GAME 4 • SEPT. 30, 2017 • SAINT FRANCIS AT LIBERTY • WILLIAMS STADIUM • LYNCHBURG, VA. 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result SAINT FRANCIS RED FLASH Sept. 2 LOCK HAVEN W, 69-3 Record: 2-1 Sept. 9 WAGNER* (ESPN3) W, 31-6 NEC Record: 1-0 Sept. 16 TOWSON L, 16-14 STATS FCS Ranking: RV Sept. 30 at No. 22 Liberty 6 p.m. Head Coach: Chris Villarrial Oct. 7 at Presbyterian 1 p.m. Eighth Season at SFU (33-47) Oct. 14 at Bryant* 1 p.m. Career Record: Same as SFU record. Oct. 21 at Duquesne* (ESPN3) 12 p.m. Oct. 28 ROBERT MORRIS* 12 p.m. LIBERTY FLAMES Nov. 4 at Central Conn. St.* 12 p.m. Record: 3-1 Nov. 11 SACRED HEART* 12 p.m. Nov. 18 at Eastern Kentucky 1 p.m. Big South Record: 0-0 All Times Eastern *NEC Game STATS FCS Ranking: 22 Head Coach: Turner Gill Sixth Season at Liberty (37-25) Career Record: 12th year (62-74) Saint Francis Coaching Staff THIS WEEK’S FLASH POINTS Chris Villarrial ......................Head Coach Eric Long ............. Offensive Coordinator • Saint Francis continues its non-conference schedule this week, and goes on the Marco Pecora ..Defensive Coordinator/LBs road for the first time this season, at Liberty. Garrett Clawson .........RBs/Special Teams • The Red Flash is coming off a tough 16-14 setback against Towson, falling on a Ryan Heasley ..................... Offensive Line last-second field goal. Josh Hutchison .........................Tight Ends • SFU snapped a program-record 11-game home win streak, with its first loss at DeGol Field since November 22, 2014 against Central Connecticut St. (22-17). Brian Wright ....................Wide Receivers • Through three games, SFU has a scoring margin of 114-25. SFU ranks 16th in Jacob Craig ..............Outside Linebackers the FCS in scoring offense and 4th in scoring defense, leading the NEC in both Matt Gueguen ...................Defensive Line categories. Bishop Neal .................... Defensive Backs • Towson’s rushing TD in the 4th quarter snapped a 13-quarter streak without allowing a touchdown. • The SFU offense is 24th in the FCS in passing offense (266.3 ypg), with QB Bear TV/Broadcast: Liberty Sports Network Fenimore ranking 16th in passing yards (764), 7th in passing TDs (8) and 10th Play-by-Play ............................Mike Tilley in passing efficiency (169.7). Color ..................................... Matt Warner • With two TD catches vs. Towson, Kamron Lewis has a TD catch in seven Sideline ................................Bobbie Bohlig straight games. • The SFU defense leads the FCS in turnovers forced (10), ranks fifth in interceptions (5), 25th in total defense (296.3) and fourth in Red Zone defense Social Media: (50%). Facebook ...............................SFUAthletics • RB Jymere Jordan-Toney is 14th in the FCS in rushing yards (241) and rushing Twitter ................................. @RedFlashFB touchdowns (3). He leads the NEC with 90.3 rushing yards per game. Instagram ................................... redflashfb • S Delondo Boyd was all over the field vs. Towson with seven tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He’s second on SFU with 21 tackles. ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS • 39 players on the SFU roster hail from the state of Pennsylvania. Primary Contact: Paul Marboe Office: 814-472-3916 GAME DETAILS SERIES HISTORY Venue........................ Williams Stadium Series vs. Liberty .........Liberty Leads, 2-0 Cell: 814-777-7604 Capacity ........................................... 20,000 Streak ..................................................... L, 2 Email: [email protected] Playing Surface .......................... AstroTurf Last meeting .........................L, 52-7, 2010 HEAD COACH CHRIS VILLARRIAL THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday No Media Practice Practice Practice No Media at Liberty No Media 6 p.m. ET Former National Football League All-Pro Offensive Lineman Chris Villarrial was named the 25th head coach of the Saint Francis University football program on December 20, 2009. After serving one year as the offensive coordinator under predecessor Dave Opfar, Villarrial will enter his seventh season at the helm of the Saint Francis football program. MEDIA INFORMATION He was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Interview Procedures Media Credentials Hall of Fame Capital Chapter in June 2017. Saint Francis players and coaches are available for Credentials are issued for all third-party press box Villarrial played 11 seasons in the NFL, earn- interview requests Tuesday through Thursday during personnel (media, scouts, officials’ observers, etc.). ing two All-Pro honors. game weeks. Coach Villarrial and selected players Requests for credentials are on a per-game basis. will also be available postgame following an NCAA Credential requests