ROAR 2016LIVE THE TIGER FOOTBALL TOWSONTIGERS.COM • @TOWSON_FB • #TOWSONTIGERS TABL E of CONTENTS MEDIA SERVICES Big Plays _______________________________________________________ 78 Towson Media Relations ___________________________________________ 2 CAA Standings and Honors ________________________________________ 79 Media Information & Policies ________________________________________ 2 CAA Team Statistics ______________________________________________ 80 CAA Individual Statistics __________________________________________ 81 2016 SEASON Tigers at a Glance _________________________________________________ 3 RECORD BOOK Roster Breakdown _______________________________________________4-5 Football Chronology ___________________________________________82-85 Numerical Roster ________________________________________________6-7 Minnegan Field at Johnny Unitas Stadium ____________________________ 86 Alphabetical Roster ______________________________________________8-9 Unitas Stadium Records ___________________________________________ 87 Opponent Information ____________________________________________ 10 Record vs Opponents at Minnegan Field _____________________________ 88 Season Outlook _______________________________________________11-13 Year-by-Year Results at Minnegan Field_______________________________ 89 Year-by-Year Leaders ___________________________________________90-93 THE TIGERS Season Records________________________________________________94-95 Returners ____________________________________________________14-48 Individual Records _____________________________________________96-98 Newcomers ___________________________________________________49-53 Team Records ___________________________________________________ 99 Rushing Records ________________________________________________ 100 COACHES AND STAFF Receiving Records ______________________________________________ 101 Rob Ambrose _________________________________________________54-55 Passing Records ________________________________________________ 102 Matt Hachmann _________________________________________________ 56 Defensive Records ______________________________________________ 103 Jared Ambrose __________________________________________________ 57 100-Yard Rushers ____________________________________________104-105 John Donatelli __________________________________________________ 58 Year-by-Year Team Statistics _______________________________________ 106 Lyndon Johnson _________________________________________________ 59 All-Time Roster ______________________________________________107-110 Derrick Johnson _________________________________________________ 60 All-Time Coaches _______________________________________________ 111 Konstantinos Kosmakos ___________________________________________ 61 All-Americans __________________________________________________ 112 Joe Tricario _____________________________________________________ 62 All-Conference _________________________________________________ 113 Jon Schwartz ____________________________________________________ 63 Honors _______________________________________________________ 114 Mike Moyseenko ________________________________________________ 64 Team Awards __________________________________________________ 115 Dan Hernandez __________________________________________________ 65 Year-by-Year Results __________________________________________116-119 Lance Yaniger ___________________________________________________ 66 Series Results __________________________________________________ 120 Jeremy Pick _____________________________________________________ 66 Nathan Wilder ___________________________________________________ 66 2016 TOWSON UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GUIDE Tyler Fredlund ___________________________________________________ 67 Mike Shapley ___________________________________________________ 67 The 2016 Towson University Football Guide was designed and produced by the Towson Athletics Department in Towson, Md., 2015 SEASON REVIEW using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. The guide was Game Recaps _________________________________________________68-71 designed by John Brush, with editorial assistance from Rob Knox Team Statistics __________________________________________________ 72 and Erin Roach. Research assistance provided by Jennifer Bolton, Individual Statistics ____________________________________________73-74 Megan O’Brien and Pet Schlehr. Photography by Doug Kapustin, Defensive Statistics _______________________________________________ 75 Samantha Mohr, Rich Riggins, Kanji Takeno, Towson Athletics Media Individual Game-by-Game Statistics _________________________________ 76 Relations Department Team Game-by-Game Statistics _____________________________________ 77 1 2016 TOWSON TIGER FOOTBALL MEDIA INFOR MATION Welcome Daily Media Availability The Towson University Athletics Media Relations Department is Monday: Coach Ambrose will be available during the CAA Conference pleased to assist you with the coverage of Tiger football. Director of call. His weekly time slot is 12:00-12:10 p.m. Media members are Media Relations, John Brush, will serve as the media relations contact encouraged to call in with questions by dialing 877-805-0692 and for TU football. Brush can be reached at 410-704-3102, or via email at requesting the CAA Football teleconference. [email protected]. Tuesday: Coach Ambrose, assistant coaches and players will be Credentials available at the conclusion of practice. Credentials for all Towson University football games are for working Wednesday: Coach Ambrose, assistant coaches and players will be media only. Requests for media credentials should be made at least available at the conclusion of practice. five days prior to the game. All credential requests should be directed to John Brush, Director of Media Relations. Thursday: Coach Ambrose will be available on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the media relations office to put in a request. Credential Pick-Up Media members can pick-up their credentials at the Media Will Call Friday and Sunday: No Availability. entrance located at press box entrance to Unitas Stadium. Photo identification is required for pick up. Saturday: Post-game availability only. Members of the Towson Athletics Media Relations staff will escort media representatives to the Game Procedures appropriate areas following the conclusion of the game. The Towson Press Box - Seating in the press box is limited to WORKING MEDIA locker room, home and away, is closed to the media at all times. ONLY. Space is limited and members of the media will be assigned seats. Spouses, dates, children and other non-workers are not Coach Ambrose and selected Tiger players will be brought to the permitted in working media areas in compliance with the working designated interview area. At home games, that area is the Field View code of the Football Writers Association of America. Room on the top floor of the Field House. Photographers - Print and television photographers are allowed to After a 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting team coaches and shoot from both sidelines and both end zones, but are not allowed in players will appear in the interview room. After the visiting team the team bench areas. finishes, Coach Ambrose and selected players will appear in the interview room. Parking - A limited number of parking spaces are available for each home game. The media parking lot is located at the Osler Medical Center. No Tiger first-year freshmen will be made available. Members of the media who cover TU regularly will be issued parking passes prior to the start of the season. Visiting media members need to At the midway point of the fourth quarter, interview requests will be contact the TU media relations office to request parking. collected. Press Box Services - Complete individual and team statistics, play-by-play Interviews after games on the road will be conducted based on the and scoring summary will be available to members of the media following post-game policy of that institution. each game. Prior to the game, stats, rosters, notes and other information will be made available. Additionally, a limited number of phone lines for Practice Procedures media members are available in the press box upon request. Covering Practice: Practices are generally open to the media. Please contact John Brush no later than noon on the day you would like Visiting Radio - Visiting radio is located on the fifth floor of the Unitas to attend practice. Brush will provide parking information. Coach Stadium press box. The booth is equipped with both ISDN and ethernet Ambrose reserves the right to close practice at any time. ports. Note: Player or coach interviews must not conflict with classes, Pre-Game Meal - A light meal will be served in the press box prior to meetings, training room treatments or other team obligations. each home game. Drinks are available throughout the game. Media Relations Staff John Brush Rob Knox Megan O’Brien John Stark Jen Bolton Director of Media Relations Associate Director Assistant Director Assistant Director Intern Football Contact 2 TOWSONTIGERS.COM • @TOWSON_FB • #TOWSONTIGERS AT A GL ANCE Towson Quick Facts What Returns in 2016... Name of School _____________________________Towson University OFFENSIVE LETTERMAN RETURNING (21) Location _______________________________________ Towson, Md. RB Grayson Boyce, DT Reece Burnett, OL Amos Campbell, DE Nicqekko Founded ______________________________________________1866 Cook, DE D’Sean Cummings, WR Andre Dessenberg, RB Marquel Enrollment