VILLANOVA FOOTBALL Game notes GAMEDAY THE MATCHUP Date November 30, 2019 Time 4:00 PM EST/3:00 PM CST Stadium Strawberry Stadium Capacity 7,408 LIVE COVERAGE TV ESPN3 Shawn Kenney (Play By Play) VILLANOVA SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA Dustin Fox (Analyst) Nickname ....................................Wildcats Nickmame .........................................Lions RADIO Conference ..........................CAA Football Conference ................................Southland 610 ESPN Record .....................................................9-3 Record .....................................................7-4 STATS FCS Poll....................................RV Ryan Fannon (Play By Play) STATS FCS Poll.....................................#8 FCS Coaches Poll .................................#14 FCS Coaches Poll .................................#22 Kevin Reilly (Analyst) Head Coach........................Mark Ferrante Head Coach............................Frank Scelfo Career Record ....................................19-15 Career Record ....................................11-11 Villanova Record ..............................19-15 Southeastern Louisiana Record .....11-11 ALL-TIME SERIES Location ...............................Villanova, Pa. Location.............................Hammond, La. Founded ...............................................1842 Founded ...............................................1925 Enrollment..........................................6,584 Enrollment........................................14,500 FIRST MEETING Colors ................................Blue and White Colors ...............................Green and Gold First Meeting 2019 First Villanova Win N/A First Southeastern Louisiana Win N/A VILLANOVA SCHEDULE Last Meeting 2019 Date Opponent Location Time/Result Last Villanova Win N/A 8.24 at (#13) Colgate Hamilton, N.Y. W, 34-14 Last Southeastern Louisiana Win N/A 9.7 Lehigh Villanova, Pa. W, 38-10 9.14 at Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. W, 45-10 Mark Ferrante vs. Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 9.21 at (#5) Towson (*) Towson, Md. W, 52-45 (ot) Frank Scelfo vs. Villanova 0-0 9.28 (#12) Maine (*) Villanova, Pa. W, 33-17 10.5 at William & Mary (*) Williamsburg, Va. W, 35-28 at Villanova 0-0 10.12 at (#2) James Madison (*) Harrisonburg, Va. L, 24-38 at Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 10.26 Stony Brook (*) Villanova, Pa. L, 35-36 11.2 at New Hampshire (*) Durham, N.H. L, 20-28 Current Streak N/A 11.9 Richmond (*) Villanova, Pa. W, 35-28 Longest Streak N/A 11.15 LIU Villanova, Pa. W, 35-7 11.23 Delaware (*) Villanova, Pa. W, 55-33 11.30 @ Southeastern Louisiana (FCS-1) Hammond, La. 4:00 PM ON THE INSIDE Media Information/Quick Facts......................................2 TODAY’S GAME Game Notes ...................................................................3-10 n n Statistics/Last Game/Today’s Game ......................11-12 Villanova is making its 13th appearance Villanova enters the playoffs with a 9-3 Complete Student-Athletes ............................................13 in the FCS playoffs and its first since the overall record and finished tied for third in Mark Ferrante/Villanova Coaching Staff ...............14-15 2016 season. In a first round matchup this the CAA Football standings with a 5-3 Villanova Roster...............................................................16 coming Saturday, the Wildcats travel to mark in league play. After being picked to Depth Charts (Villanova-SLU)..................................17-18 Opponents at a Glance ....................................................19 Southeastern Louisiana for the first-ever finish ninth in the CAA in the conference Villanova Players to Watch .......................................20-23 meeting between the two teams. Game time preseason poll of head coaches and media Villanova Defense.......................................................24-25 is set for 4:00 PM EST/3:00 PM CST at members, the Wildcats raced out of the Starters/Scoring Drives/Big Plays ..........................26-27 Strawberry Field in Hammond, La. gates with six straight wins and climbed to Miscellaneous Stats/Game Highs............................28-30 No. 5 in the national rankings. Villanova is Last Time It Happened ..............................................31-32 n Career Highs................................................................33-36 Saturday’s game will air live on ESPN3 currently ranked No. 8 in the STATS FCS Statistics........................................................................37-47 and can be seen on the ESPN mobile app. Top 25 and No. 14 in the FCS Coaches Poll. FCS Championship Bracket............................................48 NOVEMBER 30, 2019 | 4:00 PM EST | NO. 8 VILLANOVA AT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA | HAMMOND, LA. 1 VILLANOVA FOOTBALL Game notes QUICK FACTS VILLANOVA MEDIA RELATIONS FOOTBALL SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTBALL CONTACT WEBSITE .....................www.villanova.com Villanova University Dean Kenefick TWITTER ...............................