The College at Brockport vs. #18 SUNY Cortland Nov. 2nd, 2019 - 2pm - Cortland Stadium Complex GAME INFORMATION SERIES HISTORY Overall: Cortland leads series, 50-18-2 Last Meeting: (2018) Brockport W, 21-16 BROCKPORT HEAD COACH JASON MANGONE Alma Mater: The College at Brockport With Brockport: 7th season as Head Coach CORTLAND HEAD COACH DAN MACNEIL TODAY’S TOP STORIES Alma Mater: SUNY Cortland Best in the Nation: Brockport’s rushing defense leads all With Cortland: 23rd season as Head Coach levels of college football, allowing an average of just 20.6 2019 SCHEDULE yards rushing per game. The Golden Eagle defense has The College at Brockport (6-1, 3-0 Empire 8) held its opponents to negative rushing yards in three con- Sep. 7 at Hobart L, 33-7 secutive games. Over the course of the last four games, Sep. 14 Framingham State W, 14-0 Sep. 21 at Buffalo State W, 55-22 Brockport has posted -67 yards rushing allowed. Sep. 28 Alfred State W, 55-6 Oct. 5 at St. John Fisher*^ W, 17-0 Oct. 12 Hartwick^ W, 38-0 SERIES HISTORY Oct. 19 BYE WEEK Oct. 26 Utica^ W, 41-14 This will be the 71st meeting between the Brockport and Nov. 2 at Cortland^ 2 PM Nov. 9 Alfred University^$ 12 PM Cortland football programs, as these two teams first met Nov. 16 at Morrisville State^ 12 PM back in 1948. Cortland leads the longstanding series 50- *Courage Bowl, $Senior Day 18-2, but the Golden Eagles have had the upperhand in ^Empire 8 Conference recent years. Last year’s 21-16 win over the Red Drag- ons gives Brockport five wins in the last six meetings. #18 SUNY Cortland (7-0, 4-0 Empire 8) Sep. 7 vs Fitchburg St. W, 63-0 2019 EMPIRE 8 STANDINGS Sep. 14 at TCNJ W, 31-7 SCHOOL CONFERENCE OVERALL Sep. 28 vs Buffalo State W, 59-21 Oct. 5 vs Utica W, 44-12 Cortland 4-0 7-0 Oct. 12 at Morrisville State W, 42-28 Brockport 3-0 6-1 Oct. 19 vs Alfred W, 31-21 Alfred 2-1 5-2 Oct. 26 at St. John Fisher W, 42-37 Morrisville 1-2 3-4 Nov. 2 vs Brockport 2 PM Nov. 9 at Hartwick 1 PM St. John Fisher 1-3 4-4 Nov. 16 vs Ithaca 1 PM Utica 1-3 3-4 Hartwick 0-3 1-6 Winner Stands Alone: Saturday’s matchup features the career tackles and needs 30 more to reach 200 for his lone two unbeatens left in Empire 8 Conference play. career. The program’s career record for tackles is 399, Brockport enters the contest with a 3-0 record in the originally set by Steve Cook back in 1991. West also Empire 8 and has two conference matchups left on the ranks sixth nationally with an average of 2.1 tackles docket (Alfred, Morrisville) following Saturday’s contest. for a loss per game. Cortland is currently 4-0 in conference play and has just Hartwick remaining on its conference schedule. Alfred When We Get the Ball We Keep It: Brockport currently currently sits in third place with a 2-1 Empire 8 record, ranks 10th nationally and first in the Empire 8 in time while Morrisville, Fisher and Utica each have one confer- of possession. The Golden Eagles are averaging a ence victory. 34:25 TOP per contest. Road Warriors: Brockport is 17-3 in away games dating Hard to Be Efficient Against Our Secondary: Brockport back to the beginning of the 2016 season. The Golden ranks fourth in the nation in passing efficiency defense Eagles have not lost more than one away game (not this year. Opposing QB’s are averaging an efficiency including neutral sites) in a single season since 2015. rating of 86.50 against the Golden Eagles this season. Best in the Nation: Brockport’s rushing defense leads In the Backfield: Brockport’s pressure defense has all levels of college football, allowing an average of just disrupted plays in the backfield all season long. The 20.6 yards rushing per game. The Golden Eagle defense Golden Eagles currently rank fifth nationally with an has held its opponents to negative rushing yards in three average of 10.1 tackles for a loss per game. consecutive games. Over the course of the last four games, Brockport has posted -67 yards rushing allowed. 