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2019 Football Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2019 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (1-9, 1-5 PFL) Date Opponent Time/Result at Butler (2-8, 1-5 PFL) Aug. 29 at Eastern Kentucky L 53-7 Game #11 Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, 11 a.m. CT Sept. 14 Central Connecticut State L 42-13 Sellick Bowl (5,647) – Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. 21 at Truman State L 38-7 This Week in Valpo Football: Every game counts the same in the Pioneer Football Sept. 28 University of Charleston L 19-13 League standings, but this one means the most for the Valparaiso University football Oct. 5 at Drake* L 35-6 team. The league’s best rivalry will take center stage on Saturday afternoon at the Oct. 12 Dayton* L 41-28 Sellick Bowl in Indianapolis, as the Hoosier Helmet trophy is back up for grabs for Oct. 19 at San Diego* L 42-17 the latest installment of Valpo against Butler. Oct. 26 Stetson* W 19-10 Nov. 2 at Davidson* L 27-21 Previously: Valpo incurred its second straight six-point setback, falling 27-21 to Nov. 9 Morehead State* L 27-21 Morehead State on Saturday at Brown Field. The Valpo offense was held off the Nov. 16 at Butler* 11 a.m. scoreboard in the opening half as the Eagles jumped out to a 14-0 lead with a pair Nov. 23 Marist* 1 p.m. of opening-quarter touchdowns. However, Valpo tied it in the blink of an eye thanks in part to touchdown catches by Brett Bittner and Ollie Reese in the third quarter. Morehead State took the lead early in the fourth and tacked on a game-sealing * - Pioneer Football League game score with 1:40 to play. Valpo had two would-be touchdowns – including a pick All home games at Brown Field six – called back due to penalties. Series Notes: This week marks the continuation of a rivalry that dates all the way back to 1927. Valpo is 27-50 all-time against Butler including wins in each of the Pioneer Football League last two seasons. This matchup has occurred every year since 1951. Valpo has beaten Standings Butler in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2005 thanks to a 35-17 win at Brown Field a year ago. Valpo’s last trip to Indianapolis resulted in a 36-28 victory PFL Overall on Nov. 11, 2017. Valpo is seeking its first three-game winning streak in the head- Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. to-head series since winning seven straight from 1994-2000. San Diego 6-0 1.000 7-2 .778 Drake 5-1 .883 5-4 .556 Following Valpo Football: Saturday’s game will be available on YouTube Live courtesy of Butler Athletics. In addition, Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Brandon Dayton 4-2 .667 6-3 .667 Vickrey (color commentary) will have the radio call on 95.1 FM Valparaiso. Links Davidson 4-2 .667 7-3 .700 to live video, audio and stats will be available on ValpoAthletics.com. Marist 3-3 .500 3-6 .333 Stetson 3-3 .500 6-3 .667 Head Coach Landon Fox: After spending the last 11 seasons as the defensive co- Morehead State 3-3 .500 5-5 .500 ordinator and secondary coach at the University of Dayton, the new man in charge Butler 1-5 .167 2-8 .200 of the Valpo football program is no stranger to the Pioneer Football League. Landon Valparaiso 1-5 .167 1-9 .100 Fox’s teams held opponents to an average of 19 points per game during his time as Jacksonville 0-6 .000 2-8 .200 the defensive coordinator at Dayton. He helped the Flyers finish with 10 winning seasons in his 11 years on staff and guided a defensive backfield that produced one All-American, four Academic All-Americans, two PFL Special Teams Players of the Year and three corners who were invited to NFL Rookie Minicamp. Prior to joining Dayton’s staff, Fox served as the linebackers coach and special teams coor- dinator at Wayne State University in Detroit from 2005-2007. He also spent time as a defensive graduate assistant at Ball State University (2004), Dayton (2002-2003) and Lakeland College (2001). Fox began his coaching career as an assistant varsity @ValpoUFootball coach at Preble Shawnee High School in Camden, Ohio during the 2000 season. During his playing days, Fox was a team captain and all-conference performer at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio from 1995-1999 and graduated with a degree in physical education and health in May 2000 