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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY<br />
2013 FOOTBALL<br />
CONTACT: Lizzie Barlow • Director of Media Relations • O: (518) 442-3359 • C: (518) 852-8362 • Email: ebarlow2@albany.edu<br />
35-24, L 37-34, W 19-13, L 20-17, L 66-10, L 40-13, L 33-30, L 44-17, L 27-10, L 33-27, L 11/16 11/23<br />
2013 SCHEDULE (1-9, 0-6 CAA)<br />
AUGUST<br />
31 at Duquesne 35-24, L 2,001<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
7 at Colgate 37-34, W 5,217<br />
14 RHODE ISLAND* 19-13 OT, L 8,500<br />
21 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 20-17, L 6,412<br />
28 at Old Dominion 66-10, L 20,118<br />
OCTOBER<br />
5 at James Madison* 40-13, L 25,201<br />
12 at Delaware* 33-30, L 17,363<br />
19 TOWSON* 44-17, L 8,500<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
2 at Richmond* 27-10, L 8,700<br />
9 MAINE* 33-27, L 4,912<br />
16 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 3:30 P.M.<br />
23 at Stony Brook* 1:00 p.m.<br />
*CAA Game<br />
2012 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (9-2, 7-1 NEC)<br />
Home: 4-1 • Away: 5-1<br />
Total Home Attendance: 20,021<br />
Average Home Attendance: 4,004<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
1 COLGATE 40-23, W 6,194<br />
8 at Robert Morris* 35-10, W 1,068<br />
15 at #5 Youngstown State 24-31, L 15,840<br />
22 at #23 Maine 30-20, W 7,101<br />
29 MONMOUTH* 55-24, W 2,482<br />
OCTOBER<br />
6 at Bryant* 31-14, W 1,219<br />
13 SAINT FRANCIS (PA)* 36-13, W 6,852<br />
27 at Sacred Heart* 23-20, W 3,505<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
3 WAGNER* 0-30, L 2,617<br />
10 at Duquesne* 38-31, W 2,193<br />
17 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT* 63-34, W 1,876<br />
*Northeast Conference Game<br />
PROGRAM HISTORY<br />
First Season of Football.............................. 1970 (club)<br />
First Season of Varsity Football..............1973 (Div. III)<br />
First Season at Division II..................................... 1995<br />
First Season at Division I FCS.............................. 1999<br />
All-Time Varsity.............. 256-167 (.612 - 41st season)<br />
NEC Record.......................... 78-24 (.765 - 14 seasons)<br />
CAA Record.............................. 0-6 (.000 - 1st season)<br />
NEC Championships................................................... 6<br />
NCAA Appearances.................................................... 3<br />
FCS Playoff Appearances................................1 (2011)<br />
All-Time Home Record.............................127-69 (.655)<br />
All-Time Road Record..............................125-95 (.576)<br />
GAMEDAY CENTRAL: UALBANY VS. #23 NEW HAMPSHIRE<br />
Record: 1-9, 0-6 CAA<br />
Head Coach: Bob Ford<br />
Alma Mater: Springfield ‘59<br />
Overall Record: 265-188-1<br />
Record at UAlbany: 256-167-0<br />
vs. UNH: 0-1<br />
Video Stream: DaneZone<br />
Radio: Fox Sports 980<br />
Date: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013<br />
Location: Albany, N.Y.<br />
Stadium: Bob Ford Field<br />
Kickoff: 3:30 p.m.<br />
Series: UNH leads 1-0<br />
Record: 5-4, 4-2 CAA<br />
Head Coach: Sean McDonnell<br />
Alma Mater: New Hampshire ‘78<br />
Overall Record: 109-70<br />
Record at UNH: Same<br />
vs. UAlbany: 1-0<br />
MEDIA CENTER<br />
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Since the program began in 1970, the University at Albany football team has had one<br />
constant, and that is Head Coach Bob Ford. Retiring after this season, Coach Ford will<br />
call the shots one last time at home Saturday when the Great Danes host No. 23 New<br />
Hampshire at Bob Ford Field. The game will also serve as the final home contest for<br />
the squad’s 15 seniors, who will be honored in a pregame ceremony. Kickoff is slated<br />
for 3:30 p.m.<br />
THE UALBANY-NEW HAMPSHIRE ALL-TIME SERIES<br />
Saturday’s meeting will mark the second in program history between UAlbany and<br />
New Hampshire. In their only clash, the No. 10 ranked Wildcats came away with a 32-<br />
24 win in Durham, N.H. on Sept. 20, 2008. The Great Danes held a 24-23 lead with 6:16<br />
remaining in the third quarter, but UNH rallied to score an unanswered touchdown<br />
and field goal. Both teams went on to have outstanding seasons, as New Hampshire<br />
won the CAA North Division and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Playoffs,<br />
finishing with a 10-3 overall record and 6-2 mark in the CAA. Meanwhile, UAlbany<br />
captured the Northeast Conference title with a perfect 7-0 record, while winning the<br />
Gridiron Classic, accruing a 9-3 overall mark.<br />
SCOUTING THE GREAT DANES<br />
2013 Record: 1-9, 0-6 CAA<br />
2012 Record: 9-2, 7-1 NEC (T-1st)<br />
2013 CAA Preseason Poll: 10th/11<br />
Head Coach: Bob Ford (41st varsity season at UAlbany/44th overall at UAlbany/45th<br />
overall as head coach) (256-167-0 / 265-189-1)<br />
QUICK FACTS<br />
Location...........................................................................................Albany, N.Y.<br />
Enrollment.................................................................................................13,100<br />
Nickname....................................................................................... Great Danes<br />
Website............................................................................. UAlbanySports.com<br />
Twitter....................................................................................@UAlbanySports<br />
Facebook................................................. www.facebook.com/<strong>ualbany</strong>sports<br />
Stadium.......................................................................................Bob Ford Field<br />
Stadium Capacity.......................................................................................8,500<br />
Stadium Surface.......................................................................... synthetic turf<br />
President............................................................................. Dr. Robert J. Jones<br />
Athletic Director...................................................................... Dr. Lee McElroy<br />
Head Coach.......................................................................................... Bob Ford<br />
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost.............................................................. 5/6<br />
