2008 Hofstra Football Numerical Roster
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HOFSTRA-DELAWARE SERIES: Saturday’s game is the 18th meeting between Hofstra and Delaware in a series that started in 1960. The Blue Hens hold an 11-5-1 series lead and has won three of the last four and six of the last eight encounters against the Pride dating back to 1995. The Pride is 3-4 against Delaware in Hempstead and 2-7-1 in Newark. The two teams last met on October 14, 2006 in 2008 Newark with the Blue Hens posting a 10-6 victory over the Pride. The series history is as follows: HOFSTRA FOOTBALL GAME 8: Year Winner (Loc.) Score HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (3-4, 1-2) 1960 Delaware (A) 0-20 vs. 1961 Hofstra (H) 14-0 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (2-5, 0-3) 1964 Delaware (A) 7-36 Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 3 p.m. 1965 Hofstra (H) 17-6 James M. Shuart Stadium (13,000) - Hempstead, NY 1966 Delaware (A) 13-35 1967 Hofstra (H) 33-31 Television: None 1968 Delaware (A) 0-35 Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7), Pre-game show at 2:30 p.m. 1969 Delaware (H) 13-28 Internet: Audio - www.WRHU.org 1994 None (A) 41-41 1995 Delaware (A) (NCAA) 17-38 1997 Delaware (A) (NCAA) 14-24 2008 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE 2000 Delaware (H) 14-44 Date Opponent (TV) Time/Res. 2001 Hofstra (A) 39-14 Aug. 28 at Connecticut (SNY) 3-35 L 2003 Delaware (H) 14-24 Sept. 13 ALBANY 16-22 L OT 2004 Delaware (H) 19-20 Sept. 20 RHODE ISLAND*+ 23-20 W 2005 Hofstra (A) 10-6 Sept. 26 at Stony Brook (MSG) 43-3 W 2006 Delaware (A) 10-6 Oct. 4 at #1 James Madison* 0-56 L Oct. 11 at Bucknell 45-31 W THE LAST TIME - HOFSTRA-DELAWARE - OCTOBER 14, Oct. 18 at Maine* (WABI) 40-41 L 2006: Blue Hens quarterback Joe Flacco completed 20 of 29 Oct. 25 DELAWARE* 3:00 p.m. passes for 168 yards and one touchdown as Delaware downed Nov. 1 at New Hampshire* 12:00 p.m. Hofstra, 10-6, in a non-conference game on Homecoming at Nov. 8 RICHMOND* 1:00 p.m. Delaware Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Blue Hens Nov.15 NORTHEASTERN* 1:00 p.m. improved to 3-3 on the season, while the Pride fell to 2-4. Nov. 22 at Massachusetts *(CN8) 2:30 p.m. Hofstra safety Manny Anderson led a defensive charge with a * - CAA Game + - Homecoming • All times ET career-best 14 tackles as the Pride held UD to just 267 yards on the day. But the Hofstra offense, which has tallied just two offensive touchdowns in its last three games, was held to 262 INFORMATION CONTACTS: yards and two Rob Zarrilli field goals. The Pride loss spoiled Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Senior Sports Information Director; the homecoming of Hofstra Coach Dave Cohen, who served (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; (516) 463-5033 - as the Blue Hens' defensive coordinator from 2002 through Fax last season. Delaware - Scott Selheimer, Assistant Director of Athletics, Media Relations; (301) 831-2186- O; (301) 831-8653- Fax The Blue Hens opened the scoring and posted the winning Shuart Stadium Press Box - (516) 463-5274 touchdown on their first possession of the contest, going 85 yards on 14 plays with Flacco hitting tight end Robbie Agnone 2008 HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND TRENDS: for a 7-yard touchdown. Zack Hobby's PAT gave the Blue Hens a 7-0 lead with 8:15 to play in the quarter. The junior - Hofstra, which has won three of its last five games, is coming off a quarterback picked the Pride apart during the drive, going six- 41-40 double overtime loss at Maine last Saturday. for-seven for 58 yards while rushing twice for another 12 yards. - The Pride is 67-52 (.563) in regular season play since the start of the 1998 season. Hofstra has posted a 99-62-1 (.614) record since But Hofstra came right back and went on their own 10-play, becoming a member of the Football Championship Subdivision 60-yard drive before Zarrilli came in to knock through a 22- (FCS), formerly I-AA, in 1994. yard field goal with 4:32 to play in the first quarter. It was Zarrilli's 12th field goal of the season. The Pride used Scoring Summary quarterback Anton Clarkson almost exclusively in the drive as UD- Agnone 7-yard pass from Flacco (Hobby kick) the senior completed three of six passes for 42 yards and HU- Zarrilli 22-yard field goal rushed three times for 18 yards