UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY 2019 FOOTBALL CONTACT: Pete Iorizzo • Assistant AD for Media Relations • O: (518) 442-3359 • C: (518) 396-8598 • Email: [email protected] 2019 SCHEDULE UALBANY VS. BRYANT AUGUST Date: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 29 at Central Michigan L, 38-21 Location: Albany, N.Y. SEPTEMBER Stadium: Tom & Mary Casey Stadium 7 BRYANT 7 p.m. 2-2 Kickoff: 7 p.m. 14 at Monmouth 1 p.m. 12-4 Series: 2-2 21 LAFAYETTE 3:30 p.m. 0-0 28 WILLIAM & MARY* 3:30 p.m. 0-1 Record: 0-1 Record: 0-1 OCTOBER Head Coach: Greg Gattuso Head Coach: Chris Merritt 5 at Richmond* 2 p.m. 0-6 Alma Mater: Penn State ‘83 Alma Mater: Indiana ‘92 12 at Towson* 4 p.m. 2-3 Overall Record: 121-65 (18th season) Overall Record: 0-1 (1st season) 19 RHODE ISLAND* 3:30 p.m. 3-3 Record at UAlbany: 24-33 (6th season) Record at Byrant: Same NOVEMBER 2 MAINE* 3:30 p.m. 5-7 9 at Delaware* 1 p.m. 2-6 FOLLOW THE GAME 16 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 1 p.m. 2-5 Live broadcast: FloSports/UAlbanySports.com Twitter: @UAlbanyFootball, @UAlbanySports 23 at Stony Brook* 2 p.m. 12-8 Radio Simulcast: 103.9 FM (WBPZ) *CAA Game Play by play: Rodger Wyland Analysis: Charlie Voelker PROGRAM HISTORY First Season of Football ........................................................... 1970 (club) First Season of Varsity Football ............................................1973 (Div. III) QUICK SLANTS First Season at Division II .................................................................. 1995 • UAlbany is facing its former Northeast Conference rival for the first time since a First Season at Division I FCS ........................................................... 1999 All-Time Varsity ............................................300-203 (.598 - 46th season) 31-14 victory in 2012, the Great Danes’ final season in the NEC. NEC Record .....................................................78-24 (.765 - 14 seasons) • This marks UAlbany’s second consecutive game against an opponent with a CAA Record .......................................................12-37 (.245 - 7th season) first-year coach. Chris Merritt was hired at Bryant after having coached the past NEC Championships ................................ 6 (2002-03, 2007-08, 2011-12) 20 years at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Fla. FCS Playoff Appearances ............................................................1 (2011) All-Time Home Record .........................................................142-84 (.628) • The Great Danes will be looking for their sixth straight victory in a home opener. All-Time Road Record ........................................................132-116 (.532) Last season, UAlbany defeated Morgan State, 30-27, in the first home game of All-Time Road Record ........................................................131-106 (.553) 2018. • Redshirt freshman QB Jeff Undercuffler set a new career high with 199 passing UALBANY QUICK FACTS yards in the season-opener against Central Michigan. He also threw a pair of TD passes to Juwan Green. Location .................................................................................... Albany, N.Y. • Bryant opened 2019 with a 35-10 loss at Stony Brook. Enrollment ........................................................................................ 17,000 Nickname .................................................................................Great Danes Website .........................................................................UAlbanySports.com TALE OF THE TAPE Twitter ............................................................................ @UAlbanyFootball Facebook ...............................................www.facebook.com/ualbanysports Bryant .............................................Category ..................................................UAlbany Stadium ...........................................................Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Stadium Capacity ............................................................................... 8,500 10.0..................................................Scoring ............................................................. 21.0 Field Name/Surface ........................................ Bob Ford Field/synthetic turf 35.0..................................................Scoring Defense .............................................. 38.0 President .................................................................Dr. Havidán Rodríguez 38.0..................................................Rushing ............................................................... 59 Athletic Director ...................................................................... Mark Benson 247.0................................................Rushing Defense .............................................. 259 Head Coach ............................................................................Greg Gattuso 1.1....................................................Avg./Rush........................................................... 2.0 Sport Administrator ..................................................................... Vic Cegles 1 .....................................................Rush TDs .............................................................. 0 Football Contact/Assistant AD/Media Relations ....................... Pete Iorizzo 17-29-2 ............................................Comp.-Att.-Int. .............................................15-29-0 Football Contact Office Phone .............................................(518) 442-3359 Football Contact Office Email [email protected] 167.0................................................Passing .......................................................... 199.0 Primary UAlbany Photographer .................................................... Bill Ziskin 196.0................................................Passing Defense ............................................ 285.0 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost .......................................................... 7/4 0 .....................................................Pass TDs............................................................... 3 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost .......................................................... 8/3 205.0................................................Total Offense .................................................. 244.0 443.0................................................Total Defense ................................................. 529.0 WE ARE UALBANY 205/65..............................................Tot. Off/Plays ................................................ 529/84 19.5..................................................Kickoff Return Avg ............................................ 22.2 Please note the following proper/improper uses of our school 1-7 ...................................................Interceptions ...................................................... 0-0 name: 31:17................................................Time of Possession ........................................ 23:22 • Proper: University at Albany, UAlbany 6-16 (38%) .......................................3rd-Down Conv. .....................................3-13 (23%) • Improper: Albany, SUNY Albany 0-0 (0%) ...........................................4th-Down Conv.........................................2-3 (67%) 1-10 .................................................Sacks By-Yards ................................................ 2-10 University at Albany • Great Danes • Game Notes University at Albany • Great Danes • Game Notes 1 NOTES ABOUT UALBANY ATHLETICS TEAM NOTES UAlbany is a member of the America East Hello again Conference in 16 of 18 varsity sports, while women’s UAlbany and Bryant were NEC rivals for four years before the Great Danes moved golf is an associate member of the Metro Atlantic to the CAA in 2013. Their all-time series is tied 2-2, including 1-1 in games played in Athletic Conference (MAAC), and football, a Division Albany. I Football Championship Subdivision program, 2012: W, 31-14 is an associate member of the Colonial Athletic 2011: L, 31-17 Association (CAA). UAlbany has eared the Stuart P. 2010: L, 24-7 Haskell Jr. Commissioner’s Cup, which honors the 2009: W, 20-17 America East’s top-performing athletics department, seven times. Home cookin’ UAlbany has won 115 conference UAlbany has won its past five home openers, dating back to 2014. championships and has made 55 NCAA Tournament 2014: Holy Cross, 14-13 appearances since moving to Division I in 1999. 2015: Rhode Island, 35-7 Proving to be a perennial power, the Great Danes 2016: Holy Cross, 45-28 have won seven or more conference titles in each 2017: Monmouth, 28-14 of the past nine years. UAlbany claimed its 100th 2018: Morgan State, 30-27 conference title on May 14, 2017, when softball won the America East Tournament. Entering the Schedule strength 2018-19 school year, UAlbany has 99 America East Once again, the Great Danes will play a formidable schedule. The nonconference slate Tournament titles, six Northeast Conference (NEC) includes an FBS opponent (Central Michigan) and Monmouth, picked to finish second season titles in football, and two MAAC titles in in the Big South Preseason Poll. CAA opponents Maine (No. 6), Towson (No. 8) and women’s golf. Delaware (No. 21) are ranked in the STATS Top 25 poll, while Stony Brook, Richmond, In 2018-19, UAlbany added eight conference New Hampshire and Rhode Island all are receiving votes. championships to its total. Field hockey, women’s soccer,