CORTLAND FOOTBALL 2019 TEam Guide Red Dragons Empire 8 Runner-up, Postseason Qualifier in 2018 Cortland placed second in the Empire 8 with a 5-2 league record and finished 7-3 overall during the 2018 season. The Red Dragons’ three losses were by only a combined 13 points. Cortland earned its 23rd postseason berth as the Empire 8’s qualifier for the New York Bowl, but was denied a chance to successfully defend its crown as the game was canceled due to the lack of a declared opponent from the Liberty League. Cortland set school records for scoring average (39.3 points per game) and passing yardage average (295.9 yards per game), while quarterback Brett Segala set a school regular-season mark with 2,671 passing yards. Jake Smith earned D3football.com All-America and All-East honors on special teams (two blocked kicks) and Cole Burgess was an All-East kick returner (28.7 yards per kickoff return, two touchdowns). Nick Mongelli was named the Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Year after making 8-of-9 field goals along with a school regular-season record 47 PAT kicks. Smith (at wide receiver), Mongelli, Burgess and defensive lineman Dan Appley were all first team All-Empire 8 honorees. Segala, offensive linemen David Aaronson and Russell Howard, running back Johnnie Akins, defensive backs Isaac Hicks III and Max Jean, linebacker Kyle Richard, and Alex David Aaronson earned second team All-Empire 8 honors as a Wasserman (as an all-purpose selection) were named to the junior in 2018. One of five starting offensive linemen scheduled to all-league second team, and defensive lineman Tanner Olson return in 2019, Aaronson helped Cortland set school single-season was honorable mention all-conference. records for scoring average and passing yardage average. 2019 Cortaca Jug Game to be Played at MetLife Stadium Nov. 16 The Cortaca Jug annual rivalry game between SUNY Cortland and Ithaca College will move for one season to New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium — home to the NFL’s New York Jets and New York Giants — and will be played on Nov. 16, 2019. The teams will attempt to break the Division III football attendance record of 37,355 set by St. Thomas University and St. John’s University (Minn.) in 2017 at Target Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins. Ticket sales began last December and will continue at www. cortacajug.com. Tickets for students, staff and faculty of each school will also be sold during the 2019 season. “This is an incredibly exciting moment in a storied rivalry already full of amazing memories,” said Mike Urtz, director of athletics and a Cortland alumnus. “The Cortaca Jug game is the best that small-college football has to offer and is deserving of a first-class venue such as MetLife Stadium.” The change of venue was done at the invitation of the New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation (NFF), a nonprofit educational organization that counts several Ithaca College alumni as board members. The game will be part of a national celebration of college football’s 150th anniversary. While Ithaca and Cortland began playing each other in 1930, the Cortaca Jug rivalry originated in 1959. Friends and respective team captains Tom Decker of Cortland and Dick Carmean of Ithaca picked up a jug at a yard sale to serve as the prize for the winner of the annual game. Each year’s result 2019 team captains at MetLife Stadium in June is painted on the Jug. The original ran out of room for scores in (left to right): J.J. Pasqualone, Gregory Alfieri, Head the mid-1980s, and the teams are now on their third Jug. Coach Dan MacNeill, Zach Tripodi, Russell Howard. CORTLAND Table of Contents 2018 Season Recap ...............................................................................................................................................Inside Front Cover 2019 Cortaca Jug Game to be Played at MetLife Stadium ..................................................................Inside Front Cover Team Captains Photo .........................................................................................................................................Inside Front Cover Media Information ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Credits ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Cortland Football Quick Facts ........................................................................................................................................................... 2 2019 Schedule ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 All-Time Coaching Records ................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Head Coach Dan MacNeill ..............................................................................................................................................................3-4 Red Dragon Coaching Staff Photo ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Red Dragon Coaching Staff ............................................................................................................................................................. 5-7 Preseason Roster .................................................................................................................................................................................8-9 Red Dragon Player Profiles ............................................................................................................................................................10-17 Opponent Capsules .......................................................................................................................................................................18-22 Cortland Football Record Book ............................................................................................................................................... 23-29 The Last Time it Happened ..............................................................................................................................................................30 Cortland All-Time vs. 2019 Opponents ........................................................................................................................................30 Cortland Postseason History .............................................................................................................................................................31 Year-By-Year Cortland Football Win-Loss Records ................................................................................................................32 Year-By-Year Cortland Football Scores .................................................................................................................................33-37 Cortland All-Americans Since 1982 ................................................................................................................................................38 2019 Empire 8 Composite Schedule ..............................................................................................................................................39 2018 Empire 8 Standings and Awards ...........................................................................................................................................39 2018 Results and Statistical Leaders ..............................................................................................................................................40 2018 Game Box Scores ..................................................................................................................................................................41-44 New York Bowl Information .............................................................................................................................................................44 Athletic Training Staff Photo ...........................................................................................................................................................44 About SUNY Cortland ........................................................................................................................................Inside Back Cover Stadium Photo ........................................................................................................................................................Inside Back Cover Media Information Credits The 2019 Cortland Football Guide was written and edited by Cortland All interviews with Cortland players and coaches must be Associate Sports Information Director Dan Surdam and Sports Information Director Fran Elia. Action, staff and individual photography (except team arranged through Cortland Sports Information captains photo courtesy of Bindelglass Photo) by Darl Zehr Photography Director Fran Elia or Associate SID Dan Surdam. Requests of Cortland, N.Y. The guide was printed by Panther Graphics of Rochester, for press box and field passes for Cortland home games N.Y. should