Ann King Sports Information Director The College of New Jersey The College of New Jersey P.O. Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 609-771-2517 [email protected] LIONSLIONS TCNJ vs. FDU-FLORHAM, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 TCNJ LOOKS TO KEEP WIN STREAK ALIVE AS FDU-FLORHAM VISITS 2007 TCNJ SCHEDULE LIONS’ STADIUM (0-1, 0-0 NJAC) The College of New Jersey football team will host the Devils of FDU-Florham Aug. 31 MUHLENBERG ........... L, 0-15 on September 14 in Lions’ Stadium. TCNJ stands at 0-1, while the Devils are Sept. 14 FDU-FLORHAM ......... 7 p.m. coming off an overtime win and bring a 1-0 mark into the non-conference Sept. 21 at LaSalle ................. 7:30 p.m. match-up. Sept. 28 *MONTCLAIR STATE 7 p.m. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. when the Lions play their second of five home Oct. 5 *at Rowan Univ. ........... 7 p.m. contests this fall. Of the 10 games TCNJ will play in 2007, five will be played Oct. 13 *at William Paterson ..... .1 p.m. on Friday nights under the lights with three held in Lions’ Stadium in Sep- Oct. 20 *W. CONN STATE ...... .2 p.m. tember and the other two on the road at Division I-AA La Salle and 2006 Oct. 27 *SUNY CORTLAND .... 1 p.m. NCAA Semifinalist, Rowan University on October 5. Nov. 3 *at Buffalo State ........... 1 p.m. Nov. 10 *at Kean University ...... 1 p.m. SCOUTING THE DEVILS: The Devils opened the *Indicates NJAC Game 2007 season with a victory in overtime as they Home contests are in all Caps beat Juniata College 20-17. This is the first time since 2004 that FDU has started the season 1-0 2007 FDU-FLORHAM and only the second time since 1996. SCHEDULE (1-0) Junior kicker Michael Barnard (Eastampton, NJ/Rancocas Valley) Sept. 8 JUNIATA C. W, 20-17 (OT) booted a 20-yard field goal with 0:15 left in regulation to tie the game and Sept. 14 at TCNJ ......................... 7 p.m. then he went on to kick a 43-yarder in overtime to give the College at Florham Sept. 22 at Wm. Paterson ........... 1 p.m. Devils a 20-17 win over Juniata. Sept. 29 ALBRIGHT COLLEGE.1 p.m. The Devils took the opening kickoff and marched 56 yards in six plays to Oct. 6 at Wilkes University ...... 1 p.m. open up a 7-0 lead thanks to a 16-yard touchdown run by sophomore quar- Oct. 13 at Delaware Valley ....... 1 p.m. terback Bill Winters (Brick, NJ/Brick). Winters also had a 20-yard run Oct. 19 WIDENER UNIV. .......... 7 p.m. during the drive. Oct. 27 at Lycoming College ..... 1 p.m. FDU upped their lead to 14-0 with 5:03 left in the first quarter on a 23-yard Nov. 3 LEBANON VALLEY . .. 1pm touchdown strike from Winters to senior tight end Ray Kwiatkowski Nov. 10 at King’s College .......... .1 p.m. (Morganville, NJ/Monsignor Donovan). The scoring strike was set up in part due to a 17-yard Winters run. The score stayed the same until 5:11 left in the third quarter when fresh- Current 2007 NJAC man running back Kyle McKechnie scored from two yards out to cut the deficit to 14-7. The Eagles were aided by a 17-yard completion from junior Standings quarterback Jay Leonard to senior wide receiver Chad Steiner and a pass Team NJAC Overall Streak interference penalty by FDU. Montclair State 0-0 1-0 W-4 Juniata cut the lead to 14-10 with 10:45 remaining in the game on a 33- SUNY Cortland 0-0 1-0 W-1 yard field goal by freshman kicker Davis Smith. The big play in the drive was Wm. Paterson 0-0 1-0 W-1 a 38-yard pass from Leonard to senior wide receiver Lance Tippett and an- Buffalo State 0-0 1-1 L-1 other FDU pass interference penalty. Kean 0-0 1-1 L-1 After a three-and-out by the Devils that saw the Eagles get the ball back Rowan 0-0 0-1 L-2 on FDU’s 31 yard line, Leonard connected with Tippett on the first play to TCNJ 0-0 0-1 L-1 give Juniata their first lead of the day, 17-14, with 9:14 left in the game. WCSU 0-0 0-1 L-4 After each team had a stalled drive, the Devils got the ball back with 5:49 remaining and proceeded to march 72 yards in 15 plays to set up Barnard’s WWW.TCNJATHLETICS.COM game-tying field goal. During the drive, Winters had a 10-yard run and com- pleted a swing pass to senior running back Dan Harrison (Trenton, NJ/ 2007 TCNJ FOOTBALL PAGE 1 SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 