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost.............................................................. 6/5<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 1
NOTES<br />
2<br />
UALBANY QUICK HITS<br />
• In 2012, UAlbany (9-2, 7-1) won its sixth NEC title (2002, 2003, 2007,<br />
2008, 2011, 2012), sharing it with Wagner (9-4, 7-1). The Seahawks<br />
earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.<br />
• The Great Danes were ranked as high as No. 18 in the FCS Coaches<br />
Poll and No. 20 in the Sports Network Top-25 before falling out of<br />
both polls after losing to Wagner (11/3).<br />
• UAlbany received votes in both the 2013 Preseason Sports Network<br />
Poll (13) and the FCS Coaches Poll (5).<br />
• UAlbany tied the program’s Division I record for wins in a season in<br />
2012, and also won nine FCS games in a regular season for the first<br />
time.<br />
• Nine Great Danes earned All-NEC honors, including six firstteamers<br />
– Kadeem Williams (1st team, OL) is the only one returning<br />
for this season.<br />
• UAlbany shared the NEC title in its final two seasons in the league.<br />
In 2011, the Danes received their first NCAA FCS Playoff berth and<br />
advanced to the NCAAs for the first time since 1977.<br />
• In 14 seasons in the NEC, the Great Danes accrued a 78-24 record<br />
in league play.<br />
• Moving to a brand new stadium in 2013 (Bob Ford Field), UAlbany<br />
closed a 43-year chapter at University Field. The Danes recorded a<br />
135-67-1 mark on their home gridiron.<br />
• Including 2012, the Great Danes have reached the eight-win<br />
plateau five times in the FCS era.<br />
• Senior Ryan Kirchner finished his career as UAlbany’s all-time<br />
leading receiver with 172 career catches.<br />
• Tailback Drew Smith closed his career as the program’s all-time<br />
leading point scorer (270), touchdown scorer (45), and tied for most<br />
rushing touchdowns scored (40). He signed a free agent contract<br />
with the Buffalo Bills following the season.<br />
• UAlbany is in its 41st season of varsity football, owning a 256-167<br />
record in the span.<br />
• The Great Danes registered seven consecutive winning seasons for<br />
the first time in the program’s history (2006-12).<br />
• Head Coach Bob Ford, who announced that he will retire following<br />
this season, ranks fourth among the FCS all-time leaders in career<br />
victories and is first among active NCAA Division I FCS coaches with<br />
265 career victories. He is also the longest active tenured coach in all<br />
of college football.<br />
• In 45 seasons as a head coach (41 at UAlbany, 4 at St. Lawrence)<br />
Bob Ford owns a 265-189-1 record.<br />
• The Great Danes are in their inaugural season in the Colonial<br />
Athletic Association -- one of the strongest conferences in the FCS.<br />
THE COACH: Bob Ford ranks first among active NCAA Division I FCS<br />
coaches with 265 career victories and is also fourth on the all-time FCS<br />
chart. Ford, the architect of the UAlbany program, has led the Great Danes<br />
to a 256-167 record in his 41st varsity season. Under his direction, the Great<br />
Danes have moved from the club level in 1970 to its present NCAA Division<br />
I FCS status. At the team’s media day on Aug. 13th, Ford announced that<br />
his 44th season at the helm in 2013 will be his last. More than 100 of Bob<br />
Ford’s assistant coaches are currently working in the professional, college<br />
and high school ranks.<br />
UALBANY OVERVIEW: After winning back-to-back championships in the<br />
Northeast Conference, the Great Danes are in their first season competing<br />
in the CAA. Through 10 games, UAlbany owns a 1-9 record, overcoming<br />
Colgate 37-34 in week two for the lone victory of the season, while falling<br />
in three heartbreaking losses, decided by three or less points at the end of<br />
regulation. Offensively, the Great Danes are led by junior quarterback Will<br />
Fiacchi (170-303-8) who has thrown nine touchdowns with an average of<br />
197.1 passing yards per game. Senior Kevin Chillis has served as Fiacchi’s<br />
top receiver, making 43 catches for 533 yards and five touchdowns. On the<br />
ground, junior Omar Osbourne ranks third in the CAA and leads the squad<br />
with 234 carries and 1,040 rushing yards (104.0/game), while crossing the<br />
goal line 11 times this fall. Defensively, Randall Exantus (71 tackles), Christian<br />
Dorsey (69 tackles), and TJ Idowu (67 tackles) lead the team.<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL<br />
UALBANY VS. UNH HISTORY<br />
Year W/L H/A Score Margin NEC Record Overall<br />
2008 L A 24-32 -8 7-0** 9-3<br />
**Won the NEC title<br />
LAST TIME OUT: Throughout much of Saturday night’s contest at Bob Ford<br />
Field, the hosting University at Albany Great Danes appeared as though<br />
they might spoil No. 8/9 Maine’s unblemished conference record, but in<br />
the end the Black Bears escaped with a 33-27 win over the hosts. Maine<br />
improved to 9-1 overall and 6-0 in CAA play, while UAlbany fell to 1-9 on the<br />
season and 0-6 in conference. Trailing by a touchdown with 1:50 remaining<br />
in the contest, the Great Danes started their drive on their own 20-yard line<br />
after Maine punted into the end zone. However, the Black Bears quickly<br />
quashed what would be UAlbany’s last chance for victory, as Trevor Bates<br />
sacked Will Fiacchi and forced a fumble. Maine recovered on the 12 and ran<br />
the remainder of the clock out, sealing the win. Offensively, junior quarterback<br />
Will Fiacchi totaled 139 passing yards and threw for two touchdowns,<br />
completing 9-of-20 passes. Senior Kevin Chilis served as his top target<br />
with three catches for a total of 74 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown<br />
reception. Tight end Brian Parker also caught a touchdown pass and totaled<br />
39 receiving yards for the Danes. On the ground, junior running back Omar<br />
Osbourne netted 134 rushing yards and a touchdown, as he carried the ball<br />
29 times. Out of the wildcat, Jake Meek found a number of holes, rushing<br />
eight times for a total of 59 yards, averaging 7.4 yard per carry. Defensively,<br />
junior Jake Dwyer led UAlbany with 11 tackles, followed by senior Tramaine<br />
Wilson’s nine, and classmate Andrew Smith’s eight, including a sack.<br />
