GAME 9 • OCT. 29, 2016 • SAINT FRANCIS AT SACRED HEART • CAMPUS FIELD • FAIRFIELD, CONN. 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result SAINT FRANCIS RED FLASH Sept. 3 at #13 Montana L, 41-31 Record: 5-3 Sept. 10 at Towson L, 35-28 NEC Record: 3-0 Sept. 17 at Columbia W, 13-9 STATS FCS Ranking: N/A Sept. 24 at #22 Albany L, 20-9 Head Coach: Chris Villarrial Oct. 1 MALONE W, 52-10 Seventh Season at SFU (29-44) Oct. 8 at Robert Morris* (ESPN3) W, 24-10 Career Record: Same as SFU record. Oct. 15 BRYANT* W, 38-3 Oct. 21 DUQUESNE*^ (ESPN3) W, 14-10 SACRED HEART PIONEERS Oct. 29 at Sacred Heart* 12 p.m. Record: 6-1 Nov. 12 CENTRAL CONN. ST.* 12 p.m. Nov. 19 at Wagner* 12 p.m. NEC Record: 1-1 STATS FCS Ranking: N/A All Times Eastern *NEC Game ^Homecoming Head Coach: Mark Nofri Fifth Season at Sacred Heart (33-21) Career Record: Same as SHU record. Saint Francis Coaching Staff THIS WEEK’S FLASH POINTS Chris Villarrial ......................Head Coach Eric Long ............. Offensive Coordinator • Saint Francis travels to Sacred Heart on Saturday for another key NEC matchup. Marco Pecora ......Defensive Coordinator • The Red Flash improved to 5-3 overall and 3-0 in the NEC with last week’s 14- Josh Hutchison ...........TEs/Special Teams 10 win over Duquesne. Brian White ....................... Offensive Line • Saint Francis is 3-0 in the NEC for the first time since joining the conference in Brian Wright ....................Wide Receivers 1996. The Red Flash is on a four-game win streak for the first time since 1992. • Sophomore WR Kamron Lewis earned NEC Offensive Player of the Week hon- Matt Gueguen ...................Defensive Line ors for his four catch, 135-yard performance vs. Duquesne. Evan Knight ............................Linebackers • Junior CB Jalen Wells won his second straight NEC Defensive Player of the Bishop Neal .................... Defensive Backs Week award with 6 tackles and the game-sealing interception vs. the Dukes. Garrett Clawson .........RBs/Special Teams • Lewis tallied his fourth 100-yard game of the season and now ranks fourth in the FCS with 854 receiving yards. He is also now fifth on the single-season receiving yards list at SFU, just four yards behind fourth (Michael Caputo, 2006) TV/Broadcast: NEC Front Row and 32 yards behind third (Antoine Rivera, 2007). Play-by-Play .......................Randy Brochu • The SFU defense held its fourth straight opponent to 10 or less points. SFU is Color ................................Dario Melendez seventh in the FCS, allowing just 17.3 points per game. SFU is also ninth in to- Sideline .........................Diana Cannizzaro tal defense (285.8), 11th in rushing defense (104.6) and 24th in passing defense (181.1). • The Red Flash had two interceptions vs. Duquesne (Wells, Ponder) to raise its Social Media: season total to 14, tied for most in the FCS. SFU also has an FCS-best 30 sacks. Facebook ...............................SFUAthletics • Drayer also serves as the SFU punter. Against Duquesne, he passed the 7,000- Twitter .............................. @SFU_Football yard mark for his career (7,342) and his first punt vs. SHU will be the 200th of Instagram ................................sfu_football his career. • 36 players on the SFU roster hail from the state of Pennsylvania. ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Primary Contact: Paul Marboe Office: 814-472-3916 GAME DETAILS SERIES HISTORY Venue...............................Campus Field Series vs. SHU ..........................Tied 10-10 Cell: 814-777-7604 Capacity ............................................. 3,500 Streak ....................................................W, 4 Email: [email protected] Playing Surface ...........................SprinTurf Last meeting ........ W, 23-14, at SFU, 2015 HEAD COAch CHRIS VILLARRIAL This Week’s schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday No Media Practice Practice Practice No Media vs. SHU No Media 12 p.m. ET Former National Football League All-Pro Offensive Lineman Chris Villarrial was named the 25th head coach of the Saint Francis University football program on December 20, 2009. After serving one year as the offensive coordinator under predecessor Dave Opfar, Villarrial will enter his seventh season at the helm of the Saint Francis football program. MEDIA INFORMATION With 29 career wins, Villarrial is second in Interview Procedures Media Credentials program history. With a win vs. Malone, he Saint Francis players and coaches are available for Credentials are issued for all third-party press box passed Frank Pergolizzi (1989-94) for second interview requests Tuesday through Thursday during personnel (media, scouts, officials’ observers, etc.). all-time and trails Art Martynuska (1969-79, game weeks. Coach Villarrial and selected players Requests for credentials are on a per-game basis. 