first start. - Recorded his first college interception and returned it 4 yards against William and Mary last November. He also posted four tackles -Probst completed 24 of 43 passes for 190 yards and one touchdown against the Tribe. but threw five interceptions at New Hampshire. - Posted a career-high six tackles against the Black Bears of Maine in 2007. - He is now 86-for-146 for 799 yards, seven touchdowns and eight interceptions on the year. WR CHRISTIAN DENNIS: Redshirt freshman receiver Christian Dennis recorded the first receptions of his career and led the Pride S RAY MCDONOUGH: Last weeke against Northeastern, junior with eight catches for 75 yards at New Hampshire on November 1. safety Ray McDonough picked off his third pass of the season to tie He also had one catch in each of his last two games. him with Nick Altomare for the team lead with three. He also posted two tackles and one pass break-up. - The Ponte Vedra, Florida native stepped into a back-up role following the losses to Ottis Lewis and Anthony Nelson with season - He now has 48 tackles (25-23) on the season, and is tied for the ending injuries. team lead with seven pass deflections and three interceptions. LB SAID GAIDA: Sophomore linebacker Said Gaida posted nine - McDonough posted a season-high nine tackles (3-6) against tackles (4-5), one sack and 2.5 tackles for losses against Richmond. Richmond on November 8. He posted three stops against Northeastern last week.

- He tallied five tackles (4-1) and forced a fumble against Delaware. - He now has 17 solo stops and 29 assisted tackles through 11 games He added three stops at UNH. in 2008.

- He posted six tackles (3-3) and a fumble recovery at Maine and four - He tallied a career-high 11 tackles (2-9) against Delaware on tackles and forced a fumble at Bucknell. October 25. He added four stops at UNH.

- McDonough recorded five tackles and two pass break deflections at - Gaida posted five tackles (2-3) at Maine. James Madison on October 4. - He tallied two tackles at both Stony Brook and James Madison. - He tallied his second interception of the season at Stony Brook on September 26. The Glendale Community College (CA) transfer was - Gaida recorded six tackles, including four solo stops, in the Pride’s in on one tackle against the Seawolves. victory over Rhode Island on September 20. The six stops topped his previous best of three at Albany in 2007. -McDonough, who tallied three solo tackles against URI on September 20, was second on the Pride team with eight tackles DB GREG MELENDEZ: Red-shirt freshman safety Greg Melendez against the Huskies of UConn on August 28. His third quarter recorded five tackles (3-2) against Richmond and three stops (1-2) interception on the Pride 2-yard line-on a second-and-goal play from against Northeastern. the Hofstra 5 yard line stopped a potential UConn scoring drive. He returned the interception 54 yards to the Connecticut 44 which set-up - The Brooklyn, New York native is second on the team with 62 the Pride’s only score of the contest, a 28-yard field goal by freshman tackles (27-35) through 11 games. Brian Hanly. McDonough posted 4 solo stops and one assisted tackle in the first half. - He posted nine tackles (1-8) against Delaware and added five stops at UNH. - He tallied two tackles against Albany on September 13. - Melendez posted a season-high 10 tackles (3-7) in the Pride’s LB DERON MAYO: Due to injuries on the Pride line, sophomore overtime loss at Maine. He also forced a fumble in the contest. His linebacker Deron Mayo was moved to defensive end last Saturday previous best was eight against Albany. - The Anaheim Hills, California native has 29 tackles, two sacks, one - He posted four tackles at James Madison and three at Bucknell. interception, one fumble recovery and two pass deflections through 11 games this season. - Melendez posted a season-best eight tackles, including six assisted stops, against Albany on September 13. - He was in on three tackles at both Stony Brook and James Madison.

- He also posted five solos and three assisted tackles in the Pride’s - He led the Pride with six tackles, a sack (-7) and a fumble recovery opener at Connecticut. to lead the Pride defense against Rhode Island on September 20.

- He tallied four tackles and broke up two passes at Stony Brook. - Vernaglia tallied four tackles, one tackle-for a loss (-2), one interception and two pass break-ups in his Hofstra debut at -He recorded three solo tackles in the victory over Rhode Island on Connecticut on August 28. He followed that debut with 6 tackles in September 20. the loss to Albany.

DB CHRIS EDMOND: Freshman linebacker Chris Edmond TE PHIL RILEY: Senior Phil Riley posted three receptions for 21 recorded five tackles against Richmond and six tackles (3-3) at UNH yards at UNH and one against both Richmond and Northeastern. on November 1. - He has 13 receptions for 105 yards in 11 games in 2008. - After three stops against Northeastern last week, Edmond is third on the team in tackles with 58 including 32 solo stops. - Riley had two receptions for 12 yards and hauled in a five-yard scoring pass from at Bucknell and had one catch for 16 yards at - He topped his career-best and led the Pride with a team-high 13 Maine. tackles in Hofstra’s 41-40 loss at Maine. The 13 stops are four better than his previous high of nine at UConn in the season opener while - He notched one receptions for six yards at James Madison. his five solo stops equals his season-best against UConn and Albany. Edmond also forced one fumble and recovered another. - Riley had one reception at UConn in the 2008 opener and posted three receptions for 27 yards in the loss to Albany. - Edmond recorded three tackles (2-1) at James Madison and three tackles and a fumble recovery against Delaware on October 25. - He started all 11 games at tight end in 2007 and posted eight receptions for 72 yards on the season. - He posted four tackles and one interception, the first of his career, at Stony Brook on September 26. - Riley tallied a season-high four receptions for 25 yards at Rhode Island on September 22, 2007. - Edmond posted a game-high nine tackles, including five solos, in his Pride debut against Connecticut. - Riley posted 22 catches for 168 yards in 2006. He had five receptions for 49 yards at Marshall in 2006, and equaled his career- - He followed that up with seven stops, including five solo tackles, high with 5 catches for 38 yards against Rhode Island in November, against Albany. Edmond tallied three tackles against Rhode Island. 2006.

DB LESLIE JACKMAN: Junior cornerback Leslie Jackman posted K BRIAN HANLY: Freshman kicker Brian Hanly, the brother of five tackles (2-3) last week against Northeastern after recording two former Pride punter Chris Hanly, took over kickoff duties at Bucknell stops against Richmond. on October 11.

- He now has 39 tackles, including 25 solos, and two interceptions - He hit one of four field goal attempts- missing one and having two through 11 games this season. others blocked-against Albany, and went one-for-two in the field goal department against Rhode Island. He also missed a point-after - He recorded his second interception of the season at New attempt in each of those contests. Hampshire on November 1. He returned the theft 53 yards for the second longest interception return by a Hofstra player this season. - Hanly gave Hofstra its only points of the game against UConn in the season opener on August 28 with a 28-yard field goal after a Ray - Jackman posted five tackles (2-3) at Maine and five solo tackles and McDonough interception. He was a two-time all-county and All-New a pass break-up at Bucknell on October 11. He tallied four stops (2-2) Jersey selection at Don Bosco Prep. at James Madison and had three stops against Delaware. PUNTER SHANE CASCIANO: Junior punter Shane Casciano - He may have had the best defensive game for the Pride against averaged 45 yards on two punts at Bucknell to complete the best Stony Brook on September 26. He recorded four tackles (3 solos), special teams game of the season. one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and was in on a tackle for a loss. He turned around his second quarter strip of running back - He punted five times against Delaware, once against New Edwin Gowins and returned the fumble for a 60-yard touchdown. Hampshire and six times against Richmond. He punted only once against Northeastern last week. - He recorded his first Hofstra interception on September 20 against Rhode Island. The Rutgers University-transfer picked off the pass in - Casciano has now punted 43 times for a 34.2 average this season. the third quarter stopping a Rams drive at the Hofstra 32-yard line. Jackman also posted three solo tackles in the contest. - He punted six times for a 32.7 average at James Madison. His first punt attempt was blocked and returned for a touchdown. LB ANTHONY VERNAGLIA: Notre Dame-transfer graduate- student, linebacker Anthony Vernaglia posted two tackles and a sack - Casciano punted three times for a 38.5 average, including one punt at Bucknell and two stops at Maine and New Hampshire . inside the 5-yard line, at Stony Brook and averaged 41 yards per punt in five kicks against Rhode Island. Included was a career-best 66- - Nelson has 35 receptions for 314 yards and one touchdown through yard punt in the third quarter against the Rams. eight games this season.

- Casciano, who punted three times for a 27.3 average against - He posted four catches for 15 yards at James Madison and recorded Albany, posted a 37.8 punting average in six kicks in the 2008 opener three receptions for 19 yards at Bucknell on October 18. He didn’t at Connecticut. have a catch at Maine but he did return two punts (1 yard) and one kickoff (29 yards). - Last year, he averaged 32.8 ypp in relief of the injured Chris Hanly. - Nelson equaled his season-high with nine catches for 92 yards LB BASIM HUDEEN: Red-shirt freshman linebacker Basim against Rhode Island on September 20. He also tallied nine Hudeen tied his career-best of eight tackles including six solos in the receptions for 85 yards against Albany on September 13. win at Bucknell on October 11. It was the first defensive start of his career. He did not play against UNH and Richmond but made one - He tallied four receptions for 69 yards and caught a 30-yard TD stop against Northeastern. pass from Cory Christopher at Stony Brook.

- Hudeen recorded a career-high eight tackles, including six assisted - Nelson had three catches for 18 yards, and two kickoff returns for stops, at James Madison. It topped his previous best of three tackles 43 yards in the season opener at Connecticut. at Connecticut in the season opener. Last year, Nelson: - He posted seven tackles (2-5) at Maine and three stops against - Was second on the team, 12th in the CAA and 97th in the FCS in Delaware. receptions with 44 for 543 yards and one touchdown in 2007. He posted the second-most receptions by a Hofstra freshman in school - Hudeen now has 15 solo stops and 17 assisted tackles this season. history, trailing only Charles Sullivan’s 68 in 2004. He tallied two 100-yard receiving games as a freshman OG DAVID SPANICH: Starting junior guard David Spanich went down in the first half of the Rhode Island game on September 20 with - Was named to the All-CAA first team as a punt returner after a lower leg injury and did not return. He missed the Stony Brook, leading the CAA and placing sixth in the NCAA with a 15.6 average James Madison and Bucknell games but returned and has played in (312 yards) on 20 returns. the last five games. - Recorded six catches for 105 yards at Northeastern. He also DE KEVIN SMITH: Junior defensive end Kevin Smith, who returned a punt 67 yards to the Northeastern 7-yard line that resulted suffered a neck injury against Richmond and is expected to miss the in a 7-yard scoring pass from Savage to Sullivan. final two games of the year, recorded a career-high seven tackles including six assisted stops, in the Pride’s loss at New Hampshire. - Posted career-highs of 10 receptions for 128 yards in the Pride’s His previous best was four against Rhode Island and Bucknell earlier loss to New Hampshire on October 27. His previous highs were 7 this season. catches for 92 yards against Furman.

- He now has 24 tackles, including 8 solo and 16 assisted stop, on the - Tallied 4 receptions for 52 yards and hauled in a 24-yard touchdown season pass at Villanova. He also had 4 punt returns for 39 yards.

DE JOE AKABALU: Junior defensive end Joe Akabalu suffered a - Notched 3 catches for 13 yards and returned four punts for 33 yards knee injury against Richmond and will miss the final two games of against Stony Brook on September 29. the season. - Helped spark the Pride’s second half comeback at Rhode Island - He tallied three tackles (1-2) and was in on 1.5 sacks in the loss at with a 77-yard punt return in the third quarter of Hofstra’s 37-24 Maine and posted two tackles against Delaware. victory. Nelson, who posted three punt returns for 83 yards in the contest, returned the punt to the Rams’ 4-yard line, setting up a 4- -He now has 13 solo and 12assisted tackles in 10 games this season. yard TD pass from Savage to Sullivan on the next play. He also caught five passes for 59 yards to post 142 all-purpose yards in the - Akabalu posted six tackles (4-2), one sack, one forced fumble and a contest. fumble recovery at Bucknell. - Made his college debut by recording 7 receptions for 92 yards, and - He recorded two solo and two assisted stops at Stony Brook on adding 22 yards on 1 punt return for 114 all-purpose yards. Three of September 26. the rookie’s catches went for first downs.

-Akabalu posted a career-best seven tackles, including four solo RB JUSTINE BURIES: Graduate-student running back Justine stops, in the Pride’s loss to Albany on September 13. (Justin) Buries was lost for the season in the Maine game with a lower leg injury. He posted 22 yards on five carries in the contest - He was in on two tackles against Rhode Island on September 20. before his injury.

- He posted five unassisted tackles and five assisted stops in seven - He returned to action at Bucknell on October 11 for the first time games in 2007. since the UConn game and posted 62 yards on eight carries.

