1818 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (314) 444-4364 FAX (314) 444-4365 2015 Weekly Report Contact: Cody Bush Week 8: Games of Oct. 24 Phone: (931) 980-4940 CURRENT STANDINGS PFL OVERALL Team W-L PCT PF PA H A STR W-L PCT PF PA H A STR WEEK 7 RESULT Dayton 3-0 1.000 84 40 1-0 2-0 W5 6-0 1.000 166 104 3-0 3-0 W8 W, 44-14 at Valparaiso San Diego 3-1 .750 107 46 2-0 1-1 W1 4-2 .667 155 104 3-0 1-2 W1 W, 27-0 vs. Drake Butler 2-1 .667 84 65 2-0 0-1 W1 4-2 .667 183 141 3-0 1-2 W1 W, 38-7 vs. Davidson Morehead State 2-1 .667 94 51 2-0 0-1 W1 3-3 .500 169 150 3-0 0-3 W1 – Off Week – Campbell 2-2 .500 74 58 1-1 1-1 W1 4-3 .571 163 104 3-1 1-2 W1 W, 16-6 at Stetson Drake 2-2 .500 89 61 2-0 0-2 L1 3-4 .429 151 164 3-0 0-4 L1 L, 0-27 at San Diego Marist 1-2 .333 56 60 0-1 1-1 W1 2-4 .333 97 138 1-1 1-3 W1 – Off Week – Valparaiso 1-3 .250 69 151 0-2 1-1 L2 1-5 .167 82 259 0-3 1-2 L2 L, 14-44 vs. Dayton Davidson 0-3 .000 42 114 0-1 0-2 L20 1-5 .167 77 225 1-2 0-3 L1 L, 7-38 at Butler Stetson 0-4 .000 37 125 0-2 0-2 L6 1-5 .167 93 195 1-2 0-3 L5 L, 6-16 vs. Campbell p-Jacksonville 3-0 1.000 91 56 2-0 1-0 W3 6-0 1.000 177 112 3-0 3-0 W8 W, 49-28 vs. Edward Waters KEY: p-Jacksonville is ineligible for the PFL regular-season title and automatic bid in 2015 due to league-imposed penalties. Teams are listed in alphabetical order unless tiebreaker is applicable. Tiebreaker format for FCS automatic bid available at PFL website. AHEAD IN WEEK 8 - PFL CONTEST All times Eastern. FCS rankings in brackets following school’s name: [STATS FCS Poll/FCS Coaches Poll] SATURDAY, OCT. 24 Marist at Davidson, 1 p.m. Morehead State at Campbell, 4 p.m. Location: Davidson, North Carolina Location: Buies Creek, N.C. Stadium: Richardson Stadium (4.500) Stadium: Barker-Lane Stadium (5,000) Series: MAR leads 6-1 Streak: MAR, four wins Series: MOR leads, 4-3 Streak: CAM, one win Last Meeting: Marist def. Davidson, 35-7 (Nov. 15, 2014) Last Meeting: Campbell def. Morehead State, 31-24 (Oct. 4, 2014) Video: DavidsonWildcats.com Video: GoCamels.com Jacksonville at Drake, 2 p.m. Butler at Dayton, 6 p.m. Location: Des Moines, Iowa Location: Dayton, Ohio Stadium: Drake Stadium (14,000) Stadium: Welcome Stadium (11,000) Series: DRA leads, 11-3 Streak: JAC, one win Series: DAY leads, 27-12-1 Streak: DAY, one win Last Meeting: Jacksonville def. Drake, 29-14 (Oct. 4, 2014) Last Meeting: Dayton def. Butler, 21-14 (Nov. 15, 2014) Video: GoDrakeBulldogs.com Video: Atlantic10.com Stetson at Valparaiso, 2 p.m. Warner at San Diego, 9 p.m. Location: Valparaiso, Indiana Location: San Diego, California Stadium: Brown Field (5,000) Stadium: Torero Stadium (7,000) Series: First Meeting Series: First Meeting Video: TBA Video: USDToreros.com LEAGUE NOTES Is a “Trap Week” ahead for unbeatens Dayton and Jacksonville? One week before Jacksonville travels to Dayton, both teams will face stout tests in Week 8… Dayton, which seeks to become the first PFL team to reach 100 conference wins, returns home to face a one-loss Butler squad that still has designs on the league title… Jacksonville begins a two-game road trip at a Drake squad that is unbeaten at home this season… Meanwhile, Stetson travels north for its first-ever meeting at Valparaiso, the Hatters seeking their first road win while the Crusaders seek their first win at Brown Field in 2015… A Marist trip to Davidson will start the day as Marist ends a three-game road trip over four weeks, including two trips to North Carolina… Morehead State heads across the Appalachian Mountains for a meeting with Campbell – the Eagles seeking to stay atop the league’s standings while the Camels seek to rebound from a loss in their last home outing… San Diego steps out of conference play to host Warner, putting its 3-0 mark at Torero Stadium on the line… Freshmen dominated the PFL’s Weekly Awards, winning both the Offensive (San Diego’s Anthony Lawrence) and Special Teams (Jacksonville’s Emoni Williams) honors while a junior won the Defensive award (Butler’s Josh Willis)… In fact, six of this week’s nominees were freshmen, including three of the seven nominees for the league’s offensive award. THE PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE A DIVISION I FCS CONFERENCE 2015 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEKLY REPORT PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE SPECIAL TEAMS Anthony Lawrence, San Diego Josh