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS<br />
2013 Record: 5-4, 4-2 CAA<br />
2012 Record: 8-4, 6-2 CAA (3rd)<br />
2013 CAA Preseason Poll: 3rd/11<br />
Head Coach: Sean McDonnell (15th season at UNH) (109-70/same overall)<br />
THE COACH: Sean McDonnell, a 1978 University of New Hampshire<br />
graduate, is in his 15th season as the head coach of his alma mater with a<br />
career record of 109-70. Under his mentorship, the Wildcats have qualified<br />
for the NCAA Division I FCS postseason for nine straight seasons, the<br />
longest streak in the nation. In May 2013, McDonnell was honored by the<br />
Joe Yukica-New Hampshire Chapter of the National Football Foundation,<br />
which presented him with the Andy Mooradian Award for his contributions<br />
to amateur football. The 2012, McDonnell led the Wildcats to a share<br />
of the CAA championship, the second in Coach Mac’s career (2005), with<br />
a 6-2 league mark. The ‘Cats compiled an 8-4 overall record that included<br />
an NCAA second-round game at Wofford. As a result, Coach Mac was<br />
tabbed the New England Division I Coach of the Year by the Gridiron Club<br />
of Greater Boston for the fourth time (2000, ‘04, ‘09, ‘12), earned his fourth<br />
New England Football Writers Division I FCS Coach of the Year honor (‘05,<br />
‘08, ‘10, ‘12) and was feted as the AFCA Regional Coach of the Year for the<br />
third time (‘04, ‘05, ‘12).<br />
UNH OVERVIEW: New Hampshire enters Saturday’s game ranked No.<br />
23 in the Sports Network Top-25. The Wildcats have been ranked in the<br />
Top-25 for 137 consecutive polls, the longest streak in FCS football, which<br />
dates back to Sept. 13, 2004. UNH has won four of their last five games, and<br />
come off a 33-17 home win over James Madison. While the Wildcats are<br />
4-0 on their home gridiron, they have struggled on the road, owning a 1-4<br />
records, including a 17-0 shutout loss at William & Mary in their most recent<br />
away game. Offensively, quarterbacks Andy Vailas (115-189-5, 1,234 yard,<br />
6 TD) and Sean Goldrich (79-120-3, 973 yards, 8 TD) have shared time in the<br />
pocket and have both proven to be effective. UNH’s passing offense ranks<br />
second in the CAA, averaging 255.3 yards per game. Wide receiver Justin<br />
Mello leads the team with 50 receptions and six touchdowns, while R.J.<br />
Harris (36 catches) and Harold Spears (27 catches) have each caught four<br />
TD passes. On the ground, Nico Steriti has netted 668 yards on 126 carries,<br />
rushing for six touchdowns. Defensively, Shane McNeely leads the squad<br />
with 72 tackles, including three sacks.<br />
UNH’S LAST TIME OUT: Junior wide receiver R.J. Harris returned from<br />
a three-game injury absence to register a career-high three touchdowns<br />
to power the 25th-ranked University of New Hampshire football team to<br />
Saturday afternoon’s 33-17 CAA victory over No. 22 James Madison before<br />
a crowd of 6,084 at Cowell Stadium. UNH, which earned its fourth win in
NOTES<br />
RANKED OPPONENTS HISTORY<br />
• The Great Danes played a nationally ranked squad for the 24th<br />
time in UAlbany’s FCS history vs. Maine on Nov. 9th.<br />
• Maine ranked #8 in the Sports Network Top-25 Poll and #9 in<br />
the FCS Coaches Poll.<br />
• The Great Danes have played at least one ranked opponent<br />
every season since 2002.<br />
• UAlbany’s last win over a ranked opponent was on Sept. 22,<br />
2012. The Danes beat Maine, who ranked #23 in the Sports<br />
Network Top-25 Poll and #22 in the FCS Coaches Poll.<br />
• UAlbany owns a 5-18 record against ranked foes.<br />
UALBANY VS. RANKED DIVISION I FCS TEAMS<br />
Nov. 18, 2000 #12 Hofstra 55, UAlbany 28<br />
Sept. 7, 2002 #1 Montana 45, UAlbany 7<br />
NOV. 23, 2002 UALBANY 24, #21 DUQUESNE 0 (ECAC CLASSIC)<br />
Sept. 6, 2003 #6 Northeastern 51, UAlbany 0<br />
Oct. 2, 2004 #21 Lehigh 44, UAlbany 14<br />
Sept. 10, 2005 #24 Hofstra 36, UAlbany 7<br />
Sept. 17, 2005 #25 Massachusetts 40, UAlbany 0<br />
SEPT. 16, 2006 UALBANY 17, #11 DELAWARE 10<br />
SEPT. 23, 2006 UALBANY 19, #23 CENTRAL CONN. ST. 14<br />
Sept. 15, 2007 #19 Hofstra 28, UAlbany 13<br />
Sept. 22, 2007 #2 Montana 35, UAlbany 14<br />
Dec. 1, 2007 #24 Dayton 42, UAlbany 21 (Gridiron Classic)<br />
Aug. 30, 2008 #5 Massachusetts 28, UAlbany 16<br />
Sept. 20, 2008 #10 New Hampshire 32, UAlbany 24<br />
Sept. 27, 2008 #17 Delaware 38, UAlbany 7<br />
Sept. 12, 2009 #17 Massachusetts 44, UAlbany 7<br />
SEPT. 19, 2009 UALBANY 20, #20 MAINE 16<br />
Sept. 11, 2010 #10 Stephen F. Austin 59, UAlbany 14<br />
Nov. 26, 2011 #22 Stony Brook 31, UAlbany 28 (NCAA First Round)<br />
Sept. 15, 2012 #5 Youngstown State 31, Albany 24<br />
SEPT. 22, 2012 UALBANY 30, #23 MAINE 20<br />
Oct. 5, 2013 #21 James Madison 40, UAlbany 13<br />
Oct. 19, 2013 #7 Towson 44, UAlbany 17<br />
Nov. 9, 2013 #8 Maine 33, UAlbany 27<br />
five games, improved to 5-4 on the season and 4-2 in the CAA. JMU, which<br />
dropped its third straight matchup against the Wildcats, dropped to 6-4,<br />
3-3. Harris racked up 10 catches for 183 receiving yards, which marked his<br />
ninth career 100-yard receiving game. The WR climbed to No. 6 in all-time<br />
receptions (170) and No. 8 in all-time receiving yards (2,219) at UNH. Justin<br />
Mello set personal bests with 10 catches for 123 yards. Andy Vailas, who<br />
started at quarterback for the first time since Oct. 5 at Towson, completed<br />
28 passes in 49 attempts for 397 yards – all career highs. The junior signal<br />
caller threw for two TDs and was picked off once after being named the<br />
starter just prior to game time. The UNH defense, which pitched a first-half<br />
shutout, was led by linebacker Shane McNeely, who posted a team-leading<br />
nine tackles (six solo), including a sack.<br />
MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY<br />
All servicemen and servicewomen, active or retired, will receive free<br />
admission to the Great Danes’ final home game of the season versus New<br />
Hampshire. UAlbany’s players will don stars and stripes on their helmets,<br />
in addition to the initials “TC” in honor of Lt. Col. Todd Clark and Wounded<br />
Warrior Project. Lt. Col. Todd Clark was a wounded warrior himself as<br />
well as recipient of the Purple Heart. On his fourth tour of duty, the Albany<br />
native was severely injured by an IED in Afghanistan. Todd’s great sense of<br />
