INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL Week two GAME NOTES Football Contact: Tim McCaughan • Phone: (812) 237-4161 • Email: [email protected] Indiana State vs dayton Sat., Sept. 7, 2019 | 1 p.m. ET | Memorial Stadium (12,764) | Terre Haute, Ind. Radio: WIBQ 97.9 // 1230 AM // GoSycamores.com // Live Stats: GoSycamores.com // Twitter: @IndStFB on the air TV None Online ESPN Plus Baylee Chamberlain (PxP), TBA (C) Radio WIBQ 97.9 FM // 1230 AM Luke Martin (PxP), Brian Fritz (C) Online GoSycamores.com/Watch SERIES HISTORY #14 /#15 INDIANA STATE DAYTON All-time Series Series tied, 1-1 0-1 Overall; 0-0 MVFC 0-0 Overall; 0-0 PFL In Terre Haute 1-1 Head Coach Curt Mallory Head Coach Rick Chamberlin In Dayton 0-0 First Meeting 1975 (W, 56-14, Home) Alma Mater Michigan (1992) Alma Mater Dayton (1982) Last Meeting 1976 (L, 20-14, Home) Record at Indiana State 7-16 (3rd Season) Record at Dayton 85-38 (11th Season) Current Streak DU - W1 Career Record Same Career Record Same Schedule The Indiana State Sycamores begin a three-game homestand Saturday as the Dayton Flyers head to Terre Haute. Kickoff is Date Opponent Time/Result slated for 1 p.m. ET from Memorial Stadium. The game will air on ESPN Plus with Baylee Chamberlain delivering the play-by- Aug. 31 at Kansas L, 24-17 play. Sycamore fans can also listen live on the radio on WIBQ 97.9 FM (1230 AM) locally or online at GoSycamores.com/Watch Sept. 7 vs Dayton 1 PM free-of-charge with Luke Martin (play-by-play) and Brian Fritz (color) calling the action. Sept. 14 vs Eastern Kentucky 1 PM Sept. 21 vs Eastern Illinois 1 PM SERIES HISTORY WITH THE FLYERS Oct. 5 at South Dakota* 3 PM Saturday’s matchup against the Dayton Flyers will mark the third game in the series history. In a series that dates back to 1975, Oct. 12 vs Western Illinois* (Homecoming) 1 PM both programs have won a game apiece. Indiana State took the first meeting on October 18, 1975, 56-14 before the Flyers won Oct. 19 vs South Dakota State* 1 PM 20-14 a year later. Both of the previous meetings were played in Terre Haute. Oct. 26 at Illinois State* 3 PM Nov. 2 vs Southern Illinois* 1 PM KALEB BREWER EARNS MVFC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AFTER KANSAS Nov. 9 at Northern Iowa* 5 PM Indiana State’s Kaleb Brewer earned the League’s Defensive Player of the Week award following his performance against Nov. 16 vs Youngstown State* 1 PM Kansas in Lawrence. As a team, ISU forced three turnovers from the Jayhawks in the game, all three being fumbles. Brewer, a Bloomington, Indiana native forced what might have been the most important fumble of the day when he sacked KU’s Carter Nov. 23 at Missouri State* 3 PM Stanley at the Jayhawk two-yard line, forcing the ball loose before Inoke Moala recovered the ball in the endzone to put ISU *MVFC Contest // All Games ET on top 17-16 with under five minutes left to play. In all, Brewer finished the day with five solo tackles, including three tackles- TABLE OF CONTENTS for-loss for 15 yards, a sack for seven yards and a forced fumble. Notes 1-6 SYCAMORES BEGIN 2019 RANKED -- REACHED HIGHEST RANK SINCE 2012 Media Info 2 Indiana State is ranked 16th in both the AFCA Coaches Poll and the STATS FCS Poll entering the season opener with Kansas. National Polls 3 The Sycamores entered the Top-25 last season for the first time since 2016 after reeling off five-straight wins in the Missouri Roster & Pronunciation 7-8 Valley Football Conference. ISU wrapped up the year ranked 24th after finishing with a 7-4 overall record and a 5-3 mark in Depth Chart & Starters 9-10 conference play. Among conferences, the MVFC is the top-rated league in the FCS (Sagarin Rankings), and also ranked ahead of Head Coach Curt Mallory 11 a two FBS leagues, including Conference USA (both the East and West divisions), and the Sun Belt (West Division). After week MVFC Standings/Quick Facts 12 one, ISU moved to 14th in the Coaches Poll, the highest ranking for the Sycamores since the 2012 season. Statistics 13-37 The Last Time 38 GRIFFITH NAMED TO BUCK BUCHANAN WATCH LIST Position Previews sycamor.es/FallCampCentral19 Redshirt senior Jonas Griffith was named to the Buck Buchanan Watch List this preseason. Griffith was one of 25 nominees to earn the recognition, presented by STATS to the most outstanding defensive player in the nation. The Louisville, Kentucky native was named a Preseason All-American by HERO Sports and STATS FCS after earning All-American status from three #leavenodoubt different publications as well as All-MVFC honors following the conclusion of the 2018 campaign. Griffith led the Sycamores 2019 INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Staff and ranked fifth nationally in tackles. Over his career, Griffith has seen action in 32 games, recording 276 tackles. He Head Coach Curt Mallory has made 21.5 tackles-for-loss and recorded 10 sacks, two interceptions and three forced fumbles. Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line Mark Smith Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Michael Switzer LAST TIME OUT Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Brad Wilson Indiana State came tantalizingly close to their first-ever win against a Power 5 FBS program in 32 tries as they Special Teams Coordinator Kevin Abrams came back from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to take a late lead only to see Kansas put together a game- Wide Receivers/Pass Game Coordinator Joe Hastings winning drive in the waning moments as the Jayhawks defeated the Sycamores 24-17 at Memorial Stadium in Cornerbacks Deon Broomfield Lawrence, Kansas. Tight Ends Tyler Funk Quarterbacks Aaron Young Running Backs Marcus Knight ISU came back with the play of the day and trailing by six points when at the 5:45 mark of the fourth quarter the Safeties Kyle Hoke Jayhawks were facing a third-and-long at their own nine-yard line. Kansas signal caller Carter Stanley fumbled as Director of Player Personnel Adam Dennison he dropped back to pass and the ball squirted back into the end zone where Inoke Moala pounced on the ball to Director of Operations Craig Smith knot the game at 16. The quarterback sack and fumbled forced went to Kaleb Brewer. Jerry Nunez connected on the extra point to stake the Sycamores a 17-16 advantage. Kansas answered with an eight-play, 75-yard touchdown GoSycamores.com drive which was completed when Stanley found Daylon Charlot for 22 yards with 2:20 remaining to push them The official online home of Sycamore Athletics, ahead 22-17. The Jayhawks used some trickery to score on the two-point conversion to push their lead out to ISU Athletics and Sycamore Football information can 24-17. be accessed online at all times. Complete statistics, notes, recaps, features, video and more are available at Ryan Boyle finished the game with a 22-of-34 passing effort for 219 yards while Dante Hendrix was the top target GoSycamores.com. hauling in eight catches for 57 yards. With four catches, Dante Jones II led the way in yards with 79 yards on the day. Titus McCoy posted 88 rush yards on 14 attempts before he exited the game in the third quarter with an injury. Social Media Clayton Glasco was credited with six tackles in the game to lead the way and posted three tackles for a loss. Kaleb Indiana State football information can be found on Brewer also owned three tackles for a loss, including the late quarterback sack which pushed the Sycamores ahead Facebook.com/SycamoreFootball as well as on Twitter late in the game. Michael Ghant Jr. and Inoke Moala each also had tackles for loss in the game. Jonas Griffith tallied (@IndStFB) and Instagram (@IndStFB). five tackles in the contest. Interview Availability HOME SWEET HOME ISU players are available during game week following Indiana State will play a program record seven regular season home games at Memorial Stadium in 2019. The practices at Memorial Stadium. Head Coach Curt Mallory Sycamores will begin a three-game homestand against Dayton this weekend, before hosting both Eastern Kentucky will also be available at this time or upon prior arrangements and Eastern Illinois prior to the teams’ bye week. ISU will host Western Illinois, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois with the ISU Athletic Communications Office. Please contact and Youngstown State in conference action in Terre Haute. Director of Athletic Communications Ace Hunt or Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Tim McCaughan to confirm practice times or schedule an interview with TACKLES FOR LOSS Coach Mallory or Sycamore student-athletes throughout Indiana State dominated the line of scrimmage with 11 tackles for loss for 36 yards at Kansas, while the Jayhawks the week. All interviews are to be coordinated through the finished with just three. Clayton Glasco and Kaleb Brewer each tallied three TFL’s while Michael Ghant Jr. and Inoke Athletic Communications office. Media are not permitted to Moala both had two. Isaac Fotu picked up one TFL for six yards. contact student-athletes on their own at any time. FUMBLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN Live Weekly Press Conference Indiana State scored a touchdown on a fumble for the first time since 2016 on Saturday at Kansas. Kaleb Brewer Indiana State’s Digital Media Coordinator and football play- recorded a sack and a forced fumble in the endzone before Inoke Moala recovered and scored the touchdown that by-play announcer Luke Martin will host a weekly press put the Sycamores ahead 17-16 with under three minutes remaining in the game.