(RV) SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925 | Cell: 585.734.2185 GAME 11 - THE ROCK at KUTZTOWN Date .............................. Saturday, Nov. 11 TALE OF THE TAPE Time ........................................ 12:05 p.m. Location ..............................Kutztown, Pa. Venue ......................Andre Reed Stadium THE ROCK STAT CATEGORY KUTZTOWN Capacity ...........................................6,500 408............................... Scoring (Total Points) ................................370 SLIPPERY ROCK Surface ........................................ Artificial KUTZTOWN 40.8..................................Points per Game ................................... 37.0 “THE ROCK” Last Meeting ............ Sept. 6, 2014 at SRU “GOLDEN BEARS” 248................................. First Downs (Total) ..................................203 (8-2, 5-2 PSAC) .......................... Slippery Rock won 37-26 (7-3, 5-2 PSAC) 1,294.............................Rushing Yards (Total) .............................1,727 129.4..........................Rushing Yards per Game...........................172.7 LIVE COVERAGE 18......................................... Rushing TD .......................................... 22 Live Stats ......................................sidearmstats.com/kutztown/football/ 3,382.............................Passing Yards (Total) ..............................2,496 Live Stats for Media ...........sidearmstats.com/kutztown/football/media 338.2.......................... Passing Yards per Game ...........................249.6 Live Audio ................................97.7 FM (Butler County) / 977rocks.com 32..........................................Passing TD .......................................... 26 Play-by Play ......................................................................... Bob Cupp 4,676..............................Total Yards Offense ...............................4,223 Color Commentary ..................................... Glenn Thompson, Ty Friel 467.6..........................Yards Offense per Game ...........................422.3 Live Streaming Video .................................. kubears.com/coverage.aspx 55......................................Total TD Scored ....................................... 50 317............................Opp. Scoring (Total Points) ............................181 ALL-TIME SERIES 31.7............................. Opp. Points per Game ..............................18.1 Slippery Rock owns a 10-2 advantage in the all-time series between the 2,128.........................Opp. Rushing Yards (Total) .............................915 two teams that dates back to 1984. The Rock have won the last two 212.8.......................... Opp. Rushing per Game .............................91.5 meetings in 2013 at Kutztown and 2014 at SRU. Kutztown’s only two 25.....................................Opp. Rushing TD ...................................... 10 wins in the series came in back-to-back years in 2011 at home in the 2,286.........................Opp. Passing Yards (Total) .........................1,877 PSAC Championship game and in 2012 at SRU, both by seven points. 228.6.......................... Opp. Passing per Game ...........................187.7 Only four games in the series have been decided by one possession. 16..................................... Opp. Passing TD ...................................... 11 4,414.............................. Opp. Total Offense ...............................2,792 First Meeting: 1984 (SRU won 21-6) Most Points Scored (KU): 56 (2012) 441.4.......................... Opp. Offense per Game ...........................279.2 Last Meeting: 2014 (SRU won 37-26) Biggest Win Margin (KU): 7 (’11, ’12) 25........................................ Sacks (Total) ......................................... 24 Current Streak: Slippery Rock +2 Most Points Scored (SRU): 68 (1999) 7............................................INT (Total) ........................................... 16 at Kutztown: SRU leads 5-1 Biggest Win Margin (SRU): 48 (2013) 41 (38.3) ...................... Punts (Avg. per Punt) ........................45 (42.6) at SRU: SRU leads 5-1 Last SRU Win: 2014 at SRU (37-26) 52 (20.1) ................... Kick Returns (Avg. Yards) .....................33 (25.7) COACHING MATCHUP 20 (17.5) ...................Punt Returns (Avg. Yards) .....................22 (12.0) Slippery Rock head coach Shawn Lutz is in his 22nd overall season at 71-of-143 (51%) ............... 3rd-Down Conv. ................ 61-of-141 (43%) The Rock and his second as head coach, where he owns a 15-6 record 11-of-15 (73%) ................. 4th-Down Conv. .................. 11-of-19 (58%) after posting a 7-4 mark in his first season. Prior to that, he served 87 (79.2) ...................... Penalties (Avg. Yards) ........................92 (87.6) four years as the associate head coach and eight as the defensive 7...........................................INT Thrown .......................................... 27 coordinator and defensive line coach. Lutz has been a member of the 11 (4) .................................Fumbles (lost) ...................................12 (4) coaching staff for eight of SRU’s PSAC West titles. He played tight end 73.6...............................Avg. Plays per Game ................................69.7 at West Virginia University, graduating in 1996, and earned a master’s degree in sport management from SRU in 2003. 2017 ROCK FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Jim Clements is in his fourth season as the head coach at Kutztown, 9/2 at Kentucky State University ....................................... W, 42-21 where he has posted a winning season in all four years to become the 9/9 [1] #24 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY ......................... W, 49-42 only coach in program history to do so. Clements owns a 27-16 record 9/16 [2] LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY..................................... W, 33-7 with the Golden Bears and has an overall head coaching record of 93-40 9/23 at Gannon University * ............................................... W, 49-45 after spending eight seasons as the head coach at Division III Delaware 9/30 [3] #5 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY (PA) * ................ W-OT, 47-44 Valley College, where he set the program’s all-time record for wins after 10/7 at Mercyhurst University * .......................................... W, 31-28 going 66-24 from 2006-13 with three NCAA playoff appearances. 10/14 [4] #3 INDIANA UNIVERSITY (PA) * ............................L, 17-34 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL RANKINGS 10/21 at Edinboro University * ................................................L, 39-49 The NCAA released its third set of official Super Region rankings this 10/28 [5] CLARION UNIVERSITY * ........................................ W, 24-9 week. The rankings are used to determine which seven teams from each 11/4 at Seton Hill University * ............................................. W, 77-38 of the four Super Regions will make the NCAA playoffs after this week’s 11/11 at Kutztown University ......................................................Noon games. Slippery Rock finds itself in a prime position in Super Region 11/18 NCAA Round One (if qualified) ............................................ TBA One at No. 5 in this week’s rankings. Indiana (Pa.) sits atop the rankings, followed by Assumption, Shepherd, Findlay, SRU, West Chester and Home Games in BOLD CAPS Shippensburg rounding out the top seven. The Rock are receiving votes * PSAC West Games [3] Military, First Responders Day in the AFCA Division II national poll for the third straight week after [1] Hall of Fame Game [4] Homecoming dropping from a season-high ranking of No. 9 four weeks ago. Complete [2] Family Day/Village Fest [5] Senior Day national polls are on page 10. Rock Football Game Notes - 1 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY FACTS LAST MEETING WITH KUTZTOWN - 9/6/14 Name of School ..................................................Slippery Rock University Kutztown scored the first 20 points of the game to lead 20-0 less than City/Zip Code ....................................................Slippery Rock, Pa./16057 two minutes into the second quarter before Slippery Rock reeled off 37 Founded ........................................................................................... 1889 unanswered points to run away with a 37-26 win in the season opener Enrollment ...................................................................................... 8,895 of the 2014 season. The Golden Bears were shut out from the 13:38 Nickname ...................................................................................The Rock mark of the second quarter until the last play of the game, a TD pass School Colors .............................................. Green (PMS 342) and White with no time left. SRU went on to win the PSAC title that fall. Affiliation ........................................................................NCAA Division II Conference ................................. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference The Rock put up 493 yards of offense with 297 passing yards and 196 Interim President ............................................................... Dr. Philip Way rushing yards to Kutztown’s 368, which came almost exclusively in the Director of Athletics .............................................................. Paul Lueken air as the Golden Bears rushed for just 10 yards on 27 attempts.