FOOTBALL 2016 GAME NOTES Frostburg State vs. Rowan GAME 8 Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 ● 1:00 pm Bobcat Stadium ● Frostburg, Md. Live Stats/Video: www.FrostburgSports.com/Live Setting the Scene Frostburg Stat Leaders Frostburg State (6-1, 5-1 NJAC) Frostburg State hosts its fifth team at Bobcat Stadium this season when it wel- Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Sept. 3 Geneva W/31-10 comes Rowan on Saturday for a 1:00 pm kickoff. The Bobcats are 4-0 at Bobcat Stadium this fall and have outscored those four opponents 95-23. FSU also Jamaal Morant 6 101 478 4 79.7 Sept. 10 at Wesley * L/7-43 enters the contest having won five-consecutive games in New JerseyAthletic Jordan Brown 5 36 144 2 28.8 Sept. 17 Southern Virginia * W/24-7 Conference action. Frostburg is currently 6-1 overall and 5-1 in the NJAC and Oct. 1 at Kean * W/25-18 enters the weekend in a three-way tie for first place in the NJAC.The Bobcats Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD are receiving votes in both the D3football.com and American Football Coaches Oct. 8 William Paterson * W/23-0 Association (AFCA) Polls. According to D3football.com, the Bobcats are just five Connor Cox 7 91-155-6 57.7 1,205 8 Oct. 15 at TCNJ * W/34-7 spots outside the top-25 with 11 votes. Oct. 22 Christopher Newport * # W/17-6 Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG Oct. 29 Rowan * 1:00 pm Rowan arrives at Frostburg with a 5-2 overall record and a 4-2 record in the Russell Neverdon 7 34 557 6 79.6 NJAC. The Profs are tied with Christopher Newport for second in the league Austin Bonsall 7 16 235 0 39.2 Nov. 5 at Montclair State * 1:00 pm standings and enter the matchup with FSU after losing to Wesley last Saurday, Nov. 14 Salisbury * ! 1:00 pm 24-17. RU collected three-straight wins prior to its loss to Wesley and had worked Joe Beckford 7 16 167 1 27.8 * New Jersey Athletic Conference Opponent itself into a five-way tie for the conference lead. Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. ! 18th Annual Regents Cup # Homecoming Saturday’s contest will be the 10th meeting between the Bobcats and Profs and is William Sewell 7 57 2.5-30 16.5-76 - Frostburg’s fifth of six home games this fall. Location: ......................Frostburg, Md. Dre’Quan Reed 7 44 1.5-5 2.0-6 - Enrollment: ............................5,500 Frostburg enters the matchup with a 6-1 overall slate after winning five-straight Niles Scott 7 34 5.5-40 12.0-57 - Nickname:...........................Bobcats games. The Bobcats downed Geneva in their season opener, 31-10, and have Rowan Stat Leaders Colors: ........................Red and Black defeated Southern Virginia (24-7), Kean (25-18), William Paterson (23-0), TCNJ (34-7) and Christopher Newport (17-6) over their last five contests. Rushing G Att Net TD YPG Stadium: ................Bobcat Stadium (2,500) Gawain Bragg 7 119 500 6 71.4 Head Coach:.................DeLane Fitzgerald The matchup with FSU will be Rowan’s fourth road trip of the fall campaign and Anthony Diorio 7 81 320 1 45.7 Record at FSU ...................10-10 / 2 yrs. second road game in the month of October. The Profs are 2-1 on the road this season that includes wins over Widener (19-14) and Southern Virginia (17-7). Career Record: ..................34-40 / 5 yrs. Passing G C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Sports Information Dir. .............Noah Becker Frostburg is 6-1 for the second-consecutive year and is looking for the program’s Dante Pinckney 7 109-177-7 61.6 1,409 9 Contact: ..301-687-4371 / [email protected] first 7-1 start since 1998. Receiving G Rec Yds TD YPG Last season, the Bobcats finished at 6-4, including a 5-4 finish in their first season Jamel Smith 6 35 347 1 57.8 as a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference. FSU collected a five-game Rowan (5-2, 4-2 NJAC) winning streak during the middle part of the season, the longest streak in the Dashown Waller 7 27 310 2 44.3 Sept. 4 at Widener W/19-14 program since the 1999 team opened the season 6-0. Zac Frantz 7 23 449 5 64.1 Sept. 16 William Paterson * W/31-0 The Series Defense G TT SKS TFL Int. Sept. 24 at Montclair State * L/14-21 Saturday’s matchup between the Bobcats and Profs is the 10th in the series Oct. 1 Christopher Newport * W/10-7 between the two program’s. Rowan