81) by 16 wins for first place. will also be available postgame following an NCAA Credential requests should be made at least a week Villarrial was named 2015 NEC Coach of the mandated cooling-off period. in advance. Seating in the press box will be deter- Year, the first in SFU program history, and mined by the Athletics Communications office. was one of 15 finalists for STATS FCS National Football Practices Coach of the Year after the football program Saint Francis football practices are open to the me- Media Will Call & Parking took a big step in 2015, finishing with its first winning record since 1992. Led by Villarrial, dia Tuesday through Thursday during game weeks. Credentials will be mailed in advance of the game, the Red Flash went 7-4 overall and 4-2 in the Requests to attend practice should be made as far in but a Will Call can be established under special cir- NEC. advance as possible. cumstances. Parking is available on campus within walking distance of DeGol Field. The Red Flash won seven games in a season for just the fifth time in program history and finished with its first-ever winning record in the Northeast Conference. SFU also went 5-0 at home for the first time in program history. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Saint Francis finished second in the NEC standings, just one win away from the Junior Ajayi ....................ah-JYE Coaching Staff: program’s first NEC title. Jake Beistel ..................BYE-stull Chris Villarrial ...........vih-LARRY-uhl Eric Bofenkamp ..........BAW-fin-camp Matt Gueguen .................GEE-gin SFU ranked second in the NEC, averaging 28.2 points per game and scored at least 40 points Freddy Bopst ..................BOE-pst in four games. SFU held its opponents to 20.9 Ben Bruni .................. BREW-nee points and 309.3 yards per game. Mederick Flavius, Jr. ...........Med-rick Samuel Freireich ..............FREE-rick Nine Red Flash claimed All-NEC honors. Running back Khairi Dickson, receiver Terell Lance Geesey .................GEESE-ee Smith, center Jimmy Marks, cornerback Abijah Howell ..............ah-BEE-jah DaQuan Minter, safety/kick returner Lorenzo Jymere Jordan-Toney .........J-EYE-mir Jerome and kicker Lance Geesey all claimed Andrew Koester ................KEST-er First Team honors, while guard Christian Eubanks, tackle Sam Freireich and nose Solomon Leaeno .............luh-AY-no tackle Wesley Nagaseu earned Second Team Tyler Magaha .............muh-GAH-ha NEC FRONT ROW INFORMATION accolades. Wesley Nagaseu .......nug-a-SAY-eww Online: www.NECFrontRow.com Anthony Roefaro ...........Row-FAIR-o Geesey was named the CFPA Placekicker of Play-by-Play: Pat Farabaugh the Year and earned All-America honors from Raleigh Sirb ......................Serb the FCS Athletics Directors’ Association and Alex Woicehovich ........WOYK-oh-vich Color: Jay Roberts the American Football Coaches Association. Aaron Yasulitis .............Ya-SUE-lit-is Jerome earned Second Team All-America honors from STATS FCS as a kick returner. 2 GAME 9 • OCT. 29, 2016 • SAINT FRANCIS AT SACRED HEART • CAMPUS FIELD • FAIRFIELD, CONN. TEAM COMPARISON INDIVIDUAL HONORS Lance Geesey #12 - Kicker Fred Mitchell Award Watch List College Sports Madness Preseason All-America Football Gameplan Preseason All-America HERO Sports Preseason All-America STATS FCS Preseason All-America (Second Team) Preseason All-NEC Record .............. 6-1 (1-1) Record .............. 5-3 (3-0) Lorenzo Jerome Scoring Offense ........28.0 Scoring Offense ........26.1 #22 - Safety/Kick Returner Total Offense ..........427.0 Total Offense ..........333.0 STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year Watch List NEC Defensive Player of the Week (10/3, 10/10) Rushing Offense .....229.0 Rushing Offense .....140.8 STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week (9/5) Passing Offense ......198.0 Passing Offense ......192.3 NEC Special Teams Player of the Week (9/5) Athlon Sports Preseason All-America (Kick Returner) Pass Efficiency ........116.1 Pass Efficiency ........132.3 College Sports Madness Preseason All-America (Kick Returner) Time/Possession ....30:07 Time/Possession ....30:45 Football Gameplan Preseason All-America (Kick Returner) Red Zone ... 21-27 (78%) Red Zone ... 22-27 (81%) HERO Sports Preseason All-America (Kick Returner) STATS FCS Preseason All-America (Second Team, Kick Returner) Scoring Defense .......17.6 Scoring Defense .......17.3 Preseason All-NEC (Defensive Back, Return Specialist) Total Defense ..........296.3 Total Defense ..........286.4 Kamron Lewis Rushing Defense ....120.1 Rushing Defense ....105.3 #11 - Wide Receiver Passing Defense .....176.1 Passing Defense .....181.1 NEC Offensive Player of the Week (10/24) Pass Efficiency ..........90.4 Pass Efficiency