1818 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (314) 421-2268 FAX (314) 421-3505 A NCAA Division I FCS Conference 2009 Weekly Report No. 9 Contact: Cody Bush November 1, 2009 Phone: (931) 221-7561 CURRENT STANDINGS/RANKINGS PFL OVERALL Team W-L PCT PF PA H A STR W-L PCT PF PA H A STR WEEK 9 CONTESTS Butler 5-0 1.000 113 82 3-0 2-0 W5 8-0 1.000 246 125 5-0 3-0 W8 (W) vs. Davidson, 14-7 Dayton 5-0 1.000 141 53 2-0 3-0 W5 7-1 .875 196 97 3-1 4-0 W7 (W) vs. San Diego, 21-14 Drake 5-0 1.000 155 88 2-0 3-0 W6 7-1 .875 217 139 4-0 3-1 W5 (W) vs. Jacksonville, 45-38 Marist 4-2 .667 129 105 3-1 1-1 W4 5-3 .625 176 134 3-1 2-2 W4 (W) vs. Valparaiso, 24-0 Jacksonville 3-2 .600 165 113 2-0 1-2 L1 4-4 .500 232 192 2-1 2-3 L1 (L) at Drake, 38-45 San Diego 2-4 .333 133 118 1-2 1-2 L3 3-5 .375 169 161 1-2 2-3 L3 (L) at Dayton, 14-21 Davidson 2-4 .333 84 96 2-1 0-3 L3 2-6 .250 84 194 2-2 0-4 L3 (L) at Butler, 7-14 Campbell 1-4 .200 84 138 1-2 0-2 W1 2-6 .250 177 229 2-2 0-4 W1 (W) vs. Morehead St., 31-22 Valparaiso 0-5 .000 42 167 0-2 0-3 L6 1-7 .125 92 249 0-3 1-4 L6 (L) at Marist, 0-24 Morehead State 0-6 .000 82 168 0-3 0-3 L6 2-7 .222 156 219 1-3 1-4 L6 (L) at Campbell, 22-31 AHEAD IN WEEK 10 WEEK 10 PREVIEW Saturday, October 31 The PFL’s three unbeatens will square off against one another during the sea- • Butler at Dayton .........................................1 p.m. son’s final three weeks. First up is the Week 10 match up between Butler and Location: Dayton, Ohio (Welcome Stadium) Dayton. Meanwhile, Drake, the league’s other unbeaten, hosts PFL first-time win- Series: DAY leads, 25-8-1 ner Campbell. Valparaiso seeks its season’s first PFL win at Jacksonville while Streak: DAY, two wins Davidson heads cross country to visit San Diego. Elsewhere, Marist steps out of • Valparaiso at Jacksonville .........................1 p.m. PFL conference action to host former Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference confer- Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (Milne Stadium) ence foe Georgetown. Morehead State will get the week off after nine straight Series: JAC leads, 3-2 weeks of action. Streak: JAC, one win Butler, on of the FCS’s last unbeaten teams, travels to Dayton, the league’s nine- Georgetown at Marist ..................................... 1 p.m. time champion. Butler survived its Week 9 scare from Davidson and has won its Location: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Tenney Stadium) five league outings by just 31 points (6.2 ppg). Dayton also survived a scare from Series: Georgetown leads, 10-2 San Diego last week but has won its five league outings 88 points (17.6 ppg). Streak: Georgetown, one win Butler has won its three road trips this season while Dayton is 3-1 at home after • Campbell at Drake ......................................2 p.m. a season-opening home loss. Location: Des Moines, Iowa (Drake Stadium) Valparaiso seeks to end its six-game losing streak with a visit to Jacksonville. Series: DRA leads, 1-0 The Crusaders have not scored more than two touchdowns in any of their PFL Streak: DRA, one win outings, including being shutout at Marist last week. The Dolphins scored more • Davidson at San Diego ..............................4 p.m. than 30 points for the third-straight contest, but surrendered a season-high 45 to Location: San Diego, Calif. (Torero Stadium) Drake in last week’s loss. Series: SAN leads, 5-1 Marist steps out of PFL play in Week 10 to host Georgetown. The two were Streak: SAN, five wins members of the former Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Football League from Off Week: Morehead State 1994-99. Marist has won the last two meetings in Poughkeepsie (2001, 2007), • - PFL Contest, All Times Eastern but has needed overtime in both instances. Fresh off its first-ever PFL victory, Campbell takes to the road to visit Drake, the league’s third unbeaten team. The Camels needed a come-from-behind effort to down Morehead State for its PFL victory last week. Drake won a shootout with