honor and duty directed him to return to action for a fifth tour in Afghanistan<br />
in early 2013, where he was in charge of training Afghan forces. On<br />
June 8th Todd died at the hands of one of the native soldiers he was there<br />
to train. Todd’s family will serve as honorary captains for the game.<br />
SENIOR DAY<br />
Playing in the final home game of their collegiate careers, the UAlbany<br />
senior class will be honored prior to Saturday’s game vs. UNH. The class<br />
is made up of: DE Tom Bradley (Syracuse, N.Y.), WR Kevin Chillis (Buffalo,<br />
N.Y.), CB Randall Exantus (Staten Island, N.Y.), DL Joe Fasano (Franklin<br />
Square, N.Y.), Jameel Gay (Tampa, Fla.), LB Alex Helmer (Pompton Plains,<br />
N.J.), C Eric LaPorta (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), S Justinian Mason (Mason,<br />
Ohio), LB Prosper Mbongue-Muna (Albany, N.Y.), DT Zach Morton (Burnt<br />
Hills, N.Y.), OL James Sanchez (Washington Heights, N.Y.), DT Andrew<br />
Smith (Wading River, N.Y.), WR Rhakeem Wiggins (Cheektowaga, N.Y.),<br />
OT Kadeem Williams (Jersey City, N.J), and S Tramaine Wilson (Staten<br />
Island, N.Y.). As a class, they compiled a 31-24 overall record in the past five<br />
seasons, including a 24-8 mark in the Northeast Conference before making<br />
the leap to the CAA. They also won two NEC championships and made an<br />
appearance in the NCAA Playoffs in 2011.<br />
FIRST AND LAST HOME GAMES<br />
Saturday marks Coach Ford’s final home game in his 44-season career at<br />
the University at Albany. Starting a club program in 1970, Ford’s first game<br />
at the helm of the Great Dane program was Oct. 10, 2013 against RIT. The<br />
Tigers were coached by two-time Super Bowl Champion New York Giants<br />
head coach Tom Coughlin. Coach Ford led UAlbany (formerly known as<br />
Albany State) to a 30-21 win on University Field in the program’s inaugural<br />
contest.<br />
MION TO JOIN FORD IN RETIREMENT<br />
With plans to retire following the season, assistant coach Don Mion will<br />
also be on the sidelines for his final home game Saturday. Mion received his<br />
B.A. in social studies with a minor in education from UAlbany in 1975, and<br />
went on to earn his master’s degree in the same discipline. A two-sport<br />
athlete in football and wrestling, Mion was inducted into the University’s<br />
Athletic Hall of Fame in the fall of 2001. He was also a member of the 1974<br />
undefeated football team that was inducted into the hall of fame this fall. He<br />
is among the school’s all-time tackles leaders with 271 and owns the record<br />
for single-game tackles, recording 24 against Alfred on Sept. 28, 1974. Mion,<br />
who joined the UAlbany football staff in spring of 1997, is in his 17th season<br />
as a defensive coach.<br />
BACK-TO-BACK 2,000 SEASONS<br />
Redshirt junior quarterback Will Fiacchi has thrown for 1,971 passing yards<br />
this season – just 29 yards away from eclipsing the 2,000-yard milestone for<br />
the second consecutive year. No other quarterback in UAlbany program history<br />
has ever registered two 2,000+ passing yard seasons in a career. With<br />
4,127 career passing yards, Fiacchi currently ranks third in the program<br />
archives.<br />
OSBOURNE BREAKS 1,000<br />
With 134 rushing yards against Maine last weekend, redshirt junior running<br />
back Omar Osbourne became the 12th UAlbany player in program history<br />
to rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season. Osbourne enters Saturday’s<br />
game against UNH with 1,040 rushing yards on the season – good for eighth<br />
in the record book, needing just 52 rushing yards to jump all the way up to<br />
fifth-place.<br />
CHILLIS ENTERS TOP-10<br />
Senior wide receiver Kevin Chillis currently ranks 10th in UAlbany’s record<br />
book for both career receptions (91), as well as career all-purpose yards<br />
(2,747). Teammate Cole King is also climbing the receptions ladder, currently<br />
sitting in fifth place with 97. At Old Dominion (9/28), King had his best<br />
performance of the season with five receptions for a total of 73 yards.<br />
MEEK, MORTON, LAPORTA NAMES CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT<br />
UAlbany players Jake Meek, Zach Morton, and Eric LaPorta have been<br />
named to the 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-District ® Football Team,<br />
selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The teams<br />
recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances<br />
athletically and in the classroom. Meek, a junior from Penfield, N.Y., has a<br />
cumulative grade-point average of 3.72 as a business administration major<br />
and was named to the Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll twice.<br />
Meek is one of UAlbany’s most versatile players, contributing on special<br />
teams, as a receiver, and as a wildcat quarterback. This season, Meek ranks<br />
second on the team with 276 rushing yards and two touchdowns, as well<br />
as third for total offense with 289 yards. Morton, a native of Burnt Hills, N.Y.,<br />
boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA in biology and twice was named to the NEC Commissioner’s<br />
Honor Roll. Playing in every game for the past three seasons at<br />
defensive end, Morton has totaled 12 tackles, a sack, and two pass breakups<br />
through 10 games this fall. Lastly, LaPorta is a Capital One Academic<br />
All-District honoree for the second consecutive season. The senior from<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 3
NOTES<br />
Yorktown Heights, N.Y. was a candidate for the prestigious 2013 NFF William<br />
V. Campbell Trophy, as well as the CAA’s Chuck Boone Leadership Award.<br />
LaPorta, a team captain, was named three times to the NEC Academic Honor<br />
Roll and has started every game for the past three seasons after beginning<br />
his career as a walk-on. LaPorta finished his undergraduate tenure with a 3.57<br />
GPA as a dual major in criminal justice and history, and has a 3.65 GPA in his<br />
graduate program for secondary education for social studies.<br />
FIACCHI AMONG TOP QBs<br />
Against Central Connecticut (9/21), Will Fiacchi became the sixth quarterback<br />
in program history to pass for over 3,000 career yards and just the third to hit<br />
the 4,000 mark against Maine (11/9) Saturday. Fiacchi (358-613-13, 20 TD) has<br />
