TWITTER @MUHAWKSFB | INSTAGRAM @MUHAWKSFB | MONMOUTHHAWKS.COM | FACEBOOK /MONMOUTHFOOTBALL | YOUTUBE /MONMOUTHHAWKS SEPT. 7 • LAFAYETTE AT MONMOUTH • GAME 2 // TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. STAT COMPARISON/MU CONFERENCES 2 OPPONENT INFO/LAST MATCHUP 3 O/D/ST NOTES | FCS POLLS 4 MONMOUTH STAT NOTES 5 VS TRENDS/START CHART 6 KESSLER STADIUM LAST TIME OUT/BIG SOUTH SCHEDULE 7 SEPT 7, 2019 | 1:00 PM TODAY’S 2 DEEP/2 DEEP NOTES 8-9 2019 MONMOUTH ROSTER 10 WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ RV LEOPARDS HAWKS INDIVIDUAL SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 11 TV: ESPN+ 0-1 | 0-0 PATRIOT 0-1 | 0-0 BIG SOUTH HAWKS IN THE NFL 12 MATT HARMON/EDDY OCCHIPINTI HEAD COACH KEVIN CALLAHAN 13 KESSLER STADIUM/MEDIA INFORMATION 14 // COACHING MATCHUP LAFAYETTE MONMOUTH 2019 OPPONENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS 15 HEAD COACH John Garrett (Princeton '88) Kevin Callahan (Rochester 1977) 2018 MU/OPPONENT SCORING PLAYS 16 RECORD AT SCHOOL 6-17 152-121 2018 MU/OPPONENT EXPLOSIVE PLAYS 17 2018 MONMOUTH STATS 18-22 OVERALL RECORD 6-17 152-121 INDIVIDUAL/TEAM SUPERLATIVES 23 NOTES Third Season at Lafayette 10th for wins among active FCS coaches RECYCLED NOTES 24 TODAY’S GAME LAFAYETTE - MONMOUTH SERIES HISTORY u Monmouth and Lafayette both look to break into the win Fourth Overall Meeting Series History column in today's game, which is the first of six home games Overall Record: MU leads 2-1 Date Location Score for the Hawks in 2018. 9.2.02 Easton, PA LC 30, MU29 West Long Branch: MU 1-0 u The Hawks opened the season with a 48-13 setback to FBS op- 9.2.17 WLB MU 31, LC 12 Easton: Tied 1-1 ponent Western Michigan. MU fell behind 21-0 after the first quarter 9.15.18 Easton, PA MU 24, LC 20 but moved the ball consistently against the Broncos. First Meeting: Sept. 2, 2002 u Lafayette is also looking for its first win after falling to Wil- Last Meeting: Sept. 15, 2018 liam & Mary 30-17 in week one. The Leopards had a four-point Longest MU Win Streak: 2 game lead but committed four second half turnovers. Lafayette was Longest LC Win Streak: 1 game selected to finish sixth in the Patriot League Preseason Poll. Largest MU W Margin: 19 (2017) u Monmouth is 14-12 all-time in home openers, winning the Largest LC W Margin: 1 (2002) last two by a combined score of 87-40. The Hawks defeated Smallest MU W Margin: 4 ('18) Lafayette in the first-ever game at the current edition Kessler Stadium in 2017 and opened up 2018 with a 56-28 win over Smallest LC W Margin: 1 (2002) Hampton University. Shutouts: None u Today’s game can be viewed on ESPN+, with Eddy Occhipinti (pxp) Overtime Games: None and Emory Hunt (analyst) on the call. 2019 MONMOUTH FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result TV Series Notes Aug. 31 at Western Michigan L, 48-13 ESPN3 WMU 1-0 Both schools predicted to finish second in their conferences Sept. 7 Lafayette 1:00 PM ESPN+ MU leads 2-1 Monmouth opened Kessler Stadium in '17 with win over LC Sept. 14 Albany 1:00 PM ESPN+ UA leads 12-4 Albany has won 7 straight in battle of former NEC squads Sept. 21 at Montana 3:00 PM Fox/ABC M First Meeting Hawks faced UM rival Montana State in 2013 season opener Sept. 28 BYE WEEK Oct. 5 at Wagner 6:00 PM N/A MU leads 14-10 Hawks have won five straight against former NEC rivals Oct. 12 Presbyterian* 1:00 PM ESPN+ MU leads 3-2 Final meeting between two as PC transitions to Pioneer League Oct. 19 Gardner-Webb* 1:00 PM ESPN3 MU leads 4-1 Bahar threw for a career high 407 yards and 5 TDs in '18 Oct. 26 at Charleston So* 6:00 PM ESPN+ CSU leads 3-2 Hawks have won two straight, including 37-3 affair in '18 Nov. 2 at Kennesaw St.* 2:00 PM ESPN3 KSU leads 4-0 Games the last two seasons have decided Big South Champion Nov. 9 North Alabama 12:00 PM ESPN+ First Meeting Hawks host newest Big South member in first FCS season Nov. 16 at Campbell* 1:00 PM ESPN3 MU leads 1-0 Farri runs for 239 yards and two scores in first meeting Nov. 23 Hampton* 12:00 PM ESPN3/+ MU leads 2-0 Hawks rallied from 14-0 deficit to win 56-28 last season BOLD - Home games played at Kessler Stadium *Big South Conference Game GAME 2 - LAFAYETTE AT MONMOUTH 2019 MONMOUTH FOOTBALL GAME NOTES INSIDE THE MONMOUTH-LAFAYETTE SERIES TALE OF THE TAPE n Today's game is the fourth time Monmouth and Lafayette have played each other with the Hawks leading 2-1, including two consecutive wins. MU Category LC n Last season Monmouth defeated Lafayette in Easton 24-20, with the de- fense making two big fourth quarter stops to escape with the win. 128.0 Rush Offense 114.0 n Monmouth opened the current iteration of Kessler Stadium with a 31-12 194.7 Pass Offense 254.0 win over Lafayette on Sept. 2, 2017. 