( RV )SLIPPERY ROCK FOOTBALL ROCK GAME NOTES Jon Holtz, Director of Athletic Communication | [email protected] | Office: 724.738.4925 | Cell: 585.734.2185 GAME 2 - #24 WEST CHESTER at THE ROCK Date ...............................Saturday, Sept. 9 TALE OF THE TAPE Time .......................................... 6:06 p.m. Location ....................... Slippery Rock, Pa. Venue ...........Mihalik-Thompson Stadium THE ROCK STAT CATEGORY GOLDEN RAMS Capacity .........................................10,000 42................................. Scoring (Total Points) .................................. 51 SLIPPERY ROCK Surface ........Astroturf Gameday Grass 3D WEST CHESTER 42.0..................................Points per Game ................................... 51.0 “THE ROCK” Last Meeting .........Sept. 10, 2016 at WCU “GOLDEN RAMS” 23................................... First Downs (Total) .................................... 23 (1-0, 0-0 PSAC) ......................................... SRU won 36-28 (1-0, 0-0 PSAC) 84..................................Rushing Yards (Total) ................................213 84.0............................Rushing Yards per Game...........................213.0 LIVE COVERAGE 1........................................... Rushing TD ............................................ 2 Live Stats ................................................sidearmstats.com/sru/football/ 403................................Passing Yards (Total) .................................265 Live Stats for Media ................... sidearmstats.com/sru/football/media/ 403.0.......................... Passing Yards per Game ...........................265.0 Live Audio ................................97.7 FM (Butler County) / 977rocks.com 5............................................Passing TD ............................................ 4 Live Streaming Video ......................................rockathletics.com/watch/ 487.................................Total Yards Offense ..................................478 Play-by-Play ......................................................................... Bob Cupp 487.0..........................Yards Offense per Game ...........................478.0 Color Commentary .................................................. Glenn Thompson 6........................................Total TD Scored ......................................... 7 Live TV ...................WPNT-22 (Pittsburgh) / ESPN3 (complete list online) 21..............................Opp. Scoring (Total Points) ................................ 9 21.0............................. Opp. Points per Game ................................ 9.0 ALL-TIME SERIES 77..............................Opp. Rushing Yards (Total) ............................... 34 Slippery Rock and West Chester have met just 17 times in a series that 77.0............................ Opp. Rushing per Game .............................34.0 began in 1929. Six of those meetings were in the PSAC Championship 1.......................................Opp. Rushing TD ........................................ 1 game and another was an NCAA playoff game. This marks the fourth 168............................Opp. Passing Yards (Total) ............................179 straight year the teams will meet. The last four meetings in the series 168.0.......................... Opp. Passing per Game ...........................179.0 were all played at West Chester. The Golden Rams haven’t visited 1....................................... Opp. Passing TD ........................................ 0 Mihalik-Thompson Stadium since 2010. 245................................. Opp. Total Offense ..................................213 245.0.......................... Opp. Offense per Game ...........................213.0 First Meeting: 1929 (SRU won 13-6) Most Points Scored (WCU): 46 (2014) 4.......................................... Sacks (Total) ........................................... 2 Last Meeting: 2016 (SRU won 36-28) Biggest Win Margin (WCU): 36-6 (1963) 0............................................INT (Total) ............................................. 0 Current Streak: Slippery Rock +2 Most Points Scored (SRU): 61 (2015) 3 (37.7) ........................ Punts (Avg. per Punt) ..........................4 (38.5) at West Chester: WCU leads 6-4 Biggest Win Margin (SRU): 61-12 (2015) at Slippery Rock: SRU leads 5-2 Last SRU Win: 2016 at WCU (36-28) 4 (17.5) ..................... Kick Returns (Avg. Yards) .......................1 (21.0) 0 (0.0) .......................Punt Returns (Avg. Yards) .........................1 (6.0) COACHING MATCHUP 8-of-13 (62%) ................... 3rd-Down Conv. .................... 4-of-11 (36%) Slippery Rock head coach Shawn Lutz is in his 22nd overall season at 1-of-1 (100%) ................... 4th-Down Conv. ........................ 