WR ANTHONY NELSON: Sophomore receiver Anthony Nelson WR OTTIS LEWIS: Senior receiver Ottis (OTT-is) Lewis tallied a tallied three receptions for 16 yards against Delaware before leaving career-high 10 receptions for 101 yards and two touchdowns in the game with an ankle injury. Nelson was 10th in the CAA in Hofstra’s 41-40 double-overtime loss at Maine on October 18. Lewis receptions per game. topped his previous catch-best of four that was tied earlier this season at Bucknell and his 101 yards also tops his previous best of 88 against Stony Brook in 2007. The two touchdowns are also a career- high in a game and were the first two TD grabs of the season for him. yards in total offense in Hofstra’s 43-3 victory at Stony Brook. He His 23-yard scoring grab in the fourth quarter tied the game at 27-27 completed 15 of 24 passes for 161 yards and threw a 30-yard while his 9-yard touchdown catch in the first overtime tied the game touchdown pass to Anthony Nelson in the second quarter. at 34-34. He suffered a hand injury during the game that required Christopher also rushed 12 times for 48 yards with scoring runs of 1- surgery on October 23. He is expected to miss the remainder of the yard in the first and 2-yards in the fourth. season. -He posted his second straight 250-yard passing game and 70% - He has 27 catches for 300 yards on the season. completion contest while accumulating 314 yards in total offense in the Pride’s 23-20 victory over URI on September 20. Christopher - Lewis led the Pride receiving corps with four catches for 48 yards at completed 25 of 33 passes for a career-best 75.8 completion Bucknell. He posted four receptions for 37 yards in the Pride’s 43-3 percentage and 265 yards. He also rushed 22 times for 49 yards and win over Stony Brook. He added two catches for 18 yards at James scored on a 1-yard run after an 11-play drive early in the fourth Madison. quarter. The junior Florida native completed four of seven passes in Hofstra’s final drive, moving the Pride from their own 21 to the URI - He posted three catches for 51 yards against Albany and three 21. That set up Roger William’s game-winning field goal. receptions for 32 yards in the season opener at Connecticut on August 28. - Christopher led the Pride in their 22-16 overtime loss to the Great Danes of Albany on September 13. Christopher completed 27 of 38 - The 2008 tri-captain had two grabs for 37 yards against the Rams of passes (66.7) for a career-best 272 yards and one touchdown. His 13- Rhode Island. yard scoring pass to Aaron Weaver put the Pride on the scoreboard just 4:32 into the contest. Christopher was also credited with 19 Last year Lewis: rushes for 44 yards against the Great Danes. - Tallied a career-high 27 receptions for 465 yards and four touchdowns. He ranked third on the team in receptions and was 20th - In his Hofstra debut on August 28 Christopher completed 17 of 28 in the CAA in receiving yards per game. passes for 130 yards at Connecticut. He also rushed 21 times for 25 yards and was sacked seven times. - Posted a career-high four receptions against New Hampshire (62 yards), Furman (51) and Albany (34). Like injured 2007 starter Bryan Savage, Christopher came to Hofstra last year through the junior college system, An All-American - Recorded a career-high with 88 receiving yards on three catches honorable mention at Nassau Community College, Christopher was against Stony Brook on September 29, 2007. named to the all-conference first team and was selected conference Offensive Player of the Year after passing for 1,181 yards and eight - Posted 63 yards receiving on three receptions and recorded his first touchdowns in 2006. He was an all-conference second team pick in touchdown catch in the Pride’s victory at URI. He hauled in a 33- 2005. The American High School (Miami Lakes, Florida) graduate yard scoring toss from Bryan Savage that closed the Pride deficit to was named to the All-Dade County team as a senior. 24-20 against the Rams. QB BRYAN SAVAGE LOST FOR THE SEASON: 2007 starting - Had one catch for 17 yards at Villanova and two for 57 yards and a quarterback Bryan Savage will miss the 2008 season due to a touchdown against William and Mary. His scoring catch was 12 herniated disc in his back. Junior Cory Christopher (Miami, Florida), yards. who replaced Savage in the 2008 season opener at Connecticut, will continue as the starting quarterback for the Pride. - Posted a 33-yard TD catch-his only catch of the game-against Maine in 2007. Savage, a senior signal-caller from Springfield, Pennsylvania was scratched from the Pride's season opener at BCS-member - Lewis tallied three catches for 40 yards at Towson on October 13. Connecticut approximately 15 minutes before game time after notifying the Hofstra medical staff of numbness in his feet. An MRI TEAM CAPTAINS: The Pride coaching staff selected senior taken revealed the severity of the injury. "My heart really goes out to quarterback Bryan Savage, senior wide receiver Ottis Lewis and Bryan," Cohen said. "He worked very hard to prepare for this season. junior linebacker Luke Bonus to serve as Hofstra team captains in He is a leader and has given so much of himself for the program 2008. including spending most of the summer on campus preparing for his senior year." QB CORY CHRISTOPHER: Junior quarterback Cory Christopher completed seven of 11 passes for 59 yards and an 8-yard scoring pass A January 2007 transfer from Coffeyville Community College, to Aaron Weaver and rushed nine times for 65 yards before suffering Savage started all 11 games for the 7-4 Pride last season. He ranked a season-ending hip injury in the second quarter at Maine on October fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and was 13th in the 18. NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in passing yards, and was fourth in the CAA and 15th in the nation in total offense. - Christopher finished the year 127-for-190 (66.8%) for 1163 yards Savage completed 232-of-367 passes for 2,668 yards and 13 and four touchdowns this season. He ranked ninth in the CAA in total touchdowns last season, posting the sixth-best, single-season passing offense with a 205.0 ypg average and 10th in passing efficiency yards total in Hofstra history. He recorded six games with 250 or through seven games. more passing yards including three 300-yard contests, and tallied 10 games with a completion percentage of above 60 percent, including a - He completed 15 of 22 passes for 148 yards and rushed 12 times for school-record 15-for-17 (88.2) against William and Mary. Savage 54 yards in the Pride’s victory at Bucknell. completed 31-of-50 passes for a season-best 325 yards against New Hampshire at Shuart Stadium last October. - Despite being under constant pressure Christopher completed 21 of 34 passes for 128 yards in the Pride’s 56-0 loss at #1 James Madison. Savage played the 2006 season at Coffeyville CC in Kansas where he served as team captain and earned all-conference honors. He attended -He led the Pride’s 316-yard offensive effort by accumulating 209 the University of Wisconsin for two years, red-shirting in 2004 and practicing with the team in 2005. Schmitt, who graduated from Hofstra in 1964 with degrees in management and ONE FOR THE ROAD FOR OL JIMMY MANGIERO: Injured marketing, was a three-year letterman on junior offensive lineman Jimmy Mangiero, who will have his seventh the Pride football team and also lettered knee surgery in the near future, made his season debut and season in wrestling and track. An offensive farewell against Rhode Island on September 20. Mangiero, who was lineman, he received Little College All- expected to return to a starting role in 2008, was sidelined until the America honors in 1963. URI game with the bad knee. He came off the bench against URI after junior guard David Spanich was injured to help provide some In 1964 he was signed by the New York leadership on the line. Mangiero is not expected to return this season. Jets, starting an 11-year career that was TE BRYANT CARPENTER: Junior tight end Bryant Carpenter highlighted by a Super Bowl suffered a knee injury during the JMU game on October 4 that has championship in 1969. He was a starter in nine of his 10 seasons with put the rest of his season in doubt at press time. Carpenter, who also the Jets and played in 114 games. Schmitt earned All-Pro honors in played at fullback last season, tallied 9 receptions for 92 yards in 1968 and 1969, Most Valuable Lineman accolades in 1972, and was 2007 a team captain in 1971. He saw action in 14 games for the Packers in 1974 before ending his NFL career. - He recorded a season-high five catches for 57 yards against William and Mary on November 3, 2007 and had three catches for 19 yards at In 1969 he was the first inductee into the Long Island Sports Hall of Northeastern. Fame. He has been honored by Hofstra University with the 1969 George M. Estabrook Distinguished Service Award, the 1988 Hofstra GASKINS LEAVES: Red-shirt freshman running back Larry School of Business Alumni Association Alumnus of the Year Award Gaskins voluntarily left the team due to personal reasons. He had two and the 1990 Hofstra University Alumnus of the Year Award. John carries for one yard at Connecticut on August 28. was an honoree at the 2002 Club Dinner and was inducted into the Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. FORMER HOFSTRA AND NFL GREATS JOHN SCHMITT, MARQUES COLSTON AND DAVE FIORE HAVE THEIR John founded the 16th-largest insurance business in the nation, and PRIDE NUMBERS RETIRED: In an effort to acknowledge the an insurance marketing firm that develops programs for credit unions. outstanding accomplishments of numerous former student-athletes Schmitt is actively involved with many charitable causes and in the during the University's nearly 75 years of existence, Hofstra Hofstra community, including serving on the board of directors of the University has announced that a group of 20 former Pride athletes Hofstra Pride Club. will have their jersey numbers retired. Three former Hofstra football greats, current New Orleans Saints receiver Marques Colston (#89) Fiore is the fifth player in Hofstra former center John Schmitt (#77), and San Francisco football history and the third this year to 49ers lineman Dave Fiore (#74) had their Hofstra jersey numbers have his jersey number retired joining during the 2008 season. Colston (89) and Schmitt (77) and former New York Jets receiver Wayne Colston, a four-year letterman and a Chrebet (3) and Hofstra great Walter three-year starter at Hofstra from Kohanowich (33), who had their 2001 through 2005, was selected in numbers retired previously. the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Saints after an Fiore was a four-year starter from 1992 outstanding Pride career. An All- through 1995 and was a first team All-America selection as a senior Atlantic 10 Football Conference by the Coaches Association, the Associated Press first team selection as a senior, he and the Walter Camp Foundation. ended his college career in grand style by breaking the Hofstra career During his four-year career, during which time Hofstra made the receiving yards record formerly held by former Houston transition to I-AA from Division III, Dave started 41 of 42 games and Texans/ receiver Charlie Adams. Colston posted 70 helped lead the team to a regular season mark of 28-11-2. As a senior receptions for 975 yards and five touchdowns in 2005 to finish his in 1995, Hofstra was 10-1 during the regular season and advanced to career with 182 receptions for 2,834 yards and 18 touchdowns. In the NCAA I-AA Playoffs for the first time. In addition to his All- addition to his 2,834 receiving yards-which was broken last season America selections, Dave was also named to the All-ECAC team and by Charles Sullivan-his 182 catches currently ranks third on the received the Hempstead Mayor’s Trophy. He also was a founding Hofstra career reception list. Colston was also named to the 81st member of the Hofstra chapter of the Fellowship of Christian annual East-West Shrine Game in San Antonio in 2006 and caught Athletes. five passes for 82 yards and a touchdown. Fiore anchored an offensive line that paved the way for the team to Two seasons into his NFL career, Marques Colston has emerged as average more than 200 yards per game rushing in 1994 and 1995 with one of the elite receivers in the NFL and owns the league record for 1995’s 261.7 yards per game average ranking as the third best in receptions in his first two campaigns with a total of 168. Incidentally, program history. Hofstra alum and retired New York Jet Wayne Chrebet was a previous holder of that record with 150 catches in his first two NFL Following graduation with a degree in biology, Fiore signed as a free seasons. agent with the San Francisco 49ers and went on to enjoy an eight- year career in the National Football League, including six seasons After catching 70 balls for 1,038 yards and eight scores in 2006, with the 49ers and two with the Washington Redskins. Colston finished third in the voting for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. He was even better in 2007, posting a Saints-record 98 While a member of the San Francisco 49ers, he received the NFL receptions, 1,202 yards and a team record-tying 11 touchdowns. Unsung Hero Award in 2001. Dave has devoted a considerable amount of time to several charitable organizations, including Silicon 0-1 with 201-300 yards in total offense Valley Boys and Girls Club (Former Board Member), Habitat for 1-1 with 301-400 yards in total offense Humanity, San Francisco 49ers Foundation, San Jose Sharks 3-2 with more than 400 yards in total offense Foundation, Forever Young Foundation, D.A.R.E. Program, and 0-0 when allowing less than 100 yards in total offense many others. 1-0 when allowing 101-200 yards in total offense 1-2 when allowing 201-300 yards in total offense Most recently, he has been elected to the Board of Directors of the 2-2 when allowing 301-400 yards in total offense American Liver Foundation, Northern California Chapter. The 0-3 when allowing more than 400 yards in total offense American Liver Foundation is the nation’s premiere philanthropic 3-5 with more than 30:00 in time of possession organization working to cure liver disease. Dave became involved 1-2 with less than 30:00 in time of possession with the group following the loss of his former 49ers coach, Bob 0-0 when time of possession is even McKittrick, to liver cancer. HOFSTRA’S RETURNING STARTERS: The Pride has 10 Fiore is the founder and Chief Operating Officer of San Jose, returning starters from the 2007 squad. There are seven offensive California-based Waverec, Inc., a real estate investment company starters and three defensive. The returning starters from 2007 are: focusing primarily on acquisition, redevelopment, and marketing of real estate holdings throughout California, Nevada, and New York. Offensive Starters Returning: 7 He is pursuing a MBA at Santa Clara University. Bryan Savage (I) QB Sr. Bryant Carpenter (I) FB Jr. In 2008, Hofstra is… Ottis Lewis (I) WR Sr, 4-7 overall Phil Riley TE Sr. 2-5 in CAA games Jimmy Mangiero (I) LG Jr. 2-3 at home David Spanich RG Jr. 2-4 on the road Brian Frederick RT So. 3-5 in day games 1-2 in night games Defensive Starters Returning: 3 1-2 televised games Kevin Smith (I) DE Jr. 0-2 overtime games Luke Bonus LB Jr. 0-1 on grass fields Nick Altomare SS Sr. 4-6 on turf fields 3-2 when scoring first (I) – injured 3-1 when leading after one quarter 1-6 when trailing after one quarter HOFSTRA’S NEW STARTERS: Hofstra’s starters for the season 0-0 when tied after one quarter opener against Connecticut included seven defensive players, three 4-2 when leading after two quarters offensive players and a kicker who made their starting debut in a 0-5 when trailing after two quarters Hofstra uniform. 0-0 when tied after two quarters 4-0 when leading after three quarters The Pride, who graduated 24 seniors including 14 starters following 0-7 when trailing after three quarters the 7-4 2007 season, started three new faces in the secondary, two at 0-0 when tied after three quarters linebacker, two on the defensive line, two offensive linemen and a 0-3 scoring 10 points or less tailback. Three of the newcomers, graduate student linebacker 0-4 scoring 11-20 points Anthony Vernaglia (Anaheim Hills, CA), junior cornerback Leslie 1-1 scoring 21-30 points Jackman (Freeport, NY), and junior safety Ray McDonough (Los 0-0 scoring 31-40 points Angeles, CA) are transfers while three others, safety Greg Melendez 3-1 scoring 40 points or more (Brooklyn, NY), offensive tackle Derek Moore (Granville, OH) and 1-0 allowing 10 points or less tailback Larry Gaskins (Conshohocken, PA) are red-shirt freshmen. 2-1 allowing 11-20 points Junior defensive tackle Zach Carney (Wynatskill, NY), sophomore 0-1 allowing 21-30 points defensive tackle Andrew Nelson (Uniondale, NY), linebacker Deron 1-2 allowing 31-40 points Mayo (Hampton, VA) and center Jaren Harrell (Quartz Hill, CA), 0-3 allowing more than 40 points and true freshman kicker Brian Hanly (Wyckoff, NJ) also made their 0-3 when rushing for less than 100 yards Pride starting debut. 1-3 when rushing for 101-200 yards 1-1 when rushing for 201-300 yards Vernaglia, who is pursuing a MBA at Hofstra, graduated from the 2-0 when rushing for more than 300 yards this past spring after playing three seasons. 3-0 when allowing less than 100 rushing yards He is one of two graduate-student transfers, along with back-up 0-2 when allowing 101-200 rushing yards running back Justine Buries from New Mexico State, on the Pride 1-4 when allowing 201-300 rushing yards roster. Jackman, a Long Island native, came to Hofstra last winter 0-1 when allowing more than 300 rushing yards after three years at Rutgers University, while McDonough is a junior 0-1 when passing for less than 100 yards college transfer from Glendale Community College in California. 3-4 when passing for 101-200 yards 1-2 when passing for 201-300 yards 0-0 when passing for more than 300 yards PRIDE PICKED THIRD IN 1-2 when allowing less than 100 yards passing THE 2008 CAA 2-4 when allowing 101-200 passing yards FOOTBALL PRESEASON 1-1 when allowing 201-300 passing yards COACHES POLL 0-0 when allowing more than 300 passing yards 0-0 with less than 100 yards in total offense The Pride is picked to finish third in the CAA North Division in the 0-3 with 101-200 yards in total offense 2008 CAA Preseason Poll of conference coaches and select media. FCS Playoff participants Massachusetts was selected to win the SPECIAL TEAMS North Division and Richmond was picked to win the South Division. RET - Justin Rogers Sophomore Richmond In the North, Massachusetts again gets the top preseason nod after PK - Jon Striefsky Junior Delaware winning the division last season. New Hampshire, a FCS Playoff P - Tom Bishop Senior New Hampshire participant, was second in this year’s poll followed by the Pride, who surprised many by finishing tied for second last year after being 2008 CAA FOOTBALL PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER picked fifth in the preseason poll. Maine, Northeastern, and Rhode OF THE YEAR Island round out the North Division in the poll. QB - Liam Coen Senior Massachusetts

In the South Division, the Spiders of Richmond, who captured the 2008 CAA FOOTBALL PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER South Division and the conference title before advancing to the FCS OF THE YEAR Playoff semifinals, are picked to win in 2008. Richmond was selected DL - Jovan Belcher Senior Maine to finish fourth last season in the preseason poll. James Madison, who dropped a one-point decision to eventual national champion ATTENDANCE: After their season opening victory over the Pride, Appalachian State in the first round of the FCS Playoffs last year, is the Connecticut Huskies are now in the Pride’s attendance record picked second while FCS Playoff finalist Delaware is third. book twice. The Huskies were in the record book previously as the Villanova, William and Mary, and Towson round out the South opponent for the best attended Pride home game at Shuart/Hofstra Division in the preseason poll. Stadium, drawing 9,381 in 1999 to see Hofstra down the Huskies, 56- 17. In the season opener at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT, the 2008 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Huskies blew away the previous top road crowd to see a Hofstra COACHES POLL game by drawing 37,583. The previous mark was 26,861 at Marshall North Division (First Place votes) in 2006. The crow of 16,109 at James Madison on October 4 was the 1. Massachusetts (17) 12th largest road crowd to see a Hofstra football game. 2. New Hampshire (1) 3. Hofstra (1) THE PRIDE AGAINST THE TOP 10: Following Hofstra’s loss to 4. Maine #7 Richmond on November 8, the Pride is now 3-15 against Top 10 5. Northeastern opponents since 2001. Here are the Hofstra results against top 10 6. Rhode Island opponents since joining the CAA/Atlantic 10 in 2001:

South Division (First Place votes) Rank Opponent Result Date 1. Richmond (11) 1 at James Madison 0-56 L 10/4/08 2. James Madison (7) 1 Montana 0-21 L 8/29/02 3. Delaware (1) 2 at Montana 23-41 L 9/11/04 4. Villanova 2 New Hampshire 26-29 L 11/5/05 5. William and Mary 3 Delaware 19-20 L 10/16/04 6. Towson 3 at Massachusetts 16-22 L 11/18/06 6 James Madison 10-42 L 10/1/05 OVERALL CHAMPION -- Massachusetts 6 at Massachusetts 22-27 L 10/18/03 7 Delaware 14-24 L 9/27/03 2008 PRESEASON CAA ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM 7 Villanova 34-32 W 11/8/03 OFFENSE 7 Massachusetts 21-10 W 11/19/05 QB - Liam Coen Senior Massachusetts 7 Richmond 34-14 L 11/8/08 RB - Jhamal Fluellen Senior Maine 8 Massachusetts 5-27 L 11/17/07 RB - Eugene Holloman Senior James Madison 9 at Furman 41-44 L (2OT) 9/24/05 FB - Joe Casey Senior Rhode Island 9 Furman 32-17 W 9/8/07 WR - Kevin Grayson Soph. Richmond 9 at New Hampshire 25-45 L 11/1/08 WR - Marcus Lee Senior Towson WR - Aaron Love Senior Delaware 68th SEASON: 2008 marks the 68th season of Hofstra Football. The TE - Scott Sicko Junior New Hampshire Pride has posted a .500 or better record in 46 of those seasons. OL - Sean Calicchio Senior Massachusetts Hofstra (4-7) has recorded a 398-261-11 record (.604) in its 670 OL - Ryan Canary Senior Maine games. The 2008 season also marks the second year of Colonial OL - Kheon Hendricks Senior Delaware Athletic Association Football, which sent a record five conference OL - Scott Lemn Senior James Madison members to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs OL - Matt McCracken Junior Richmond last season. The CAA absorbed the Atlantic 10 Football Conference, which Hofstra was a member from 2001 through 2006, capturing the DEFENSE 2001 league title and advancing to the FCS (then-called I-AA) DL - Jovan Belcher Senior Maine Playoffs. Prior to the 2001 season the Pride played as FCS DL - Tim Kukucka Junior Villanova Independents from 1994 through the 2000 season, making four trips DL - Matt Marcorelle Junior Delaware to the national playoffs. Hofstra was also a successful Division III DL - Lawrence Sidbury Junior Richmond program, making six NCAA Division III Championship Playoff LB - Andrew Downey Senior Maine appearances from 1983 through 1990, including a national semifinal LB - Erik Johnson Senior Delaware appearance in the Pride’s final season in Division III (1990). LB - Eric McBride Soph. Richmond LB - Collin McConaghy Junior Richmond NEW HELMET DESIGN: The Pride S - Drew Mack Senior Towson will have a new helmet design for the S - Jeromy Miles Junior Massachusetts second time in as many years. The blue CB - Courtney Robinson Senior Massachusetts graphic of the two lions on the white CB - Sean Smalls Senior Massachusetts helmet that was used last year has been replaced with the white block “H” in motion on the blue helmet. THE HOFSTRA COACHES SHOW: Fans, friends and the media are invited to listen to Hofstra Athletics coaches and players and be SEASON OPENERS: Including the 2008 season opener at UConn part of the live audience as WRHU-FM (88.7) presents the Hofstra on August 28 Hofstra has now won 23 of its last 26 season openers Coaches Show. The one-hour show, which will air locally on dating back to 1983. The Pride has posted a 42-24-2 all-time record WRHU-FM and worldwide on the internet at www.wrhu.org on in season openers. In 2002 the University of Montana ended Hofstra's Tuesday’s at noon will review and preview Hofstra Athletics during streak of 19 consecutive season opener victories, as well as the the 2008-09 season. In addition to Pride coaches and players, Pride's 255-game, non-shutout streak in a 21-0 decision. In 2003 the opposing coaches and media members will make guest appearances Pride dropped its season opener at FBS Marshall, 45-21. on the show.

