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Ann King Sports Information Director The College of New Jersey The College of New Jersey P.O. Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 609-771-2517 [email protected] LIONSLIONS TCNJ vs. ROWAN: OCTOBER 3, 2003 TCNJ (3-1, 1-0) TCNJ TRAVELS TO THIRD RANKED ROWAN FOR NJAC MATCH-UP Sept. 6 at Norwich............... W, 28-17 The College of New Jersey football team is on the road again this week as Sept. 13 *SUNY CORTLAND . W, 21-14 they return to NJAC play. The Lions wll travel to nearby Rowan University for Sept. 19 LaSALLE ................. L, 27-28 a Friday night contest with the Porfs on October. 3. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at S. Virginia Univ. ..... W, 34-6 at Rowan’s John Page Field. Oct. 3 *at Rowan .................... 7 p.m. Ranked No. 3 in the most recent poll, the Profs are 3-0 having had an Oct. 10 *at William Paterson ...... 7 p.m. open date last week. This marks the first NJAC contest for the Profs this fall, Oct. 17 #GEORGE MASON ... ...7 p.m. while the Lions are now 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the league. Nov. 1 *MONTCLAIR STATE .. 2 p.m. Nov. 8 SUNY-BROCKPORT ...... Noon HONOR ROLL FOR TCNJ PLAYERS Nov. 15 *at Kean University ...... 1 p.m. Week #1 TCNJ at Norwich *Indicates NJAC Game John Sher (NJAC & ECAC Defensive POW) #Indicates Non-varsity Program Week #2 SUNY Cortland at TCNJ Steve Andrews (NJAC & ECAC Offensive POW) Week #3 LaSalle at TCNJ None ROWAN (3-0, 0-0) Week #4 TCNJ at Southern Virginia University Sept. 6 C. NEWPORT ................ W, 21-0 Maurice Carter (NJAC Defensive Rookie of the Week) Sept. 13 at Wesley College ..... W, 30-0 Cory Schoonover (NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week) Sept. 20 W. CONNECTICUT . W, 25-19 Sept. 27 Open Date SCHURTZ CONTINUES TO REWRITE TCNJ RECORDS Oct. 3 *TCNJ ........................... 7 p.m. TCNJ’s senior quarterback Bob Schurtz (Absecon, NJ/Absegami) contin- Oct. 11 BUFFALO STATE ........... 1 p.m. Oct. 18 *at SUNY Cortland ....... 1 p.m. ues to rewrite the Lions’ passing records. He now holds the school’s records Oct. 25 at S. Connecticut .......... 1 p.m. for most career passing yards (4,266 yards), career pass completions (303) Nov. 1 *KEAN ........................... 2 p.m. and is closing in on the career pass attempts record. Nov. 7 *at William Paterson ...... 7 p.m. The current pass attempt record is held by Pete Harteveld (1995-1997) Nov. 15 *MONTCLAIR STATE .. 1 p.m. and stands at 590. Schurtz now has 572 attempts through four games this year. TCNJ’S ROOKIES SCHOONOVER AND CARTER CITED BY NJAC TCNJ’s freshmen performers, Maurice Carter (Metuchen, NJ/Metuchen) 2003 NJAC Standings and Cory Schoonover (Toms River, NJ/Manchester) earned NJAC Rook- (9/28) ies of the week after enjoying career-best outings against SVU. Carter added Team NJAC Overall Streak two interceptions, including one in the endzone with three pass breakups, TCNJ 1-0 3-1 W-1 while Schoonover led the Lions on the ground with 92 yards ruishing on 13 SUNY Cortland 1-1 2-2 W-2 carries with a touchdown. Rowan 0-0 3-0 W-3 Montclair State 0-0 2-1 W-2 SERIES HISTORY Wm. Paterson 0-0 1-3 L-1 This year’s contest will mark the 45th time these two teams will have met. It Kean 0-1 0-4 L-5 is also the 17th time these two teams have met since 1990 after the two squads met twice in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Since that first meeting in 1948, Rowan has mounted a 28-14-2 edge in the series, having also won five straight WWW.TCNJATHLETICS.COM games over the Lions dating back to 1998. The Lions’ last win over Rowan was in 1998 as the two teams played their first overtime contest since the rule was introduced. TCNJ came from behind to collect a 28-27 win in over- 2003 TCNJ FOOTBALL PAGE 1 SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 TCNJ vs. ROWAN: OCTOBER 3, 2003 HAMILTON vs. 2003 time and snap Rowan’s three-game advantage over the Lions. OPPONENTS Rowan, formerly Glassboro State holds a 28-14-2 advantage over the Opponent W L T course of the series history, including six shutout wins and a pair of ties. vs. Norwich 2 0 0 vs. Cortland 5 2 0 THE COACHES vs. LaSalle 0 1 0 TCNJ’S ERIC HAMILTON… Eric Hamilton is in his 27th season as the vs. S. Virginia 1 0 0 head coach for his alma mater. The coach of seven NJAC championship vs. Rowan 9 20 0 teams, he is now in his third decade in the league. Five times cited as