FOOTBALL 2014 GAME NOTES Frostburg State vs. Salisbury GAME 10 Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 ● 1:00 pm Bobcat Stadium ● Frostburg, Md. Live Stats/Video: www.FrostburgSports.com/Live Setting the Scene Frostburg State (4-5, 2-5 E8) Frostburg State Stat Leaders Frostburg State hosts Salisbury this Saturday at 1:00 pm in the 16th Annual Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Sept. 6 Geneva W/24-19 Regents Cup game. Saturday’s game will be senior day for eight FSU seniors Ben Sasu 9 111 439 7 48.8 Sept. 13 at Shenandoah W/20-10 and the contest marks the regular-season finale for both schools. Ken Emmons 9 109 279 6 31.0 Sept. 20 at Utica * L/12-20 The Bobcats sit at 4-5 overall on the season after defeating both Geneva (24-19) Sept. 27 #7 St. John Fisher * L/7-48 Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD and Shenandoah (20-10) in their first two contests. Frostburg knocked off 25th- Oct. 4 Buffalo State * L/14-31 Ken Emmons 9 85-182-8 46.7 1028 5 ranked Ithaca on Homecoming in double overtime (38-37) and downed Hartwick, Oct. 11 at Brockport * L/0-46 35-21, two weeks ago. Oct. 18 #25 Ithaca * W/38-37 (2 OT) Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG Oct. 25 at Alfred * L/3-14 The Sea Gulls are currently 5-4 overall after a three-game winning streak in Oc- Haydan Roberts 9 28 312 1 34.7 Nov. 1 at Hartwick * W/35-21 tober. Salisbury, 4-3 in the Empire 8, defeated Brockport, 40-28, in its final home Myles Burgess 9 16 223 2 24.8 Nov. 15 Salisbury * ! 1:00 pm game of the season last Saturday. Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. * Empire 8 Conference Opponent The Series Rowan Pinkett 9 74 2-16 5-35 - ! 16th Annual Regents Cup Saturday’s matchup between the Bobcats and Sea Gulls will be the 42nd meeting Salaman Riddell 9 58 - 3-6 - Location: ......................Frostburg, Md. as the two schools have met every year since the series started in 1973. SU William Sewell 9 56 8-69 11.5-80 - Enrollment: ............................5,400 leads 25-16 and has won the last 10 meetings. Nickname:...........................Bobcats Salisbury Stat Leaders Colors: ........................Red and Black It’s A New Day DeLane Fitzgerald was named Frostburg’s 13th head football coach following a Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Stadium: ................Bobcat Stadium (2,500) national search in January 2014. Upon his arrival at Frostburg, Fitzgerald quickly John Dunbar 9 136 561 10 62.3 Head Coach:.................DeLane Fitzgerald filled out his coaching staff and began recruiting his first class. He also set about Jerome Johnson 7 47 498 4 71.1 Record at FSU ...........................4-5 raising the team’s G.P.A. through new study hall rules. Career Record: ...................28-35/5 yrs. Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Sports Information Dir. .............Noah Becker On the field, Fitzgerald has Frostburg off to a 4-5 start. The Bobcats defeated John Dunbar 9 28-65-5 43.1 591 3 Contact: ..301-687-4371 / [email protected] Geneva (24-19) and Shenandoah (20-10) in their first two games before upsetting 25th-ranked Ithaca on Homecoming in double overtime (38-37) and downing Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG Hartwick (35-21) two weeks ago. Aarron Moore 9 11 216 3 24.0 Salisbury (5-4, 4-3 E8) Jerome Johnson 7 6 166 0 23.7 Sept. 6 at Christopher Newport W/41-32 Fitzgerald came to Frostburg following an eight-year stint at Southern Virginia in Buena Vista, Va., including the last five seasons as head coach. Prior to his Sept. 13 No. 4 Wesley L/5-43 Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. arrival, SVU averaged just two wins per season and after his fifth year, Southern Sept. 27 at Buffalo State * L/28-32 James Hall 9 60 3-23 9-31 - Virginia finished 8-2 and was ranked No. 1 in the United States Collegiate Athletic Nick Anzallo 9 59 1-9 4-13 - Oct. 4 at No. 6 St. John Fisher * W/37-34 Conference coaches’ poll. Oct. 11 Utica * W/36-19 Christian Wilson 9 58 - 1.5-2 - Oct. 18 Hartwick * W/59-49 Fitzgerald also has coaching stints at Bethel University (Tenn.), Tennessee-Mar- Oct. 25 at Ithaca * L/7-32 tin, James Madison and the Bridgton Academy (Maine). Team Comparisons Nov. 1 Alfred * L/21-23 FSU Category SU Frostburg Football History Nov. 8 Brockport * W/40-28 130.7 Rushing Offense 297.2 Frostburg is in its 54th year of collegiate football in 2014 and the Bobcats have an Nov. 15 at Frostburg State * 1:00 pm 118.4 Passing Offense 74.1 overall record of 239-273-8. The Bobcats appeared in the 1993 NCAA Playoffs 249.1 Total Offense 371.3 * Empire 8 Conference Opponent and have played in seven ECAC Bowl Games, the last coming at Bobcat Stadium 17.0 Scoring Offense 30.4 Location: ......................Salisbury, Md. against Moravian in 2005. Enrollment: ............................8,700 Prior to joining the Empire 8, FSU competed in the Atlantic Central Football 139.0 Rushing Defense 170.7 Nickname:..........................Sea Gulls Conference for 12 seasons from 1999-2010, capturing league titles in 1999, 2003 212.9 Passing Defense 317.0 Colors: ......................Maroon and Gold and 2004. 351.9 Total Defense 424.7 Stadium: .................... Sea Gull Stadium Head Coach:...................Sherman Wood A Win Would .... 46 / 140 (33%) 3rd Down Conv. 36 / 99 (36%) Record at AU .........................108-53 - Lift the Bobcats to 240-273-8 overall 10 / 20 (50%) 4th Down Conv. 8 / 13 (52%) Career Record: ............... 129-91-1/21 yrs. - Be the first five-win season for Frostburg since 2005 - Snap a 10-game losing skid to rival Salisbury Sports Information Dir. .............Tim Brennan - Give Frostburg its fifth Regents Cup trophy 43 - 446 Penalties - Yards 70 - 611 Contact: . 410-543-6016 / [email protected] - Be FSU’s third win at Bobcat Stadium this season 31:17 Avg. Time of Poss. 29:55 /FrostburgStateAthletics @FrostburgSports /FrostburgSports FrostburgSports.com/Live FOOTBALL 2014 GAME NOTES 2014 Empire 8 Standings - End the playing career’s of eight seniors with a victory Empire 8 Update Overall Conference All nine Empire 8 football schools opened their 2014 seasons with a week-one victory. Heading into the final weekend of the regular sea- W L W L son, No. 23 Ithaca and No. 24 St. John Fisher sit atop the league standings at 7-2 overall. Ithaca captured the league title last Saturday Ithaca 6 2 7 2 after defeating SJFC, 19-8. St. John Fisher 5 2 7 2 Buffalo State 4 3 6 3 This Week In The Empire 8 Salisbury 4 3 5 4 All nine Empire 8 teams are in action in week 11 of the 2014 football season and eight schools are in conference play. St. John Fisher travels to Alfred, Utica visits Hartwick and Buffalo State will travel to Brockport for the I-90 Bowl Game. Frostburg hosts Salisbury in the Utica 4 3 6 3 16th Annual Regents Cup and Ithaca will visit Cortland for a non-conference showdown. Alfred 3 4 5 4 Brockport 3 4 5 4 Ithaca at Cortland - Noon Frostburg University 2 5 4 5 St. John Fisher at Alfred - 1:00 pm Hartwick 1 6 2 7 Salisbury at Frostburg - 1:00 pm Utica at Hartwick - 1:00 pm 2014 D3football.com Top 25 Buffalo State at Brockport - 1:00 pm - Week 10 - Empire 8 Preseason Poll The Frostburg State football team was picked to finish ninth in the 2014 Empire 8Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll released No. Team Record Pts. Prev. in late August. St. John Fisher received eight of the nine first-place votes along with 64 points and was picked to win the league title. 1 UW-Whitewater (22) 9-0 622 1 Salisbury (53 pts.) and Ithaca (52 pts.) round out the top three. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) 9-0 587 2 3 Mount Union (2) 9-0 586 3 The Coaches Fitzgerald hit the ground running following his hire at Frostburg State and he quickly filled out his staff with some of the nation’s top 4 Wesley 9-0 551 4 coaches. Tye Hiatt (OC/QB), John Kelling (DC/LB) and Peter Mayer (ST/DB) will serve as the Bobcats’ coordinators. Joining them are Ben 5 Wartburg 9-0 513 5 Crowder (RB), Sam Daniels (DT), Pete Hansen (DE), Angelo Luvara (T/TE), Nate Sievers (OL), Tyler Condiff (Asst. LB), Kenny Johnson 6 John Carroll 9-0 507 6 (WR), Tyler Stevens (Asst. WR), Dernard Bryan (Asst. OL), Victor Andersen (Asst. DB) and Tim Arnold (Asst. RB). 7 Johns Hopkins 9-0 451 8 8 Hobart 9-0 444 7 Preseason All-American Frostburg has had several players named Preseason Division III All-Americans by USA College Football over the last few years and this 9 Wheaton (Ill.) 9-0 400 12 summer junior linebacker Rowan Pinkett was named to the preseason third-team defense. 10 Linfield 7-1 381 11 11 Wittenberg 8-1 375 14 Pinkett had a breakout season last fall after leading the Bobcats and finishing fifth in the Empire 8 with 104 total tackles. For his forts,ef he 12 Widener 9-0 353 13 was named to the All-Empire 8 Second Team. He averaged 10.4 tackles per contest and finished with 10 or more tackles in five games.