2000 Yard Club: Senior receivers Joseph Ortiz and DaQuan Hubbard both joined the 2,000 yard receiving Six in a Row: Brockport (6-1, 3-0 Empire 8) has now club this season. Ortiz now has 2,225 career receiving rattled off six straight victories following its week one loss yards, while Hubbard now has 2,106. on the road at Hobart. Over the course of the six victo- ries, the Golden Eagles have posted three shut outs and 1000 Yard Club: Senior running back Justin Morrison allowed just 42 total points. Brockport has outscored its entered his senior season with 1,109 career rushing opponents 220-42 over the course of the last six games yards and he recently eclipsed 1,500 career rush- and the Golden Eagles are averaging 36.6 points per ing yards following his 70 yard rushing performance game during the win streak. against Utica. Sophomore running back Jala Coad now has 939 yard rushing on 185 career carries and Game 7 Recap: The College at Brockport football team needs just 61 more rushing yards to eclipse 1,000 for jumped out to a 20-0 lead over the course of the first his career. 22:58 of the contest and never looked back as the Golden Eagles earned their sixth straight victory, 41-14, All-Time Receptions Leader: Senior wide receiver against Utica College at Bob Boozer Field on Saturday Joseph Ortiz caught two more balls against Utica Sat- afternoon. Brockport nearly doubled the visitors in time urday and extended his lead in the College’s all-time of possession (39:54-20:06) and held the Pioneers to -2 receptions record book with 226. He has a team-best rushing yards on the day as the Golden Eagles won their 21 catches this season for 250 total yards. 19th consecutive Empire 8 Conference contest. Get Loud it’s Third Down: The Brockport defense Tough to Score On: Coach Fox’s defense is once again leads all of NCAA Div. III football in third down conver- among the national leaders in several defensive catego- sion percentage. Brockport is holding opponents to ries -- including the most important of categories – points a .178 success rate in third down situations. On third against. The Golden Eagles ranks first in the Empire down, the Golden Eagles have allowed just 18 first 8 and sixth nationally allowing an average of just 10.7 downs out of 101 attempts against. points per contest. Brockport has three shut outs this year and they have allowed just 20 points in their last Receiving Votes: Brockport is receiving votes for four outings combined. The Golden Eagles also rank the eighth straight week in the latest d3football.com fourth nationally and first in the E8 in total defense, al- national poll (28 votes in week eight). They are just lowing just 188.1 total yards of offense per game. four spots away from cracking the top 25. The Golden Eagles rose to as high as No. 3 in the national polls Empire 8 Dominance: Brockport was now won 19 headed into the second round of the NCAA Division III straight Empire 8 Conference contests dating back to Championships last season. Brockport has been a fix- Oct. 29, 2016. Over the course of the last four sea- ture in the top 25 each week dating back to week 1 of sons the Golden Eagles are 23-2 in conference games, 2017. The top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coach- including an unblemished 7-0 record in each of the last es, Sports Information Directors and media members two seasons. from across the country, and is published weekly. Chasing Records: Senior All-American candidate Alex Our Leader: Brockport seventh year Head Coach West posted six tackles, three QB hurries, and added Jason Mangone has been named the AFCA Region two more sacks to his 2019 resume in the win over I Coach of the Year in each of the last two seasons Utica. He now leads the Empire 8 with 7.5 sacks this and he recently picked up his 55th career victory as season. West now has 24 career sacks and needs just the Golden Eagles defeated Utica College at home two more to tie the program’s career record of 26 set last weekend. Mangone has an impressive 55-20 back in 2002 by Mike Condello. West currently has 170 overall record over the course of six-plus seasons at the helm. Mangone and his staff have earned two DaQuan Hubbard leads the league and ranks fifth straight Empire 8 Coaching Staff of the Year honors nationally with an average of 25.50 yards per recep- after compiling a 24-2 overall record in that span. In tion. He has 14 catches this season and averages 2017 he was named the AFCA National Coach of the 59.50 yards receiving per game. He also has one Year after guiding the Golden Eagles to the semifi- touchdown. nals of the NCAA Div. III Championships. Another BIG Target: Wide out Imhotep Cromer leads National Team of the Week Pick: Sophomore de- the team with 387 yards receiving this season.