COLGATE RAIDERS CORNELL | SEPT. 20, 2014 | 1 P.M. GAME 3 | CROWN FIELD AT ANDY KERR STADIUM COLGATE UNIVERSITY Location .................................... Hamilton, N.Y. COLGATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Founded ..................................................1819 Enrollment ..............................................2,927 CNY RIVALRY FOR HOMECOMING Nickname............................................ Raiders Colgate and Cornell meet for the 96th time Saturday in Hamilton. It Homecoming and the Colors .......................... Maroon, Gray & White home opener for the Raiders (0-2) -- the first of four straight on Crown Field at Andy Kerr President .................................. Jeffrey Herbst Stadium -- while the Big Red make their 2014 season debut. Director of Athletics............... Victoria M. Chun Conference .............................. Patriot League Colgate is coming off a pair of tough road defeats, including last weekend’s three-point loss at Delaware. But plenty of signs point to better days ahead for first-year head coachDan Hunt. FOOTBALL HISTORY Among the hightlights the last time out: First Year of Football................................1890 • Jake Melville posted 253 yards of total offense, including 118 on the ground. All-Time Record ............................ 620-467-50 • Kyle Diener intercepted a Blue Hens pass and returned it 74 yards to set up Seasons..................................................124th Colgate’s first TD of the game. The runback was the ninth-longest interception NCAA Playoff Appearances ...........................9 return in program history. Best Finish ........................... 2nd Place (2003) • Jonah Bowman was 4-of-4 on field goals and made his only PAT try. He connected from 43, 40, 32 and 32 yards. 2014 RECORD Overall ........................................................0-2 SERIES SUCCESS OF LATE Patriot League ............................................0-0 Colgate carries a five-game series winning streak against the Big Red into Saturday’s game. Home ..........................................................0-0 The Raiders won 41-20 last year in Ithaca as Melville made his collegiate debut in relief of an Away ...........................................................0-2 injured Gavin McCarney. Melville rushed six times for 54 2014 TEAM INFORMATION yards and a touchdown, and completed 3-of-4 passes for ON THE AIR Head Coach......................................Dan Hunt 60 yards and another score. Alma Mater, Year ......................Springfield ‘92 Radio WKXZ (93.9 FM) CU Record ....................................0-2/1st Year Raider wins during the current five-game winning streak Eric Malanoski, play-by-play Career Record ..............................0-2/1st Year over Cornell have been by the following scores: Offense/Defense ................................. Multiple Video Streaming & Live Stats Stadium ...................Crown Field at Andy Kerr 2008 -- 38-22 Ithaca The Patriot League Network Capacity.............................. 10,221 (FieldTurf) 2009 -- 45-23 Hamilton video service is free of charge, 2010 -- 44-3 Ithaca and live statistics are available ASSISTANT COACHES 2011 -- 35-28 (ot) Hamilton via GoColgateRaiders.com. Paul Shaffner ...............DC/Inside Linebackers 2013 -- 41-20 Ithaca Chris Young * .......................OC/Quarterbacks Ryan Knowles...............D-Line/Special Teams Cornell’s last win against Colgate came in 2007 in Ithaca Stan Dakosty * .............. Secondary/Recruiting by a 17-14 margin. The Big Red still own a 48-44-3 series Brad Dunlay ..............................Offensive Line advantage, althogh just 18 of those games have been Terry Dow ........................ Tight Ends/H-Backs Andrew Kirkland .............................Secondary Tem Lukabu *..................Outside Linebackers COLGATE RAIDERS 0-2 (0-0 PATRIOT*) Brent Bassham *.....................Wide Receivers Jay Clark................ Football Operations Intern *Stationed in press box during games. DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT ATTEND. Aug. 30 at Ball State Muncie L 10-30 9,659 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 13 at Delaware Newark L 25-28 15,319 John Painter .....................................Director Sept. 20 CORNELL (HC) HAMILTON 1:00 p.m. (865) 414-1143 | [email protected] Sept. 27 GEORGETOWN * HAMILTON Noon Jarrett Abelson ..............Associate Director (585) 732-7120 | [email protected] Oct. 4 HOLY CROSS * HAMILTON 1:00 p.m. Kat Castner .....................Assistant Director Oct. 11 PRINCETON HAMILTON 1:00 p.m. (484) 695-0670 | [email protected] Oct. 18 at Yale New Haven 1:00 p.m. Lisa Diehl...........................Admin. Assistant Oct. 25 at Albany Albany 3:30 p.m. (315) 292-3182 | [email protected] Nov. 1 at Fordham * Bronx 1:00 p.m. Ben Johnston .............Multimedia Assistant Nov. 8 LAFAYETTE * HAMILTON 1:00 p.m. (317) 752-1623 | [email protected] Nov. 15 at Lehigh * Bethlehem 12:30 p.m. Press Box Phone .................... (315) 228-6863 Nov. 22 at Bucknell * Lewisburg 1:00 p.m. Website ...................... GoColgateRaiders.com *Patriot League Games. (HC) Homecoming. All times Eastern. played in Hamilton. The teams are 9-9 in those contests, although Colgate has won the last four times against the Big Red at home and five of the last six. BOWMAN SPECIAL TEAMS WINNER Jonah Bowman’s exceptional performance last Saturday at Delaware earned him the Corvias Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week award. Bowman’s efforts also earned him ECAC Special Teams Player of the Week, and FCS National Placekicker of the Week from the College Football Performance Awards. COLGATE RECORDS WATCH The sophomore from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, (right) CAREER INTERCEPTION LEADERS made all four of his field goal tries, including a career-long Tom Wilson (1964-66) 20 of 43 yards to open Colgate’s scoring. He added boots from Paul Lawler (1974, 76-78) 16 40, 32 and 32 yards to fall just one field goal shy of the Raider record. Sheldon Spicer (1985-87) 13 Marcus Cameron (1993-96) 13 Key personnel with Bowman on place-kicks are long snapper Spencer Wallach and holder Brandon Tinson (1997-2000) 12 Ty Edmond. Bowman also made his only extra-point try and delivered one kickoff through MIKE ARMIENTO (2011-) 12 the end zone. John Owens (1951-53) 11 Thomas Doyle (1969-71) 11 The right-footer is 5-of-5 on field goals for the season and 6-of-6 for his young career. Last Jared Nepa (2003-05) 11 year, Bowman converted his only field goal attempt, a 38-yarder against Stony Brook. He Al SImmons (1950-52 10 made a 37-yarder in this year’s opener at Ball State. Early NCAA statistics show Bowman Todd Palmatier (1971-73) 10 third nationally with 2.5 field goals made per game. Mark Murphy (1973-76) 10 Colgate quarterback Jake Melville (right) earned Patriot SEASON INTERCEPTION LEADERS League honorable mention on the offensive side after Tom Wilson (1966) 8 compiling 253 yards of total offense and contributing a 25- Paul Lawler (1977) 7 yard touchdown run. Sheldon Spicer (1987) 7 Tom Wilson (1964) 6 DELAWARE SLIPS PAST COLGATE LATE Tom Wilson (1965) 6 It’s tough to top the anguish of a shutout loss in the national Al Simmons (1967) 6 championship game, but this one certainly came close. Thomas Doyle (1970) 6 Geoff Bean (2004) 6 Delaware scored two touchdowns in the final 7:03, including MIKE ARMIENTO (2013) 6 the game-winner with 41 seconds remaining, and rallied for a 28-25 victory over Colgate last Saturday night. Blue Hens ACTIVE TACKLE LEADERS quarterback Trent Hurley scrambled in from 5 yards out to Mike Armiento (2011-) 211 break Maroon hearts all the way to Hamilton. Kris Kent (2011-) 211 The Raiders (0-2) dominated the middle two quarters and held a 25-14 lead inside the final 10 minutes when their first turnover of the season gave Delaware new life. The Blue Hens responded with a nine-play scoring drive, held Colgate to its first three-and-out and first punt of the night, and then drove 57 yards in 12 plays for the clincher. Delaware (2-1) improved to 6-0 all-time against Colgate. This was the first meeting between these schools since the Blue Hens won 40-0 in the 2003 NCAA national championship game. MORE DATA FROM DELAWARE • James Travellin and Jake Melville scored Colgate’s two touchdowns, reaching paydirt from 2 and 25 yards, respectively. It was Travellin’s second touchdown of the season and Melville’s first. • Vinny Russo (right) led the Raiders and tied his career high with nine tackles. Seven of those were solo stops. Chris Morgan was second with eight tackles, including 1½ for lost yardage. He leads the team with 22 tackles this season, one ahead of Russo’s 21. • Receiver Brian Lalli posted a career-high five catches, good for 44 yards. Tight end John Quazza added four for Mike Armiento returned this interception at Cor- 41. nell last season 85 yards for a touchdown -- the • Jake Kern’s diving interception late in the third quarter fifth-longest interception return in Raiders history. was the first collegiate pick for the Pennsylvania senior. 2014 COLGATE RAIDERS GAME NOTES • John Maddaluna III got his signals crossed with fellow DID YOU KNOW???? kickoff returner Morgan on the first runback attempt, nearly costing Colgate a fumble. But Maddaluna made amends on his next return with a career-long of 43 yards. Colgate leads the all-time football series against Syracuse, 31-30-5. The most recent • Jake Melville posted career highs in both rushing and passing yards. The sophomore signal-caller carried 14 Raider victory was 19-14 in 1950. Since then, times for 118 yards and a TD, and also completed 15-of-25 the Orange have won 15 straight games -- pass attempts for 135 yards. all in Syracuse. The most recent meeting in Hamilton was 1897, a 6-6 tie. That was as • Alex Greenawalt made the first three receptions of his collegiate career – all in the third quarter. The true close as the Orange have come to claiming a freshman’s first catch was good for 5 yards and a first down road victory in the series after losses of 58-0 in (by a nose), followed by a 12-yarder on the next play. He 1893 and 32-8 in 1894. The neighboring foes added a 3-yard catch to finish with 20 receiving yards. are scheduled to meet again in 2016.