BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Game 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 5 Bloomsburg Sports Information Office Director / Football Contact: David Leisering • e-mail: [email protected] • office: 570-389-4413 Week 5 • Saturday, September 29, 2018 • 6:05 PM • University Field at Andre Reed Stadium BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES 2018 Schedule Sep 1 MERRIMACK W 30-16 Sep 8 EDINBORO L 16-21 Sep 15 at Mercyhurst L 10-14 Sep 22 SHIPPENSBURG* W 28-24 Sep 29 at Kutztown* 6:05 PM Oct 6 WEST CHESTER* 2:00 PM Oct 13 EAST STROUDSBURG* 2:00 PM Oct 20 at Lock Haven* 12:00 PM Oct 27 MILLERSVILLE* 2:00 PM BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES #RV KUTZTOWN GOLDEN BEARS Nov 3 at West Liberty 1:00 PM (2-2, 1-0 PSAC East) (3-0, 0-0 PSAC EAST) Nov 10 at Slippery Rock 12:00 PM Head Coach: Paul Darragh (Temple ‘85) Head Coach: Jim Clements (Widener ‘96) Career Record: 43-19 (6th Season) Career Record (at KU): 31-16 (5th Season) * PSAC East contest Darragh vs Kutztown: 3-2 Clements vs Bloomsburg: 2-2 KUTZTOWN GOLDEN BEARS Series History FIVE THINGS TO WATCH 2018 Schedule Bloomsburg leads the all-time series, 47-23-1 - Saturday’s contest with Kutztown is the 72nd in the series, Streak: Kutztown 2W with Bloomsburg’s record in the first 71 games standing at Sep 1 at #17 Assumption W 32-28 47-23-1: 27-8-1 at home and 20-15 on the road, since the Sep 8 CALIFORNIA (Pa.) W 34-31 Last Meeting: October 7, 2017 at Bloomsburg first game in 1927. The Huskies have lost two straight to the Sep 15 at Gannon W 48-33 (Kutztown 23, Bloomsburg 7) Golden Bears for the first time since 1991-92. They have Sep 29 BLOOMSBURG* 6:05 PM First Meeting: October 1, 1927 at Bloomsburg not lost three consecutive games in the series since 1979- Oct 6 at East Stroudsburg* 6:05 PM 81, years when Bloomsburg posted a combined record of (Bloomsburg 30, Kutztown 0) 3-26. Oct 13 LOCK HAVEN* 2:05 PM Largest Bloomsburg Win: Oct 20 at Shippensburg* 1:00 PM November 6, 1965 at Kutztown (47-0) - The Huskies closed out the 2017 season with a 7-4 record Oct 27 WEST CHESTER* 12:05 PM Largest Kutztown Win: - Bloomsburg’s 19th consecutive winning season dating Nov 3 at Millersville* 4:00 PM October 5, 1991 at Kutztown (67-19) back to 1999. It is the third-longest streak in PSAC history, behind West Chester’s 31 (1940-42, 1945-72) and Clarion’s Nov 10 at Edinboro 12:00 PM 22 (1964-85). The 19 straight seasons with at least six vic- BLOOMSBURG-KUTZTOWN SERIES (LAST 5 MEETINGS) tories, however, continues a PSAC record. Bloomsburg has * PSAC East contest 2017 at Bloomsburg L 7-23 now posted a winning record in 23 of the last 24 years. 2016 at Kutztown L 24-34 - This season marks the fifth time since the consecutive 2015 at Bloomsburg W 27-21 (OT) winning season streak began that the Huskies have started 2014 at Kutztown W 31-13 the season with a 1-2 record and, in each case, Bloomsburg 2013 at Kutztown W 31-12 went on to win at least seven games. In 2000, the Huskies actually started 0-2 before advancing to the NCAA Division FOLLOW THE HUSKIES Where to catch the Huskies: II National Championship game against Delta State where it ultimately fell, 63-34. Bloomsburg also started 1-2 in 2003 Radio (finished 7-4), 2007 (finished 7-3), and 2015 (finished 7-4). /BUHuskies BIGFOOT COUNTRY 106.5 FM Bloomsburg has not started 2-3 since 2007 but that squad went on to win the final five games of the year to finish 7-3. www.thisisbigfootcountry.com Play-By-Play: Jim Doyle / Color: Andy Ulicny - Bloomsburg has scored at least one point in 177 consec- @GoBUHuskies utive games dating back to a 21-0 home loss against Ship- pensburg on September 13, 2003. The Huskies have rattled off 115 consecutive road games with at least a point dating back to a 30-0 loss at Millersville on October 10, 1998. /BUHuskies - The Huskies are ranked second in the PSAC in total de- Video fense as they allow only 300.8 yards per game. However, the Golden Bears are tops in the league by averaging 508.0 https://portal.stretchinternet.com/bloomsburgpa/ yards per contest on offense. Meanwhile, Bloomsburg en- LIVE STATS ters dead last in passing offense (136.5) while Kutztown is www.BUHuskies.com dead last in passing defense (295.3). 