currently thrown for 4,127 yards in just his second season as a starter, and<br />
ranks third all-time. This fall, the Marcellus, N.Y. native has passed for 1,971<br />
yards (170-303), good for fourth in the program’s single-season archives. Fiacchi<br />
needs 26 more completions to tie record holder Dan DiLella (196-327) for<br />
single-season completions.<br />
OSBOURNE COVERS GROUND<br />
Junior running back Omar Osbourne has recorded six 100+ rushing yard<br />
performances in his career, including back-to-back games in 2013. Against Colgate,<br />
Osbourne totaled 256 yards on 35 carries, while totaling 119 yards with<br />
two touchdowns against CCSU. In week seven’s clash at Delaware, Osbourne<br />
logged his second-best running performance with 142 net rushing yards and<br />
a career-best three touchdowns. Most recently, Osbourne accrued 134 rushing<br />
yards against Maine, which put him over the 1,000-yard mark this season.<br />
Averaging 104.0 rushing yards per game, Osbourne ranks third in the CAA.<br />
In his career, Osbourne has rushed for 1,851 yards, ranking 12th in UAlbany’s<br />
archives.<br />
OSBOURNE AMONG TOP SCORERS<br />
With 128 points scored in his career, Omar Osbourne is now 15th all-time in<br />
the program’s archives. This season, the Syracuse, N.Y. native has scored 11<br />
rushing touchdowns.<br />
MARTIN KICKS OFF A SOLID ROOKIE CAMPAIGN<br />
Jonathan Martin punted seven times against No. 7 Towson, totaling 258 yards<br />
for an average of 36.9 yards per punt. His 76-yarder that bounced for a touchback<br />
marked a career-long, as well as the longest punt in the CAA this season,<br />
and the fourth longest in UAlbany program history. Averaging 39.7 yards per<br />
punt in his rookie season, redshirt freshman Jonathan Martin ranks eighth in<br />
the CAA. Through 10 games, Martin has punted 51 times for a total of 2,024<br />
yards, dropping 13 inside the 20-yard line and two for a touchback. Martin has<br />
also booted five for over 50 yards.<br />
CHILLIS BREAKS 1,000 RECEIVING YARDS<br />
Senior wide receiver Kevin Chillis recorded his first career 100-yard receiving<br />
game against Duquesne in week one (8/31), making a career-high nine<br />
receptions, totaling 135 yards (T-15th all-time) and two touchdowns. He then<br />
repeated the feat against Colgate (9/7), recording 115 receiving yards and a<br />
touchdown with five catches. With six receptions for 22 yards and a touchdown<br />
at James Madison (10/5), Chillis reached the 1,000-yard milestone, and<br />
became the 13th player in program history to do so. Chillis leads the team,<br />
averaging 53.3 yards per game this season, and ranks 11th for single-season<br />
receptions with 43.<br />
PARKER HAS CAREER OUTING<br />
Junior tight end Brian Parker had the best performance of his career at James<br />
Madison. Parker made a career-high eight receptions for a total of 71 yards.<br />
The week prior, Parker also turned heads with a 55-yard touchdown reception<br />
at Old Dominion. Amidst a breakout year, Parker has totaled 23 receptions and<br />
234 yards in eight games after missing the clash at Duquesne. Entering this<br />
season, Parker had totaled just five catches for 151 yards in 19 games played from 2011-12.<br />
ABOUT UALBANY ATHLETICS<br />
UAlbany's intercollegiate athletics program excels at the NCAA Division<br />
I level, producing competitive teams, successful coaches, and<br />
outstanding student-athletes recognized for their accomplishments<br />
both on the field and in the classroom. The University sponsors 19<br />
varsity sports for men and women. Club sports, an intramural program,<br />
and recreational opportunities are also offered.<br />
As a member of the America East Conference, 17 of the school's 19<br />
varsity teams are eligible for conference championships and NCAA<br />
post-season competition. Women’s golf is an associate member of<br />
the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and football, a Division I FCS<br />
program, enters its first year as an associate member of the Colonial<br />
Athletic Association in 2013 after competing in the Northeast Conference<br />
for the past 14 seasons.<br />
UAlbany has won 66 conference championships and produced 27<br />
NCAA Tournament teams since moving to Division I. Celebrating<br />
the school’s most successful year in Division I history in 2012-13,<br />
UAlbany won a record nine conference championships, while making<br />
four NCAA Tournament appearances. The Great Danes also won<br />
the America East Commissioner’s Cup for the second time in school<br />
history, as field hockey, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s<br />
indoor track & field, women’s indoor track & field, men’s outdoor<br />
track & field, women’s outdoor track & field, and men’s lacrosse<br />
captured conference titles. Football also won its sixth NEC championship<br />
and had two players sign NFL Free Agent contracts.<br />
BOB FORD FIELD QUICK HITS<br />
• $19 million multi-sport complex -- home of the Great Dane<br />
football and soccer teams.<br />
• 8,500-seats, including 629 chair-backs, bleachers, and a natural<br />
grass berm.<br />
• Daktronics scoreboard with a 39’ by 22’ high-definition video<br />
display and point-source sound system behind the south end<br />
zone.<br />
• Press level with four luxury suites, print media area, and<br />
booths for radio, television, coaches, and replay.<br />
• FieldTurf surface and Musco stadium lighting.<br />
• The field is named in honor of Bob Ford, the only coach the<br />
UAlbany football program has known.<br />
• The project was completed by Whiting-Turner Contracting<br />
Company; with support from principle architect and designer<br />
Heery International Inc., and site engineer Clough Harbor &<br />
Associates.<br />
• Constuction began in April of 2012 and was completed in<br />
September of 2013.<br />
• Planning and fundraising for the new multi-spot complex<br />
began in 2004.<br />
FULL SEAWOLF CIRCLE<br />
The UAlbany football program played its very first varsity game against rival Stony Brook on Sept. 22, 1973. With Coach Ford on the sideline, the Great<br />
Danes trounced the Seawolves, 69-6, at University Field, marking Ford’s first of 255 varsity victories. Announcing his retirement following this season, Ford<br />