Willis, Butler Emoni Williams, Jacksonville Freshman (RS) | Quarterback Junior | Defensive End Freshman | Kick Returner La Mesa, California Bowie, Maryland Miami, Florida Lawrence notched his first career 300-yard Willis recorded 2½ sacks as Butler kept pace Williams returned a kickoff 88 yards for a passing performance to lead San Diego past in the PFL race with a 38-7 victory against touchdown to help Jacksonville overcome Drake, 27-0, in Saturday PFL action. He com- Davidson, Saturday. His sack total, which wsa Edward Waters, 49-28, in nonconference ac- pleted 22-of-33 passes with no interceptions tied for best in the PFL for the week, came tion, Saturday. The 88 yard return was just and two touchdowns against the Bulldogs. with two solo sacks and an assist on another the capstone of an impressive outing that saw Lawrence opened the game’s scoring with a – three of his four tackles on the day. Willis the freshman kick returner amass 152 yards 16-yard touchdown pass to Jereke Armstrong also was credited with a quarterback hurry, on three returns. Williams opened the game as the first quarter ended. He added a 62- leading a Butler defense that held Davidson with a 51-yard return, broke off the 88-yard yard touchdown pass to Armstrong late in the to 37 rushing yards. touchdown in the second quarter and finished third quarter. the day with a 13-yard return on a short field. OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED THIS WEEK It is the second-most kickoff return yardage in OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED THIS WEEK Jack Ryan (CAM), Christopher Beaschler (DAY), the PFL and one of the top 25 efforts this in Matt Shiltz (BUT), Austin Fleming (CAM), Bob Quilico (DRA), Jon Peterson (SAN), the FCS this season. Tucker Yinger (DAY), Eric Saubert (DRA), Donald Payne (STE), John Guilford (VAL) Ulysses Bryant (JAC), Jean Rene (VAL) 2015 DEFENSIVE HONOREES OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED THIS WEEK 2015 OFFENSIVE HONOREES S05 Danny Leach, Dayton Maquese Martin-Hayes (BUT), William Will (DAY), Cam Bohnert (DRA), Grant Amick (STE), S05 Kade Bell, Jacksonville S12 John Hugunin, Drake Alex Ng (VAL) S12 Austin Gahafer, Morehead State S19 Cameron Stubbs, Dayton S19 Connor Kacsor, Dayton S26 Mack Marrin, Drake 2015 SPECIAL TEAMS HONOREES Marcellus Calhoun, Marist O04 Ugonna Awuruonye, Campbell S05 Josh Lee, Drake S26 Connor Kacsor, Dayton O11 Thomas Sykes, Davidson S12 Cam Bohnert, Drake O04 Ryan Clarke, Valparaiso Jack Crain, Dayton S19 Sam Schrader, Butler O11 Kade Bell, Jacksonville O18 Josh Willis, Butler S26 Cam Bohnert, Drake O18 Anthony Lawrence, San Diego O25 O04 Sean Smith, Dayton O25 N01 O11 Mike Maccarone, Marist N01 N08 O18 Emoni Williams, Jacksonville N08 N15 O25 N15 N22 N01 N22 N08 N15 N22 PAGE 2 WWW.PIONEER-FOOTBALL.ORG 2015 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEKLY REPORT KICKOFF CAPSULES Marist at Davidson, 1 p.m. Morehead State at Campbell, 4 p.m. Marist returns to action after its off week and completes a three-game Morehead State will head across the Appalachian Mountains for the roadtrip at Davidson. The Red Foxes began their road trip at San Di- fourth time this season to face Campbell in a battle of two-win PFL ego, Sept. 26, then travelled to Campbell, Oct. 10, before this week’s squads. The Eagles return to action after their off week as one of three contest – a total of nearly 8,500 miles round trip. The Wildcats return PFL teams with one loss, tied for third with a 2-1 record. The Camels home after traveling to Indianapolis last week where they suffered a recorded their second PFL win, leveling their record at 2-2 on the road 38-7 loss to Butler. Marist has won all eight trips it has made to North at Stetson last week. Morehead State quarterback Austin Gahafer Carolina, posting 4-0 marks against Davidson and Campbell. Wide re- has thrown three or more touchdowns in five consecutive games and ceiver Matt Tralli moved to within three receptions of the Marist all- its tied with Jacksonville’s Kade Bell with 17 touchdown throws this time record, entering the break with 173 career catches. Meanwhile, season. Cornerback Justin Grier intercepted two passes in MSU’s last free safety Zach Adler is nearing the Marist interceptions record, pick- game – one in the end zone and the second to end Butler’s final drive ing off his 17th career pass to move within one of the record.