- Hofstra snapped its seven-game losing skid with the victory over Furman last week. Albany is coming off a 23-20 victory at Fordham. ON THIS DAY IN HOFSTRA FOOTBALL HISTORY: 1990 - The Pride offense rang up 464 yards including 341 through the air, and the Hofstra defense held the then-Patriots to just 98 total yards as the Pride crushed Stony Brook, 48-0, at Patriots Field. Quarterback Rhory Moss completed 18 of 34 passes for 276 yards and receiver Frank Cuoco caught five HOFSTRA passes for 76 yards to lead the Pride. FOOTBALL, 2007 GAME 2: The Pride has played four games on September 15 since 1956. HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (1-0) Hofstra is 3-1 in those games. In addition to the 1990 contest, Hofstra downed Wagner, 24-13, in Staten Island in 1973, (#19 TSN, #20 Coaches) at edged Seton Hall, 7-2, in Hempstead in 1978 and lost to UNIVERSITY at ALBANY (1-1) Wagner, 10-7, in 1972 on September 15 Saturday, September 15, 2007 - 6 p.m. HOFSTRA-ALBANY University Field -Albany, NY SERIES: Saturday's game will be the 13th meeting Television: Time-Warner Cable in Albany, 6 p.m. between Hofstra and Albany Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7), Pregame show at 5:30 p.m. in a series that began in 1974. Internet: Audio - www.WRHU.org Hofstra holds a 10-2 series lead and has won the last eight 2007 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE encounters dating back to 1986. The Pride is 3-1 in Albany. The two teams last met in 2005 in the Capital city with Sept. 8 #9 FURMAN 32-17 W Hofstra recording a 36-7 victory over the Great Danes. Sept. 15 at Albany (TW Cable) 6 p.m. Albany’s victories in the series came in the first contest in Sept. 22 at Rhode Island* 1 p.m. 1974 on Long Island, 33-7, and in 1985 in Albany, 35-27. Sept. 29 STONY BROOK (MSG-TV) 7 p.m. Oct. 6 MAINE* + 1:30 p.m. Year Winner (Loc.) Score 1974 Albany (H) 7-33 Oct. 13 at Towson* (CAA TV) 3:30 p.m. 1983 Hofstra (H) 20-3 Oct. 20 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 4 p.m. 1984 Hofstra (H) 35-32 Oct. 27 at Villanova* (CAA TV) 3:30 p.m. 1985 Albany (A) 27-35 Nov. 3 WILLIAM & MARY* 1 p.m. 1986 Hofstra (H) 30-14 Nov. 10 at Northeastern* Noon 1987 Hofstra (A) 24-13 Nov. 17 MASSACHUSETTS* 1 p.m. 1988 Hofstra (H) 31-22 1989 Hofstra (A) 25-21 * - CAA Game + - Homecoming • All times ET 1990 Hofstra (H) 65-7 2000 Hofstra (H) 55-28 INFORMATION CONTACTS: 2004 Hofstra (H) 45-0 Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Associate Athletic Director/ 2005 Hofstra (A) 36-7 Communications; (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; THE LAST TIME - HOFSTRA vs. ALBANY- GAME 1 - (516) 463-5033 - Fax SEPTEMBER 10 AT ALBANY: Marques Colston caught Albany –Brian DePasquale, Assistant Athletic Director/Sports six passes for 118 yards and two scores, and Terry Crenshaw Information Director; (518) 442-3072 - O; (518) 442-3139 - rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown to lead the 24th-ranked Fax Hofstra Pride to a 36-7 victory over the Albany Great Danes at University Field Press Box - (518) 442-5895 University Field. HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND Albany got on the board first just 3:50 into the contest and it TRENDS: could have been much earlier. On the first play from - The Pride has won 51 of 94 contests, including playoff scrimmage Great Danes quarterback Dani Bocanegra hit a games, since the start of the 1999 season. streaking Josh Furnas, who had slipped behind the Hofstra - Hofstra has won 44 of its last 84 regular season games and defense. Furnas bobbled the ball three times before dropping 53 of its last 94 in-season contests. The Pride is 67-46 in the sure scoring pass. But nine plays later Kenny Williams regular season play since the start of the 1997 season. Hofstra rushed 2-yards to cap the 51-yard drive. Eric Althardt’s extra has posted an 83-53-1 record over the last 137 regular season point gave Albany the early 7-0 lead. games. The Pride came right back and started on its own 36 after a 30- HOFSTRA ALBANY yard kickoff return by Kareem Huggins. Anton Clarkson First Downs (R-P-Pe) 7-14-1 4-7-0 threw consecutive passes to Colston for gains of 11 and 13 Rushes-Yards (Net) 34-133 42-66 yards. After Terry Crenshaw picked up 4 yards, Hofstra had a Passing Yards (Net) 291 140 36-yard scoring pass to Colston, off a deflection, called back Passes Comp-Att-Int 24-33-1 16-28-2 by offsetting penalties. On the next play, Crenshaw rumbled Total Offense/Plays-Yards 67-424 70-206 36 yards for the touchdown. Rob Zarrilli’s extra point was Punt Returns-Yards 1-4 3-40 missed and Hofstra trailed 7-6 with 9:22 to play in the first. Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-100 4-82 Interception Returns-Yards 2-32 1-0 The score remained that way until midway through the second Punts (Number-Avg) 7-39.1 8-33.9 quarter when Clarkson engineered an eight-play, 88-yard Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0 drive. The junior signal-caller threw to three different Penalties-Yards 5-35 7-46 receivers, rushed for 8 yards, and handed off to Crenshaw for Possession Time 29:02 30:58 another 8 yards before hitting Colston for a 44-yard Third Down Conversions 4-13 5-18 touchdown pass in which he barreled over three Albany Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 1-2 players and into the end zone. Clarkson went back to Colston Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-6 4-20 for the two-point conversion as the Pride held on to a 14-7 lead at halftime. RUSHING: HOFSTRA-Crenshaw (19-121-1), Wolman (1-9- 0), Huggins (2-9-0); ALBANY-Allen (11-45-0), Williams The Pride blew the game open in the third quarter, scoring 17 (11-31-1), Bocanegra (11-25-0) points to open up a 31-7 lead. Zarrilli booted a 34-yard field PASSING: HOFSTRA-Clarkson (33-24-1, 291, 2); just 3:30 into the second half to cap a 12-play, 53-yard drive. ALBANY-Bocanegra (16-10-1, 90, 0), Hall (12-6-1, 50, 0) Hofstra added 14 points in the final two minutes as Clarkson RECEIVING: HOFSTRA-Colston (6-118-2), Ellis (6-30-0), completed a 31-yard pass to Colston for their second Crenshaw (5-46-0), Sullivan (4-60-0); ALBANY-DeAraujo touchdown of the game with 1:52 to play in the quarter. That (6-68-0), Allen (3-25-0), Jatkola (2-27-0) score followed a blocked punt that gave the Pride the ball back TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Haley (4-8-12), C. Sebald at the Albany 49. With just 14 seconds to play in the quarter, (3-6-9), Darby (1-5-6), Daddino (0-6-6); ALBANY-Barnes (4- linebacker Chris Sebald picked off a Brett Hall pass and 5-9), Disch (3-6-9), Nicomini (3-5-8), Becker (1-7-8) blazed down the Albany sideline for a 29-yard interception return for the score. Stadium: University Field Attendance: 6,212 Hofstra added a safety 5:44 into the fourth quarter after a bad Weather: 71 degrees and clear snap sailed over Albany punter Marc Pallozzi’s head and into the end zone. Pallozzi fell on the ball for the safety. The Pride HOFSTRA'S STATISTICAL LEADERS - 1 GAME closed out the scoring with 6:51 to play in the contest as Zarrilli booted his second field goal of the game, this time RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD from 20 yards. Kareem Huggins 25 116 4.6 2 Bryan Savage 8 9 1.1 0 Colston, who returned to the Hofstra team after missing the 2004 season with a shoulder injury, posted his sixth career PASSING (Eff.) GP Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD 100-yard receiving game. Clarkson completed 24 of 33 passes Bryan Savage 1 24-36-0 285 1 for 291 yards and two touchdowns, while Terry Crenshaw posted his fourth 100-yard rushing game. The Pride racked up RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD 424 yards in total offense and held Albany to 206, including Charles Sullivan 12 147 12.3 1 just 66 rushing. The Great Danes had just 44 yards of offense Anthony Nelson 7 92 13.1 0 in the second half. Ottis Lewis 4 51 12.8 0 1 2 3 4 F TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int Hofstra 6 8 17 5 36 Gian Villante (LB) 4-8-12 0-0 0-0 Albany 7 0 0 0 7 Stanley Gutierrez (LB) 2-10-12 0-0 0-0 Kyle Arrington (CB) 3-4-7 0-0 0-0 Scoring Summary DeWayne Whitaker (CB) 3-4-7 0-0 1-2 UA-Williams 2-yard run (Althardt kick) Ken Sussman (DT) 2-4-6 0-0 0-0 HU-Crenshaw 36-yard run (Zarrilli kick) HU-Colston 44-yard pass from Clarkson (Colston pass) HU-Zarrilli 34-yard field goal HU-Colston 31-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick) HU-C. Sebald 29-yard interception return (Zarrilli kick) HU-Team safety HU-Zarrilli 20-yard field goal HOFSTRA IN THE NCAA STATS: Here are Hofstra’s 2007 team and individual statistical rankings in the FCS and the CAA, as of September 10: 2007 CAA FOOTBALL CONFERENCE National Conf STANDINGS: Category Actual Rank Rank Rushing Offense 68 125.00 8 As of September 14, 2007 Passing Offense 13 285.00 3 Conference Overall W L Pct.