should be made at least a week After leading SFU to its first ever NEC Title and FCS Playoffs appearance in 2016, Villarrial mandated cooling-off period. in advance. Seating in the press box will be deter- was named NEC Coach of the Year for the mined by the Athletics Communications office. second straight season and was the ECAC Football Practices Coach of the Year. He was also a finalist for Saint Francis football practices are open to the me- Media Will Call & Parking STATS FCS National Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year. dia Tuesday through Thursday during game weeks. Credentials will be mailed in advance of the game, Requests to attend practice should be made as far in but a Will Call can be established under special cir- With 33 career wins, Villarrial is second in advance as possible. cumstances. Parking is available on campus within program history. With a win vs. Malone, he walking distance of DeGol Field. passed Frank Pergolizzi (1989-94) for second all-time and trails Art Martynuska (1969-79, 81) by 13 wins for first place. Villarrial led SFU to a 7-5 record in 2016, including 5-1 in the NEC. SFU won its first PRONUNCIATION GUIDE conference title as a Division I program and made its first FCS Playoffs appearance, Junior Ajayi ....................ah-JYE Coaching Staff: meeting VIllanova in the First Round. Jake Beistel ..................BYE-stull Chris Villarrial ...........vih-LARRY-uhl Eric Bofenkamp ..........BAW-fin-camp Matt Gueguen .................GEE-gin On November 14, 2016, the Red Flash earned its first ever appearance in a Top 25 poll, be- Freddy Bopst ..................BOE-pst Ryan Heasley .................HEE-sley ing ranked 25th in the STATS FCS Media Poll. Ben Bruni .................. BREW-nee Mederick Flavius, Jr. ...........Med-rick Villarrial has coached seven players to 20 Abijah Howell ..............ah-BEE-jah postseason FCS All-America selections, in- cluding S Lorenzo Jerome, WR Kamron Lewis Jymere Jordan-Toney .........J-EYE-mir and LB Solomon Leaeno in 2016. Tyler Magaha .............muh-GAH-ha Kane Piroch ...................Pir-OAK He has coached 45 All-NEC selections at Saint Gibbs Tinne ....................Tin-ee Francis, including 10 last year (eight First Team). In 2016, Lewis was named NEC Alex Woicehovich ........WOYK-oh-vich Offensive Player of the Year and Jerome Aaron Yasulitis .............Ya-SUE-lit-is NEC FRONT ROW INFORMATION became the conference’s first ever four-time first team selection. Online: www.NECFrontRow.com Play-by-Play: Pat Farabaugh Villarrial is from Hershey, Pa. Color: Jay Roberts 2 GAME 4 • SEPT. 30, 2017 • SAINT FRANCIS AT LIBERTY • WILLIAMS STADIUM • LYNCHBURG, VA. TEAM COMPARISON INDIVIDUAL HONORS Kamron Lewis #2 - Wide Receiver Walter Payton Award Watch List CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List College Sports Madness Preseason All-America HERO Sports Preseason All-America STATS FCS Preseason All-America Preseason All-NEC Delondo Boyd Record .............. 3-1 (0-0) Record .............. 2-1 (1-0) #21 - Safety Preseason All-NEC Scoring Offense ........39.5 Scoring Offense ........38.0 Team Captain Total Offense ..........481.0 Total Offense ..........397.3 Malik Duncan Rushing Offense .....121.5 Rushing Offense .....131.0 #1 - Cornerback Preseason All-NEC Passing Offense ......359.5 Passing Offense ......266.3 Team Captain Pass Efficiency ........150.4 Pass Efficiency ........175.4 Christian Eubanks Time/Possession ....30:53 Time/Possession ....30:13 #77 - Offensive Guard Preseason All-NEC Red Zone ... 17-18 (94%) Red Zone ... 13-15 (87%) Bear Fenimore Scoring Defense .......33.5 Scoring Defense .........8.3 #5 - Quarterback Total Defense ..........440.0 Total Defense ..........296.3 NEC Offensive Player of the Week (9/11) Rushing Defense ....141.2 Rushing Defense ....113.0 Mederick Flavius Jr. #55 - Offensive Tackle Passing Defense .....298.8 Passing Defense .....183.3 Preseason All-NEC Pass Efficiency D....143.9 Pass Efficiency D......86.3 Team Captain Sacks ...............................2 Sacks ...............................5 Ra’Shaun Henry #16 - Wide Receiver Sacks Allowed ...............6 Sacks Allowed ...............5 NEC Rookie of the Week (9/11) Tackles For Loss ..........16 Tackles For Loss ..........20 Hakeem Kinard Turnovers Gained .........6 Turnovers Gained .......10 #5 - Safety NEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/11) Turnovers Lost ..............4 Turnovers Lost ..............2 Matt Valenzuela Net Punting ..............35.6 Net Punting ..............36.7 #87 - Tight End Kick Returns .............24.1 Kick Returns .............17.3 Team Captain Punt Returns ............10.7 Punt Returns ..............6.4 Marcus Bagley 2017 LIBERTY SCHEDULE #21 - Running Back Preseason All-NEC Date Opponent Time/Result