HOME OPENERS: With their loss to Albany on September 13 “IN THE TRENCHES” CAA FOOTBALL SHOW: Hofstra Hofstra dropped its home opener for only the fifth time in the last 27 University’s “In the Trenches” CAA football show can be heard seasons. In addition to Albany the Pride’s other home opening losses every Thursday night at 8 p.m. during the football season on WRHU- during that period came in: 2006 to Towson (33-30); 2003 to Maine FM (88.7) in the metropolitan area, and online at www.wrhu.org and (44-21); 2002 to Montana (21-0); and 2000 to Delaware (44-14). www.CAASports.com. The hour-long show produced by WRHU- FM, home for Hofstra Athletics, will touch on a wide variety of CAA SECOND MOST-IMPROVED TEAM IN THE FCS: After going Football topics. The WRHU Sports team, headed by Sports Director 2-9 in Coach Dave Cohen’s first season at Hofstra in 2006, the Pride Mike Leslie, will be joined by a number of guests, including CAA improved five games to 7-4 in 2007 to become the second most- Football administrators, coaches and student-athletes, and radio improved team in the Football Championship Subdivision. personalities from around the league. The show, entering its third season, will review some of the big games from the previous

weekend, preview the upcoming contests, and chat with several CAA AGAINST THE FBS: Following the 2008 season opening 35-3 loss Football weekly honorees. at Connecticut, the Pride is 0-3 against members of the Football Bowl

Subdivision (FBS), formerly I-A. Hofstra dropped games at Marshall WEEKLY RELEASE E-MAIL: The Hofstra University weekly in 2003 and 2006. In addition the Pride defeated two other current football release will be available by Wednesday on the Hofstra FBS teams while in their transition from I-AA. In 1999 the Pride, Athletics Web site (www.Hofstra.edu/athletics). We will e-mail the who recorded a 10-1 mark that season, defeated Buffalo, 20-13, and release, in PDF format, to those media members who wish to get South Florida, 42-23, on the road. every football release during the season.

ON THE ROAD: Through the UNH game, the Pride is 31-30 in HOF•STRA PRO•NUN•SEE•AY•SHUNS: their last 61 road games and 33-32 in their last 65 contests away from 1 - Vernaglia (Ver-nag-lee-ah) Shuart Stadium. The Pride is 38-33 on the road since the start of the 2 - Justine Buries (Justin Burr-eaze) 1997 season. 4 - Aime (Ah-may) 11 - Said Gaida (Sy-eed, Guy-da) EARLIEST START EVER: The season opener at Connecticut was 12 - Casciano (Cash•she•ann•o) the earliest start to a season in Hofstra history. While the Pride has 13 - Heron (Her-ron) played three games in August since 2002, the UConn contest beat the 14 - Sidaras (Sa-dare-us) 2002 season opener against Montana at Shuart Stadium by one day. 19 - Luqman Abdallah (Luke-mahn) 20 - Altomare (Al•ta•mair) HOFSTRA ALUMNI IN THE NFL: While the Pride had as many 24 - Basim Hudeen (Bah-seem who-deen) as eight alums on National Football League rosters in August, there 31 - Kwabena Asante (Kwa-bee-nah, A-sahn-tay) are currently three former Hofstra players currently gracing NFL 48 - Schamgar Cenat (Sham-gar Sen-not) team rosters in 2008. They are: 50 - Szelong (Zee•long) - OT Willie Colon (Class of ‘06), Pittsburgh Steelers 53 - Akabalu (Ocka•bah•loo) - WR Marques Colston (Class of ‘06), New Orleans Saints 60 - Ottaiano (Oh-tee-ah-no) - DE Stephen Bowen (Class of ’06), Dallas Cowboys 74 - Paulemon (Paul-la-mun) 79 - Spanich (Span-ick) ALUMNI NORTH OF THE BORDER: After the retirements of 80 - Ottis Lewis (OTT•is) linebacker Brian Clark ’96 and defensive back Patrick Dorvelus ’02, 84 - Denimarck (Den•ah•mark) only one Hofstra football alum- linebacker Renauld Williams ’04- is 89 - Jaramillo (Jare-a-mee-oh) playing in the Canadian Football League this season. Last year the 94 - Akabalu (Ock-a-bah-lu) Pride has as many as four alumni playing in the CFL. 95 - Carmody (Car-ma-dee) 98 - Abiola (Ab-ee-oh-la) SHUART STADIUM - HOME, SWEET HOME: With its victory over Northeaster last week, Hofstra is now 112-33-0 in regular 2008 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES season play at Shuart Stadium since 1980. Hofstra was 6-0 in 1986 and 1980; 6-1 in 1998; 5-0 in 1995, 1990, 1989, 1988 and 1983, 4-0 GAME 1 – AUGUST 28 AT CONNECTICUT: in 1991; 5-1 in 2001, 1999, 1984 and 1982; 4-1 in 2000, 1997, 1994, University of Connecticut running back Donald 1993, 1987, 1985 and 1981; 4-2 in 2007; 3-1 in 1992; 3-2 in 2004 Brown set a career-high with four touchdowns and and 2005; and 3-3 in 2002. The Pride was 2-4 in 2003 and 1996, and 146 rushing yards, helping the Huskies defeat the 0-4 at home in 2006. Hofstra is 2-3 at home this season. Pride, 35-3, in the season opener for both teams at Rentschler Field Thursday night. RADIO AND INTERNET: Every Hofstra football game in 2008 Junior quarterback Cory Christopher (Miami, Fla) made his first career can be heard on radio on WRHU-FM (88.7) and on the Internet at appearance for the Pride, kicking off the 68th season of Hofstra football by www.wrhu.org beginning with the pre-game show at least 30 minutes going 17-28 for 130 yards and two interceptions. Christopher was named the before every contest. This week’s pregame show for the starter by Head Coach Dave Cohen about 15 minutes before kickoff, replacing Massachusetts game will begin at 2:00 p.m. Bryan Savage (Springfield, PA) after the starting QB was held out because of 37,583. The previous mark was 26,861 at Marshall in 2006… The back spasms. UConn game was the earliest start to a season in Hofstra history, beating the 2002 season opener against Montana at Shuart Stadium It was the Pride's first season-opening loss in five years. Christopher, who was by one day. the 2006 Conference Offensive Player of the Year for Nassau Community College before transferring, completed at least one pass to nine different receivers (including offensive lineman David Spanich on a tipped pass). 1 2 3 4 F Connecticut sacked Christopher seven times. Hofstra 0 0 3 0 3 Connecticut 14 14 0 7 35 The contest marked just the third time the Pride played a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly I-A. Hofstra lost two games at Scoring Summary Marshall-in 2003 and 2006-while also posting victories against current FBS UC - Brown 1-yard run (Ciaravino kick) schools Buffalo and South Florida in 1999 when both schools were in UC - Brown 1-yard run (Ciaravino kick) transition from I-AA. UC - Brown 19-yard run (Ciaravino kick) UC - Brown 2-yard run (Ciaravino kick) Hofstra came out strong and temporarily quieted the near-sellout crowd of HU - Hanly 28-yard field goal 37,583, forcing the Huskies to go three-and-out on its opening UC - Frey 2-yard run (Ciaravino kick) possession. Following a 47-yard punt, Connecticut's Robbie Frey recovered Anthony Nelson's fumble recovery at the Hofstra 1-yard line. Brown HOFSTRA UCONN capitalized on the turnover one play later, bullying his way into the end zone First Downs (R-P-Pe) 4-8-1 12-13-2 for a touchdown run to open a 7-0 lead two minutes into the first quarter. Rushes-Yards (Net) 28-40 43-218 Passing Yards (Net) 130 233 Christopher recorded his first career completion for the Pride, delivering a Passes Comp-Att-Int 17-28-2 18-30-3 third-down strike to Aaron Weaver (Freeport, NY) picked up the first down. Total Offense/Plays-Yards 56-170 73-451 But Scott Lutrus' interception stalled the drive, giving possession back to the Punt Returns-Yards 1- (-15) 2-42 Huskies midway through the first. Brown added his second touchdown of the Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-105 2-33 quarter, capping a seven-play drive with another 1-yard touchdown run to Interception Returns-Yards 3-70 2-0 forge a 14-point edge with 4:47 remaining. Punts (Number-Avg) 6-37.8 2-43.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2 Brown nearly added his third touchdown of the quarter before a holding Penalties-Yards 8-70 7-70 penalty negated another scoring rush. The junior tailback still tallied 86 yards Possession Time 28:43 31:17 on 14 carries in the opening 15 minutes. Third Down Conversions 6-14 5-10 Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 The Pride almost got on the board in the second quarter, engineering a 15-play Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 5-7 drive that teetered out after two sacks. UConn still held Hofstra off the Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 7-47 scoreboard and surged to a 28-0 halftime lead thanks to Brown's third and fourth rushing touchdowns of the half, including a 19-yard scamper 12 RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (21-25-0), Benjamin (1-8-0), Buries (4- minutes into the second and a two-yard rush into the end zone with 41 seconds 6-0); UConn- Brown (23-146-4), Frey (9-34-1), Wylie (6-23-0) remaining in the half. PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (17-28-2, 130, 0TD); UConn- Lorenzen (14-25-3, 184, 0TD), Endres (4-5-0, 49, 0TD) Ray McDonough (Los Angeles, CA) helped put some life back into Hofstra in RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Weaver (4-25-0), Lewis (3-32-0), Ant. Nelson (3- the second half, picking off Tyler Lorenzen's pass at the Huskies' 2-yard line 18-0), Benson (2-26-0); UConn- Gaulden (4-62-0), Moore (4-37-0), Smith (3- before returning it 54 yards. Christopher completed first-down passes to 32) Weaver and Nelson (Wellington, Fla.) on back-to-back plays while also TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Edmond (5-4-9), Melendez (5-3-8), scrambling for another 12 yards; setting up place-kicker Brian Hanly's McDonough (5-3-8); UConn- Wilson (4-4-8), Lloyd (2-4-6), Lutrus (3-1-4). (Wyckoff, NJ) 29-yard field goal to put Hofstra on the scoreboard nearly 10 minutes into the third quarter. Stadium: Rentschler Field Attendance: 37,583 Graduate student Anthony Vernaglia (Anaheim Hills, CA) made a master's- Weather: 76 degrees and cloudy worthy play in the third quarter, picking off Lorenzen's downfield attempt and returned it 16 yards. Vernaglia recorded his first pick of his career. The GAME 2 - SEPTEMBER 13 VS. linebacker never had an interception in his three seasons at Notre Dame. ALBANY: Hofstra junior quarterback Cory Christopher passed Nick Altomare (Fairfax, VA) also generated the first pick of his career. The for 272 yards and a touchdown, but it fourth-year veteran moved from safety to cornerback during training camp wasn't enough as Albany got a 7-yard and saved at least six points when he corralled a pass in the Connecticut end touchdown run from junior tailback zone on the second quarter's first play. Altomare registered five tackles. David McCarthy in the first overtime to earn a 22-16 victory over the Pride Frey's two-yard touchdown run 3:33 into the final quarter capped the scoring Saturday evening at James M. Shuart as Connecticut improved to 3-2 in the all-time series against the Pride. Stadium. Hofstra slips to 0-2 with the loss, while Albany evens its record at 1-1 this Freshman Chris Edmond (Freeport, NY) collected a team-high nine tackles. season. McDonough added eight tackles; the same total as freshman Gregory Melendez (Brooklyn, NY). Senior receiver Ottis Lewis (Norwalk, CT) led all Christopher, a native of Miami, Florida, completed 27-of-38 passes, while Pride receivers with 32 yards on three receptions. also rushing for 44 yards. Linebacker Luke Bonus led Hofstra's defense with eight tackles and 1 ½ sacks. NOTES FROM THE CONNECTICUT GAME: The Pride defense picked off three passes in the season opener at Connecticut-the most Christopher tried to win it for the Pride in regulation, initiating an 18-play by a HU team since 2005 against Maine-as senior DB Nick Altomare, drive with the scored tied at 16. The junior passer produced a mini-highlight reel on the drive, faking a handoff before scrambling up-field for a key first graduate-student LB Anthony Vernaglia and junior Ray McDonough down on an option play to push Hofstra past midfield. all recorded the first aerial thefts of their Hofstra careers. Altomare tallied his in the UConn end zone stopping a Huskie drive. Vernaglia Anthony Nelson, who logged a game-high nine catches for 85 yards, sustained returned his 16 yards deep into UConn territory, and McDonough’s the drive by sprawling out for a third-down catch, giving the Pride a new set 54-yard return set-up Hofstra’s only score… The Huskies blew away of downs on the Albany 17. Christopher ran a quarterback keeper to center the the previous top road crowd to see a Hofstra game by drawing ball between the hash marks, setting up freshman kicker Brian Hanly's Total Offense/Plays-Yards 85-404 67-309 potential game-winning attempt. Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-76 4-61 But Hanly had his 34-yard field goal attempt blocked by Dave Casale with Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 three seconds remaining, sending the contest into overtime. Hanly had another Punts (Number-Avg) 3-27.3 6-37.3 chance in overtime, lining up for a 30-yard kick that would have forced the Fumbles-Lost 4-0 0-0 Great Danes to score a field goal to tie or a touchdown to win. Instead, Penalties-Yards 6-44 4-32 Albany senior Raphael Nguti came up with the third block of the game for Possession Time 36:41 23:19 Albany. McCarty raced in for the winning score five plays later, marking just Third Down Conversions 8-16 6-15 the third time the Great Danes have defeated Hofstra in 14 career meetings. Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 1-2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-6 3-3 Down 16-9 early in the fourth quarter, the Pride stormed back. Christopher Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-7 3-17 electrified the crowd of 5,111, eluding a sack about 10 yards in the backfield on third-and-long by juking away from linebacker Emerson Kinsey before RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Benjamin (19-69-0), Christopher (19-44-0), firing a strike to Everette Benjamin for a first-down. Jackolski (8-19-1); UA- McCarty (27-178-1), Simmons (8-25-0), Gannon (3- 3-0) The drive nearly stalled near Albany's goal line as Christopher's third-down PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (27-38-0, 272, 1); UA- Esposito (10-22- pass to Aaron Weaver sailed wide. Albany's Ross Bertrand was called for pass 0, 102, 0) interference, setting up freshman tailback Brock Jackolski's first collegiate RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Ant. Nelson (9-85-0), Weaver (7-70-1), Lewis (3- touchdown. 51-0); UA- Bush (6-58-0), Bocanegra (1-17-0), Lullen (1-10-0) TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Bonus (3-5-8), Melendez (2-6-8), Edmond Jackolski took the pitch and ran untouched into the left corner of the end zone, (5-2-7); UA- Brancaccio (9-6-15), Casale (7-6-13), Kelly (7-3-10. tying the game at 16 with 10:34 remaining in the fourth quarter. Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Albany quarterback Vinny Espositio (10-22, 102 yards) put the Great Danes Attendance: 5,111 ahead when the junior bullied his way into the end zone for a 1-yard Weather: 71 degrees and overcast quarterback keeper. The touchdown forged a 16-9 lead for the Great Danes with 2:12 left in the third quarter. GAME 3 - SEPTEMBER 20 VS. RHODE ISLAND: Hofstra freshman placekicker Roger Williams drilled a Nearly four minutes earlier, Albany generated points on defense to erase a 9-7 38-yard-field goal with three seconds deficit. With the ball at the Hofstra 4-yard line, Christopher fumbled but remaining in the contest to give the recovered. Albany made the tackle in the Pride end zone for the game-tying Pride a 23-20 CAA Football victory safety. over Rhode Island at James M. Shuart Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Hofstra surged to a 6-0 lead thanks to nine-play, 59-yard drive that culminated Pride improved to 1-2 and 1-0 in the with Christopher's 13-yard touchdown strike to Weaver. The Pride missed the CAA while Rhode Island dropped to 1-3 and 0-2 in conference play. extra point, though Weaver's first career touchdown reception gave the home team the edge on its first possession. Williams, a walk-on from Mandeville, Louisiana, came off the bench in the second half in place of freshman starter Brian Hanly and kicked two field Christopher's bullet pass was his first touchdown pass as a Hofstra player. But goals, including the game-winner in the waning seconds of regulation, to lead Albany rebounded late in the first quarter by marching 84 yards in 10 plays, the Pride to victory. Pride quarterback Cory Christopher sliced through the pulling ahead thanks to the first of Esposito's two rushing touchdowns. The Rams defense with his arm and his legs, completing 25 of his 33 attempts for QB pushed past the goal line with a 1-yard keeper. Herb Glass added the extra 265 yards while rushing for an additional 97 yards. Freshman tailback Brock point, putting Albany up 7-6 entering the second quarter. Jackolski (Shirley, NY) added a career-high 144 yards on 13 carries in just his second collegiate contest. Hofstra defensive end Al Carmody combined with Bonus on Hofstra's only other sack. Gregory Melendez chipped in seven tackles. Strong safety Ray With the scored tied at 20 in the final minute and no timeouts, Christopher McDonough contributed three pass breakups. engineered an eight-play, 58-yard drive in just 44 seconds to facilitate Williams’ attempt. The Miami, FL. native completed two passes to Everette NOTES FROM THE ALBANY GAME: Hofstra outgained Albany Benjamin before connecting on a 12-yard pass to red-shirt freshman receiver 404-309 in total offense but went just 3-of-6 in the red-zone and was Aaron Weaver as the Pride advanced into Rams territory. Christopher 1-for-4 in the field goal department. The Pride did not have any punctuated the drive by finding Ottis Lewis for 24 yards to the URI 21. After turnovers despite four fumbles. Hofstra also had the ball for 36:41 of a spike to stop the clock, Williams came on and converted his second field the contest…The Pride, who fell to the for only goal of the game to give the Pride the lead. Williams would kick-off to the Rams and, after a total return of 57 yards by two URI players, would assist on the third time in 14 games, had their nine-game winning streak over the final tackle to end the game. the state university snapped on September 13. Rhode Island mounted a comeback of its own, marching 54 yards down the field on its second-to-last possession. Rams tailback Anthony Ferrer pushed 1 2 3 4 OT F through for a 21-yard gain and then pushed his way in from the 1-yard line Albany 7 0 9 0 6 22 one play later to tie the game at 20 with 44 seconds left. But Louis Feinstein Hofstra 6 3 0 7 0 160 hooked his extra point attempt, keeping the score tied at 20.