leads the series 7-2 and has won the last Ryan Brenner 7 67 2.0-18 3.0-18 1-42 Oct. 8 Salisbury * W/34-30 three meetings. Chris Henchy 7 45 3.0-10 7.0-15 - Anthony Rizzolo 7 38 0.5-4 4.0-9 - Oct. 15 at Southern Virginia * W/17-7 The series started in 1966 and the two programs met from ‘66 through 1971. The Oct. 22 Wesley * L/17-24 two squared off in 1986 and 1987 prior to the Bobcats joining the NJAC in 2015. Team Comparisons Oct. 29 at Frostburg * 1:00 pm FSU Category RU In 1966, the Profs won 21-0, but the Bobcats rebounded with a 21-7 win in 1967. Nov. 5 Kean * 1:00 pm 136.0 Rushing Offense 116.1 RU won three-straight from 1968-1970 and captured wins in 1986 and 1987. The Nov. 12 at TCNJ * 7:00 pm Bobcats captured a 19-17 win in 1971. 174.6 Passing Offense 201.3 * New Jersey Athletic Conference Opponent 310.6 Total Offense 317.4 Last season, Rowan downed Frostburg 15-6 in Glassboro in FSU’s first year in 23.0 Scoring Offense 20.3 Location: .....................Glassboro, N.J. the league. Enrollment: ...........................14,000 Scouting Rowan 108.6 Rushing Defense 156.1 Nickname:.............................Profs Rowan is under the direction of Jay Accorsi and he is in his 15th season as head 138.1 Passing Defense 147.9 Colors: .......................Yellow & Brown coach. Heading into the 2016 season, he has guided the Profs to 109 wins and 246.7 Total Defense 304.0 Stadium: ...............Richard Wackar Stadium seven appearances in the NCAA Playoffs. Head Coach:...................... Jay Accorsi This fall, RU is currently 5-2 overall, 4-2 in the NJAC and is tied for second in the 28 / 91 (31%) 3rd Down Conv. 31 / 100 (31%) Record at RU:..................109-43 / 14 Yrs. league with Christopher Newport. Last Saturday, the Profs fell out of a five-way 5 / 11 (45%) 4th Down Conv. 3 / 5 (60%) Career Record: ................109-43 / 14 Yrs. tie for the league lead after enduring a 24-17 loss at home to Wesley. The Profs moved into the five-way tie after winning three-straight games against CNU (10- Sports Information Dir. ......... Rob Cunningham 7), Salisbury (34-30) and Southern Virginia (17-7) before the Wesley loss. 60 - 594 Penalties - Yards 55 - 513 Contact: 856-256-4252 / [email protected] 28:54 Avg. Time of Poss. 29:57 /FrostburgStateAthletics @FrostburgSports /FrostburgSports FrostburgSports.com/Live FOOTBALL 2016 GAME NOTES 2016 NJAC Preseason Standings Rowan is fourth in the NJAC in total offense (317.4) behind the league’s third-best passing attack (174.6). Rowan is also rushing for 116.1 ypg and is averaging 20.3 points per game. Conference Overall Defensively, RU trails only Frostburg in scoring defense as it is limiting opponents to just 14.7 points per contest. Rowan’s bend-but-don’t- W L W L break approach allows the fourth-most yards in offense per contest (304.0), but it paces the conference with 17 takeaways, including 11 Frostburg State 5 1 6 1 interceptions. Salisbury 5 1 6 1 For the second week in a row, Frostburg will face one of the league’s top passers as RU quarterback Dante Pinckney is third in the con- Wesley 5 1 5 2 ference with 201.3 yards per contest through the air with nine touchdowns. Pinckney’s favorite target is Jamel Smith who is second in the Christopher Newport 4 2 5 2 NJAC with 35 catches for 347 yards and one touchdown. Zac Frantz leads the group with five scores on 23 catches and 449 yards. Rowan 4 2 5 2 Montclair State 3 3 4 3 Gawain Bragg has rushed for 500 yards on 119 carries and six touchdowns to lead the ground attack. Kean 2 4 3 4 Ryan Brenner leads the Profs with 67 total tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss with 2.0 sacks and an interception. Kevin Stokes leads Southern Virginia 1 5 2 5 the charge with 9.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. William Paterson 1 5 2 5 Scouting Frostburg The College of NJ 0 6 0 7 Frostburg is in its third season under DeLane Fitzgerald and he has his program headed in the right direction. He has increased Frost- burg’s win total in each of his first two years and his squad enters this weekend’s matchup with Rowan at 6-1 overall and in a three-way tie 2016 D3football.com Top 25 for first in the NJAC standings. - Week 7 - The Bobcats enter the game against RU with the nation’s 11th-best defensive unit as they lead the NJAC by allowing just 246.7 yards per contest.