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SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925 | Cell: 585.734.2185 GAME 13 - THE ROCK at NEW HAVEN Date .............................. Saturday, Nov. 24 TALE OF THE TAPE Time ................................................ 1 p.m. Location ..................... West Haven, Conn. Venue .......Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium THE ROCK STAT CATEGORY NEW HAVEN Capacity ...........................................4,500 445................................Scoring (Total Points) ................................348 SLIPPERY ROCK Surface ...............Artificial (Blue Sprinturf) NEW HAVEN 37.1.................................. Points per Game ..................................31.6 “THE ROCK” Last Meeting ............ Sept. 3, 2016 at SRU “CHARGERS” 276..................................First Downs (Total) ..................................213 (10-2) ......................................... SRU won 31-28 (9-2) 2,361.............................Rushing Yards (Total) .............................1,836 196.8.......................... Rushing Yards per Game ..........................166.9 LIVE COVERAGE 25..........................................Rushing TD.......................................... 15 Live Stats ........................newhavenchargers.com/sidearmstats/football 3,139............................. Passing Yards (Total) .............................2,612 Live Video Stream ....................... portal.stretchinternet.com/newhaven 261.6...........................Passing Yards per Game...........................237.5 (Produced by New Haven) 28.......................................... Passing TD .......................................... 29 Live SRU Audio .........................97.7 FM (Butler County) / 977rocks.com 5,500.............................. Total Yards Offense ..............................4,448 Play-by-play ......................................................................... Bob Cupp 458.3.......................... Yards Offense per Game ..........................404.4 Commentary .............................................. Glenn Thompson, Ty Friel 57...................................... Total TD Scored ...................................... 47 256............................Opp. Scoring (Total Points) ............................221 ALL-TIME SERIES 21.3..............................Opp. Points per Game ..............................20.1 This will make the third meeting between these two teams in the last 1,127......................... Opp. Rushing Yards (Total) .........................1,454 four years after they opened the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Slippery Rock 93.9............................ Opp. Rushing per Game ..........................132.2 won both of those games, 39-13 at New Haven in 2015 and 31-28 at 14..................................... Opp. Rushing TD ..................................... 12 home in 2016. Before that, New Haven won the first three meetings in 2,779......................... Opp. Passing Yards (Total) .........................2,245 the series, which took place in 1986, 1987 and 1997. The 1997 meeting 231.6...........................Opp. Passing per Game ...........................204.1 at UNH was the only NCAA playoff meeting between the teams. Second 17......................................Opp. Passing TD ........................................ 9 ranked UNH defeated SRU 49-21 in that game and leads the series 3-2. 3,906...............................Opp. Total Offense ...............................3,699 325.5...........................Opp. Offense per Game ...........................336.3 First Meeting: 1986 (UNH won 10-0) Most Points Scored by UNH: 49 (1997) 34..........................................Total Sacks .......................................... 19 Last Meeting: 2016 (SRU won 31-28) Largest Win by UNH: 28 (1997) 17....................................Total Interceptions ...................................... 9 Current Streak: SRU +2 Most Points Scored by SRU: 39 (2015) 37.6............................. Average Yards per Punt .............................39.5 at UNH: UNH leads 2-1 Largest Win by SRU: 26 (2015) 24.1..............................Kick Return Avg. Yards ..............................16.1 at SRU: Series tied 1-1 Last UNH Win: 1997 at UNH (49-21) 10.7............................. Punt Return Avg. Yards ............................... 6.8 73-of-171 (43%) ................3rd-Down Conv. ................ 73-of-150 (49%) COACHING MATCHUP 9-of-21 (43%) ....................4th-Down Conv. .................. 13-of-18 (72%) Slippery Rock head coach Shawn Lutz, who was named this fall as the 10.6 (106.2) ..............Avg. Penalties (Avg. Yards) ...................6.5 (60.6) PSAC West Coach of the Year, is in his 23rd overall season at The Rock 15......................................... INT Thrown ........................................... 8 and his third as head coach, where he owns a 25-9 record after posting 25 (7) ................................. Fumbles (lost) ....................................5 (2) 7-4 and 8-3 records his first two years. Prior to that, he served four years 73.0............................... Avg. Plays per Game ...............................64.3 as the associate head coach and eight as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. Lutz has been a member of the coaching staff for nine of SRU’s PSAC West titles. He played tight end at West Virginia 2018 ROCK FOOTBALL SCHEDULE University, graduating in 1996, and earned a master’s degree in sport 9/1 KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY .................................... W, 38-31 management from SRU in 2003. 9/8 at (RV) Shippensburg University ...................................L, 21-25 9/15 at Millersville University .............................................. W, 57-10 Chris Pincince is in his fifth season as the head coach at New Haven, 9/22 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY * ...................................... W, 49-26 where he has led the team to a 35-19 record and its first NCAA 9/29 MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY * ................................... W, 41-21 tournament since the 2012 season. Prior to taking the job at UNH, 10/6 at #14 Indiana University (Pa.) * ................................. W, 30-27 Pincince spent three years as the offensive coordinator at Elon, three 10/13 EDINBORO UNIVERSITY * ........................................ W, 59-28 years as the OC at Rhode Island and four years as the OC at Holy Cross 10/20 at Clarion University * ................................................. W, 28-13 over a 10-year stretch working at the Division I FCS level. He is a 1994 10/27 at California University (Pa.) * ..................................... W, 44-21 graduate of Boston University. 11/3 GANNON UNIVERSITY * ............................................ W, 48-7 11/10 [1] #9 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY ...........................L, 10-33 PLAYOFF HISTORY 11/17 [2] at #13 LIU Post ....................................................... W, 20-14 Slippery Rock is in its fourth NCAA playoff appearance in the last six 11/24 [2] at University of New Haven ....................................... 1 p.m. years and its seventh overall Division II playoff appearance. The Rock made three straight postseason tournaments from 1997-99 and again Home Games in BOLD CAPS from 2013-15. Last week SRU won its first road playoff game (was * PSAC West Games 0-6 before that) and is now 6-6 all-time in the playoffs. New Haven [1] PSAC Championship Game is making its first appearance since 2012 and its seventh overall [2] NCAA Division II Playoffs appearance in the playoffs, where it owns a 9-6 overall record. Rock Football Game Notes - 1 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY FACTS NATIONAL RANKINGS Name of School ..................................................Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock was listed in the “others receiving votes” section of the City/Zip Code ....................................................Slippery Rock, Pa./16057 AFCA national poll for the fourth week in a row in the final regular Founded ........................................................................................... 1889 season rankings. The Rock have been listed in the receiving votes Enrollment ...................................................................................... 8,824 section eight times this season, but never cracked the top 25. New Nickname ...................................................................................The Rock Haven is also listed in the others receiving votes section in the final poll. School Colors .............................................. Green (PMS 342) and White The complete national poll is on page eight of these notes. Affiliation ........................................................................NCAA Division II Conference ................................. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference SUPER REGION ONE PLAYOFF FIELD President ................................................................... Dr. William J. Behre 1. Notre Dame (Ohio) (BYE in round one) Director of Athletics .............................................................. Paul Lueken 2. LIU Post (lost to #7 Slippery Rock, 20-14 in round one) Home Field ................................................... Mihalik-Thompson Stadium 3. West Chester (lost to #6 New Haven, 35-28 in round one) Surface .................................................. Astroturf GameDay Grass 3D 4. Kutztown (lost to #5 Hillsdale, 40-26 in round

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