2013 EDINBORO FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Bob Shreve, Edinboro University Sports Information Director . Office: (814) 732‐1834 l E‐mail: rshreve@ edinboro.edu www.gofightingscots.com l Facebook: EdinboroUniversityAthletics l Twitter: @BoroAthletics GAME INFORMATION GAME 9 ERIE, Pa. (Tullio Field, 2,300) Date: Saturday, November 2, 201 3 Site: Erie, PA EDINBORO FIGHTING SCOTS (4-4, 2-3 PSAC West) Stadium: Tullio Field (2,300) Head Coach: Scott Browning (Ohio State ‘81) Kickoff: 12 noon Record at Edinboro: 53‐33, eighth year Career Record: 53‐33, eighth year Next: Sat., Nov. 9 vs. Clarion ‐‐ 12 noon at Series History MERCYHURST LAKERS (4-4, 2-3 PSAC West) Series Record: Edinboro leads 5‐4 Head Coach: Marty Schaetzle (Bucknell ‘83) Last Meeting: 2012 ‐‐ Mercyhurst 24, Edinboro 21 Record at Mercyhurst: 59‐70, 12th year Career Record: 59‐70, 12th year EDINBORO Fighting Scots 4‐4, 2‐3 PSAC West November 2, 2013 l 12 noon l TV: America One l Radio: WFSE 88.9 FM Ranking None Tullio Field (2,300) l Erie, Pa. Last Game Oct. 26‐‐ Slippery Rock 44, Edinboro 20 Head Coach Scott Browning The Game Story Record at Edinboro 53‐33, 8th year } Edinboro and Mercyhurst renew acquiantances in a local rivalry with a very odd twist. The vis‐ Career Record 53‐33, 8th year iting team has won the last five meetings, or every contest since the Lakers joined the Pennsyl‐ vania State Athletic Conference in 2008. The games have also been hotly‐contested, with three MERCYHURST Lakers 4‐4, 2‐3 PSAC West of those five meetings decided by three points or less. That includes last year’s 24‐21 win for Mer‐ Ranking None cyhurst at Edinboro. Both teams come into the game with identical 4‐4 overall records and 2‐3 Last Game Oct. 26 ‐‐ Indiana(Pa.) 28, in the PSAC West. Mercyhurst 6 } The rollercoaster ride that has been the 2013 season for Edinboro continued last Saturday as the Head Coach Marty Schaetzle Fighting Scots followed up a 36‐30 win at 22nd‐ranked Indiana(Pa.) with a 44‐20 setback to Slippery Record at Mercyhurst 59‐70, 12th year Rock. The Rock came in ranked 22nd in the D2Football.com Top 25 and possessing one of the top of‐ Career Record 59‐70, 12th year fenses in Division II. The Edinboro defense actually held SRU a field goal below its season scoring av‐ erage and was helped by five turnovers, but Slippery Rock still totaled 637 yards in offense. Edinboro Coaching Staff Edinboro finished with 278 yards in total offense. SRU shut down the ground game (64 yards), forc‐ ing redshirt freshman quarterback Jon Girvin to the air 51 times. He would complete 20 passes. Such Scott Browning Head Coach are the travails of a very young team. Wayne Bradford Defensive Coordinator } Edinboro pulled off one of its best wins in the Browning Era with the 36‐30 upset at IUP. It Bryan Volk Offensive Coordinator snapped a three‐game losing streak to IUP and marked the first home loss for the Crimson Kim Niedbala Defensive Backs Hawks in almost two years. The win was the first against a nationally‐ranked opponent since Jim Henson Running Backs 2010, when Edinboro started the season with a 20‐19 win at seventh‐ranked West Liberty. Jack Corey Student Assistant } Mercyhurst had been one of the hottest teams in the PSAC until meeting up with Indiana(Pa.) Seth Hembree Student Assistant last week. The Lakers had run off three straight wins, averaging 54.7 points per game in those three Don Einhouse Administrative Assistant contests. IUP cooled off the Lakers, handing them a 28‐6 defeat. The defenses ruled, as IUP held Mercyhurst to 257 yards while managing just 310 yards. Like Edinboro, the Lakers played in a strong Sports Information wind. Three of IUP’s four scoring drives covered less than 50 yards. Mercyhurst will be playing its Bob Shreve Director Office Phone: (814) 732‐1834 2013 EDINBORO FIGHTING SCOTS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Cell Phone: (814) 882‐6049 FAX: (814) 732‐2596 Sept. 5 at Walsh W, 35‐34 Edinboro leads 1‐0 Press Box: (814) 732‐2904 Cody Harris throws for 304 yards and 4 TDs as Fighting Scots hold off late Walsh rally E‐mail: [email protected] Sept. 14 #15 BLOOMSBURG L, 35‐47 BU leads 7‐3 Edinboro totals 514 yards in total offense but commits five costly turnovers Liam Halferty Graduate Assistant Sept. 21 at California(Pa.)