FOOTBALL 2014 GAME NOTES Frostburg State vs. Hartwick GAME 9 Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 ● 2:00 pm Wright Stadium ● Oneonta, N.Y. Live Stats/Video: www.hartwickhawks.com Setting the Scene Frostburg State (3-5, 1-5 E8) Frostburg State Stat Leaders Frostburg State travels to Hartwick this Saturday (2:00 pm) for its final road Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Sept. 6 Geneva W/24-19 contest of the 2014 season. Ben Sasu 8 93 339 5 42.4 Sept. 13 at Shenandoah W/20-10 Ken Emmons 8 93 191 4 23.9 Sept. 20 at Utica * L/12-20 The Bobcats sit at 3-5 overall on the season after defeating both Geneva (24-19) Sept. 27 #7 St. John Fisher * L/7-48 and Shenandoah (20-10) in their first two contests and knocking off 25th-ranked Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Oct. 4 Buffalo State * L/14-31 Ithaca on Homecoming in double overtime (38-37). Ken Emmons 8 75-163-7 46.0 942 4 Oct. 11 at Brockport * L/0-46 Oct. 18 #25 Ithaca * W/38-37 (2 OT) Hartwick sits at 2-5 overall and 1-4 in the league after dropping its last three Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG games, all in Emipre 8 play. The Hawks defeated Western Connecticut State in Oct. 25 at Alfred * L/3-14 Haydan Roberts 8 26 295 1 36.9 its season opener, 43-38, before picking up a 34-30 victory over Alfred in league Nov. 1 at Hartwick * 1:00 pm Myles Burgess 8 14 185 1 23.1 action. Nov. 15 Salisbury * ! 1:00 pm Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. * Empire 8 Conference Opponent The Series Rowan Pinkett 8 71 1-8 4-27 - ! 16th Annual Regents Cup Saturday’s matchup between the Bobcats and Hawks will be the fourth meeting Salaman Riddell 8 52 - 3-6 - Location: ......................Frostburg, Md. between the schools and the previous three meetings have come in the three William Sewell 8 47 5.5-52 8-62 - Enrollment: ............................5,400 seasons since FSU joined the Empire 8. Nickname:...........................Bobcats Frostburg leads the series 2-1 after winning in both 2011 (35-28) and 2012 (28- Hartwick Stat Leaders Colors: ........................Red and Black 26). Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Stadium: ................Bobcat Stadium (2,500) Greg Bell 7 98 431 8 61.6 Head Coach:.................DeLane Fitzgerald It’s A New Day Billy Pine 4 50 145 3 36.3 Record at FSU ...........................3-5 DeLane Fitzgerald was named Frostburg’s 13th head football coach following a Career Record: ...................27-35/5 yrs. national search in January 2014. Upon his arrival at Frostburg, Fitzgerald quickly Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Sports Information Dir. .............Noah Becker filled out his coaching staff and began recruiting his first class. He also set about John Garcia 7 119-225-7 52.9 1,731 10 Contact: ..301-687-4371 / [email protected] raising the team’s G.P.A. through new study hall rules. Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG On the field, Fitzgerald has Frostburg off to a 3-5 start. The Bobcats defeated Tanner Williams 7 46 895 8 127.9 Hartwick (2-5, 1-4 E8) Geneva (24-19) and Shenandoah (20-10) in their first two games before upsetting Brad Garcia 7 23 503 2 71.86 Sept. 7 at West. Connecticut State W/43-38 25th-ranked Ithaca on Homecoming in double overtime (38-37). Sept. 13 Morrisville State L/40-43 Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. Sept. 20 at #19 Ithaca * L/7-42 Fitzgerald came to Frostburg following an eight-year stint at Southern Virginia Matthew Ali 6 40 1-4 2-8 1-16 Oct. 4 Alfred * W/34-30 in Buena Vista, Va., including the last five seasons as head coach. Prior to his A.J. Sakac 7 38 1-2 1.5-2 - Oct. 11 at #15 St. John Fisher L/13-42 arrival, SVU averaged just two wins per season and after his fifth year, Southern Dante Crump 7 29 - 1-7 - Oct. 18 at Salisbury * L/49-59 Virginia finished 8-2 and was ranked No. 1 in the United States Collegiate Athletic Conference coaches’ poll. Oct. 25 Brockport * L/12-17 Team Comparisons Nov. 1 Frostburg State * 2:00 pm FSU Category HC Fitzgerald also has coaching stints at Bethel University (Tenn.), Tennessee-Mar- Nov. 8 at Buffalo State * 1:00 pm 118.1 Rushing Offense 95.4 tin, James Madison and the Bridgton Academy (Maine). Nov. 15 Utica * 1:00 pm 122.5 Passing Offense 335.9 240.6 Total Offense 431.3 * Empire 8 Conference Opponent Frostburg Football History 14.8 Scoring Offense 28.3 Location: ......................Oneonta, N.Y. Frostburg is in its 54th year of collegiate football in 2014 and the Bobcats have an overall record of 238-273-8. The Bobcats appeared in the 1993 NCAA Playoffs Enrollment: ............................1,600 and have played in seven ECAC Bowl Games, the last coming at Bobcat Stadium 151.9 Rushing Defense 242.6 Nickname:............................Hawks against Moravian in 2005. 