Jacksonville last week and is unbeaten at home (4-0) this season. Davidson makes the trek from North Carolina to California to square off against San Diego. Both teams bring three-game losing streaks to the contest. The Wild- cats dropped a 14-7 decision at Butler while the Toreros dropped a 21-14 de- cision at Dayton. San Diego has lost two straight at Torero Stadium (1-2) but Davidson has not won a road contest this season (0-4). www.pioneer-football.org 2009 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEKLY REPORT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK PAST OFFENSIVE HONOREES S05 Andrew Huck (BUT) [1] Steve Valentino, Dayton S12 Andrew Huck (BUT) [2] Senior, Quarterback, Solon, Ohio S19 Steve Valentino (DAY) [1] Valentino was the go-to guy as Dayton stayed unbeaten in PFL play with a 21-14 come-from-behind victory against San S26 Andrew Huck (BUT) [3] Diego, Saturday. Down 14-7 at halftime, Valentino rushed O03 Josh McGregor (JAC) [2] for two second-half touchdowns. He capped an 11-play, 73- O10 Chris Debowski (MAR) [1] yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown run to tie the game in O17 Josh Philpart (JAC) [1] the third quarter. Valentino gave Dayton the lead with a one- O24 Steve Valentino (DAY) [2] yard scoring run that capped a nine-play, 61-yard drive. He O31 Steve Valentino (DAY) [3] completed 13-of-33 passes for 185 yards and a first-quarter N07 touchdown. On the ground, he carried the ball 17 times for N14 107 yards and the two touchdowns. He finished the day with N21 292 yards of total offense. DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK PAST DEFENSIVE HONOREES S05 Jaquan Bryant (MAR) [1] Cody Lyon, Campbell S12 Cale Hunt (DRA) [1] Sophomore, Defensive Back, Raleigh, N.C. S19 James Veracammen (DAY) [1] Lyon had two interceptions and ran one back for a touch- down to help Campbell secure a 31-22 PFL victory against S26 Derek Harkness (MOR) [1] Morehead State, Saturday. His interception in the second O03 Nikko Carson (VAL) [1] quarter stopped a Morehead State scoring drive at the O10 Alex Griswold (DAV) [1] Campbell 16-yard line and kept the Camels within a point, O17 Joe Ries (DAY) [1] 14-13, at halftime. Lyon’s returned his second interception O24 Brandon Wingeier (DAY) [1] 45 yards for a touchdown for Campbell’s final score, ce- O31 Cody Lyon (CAM) [1] menting the victory. He also had nine tackles (seven solo) N07 and was the team’s second-leading tackler. N14 N21 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK PAST SPECIAL TEAMS HONOREES S05 Brandon Wubs (DRA) [1] Adam Willets, Campbell S12 Logan Chipperfield (JAC) [1] Sophomore, Kicker, Gibsonville, N.C. S19 Rainer Duzan (MOR) [1] Willets made three field goals for the second consecutive week and kept Campbell close early on in its 31-22 PFL S26 Jaquan Bryant (MAR) [2] victory against Morehead State, Saturday. He opened the O03 David Lang (BUT) [1] game’s scoring with a 39-yard boot in the first quarter. In O10 Brandon Wubs (DRA) [2] the second quarter, Willets booted a career-long 44-yard O17 Brandon Wubs (DRA) [3] field goal to narrow the deficit to 14-13 at halftime. His third- O24 Adam Willets (CAM) [1] quarter, 29-yard field goal gave Campbell the lead again and O31 Adam Willets (CAM) [2] they would not surrender it. He made all three of his field N07 goals and tacked on a pair of PATs to finish with 11 points. N14 Willets also averaged 57.6 yards on his seven kickoffs. N21 OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR THIS WEEK’S HONORS OFFENSE Andrew Huck (BUT), Harrison Jordan (CAM), Kenny Mantuo (DAV), Michael Piatkowski (DRA), Josh McGregor (JAC), O’Neill Anderson (MAR), Zach Lewis (MOR), Bo Shompro (SAN) DEFENSE Nick Caldicott (BUT), Patrick Hunt (DAV), James Vercammen (DAY), Ben Morrison (DRA), Jaquan Bryant (MAR), Wes McDermott (MOR), Jeff Chavez (SAN), JaVon Welch (VAL) SPECIAL TEAMS Nick Savarino (DAV), Nate Miller (DAY), Brandon Webb (DRA), Donovan Curry (JAC), Kevin Pauly (MAR), Zach Burgess (MOR), JT Rogan (SAN) PAGE 2.