* L, 7‐20 CAL leads 43‐35‐2 Josh Gleason Graduate Assistant Vulcans win ninth straight in series as Boro commits five turnovers for second straight game Sept. 28 SETON HILL* W, 43‐7 Edinboro leads 1‐0 Radio/TV Defense holds Griffins to 1165 total yards and forces 4 turnovers; Jon Girvin accounts for 4 TDs Radio WFSE FM 88.9 ‐‐ Mike Telek Oct. 5 LOCK HAVEN W, 31‐6 Edinboro leads 41‐14‐1 (play‐by‐play) and Jeff Snyder Boro wins 13th straight game against Bald Eagles as Jeremy Donaldson runs for 144 yards, 1 TD (color commentary) Oct. 12 at Gannon* L, 14‐55 Edinboro leads 7‐1 http://streamdb4web. Edinboro loses for first time to Golden Knights as Gannon scores final 41 points securenetsystems.net/v5/WFSE Oct. 19 at #22 Indiana(Pa.)* 1:00 p.m. IUP leads 55‐23‐4 TV America One ‐‐ streamed at Edinboro forced five turnovers, Jon Girvin threw 3 TDs, for first upset of ranked team since 2010 http://www.americaonesports.com/partner_me Oct. 26 SLIPPERY ROCK* 12 noon SRU leads 50‐26‐7 mbers.asp?id=16 Slippery Rock won fourth straight in series, rolling up 637 yards in total offense Nov. 2 at Mercyhurst* 12 noon Edinboro leads 5‐4 Visiting team has won last five meetings in this rivalry Nov. 9 CLARION* 12 noon Edinboro leads 42‐38‐2 Edinboro has averaged 33.5 points in last six meetings with Clarion, winning five of six games Nov. 16 at Kutztown 1:05 p.m. Edinboro leads 5‐3 Edinboro has won all three games played at Kutztown, including 35‐28 win in 2007 www.gofightingscots.com l @BoroAthletics l EdinboroUniversityAthletics Game 9 - Edinboro at Mercyhurst 2013 EDINBORO FOOTBALL GAME NOTES final home game before heading out on the road } Scott for its final two games. Cody Harris to Miss Rest of Season Browning } Edinboro and Mercyhurst have played four Head coach Scott Brown‐ common opponents ‐‐ Gannon, Indiana(Pa.), Slip‐ ing has announced that HEAD COACH pery Rock and Seton Hill. Both defeated a strug‐ Cody Harris will miss the EIGHTH SEASON gling Seton Hill squad, and both felt the brunt of rest of the 2013 season Slippery Rock’s high‐powered attack. The other due to an injury suffered two results were vastly different. Edinboro won in the second game of the at IUP while Mercyhurst suffered a home loss to season against Blooms‐ The Browning File the Crimson Hawks, and the Fighting Scots suf‐ burg. Edinboro will re‐ Education fered a 55‐14 defeat at Gannon, while five days quest a medical hardship waiver for the senior, allowing him to play in The Ohio State University, 1981 (undergraduate) later Mercyhurst handed the Golden Knights a 51‐ 2014. Harris is a two‐time All‐PSAC West sec‐ New Mexico State, 1983 (graduate) 21 defeat. } The Fighting Scots have battled a host of in‐ ond team selection who was off to a fast start. Coaching Experience juries all year long. Many of the injured have re‐ He had accounted for nine of Edinboro’s ten touchdowns while completing 61 of 79 passes 1982 New Mexico State, assistant coach turned, although Chris Mitchell and Kyle Matula, for 666 yards with 8 TDs and 2 INTs. He also 1983 Idaho State, assistant coach projected to be two‐thirds of the starting lineback‐ had 118 yards rushing with a touchdown. He 1984‐86 Ohio State, assistant coach ers corps, have played a combined four games. ranked fourth in the PSAC and 15th nationally 1986‐2005 Edinboro, assistant coach Two‐time All‐PSAC West performer Cody Harris in passing yards per game (333.0 ypg.), and 2006‐ Edinboro, head coach was lost for the season after two games, and tail‐ back D’Andrea Vaughn has been in and out of the third and 11th, respectively, in both passing ef‐ Head Coaching Experience lineup. He missed the Slippery Rock game. Wide ficiency (176.4) and total offense (392.0 ypg.) Year School Record PSAC receiver Kevin Sonnie went down for the second after two weeks. Harris had also continued 2006 Edinboro 6‐5 3‐3, T4th time this year against The Rock. his ascent up the career records chart. He is } tied for third in career attempts (953) and ca‐ 2007 Edinboro 7‐4 3‐3, 4th In addition to the numerous injuries, turnovers reer touchdown passes (55). He also moved 2008 Edinboro 9‐2 5‐2, T2nd have proven a major story in 2013. The Fighting Scots have turned the ball over just four times in into second place in career total offense with #20 AFCA Final their four victories, but 11 times in the three 7,854 yards. He has eight career 300‐yard 2009 Edinboro 9‐4 5‐2, 3rd losses, including five against both Bloomsburg games, and has thrown for four‐or‐more touch‐ NCAA Playoffs and California(Pa.). downs in a game six times. #24 AFCA Final } Cornerback Devin Ghafoor was named the 2010 Edinboro 7‐4 3‐4, T4th PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week for the Cody Harris Game-by-Game in 2013 2011 Edinboro 7‐4 4‐3, 4th second time in the last three weeks.