has an opportunity to make Stony Brook his last career-win. In addition, Ford’s counterpart at SBU, Chuck Priore, was a three-time letterwinner at UAlbany<br />
(1982), and was also an assistant under Ford from 1983-86. UAlbany travels to take on the Seawolves in the 2013 season-finale on Nov. 23rd.<br />
FIRST TIMERS<br />
Richmond (27-10, L) marked the fourth and final team UAlbany played for the first time in program history this season. Previously, the Danes faced first-timers<br />
Rhode Island (19-13 OT, L), Old Dominion (66-10, L), and James Madison (40-13, L) this fall.<br />
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UALBANY VS. OPPONENTS<br />
Opponent W L Last Meeting<br />
Albright 0 2 1976 (28-7, L)<br />
Alfred 7 5 1994 (20-19, L)<br />
American Int’l 3 0 1998 (25-24, W)<br />
Brockport 14 4 1994 (25-13, L)<br />
Brooklyn 1 0 1979 (56-0, W)<br />
Brown 0 2 2004 (35-7, L)<br />
Bryant 2 2 2012 (31-14, W)<br />
Buffalo 7 4 1988 (28-20, W)<br />
Canisius 2 0 2002 (24-22, W)<br />
CENTRAL CONN. 12 6 2013 (20-17, L)<br />
Central Florida 1 0 1980 (28-17, W)<br />
COLGATE 2 2 2013 (37-34, W)<br />
Columbia 1 0 2011 (44-21, W<br />
Cortland 8 10 1994 (30-29, L)<br />
Cornell 0 1 2006 (23-21, L)<br />
Curry 2 0 1974 (50-23, W)<br />
C.W. Post 1 2 1998 (24-16, L)<br />
Dayton 0 2 2007 (42-21, L)<br />
DELAWARE 1 2 2013 (33-30, L)<br />
Drake 0 1 2002 (49-42, L)<br />
DUQUESNE 5 2 2013 (35-24, L)<br />
Florida Atlantic 0 1 2001 (27-9, L)<br />
Florida Int’l 0 1 2002 (35-26, L)<br />
Fordham 4 4 2007 (23-20, W)<br />
Gannon 1 0 1996 (40-29, W)<br />
Georgia Southern 0 1 2009 (29-26, L)<br />
Hampden-Sydney 1 0 1977 (51-45, W)<br />
Hobart 1 0 1979 (10-0, W)<br />
Hofstra 3 11 2008 (22-16, W)<br />
Ithaca 5 14 1994 (22-11, L)<br />
Jacksonville 1 0 2008 (28-0, W)<br />
JAMES MADISON 0 1 2013 (40-13, L)<br />
King’s (Pa.) 2 0 1996 (49-21, W)<br />
Lehigh 1 1 2006 (17-16, W)<br />
MAINE 4 3 2013 (33-27, L)<br />
Marist 3 0 1984 (43-0, W)<br />
Massachusetts 0 3 2009 (44-7, L)<br />
Mass.-Lowell 3 0 1999 (40-0, W)<br />
Mass. Maritime 1 0 1974 (75-6, W)<br />
Mercyhurst 1 0 1996 (20-10, W)<br />
Merrimack 2 0 1998 (24-6, W)<br />
Monmouth 11 4 2012 (55-24, W)<br />
Montana 0 2 2007 (35-14, L)<br />
NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 2008 (32-24, L)<br />
New Haven 1 2 1986 (45-28, L)<br />
New York Tech 1 0 1981 (41-7, W)<br />
Niagara 1 0 1973 (75-9, W)<br />
Nichols 1 1 1974 (32-8, W)<br />
Northeastern 0 2 2003 (51-0, L)<br />
Norwich 14 6 1994 (45-20, W)<br />
OLD DOMINION 0 1 2013 (66-10, L)<br />
Pace 4 1 1998 (17-0, W)<br />
Plattsburgh 6 0 1978 (32-7, W)<br />
Plymouth State 1 0 1985 (33-21, W)<br />
R.I.T. 5 0 1977 (13-3, W)<br />
Rensselaer 7 1 1996 (17-7, W)<br />
RHODE ISLAND 0 1 2013 (19-13 OT, L)<br />
RICHMOND 0 1 2013 (27-10, L)<br />
Robert Morris 8 6 2012 (35-10, W)<br />
Rowan 0 2 2000 (31-3, L)<br />
Sacred Heart 13 2 2012 (23-20, W)<br />
Salisbury State 4 0 1994 (44-20, W)<br />
Siena 1 0 1973 (71-8, W)<br />
Southern Conn. 9 6 1998 (24-14, W)<br />
Springfield 4 10 1994 (24-13, L)<br />
St. Francis, Pa. 14 0 2012 (36-13, W)<br />
St. John’s 2 0 2001 (31-6, W)<br />
St. Lawrence 6 5 1997 (49-0, W)<br />
St. Peter’s 1 0 2003 (64-9, W)<br />
Stephen F. Austin 0 1 2010 (59-14, L)<br />
Stonehill 2 0 1998 (52-0, W)<br />
STONY BROOK 10 5 2011 (31-28, L)<br />
New Jersey 0 2 1996 (38-18, L)<br />
TOWSON 2 2 2013 (44-17, L)<br />
Union 4 9 1997 (54-0, W)<br />
U.S. Mer. Marine 0 1 1978 (14-8, L)<br />
Wagner 14 2 2012 (30-0, L)<br />
W. Connecticut 6 1 1993 (50-6, W)<br />
Widener 0 1 1977 (33-15, L)<br />
William Paterson 1 1 1994 (41-25, L)<br />
Yale 1 0 2010 (23-20, W)<br />
Youngstown State 0 1 2012 (31-24, L)<br />
2013 Opponents in Bold<br />
TOP CROWDS<br />
Until now, never before had the Great Danes played in front of 20,000+ fans multiple times in a<br />
single season, let alone in back-to-back weeks. In week six, UAlbany played in front of the largest<br />
audience in program history with a capacity crowd of 25,201 at James Madison (10/5/13). The<br />
week prior, Old Dominion’s sold out venue of 20,118 marked the fifth-largest crowd in program<br />
history. UAlbany has a 1-4 record in games played with 20,000+ in attendance. The lone win<br />
came over Delaware on Sept. 16, 2006 (17-10).<br />
UALBANY’S TOP FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE MARKS<br />
1. 25,201 vs. James Madison, 10-5-13 – L (40-13)<br />
2. 23,097 vs. Montana, 9-22-07 – L (35-14)<br />
3. 22,196 vs. Delaware, 9-27-08 – L (38-7)<br />
4. 22,016 vs. Delaware, 9-16-06 – W (17-10)<br />
5. 20,118 vs. Old Dominion, 9-28-13 – L (66-10)<br />
6. 19,511 vs. Montana, 9-7-02 – L (45-7)<br />
7. 18,118 vs. Georgia Southern, 9-5-09 – L (29-26)<br />
8. 15,840 vs. Youngstown State, 9-15-12 – L (31-23)<br />
9. 17,363 vs. Delaware, 10-12-13 – L (33-30)<br />
10. 15,112 vs. Massachusetts, 8-30-08 – L (28-16)<br />
11. 14,022 vs. Central Florida, 11-8-80 – W (28-27)<br />
OSBOURNE’S TRIO OF TD’S<br />
Junior running back Omar Osbourne led the Great Danes with a career-best three touchdowns<br />
and 142 rushing yards on 34 carries at Delaware (10/12). His third rushing touchdown of the<br />
game – a 21-yard scamper -- gave UAlbany a 30-22 lead with just 3:18 remaining in the fourth.<br />
Osbourne also prevented a touchdown with 1 second remaining in the first half, tackling Travis<br />
Hawkins at the 3-yard line after a 66-yard interception return. The Syracuse, N.Y. native gave<br />
UAlbany a 10-7 lead in the second quarter with a 1-yard rush across the goal line. He also found<br />
the end zone, giving the Great Danes a 17-16 lead with 5:00 minutes left in the third quarter.<br />
CLOSE CALLS<br />
Including week two’s nail-biter at Colgate, week four’s heartbreaking loss to CCSU, and week<br />
seven’s near upset at Delaware, UAlbany has played in 13 games decided by three points or less<br />
since the start of the 2009 season. The Great Danes were in four games decided by three points<br />
or less in the 2009 season, three in 2010, two in 2011, one in 2012, and now three in 2013. Since<br />
1999, UAlbany has a 10-17 record in FCS games decided by three points or less.<br />
UALBANY’S CLOSE DECISIONS (SINCE 2009)<br />
Sept. 5, 2009: Georgia Southern 29, UAlbany 26<br />
Oct. 17, 2009: UAlbany 20, Bryant 17<br />
Oct. 31, 2009: Central Conn. State 31, UAlbany 29<br />
Nov. 7, 2009: Robert Morris 13, UAlbany 10<br />
Sept. 2, 2010: UAlbany 3, Maine 0<br />
Oct. 2, 2010: UAlbany 23, Yale 20<br />