the vs. W. Paterson 21 4 1 NJAC Coach of the Year, he has also guided the Lions to five postseason vs. George Mason 0 0 0 appearances as well. vs. Montclair St. 9 16 1 Hamilton now owns a 159-97-6 career record entering this week’s game. vs. Brockport 2 4 0 vs. Kean 22 3 1 Entering the 2003 season, his 156 wins ranked sixth all-time in Division III amongst active Division III coaches. NJAC TO EXPAND IN To date, Hamilton has produced 19 All-American performers, 60 Eastern FOOTBALL IN 2004 College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star selections, and 117 All-NJAC The NJAC has approved Western first team performers. Connecticut State University as an affiliate member in football effective ROWAN’S JAY ACCORSI… Rowan University selected John (Jay) Accorsi with the fall of 2004. The selection as its head football coach to replace K.C. Keeler who accepted a position as of WCSU received unanimous head coach at the University of Delaware in 2002. Accorsi, 39, is the seventh approval by the current NJAC coach for the sport at the University. He took over the head position after members that sponsor football. nine years as an assistant coach with the Profs. Accorsi started with the Profs as a graduate assistant in 1993. COMPARING THE NUMBERS In his first year as head coach, he guided the Profs to a 10-1 record after going 6-0 in the conference to win the NJAC championship and earn a bid to TEAM COMPARISONS the 2002 NCAA Tournament. TCNJ........Category ......................RU Prior to Rowan, Accorsi was an assistant football and baseball coach at 210.5 Rushing Offense ... 156.0 Nichols College in Dudley, MA from 1989-93. He coached the wide receivers 171.0 Passing Offense ... 223.0 and quarterbacks. In baseball, Accorsi coached the outfielders and infield- 381.5 Total Offense ........ 379.0 ers. At Nichols, Accorsi also assisted the athletic director and was a dorm director while working on his master’s degree. 27.5 Scoring Offense ..... 25.3 Accorsi graduated from Nichols in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in busi- ness administration. He earned a master’s in sports science from the U.S. 99.5 Rushing Defense .... 85.3 Sports Academy (Daphine, AL) in 1992 and a master’s in business adminis- 201.3 Passing Defense .. 171.3 tration from Rowan in 1997. 300.8 Total Defense ....... 256.7 LAST MEETING (Rowan 30-25 at TCNJ) 16.25 Scoring Defense ....... 6.3 In 2002, the third ranked Rowan Profs held on to collect a 30-25 road win over TCNJ in Lions’ Stadium. 24/55 3rd Dn.Conv. ....... 18-53 The Lions jumped out to a 19-0 lead before the Profs got on the scoreboard. 2/6 4th Dn. Conv. ........... 5-8 Runningback Tim Kosuda put the Lions up 6-0 when they scored on their first drive as he rushed in from 11 yards out. He added a two-yard run with 4:13 left in the first quarter to increase the Lions’ lead to 13-0. 13-78 Sacks By-Yards ..... 6-36 With 8:20 left in the second quarter, TCNJ’s junior punter Jonathan 10-30 Sacks Allowed ......... 1-9 Mizglewski punted the ball and a Rowan player touched the ball and did not 34-319 Penalties-Yards ... 25-211 pick up the punt and the Lions’ Anthony Sorrentino recovered the loose ball 32:59 Avg. Time of Poss. 30:06 in the endzone to score the team’s third TD of the night. Rowan’s quarterback Tony Racioppi ran the ball in from eight yards out to put the Profs on scoreboard, trailing 19-7 at the half. Rowan would open the game up in the third quarter when they scored three straight times and took the lead, 24-19 with 3:05 left in the third quarter. Senior defensive lineman 2003 TCNJ FOOTBALL PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 TCNJ vs. ROWAN: OCTOBER 3, 2003 MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR Gerrit Tosh picked off Bob Schurtz and returned the ball 16 yards to make OCT. 12: TCNJ TO SPONSOR 5K the score TCNJ 19-14 with 12:53 left in the third. CHARITY RUN/WALK Rowan’s kicker Nick Frade would hit a 26-yard field goal and pull his TCNJ’s Athletic Department will team with in two points, 19-17 with 4:29 left. hold it annual Charity Run/Walk on Wide receiver Jon Berry would pick up a 53-yard pass from Racioppi and Oct. 12, 2003 starting at 4:00 p.m. bring it in for the go ahead score for Rowan, 24-19 with 3:05 left in the third with proceeds raised going to the quarter. Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Kosuda added his final score of the night as he ran the ball in from seven (TASK).