Scoring Summary Hofstra scored 14 points in the final quarter, starting with Christopher’s one- HU - Waever 13-yard pass from Christopher (Hanly kick blocked) yard quarterback sneak for a touchdown with 8:21 left. Head Coach Dave UA - Esposito 1-yard run (Glass kick) Cohen elected to go for the two-point conversion and Christopher delivered HU - Hanly 25-yard field goal by finding Weaver for a successful conversion and a 17-14 lead for the Pride. UA - Team safety UA - Esposito 1 yard ruin (Glass kick) Jackolski, who was playing in just his second NCAA game, nearly made it a HU - Jackolski 3-yard run (Hanly kick) two-score game five minutes later. The underclassman busted through a hole, UA - McCarthy 7-yard run completed a spin move and raced 64 yards downfield before getting hauled down just inches from the goal line. But the Pride couldn’t punch it in and had HOFSTRA ALBANY to settle for a 33-yard field goal from Williams to boost the Pride lead to 20- First Downs (R-P-Pe) 7-18-1 10-6-1 14 with 3:27 to play. Rushes-Yards (Net) 46-132 45-207 The Rams came out strong, breaking open the scoring just 1:50 into the Passing Yards (Net) 272 102 contest when Jimmy Hughes blasted through a hole for a 37-yard rushing Passes Comp-Att-Int 27-39-0 10-22-0 touchdown. Hughes would lead the Rams’ ground game with 49 yards on 11 carries. The Pride got on the scoreboard with 5:31 remaining in the first half following Brian Hanly’s (Wyckoff, NJ) 21-yard field goal. Benjamin, who GAME 4 - SEPTEMBER 26 AT added 44 yards on nine carries, gave the Pride its first lead just over a minute STONY BROOK: Hofstra's defense later, recording a six-yard touchdown run to give Hofstra a 9-7 halftime lead. generated four turnovers, leading It was Benjamin’s first touchdown of the season. directly to 26 points as the Pride defeated Stony Brook, 43-3, in a non- Senior defensive back Nick Altomare (Fairfax, VA) set up that short scoring conference game at LaValle Stadium. drive, forcing Hughes to fumble after a ferocious hit. Anthony Vernaglia (Anaheim Hills, CA) recovered the loose ball, giving possession to the Pride The Pride forced stops on the at the Rams 21-yard line. Vernaglia finished with a team-high six tackles, Seawolves first five drives, surging including five sol stops, and a sack. Altomare also added an interception-his ahead 31-3 at halftime. Hofstra improved to 2-2 on the season and 12-0 in the second of the season-off quarterback Derek Cassidy, one of three turnovers all-time series, starting strong in the first of four straight road contests. Stony the Pride generated. Cassidy, who completed 18 of his 32 passes for 248 Brook dropped to 1-4. yards, also had a pass picked off by Leslie Jackman. Hofstra junior quarterback Cory Christopher wasn't deterred by the soggy Christopher ran the ball 22 times but also forged a connection with his two top weather, finishing 15-for-24 for 161 yards and a touchdown, while adding 48 receivers. Sophomore Anthony Nelson (Wellington, FL) logged a game-high yards on the ground and two rushing touchdowns. The Pride's point total nine receptions for 92 yards while Weaver contributed eight catches for 76 exceeded its first three games combined, extending the team's winning streak yards. to two.

NOTES FROM THE RHODE ISLAND GAME: Hofstra Nick Altomare registered a team-high eight tackles, keying a defense that improved to 17-6 against the Rams all-time and 10-2 against URI on picked off quarterback Dayne Hoffman twice and recovered two fumbles in Long Island…The Pride went over the 400-yard mark in total offense addition to stopping four fourth-down attempts. for the second straight game. The Pride also picked off two passes against Rhode Island…Hofstra posted a season-high 476 yards, A fumbled punt and a turnover on downs gave Hofstra favorable field position including 265 passing, against the Rams…The Pride dodged the in the first quarter, as the Pride put up 10 points. The Pride defense sustained bullet with five fumbles but only lost one of those drops…Hofstra the momentum in the second quarter, building a three-score lead when cornerback Leslie Jackman's stripped Stony Brook running back Edwin held the ball for a season-best 37:22 against the Rams. Gowins of the ball and raced untouched 60 yards up the Stony Brook sideline for a touchdown, building a 17-0 lead with 14:08 to play in the half .

1 2 3 4 F Stony Brook nearly set the early tone, marching all the way to the Hofstra 24 Rhode Island 7 0 0 13 20 on its opening drive. Hoffman nearly put his team on the scoreboard, finding Hofstra 0 9 0 14 23 an open receiver in the end zone. But Dwayne Eley couldn't handle the throw

and the Pride defense forced a turnover on downs. Scoring Summary URI - Hughes 37-yard run (Feinstein kick) Christopher's engineered a 12-play, 66-yard drive and called his own number HU- Hanly 21-yard field goal on the quarterback keeper to put Hofstra ahead, 7-0, with 4:05 remaining in HU- Benjamin 6-yard run (Hanly kick failed) the first quarter. URI- Ferrer 2-yard pass from Cassidy (Feinstein kick) HU- Christopher 1-yard run (Weaver pass from Christopher) HU- Williams 33-yard field goal On the Seawolves next possession a bad snap on Stony Brook's punt attempt URI- Ferrer 1-yard run (Feinstein kick failed) set up Hofstra's second score on the next drive. The snap from center went HU- Williams 38-yard field goal over punter Luke Gaddis' head with the punter falling on the ball at the Seawolves 4-yard line for a 38-yard loss. Hofstra capitalized on the miscue, HOFSTRA URI pulling ahead by 10 thanks to Roger Williams' 21-yard-field goal in the first First Downs (R-P-Pe) 12-12-1 5-10-0 quarter's final minute. Rushes-Yards (Net) 45-211 26-93 Passing Yards (Net) 265 248 Hofstra kept pressuring the Seawolves following Jackson's big play. Anthony Passes Comp-Att-Int 25-36-0 18-32-2 Nelson, who finished with a game-high 69 receiving yards on four catches, Total Offense/Plays-Yards 81-476 58-341 took a swing pass 2 yards in the backfield and sprinted up-field to sustain the Punt Returns-Yards 4-6 1-6 drive on third-and-long. Christopher's fourth down sneak later in the drive led Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-73 6-144 to another seven points and marked the Miami, FL, native's third rushing TD Interception Returns-Yards 2-5 0-0 of the year. Punts (Number-Avg) 5-41.0 7-32.7 Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-1 After a Stony Brook three-and-out, Christopher went right back to work. Penalties-Yards 6-60 4-30 Aaron Weaver corralled a jump ball at the Stony Brook 4, beating the man-on- Possession Time 37:22 22:38 man coverage. Reigning CAA Rookie of the Week Brook Jackolski recorded Third Down Conversions 5-15 3-12 a touchdown for a second straight game, taking an end-around all the way on Fourth Down Conversions 0-2 1-1 the next play as Hofstra opened a 24-0 lead midway through the second Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 2-2 quarter. Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 5-30 Just 12 seconds later, Ray McDonough registered the second big play from a RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Jackolski (13-144-0), Christopher (22-49-1), defensive back. The junior read Hoffman's passing route, stepping in front of Benjamin (9-43-1); URI- Hughes (11-49-1), Ferrer (3-25-1), Cassidy (10-22- the intended receiver for his second interception of the season. Hofstra turned 0) the mistake into points when corner Mike McCoy slipped, allowing Nelson all PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (25-33-0, 265, 0TD); URI- Cassidy (18- the time he needed to catch Christopher's lob and increase the lead to 31-0. 32-2, 248, 1TD) RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Ant. Nelson (9-92-0), Weaver (8-76-0), Benjamin Two turnovers allowed Hofstra to pad the lead in the second half. Phil Riley (4-33-0); URI- Johnson-Farrell (7-67-0), Leonard (4-118-0), Bellini (4-50-0) recovered Eley's fumbled punt return near midfield late in the third quarter. TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Vernaglia (5-1-6), Gaida (4-2-6), Altomare The Pride opened up the playbook, getting Weaver got into the action as a (3-2-5); URI- Hansen (9-3-12), Ball (7-4-11), Young (8-1-9). rusher. The sophomore wideout took a reverse 18 yards to the Stony Brook 2- yard line. Christopher added the second of his rushing touchdowns on the next Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium play. Attendance: 6,107 Weather: 64 degrees and cloudy Red-shirt freshman Chris Edmond garnered his first collegiate interception, afternoon. With their fifth consecutive win the Dukes improve to 5-1 overall picking off Hoffman's pass in the flat at the Stony Brook 28. Benjamin capped and a South Division-leading 3-0 in the CAA. The Pride, who had their two- the following seven-play drive by bullying ahead for a 2-yard touchdown run game winning streak snapped, fall to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in conference action. to close the scoring. The Pride, who were held to just 195 yards on offense, including just 67 on NOTES FROM THE STONY BROOK GAME: Hofstra improved the ground, were led by quarterback Cory Christopher, who completed 21 of to 12-0 all-time against the Seawolves of Stony Brook with its 43-3 34 passes for 128 yards. Sophomore receiver Aaron Weaver tallied a career- victory…The Pride defense and Stony Brook turnovers were the high nine receptions for 47 yards. James Madison was led by quarterback Rodney Landers, who completed 7 of 13 passes for 92 yards and three story of the game as SBU recorded four turnovers (2 fumbles, 2 touchdowns, and rushed for a game-high 133 yards and one touchdown on 13 interceptions) that resulted in 26 Hofstra points… The Pride defense carries. The Dukes tallied 375 yards on offense. held Stony Brook to just 211 yards on offense-which was 93 below their season average- recorded interceptions by Pride newcomers, The Pride got the first break of the game as they kicked off to JMU. Dukes freshman Chris Edmond (4 tackles) and junior Ray McDonough (1 senior up-man Patrick Ward took the kick and fumbled on the Dukes 41-yard tackle) and a forced fumble/fumble recovery return for a 60-yard line with Pride freshman Chris Edmond falling on the fumble. But Hofstra touchdown by Rutgers-transfer, junior cornerback Leslie could not move the ball and Pride junior punter Shane Casciano had his punt Jackman..For the third consecutive meeting the Pride held Stony attempt blocked by junior Rockeed McCarter. Freshman Corwin Acker picked up the loose ball at the Hofstra 16 and ran it into the end zone. Dave Brook to under 75 yards rushing in their meeting. Hofstra held the Stennard's point-after attempt was good giving the Dukes a 7-0 lead just 1:48 Seawolves to 211 total yards last week including just 72 rushing. In into the contest. 2007 the Pride allowed just 273 yards to Stony Brook, including just 29 yards rushing on 32 attempts. In 2006 the Pride held Stony Brook JMU boosted its lead to 14-0 on its next possession as senior quarterback to just 27 yards rushing in a 17-8 victory. Rodney Landers engineered a 10-play, 80-yard drive capped by a 3-yard scoring run by senior tailback Eugeen Holloman. Landers rushed three times 1 2 3 4 F in the drive for 31 yards and hit McCarter for a big 27-yard gain on a third- Hofstra 10 21 0 12 43 and-11 play. Stannard's extra-point gave the Dukes a two touchdown lead Stony Brook 0 3 0 0 3 with 7:17 to play in the first quarter. That touchdown would be the start of four straight scoring possessions for the James Madison. Scoring Summary HU- Christopher 1-yard run (Williams kick) Landers, who had 122 rushing yards by halftime, engineered another long HU- Williams 21-yard field goal drive-this time 77-yards in 11 plays- and hit McCarter with a 7-yard scoring HU- Jackman 60-yard fumble recovery (Williams kick) pass to boost the lead to 21-0 after Stannard's extra-point just 36 seconds into HU- Jackolski 3-yard run (Williams kick) the second quarter. Landers picked up 39 yards rushing and another 15 HU- Ant. Nelson 30-yard pass from Christopher (Williams kick) passing. After Hofstra was forced to punt on its next series, Landers made SBU- Gaddis 28-yard field goal quick work hitting Griff Yancey for a 49-yard touchdown pass to cap a 5-play, HU- Christopher 2-yard run (Williams kick failed) 59-yard drive with 9:29 to play in the half. HU- Benjamin 2-yard run (Williams kick failed) The Dukes closed out the scoring in the first half as Landers topped off a 6- HOFSTRA SBU play, 78-yard drive with a 45-yard scoring run with 5:06 to play in the half for First Downs (R-P-Pe) 10-8-0 7-7-2 a 35-0 halftime advantage. Hofstra had just 85 yards at halftime and did not Rushes-Yards (Net) 39-155 29-72 have a possession longer than 20 yards. JMU racked up 284 yards, including Passing Yards (Net) 161 139 194 rushing, at the intermission. Passes Comp-Att-Int 15-24-0 12-27-2 Total Offense/Plays-Yards 63-316 56-211 James Madison added three touchdowns in the second half as: Landers hit Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1- (-1) McCarter for a 4-yard scoring pass with 3:30 to play in the third quarter; Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-45 7-124 Ronnell Brown picked off Christopher and returned the interception 44-yards Interception Returns-Yards 2-6 0-0 for a score to boost the lead to 49-0 eight seconds into the fourth quarter; and Punts (Number-Avg) 3-38.3 2-39.5 Drew Dudzik scored on a 25-yard run with 2:00 to play. Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 6-53 3-15 1 2 3 4 F Possession Time 32:03 27:57 Hofstra 0 0 0 0 0 Third Down Conversions 8-13 3-11 #1 James Madison 14 21 7 14 56 Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 1-5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 1-2 Scoring Summary Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 JMU - Acker 16-yard blocked punt return (Stannard kick) JMU - Holloman 3-yard run (Stannard kick) RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (12-48-2), Benjamin (11-45-1), JMU - McCarter 7-yard pass from Landers (Stannard kick) Jackolski (11-32-1); SBU- Cuttino (15-75-0), Gowins (9-63-0), Contardi (3-(- JMU - Yancey 49-yard pass from Landers (Stannard kick) 4)-0). JMU - Landers 45-yard run (Stannard kick) PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (15-24-0, 161-1TD); SBU-Hoffman (9- JMU - McCarter 4-yard pass from Landers (Stannard kick) 22-2, 119, 0), Sweeney (3-5-0, 20, 0) JMU - Brown 44-yard interception return (Stannard kick) RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Ant. Nelson (4-69-1), Lewis (4-37-0), Weaver (3- JMU - Dudzik 25-yard run (Stannard kick) 23-0); SBU- Eley (6-69-0), Saffold (2-23-0), Porter (1-37-0) TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Altomare (6-2-8), Bonus (1-4-5), Jackman HOFSTRA JMU (3-1-4, Melendez (3-1-4); SBU- Schwicke (4-4-8), Soivilien (4-2-6), Brevi (4- First Downs (R-P-Pe) 5-7-0 14-5-0 2-6). Rushes-Yards (Net) 31-67 43-279 Passing Yards (Net) 128 96 Stadium: LaValle Stadium Passes Comp-Att-Int 21-34-2 8-14-0 Attendance: 2,105 Total Offense/Plays-Yards 65-195 57-375 Weather: 70 degrees and misty Punt Returns-Yards 1-22 4-52 Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-176 1-8 GAME 5 - OCTOBER 4 AT #1 JAMES Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-62 MADISON: The #1-ranked Dukes of Punts (Number-Avg) 7-28 3-47 James Madison jumped out to a 35-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 halftime lead and never looked back on the Penalties-Yards 4-19 4-20 way to a 56-0 CAA victory over the Hofstra Possession Time 33:17 26:43 Pride at Bridgeforth Stadium Saturday Third Down Conversions 1-15 6-11 Fourth Down Conversions 2-4 2-2 2:56 to play in the half. Williams' extra-point gave the Pride a 28-14 lead. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-12 2-13 On the first play of Bucknell's next possession, Trigg was sacked and fumbled at the Bison 22 yard line with Pride end Joe Akabalu recovering the ball. RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Benjamin (7-36-0), Asante (8-35-0), Jackolski (5-9- Hofstra was able to move the ball to the 12-yard line before Williams came in 0); JMU- Landers (13-133-1), Holloman (10-56-1), Dudzik (7-32-1) and booted a 29-yard field goal with 39 seconds remaining in the half for a PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (21-34-1, 128, 0TD); JMU- Landers (7- 31-14 halftime lead. Hofstra racked up 345 yards of offense by halftime, 13-0, 92, 3TD); Dudzik (1-1-0, 4, 0) including 150 yards on five carries by Jacolski, and held Bucknell to 158. RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Weaver (9-47-0), Ant. Nelson (4-15-0), Lewis (2- 18-0); JMU- McCarter (4-46-2), Yancey (3-46-1), Caussin (1-4-0) The Bison came out in the third quarter and closed the deficit to two TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Bonus (5-6-11), Hudeen (2-6-8), touchdowns with 5:20 to play in the quarter after a 17-play, 58-yard drive McDonough (2-3-5); JMU- Haywood (7-3-10), Brandon (2-7-9), Moats (4-3- stalled on the Hofstra 21-yard line. Orth came in and booted a 38-yard field 7) goal to bring Bucknell closer at 31-17. After the Pride went three-and-out on their next possession, the Bison marched 88 yards in 10 plays with Lair Stadium: Bridgeforth Stadium scoring on a 5-yard run to close the deficit to 31-24 just five seconds into the Attendance: 16,109 fourth quarter. Weather: 81 degrees and Sunny But Hofstra put some breathing room between them and the Bison as GAME 6 - OCTOBER 11 AT BUCKNELL: Christopher engineered an eight-play, 68-yard drive and rushed the final two Tailback Brock Jackolski rushed for 170 yards yards for his second touchdown of the day. Williams' extra-point boosted the and three touchdowns and quarterback Cory Hofstra lead to 38-24 with 12 minutes remaining in the contest. Christopher rushed for two more scores to lead the Hofstra Pride to a 45-31 non-conference The Pride sealed the game on their next possession after Bucknell junior victory over the at Christy running back A.J. Kizekai was stripped of the ball by Pride safety Ray Matthewson Memorial Stadium Saturday McDonough on the second play of the Bison possession. Bonus recovered afternoon. The Pride evened their record at 3-3 on the season while the Bison for Hofstra at the Bucknell 36. Christopher made quick work, rushing for slipped to 3-2. eight yards, hitting receiver Derek Benson for a 23-yard gain and finding senior tight end Phil Riley for a 5-yard touchdown toss. It was Riley's first Jackolski, a true-freshman from Shirley, NY, accounted for 295 all-purpose touchdown grab of his career. Williams' PAT put the Pride ahead, 45-24, with yards including 170 on nine rushing attempts, 107 on three kickoff returns, 11:03 to play. and two receptions for 18 yards. It is his second 100-yard rushing game of the season. Christopher, a junior, completed 15 of 22 passes for 148 yards and one The Bison closed out the scoring in the final two minutes as Lair put together touchdown and rushed 12 times for 54 yards. Junior linebacker Luke Bonus a 14-play, 76-yard drive, rushing for 53 of the yards including a four-yard led the Pride defense for the second consecutive week with 10 tackles while scoring run to cap the possession. Orth's PAT closed out the scoring with 1:40 red-shirt freshman linebacker Basim Hudeen added eight stops. Hofstra posted to play. 467 yards of offense including 319 on the ground. It is the Pride's first 300- yard rushing game since posting 370 yards against Liberty in 2002. 1 2 3 4 F Hofstra 14 17 0 14 45 The Bison were led by junior quarterback Marcello Trigg, who completed 11 Bucknell 7 7 3 14 31 of 16 passes for 119 yards and one touchdown and rushing for a second score before leaving the game with an injury in the third quarter. Senior quarterback Scoring Summary Andrew Lair came into the game and led the Bison in rushing with 78 yards HU- Jacksolski 78-yard run (Williams kick) on 13 carries. Bucknell had 348 yards of offense including 229 rushing. BU- Smith 6-yard pass from Trigg (Orth kick) HU- Jackolski 31-yard run (Williams kick) Hofstra captured the first break of the game after the Bison drove 44 yards to HU- Christopher 7-yard run (Williams kick) the Pride 19-yard line before senior cornerback Nick Altomare stepped in BU- Trigg 11-yard run (Orth kick) front of a Trigg pass at the three-yard line to stop the threat. It was HU- Jackolski 29-yard run (Williams kick) Altomare's third interception of the year. That led to Hofstra's first score of the HU- Williams 29-yard field goal day as Jackolski, on the fourth play of the possession, ran up the middle for a BU- Orth 38-yard field goal 78-yard touchdown. It was Jackolski's third rushing touchdown of the season BU- Lair 5-yard run (Orth kick) and the first of three in the first half. Roger Williams' extra-point gave the HU- Christopher 2-yard run (Williams kick) Pride a 7-0 lead just 5:31 into the quarter. HU- Riley 5-yard pass from Christopher ((Williams kick) BU- Lair 4-yard run (Orth kick) But the Bison came right back and marched 80 yards on six plays in 2:41 with Trigg hitting Ryan Smith for a 6-yard touchdown. Drew Orth's extra-point HOFSTRA BU tied the game at 7-7 with 6:48 to play in the quarter. Hofstra would respond First Downs (R-P-Pe) 14-9-1 13-6-5 with 14 unanswered points. Jackolski would start the possession with a 49- Rushes-Yards (Net) 39-319 52-229 yard kickoff return to midfield. On the fourth play of the possession Jackolski Passing Yards (Net) 148 119 went around left end and down the sideline for a 31-yard touchdown run. Passes Comp-Att-Int 15-22-1 11-22-1 Williams gave the Pride a 14-7 lead with the extra-point with 5:24 remaining Total Offense/Plays-Yards 61-467 74-348 in the first quarter. Punt Returns-Yards 2-17 1-11 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-129 7-175 After the Pride held the Bison on their next possession Hofstra mounted the Interception Returns-Yards 1-3 1-2 longest drive of the half, going 81 yards in 10 plays, with Christopher calling Punts (Number-Avg) 2-45.0 3-35.3 his own number and scampering seven yard around right end for his fourth Fumbles-Lost 1-1 6-2 touchdown run of the year just 35 seconds into the second quarter. Williams' Penalties-Yards 11-94 5-35 extra-point boosted the lead to 21-7. Possession Time 25:14 34:46 Third Down Conversions 2-7 7-13 Bucknell closed the deficit to 21-14 on the next possession as Trigg Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 1-1 engineered a six-play, 64-yard drive and rushed the final 11 yards for the Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 5-6 touchdown with 10:44 to play in the half. Trigg was two-for-three for 28 yards Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-43 2-15 and rushed twice for 14 yards in the drive. Orth's PAT pinched the Bison deficit to a touchdown. RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Jackolski (9-170-3), Buries (8-62-0), Christopher (12-54-2); BU- Lair (13-78-2), Lee (4-65-0), Mullen (8-51-0) But the Pride would score twice more before the halftime gun. Following a PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (15-22-1, 148, 1TD); BU- Trigg (11-16- Bucknell punt, the Pride moved the ball 69 yards in six plays with Jackolski 1, 119, 1TD) Lair (0-5-0, 0 0TD) rushing 29 yards into the end zone for his third touchdown of the game with RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Lewis (4-48-0), Ant. Nelson (3-19-0), Jackolski for Hofstra, the Pride took over on the Maine 46. Christopher used his arm to (2-18); BU- Kizekai (4-38-0), Pasternak (3-46-0), Odenbach (2-10-0) direct a 54-yard, eight-play drive with Jackolski rushing four-yards into the TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Bonus (8-2-10), Hudeen (6-2-8), Akabalu end zone for his sixth touchdown of the season. Williams' extra-point gave (4-2-6); BU- Nana-Sinkam (8-7-15), Williams (4-3-7), Gerlach (2-3-5) the Pride a 14-13 lead with 1:49 to play in the opening stanza. Christopher was two-for-four for 35 yards in the drive including a 23-yard completion to Stadium: Mathewson Stadium Lewis. Attendance: 2,444 Weather: 70 degrees and Sunny Hofstra forced the Black Bears to turn the ball over on downs on their next possession, after a fake punt was sniffed out by Christian Dennis giving the GAME 7 - OCTOBER 18 AT MAINE: Brian Pride the ball on the Maine 4-yard line. Maine held the Pride offense, as the Harvey's extra-point following a 25-yard game moved into the second quarter, and Hofstra had to settle for a 20-yard touchdown grab by Jared Turcotte in the second field goal by Williams just 42 seconds into the second period for a 17-13 lead. overtime gave the Black Bears of Maine a 41-40 victory over the Hofstra Pride in a CAA game at While Hofstra was able to hold Maine the rest of the half both Christopher (7- Alfond Stadium. The Pride tied the game in the 11-1, 59, 1TD) and back-up running back Justine Buries (5-22-0) both went fourth quarter and in the first overtime down with serious injuries during the ensuing possessions. Jackolski, who also . would be hurt before halftime, took three snaps at quarterback before The loss spoiled the Hofstra debut of freshman quarterback Steve Probst, who freshman Steve Probst came off the bench to replace Christopher. entered the game in the second quarter following an injury to starting junior Cory Christopher. Probst completed 14 of 20 passes for 135 yards and three The Pride boosted their lead to 20-13 just 3:17 into the second half on a 42- touchdowns, including two in the overtime periods. He also rushed 16 times yard field goal by Williams. But Maine came back and posted two, quick- for 63 yards. Senior receiver Ottis Lewis posted a career-best nine receptions strike touchdowns in the final four minutes of the period to take a 27-20 lead for 77 yards and hauled in game-tying scores in the fourth quarter and in after three quarters. Brusko's 14-yard scoring run capped a four-play, 61-yard overtime. Sophomore Aaron Weaver tallied seven catches for 77 yards and drive and Harvey tied it at 20-all with the extra-point with 3:19 to play. Then one touchdown while sophomore running back Everette Benjamin had 47 freshman Jared Turcotte broke away for a 71-yard scoring run with 34 yards on 11 carries and caught two passes for 14 yards and a touchdown. The seconds remaining in the third. Harvey's extra-point gave the Black Bears a Pride defense was led by freshmen Chris Edmond and Greg Melendez with 27-20 lead. career-highs of 13 and 10 tackles, respectively. Hofstra tied the game early in the fourth quarter as Probst engineered a 10- Maine was led by quarterback Michal Brusko, who completed eight-of-11 play, 74-yard drive and hit Lewis on a 23-yard scoring pass with 11:09 to play passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns and rushed 19 times for 113 yards. in regulation. Lewis, running down the Maine sideline, came back and stepped Red-shirt freshman Jared Turcotte rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on in front of two defenders to grab the scoring pass. It was Lewis' first 13 carries and tallied five catches for 69 yards and a score while classmate touchdown grab of the season and Probst's first TD pass of his career. Derek Session posted 67 yards on 17 carries and two touchdowns and hauled in two passes for 46 yards and a touchdown. Senior linebacker Andrew Maine mounted a long drive inside 3:00 remaining in regulation, getting Downey posted a game-high 19 tackles while senior end Jovan Belcher added inside field goal range at the Pride 24 yard line. But on the next play Brusko 16 stops. fumbled at the 6 yard line with Hofstra safety Ray McDonough recovering at the 2 with 42 seconds remaining. Hofstra was able to run out the clock and Regulation ended in dramatic fashion as the Pride recovered a Maine fumble send the game to overtime. on the Hofstra 2-yard line with 42 seconds to play and then killed the clock with the game tied at 27-27. In the first overtime, Maine got the ball first and 1 2 3 4 OT OT F Session, after having a touchdown run called back earlier in the drive by a Hofstra 14 3 3 7 7 6 40 penalty, scored on a four-yard run. Harvey's extra-point was good. But Probst Maine 13 0 14 0 7 7 41 kept Hofstra alive in their OT possession with a key 14-yard run to the 12- yard line on a third down play. After the Pride picked up another three-yards Scoring Summary on a reverse to Aaron Weaver, Probst hit Ottis Lewis in the corner of the end UM- Session 38-yard pass from Brusko (Harvey kick) zone for the touchdown. Roger Williams tied the game at 34-all with the UM- Session 2-yard run (Harvey kick failed) extra-point. HU- Weaver 8-yard pass from Christopher (Williams kick) HU- Jackolski 4-yard run (Williams kick) In the second overtime Hofstra got the ball first and Probst directed a five- HU- Williams 20-yard field goal play drive and hit Everette Benjamin for a two-yard touchdown toss. But HU- Williams 42-yard field goal Williams' extra-point was missed wide left. Maine took advantage of the miss UM- Brusko 14-yard run (Harvey kick) and on the first play Brusko found freshman Jared Turcotte on a crossing UM- Turcotte 71-yard run (Harvey kick) pattern for a 25-yard touchdown. Harvey's point-after gave the Black Bears HU- Lewis 23-yard pass from Probst (Williams kick) the victory. UM- Session 4-yard run (Harvey kick) HU- Lewis 9-yard pass from Probst (Williams kick) The Black Bears of Maine jumped out to a 13-0 lead after just 2:19 with a HU-Benjamin 2-yard pass from Probst (Williams kick failed) little help from the Pride. On Maine's first drive Brusko directed a 68-yard UM- Turcotte 25-yard pass from Brusko (Harvey kick) drive in four plays and capped the series with a 38-yard scoring pass to freshman Derek Session. Brian Harvey's point-after gave the Black Bears a 7- HOFSTRA MAINE 0 lead just 1:58 into contest. First Downs (R-P-Pe) 10-12-0 15-6-0 Rushes-Yards (Net) 52-217 53-286 After Hofstra sophomore Anthony Nelson returned the ensuing kickoff 29 Passing Yards (Net) 194 155 yards to the Pride 48-yard line, Christopher was picked off on the first play Passes Comp-Att-Int 21-31-1 8-14-0 from scrimmage by linebacker Sean Wasson, who returned the ball 49 yards Total Offense/Plays-Yards 83-411 67-441 to the Hofstra 2-yard line. Session then carried the ball the final two yards into Punt Returns-Yards 2-1 0-0 the end zone. Harvey's point-after attempt was missed and Maine had a 13-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-120 6-138 lead with 12:41 to play in the first quarter. Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-49 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-30.0 4-41.2 But the Pride battled back and scored on their next three possessions to take a Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-2 17-13 lead. After the second Maine touchdown Christopher led the Pride on a Penalties-Yards 4-44 6-50 12-play, 60-yard drive and hit Aaron Weaver for an eight-yard touchdown Possession Time 31:22 28:38 pass. Christopher rushed six times for 27 yards and was four-for-four passing Third Down Conversions 8-18 6-12 for 23 yards in the drive. Roger Williams' extra-point cut the Pride deficit to Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 0-2 13-7 with 7:36 to play in the first quarter. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-18 1-2 After Session fumbled on a Greg Melendez hit with Chris Edmond recovering RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (9-65-0), Probst (16-63-0), Benjamin Luke Bonus registered a game-high 14 tackles and fellow linebacker Said (11-47-0); UM-Turcotte (13-120-1), Brusko (19-113-1), Session (17-67-2) Gaida contributed 11 tackles. Edmond and Kevin Smith also were credited PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (7-11-1, 59, 1TD), Probst (14-20-0, 135, with sacks. 3TD); UM- Brusko (8-14-0, 155, 2TD) RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Lewis (10-101-2), Weaver (7-64-1), Benjamin (2- 1 2 3 4 F 14-1); UM-Turcotte (5-69-1), Session (2-46-1), Jones (1-40-0) Delaware 7 3 0 7 17 TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Edmond (5-8-13), Melendez (3-7-10), Hofstra 0 0 0 0 0 Bonus (2-6-8); UM- Downey (4-15-19), Belcher (5-11-16), Masterson (5-6-