2018http://kubears.com/sidearmstats/football/summary Bloomsburg Football Notes (GAME 5 vs kutztown) 1 NATIONAL POLLS THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP AFCA Division II Poll Tale of the Tape as of September 24, 2018 Statistical Comparisons School (first-place votes) Record Pts Last (PSAC/NCAA rank) 1. Minnesota State (26) 4-0 811 2 2. Indiana (Pa.) (5) 4-0 761 3 21.0 (11/115) Points Per Game 38.0 (5/21) 3. Grand Valley State 4-0 746 5 18.8 (4/33) Points Allowed Per Game 30.7 (10/106) 4. Ferris State 4-0 734 6 330.3 (12/114) Yards Per Game 508.0 (1/7) 5. Midwestern State 4-0 706 7 6. West Georgia 4-0 656 8 300.8 (2/38) Yards Allowed Per Game 431.7 (13/129) 7. Ouachita Baptist 4-0 593 9 193.8 (2/38) Rushing Offense Per Game 192.0 (3/42) 8. Minnesota-Duluth 4-0 526 11 97.5 (3/21) Rushing Defense Per Game 136.3 (10/66) 9. Texas A&M-Commerce 3-1 444 1 10. Pittsburg State 4-0 442 15 136.5 (15/147) Passing Offense Per Game 316.0 (3/9) 11. West Florida 3-1 433 10 203.3 (3/70) Passing Defense Per Game 295.3 (15/160) 12. West Chester 4-0 430 13 +2 (5/48) Turnover Margin +1 (7/63) 13. Valdosta State 4-0 421 16 14t. Central Washington 3-1 397 12 1 (2/7) Fumbles Lost 1 (4/15) 14t. Colorado School of Mines 4-0 397 17 5 (5/110) Had Intercepted 2 (2/21) 16. Colorado State-Pueblo 3-1 382 22 94.3 (10/145) Penalty Yards Per Game 77.7 (6/109) 17. Northwest Missouri State 3-1 331 4 18. Fort Hays State 3-1 267 18 82 (6/56) First Downs 61 (15/124) 19. Southern Arkansas 4-0 250 21 24.1 (4/27) Kickoff Return Average 21.1 (9/66) 20. Harding 3-1 223 19t 8.6 (8/82) Punt Return Average 3.0 (14/142) 21. West Alabama 3-1 134 23 22. Indianapolis 2-1 105 25 30.0 (13/143) Net Punting Average 36.5 (5/51) 23. Notre Dame (Ohio) 4-0 99 NR 1.50 (10/105) Sacks Per Game 2.67 (6/44) 24. Colorado Mesa 3-1 89 14 1.25 (6/32) Sacks Against Per Game 0.67 (3/11) 25. Tarleton State 3-0 80 NR 25-62 (40.3%) (6/50) Third Down Percentage 14-36 (38.9%) (8/64) Also Receiving Votes: Azusa Pacific 69; Sioux Falls 54; Ohio Domin- 14-56 (25.0%) (3/17) Opponent Third Down Percentage 18-45 (40.0%) (9/112) ican 36; Kutztown 30; Ashland 17; Hillsdale 11; Charleston 10; Tiffin 4-7 (57.1%) (4/49) Fourth Down Percentage 2-6 (33.3%) (12/119) 9; Chadron State 7; Florida Tech 7; Washburn 5; Central Missouri 4; LIU-Post 4; Bowie State 2; Lenoir-Rhyne 1; New Haven 1; Saginaw 9-11 (81.8%) (14/160) Opponent Fourth Down Percentage 4-7 (57.1%) (7/112) Valley State 1 33:38 (2/17) Time Of Possession 28:52 (9/114) 11-16 (68.8%) (13/120) Red Zone Offense 11-12 (91.7%) (1/16) 10-12 (83.3%) (11/109) Red Zone Defense 9-10 (90.0%) (13/141) 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Bloomsburg Rushing Passing Offense Sacks Att Yds TD Cmp-Att Yds TD Int Plays Yds 1st D 3rd D TOP TOs Scks Opp Scks MERRIMACK 41 258 3 9-20 145 1 2 61 403 25 5-of-10 30:04 2 2 0 EDINBORO 50 154 2 18-36 173 0 3 86 327 23 6-of-17 34:44 4 2 2 at Mercyhurst 40 164 1 12-24 119 0 0 64 283 14 6-of-18 33:11 0 1 1 SHIPPENSBURG 51 196 1 10-21 109 3 0 72 305 20 8-of-17 36:33 0 1 1 at Kutztown WEST CHESTER EAST STROUDSBURG at Lock Haven MILLERSVILLE at West Liberty at Slippery Rock Opponents Rushing Passing Offense Sacks Att Yds TD Cmp-Att Yds TD Int Plays Yds 1st D 3rd D TOP TOs Scks Opp Scks MERRIMACK 33 112 0 21-37 237 1 0 70 349 18 5-of-16 29:56 1 0 2 EDINBORO 41 140 1 7-23 118 1 3 64 258 15 3-of-14 25:16 3 2 2 at Mercyhurst 27 99 1 17-28 146 1 1 55 245 13 2-of-12 26:49 1 1 1 SHIPPENSBURG 20 39 0 26-47 312 4 1 67 351 21 4-of-14 23:27 3 1 1 at Kutztown WEST CHESTER EAST STROUDSBURG at Lock Haven MILLERSVILLE at West Liberty at Slippery Rock 2 2018 Bloomsburg Football Notes (GAME 5 vs KUTZTOWN) BY THE NUMBERS HUSKY TRENDS 0 - In 62 games under Paul Darragh, Bloomsburg has never thrown for at least 300 yards BU’s Record in ..