0-of-1 (0%) The Rock and his second as head coach. Lutz posted a 7-4 record in 8 (77.0) ........................ Penalties (Avg. Yards) ..........................7 (36.0) 2016 in his first season as head coach. Prior to that, he served four years 0...........................................INT Thrown ............................................ 0 as the associate head coach and eight as the defensive coordinator and 2 (1) ...................................Fumbles (lost) .....................................3 (1) defensive line coach. Lutz has been a member of the coaching staff for 63.0...............................Avg. Plays per Game ................................65.0 eight of SRU’s PSAC West titles. He played tight end at West Virginia University, graduating in 1996. Lutz then earned a master’s degree in sport management from SRU in 2003. 2017 ROCK FOOTBALL SCHEDULE West Chester head coach Bill Zwaan is in his 15th year as the head 9/2 at Kentucky State University ....................................... W, 42-21 coach of the Golden Rams and his 21st year as a collegiate head coach. 9/9 [1] #24 WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY ............................. 6 p.m. He went 54-14 in six seasons at Division III Widener before moving to 9/16 [2] LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY....................................... 6 p.m. West Chester in 2003. He is 117-54 at West Chester (.684), ranks eighth 9/23 at Gannon University * .....................................................Noon all-time in PSAC wins (117) and is fourth among active Division II head 9/30 [3] #5 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY (PA) * ......................... 6 p.m. coaches with 171 career NCAA victories. He played quarterback at the 10/7 at Mercyhurst University * ................................................Noon University of Delaware, graduating in 1979. 10/14 [4] #6 INDIANA UNIVERSITY (PA) * .............................. 2 p.m. 10/21 at Edinboro University * ....................................................Noon TURN THE LIGHTS ON 10/28 [5] CLARION UNIVERSITY * .......................................... 1 p.m. The Rock have compiled a record of 28-9 (.756) in home night games at 11/4 at Seton Hill University * ...................................................Noon Mihalik-Thompson Stadium since the lights were installed in 2003. SRU 11/11 at Kutztown University (or PSAC title game) .....................Noon has won 10 straight and 17 of the last 18 home night games and hasn’t lost more than one game under the lights at home in the same season Home Games in BOLD CAPS since 2004. The last home night game loss for Slippery Rock came on Sept. 29, 2012 in a back-and-forth game that Kutztown came out of with * PSAC West Games [3] Military, First Responders Day a 56-49 win. The Rock will play three home night games this season with [1] Hall of Fame Game [4] Homecoming the games against Lock Haven next week and California (Pa.) Sept. 30 [2] Family Day/Village Fest [5] Senior Day also set for 6 p.m. kickoffs. Rock Football Game Notes - 1 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY FACTS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE Name of School ..................................................Slippery Rock University Rock football teams have compiled a 156-65 (.706) record the last 41 City/Zip Code ....................................................Slippery Rock, Pa./16057 seasons in games played at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium (formerly known Founded ........................................................................................... 1889 as N. Kerr Thompson Stadium). The Rock own a 57-20 (.740) home Enrollment ................................................... 8,881 (2016-17 enrollment) record since artificial turf was installed in the summer of 2003 and are Nickname ...................................................................................The Rock 53-13 (.803) in home games since 2005. School Colors .............................................. Green (PMS 342) and White Affiliation ........................................................................NCAA Division II The numbers get even better in recent years, as The Rock are 22-1 Conference ................................. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (.957) since the beginning of 2013 and have posted a 35-5 (.875) record Interim President ............................................................... Dr. Philip Way at home since the beginning of the 2010 season. SRU has posted four Director of Athletics .............................................................. Paul Lueken flawless home seasons since 2010, including a 7-0 mark in 2015 that Home Field ................................................... Mihalik-Thompson Stadium included a pair of NCAA