11) Scoring Summary

UD- Jabbie 4-yard run (Striefsky kick) Stadium: Alfond Stadium UD- Striefsky 27-yard field goal Attendance: 3,690 UD- Agnone 1-yard run (Striefsky kick) Weather: 50 degrees and clear

HOFSTRA UD GAME 8 - OCTOBER 25 VS. DELAWARE: First Downs (R-P-Pe) 7-5-2 10-4-0 Junior Jabbie rushed for a game-high 155 yards Rushes-Yards (Net) 38-108 47-180 and a touchdown, leading Delaware to a 17-0 Passing Yards (Net) 71 77 CAA victory over the Hofstra Pride at rainy and Passes Comp-Att-Int 11-28-2 8-11-0 windswept James M. Shuart Stadium. Total Offense/Plays-Yards 66-179 58-257 Punt Returns-Yards 1-12 2-4 Hofstra tailback Everette Benjamin led the Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-98 0-0 Pride, running for 71 yards on 13 carries while freshman quarterback Steve Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-0 Probst made his first start for the Pride, completing 11 of 28 passes for 71 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-31.2 5-37.4 yards in 20 mph winds. The Pride, who were without offensive coordinator Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1 Dave Patenaude due to a family emergency, posted their second-lowest Penalties-Yards 3-20 10-78 offensive total of the year with 179 yards, just nine yards more than in the Possession Time 30:47 29:13 season opener at Connecticut. Hofstra dropped its third straight conference Third Down Conversions 3-15 2-10 game, falling to 3-5 on the season and 1-3 in the CAA. Fourth Down Conversions 2-6 0-1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-2 3-3 Delaware utilized a unique quarterback tandem to improve to record its first Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 5-30 conference win this season. Tight end Robbie Agone and wide receiver Aaron Love split the passing duties, combining for 8-of-11 passing and 77 yards as RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Benjamin (13-71-0), Jackolski (8-22-0), Weaver (3- the Blue Hens improved to 3-5 overall and 1-3 in the CAA. Delaware tallied 16-0); DELAWARE- Jabbie (31-155-1), Love (8-25-0), Thaxton (4-16-0) 257 yards on offense in the contest. PASSING: HOFSTRA- Probst (11-28-2, 71, 0TD); DELAWARE- Agnone (4-7-0, 39, 0TD), Love (4-4-0, 38, 0TD) Agone, who finished with 39 passing yards, also added a 1-yard quarterback RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Weaver (5-41-0), Ant. Nelson (3-16-0), Benson keeper for Delaware's final touchdown with 8:01 left. Jabbie rushed 31 times, (1-7-0); DELAWARE- Duncan (3-27-0), Jabbie (2-10-0), Love (1-25-0) including a first-quarter touchdown run that proved to be the game-winning TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Bonus (7-7-14), Gaida (2-9-11), Melendez score. (1-8-9); DELAWARE- Scanlon (5-4-9), Harrison (4-3-7), James (2-5-7)