@novafootball Location Villanova, Pa. Senior Associate AD/Communications INSTAGRAM........................@novafootball Founded 1842 E: [email protected] FACEBOOK ..................................vufootball Enrollment 6,584 P: 610-308-4395 President Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. MEDIA INFORMATION Athletic Director Mark Jackson SECONDARY CONTACT WEBSITE Colors Blue and White David Berman Press releases, statistics, game notes and Nickname Wildcats Assistant AD/Communications postgame coverage - including quotes from E: [email protected] press conferences - will be available online Athletics History P: 860-490-6398 at villanova.com/football. Team National Championships 21 Individual National Champions 120 2019 BROADCAST SCHEDULE MEDIA AVAILABILITY Team Conference Championships 119 CBS Sports Network Members of the media who wish to attend August 24 - Colgate a Villanova practice or interview a football Villanova Football student-athlete on a non-game day must Affiliation FCS FloSports contact Dean Kenefick in advance by email Conference CAA Football September 7 - Lehigh ([email protected]) or phone First Year 1894 September 21 - Towson (610-519-6514). All-Time Record 631-488-41 (.562) September 28 - Maine October 5 - William & Mary Bowl Games 5 POSTGAME PROTOCOL October 12 - James Madison FCS Playoff Appearances 13 Head coach Mark Ferrante and selected October 26 - Stony Brook Last Playoff Appearance 2019 players will be available in the postgame November 2 - New Hampshire National Championships 1 press conference following a 10-minute November 9 - Richmond cooling off period. Villanova will appear in November 15 - LIU Head Coach the press conference second at home games. November 23 - Delaware Head Coach Mark Ferrante The Villanova locker room is closed at home and on the road. Years at Villanova 33 ESPN3 Years as Head Coach Third Season November 30 - Southeastern Louisiana CREDENTIALS Career Record 19-15 (.559) Requests for credentials to cover Villanova VILLANOVA RADIO NETWORK home games should be made to Dean Stadium FLAGSHIP STATION Kenefick at least one week prior to the Stadium Villanova Stadium 610 ESPN game. Capacity 12,000 Ryan Fannon (Play By Play) Surface Astroplay (artificial grass) Kevin Reilly (Analyst) PHOTOS Joe Gaines Press Box Phone 610-519-5290 (Engineer) All requests for photos of Villanova football All-Time Record 248-106-5 (.698) student-athletes and coaches for use in the TUNEIN media should be directed by email to David Award Winners The radio broadcast of every football game Berman in media relations Walter Payton Awards 3 this season can be heard on TuneIn and will ([email protected]). Jerry Rice Awards 1 be available on any mobile device. Access All-Americans 28 any Villanova football radio broadcast by COLLEGE FOOTBALL: 150 YEARS using the shortcut bit.ly/radio-vufootball. Major Confence Awards 17 This season marks the 150th anniversary of All-Conference Honorees 260 CAA WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE college football. The anniversary will be Academic All-Americans 14 commemorated during the 2019 season and Villanova head coach Mark Ferrante will CAA Football Scholar-Athletes of the Year 4 will be celebrated across all divisions of col- take part in the CAA Football teleconference Academic All-Conference Honorees 405 lege football to showcase the rich history with members of the media each Monday and traditions of the sport, and its contribu- morning during the season. The call will 2019 Team Information tions to American society and culture. More open at 10 a.m. with the release of the CAA Offensive Formation Multiple information can be obtained by visiting the Football weekly awards. Ferrante will be Defensive Formation 3-3-5 official website of the 150th anniversary - available on the call weekly from 11:00- Letterwinners Returning 61 http://cfb150.org. 11:10. Media representatives wishing to par- Letterwinners Lost 31 ticipate in the teleconference should contact Offensive Starters Returning/Lost 6/5 Rob Washburn in the CAA Football office Defensive Starters Returning/Lost 6/5 for the phone number and media password. Specialists Returning/Lost 5/0 Each teleconference will also be streamed 2018 Overall Record 5-6 live online at CAA.tv and audio files will be 2018 Conference Record 2-6 (tie-10th) archived on the CAA Football Pressbox. ® NOVEMBER 30, 2019 | 4:00 PM EST | NO. 8 VILLANOVA AT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA | HAMMOND, LA. 2 VILLANOVA FOOTBALL Game notes PLAYOFF NOTES POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON HISTORY BOWL GAMES 2-2-1 (.500) n Villanova will