Oct. 22, 2010: Central Conn. State 30, UAlbany 27 (OT)<br />
Sept. 3, 2011: Colgate 37, UAlbany 34 (OT)<br />
Nov. 26, 2011: #22 Stony Brook 31, UAlbany 28 (NCAA Playoffs)<br />
Oct. 27, 2012: UAlbany 23, Sacred Heart 20<br />
Sept. 7, 2013: UAlbany 37, Colgate 34<br />
Sept. 21, 2013: Central Conn. 20, UAlbany 17<br />
Oct. 12, 2013: Delaware 33, UAlbany 30<br />
FAKE!<br />
In three straight games this season, the Great Danes ran a successful fake punt play. Against<br />
Towson (10/19), the Great Danes converted on 4th-and-3, when Jake Meek rushed 30-yards after<br />
lining up in punt formation. The drive resulted in Tom O’Riordan’s 35-yard field goal just before<br />
halftime (24-10). Against Delaware (10/12), UAlbany caught the hosts off guard on 4th-and-7 on<br />
their own 45. UAlbany snapped the ball to Meek who scampered for a 34-yard gain. A 23-yard<br />
pass to Cole King and Omar Osbourne’s 1-yard rush across the goal line gave UAlbany a threepoint<br />
lead, 10-7, with 11:10 remaining in the second quarter. Lastly, against James Madison<br />
(10/5), the Great Danes avoided a quick three-and-out in their first possession of the second half.<br />
With 4th-and-2 on UAlbany’s 35, the Great Danes faked a punt and Kevin Chillis rushed seven<br />
yards for a first down. UAlbany did not end up scoring on the drive, dropping a pass in the back<br />
of the end zone on 4th-and-goal.<br />
OSBOURNE NAMED CAA OFFENSIVE POW<br />
Junior running back Omar Osbourne was named the CAA Offensive Player of the Week on Sept.<br />
9th for his performance in the team’s victory over Colgate. Osbourne, a native of Syracuse, N.Y.,<br />
finished with a career- and game-high 252 yards on the ground, including a pair of touchdowns,<br />
to lead the Great Danes to their second win in as many years over the Raiders. The junior, whose<br />
252 yards on 35 carries marks the third-best rushing performance in program history, turned in<br />
his career-high rushing total in the first half alone as UAlbany moved to 1-1 on the season with<br />
Saturday’s 37-34 win. Osbourne gave the Great Danes their first lead of the season (7-0) with a<br />
5-yard touchdown rush on their opening drive. Out of the halftime break, Osbourne struck again,<br />
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rushing for 15-yards into the end zone on a 4th-and-1 situation, stretching<br />
the lead to 30-14. After the Great Dane defense made the key play of the<br />
game, stopping a 4th-and-goal attempt on the 1-yard line, Osbourne led the<br />
Danes to a 99-yard scoring drive. He rushed four times in the possession,<br />
including a 36-yarder that set up another UAlbany touchdown, putting the<br />
game out of reach (37-27, 1:34 4th).<br />
WEEK ONE SUMMARY – DUQUESNE<br />
UAlbany comes off a season-opening 35-24 loss at Duquesne in which the<br />
Great Danes never held a lead. The Danes totaled 421 yards of offense,<br />
including a DI program-record 354 passing yards. Junior quarterback Will<br />
Fiacchi completed a program record 27-of-45 passes with one interception<br />
and two touchdown tosses to senior Kevin Chillis. Chillis logged a teamhigh<br />
nine receptions, while Presley Beauvais (41 yards) and Cole King (31<br />
yards) each had four. On the ground, Omar Osbourne carried the ball 21<br />
times for a total of 79 yards and one touchdown. Defensively, Alex Helmer’s<br />
career-high 11 tackles, including eight unassisted, led the Danes. While<br />
UAlbany’s kicking game was an area of concern coming into the contest,<br />
punter Jonathan Martin and kicker Tom O’Riordan served as a highlight.<br />
Martin punted four times, averaging 48.8 yards, including two over 50-yards<br />
and two that pinned the Dukes within the 20-yard line. Also making his<br />
debut donning purple and gold, O’Riordan was 1-for-1 for field goals and<br />
3-for-3 for point-after attempts.<br />
WEEK TWO -- COLGATE<br />
Using Omar Osbourne’s historic running performance and a few key defensive<br />
plays, UAlbany overcame the hosting Colgate University Raiders, 37-<br />
34, Saturday night at Andy Kerr Stadium. With the victory, the Great Danes<br />
improved to 1-1 on the season, while the Raiders fell to 0-2. The biggest<br />
defensive play of the contest came with 4:26 remaining in the ball game.<br />
Colgate faced fourth-and-goal on the one-yard line, trailing by three, 30-27,<br />
and chose to take a gamble. Going for it with a run play, the Great Danes’<br />
defensive line suffocated the attempt and gave UAlbany possession on a<br />
turnover of downs. The Danes then drove 99-yards down the gridiron on the<br />
back of Osbourne’s four carries, including a 36-yarder, as well as Presley<br />
Beauvais’ drive-capping 45-yard touchdown scamper. With Tom O’Riordan’s<br />
point-after attempt sailing through the uprights, the Great Danes held a 37-<br />
27 lead with 1:34 remaining. While Colgate did answer with a touchdown<br />
of their own with 18 seconds remaining, UAlbany handled the on-sides kick<br />
with ease, securing their first win of the 2013 season. Topping his career-high<br />
in the first half alone, junior running back Omar Osbourne rushed<br />
for 252 yards with 35 carries, marking the third-best rushing performance in<br />
program history. Osbourne also crossed the goal line twice and totaled 260<br />
all-purpose yards. Beauvais totaled 59 yards with six carries, while wildcat<br />
quarterback Jake Meek rushed the ball four times, totaling 27 yards. Senior<br />
wide receiver Kevin Chillis also racked up the yards, recording his second<br />
straight 100+ receiving game, connecting with Will Fiacchi five times for<br />
112 yards and a touchdown. Fiacchi totaled 180 passing yards, completing<br />
13-of-24 attempts with just one interception. Defensively, junior Christian<br />
Dorsey finished with a career-high 12 tackles, including nine unassisted, as<br />
well as forced a fumble.<br />
WEEK THREE– RHODE ISLAND<br />
The Great Danes lost an overtime heartbreaker to Rhode Island last Saturday,<br />
19-13, in front of a sold-out crowd in the inaugural game at Bob Ford<br />
Field and first CAA clash. After falling behind early, UAlbany scored 13<br />
points in the third quarter, tying up the ballgame on Jake Meek’s 17-yard<br />
run as time expired in the stanza. With a 1:35 remaining in the fourth, URI<br />
missed a field goal and the game went to overtime. The Rams scored a<br />