Freshman Chris Edmond made a big special teams play for the Pride after Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium recovering a fumble earlier in the game. The local product, who also recorded Attendance: 3,518 a sack, pressured a Delaware punt, leading to a turnover at the Blue Hens 10- Weather: 64 degrees, windy and rain yard line with 44 seconds left. Hofstra could not take advantage, going four- and-out. Delaware surged to a 10-0 halftime lead, working almost exclusively GAME 9 - NOVEMBER 1, 2008 - AT #9 from the shotgun on offense. Jabbie capitalized on a slew of draw plays, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Hofstra sophomore rushing for 96 yards on 17 carries in the first half. receiver Aaron Weaver broke the school kickoff return record with 254 yards but The Blue Hens took advantage of great field position after the wind held up a seven Pride turnovers helped propel the Hofstra punt late in the first quarter, giving Delaware possession at the ninth-ranked Wildcats of New Hampshire to Hofstra 12-yard line. Two plays later, Jabbie plowed through the line for a 4- a 45-25 CAA victory over Hofstra at Cowell yard touchdown run, putting the visitors up 7-0 with 6:19 remaining in the Stadium. The Wildcats posted their third quarter. consecutive win to improve to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in conference play while the Pride dropped their third straight contest to fall to 3-6 overall and 1-4 in Hofstra's defense clamped down on another promising Delaware drive late in the CAA. the second quarter, setting up a fourth-and-one at the Pride 12-yard line. The Blue Hens kept the offense on the field before a false start penalty forced Weaver broke the school mark of 253 kickoff return yards (6 returns) set by Delaware to settle for three points. Jon Striefsky's 27-yard field goal extended Mark Cox at New Hampshire in 1991. Weaver, who returned eight kickoffs, the lead to 10-0 with 5:12 left in the half, capping a 12-play drive. accounted for 305 all-purpose yards and also scored on a one-yard run in the fourth quarter. Pride freshman quarterback Steve Probst completed 24 of 43 Probst attempted to ignite a second half-comeback, leading the Pride passes for 190 yards and one touchdown but tossed five interceptions that downfield midway through the third quarter before Delaware forced a fourth- resulted in 21 New Hampshire points. Sophomore running back Everette and-three at the 15-yard line. Hofstra elected to go for it, but Brandon Benjamin led the Hofstra ground game with 73 yards on 16 carries and scored Gilbeaux stopped Probst on a quarterback keeper just short of the first-down on a one yard run. He also hauled in a 10-yard TD pass. Hofstra had 339 yards marker with 6:26 left in the period. Hofstra held the ball for 13:43 in the third on offense. Senior end Kevin Smith led the Pride defensive charge that held quarter but couldn't put any points on the board. the Wildcats to 278 yards, 154 yards below their season average. Junior Luke Bonus and freshman Chris Edmond recorded six tackles each. Delaware rounded out the scoring early in the fourth after a high snap on a Hofstra punt attempt gave the Blue Hens possession just inches from the Pride UNH was led by junior tight end Scott Sicko (2-20-2) and senior running back goal line. Two plays later, Agnone bullied his way into the end zone for a Robert Simpson with two touchdowns each. Simpson rushed for a game-high three-score lead with 8:01 remaining. and career-best 131 yards on 16 carries. Sophomore quarterback R.J. Toman completed 14 of 24 passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns. The Pride's defense did its best to minimize the damage in the soggy conditions, forcing five punts while also generating a first-half turnover. In a sloppy first half that featured five turnovers the Pride got on the board Down just 7-0 with 12 minutes left in the second quarter, defensive back Ray first. After UNH took over on their own 24 yard line, Hofstra linebacker Luke McDonough's big hit on Phillip Thaxton forced a fumble. Edmond recovered Bonus forced Wildcat senior Robert Simpson to fumble on the UNH 29 and at the Hofstra 26, ending a Blue Hens drive. recovered the loose ball. Four plays later Roger Williams booted a 45-yard field goal to give the Pride a 3-0 lead just 2:14 into the contest. Rushes-Yards (Net) 49-149 24-138 Passing Yards (Net) 190 140 Later in the period after each team exchanged interceptions, including one by Passes Comp-Att-Int 24-43-5 14-24-1 Hofstra junior cornerback Leslie Jackman that he returned from end zone to Total Offense/Plays-Yards 92-339 48-278 end zone only to have it brought back on a holding penalty during the return, Punt Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0 the Pride took over on their own 43. On the third play from scrimmage Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-254 3-87 Hofstra quarterback Steve Probst was picked off by UNH senior safety John Interception Returns-Yards 1-53 5-207 Clements, who returned the theft 47 yards for the touchdown. Tom Bishop's Punts (Number-Avg) 1-36.0 2-36.0 extra-point was good boosting the Wildcats' lead to 7-3 with 4:46 to play in Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1 the first quarter. The Pride held the ball for 10:18 of the first period but trailed Penalties-Yards 9-80 5-42 by four points at the end of the period. Possession Time 42:07 17:53 Third Down Conversions 10-18 3-10 The Wildcats expanded the lead to 14-3 after a Pride drive stalled with a fake Fourth Down Conversions 3-4 0-2 field goal attempt on the UNH 8-yard line. UNH drove 84 yards in three Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-6 4-5 plays, including g 51-yard pass from Toman to Mike Boyle to the Pride 11- Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 yard line, before Toman hit Sicko for an 11-yard touchdown. Bishop's point- after made it 14-3 with 11:49 to play in the second quarter. RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Benjamin (16-73-1), Probst (13-52-0), Weaver (6- 17-1); UNH- Simpson (16-131-2), Jellison (3-8-0), Toman (4-2-0) But the Pride came right back and marched 75 yards on 13-plays behind PASSING: HOFSTRA- Probst (24-43-5, 190, 1); UNH-Toman (14-24-1, 140, Probst with Everette Benjamin hauling in a 10-yard touchdown pass to cut the 2) deficit to 14-9. Williams missed the extra-point. The Wildcats boosted the RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Dennis (8-75-0), Weaver (7-32-0), Brownlee (3- lead late in the period following Hofstra's third turnover of the half, a fumble 31-0); UNH- Fox (7-41-0), Boyle (4-70-0), Sicko (2-20-2) by running back Kwabena Asante that was recovered by UNH end Brian TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Smith (1-6-7), Bonus (3-3-6), Edmond (3- McNally at the Pride-11-yard line. Two plays later Toman hooked up with 3-6); UNH- Vasso (7-5-12), Clements (3-7-10), Long (2-6-8) Sicko for an 11-yard touchdown pass. Bishop's extra-point made it 21-9 with 3:07 to play in the half. Stadium: Cowell Stadium Attendance: 5,297 The Pride had a chance to cut the lead in the third quarter after a 13-play drive Weather: 50 degrees and sunny stalled at the UNH-12-yard line. But Williams missed a 29-yard field goal wide left. Following that, the Wildcats went 70 yards on 15 plays, behind Simpson's 35 rushing yards in the drive, before settling for a 27-yard field GAME 10 – NOVEMBER 8 VS. #7 goal from Bishop to boost the lead to 24-9 with 29 seconds to play in the RICHMOND: Seventh-ranked Richmond raced third. out to a 27-0 halftime lead and went on to a 34- 14 victory over the Pride in a CAA matchup at The fourth quarter was a flurry of scoring with 37 points in the period. James M. Shuart Stadium. The Spiders Simpson scored on a 3-yard run with 11:22 to play in the contest following an outgained Hofstra, 460-288, to improve to 7-3 88-yard interception return by junior Ryan Hinds. Bishop's point-after gave (4-2 CAA). Hofstra dropped its fourth straight the Wildcats a 31-9 lead. Hofstra had driven to the UNH 16 yard line after contest to drop to 3-7 overall and 1-5 in conference action. Weaver started the drive with a 48 yard kickoff return to the Wildcats 41-yard line. The Pride was led by sophomore receiver Aaron Weaver (Freeport, NY), who registered the first 100-yard receiving game of his career, finishing with a But the Pride came back again behind Weaver, who returned the kickoff 65 game-high nine receptions and 132 yards. He also added a touchdown run on yards to the UNH 21, and then scored on a one-yard run five plays later to a fourth-quarter end around. Freshman quarterback Steve Probst posted the close the gap to 31-15. The two-point conversion pass from Probst to best statistical game of his brief career, setting a personal-best with 211 yards Benjamin was good as the Pride moved to within two touchdowns at 31-17. while completing 21-of-33 attempts with one touchdown. New Hampshire responded with a two play, 64-yard drive with Simpson scoring on a 58-yard scoring run. Bishop's point-after boosted the UNH lead Despite the rainy conditions, Richmond senior tailback Josh Vaughan rushed to 38-17. The Wildcats picked off their fifth pass on the day during the Pride's for 240 yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Eric Ward threw for 158 next possession as sophomore Dino Vasso stepped in front of a Probst pass yards while completing 11-of-20 passes. But Vaughan carried the offense, and returned it 66 yards down the sideline for the touchdown with 4:51 to play consistently finding holes. The senior tailback recorded a 9.2 yards per carry in the contest. Bishop's extra-point gave the Wildcats a 45-17 advantage. average. Richmond, the reigning CAA champions, built a 17-0 lead after the first quarter, outgaining Hofstra in total yards, 194-12, in front of a crowd of Hofstra closed out the scoring with 42 seconds remaining after an 11-play, 48- 1,766. yard drive with Benjamin scoring on a one-yard run. Probst then hit Weaver for the two-point conversion to close the deficit to 45-25. Richmond scored on five of its six first-half possessions, starting the scoring off quickly. On the first play from scrimmage, Ward connected on a downfield strike thanks to Kevin Grayson's sliding catch, which completed a 35-yard play. On the next play, Vaughan pushed his way past the line of 1 2 3 4 F scrimmage, sprinting down the Hofstra sideline for a 32-yard pickup. Ward's Hofstra 3 6 0 16 25 1-yard quarterback keeper on the next play gave the Spiders a 7-0 lead just 52 #9 UNH 7 14 3 21 45 seconds into the game.

Scoring Summary Ward added his second rushing touchdown of the game midway through the HU- Williams 45-yard field goal first quarter, capping a nine-play, 81-yard drive with a quarterback keeper off UNH- Clements 47-yard interception return (Bishop kick) a fake pitch for another 1-yard scoring rush, extending Richmond's lead to 14- UNH- Sicko 11-yard pass from Toman (Bishop kick) 0 at the 7:21 mark. HU- Benjamin 10-yard pass from Probst (Williams kick failed) UNH- Sicko 9-yard pass from Toman (Bishop kick) Richmond sustained the pressure as Hofstra's offense struggled on its first two UNH-Bishop 27-yard field goal possessions. Vaughan sustained another scoring drive, finding another seam UNH- Simpson 3-yard run (Bishop kick) on fourth-and-one for a 15-yard gain on a rush beyond the right hash marks. HU- Weaver 1-yard run (Benjamin pass from Probst) Vaughan also drew a personal foul facemask penalty, giving Richmond 30 UNH- Simpson 58-yard run (Bishop kick) yards on the play. UNH- Vasso 66-yard interception return (Bishop kick) HU- Benjamin 1-yard run (Weaver pass from Probst) Andrew Howard's 22-yard-field goal with 20 seconds remaining capped Richmond's third straight successful drive as the Spiders built a 17-0 edge HOFSTRA UNH heading into the second quarter. First Downs (R-P-Pe) 10-11-3 6-4-2 Howard increased the lead by 3 with 8:33 left in the half, as Richmond benefitted from a fortuitous bounce. Howard's 53-yard kick hit the crossbar GAME 11 – NOVEMBER 15 VS. and skipped over for a 20-0 lead. The field goal was just one yard shy of the NORTHEASTERN: Hofstra sophomore stadium record and the second-longest in Richmond history. Everette Benjamin racked up a career-high 122 yards and a touchdown, keying an offensive The Pride defense, which was led by Nick Altomare's eight unassisted tackles, onslaught as the Pride posted a 42-14 victory still couldn't find an answer for Vaughan. The 6-0, 232-pound rusher added over Northeastern in a CAA matchup at James his first touchdown run, scoring on an off-tackle rush to the left side for a 27-0 M. Shuart Stadium. lead with 3:09 left in the first half. The Pride outgained the Huskies, 523-171, to snap a four-game losing streak Hofstra's offense awoke in the second half, led by Probst's methodical passing in the last home game of the season. It was Hofstra's first 500-yard contest strike. The North Massapequa, NY native put the Pride on the scoreboard since the 2005 season. Freshman Brock Jackolski added 91 yards on just nine when he rolled out and found red-shirt freshman receiver Christian Dennis carries, scoring two touchdowns as Hofstra improved to 4-7 and 2-5 against alone at the five-yard line. The rookie cruised into the end zone for his first the conference. Northeastern lost for the sixth consecutive game, falling to 2-9 career touchdown, cutting the deficit to 27-7 with 10:24 left in the third (1-6 CAA). quarter. The Pride accumulated 342 rushing yards, marking the second team this Hofstra's defense followed up the offensive breakthrough with a goal-line season and complied more than 500 yards of total offense for the first time. stand. Pride tackles Elliott Antoine and Al Carmody stuffed John Crone at the Benjamin, who posted his previous career-high of 93 rushing yards on 20 1-yard line on fourth-and-goal, stalling a promising Richmond drive to give carries last year against Northeastern, torched the Huskies again. the Pride possession midway through the third quarter. Benjamin averaged 5.1 yards per carry on 24 attempts, adding three catches Richmond responded with another 75-yard drive capped by Vaughan's second for 30 yards out of the backfield. Receiver Aaron Weaver's two first-half touchdown run from 1-yard out just 46 seconds in the fourth quarter. Weaver's touchdowns helped Hofstra surge to an early lead. Freshman quarterback 1-yard TD run on a reverse was the Pride's last salvo, capping a 15-play, 80- Steve Probst complemented the ground game, completing 16 of 22 passes for yard drive that made it 34-14 with 4:16 left. two touchdowns. Probst completed at least one pass to seven different receivers and also added 67 rushing yards. Weaver, who broke the school mark of 253 kickoff return yards (6 returns) in New Hampshire, returned three kicks for 63 yards against the Spiders. On senior day, Mike Denimarck recorded his first two catches of the season for 47 yards including a 27-yard reception. Senior Ray Bennett (Uniondale, 1 2 3 4 F NY) also got into the action, rushing for 10 yards and his first NCAA #7 Richmond 17 10 0 7 34 touchdown in front of his hometown fans. Hofstra 0 0 7 7 14 Hofstra's defense held Huskies quarterback Anthony Orio to just 66 yards and Scoring Summary forced two interceptions on 11-of-22 passes. The Pride scored three UR- Ward 1-yard run (Howard kick) touchdowns off three Northeastern turnovers thanks to a defensive unit led by UR- Ward 1-yard run (Howard kick) Luke Bonus' 10 tackles and one forced fumble. UR- Howard 22-yard field goal UR- Howard 53-yard field goal Jackolski scored both of his touchdowns in the second half to pad the lead, UR- Vaughan 3-yard run (Howard kick) notching 21-yard and 19-yard touchdown runs. Bennett's 2-yard touchdown HU- Dennis 11-yard pass from Probst (Williams kick) run extended Hofstra's lead to 42-7 just 2:48 into the fourth quarter. UR- Vaughan 1-yard run (Howard kick) Northeastern's John Sperrazza added a 2-yard touchdown run with 5:01 HU- Weaver 1-yard run (Williams kick) remaining in the game, capping the scoring.

HOFSTRA UR First Downs (R-P-Pe) 4-12-1 12-7-2 At halftime, Hofstra honored former San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Rushes-Yards (Net) 28-66 46-302 and Hofstra alumnus Dave Fiore, retiring his No. 74 during a ceremony. Passing Yards (Net) 222 158 Before the festivities, the Pride ensured the announced crowd of 1,520 in Passes Comp-Att-Int 21-34-1 11-20-0 attendance was in a good mood. Total Offense/Plays-Yards 62-288 66-460 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-8 Probst methodically drove the Pride down the field in the first half, Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-118 2-48 completing 14 of his 19 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns in building Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 a 15-point halftime lead. Punts (Number-Avg) 6-32.2 2-42.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 But things looked shaky for Hofstra initially. Darryl Jones recovered Probst's Penalties-Yards 5-39 3-25 fumble, stalling the Pride's first drive at the Huskies 24-yard line. Yet Ray Possession Time 29:02 30:58 McDonough returned the favor the following possession, grabbing his third Third Down Conversions 6-15 7-14 interception of the season off a pass intended for Tony Lott. Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 1-2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 5-6 Hofstra took advantage of the miscue when Probst connected with Weaver for Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-1 3-11 the first of his two touchdown receptions in the first half. Weaver caught Probst's bullet pass for the 2-yard scoring strike, putting the Pride up 7-0 with RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Probst (13-40-0), Benjamin (5-21-0), Jackolski (6-5- 7:54 remaining in the first quarter. 0); UR- Vaughan (26-240-2), Wilkins (10-40-0), Crone (2-22-0) PASSING: HOFSTRA- Probst (21-33-1, 222, 1); UR- Ward (11-20-0, 158, 0) The Pride's defense stymied the Huskies in the opening half, forcing three RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Weaver (9-132-0), Jackolski (5-19-0), Brownlee punts and an interception on Northeastern's first four drives. Hofstra parlayed (3-21-0); UR-Gray (6-80-0), Grayson (3-42-0), Crone (1-27-0) the stops into good field position, marching for another score near the end of TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Altomare (8-1-9), Gaida (4-5-9), Bonus (4- the first quarter before four penalties backed the offense up. 5-9), McDonough (3-6-9); UR- McBride (5-3-8), McConaghy (5-3-8), Weldon (3-4-7) Place-kicker Roger Williams ensured the home team walked away with points, drilling a record-tying 54-yard field goal to extend Hofstra's lead to 10- Stadium: Shuart Stadium 0 with 40 seconds left in the first. Williams' kick tied a school record set twice Attendance: 1,766 by Dave Ettinger, who hit a 54-yarder against SW Texas State in 1996 and Weather: 57 degrees and rainy another kick of the same against Lafayette in 1995.

Northeastern's only score in the opening 30 minutes came off a turnover. David Akinniyi forced Probst to fumble with Michael Laperriere recovering. Four plays later, Alex Broomfield capitalized with a three-yard touchdown run 4:09 into the second quarter, cutting Hofstra's lead to 10-7.

The "Wildcat" offensive formation helped Hofstra recapture the momentum. Jackolski picked up 10 yards on third-and-two off a reverse pitch. Benjamin's 25-yard touchdown one play later extended the Pride's lead to 16-7 with just 2:11 left in the first-half.

Driving rain bombarded the field moments after the kick. The weather conditions failed to hinder the Pride defense. Deron Mayo tipped an Orio pass at the line and intercepted it, giving the Pride the ball back just 35 seconds later.

Weaver hooked up with Probst for the second time. Facing one-on-one coverage, Weaver gained position over Steven Sesay, hauling in a fade pass in the left corner of the end zone with seven seconds left on the clock. The Pride couldn't convert the two-point conversion but still went into halftime with a 22-7 edge.

1 2 3 4 F Northeastern 0 7 0 7 14 Hofstra 10 12 13 7 42

Scoring Summary HU- Weaver 2-yard pass from Probst (Williams kick) HU- Williams 54-yard field goal NU- Broomfield 3-yard run (Johnson kick) HU- Benjamin 25-yard run (Williams kick failed) HU- Weaver 4-yard pass from Probst (Probst pass failed) HU- Jackolski 19-yard run (Casciano pass failed) HU- Jackolski 21-yard run (Williams kick) HU- Bennett 2-yard run (William kick) NU- Sperrazza 2-yard run (Johnson kick)

HOFSTRA NE First Downs (R-P-Pe) 19-9-0 3-5-2 Rushes-Yards (Net) 62-342 17-74 Passing Yards (Net) 181 97 Passes Comp-Att-Int 16-23-0 17-29-2 Total Offense/Plays-Yards 85-523 46-171 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-33 7-124 Interception Returns-Yards 2-20 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 1-19.0 5-36.6 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1 Penalties-Yards 14-98 3-25 Possession Time 42:33 17:27 Third Down Conversions 10-15 4-10 Fourth Down Conversions 1-3 0-1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 1-1

RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Benjamin (24-122-1), Jackolski (9-91-2), Probst (10-64-0); NORTHEASTERN- Broomfield (10-40-1), Sperrazza (3-17-1), Orio (3-11-0) PASSING: HOFSTRA- Probst (16-22-0, 181, 2); NORTHEASTERN- Orio (11-22-1, 66, 0), Sperrazza (6-7-0, 31, 0) RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Weaver (5-46-2), Benjamin (3-30-0), Denimarck (2-47-0); NORTHEASTERN- Abelli (5-23-0), Theoudele (3-17-0), Torres (3- 11-0). TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Bonus (6-4-10), Jackman (2-3-5), Carmody (2-1-3); NORTHEASTERN- Higgins (10-6-16), Jones (3-7-10), Byrne (5-4- 9).

Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 1,520 Weather: 62 degrees and rain

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RETURNING MASSACHUSETTS STATISTICAL LEADERS Rushing Pos. Cl. GP Rushes Yards TD Tony Nelson TB Jr. 12 92 486 1 Passing Pos. Cl. GP Att/Comp/INT Yards TD Liam Coen QB Sr. 13 232/360/14 3,091 30 Receiving Pos. Cl. GP Rec. Yards TD J.J. Moore WR Jr. 13 80 1,100 5 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Defense Pos. Cl. GP ST-AT-TT INT Sacks Location: Amherst, MA Josh Jennings LB Jr. 13 27-41-68 0 6.0 Founded: 1863 Enrollment: 22,812 MASSACHUSETTS IN THE NCAA STATS: Here is where the Nickname: Minutemen Masaachusetts team and Minutemen players rank in this week’s NCAA Conference: CAA Football statistics report, as of November 17: Colors: Maroon and White Stadium: Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000) President: Dr. Jack Wilson Category FCS Avg. CAA Chancellor: Dr. Thomas Cole Rushing Offense 67 134.36 9 Athletics Director: John McCutcheon Passing Offense 20 257.45 2 Football SID: Jason Yellin Web Site: www.umassathletics.com Total Offense 31 391.82 3

Head Coach: Don Brown (Norwich, 1977) Scoring Offense 40 28.82 5

Record at School: 36-14-0/4 years Rushing Defense 103 194.09 11

Overall Record: 88-40-0/11 years Pass Efficiency Defense 85 132.82 9 Assistant Coaches: Kevin Morris (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks), Keith Total Defense 74 359.18 8 Dudzinski (defensive coordinator/linebackers), Guido Falbo (running Scoring Defense 78 27.91 8 backs/recruiting coordinator), Brian Picucci (offensive line/running game coordinator), Mike Wood (tight ends), Stephen Militello Net Punting 50 33.47 4

(linebackers/defensive line/defensive specialties), Sean Spencer (special teams Punt Returns 101 5.65 10 coordinator/defensive line), Brian Crist (wide receivers), Damian Mincey Kickoff Returns 109 16.52 12

(assistant linebackers/defensive specialist), Brian Butterworth (assistant Turnover Margin 106 -1.00 11 secondary), Matt Chapman (assistant offensive line) Pass Defense 22 165.09 4 Basic Offense: Multiple Passing Efficiency 24 141.33 4 Basic Defense: Multiple

Sacks 80 1.64 8 2006 Record: 10-3, 7-1 CAA

Tackles For Loss 89 5.18 7 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 38/21

Sacks Allowed 2 .55 1 Off. Starters Returning: 4

Def. Starters Returning: 8 Series Record: Hofstra leads, 6-5 Last Meeting: 2007 - Hofstra 5, Massachusetts 27 Category UMass Player FCS Avg. CAA

2008 Schedule – 6-5, 3-4 Rushing Tony Nelson 26 101.91 3

Aug. 30 Albany 28-16 W Passing Efficiency Liam Coen 18 145.70 5 Sept. 6 at Holy Cross 45-42 W Total Offense Liam Coen 30 242.00 4 Sept. 13 at James Madison 38-52 L Tony Nelson 101.91 11 Sept. 20 at Texas Tech 14-56 L Oct. 4 Delaware 17-7 W Receptions/Game Victor Cruz T-21 6.18 1

Oct. 11 at Northeastern 28-24 W Jeremy Horne T-78 4.55 6

Oct. 18 Richmond 15-30 L Receiving Yards/Game Victor Cruz 15 95.27 1

Oct. 25 Bryant 42-7 W Jeremy Horne 32 81.36 3 Nov. 1 at Rhode Island 49-0 W Interceptions Josh Jennings .27 T-10 Nov. 8 Maine 20-21 L Jeromy Miles .27 T-10 Nov. 15 at New Hampshire 21-52 L Nov. 22 Hofstra Punting Brett Arnold 2 45.02 1 Kickoff Returns Courtney Robinson 44 23.31 6

2007 Results - 10-3-0 Jeremy Horne 14.29 13

Holy Cross 40-30 W Field Goals Armando Cuko T-88 .55 10 at Colgate 35-17 W Scoring Tony Nelson T-84 6.00 T-8

Towson 36-13 W Armando Cuko 5.36 13 at Maine 38-7 W Jeremy Horne 4.36 T-19 at 14-24 L All-Purpose Runners Tony Nelson 69 111.36 6 Villanova 32-24 W Northeastern 24-7 W Jeremy Horne 70 110.73 7 at William and Mary 48-34 W Victor Cruz 78 108.36 9 at Rhode Island 6-12 L Sacks Darrlyn Fenner .23 T-25

New Hampshire 27-7 W Kyle C. Harrington .23 T-25 at Hofstra 27-5 W Tackles Jeromy Miles 49 8.55 3 Fordham (NCAA) 49-35 W Josh Jennings T-68 8.18 T-5 at Southern Illinois (NCAA) 27-34 L

George Byrd 6.27 T-19

Important Numbers - Area Code - 413 Tackles For Loss Josh Jennings .64 T-21

Athletic Office: 545-9652 George Byrd .64 T-21 Ticket Office: 545-0810 Football Office: 545-2000 SID Office: 545-2439 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2008) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Aug 28, 2008 at CONNECTICUT L 3-35 37583 All games 4-7 2-3 2-4 0-0 Sep 13, 2008 ALBANY L 16-22 5111 Conference 2-5 2-2 0-3 0-0 * Sep 20, 2008 RHODE ISLAND W 23-20 6107 Non-Conference 2-2 0-1 2-1 0-0 Sep 26, 2008 at Stony Brook W 43-3 2105 * Oct. 4, 2008 at James Madison L 0-56 16109 Team Statistics HOFSTRA OPP Oct 11, 2008 at Bucknell W 45-31 2444 FIRST DOWNS 223 196 * Oct 18, 2008 at Maine L 40-41 3690 R u s h i n g 102 107 * Oct 25, 2008 DELAWARE L 0-17 3518 P a s s i n g 111 73 * Nov. 1, 2008 at New Hampshire L 25-45 5297 P e n a l t y 10 16 * 11/8/08 RICHMOND L 14-34 1766 RUSHING YARDAGE 1806 2078 * Nov 15, 2008 NORTHEASTERN W 42-14 1520 Rushing Attempts 457 425 Average Per Rush 4.0 4.9 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Average Per Game 164.2 188.9 Everette Benjamin 11 119 570 20 550 4.6 4 25 50.0 TDs Rushing 20 30 Brock Jackolski 10 75 516 10 506 6.7 8 78 50.6 PASSING YARDAGE 1962 1564 Cory Christopher 7 106 435 163 272 2.6 5 25 38.9 A t t - C o m p - I n t 342-213-14 245-135-11 Steve Probst 5 63 275 49 226 3.6 0 16 45.2 Average Per Pass 5.7 6.4 Kwabena Asante 9 38 126 21 105 2.8 0 18 11.7 Average Per Catch 9.2 11.6 Justine Buries 3 17 90 0 90 5.3 0 15 30.0 Average Per Game 178.4 142.2 Aaron Weaver 11 18 70 10 60 3.3 2 18 5.5 TDs Passing 11 9 Ray Bennett 8 8 39 4 35 4.4 1 19 4.4 TOTAL OFFENSE 3768 3642 Deron Mayo 11 2 18 0 18 9.0 0 16 1.6 Average Per Play 4.7 5.4 Jeff Aime 9 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 Average Per Game 342.5 331.1 Leslie Jackman 11 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 51-1227 45-942 Larry Gaskins 1 2 2 1 1 0.5 0 2 1.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-45 14-122 Anthony Nelson 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-157 14-320 Roger Williams 10 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -0.8 FUMBLES-LOST 21-7 25-13 Phil Riley 11 1 0 25 -25 -25.0 0 0 -2.3 PENALTIES-Yards 76-621 54-422 TEAM 8 4 0 31 -31 -7.8 0 0 -3.9 PUNTS-AVG 44-33.4 41-38.0 Total 11 457 2148 342 1806 4.0 20 78 164.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 3 : 3 4 2 6 : 2 6 Opponents 11 425 2406 328 2078 4.9 30 71 188.9 3RD-DOWN Conversions 67/161 52/128 4TH-DOWN Conversions 12/28 7/19 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Cory Christopher 7 118.89 127-190-6 66.8 1163 4 30 166.1 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Steve Probst 5 109.74 86-146-8 58.9 799 7 27 159.8 Ray McDonough 3 74 24.7 0 54 TEAM 8 0.00 0-6-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Nick Altomare 3 8 2.7 0 5 Total 11 112.90 213-342-14 62.3 1962 11 30 178.4 Leslie Jackman 2 53 26.5 0 53 Opponents 11 111.87 135-245-11 55.1 1564 9 51 142.2 Deron Mayo 1 0 0.0 0 0 Chris Edmond 1 6 6.0 0 6 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Anthony Vernaglia 1 16 16.0 0 16 Aaron Weaver 11 66 572 8.7 4 22 52.0 Anthony Nelson 8 35 314 9.0 1 30 39.2 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Ottis Lewis 7 28 324 11.6 2 30 46.3 Shane Casciano 43 1469 34.2 66 2 19 9 1 0 Everette Benjamin 11 23 192 8.3 2 22 17.5 TEAM 1 0 0.0 000001 Darren Brownlee 11 16 131 8.2 0 22 11.9 Phil Riley 11 13 105 8.1 1 16 9.5 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Brock Jackolski 10 12 94 7.8 0 16 9.4 Anthony Nelson 9 31 3.4 0 22 Christian Dennis 10 10 98 9.8 1 21 9.8 Aaron Weaver 2 14 7.0 0 12 Derek Benson 11 5 62 12.4 0 23 5.6 Jaron McNeill 1 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Denimarck 10 2 47 23.5 0 27 4.7 Total 12 45 3.8 0 22 Justine Buries 3 1 17 17.0 0 17 5.7 Opponents 14 122 8.7 1 29 Ray Bennett 8 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.9 David Spanich 9 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 11 213 1962 9.2 11 30 178.4 Brock Jackolski 23 548 23.8 0 49 Opponents 11 135 1564 11.6 9 51 142.2 Aaron Weaver 18 507 28.2 0 65 Anthony Nelson 5 94 18.8 0 29 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Christian Dennis 3 59 19.7 0 29 Brian Hanly 3-7 42.9 0-0 3-4 0-3 0-0 0-0 28 3 Darren Brownlee 1 14 14.0 0 14 Roger Williams 8-10 80.0 0-0 3-5 2-2 2-2 1-1 54 0 Ray McDonough 1 5 5.0 0 5 Total 51 1227 24.1 0 65 PAT Opponents 45 942 20.9 0 51 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Brock Jackolski 8 ------48 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Roger Williams - 8-10 19-24 - - - - - 43 Aaron Weaver 11 60 572 14 507 0 1153 104.8 Aaron Weaver 6 - - - 2 - - - 40 Brock Jackolski 10 506 94 0 548 0 1148 114.8 Everette Benjamin 6 - - - 1 - - - 38 Everette Benjami 11 550 192 0 0 0 742 67.5 Cory Christopher 5 - - - - 1-1 - - 30 Anthony Nelson 8 0 314 31 94 0 439 54.9 Ottis Lewis 2 ------12 Ottis Lewis 7 0 324 0 0 0 324 46.3 Brian Hanly - 3-7 1-3 - - - - - 10 Total 11 1806 1962 45 1227 157 5197 472.5 Ray Bennett 1 ------6 Opponents 11 2078 1564 122 942 320 5026 456.9 Leslie Jackman 1 ------6 Phil Riley 1 ------6 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Christian Dennis 1 ------6 Cory Christopher 7 296 272 1163 1435 205.0 Anthony Nelson 1 ------6 Steve Probst 5 209 226 799 1025 205.0 Shane Casciano - - - - - 0-1 - - 0 Everette Benjamin 11 119 550 0 550 50.0 Steve Probst - - - - - 2-3 - - 0 Brock Jackolski 10 75 506 0 506 50.6 Total 32 11-17 20-27 - 3 3-5 - - 251 Kwabena Asante 9 38 105 0 105 11.7 Opponents 43 6-7 40-42 - - - - 1 318 Total 11 799 1806 1962 3768 342.5 Opponents 11 670 2078 1564 3642 331.1 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2008) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 44 Luke Bonus 11 42 48 90 6.5-31 2.5-20 . 1 . 2-0 2 . . 23 Greg Melendez 11 27 35 62 . . . 2 . . 1 . . 41 Chris Edmond 11 32 26 58 4.0-28 . 1-6 1 . 3-4 1 . . 20 Nick Altomare 11 31 21 52 3.0-8 . 3-8 7 . . 1 . . 8 Ray McDonough 11 25 23 48 1.0-2 . 3-74 7 . 1-0 2 . . 11 Said Gaida 11 17 29 46 3.5-11 1.5-4 . 1 . . . . . 9 Leslie Jackman 11 25 14 39 2.0-4 . 2-53 3 . 1-60 2 . . 24 Basim Hudeen 9 15 17 32 ...... 1 . . 10 Deron Mayo 11 19 13 32 2.0-3 . 1-0 3 . . . . . 1 Anthony Vernaglia 11 11 18 29 3.0-21 2.0-19 1-16 2 . 1-0 . . . 94 Joe Akabalu 10 13 12 25 4.0-25 2.0-17 . . . 1-0 1 . . 17 Kevin Smith 10 8 16 24 3.0-10 ...... 95 Al Carmody 10 13 11 24 5.0-39 1.5-11 ...... 63 Andrew Nelson 11 8 15 23 4.5-8 ...... 98 Larry Abiola 11 9 12 21 4.0-9 1.0-3 ...... 66 Zachary Carney 8 2 12 14 1.0-1 ...... 21 Andre Freeman 9 5 7 12 . . . 1 . . . . . 56 Ronnie Cameron 10 3 8 11 1.5-3 ...... 82 Anthony Nelson 8 10 . 10 ...... 26 Everette Benjamin 11 7 3 10 ...... 1 . . 90 Quincy Barr 9 7 2 9 4.5-35 2.5-24 . 1 . 1-0 2 . . 92 Elliott Antoine 5 1 8 9 0.5-1 . . 1 . . . . . 50 Scott Szelong 6 2 7 9 1.0-1 ...... 4 Jeff Aime 9 5 2 7 . . . . . 1-9 . . . 27 Jaron McNeill 8 3 3 6 ...... 37 Chris Betz 10 2 2 4 ...... 15 Derek Benson 11 2 1 3 ...... 49 Brian Hanly 9 3 . 3 ...... 22 Chris Griffin 2 2 . 2 ...... 31 Kwabena Asante 9 1 1 2 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 32 Phil Riley 11 . 2 2 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 84 Mike Denimarck 10 2 . 2 ...... 35 Keith Ferrara 2 1 . 1 ...... 28 Paul Leslie 2 1 . 1 ...... 30 Brock Jackolski 10 1 . 1 ...... 47 Roger Williams 10 . 1 1 ...... 83 Aaron Weaver 11 . 1 1 ...... 18 Darren Brownlee 11 1 . 1 ...... 88 Christian Dennis 10 1 . 1 1.0-17 ...... 46 Tyler Johnston 6 1 . 1 ...... Total 11 358 370 728 55-257 13-98 11-157 30 . 13-73 14 . . Opponents 11 430 468 898 73-270 29-166 14-320 28 . 7-0 8 5 1

2008 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY TWO-DEEP CHART at MASSACHUSETTS PRIDE DEFENSE LE 50 Scott Szelong Jr. 6-1 252 Mt. Pleasant, PA/Mt. Pleasant Area 1 Anthony Vernaglia Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills, CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame LT 63 Andrew Nelson So. 6-3 259 Uniondale, NY/Uniondale 56 Ronnie Cameron RFr. 6-3 245 Westbury, NY/Holy Trinity RT 98 Larry Abiola Sr. 5-11 316 South Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale/Nassau CC 92 Elliott Antoine Jr. 6-0 254 Newton, MA/St. Ignatius (OH)/Army RE 10 Deron Mayo So. 5-11 200 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan 90 Quincy Barr Fr. 6-4 230 Brandon, FL/Riverview OLB 41 Chris Edmond Fr. 5-10 197 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Nassau CC 10 Deron Mayo So. 5-11 200 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan MLB 44 Luke Bonus Jr. 5-10 205 Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee 37 Chris Betz So. 5-10 209 Chatham, NJ/Chatham OLB 11 Said Gaida So. 5-10 211 Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield 37 Chris Betz So. 5-10 209 Chatham, NJ/Chatham CB 9 Leslie Jackman Jr. 5-11 179 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Rutgers U. 27 Jaron McNeill So. 5-9 176 Brooklyn, NY/Christ the King SS 8 Ray McDonough Jr. 6-0 187 Los Angeles, CA/St. Francis/Glendale CC 27 Jaron McNeill So. 5-9 176 Brooklyn, NY/Christ the King FS 23 Gregory Melendez RFr. 6-1 196 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 4 Jeff Aime So. 5-9 203 Queens Village, NY/St. Francis Prep CB 20 Nick Altomare Sr. 5-10 185 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary 21 Andre Freeman RFr. 5-11 182 Pittsburgh, PA/Penn Hills PRIDE OFFENSE TE 32 Phil Riley Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 84 Mike Denimarck Sr. 6-4 253 Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place LT 71 Brian Frederick So. 6-4 264 Dracut, MA/Dracut/Bridgeton Academy 72 Kevin Brown RFr. 6-3 269 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie LG 78 David Spanich Jr. 6-3 275 Coral Springs, FL/Cardinal Gibbons 65 Josh Weigel Sr. 6-3 278 Overland Park, KS/Shawnee Mission South/Coffeyville CC C 67 Jaren Harrell So. 6-2 275 Quartz Hill, CA/Quartz Hill 60 Tom Ottaiano So. 6-0 271 East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park RG 77 Armand Poole So. 6-2 274 Grayson, GA/Grayson 60 Tom Ottaiano So. 6-0 271 East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park RT 68 Derek Moore RFr. 6-3 263 Granville, OH/Newark Catholic/Fork Union 77 Armand Poole Jr. 6-2 274 Grayson, GA/Grayson WR 83 Aaron Weaver So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin 18 Darren Brownlee Jr.. 6-1 192 Boyds, MD/Northwest/West Virginia U. WR 18 Darren Brownlee Jr.. 6-1 192 Boyds, MD/Northwest/West Virginia U. 15 Derek Benson Jr. 6-1 195 West Hartford, CT/The Hun School/Purdue U. QB 16 Steve Probst Fr. 6-4 200 North Massapequa, NY/Farmingdale 14 Joe Sidaras Fr. 6-3 218 Mastic Beach, NY/William Floyd TB 26 Everette Benjamin So. 6-1 211 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial 30 Brock Jackolski Fr. 5-11 188 Shirley, NY/William Floyd FB 45 Ray Bennett Sr. 5-8 221 Uniondale, NY/Hempstead 26 Everette Benjamin So. 6-1 211 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial PRIDE SPECIAL TEAMS KO 49 Brian Hanly Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep 47 Roger Williams RFr. 6-2 215 Mandeville, LA/Yarmouth Regional (MA) PK 47 Roger Williams RFr. 6-2 215 Mandeville, LA/Yarmouth Regional (MA) 49 Brian Hanly Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep H 12 Shane Casciano So. 6-0 200 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 5 Cory Christopher Jr. 6-1 230 Miami, FL/American/Nassau CC SS 32 Phil Riley Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 1 Anthony Vernaglia Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills, CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame P 12 Shane Casciano So. 6-0 200 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 49 Brian Hanly Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep LS 32 Phil Riley Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 1 Anthony Vernaglia Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills, CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame PR 83 Aaron Weaver So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin 9 Leslie Jackman Jr. 5-11 179 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Rutgers U. KOR 30 Brock Jackolski Fr. 5-11 188 Shirley, NY/William Floyd 83 Aaron Weaver So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin

2008 HOFSTRA FOOTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER

No. First Last Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School Cesar Alvarez DE RFr. 6-2 208 Tampa, FL/Robinson Tim Gallo WR Fr. 5-10 175 Water Mill, NY/Milford Academy Gerald Guerrier WR Jr. 5-9 187 Irvington, NJ/Irvington/New Mexico State 1 Anthony Vernaglia LB Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills,CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame 2 Justine Buries RB Gr. 6-0 211 Mesquite, TX/West Mesquite/New Mexico State 4 Jeff Aime DB So. 5-9 203 Queens Village, NY/St. Francis Prep 5 Cory Christopher QB Jr. 6-1 230 Miami, FL/American/Nassau CC 7 Bryan Savage QB Sr. 6-2 223 Springfield, PA/The Haverford School/Coffeyville CC 8 Ray McDonough DB Jr. 6-0 187 Los Angeles, CA/St. Francis/Glendale CC 9 Leslie Jackman DB Jr. 5-11 179 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Rutgers U. 10 Deron Mayo LB So. 5-11 200 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan 11 Said Gaida LB So. 5-10 211 Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield 12 Shane Casciano P Jr. 6-0 200 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 13 Garrett Heron DB So. 5-9 178 South Orange, NJ/Columbia 14 Joe Sidaras QB Fr. 6-3 218 Mastic Beach, NY/William Floyd 15 Derek Benson WR Jr. 6-1 195 West Hartford, CT/The Hun School (NJ)/Purdue U. 16 Steve Probst QB Fr. 6-4 200 North Massapequa, NY/Farmingdale 17 Kevin Smith DE Jr. 6-2 230 Miami, FL/Coral Reef/Western Michigan U. 18 Darren Brownlee WR Jr.. 6-1 192 Boyds, MD/Northwest/West Virginia U. 19 Luqman Abdallah DT Jr. 6-4 305 Trenton, NJ/The Hun School/Univ. of Miami (FL) 20 Nick Altomare DB Sr. 5-10 185 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary 21 Andre Freeman DB RFr. 5-11 182 Pittsburgh, PA/Penn Hills 22 Chris Griffin SS RFr. 6-1 180 Miami, FL/Coral Reef 23 Gregory Melendez DB RFr. 6-1 196 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 24 Basim Hudeen LB RFr. 5-10 220 Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth 25 Darryl Kornegay DE So. 6-3 248 Burtonsville, MD/Springbrook 26 Everette Benjamin FB So. 6-1 211 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial 27 Jaron McNeill CB So. 5-9 176 Brooklyn, NY/Christ the King 28 Paul Leslie DB So. 5-8 160 Montgomeryville, PA/North Penn/Boise State 29 Dontavious Johnson DB Fr. 5-10 160 West Palm Beach, FL/Palm Beach Lakes 30 Brock Jackolski RB Fr. 5-11 188 Shirley, NY/William Floyd 31 Kwabena Asante RB RFr. 5-11 200 Westbury, NY/Hicksville 32 Phil Riley TE Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 34 Anthony Caizzo DB RFr. 5-7 165 Franklin Square, NY/Kellenberg Memorial 35 Keith Ferrara DB RFr. 5-10 179 Glendale, NY/St. Francis Prep 36 Joshua Jacques WR So. 6-0 195 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 37 Chris Betz LB So. 5-10 209 Chatham, NJ/Chatham 38 Kenny Munson WR Fr. 5-10 185 Staten Island, NY/Tottenville/Naval Academy Prep 39 Jon Haefner WR Fr. 5-10 165 East Norriton, PA/Archbishop Carroll 40 Vaughn Davis WR Jr. 6-1 207 Palm Bay, FL/Campus Magnet (NY)/Hancock CC (CA) 41 Chris Edmond LB RFr. 6-0 205 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Nassau CC 42 Rashad Swanson LB Jr. 5-11 188 Antioch, CA/Dea Valley/City College of S.F. 43 Henry Greco K Jr. 5-8 160 Franklin Square, NY/Valley Stream North/Nassau CC 44 Luke Bonus LB Jr. 5-10 205 Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee 45 Ray Bennett FB Sr. 5-8 221 Uniondale, NY/Hempstead 46 Tyler Johnston DB RFr. 6-1 195 South Deerfield, MA/Frontier Regional 47 Roger Williams K RFr. 6-2 215 Mandeville, LA/Yarmouth (MA) Regional 48 Schamgar Cenat DB Jr. 6-3 200 Queens Village, NY/Bayside/Nassau CC 49 Brian Hanly K/P Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep 50 Scott Szelong DE Jr. 6-1 252 Mt. Pleasant, PA/Mt. Pleasant Area 51 Chris Thomas LB Fr. 6-1 200 Staten Island, NY/Curtis 52 Matt Clerk DE RFr. 6-2 212 Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln 54 John Perlaza OL Fr. 6-2 232 North Babylon, NY/North Babylon 55 Anthony Polo LB Fr. 5-11 204 Wantagh, NY/Wantagh 56 Ronnie Cameron DE RFr. 6-3 245 Westbury, NY/Holy Trinity 57 Evans Nelson LB Jr. 6-1 194 Queens Village, NY/Christ the King/LIU-C.W. Post 59 Julian Flamer OL Fr. 6-0 270 Charlotte, NC/Country DaySchool 60 Tom Ottaiano OG So. 6-0 271 East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park 62 Nick Seeley OL So. 6-2 285 Hicksville, NY/Division Avenue/LIU-C.W.Post 63 Andrew Nelson DL So. 6-3 259 Uniondale, NY/Uniondale 65 Joshua Weigel OT Sr. 6-3 278 Overland Park, KS/Shawnee Mission So./Coffeyville CC 66 Zachary Carney DT So. 6-4 260 Wynatskill, NY/Blair Academy 67 Jaren Harrell OL So. 6-2 275 Quartz Hill, CA/Quartz Hill 68 Derek Moore OT RFr. 6-3 263 Granville, OH/Newark Catholic/Fork Union 70 Mike Trice OG Jr. 6-5 357 Hempstead, NY/Holy Trinity 71 Brian Frederick OL So. 6-4 264 Dracut, MA/Dracut/Bridgton Academy 72 Kevin Brown OL RFr. 6-3 269 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 74 Jordy Paulemon OL Fr. 6-3 291 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 75 Jimmy Mangiero C Jr. 6-2 275 Bloomington, IN/Bloomington South 77 Armand Poole OT So. 6-2 274 Grayson, GA/Grayson 78 Roland Massimino OL RFr. 6-1 255 Lake Barrington, IL/Barrington 79 David Spanich OG Jr. 6-3 275 Coral Springs, FL/Cardinal Gibbons 80 Ottis Lewis WR Sr. 6-5 213 Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon 82 Anthony Nelson WR So. 5-10 179 Wellington, FL/Glades Day School 83 Aaron Weaver WR So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin 84 Mike Denimarck TE Sr. 6-4 253 Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place 85 Bryant Carpenter TE Jr. 6-1 230 Orlando, FL/Edgewater/U. Southern Mississippi 86 Brad Hilovsky WR RFr. 6-0 175 Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central 87 David Wilson TE RFr. 6-6 210 Serone, PA/Upper Darby/Delaware County CC 88 Christian Dennis WR RFr. 6-0 194 Ponte Vedra, FL/Nease 89 Patrick Jaramillo WR RFr. 6-1 207 Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck 90 Quincy Barr DL Fr. 6-4 230 Brandon, FL/Riverview 91 Johnny Hartsfield DL Fr. 6-3 240 St. Petersburg, FL/Boca Ciega 92 Elliott Antoine DL Jr. 6-0 254 Newton, MA/St. Ignatius (OH)/U.S. Military Academy 93 Bruce DeMyer DT Jr. 6-1 240 Poughquag, NY/Arlington 94 Joe Akabalu DE Jr. 6-1 247 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 95 Al Carmody DE Jr. 6-3 247 Wilton Manors, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas 98 Larry Abiola DT Sr. 5-11 316 South Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale/Nassau CC

Head Football Coach: Dave Cohen Assistant Coaches: Mike Elko (Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers), Dave Patenaude (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks), Lyle Hemphill (Special Team Coordinator/Defensive Backs), Bill Durkin (Offensive Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line), Antonio Smikle (running backs), Kevin Baumann (Recruiting Coordinator/Tight ends), Malik Hall (Defensive Line), Kahmal Roy (Wide Receivers), Kevin Mapp (Defensive Ends), Kyle Smith (Assistant Defensive Backs); Brandon Beach (Strength & Conditioning)

As of October 30, 2008

2008 HOFSTRA FOOTBALL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

No. First Last Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 19 Luqman Abdallah DT Jr. 6-4 305 Trenton, NJ/The Hun School/Univ. of Miami (FL) 98 Larry Abiola DT Sr. 5-11 316 South Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale/Nassau CC 4 Jeff Aime DB So. 5-9 203 Queens Village, NY/St. Francis Prep 94 Joe Akabalu DE Jr. 6-1 247 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 20 Nick Altomare DB Sr. 5-10 185 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary Cesar Alvarez DE RFr. 6-2 208 Tampa, FL/Robinson 92 Elliott Antoine DL Jr. 6-0 254 Newton, MA/St. Ignatius (OH)/U.S. Military Academy 31 Kwabena Asante RB RFr. 5-11 200 Westbury, NY/Hicksville 90 Quincy Barr DL Fr. 6-4 230 Brandon, FL/Riverview 26 Everette Benjamin FB So. 6-1 211 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial 45 Ray Bennett FB Sr. 5-8 221 Uniondale, NY/Hempstead 15 Derek Benson WR Jr. 6-1 195 West Hartford, CT/The Hun School (NJ)/Purdue U. 37 Chris Betz LB So. 5-10 209 Chatham, NJ/Chatham 44 Luke Bonus LB Jr. 5-10 205 Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee 72 Kevin Brown OL RFr. 6-3 269 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 18 Darren Brownlee WR Jr.. 6-1 192 Boyds, MD/Northwest/West Virginia U. 2 Justine Buries RB Gr. 6-0 211 Mesquite, TX/West Mesquite/New Mexico State 34 Anthony Caizzo DB RFr. 5-7 165 Franklin Square, NY/Kellenberg Memorial 56 Ronnie Cameron DE RFr. 6-3 245 Westbury, NY/Holy Trinity 95 Al Carmody DE Jr. 6-3 247 Wilton Manors, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas 66 Zachary Carney DT So. 6-4 260 Wynatskill, NY/Blair Academy 85 Bryant Carpenter TE Jr. 6-1 230 Orlando, FL/Edgewater/U. Southern Mississippi 12 Shane Casciano P Jr. 6-0 200 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 48 Schamgar Cenat DB Jr. 6-3 200 Queens Village, NY/Bayside/Nassau CC 5 Cory Christopher QB Jr. 6-1 230 Miami, FL/American/Nassau CC 52 Matt Clerk DE RFr. 6-2 212 Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln 40 Vaughn Davis WR Jr. 6-1 207 Palm Bay, FL/Campus Magnet (NY)/Hancock CC (CA) 93 Bruce DeMyer DT Jr. 6-1 240 Poughquag, NY/Arlington 84 Mike Denimarck TE Sr. 6-4 253 Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place 88 Christian Dennis WR RFr. 6-0 194 Ponte Vedra, FL/Nease 41 Chris Edmond LB RFr. 6-0 205 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Nassau CC 35 Keith Ferrara DB RFr. 5-10 179 Glendale, NY/St. Francis Prep 59 Julian Flamer OL Fr. 6-0 270 Charlotte, NC/Country Day School 71 Brian Frederick OL So. 6-4 264 Dracut, MA/Dracut/Bridgton Academy 21 Andre Freeman DB RFr. 5-11 182 Pittsburgh, PA/Penn Hills 11 Said Gaida LB So. 5-10 211 Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield Tim Gallo WR Fr. 5-10 175 Water Mill, NY/Milford Academy 43 Henry Greco K Jr. 5-8 160 Franklin Square, NY/Valley Stream North/Nassau CC 22 Chris Griffin SS RFr. 6-1 180 Miami, FL/Coral Reef Gerald Guerrier WR Jr. 5-9 187 Irvington, NJ/Irvington/New Mexico State 39 Jon Haefner WR Fr. 5-10 165 East Norriton, PA/Archbishop Carroll 49 Brian Hanly K/P Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep 67 Jaren Harrell OL So. 6-2 275 Quartz Hill, CA/Quartz Hill 91 Johnny Hartsfield DL Fr. 6-3 240 St. Petersburg, FL/Boca Ciega 13 Garrett Heron DB So. 5-9 178 South Orange, NJ/Columbia 86 Brad Hilovsky WR RFr. 6-0 175 Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central 24 Basim Hudeen LB RFr. 5-10 220 Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth 9 Leslie Jackman DB Jr. 5-11 179 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Rutgers U. 30 Brock Jackolski RB Fr. 5-11 188 Shirley, NY/William Floyd 36 Joshua Jacques WR So. 6-0 195 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 89 Patrick Jaramillo WR RFr. 6-1 207 Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck 29 Dontavious Johnson DB Fr. 5-10 160 West Palm Beach, FL/Palm Beach Lakes 46 Tyler Johnston DB RFr. 6-1 195 South Deerfield, MA/Frontier Regional 25 Darryl Kornegay DE So. 6-3 248 Burtonsville, MD/Springbrook 28 Paul Leslie DB So. 5-8 160 Montgomeryville, PA/North Penn/Boise State 80 Ottis Lewis WR Sr. 6-5 213 Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon 75 Jimmy Mangiero C Jr. 6-2 275 Bloomington, IN/Bloomington South 78 Roland Massimino OL RFr. 6-1 255 Lake Barrington, IL/Barrington 10 Deron Mayo LB So. 5-11 200 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan 8 Ray McDonough DB Jr. 6-0 187 Los Angeles, CA/St. Francis/Glendale CC 27 Jaron McNeill CB So. 5-9 176 Brooklyn, NY/Christ the King 23 Gregory Melendez DB RFr. 6-1 196 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 68 Derek Moore OT RFr. 6-3 263 Granville, OH/Newark Catholic/Fork Union 38 Kenny Munson WR Fr. 5-10 185 Staten Island, NY/Tottenville/Naval Academy Prep 63 Andrew Nelson DL So. 6-3 259 Uniondale, NY/Uniondale 82 Anthony Nelson WR So. 5-10 179 Wellington, FL/Glades Day School 57 Evans Nelson LB Jr. 6-1 194 Queens Village, NY/Christ the King/LIU-C.W. Post 60 Tom Ottaiano OG So. 6-0 271 East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park 74 Jordy Paulemon OL Fr. 6-3 291 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 54 John Perlaza OL Fr. 6-2 232 North Babylon, NY/North Babylon 55 Anthony Polo LB Fr. 5-11 204 Wantagh, NY/Wantagh 77 Armand Poole OT So. 6-2 274 Grayson, GA/Grayson 16 Steve Probst QB Fr. 6-4 200 North Massapequa, NY/Farmingdale 32 Phil Riley TE Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 7 Bryan Savage QB Sr. 6-2 223 Springfield, PA/The Haverford School/Coffeyville CC 62 Nick Seeley OL So. 6-2 285 Hicksville, NY/Division Avenue/LIU-C.W.Post 14 Joe Sidaras QB Fr. 6-3 218 Mastic Beach, NY/William Floyd 17 Kevin Smith DE Jr. 6-2 230 Miami, FL/Coral Reef/Western Michigan U. 79 David Spanich OG Jr. 6-3 275 Coral Springs, FL/Cardinal Gibbons 42 Rashad Swanson LB Jr. 5-11 188 Antioch, CA/Dea Valley/City College of S.F. 50 Scott Szelong DE Jr. 6-1 252 Mt. Pleasant, PA/Mt. Pleasant Area 51 Chris Thomas LB Fr. 6-1 200 Staten Island, NY/Curtis 70 Mike Trice OG Jr. 6-5 357 Hempstead, NY/Holy Trinity 1 Anthony Vernaglia LB Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills,CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame 83 Aaron Weaver WR So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin 65 Joshua Weigel OT Sr. 6-3 278 Overland Park, KS/Shawnee Mission So./Coffeyville CC 47 Roger Williams K RFr. 6-2 215 Mandeville, LA/Yarmouth (MA) Regional 87 David Wilson TE RFr. 6-6 210 Serone, PA/Upper Darby/Delaware County CC

Head Football Coach: Dave Cohen Assistant Coaches: Mike Elko (Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers), Dave Patenaude (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks), Lyle Hemphill (Special Team Coordinator/Defensive Backs), Bill Durkin (Offensive Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line), Antonio Smikle (running backs), Kevin Baumann (Recruiting Coordinator/Tight ends), Malik Hall (Defensive Line), Kahmal Roy (Wide Receivers), Kevin Mapp (Defensive Ends), Kyle Smith (Assistant Defensive Backs); Brandon Beach (Strength and Conditioning)

As of October 30, 2008