DAYTON FOOTBALL • 2015 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS •NCAA FCS PLAYOFF BERTH •12 PFL TITLES Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390• Cell: (937) 272-4503 • Football Press Box: (937) 542-4093 WEBSITE: daytonflyers.com TWITTER: @DaytonFootball FACEBOOK: /DaytonFlyersFootball INSTAGRAM: daytonflyers GAMEDAY INFORMATION DAYTON GAME 1 DATE - Saturday, Sept. 7- 1 p.m. ET xx Stadium -- Terre Haute, Ind. MEDIA INFORMATION DAYTON INDIANA STATE Radio - NewsTalk1290WHIO Larry Hansgen & Mike Kelly FLYERS vs SYCAMORES Video - ESPN+ Baylee Chamberlain Live Stats, Audio & Video Stream: DaytonFlyers.com TEAM COMPARISON (2018) GOOD NEWS WORTH REPEATING DAYTON INDIANA STATE The Flyers entered the season with the fifth-best Fast Facts Record 6-5, 5-3 PFL 7-4, 5-3 MVC winning percentage (.733, 154-56) in FCS football Points/Gm 35.8/26.1 31.7/28.2 since 2000 AND have produced the most football Rush Yds/Gm 224.5/180.5 241.5/197.6 Academic All-Americans (31) at any level of The University of Dayton opens its 112th Pass Yds/Gm 227.5/226.5 161.3/197.6 competition in the same time frame. The top five season of football at 14th-ranked Indiana Total Off/Gm 452.1/407.3 402.7/430.3 in winning percentage are North Dakota State State. The Flyers began varsity football in Possession Time 30:12/29:48 30:21/29:41 (.792), Harvard (.772), Montana (.744), San Diego 1905, but idled the program for three seasons (.742) and Dayton (.733). during World War II. SERIES STUFF • The series is tied 1-1. • Both games were played in Terre Haute. STREAKING is the ISU highest-ranked FCS team Dayton •Indiana State won 56-14 on Oct. 18, 1975 and then Dayton won UD has not been shut out in a school-record 476 has ever played. 20-14 on Sept. 25, 1976. straight games, the best such active string in all • Flyer coach Rick Chamberlin played in both games, but his of college football. The last team to shut out the Dayton, was 6-5 overall and 5-3 in the statistics are not avilable. Flyers was Marshall, 9-0, on Oct. 16, 1976. That Pioneer Football League in 2018. Three of is also the all-time FCS record. the losses were to teams that made the FCS 2018 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS playoffs. PFL POWER DAYTON INDIANA STATE • The Pioneer Football League is in its 27th The NFL is celebrating 100 seasons of Passing Passing season. The original (and now the only) Jack Cook professional football this year. It is interesting Ryan Boyle Division I strictly need-based football league 170-280-2, 2,421 yards, 128-205-2, 1,627 yards, to note that the first NFL game was played began with charter members Butler, Dayton, .607, 20 TD .624, 12 TD between the Dayton Triangles and the Drake, Evansville, San Diego and Valparaiso. Columbus Panhandles at Triangle Park, just Rushing Rushing • UD’s 123-45 record is the best in PFL history. four miles from the UD campus. Tucker Yinger Ja’Quan Keys • The Flyers’ 12 league championships are more 177 for 1,340 yds, 9 TD 158 for 948 yards, 13 TD than any other PFL team. 2019 SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER Receiving Receiving SCOUTING THE SYCAMORES Adam Trautman Dante Hendrix • Indiana State is in the midst of one of the 7 @ Indiana State 1 pm ET 41 rec., 14.7 avg., 9 TD 47 rec., 14.5 avg., 4 TD greatest program turnarounds in recent college 14 @ Robert Morris 3 pm ET football history under coach Curt Mallory. Defense Defense 21 DUQUESNE 1 pm ET David Leisring Jonas Griffith • Mallory took over a program in 2017 that OCTOBER 90 hits, 49 solo, 2.0 TFL, 132 hits, 81 solo. 9.5 TFL, did not win a game in his first season. Last 3 PBU, 3 Int., 2 Fumble 3 sacks, 1 PBU, 1 Fumble year, ISU went 7-4, the top turnaround in FCS 5 JACKSONVILLE* Noon ET Force Force, 1 Fumble Recovery football. This season, the Sycamores are ranked 12 @ Valparaiso* 2 pm ET 15th in FCS football and took FBS Kansas of DAYTON 19 @ Stetson* 1 pm ET the Big 12 to the wire before falling 24-17 last Rick Chamberlin (UD ‘80) Head Coach: Saturday. 