(10) SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925| Cell: 585.734.2185
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(10) SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925 | Cell: 585.734.2185 GAME 1 - THE ROCK at WAYNE STATE Date ...............................Thursday, Sept. 5 TALE OF THE TAPE Time ................................................ 6 p.m. 2018 Final Statistics Shown Location ............................. Detroit, Mich. Venue ................................... Adams Field THE ROCK STAT CATEGORY WAYNE STATE Capacity ...........................................6.439 521................................Scoring (Total Points) ................................262 SLIPPERY ROCK Surface .......................Artificial (FieldTurf) WAYNE STATE 37.2.................................. Points per Game ..................................23.8 “THE ROCK” Last Meeting ......................Sept. 13, 1986 “WARRIORS” 322..................................First Downs (Total) ..................................198 (0-0) .... Wayne State won 28-0 at Wayne State (0-0) 2,838.............................Rushing Yards (Total) .............................1.950 202.7.......................... Rushing Yards per Game ..........................177.3 LIVE COVERAGE 30..........................................Rushing TD.......................................... 20 Live Stats .............................................. wsuathletics.com/coverage.aspx 3,579............................. Passing Yards (Total) .............................1,869 Live Video Stream ($) ........................................wsuathletics.com/watch 255.6...........................Passing Yards per Game...........................169.9 (Produced by Comcast 900 in Detroit) 33.......................................... Passing TD .......................................... 12 Live SRU Audio .........................97.7 FM (Butler County) / 977rocks.com 6,417.............................. Total Yards Offense ..............................3,819 Play-by-play ......................................................................... Bob Cupp 458.4.......................... Yards Offense per Game ..........................347.2 Commentary .............................................. Glenn Thompson, Ty Friel 67...................................... Total TD Scored ...................................... 34 297............................Opp. Scoring (Total Points) ............................318 ALL-TIME SERIES 21.2..............................Opp. Points per Game ..............................28.9 Wayne State owns a 2-1 edge in the all-time series. The teams met 1,464......................... Opp. Rushing Yards (Total) .........................2,191 three times between 1981-86, but have not played since. Both teams 104.6.......................... Opp. Rushing per Game ..........................199.2 recorded blowout wins in the only two true home games of the series 17..................................... Opp. Rushing TD ..................................... 23 with SRU winning 35-10 in 1985 and Wayne State winning 28-0 in 1986. 3,256......................... Opp. Passing Yards (Total) .........................1,633 Wayne State also edged SRU 14-13 at Michigan Stadium in 1981. 232.6...........................Opp. Passing per Game ...........................148.5 19......................................Opp. Passing TD ...................................... 15 First Meeting: 1981 (WSU won 14-13) Most Points Scored (WSU): 28 (1986) 4,720...............................Opp. Total Offense ...............................3,824 Last Meeting: 1986 (WSU won 28-0) Biggest Win Margin (WSU): 28 (1986) 337.1...........................Opp. Offense per Game ...........................347.6 Current Streak: Wayne State +1 Most Points Scored (SRU): 35 (1985) 35..........................................Total Sacks .......................................... 18 at WSU: WSU leads 1-0 Biggest Win Margin (SRU): 25 (1985) 19....................................Total Interceptions ...................................... 8 at SRU: SRU leads 1-0 Last SRU Win: 1985 at SRU (35-10) 38.4............................. Average Yards per Punt .............................38.3 24.8..............................Kick Return Avg. Yards ..............................19.2 COACHING MATCHUP 11.7............................. Punt Return Avg. Yards .............................13.1 Slippery Rock head coach Shawn Lutz is in his 24th overall season at 89-of-199 (45%) ................3rd-Down Conv. ................ 59-of-148 (40%) The Rock and his fourth as head coach, where he owns a 26-10 record. 13-of-27 (48%) ..................4th-Down Conv. .................. 