PRESIDENTS FOOTBALL 2018 NCAA PLAYOFFS: 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 00, 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 17 Contact: Sean King, Sports Information Director 60 South Lincoln St. • Washington, PA 15301 • Phone 724-223-6080 • Email [email protected] W&J Quick Facts Overall Record: 3-0 PAC Record: 2-0 Home: 2-0 Away: 1-0 Location .......................................... Washington, Pa. Founded ........................................................... 1781 Game Four: vs Grove City (1-2, 0-2 PAC) Website ................................................. washjeff.edu Time: 1:00 p.m. Last W&J Win: Affiliation ........................................NCAA Division III Site: Washington, Pa. -- Cameron Stadium Sept. 9, 2017 -- W&J 47, Grove City 7 Conference ................................. Presidents’ Athletic Series: W&J leads, 40-13 Last Grove City Win: Enrollment ....................................................... 1,400 Series Streak: W6 Oct. 29, 2011 -- Grove City 24, W&J 21 Colors ....................................................Red & Black Last Meeting: Last W&J Win at Home: Nickname................................................. Presidents Sept. 9, 2017 -- W&J 47, Grove City 7 Sept. 10, 2016 -- W&J 65, Grove City 13 Home Field ......................Cameron Stadium (3,500) First Meeting: Last Grove City Win at W&J: President ................................John C. Knapp, Ph.D. Oct. 20, 1893 -- W&J 6, Grove City 0 Oct. 10, 1998 -- Grove City 31, W&J 7 Director of Athletics...................... Scott McGuinness THE SERIES: Saturday’s fray between Grove City and W&J at Assoc. Director of Athletics ...................Mark Lesako Cameron Stadium will mark the 54th time the two squads have Senior Woman Administrator ..............Jina DeRubbo Head Coach..........................................Mike Sirianni taken the field opposite one another, with the Presidents Athletics Phone.................................(724) 223-6054 boasting a 40-13 (.755) advantage all-time. W&J has won Athletics Fax .....................................(724) 250-3329 six straight in the series after Grove City snapped a 12- Sports Info. Director..................................Sean King game drought with a 24-21 win in Mercer County during Sports Info. Phone ..............................724-223-6080 the 2011 campaign. Mike Sirianni is 14-1 against the Athletic Dept. Website ..................gopresidents.com Wolverines in 15 prior match-ups. 2018 Schedule/Results DATE OPPONENT ......... TIME/RESULT Sept. 1 at St. John Fisher ..................W, 37-12 SEPT. 8 THIEL*.....................................W, 55-0 THE COACHES: Mike Sirianni (Mount Union, ’94) owns a 142- SEPT. 15 CARNEGIE MELLON* ..........W, 36-14 31 (.821) record at W&J in his 16th season as the winningest head coach in program history. The seven-time PAC Coach of the Year, SEPT. 22 GROVE CITY* ....................... 1:00 PM two-time D3football.com South Region Coach of the Year (2004, Sept. 29 at Bethany* .............................2:00 pm 2012) and 2017 AFCA Region 2 Coach of the Year is sixth among all active NCAA coaches in winning percentage (minimum of 10 OCT. 6 CASE WESTERN RESERVE* ... 1:00 PM years). The Presidents have made 13 postseason appearances OCT. 13 GENEVA* .............................. 2:00 PM under Sirianni, highlighted by NCAA quarterfinal finishes in 2004 Oct. 20 at Westminster* ......................1:00 pm and 2008. Andrew DiDonato (Grove City, ’10) is in his third season as the 28th head coach of the Grove City football program Nov. 3 at Saint Vincent* .....................1:00 pm after serving as the offensive coordinator for the Wolverines in Nov. 10 at Waynesburg* ......................1:30 pm 2015. DiDonato graduated as Grove City’s record holder in career passing yards (7,509), pass completions (750) and touchdown * - Presidents’ Athletic Conference game passes (49). He also holds the Wolverines’ season records in each of those three categories. Last year, he led his alma mater to a 4-4 2018 PAC Standings mark in the PAC and the best turnaround in the league. Watch Live Listen Live School Overall PAC http://pacathletics.org/watch/default.aspx?path=wj WJPA Radio 1450 AM http://www.wjpa.com/sports.htm #12/13 W&J 3-0 2-0 Bethany 2-1 2-0 Saturday’s Other PAC Games Geneva 2-1 2-0 1 pm - Saint Vincent at Carnegie Mellon* 1:30 pm - Geneva at Waynesburg* Westminster 2-1 2-0 1 pm - Bethany at Westminster* 7 pm - Thiel at Case Western Reserve* #18 Case Western Reserve 2-0 1-0 * - PAC game Carnegie Mellon 1-1 0-1 Grove City 1-2 0-2 Saint Vincent 0-3 0-2 Thiel 0-3 0-2 Waynesburg 0-3 0-2 @wjathletics gopresidents.com