Stetson Notes.Indd
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
DAYTON FOOTBALL • 2015 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS •NCAA FCS PLAYOFF BERTH •12 PFL TITLES Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390• Cell: (937) 272-4503 • Football Press Box: (937) 542-4093 WEBSITE: daytonflyers.com TWITTER: @DaytonFootball FACEBOOK: /DaytonFlyersFootball SNAPCHAT: Dayton Athletics GAMEDAY INFORMATION DAYTON GAME 9 DATE Saturday, Oct 29 - 1 pm ET DAYTON STETSON LOCATION Welcome Stadium -- Dayton, Ohio FLYERS vs HATTERS MEDIA INFORMATION Radio -- NewsTalk1290WHIO Larry Hansgen & Mike Kelly GOOD NEWS WORTH REPEATING Television -- Time Warner Sports TEAM COMPARISON The Flyers entered the season with the 4th-best Mike Hartsock & Jared Phillips DAYTON STETSON Live Stats, Audio and Video stream: winning percentage (.757, 134-43) in FCS football DaytonFlyers.com Record 6-2, 4-1 PFL 4-3, 2-2 PFL since 2000 AND have produced the most football Points/Gm 30.6/19.5 23.0/21.4 Academic All-Americans (23) at any level of Rush Yds/Gm 190.9/128.2 163.1/122.1 2016 SCHEDULE competition in the same time frame. The top fi ve Pass Yds/Gm 176.0/229.1 208.1/179.4 SEPTEMBER are Harvard (.805), Montana (.766), North Dakota Total Off/Gm 366.9/357.4 327.7/316.4 3 CENTRAL STATE W, 31-19 Possession Time 29:36/30:24 28:20/31:40 State (.761), Dayton (.757) and San Diego (.705). 10 ROBERT MORRIS W, 13-0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS STREAKING 17 @ Duquesne L, 34-20 UD has not been shut out in a school-record 451 24 @ San Diego* L, 34-22 DAYTON STETSON straight games, the best such active string in all Passing Passing of college football. The last team to shut out the OCTOBER Alex Jeske Gaven DeFilippo Flyers was Marshall, 9-0, on Oct. 16, 1976. That 109-208-5, 1,408 yards, 131-232-8, 1,272 yards, 1 DRAKE* W, 35-10 is also the all-time FCS record. .524, 11 TD .565, 9 TD 8 MOREHEAD STATE* W, 51-27 PFL POWER 15 @ Jacksonville^ W, 36-16 Rushing Rushing Tucker Yinger Cole Mazza • The Pioneer Football League is in its 24th 22 @ Butler* W, 31-16 73 for 533 yards, 2 TD 111 for 489 yards, 6 TD season. The original (and now the only) 29 STETSON* 1 p.m. ET Division I strictly need-based football league Receiving Receiving began with charter members Butler, Dayton, NOVEMBER Ryan Skibinski Kegan Moore Drake, Evansville, San Diego and Valparaiso. 5 VALPARAISO* 1 p.m. ET 30 rec., 10.4 avg., 1 TD 32 rec., 13.5 avg., 4 TD • In this year’s preseason coaches poll, UD was 12 @Marist * 1 p.m. ET predicted to fi nish second in the PFL in a tight Defense Defense race that separated Dayton and San Diego by Christopher Beaschler Donald Payne * Pioneer Football League one point. (95-94). However, UD received six 65 tackles, 41 solo, 5 TFL, 78 tackles, 59 solo, 11.0 Home Games in ALL CAPS 3 sacks, 1 PBU TFL, 6 QBH, 3 blocks fi rst-place votes, while the USD had fi ve. Times are ET and Subject to Change • UD’s 107-33 record is the best in PFL history. DAYTON FAST FACTS SCOUTING THE HATTERS Head Coach: Rick Chamberlin (UD ‘80) • Any talk of Stetson football has to start with Record at UD: 71-27 (9th year) Dayton, 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the Pioneer the reigning PFL Defensive Player of the Year, Donald Payne. Payne, who once had 30 tackles STETSON Football League , returns home having won four in a game, leads the PFL in tackles per game in Head Coach: Roger Hughes (Doane ‘82) in a row. UD hosts Stetson, who is 4-3 and 2-2. Record at SU: 14-27 (5th year) 2016 with 11.1. UD clinched its 39th winning season in 40 • But the Hatters are hardly a one-man band. SERIES STUFF years with last week’s 31-16 win at Butler. Linebacker Jeb Boudreaux leads the PFL in TFL • UD has won both meetings. (2.43 per game). Safety Glenn Adesoji leads the • This is the fi rst game in the series played Dayton leads FCS football with 14 PFL in passes defended (1.71). Linebacker David in Dayton. interceptions (tied with St. Francis). The Flyers Lazar and end Shayne White lead in fumbles • The Flyers won last year’s contest 27-14 on are the only team in college football with recovered (0.29). Oct. 3. Alex Jeske passed for 223 yards. three individuals with four interceptions. • Stetson is third in the PFL in scoring defense PLAYERS OF THE WEEK behind San Diego and Dayton (21.4 points a Off. -- Alex