TCNJ vs. FDU-FLORHAM, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 HAMILTON vs. 2007 Notre Dame) for 10 yards. Harrison also had a 10-yard run in the drive but OPPONENTS the big play came from junior running back Adam LaValley (Newman, GA/ Opponent W L T Sparta, NJ), who broke off a 22-yard run to get the ball down to the Juniata vs. Muhlenberg 0 3 0 nine yard line. vs. FDU-Florham 8 0 0 FDU won the toss in overtime and elected to play defense, giving Juniata vs. LaSalle 3 1 0 the ball first. After three Leonard incomplete passes, Smith missed a 42- vs. Montclair St. 10 19 1 yard field goal wide left to give the Devils the ball. FDU ended up losing three vs. Rowan 10 23 0 yards on their drive but Barnard came on and drilled a 43-yarder to give his vs. W. Paterson 24 4 1 team the win. vs. Western Ct. St. 2 3 0 Winters finished with 14 rushes for 89 yards and a score while going 5- vs. Cortland 6 4 0 for-18 with a touchdown in the air. Harrison carried the ball 22 times for 96 vs. Buffalo State 0 1 0 vs. Kean 25 4 1 and Kwiatkowski caught two passes for 38 yards and a score. For Juniata, Leonard finished 22-for-44 for 260 yards and a touchdown while Tippett made four catches for 84 yards and a touchdown. COMPARING THE NUMBERS Defensively for the Devils, senior linebacker Rob Felicetta (Brookhaven, NY/Bellport) had a team-high 12 tackles to go along with a sack. Junior TEAM COMPARISONS linebacker Vinny Russo (Kenilworth, NJ/David Brearly) had seven tack- TCNJ........Category ..... FDU-Florham les, one for loss, while sophomore defensive tackle Nick Cusanelli (Brick, -32.0 Rushing Offense ... 248.0 NJ/Brick) had a sack and three tackles for loss. 123.0 Passing Offense ..... 53.0 For his play, kicker Michael Barnard (Eastampton, NJ/Rancocas Val- 91.0 Total Offense ........ 301.0 ley) has been named Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week following his heroics in FDU’s 20-17 (OT) 0.0 Scoring Offense ..... 20.0 win over Juniata on Saturday. First, Barnard hit a game-tying field 20-yard field goal with 0:15 left in 78.0 Rushing Defense .... 29.0 regulation to tie the score at 17-17. Then, after Juniata missed a 42-yard 173.0 Passing Defense .. 260.0 field goal on their first possession of overtime, Barnard drilled a 43-yarder to 251.0 Total Defense ....... 289.0 give the Devils the win. 15.0 Scoring Defense ..... 17.0 SERIES HISTORY: (TCNJ leads 8-0) Friday night's contest marks the ninth time these two teams have met on the gridiron. TCNJ owns an 8-0 edge in 0-13 3rd Dn.Conv.......4-18 the series history which first started in 1989. Since 1989, the Lions have 0-2 4th Dn. Conv. ........... 2-3 managed to post a pair of shutout wins in previous encounters (15-0, 1992 and 24-0, 1997). 7-45 Sacks By-Yards ..... 3-25 All-Time Series History: 7-47 Sacks Allowed ......... 1-5 1989 TSC 21-7 FDU-Madison 1990 TSC 43-3 FDU-Madison 1991 TSC 34-7 FDU-Madison 1992 TSC 15-0 FDU-Madison 3-14 Penalties-Yards ...... 6-58 1997 TCNJ 24-0 FDU-Madison 1998 TCNJ 24-13 FDU-Madison 25:59 Avg. Time of Poss. 29:57 2005 TCNJ 42-20 FDU-Florham 2006 TCNJ 20-14 FDU-Florham CATCH 2007 HOME LAST MEETING (TCNJ 20-14, 2006 at FDU) Senior running back Cory GAMES ON THE WEB Schoonover (Toms River, NJ/Manchester) rushed 17 times for 142 yards SITE WITH LIVE STATS and a touchdown and senior wide receiver Ryan Ross (Pompton Lakes, NJ/Pompton Lakes) caught three passes for 84 yards and two touchdowns If you can not make it to a 2007 as The College of New Jersey beat the College at Florham, 20-14, at Shields TCNJ football home game, you can catch the game on the web site with Field. Live Stats. Just open TCNJ’s athletic TCNJ (2-1) junior defensive end Joe King (Mountainside, NJ/Governor web site (TCNJathletics.com) and Livingston) reeked havoc on the Devils offense all day, posting seven tack- look for the Football Live Stats story. les and four sacks. After a scoreless first half that saw only one good drive, a 15 play 53 yard drive by FDU that stalled on downs, the Devils got on the board with 9:05 left in the third quarter on a 15-yard touchdown run by senior quarterback Dan 2007 TCNJ FOOTBALL PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 TCNJ vs.