11-of-20 (55%) The 2018 PSAC West Coach of the Year, Lutz led SRU to the NCAA 9.6 (96.6) ..................Avg. Penalties (Avg. Yards) ...................4.4 (47.8) quarterfinals last fall. Prior to taking over the program, he served 16......................................... INT Thrown ......................................... 13 four years as the associate head coach and eight as the defensive 30 (9) ................................. Fumbles (lost) ..................................19 (7) coordinator and defensive line coach. Lutz has been a member of the 72.3............................... Avg. Plays per Game ...............................63.8 coaching staff for 10 of SRU’s PSAC West titles. He played tight end at West Virginia University, graduating in 1996, and earned a master’s degree in sport management from SRU in 2003. 2019 SCHEDULE 9/5 at Wayne State University (Mich.) 6 p.m. Paul Winters is in his 16th season as head coach at Wayne State, where 9/14 [1] SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY 6 p.m. he has led the Warriors to an overall record of 83-84 that included a run 9/21 [2] MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY 6 p.m. to the National Championship game in 2011. Winters has guided Wayne 9/28 at Seton Hill University * 2 p.m. State to a total of eight winning seasons. He joined the staff at Wayne 10/5 at Mercyhurst University * Noon State after spending his first 22 years coaching as a Division I assistant, 10/12 [3] INDIANA UNIVERSITY (PA) * 2 p.m. including serving as the offensive coordinator at Wisconsin from 1995- 10/19 at Edinboro University * Noon 03. He played running back at Akron, graduating in 1980. 10/26 [4] CLARION UNIVERSITY * 1 p.m. 11/2 [5] CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY (PA) * 1 p.m. NATIONALLY RANKED AGAIN 11/9 at Gannon University * Noon Slippery Rock opens the 2019 season ranked 10th in the AFCA Division 11/16 at Bloomsburg University (or PSAC Championship) Noon II national poll, marking the sixth straight year The Rock is listed in the Home Games in BOLD CAPS AFCA preseason rankings. SRU has been ranked in the top 10 nationally * PSAC West Games [4] Salute to Military & 1st Responder s in four of the last five seasons and is coming off a 2018 season in [1] Hall of Fame Game [5] Senior Day which the program finished the year ranked 12th in the final national [2] Family Day / Village Fest poll. The Rock were also ranked seventh this summer in the preseason [3] Homecoming national polls released by both Street and Smith and Lindy’s Sports. The complete national polls can be found on page eight of these notes. Rock Football Game Notes - 1 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY FACTS 10 STRAIGHT SEASON OPENING WINS Name of School ..................................................Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock is looking to lock up a season-opening win for the 11th City/Zip Code ....................................................Slippery Rock, Pa./16057 consecutive year. The last time SRU failed to win its first game of the Founded ........................................................................................... 1889 season was all the way back in 2008 on the road at Seton Hill. The Rock Enrollment ......................................................................8,824 (2018-19) are 4-0 on the road and 6-0 at home over the last 10 years in the first Nickname ...................................................................................The Rock week of the season. SRU hasn’t lost a home opener since 2005, winning School Colors .............................................. Green (PMS 342) and White their first home game of the season in each of the last 12 seasons. Affiliation ........................................................................NCAA Division II Conference ................................. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference QUICK 2018 RECAP FOR SRU President ................................................................... Dr. William J. Behre Slippery Rock went 11-3 in 2018 and reached the NCAA quarterfinals Director of Athletics .............................................................. Paul Lueken as a No. 7 seed before narrowly losing 21-17 on the road at top seeded Home Field ................................................... Mihalik-Thompson Stadium Notre Dame (Ohio) in the regional final. The Rock posted a perfect Surface .................................................. Astroturf GameDay Grass 3D 7-0 record on the way to winning the outright PSAC West title and Capacity ................................................................................... 10,000 ran off eight consecutive wins from week 3-10. SRU also knocked off Opening Date .............................................................................. 1974 undefeated LIU Post on the road in the first round of the NCAA playoffs MEDIA INFORMATION and defeated New Haven on the road in the