111.2 Pass Efficiency 117.0 n In that contest the Hawks held a 7-0 lead at halftime before blowing open 322.0 Total Offense 368.0 the game in the second half, eventually out-rushing the Leopards 175 to -1. 13.0 Scoring Offense 17.0 Pete Guerriero fininshed with 155 yards and two touchdowns in his Hawk 90.0 Rush Defense 255.0 debut while Reggie White Jr. had eight receptions for 120 yards and a TD. 368.0 Pass Yds Allowed 163.0 n In the first matchup, the Hawks let a 16 point lead get away from them, 269.7 Pass Eff. Defense 112.2 with the Pards hitting a 32 yard field goal with 1:11 left in the contest. n 458.0 Total Defense 418.0 Monmouth owns a 14-10 record against the Patriot League, winning seven consecutive games against the conference. 48.0 Scoring Defense 30.0 33.8 Net Punting 38.0 GUERRIERO BECOMES THE FASTEST HAWK TO 2,000 YARDS 0.0 Punt Returns 3.0 Monmouth University junior running back Pete Guerriero became the fastest 21.0 Punt Return Def 13.0 Hawk to reach 2,000 yards rushing - in both games played and carries- when 17.0 Kickoff Returns 19.2 he took his fourth carry of last week's game for eight yards on third down. 47.7 Kickoff Return Def 25.0 Guerriero moved past all-time great David Sinisi, achieving the feat in two 0 Turnover Margin -3 less games and an astonishing 66 less carries. Guerriero is currently sixth 0 Turnovers Gained 1 all-time in rushing with 2,086 yards and is on pace to be second all-time by 0 Turnovers Lost 4 mid-season. 1 Sacks By 1 Monmouth Career 2,000 Yard Rushers 3 Sacks Allowed 6 Name Years Games Carries 3 TFL 6 1. Pete Guerriero 2017-Present 21 316 5 TFL Allowed 11 2. David Sinisi 2006-09 23 382 7.0 Penalties/GM 5.0 3. Julian Hayes 2011-13 26 490 47.0 Penalty Yds/GM 30.0 4. Lavon Chaney 2013-16 28 437 23.0 1st Downs Avg 21.0 5. Chris Reed 1994-98 31 425 23.0 1st Downs Allowed 21.0 6. Matt Merklinger 1998-01 32 454 57% 3rd DN Conv Off 40% 7. Ralph O'Neil 1993-96 36 442 56% 3rd DN Conv Def 52% BAHAR HITS ANOTHER MILESTONE 67% Red Zone Offense 100% Against Western Michigan, fifth-year senior quarterback Kenji Bahar be- 100% Red Zone Defense 86% came the fourth Monmouth signal caller to eclipse the 6,000 yard mark. The Preseason Big South Player of the Year currently has 6,152 passing yards 2019 MONMOUTH LEADERS which is fourth all-time and is 78 yards away from surpassing Monmouth Hall of Famer Dan Sabella for third. Bahar also moved into the Big South's top-10 Rushing Att Yds Avg Td Lg Guerriero 23 110 4.7 1 21 for passing yards, sitting in ninth place. Passing Cmp Att Yds Td Int AUMER NAMED AS AFCA ALLSTATE GOODWORKS NOMINEE Bahar 26 41 194 1 0 Junior defensive lineman Kurt Aumer recently became the second Mon- mouth player to be named as a AFCA AllState Goodworks Team Nominee Receiving Rec Yds Avg Td Lg (Ryan Wetzel, 2018). Off of the field, Aumer is in involved with almost every Greene 5 53 10.6 1 15 community service project that the team is involved with. For the second straight year he was an integral part of the Monmouth's "Be the Match" Defensive Tac Solo TFL Sck Int Budd 8 5 0.0 0.0 0 campaign, a national football program that matches donors to patients with blood cancers. Aumer is also heavily involved with Monmouth Football's Team Impact effort, mentoring and spending time with the Hawks' selected 2019 LAFAYETTE LEADERS teammate. He spent hours in January reading to children as part of the 'Read Rushing Att Yds Avg Td Lg Across America' and he annually participates in the Schroth School for Chil- Northrup 10 39 3.9 1 14 dren Holiday Party and Super Bowl Party. He is part of the Monmouth SAAC Passing Cmp Att Yds Td Int Executive board and one of the Co-Founders and MSAAC Representative of Shoemaker 13 22 127 1 1 the Peer Mentor Program starting this fall called FLIGHT Academy.