Jeske, RS Sophomore QB RS senior kicker William Will took sole game). Stetson is also top three in six other Def. -- Jack Crain, hristian Senior LB possession of the PFL career fi eld goal mark defensive categories, including fi rst in red zone ST -- Najim Babatunde, RS Fr.eshman RB in the Morehead State win. He now has 53 and defense (60.0%, 12-20). Scout (O) -- Chris Booker, Freshman WR needs three points to become the PFL’s record • Payne (Special Teams) and tackle Davion Belk Scout (D) -- Nic Martin, Freshman LB holder in kick scoring. (Defense) were both named PFL Players of the Scout (ST) -- Andrew Lutgens, Fresh. DB Week after Stetson’s OT win over Campbell. Hammer -- Alex Jeske, RS Soph. QB UD’s 22–man senior class includes 15 fi fth- • The Stetson offense will be led by running year players . Captains Chris Beaschler, Ian back Cole Mazza. Mazza has 489 yards and six Palin and Shane Toub are all redshirt seniors. TDs on the season, with a 4.4 yards per carry average. PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 THE MAN AT THE TOP 7 SPOTS ON PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAM SEARLES A PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN • Rick Chamberlin is now in his ninth season • Dayton had the most student-athletes on the • Junior cornerback Christian Searles was in charge of the Flyer football program. His Preseason All-PFL squad. named Third Team All-America as a punt record is 71-27. • UD had six players named to seven spots; returner by Stats LLC. • He is third all-time in wins at Dayton, behind three on defense, three on special teams and • Searles was All-Pioneer Football League last two members of the College Football Hall one on offense. No other school had more than season as a return specialist, as well as a corner. of Fame -- Mike Kelly (246 wins) and Harry four. They were: • He led the PFL in punt return average (12.2, Baujan (124). • Linebacker Christopher Beaschler, a two- 5.0 yards better than second-place Brad Duwe • After coaching the Flyers to the FCS playoffs time First Team All-PFL selection and last of Drake), and was also eighth in FCS football in in 2015, Chamberlin was named the 2015 year’s co-Student-Athlete of the Year, led the punt return average. AFCA District Coach of the Year and the PFL defensive selections. Beaschler led UD in • Among the top 50 FCS punt returners in 2015, Coach of the Year. He was the school’s fi rst 2015 with 110 tackles. In three seasons of Searles had the most returns (33). AFCA District Coach of the Year, and his PFL action, the senior has 293 total hits and 21.5 • Searles was the 10th Dayton player to intercept honor was the ninth for a Dayton coach. tackles behind the line, with two interceptions. a UD-record three passes in a game in the • Chamberlin is also in his 42nd season as Beaschler was also a First Team Academic Jacksonville win. He was named PFL Player of part of the Flyer football program. A Flyer All- All-American last season. the Week. American linebacker in his playing days, he • Both of UD’s cornerbacks, Cameron Stubbs • Searles leads the team in passes broken up (8), has been a part of 365 of UD’s 654 wins – 26 and Christian Searles, were also named. and is tied for fi rst in interceptions (4) as a player, 268 as an assistant coach, and 71 Stubbs was Dayton’s MVP in 2015. He led the • He is second in the PFL in passes defended as a head coach. He has also been a part of Flyers in interceptions (7) and passes batted (1.50) and tied for third in picks (0.5). 468 of UD’s 1,053 games. away (11). He was second in the PFL in both • The Springfi eld, Ohio native is the 23rd categories. He also led UD in fumbles forced WILL RECORDS FALL head football coach since the program began (2) and tied for team honors in recoveries • William Will was named the STATS National in 1905. He is the fi rst of the 11 modern era (2). In addition, Stubbs was tied for second FCS Special Teams Player of the Week after the coaches to have lettered for the Flyers, and the on the team in TFL (8.5). He had 58 tackles, Morehead State win. second to be a graduate of the University of including 41 solo. Stubbs also led UD in • He scored 15 points on 3-for-3 FG and 6-for-6 Dayton (Pete Ankney was the fi rst alum when kickoff return average (27.0), good for third in PAT kicking. he coached in 1963 and 1964).