facebook.com/wjpresidents PRESIDENTS FOOTBALL 2018 PAC CHAMPIONS: 70, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 04, 06, 07, 12, 13, 14, 17 (DON’T) WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA: Senior OL Andrew GAME FOUR ENDS: The Presidents hold a 50-8 (.862) record in Reo was selected as a First Team Preseason All- September since Mike Sirianni took over in 2003. In America by Street & Smith’s magazine and a Second BY THE DECADE his previous 15 seasons, W&J has gone unbeaten in Team Preseason All-America by D3football.com. the month nine times, including 4-0 five times (’04, Last year, he was a First Team All-PAC performer ’05, ’07, ’08 and ‘09) and 3-0 four times (’03, ’14, ’15, and added Second Team All-South Region and First ’17). Team All-ECAC honors. He was also a First Team 1898 CoSIDA Academic All-District pick. W&J 29, Jefferson Athletic Association 0 CLAIM TO THE TOP: Sirianni became the winningest coach in W&J football history in the 2017 regular The W in WJPA: 2018 is the 35th season that the season finale with his 138th victory in 15 years, broadcast tandem of Bob Gregg and Mark Uriah 1908 passing former leader John Luckhardt (1982-1998) will call W&J football games on WJPA radio in W&J 13, Westminster 0 atop the list. With last year’s NCAA First Round win Washington. From the first game of the 1984 season, over Johns Hopkins, Sirianni began extending his Gregg and Uriah have brought the fans in Washington lead over Luckhardt. W&J has averaged 9.3 wins per all of the action as the Presidents have boasted more 1918 season during Sirianni’s tenure. than 300 wins, a winning percentage over .800, 24 Geneva 3, W&J 0 PAC titles and two Stagg Bowl appearances. WJPA BUILD AND MAINTAIN: One of the things that has has carried W&J football broadcasts since 1942. allowed Sirianni to amass so many victories is that 1928 his teams are extremely good at winning games in THE SID WILL GET YELLED AT FOR INCLUDING Carnegie Tech 19, W&J 0 which they’re leading at halftime, boasting a 111-3 THIS ONE: Sirianni spoke highly about his offensive record in those contests, a whopping .974 winning line entering this season and so far it has lived up to percentage. the hype. W&J is one of just nine teams in the country 1938 to have not allowed a sack yet this season and one of W&J 14, Dickinson 6 BALL SECURITY: Since Sirianni took over as head just two to have played three games. The Presidents coach in 2003, W&J holds a 30-3 record when not are also 12th in the nation in tackles for loss allowed, committing a turnover, a winning percentage of .909. with opponents averaging just 3.33 TFL per game. 1948 HISTORY LESSON: Washington & Jefferson has STINGY D: After three games, W&J’s 26 points Buffalo 41, W&J 14 won 738 games in its 127-year history (738-390-40), allowed (12-0-14) represent the fewest the program third behind Mount Union (786) and Wittenberg (766) has surrendered to this point in the season since 2004 among NCAA Division III schools. Widener (699) when the Presidents yielded just 22 points through 1958 and Wabash (683) round out the top five. Among all three weeks. The 8.7 points per game allowed ranks Thiel 19, W&J 0 NCAA divisions, the Presidents’ win total places them 19th in Division III, while the rush defense is 11th and 22nd all-time, with Michigan ranking first at 944 wins. the red zone defense is 15th. 1968 RANKINGS: In the third poll of the 2018 regular THE ZACKFIELD: All four starters in W&J’s W&J 31, Case Tech 8 season, D3football.com has the Presidents at No. defensive secondary have the same given name, 13, for the second-straight week. In the inaugural accounting for three different spelling: CBs Zack American Football Coaches Association poll for Queen and Zac Taylor, FS Zach Royba and SS 1978 this year, W&J checks in at No. 12. The PAC, one Zac Quattrone. Through three games, the unit has Hiram 6, W&J 3 of just two conferences in the country to get two accounted for 58 tackles (40 solo), 2.0 TFL, 4 of the teams through to the second round of the NCAA team’s 5 interceptions, 8 pass breakups and a fumble Playoffs last season, has two teams in the top 20 as recovery. 1988 Case Western Reserve checks in at No. 18 in both W&J 41, Thiel 7 rankings. THE WOLF OF WASHPA: Sophomore WR Andrew Wolf has been off to a hot start in his first season HOME SWEET HOME: While last season’s NCAA as a starter, recording 20 receptions for 515 yards Second Round loss to Frostburg State snapped and 8 touchdowns. His 8 receiving touchdowns are 1998 W&J’s all divisions-leading 30-game home winning the most at any level of NCAA football, while his 515 W&J 34, Gannon 11 streak, W&J has now won 31-straight home regular yards are tops in Division III.