before the drive stalled at the HU- Zarrilli 34-yard field goal UD 5-yard line. UD- Hobby 22-yard field goal After a promising offensive start to the game, the defenses Hofstra Delaware kicked in after the first two drives. The Pride closed the deficit First Downs (R-P-Pe) 7-7-0 8-12-0 to 7-6 early in the second quarter as Zarrilli made his second Rushes-Yards (Net) 29-80 34-99 field goal of the game, this one from 34 yards 1:47 into the Passing Yards (Net) 182 168 period to cap a nine-play, 51-yard drive that was stopped at Passes Comp-Att-Int 16-27-1 20-29-1 the Blue Hens 17 yard line. It was Zarrilli's sixth consecutive Total Offense/Plays-Yards 56-262 63-267 field goal attempt in the last three games. Clarkson, who was Punt Returns-Yards 1-37 1- (-10) 16-for-26 for 182 yards in the game, and running back Kareem Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-20 1-12 Huggins each had 12-yard rushes for first downs in the drive Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-0 and junior receiver Charles Sullivan hauled in an 11-yard pass Punts (Number-Avg) 4-25.0 5-39.8 for another first down. Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 2-35 4-55 Delaware added a 22-yard field goal by Hobby just 24 seconds before halftime as the Blue Hens went on a 16-play, 81-yard Possession Time 30:00 30:00 drive that wasted 7:03 on the clock and boosted the lead to 10- Third Down Conversions 4-13 4-12 6. Flacco went 7-for-7 in the drive. Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-3 The second half was all defense as the Pride held UD to just Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-16 5-39 64 yards in the final two periods. In the third quarter, Hofstra held the Blue Hens to -2 yards and had a chance to cut the RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Huggins (10-58-0), Clarkson (18-19- deficit after moving the ball to the UD 25-yard line. But 0), Crenshaw (1-3-0); Delaware-Michaud (15-58-0), Bradley Zarrilli's field goal attempt was low and stopped at the line. (7-25-0), Flacco (9-17-0) PASSING: HOFSTRA- Clarkson (26-16-1, 182, 0TD); In the fourth quarter the Blue Hens had a chance to widen the Flacco (29-20-1, 168, 1TD) gap after moving the ball to the Pride 1-yard line with 8:45 to RECEIVING: HOFSTRA-Sullivan (6-78-0), Smith (4-73-0), play. On the third-and-goal play from the 1, senior quarterback Huggins (2-12-0); Delaware- Patrick (8-72-0), Heydt (5-40-0), Ryan Carty, who entered for two plays in relief of Flacco, was Agnone (2-24-1) stripped of the ball by Hofstra freshman end Al Carmody and TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Anderson (7-7-14), linebacker Gian Villante recovered for the Pride. Hofstra then Arrington (5-4-9), Villante (2-7-9); Delaware- Johnson (8-4- marched down the field, thanks in large part to a 45-yard 12), Brown (5-2-7), Hepburn (4-3-7) completion from Clarkson to senior Shaine Smith on a third- and-19 play, before facing a fourth-and-one from the Stadium: Delaware Stadium Delaware 27 with less than four minutes to play. Clarkson's Attendance: 21,688 rush appeared to get the first down but the officials' ruled his Weather: 56 degrees and sunny knee hit the ground a foot short of the marker. HOFSTRA'S 2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS – 7 GAMES The Pride stopped the Blue Hens after six plays and nine yards RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD YPG and, after the UD punt, got the ball back on their own 29-yard Brock Jackolski 52 388 7.5 6 64.7 line with 32 seconds remaining and no timeouts left. After a Cory Christopher (inj.) 106 272 2.6 5 38.9 gain of five on a pass to Phil Riley and a spiking of the ball, Everette Benjamin 61 263 4.3 2 37.6 Clarkson threw a desperation pass that was picked off by Garrett Schultz at the UD 17 with four seconds to play. PASSING (Eff.) Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD YPG Cory Christopher (118.9) 127-190-6 (66.8%) 1163 4 166.1 Huggins led the Pride ground game with 10 carries for 58 Steve Probst (176.2) 14-20-0 (70.0%) 135 3 135.0 yards and had two catches for 12 yards. Sullivan recorded six catches for 78 yards, while Smith, the national leader in RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD YPG receiving yards per game, finished with four catches for 73 Aaron Weaver 40 321 8.0 2 45.9 Anthony Nelson 32 298 9.3 1 42.6 yards for the Pride.