205.1 Passing Defense 214.0 Colors: .......................Blue and White 357.0 Total Defense 456.6 Stadium: ......................Wright Stadium Prior to joining the Empire 8, FSU competed in the Atlantic Central Football Head Coach:........................Mike Carr Conference for 12 seasons from 1999-2010, capturing league titles in 1999, 2003 41 / 129 (32%) 3rd Down Conv. 52 / 109 (48%) Record at AU ..........................54-64 and 2004. 9 / 19 (47%) 4th Down Conv. 8 / 19 (42%) Career Record: ........................54-65 Sports Information Dir. ............ Chris Gondek 38 - 405 Penalties - Yards 51 - 404 Contact: ...607-431-4703 / [email protected] 31:03 Avg. Time of Poss. 32:19 /FrostburgStateAthletics @FrostburgSports /FrostburgSports FrostburgSports.com/Live FOOTBALL 2014 GAME NOTES 2014 Empire 8 Standings A Win Would .... - Lift the Bobcats to 239-273-8 overall - Be the second four-win season for Frostburg in four years Overall Conference - Hand FSU its 16th win over a school from the state of New York (15-38-1) W L W L - Give Frostburg a 3-1 series lead over Hartwick St. John Fisher 6 1 4 1 Ithaca 5 2 4 2 Empire 8 Update Brockport 5 2 3 2 All nine Empire 8 football schools opened their 2014 seasons with a week-one victory. Following last weekend, however, the Empire 8 Buffalo State 5 2 3 2 Athletic Conference is without an undefeated team. St. John Fisher sits at 6-1 overall, while Ithaca, Brockport and Buffalo State are all 5-2. Salisbury 4 3 3 2 Utica 5 3 3 3 This Week In The Empire 8 Alfred 4 3 2 3 Eight of the nine Empire 8 teams are in action in week nine of the 2014 football season and eight schools are in conference play. Alfred Hartwick 2 5 1 4 travels to Salisbury, Buffalo State visits St. John Fisher, Brockport welcomes Ithaca and Frostburg will travel to Hartwick. Frostburg 3 5 1 5 Alfred at Salisbury - Noon 2014 D3football.com Top 25 Buffalo State at St. John Fisher - Noon Ithaca at Brockport - 1:00 pm - Week 8 - Frostburg State at Hartwick - 2:00 pm No. Team Record Pts. Prev. Empire 8 Preseason Poll 1 UW-Whitewater (23) 7-0 623 1 The Frostburg State football team was picked to finish ninth in the 2014 Empire 8Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll released 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) 7-0 591 2 in late August. St. John Fisher received eight of the nine first-place votes along with 64 points and was picked to win the league title. 3 Mount Union (1) 7-0 583 3 Salisbury (53 pts.) and Ithaca (52 pts.) round out the top three. 4 Wesley 8-0 545 4 The Coaches 5 Linfield 6-0 527 5 Fitzgerald hit the ground running following his hire at Frostburg State and he quickly filled out his staff with some of the nation’s top 6 Wartburg 7-0 486 6 coaches. Tye Hiatt (OC/QB), John Kelling (DC/LB) and Peter Mayer (ST/DB) will serve as the Bobcats’ coordinators. Joining them are Ben 7 John Carroll 7-0 480 7 Crowder (RB), Sam Daniels (DT), Pete Hansen (DE), Angelo Luvara (T/TE), Nate Sievers (OL), Tyler Condiff (Asst. LB), Kenny Johnson 8 Hobart 7-0 423 8 (WR), Tyler Stevens (Asst. WR), Dernard Bryan (Asst. OL), Victor Andersen (Asst. DB) and Tim Arnold (Asst. RB). 9 Johns Hopkins 7-0 415 9 10 Wabash 7-0 404 10 Preseason All-American Frostburg has had several players named Preseason Division III All-Americans by USA College Football over the last few years and this 11 Bethel 6-1 378 11 summer junior linebacker Rowan Pinkett was named to the preseason third-team defense. 12 Widener 7-0 314 16 13 Wheaton (Ill.) 7-0 303 17 Pinkett had a breakout season last fall after leading the Bobcats and finishing fifth in the Empire 8 with 104 total tackles. For his forts,ef he 14 Wittenberg 6-1 269 14 was named to the All-Empire 8 Second Team. He averaged 10.4 tackles per contest and finished with 10 or more tackles in five games. 15 St. John Fisher 6-1 262 15 16 UW-Platteville 6-1 252 13 Pinkett picked up in week one where he left off a year ago, finishing with 12 total tackles, one tackle for loss with a forced and recovered 17 Washington and Jefferson 7-0 208 18 fumble against Geneva.