before earning his master’s degree Valpo in education from Lakeland in May 2002. Déjà vu: Prior to the Nov. 2 game at Davidson, Valpo had gone nearly 30 years since Football the last time the team had a game decided by the final score of 27-21. Now, Valpo 2019 Football Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 has dropped games by that exact score each of the last two weeks. The only other game in program history that ended 27-21 was a Nov. 8, 1980 setback at Franklin. Around the PFL Saturday, Oct. 26 : Chris Duncan enjoyed a career day on Nov. 9 vs. Morehead Valpo Runs on Duncan San Diego 50, Dayton 38 State. His 304 passing yards marked a career high, as did his 30 completions (30- 48). It was the second time in his career he’s thrown for three scores in the game, Butler 24, Jacksonville 14 and he did so without throwing an interception. It was the most passing yards in a Marist 27, Davidson 21 game by a Valpo quarterback since Jimmy Seewald on Oct. 28, 2017 vs. Morehead Valpo 19, Stetson 10 State (316). The 30 completions marked the second-best by a PFL player in a single Drake 36, Morehead State 17 game this season. Duncan became the first Valpo player since Scott Staal on Nov. 14, 2014 vs. Morehead State (32) to complete 30 or more passes in a game. Saturday, Nov. 2 Marist 37, Butler 27 Duncan Cracks Top 10: Jimmy Seewald has already cemented himself among Davidson 27, Valpo 21 the program’s all-time passing leaders, and now Chris Duncan has become the Stetson 27, Jacksonville 24 program’s second active player in the all-time Top 10 for career passing yards. Dayton 49, Morehead State 35 Duncan has 3,229 passing yards, bumping Warren Arnold (2005-2008, 3,025) San Diego 49, Drake 7 from the Top 10. Gordon Helms (1953-1955) is ninth at 3,563. Duncan has 3,758 yards of total offense, usurping Helms (3,581) for 10th in that area. Ninth is Ryan Doerffler (2003-2006) at 3,861. Saturday, Nov. 9 Davidson 52, Butler 10 Close Calls: Valpo dropped a one-score game for the third time this season and Drake 28, Jacksonville 14 the second straight week on Nov. 9 vs. Morehead State. The 27-21 loss was the San Diego 51, Stetson 7 team’s third six-point defeat of the year, with the first coming 19-13 on Sept. 28 vs. Dayton 59, Marist 35 Charleston and the second 27-21 on Nov. 2 at Davidson. Over the last two seasons, Morehead State 27, Valpo 21 Valpo is 0-6 in games decided by seven points or fewer. Last year, Valpo had three losses by seven points or fewer in the same season for the first time since 2003, a Saturday, Nov. 16 total that has been reached again in 2019. The 2018 squad incurred a three-point loss Valpo at Butler, 11 a.m. at Duquesne, a five-point defeat to Davidson and a seven-point setback to Morehead Jacksonville at Marist, noon State. This marks the first time Valpo has lost consecutive games with both coming by seven points or fewer since September 2013, when the team fell 34-31 at Saint Davidson at Stetson, noon Joseph’s College before dropping a home date with William Jewell 36-34. Dayton at Drake, 1 p.m. Morehead State at San Diego, 4 p.m. Wide Out Watermarks: Several Valpo wide receivers had career days on Nov. 9 vs. Morehead State as Deuce Larose made six catches for 112 yards, the first time Saturday, Nov. 23 in his career he surpassed 100 receiving yards. Oscar Lopez hauled in nine grabs for Drake at Davidson, noon 78 yards, both personal bests. Lopez’s nine receptions and Larose’s 112 receiving Butler at Dayton, noon yards both represented the highest output by any Valpo player this season. Larose San Diego at Jacksonville, noon had Valpo’s highest single-game receiving yard total since Griffin Norberg had Stetson at Morehead State, noon 173 on Nov. 10, 2018 vs. Jacksonville, while Lopez was the first Valpo player with Marist at Valpo, 1 p.m. nine or more receptions in a game since Jean Rene had nine on Nov. 14, 2015 vs. Morehead State. (all times Central) Booker ‘Bits Media Relations Information - Jamari Booker enters Saturday’s game at Butler needing just 13 more tackles to Requests to cover home football games should be made through hit the century mark for the season. Brandon Vickrey, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations, - The standout performances from senior defensive back Jamari Booker continued by contacting [email protected] or 219.464.5396.