26 SAN DIEGO* Noon ET Record at UD: 85-38 (12th year) • The Sycamore defense is led by All-American NOVEMBER linebacker Jonas Griffith. Last season he had INDIANA STATE 2 @ Morehead State* 1 pm ET Head Coach: Curt Mallory (Michigan ‘92) 132 tackles, 9.5 TFL and three sacks. At KU, he began his 2019 season with five hits, second- 9 MARIST* 1 pm ET Record at Indiana State: 7-16 (3rd year) best for ISU in the game. 16 @ Drake* 2 pm ET PLAYERS OF THE WEEK • Defensive end Kaleb Brewer is this week’s 23 BUTLER* 1 pm ET MVFC Defensive Player of the Week after Off. -- totaling five tackles, three TFL a sack and a * Pioneer Football League Def. -- forced fumble. Home Games in ALL CAPS Scout (O) -- • Griffith and quarterback Ryan Boyle are two- Times are ET and Subject to Change Scout (D) -- time team captains for the Sycamores. Scout (ST) -- • Indiana State returns all five offensive linemen from last season, and all five are redshirt seniors. PFL Championships: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 PFL Championships: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 THE MAN AT THE TOP 3 FLYERS ON PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAM • Rick Chamberlin is now in his 12th season in • The University of Dayton had three Flyers Pioneer Football League charge of Flyer football. His record is 85-38. named Preseason All-PFL. Standings • He is third all-time in wins at UD, behind two • They were Flyer Andrew Lutgens, offensive College Football Hall of Fame members-- Mike guard Michael Niese and tight end Adam PFL Overall Kelly (246 wins) and Harry Baujan (124). Trautman. Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. • After coaching the Flyers to the FCS playoffs • Lutgens redshirted his first year on campus, Davidson 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 in 2015, Chamberlin was named the 2015 but immediately moved into the starting Morehead State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 AFCA District Coach of the Year and the PFL lineup in 2017. He has started all 22 games Dayton 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Coach of the Year. He was the school’s first of his college career at “Flyer”, UD’s hybrid Marist 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 AFCA District Coach of the Year, and his PFL defensive back/linebacker position. Last Stetson 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Butler 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 honor was the ninth for a Dayton coach. season he was named First Team All-Pioneer Drake 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 • Chamberlin is also in his 45th season as Football League. He was third on the team in Jacksonville 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 part of the Flyer football program. A Flyer All- total tackles (68) and solo tackles (37), and he San Diego 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 American linebacker in his playing days, he led Dayton in tackles behind the line (10). Valparaiso 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 has been a part of 379 of UD’s 679 wins – 26 • Niese started all 11 games for Dayton last as a player, 268 as an assistant coach, and 85 season. A two-year starter, he was one of the as a head coach. He has also been a part of mainstays on the O-line that paved the way 493 of UD’s 1,027 games. for Tucker Yinger’s back-to-back 1,000 yard • The Springfield, Ohio native is the 23rd seasons that were the first in Flyer football Dayton’s Record In 2018 When... head football coach since the program began history. Niese was Honorable Mention All-PFL in 1905. He is the first of the 11 modern era in 2018. Leading• after 1st Quarter 5-2 Trailing after 1st Quarter 1-2 coaches to have lettered for the Flyers, and the • Trautman has been named a Preseason Tied after 1st Quarter 0-1 second to be a graduate of the University of All-America Tight End by two different media Dayton (Pete Ankney was the first alum when outlets. Phil Steele’s College Football has him Leading at Halftime 5-0 he coached in 1963 and 1964). on the second team, while STATS hash him Trailing at Halftime 0-5 • Chamberlin, 61, had been on the Flyer on the third team. STATS has also named him Tied at Halftime 1-0 coaching staff for 29 seasons before being to the Walter Payton Award Watch List (the named head coach. First as linebackers Payton Award goes to the top offensive player Leading after the 3rd Quarter 6-0 coach and then as defensive coordinator, in FCS football), while Phil Steele’s College Trailing after the 3rd Quarter 0-5 Chamberlin helped mold the Dayton D’s Football projects him to be the PFL Offensive Tied after the 3rd Quarter 0-0 reputation for its preparation and execution. Player of the Year. • A four-year letterwinner (1975-78) for the Scoring First 5-2 Opponents Score First 1-3 Flyers, Chamberlin is the Flyer career record JACKED UP in tackles with 419. • Redshirt sophomore quarterback Jack More Total Yards than Opponent 6-2 • He was named to the Football Coaches Cook was named to the HERO Sports FCS Less Total Yards than Opponent 0-3 Association Small College All-America Freshman All-America Team and was also the team as a senior.