touchdown on their possession, but missed the extra point, giving the Great<br />
Danes a chance to steal the victory. However, URI recorded a sack on thirddown<br />
and knocked down the fourth-down end zone pass, ending the game.<br />
Omar Osbourne led the team with 96 rushing yards and a touchdown on 22<br />
carries. Jameel Gay record 96 receiving yards with seven receptions, while<br />
Will Fiacchi completed 17 of 36 passes with one interception. Defensively,<br />
Christian Dorsey led the squad with 14 tackles.<br />
WEEK FOUR -- CCSU<br />
Despite a touchdown lead heading into the fourth quarter, the University<br />
at Albany football team suffered its second straight home loss at Bob Ford<br />
Field Saturday night, as the visiting Central Connecticut State Blue Devils<br />
scored 10 unanswered points in the final stanza to steal a 20-17 victory.<br />
CCSU’s Steven Calitri hit a 40-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining<br />
after driving 61-yards down the gridiron, improving the Blue Devils’ record<br />
to 1-3 on the season, while the Great Danes also fell to 1-3 overall. UAlbany<br />
tried to respond quickly in the closing seconds, throwing a 40-yard Hail<br />
Mary pass as time expired. Jameel Gay caught Will Fiacchi’s toss but he<br />
was brought down at the 10-yard line, ending the game. Leading UAlbany’s<br />
strong running attack, Omar Osbourne earned his second 100+ yard<br />
rushing game of the season, totaling 119 yards with two touchdowns. Also<br />
leading the Great Dane offense, Fiacchi finished with 140 passing yards on<br />
12 completions in 21 attempts. Gay totaled 50 receiving yards on two catches.<br />
Defensively, Cody Greenhagen led the Great Danes with eight tackles,<br />
including one for a loss.<br />
WEEK FIVE– OLD DOMINION<br />
Taking on a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) transition team for the first time<br />
in program history Saturday night at S.B. Ballard Stadium, UAlbany battled<br />
Old Dominion University in front of a sell-out crowd of 20,118. While the<br />
Great Danes scored a touchdown on their first drive of the game – a 55-yard<br />
pass from Will Fiacchi to tight end Brian Parker -- the Monarchs responded<br />
with a controlling offensive surge, overcoming UAlbany 66-10. Led by the<br />
2012 Walter Payton Award winner – the FCS version of the Heisman Trophy<br />
– junior quarterback Taylor Heinicke led the Monarchs with 365 passing<br />
yards and two touchdowns, completing 28-of-33 passes. In all, ODU totaled<br />
614 yards of total offense and had 36 first downs. For the Great Danes,<br />
Fiacchi threw for 221 yards and a touchdown, as he completed 15-of-26<br />
passes. Senior Cole King served as the top target, recording five catches for<br />
a total of 73 yards. On the ground, junior Omar Osbourne carried the ball 10<br />
times, netting 49 yards, while freshman Andre Martin rushed 11 times for<br />
27 total yards. UAlbany finished with 325 yards of total offense. Defensively,<br />
TJ Idowu and Michael Nicastro both broke double-digits, recording 12 and<br />
10 tackles, respectively.<br />
WEEK SIX – JAMES MADISON<br />
In front of a sell-out crowd of 25,201 at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg,<br />
Va., UAlbany fell 40-13 to the hosting James Madison University Dukes<br />
Saturday afternoon in CAA play. JMU improved to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in conference<br />
play, while the Great Danes dropped to 1-5 on the season and 0-2 in<br />
the CAA. On target all afternoon, junior quarterback Will Fiacchi completed<br />
26-of-43 passes for a total of 214 passing yards and one touchdown. Tight<br />
end Brian Parker had a career day as Fiacchi’s top receiver, recording eight<br />
receptions for 71-yards. Senior wide receiver Kevin Chillis was also a go-to<br />
option with six receptions, 22-receiving-yards and a touchdown catch. On<br />
the ground, Omar Osbourne carried the ball 17 times, netting 59 rushing<br />
yards. Defensively, the Great Danes were led by Christian Dorsey’s eight<br />
tackles, while Alex Helmer and Michael Nicastro logged seven apiece.<br />
WEEK SEVEN – DELAWARE<br />
With just 3:18 remaining in the fourth quarter, Omar Osbourne’s third<br />
rushing touchdown of the game gave UAlbany a 30-22 lead in Saturday<br />
afternoon’s nationally televised CAA clash at Delaware Stadium. However,<br />
the hosting Delaware University Blue Hens rallied in the closing minutes to<br />
score a game-tying touchdown with 1:42 left, and a game-winning 42-yard<br />
field goal with two ticks on the clock to steal a 33-30 victory over the Great<br />
Danes. With the loss, UAlbany fell to 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the CAA, while<br />
Delaware improved to 5-2 on the season and 2-1 in conference play. Osbourne<br />
led the Great Danes with three touchdowns and 142 rushing yards<br />
on 34 carries. Junior quarterback Will Fiacchi threw for 212 yards and one<br />
touchdown, completing 17-of-26 passes. Fiacchi connected with Nic Ketter,<br />
marking the redshirt freshman’s first touchdown catch of his career and his<br />
only reception of the game. Cole King led the receivers with four catches<br />
and 60 yards, followed by Kevin Chillis’ three grabs for a total of 69 yards.<br />
Jameel Gay and tight end Brian Parker also made three receptions, garnering<br />
30 and 37 yards, respectively. Defensively, Christian Dorsey led the<br />
squad with 12 tackles, including seven solo, followed by freshman Michael<br />
Nicastro’s 10 tackles and a sack for a loss of three yards. Marcel Ngachie<br />
and Randall Exantus each brought down nine.<br />
WEEK EIGHT – TOWSON<br />
Despite an early 7-0 lead in front of a sold-out homecoming crowd of 8,500<br />
Oct. 19th at Bob Ford Field, UAlbany suffered a 44-17 defeat to the then-No.<br />
7 Towson University Tigers. With the loss, the Great Danes fell to 1-7 on<br />
the season and 0-4 in the CAA, while Towson improved to 7-1 overall and<br />
3-1 in conference play. After UAlbany’s initial score – Jake Meek’s 10-yard<br />
touchdown rush with 3:01 remaining in the first – Towson responded with<br />
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24 straight points, taking the lead for good. In the game, junior quarterback<br />
Will Fiacchi threw for 126 yards and a touchdown, completing 17-of-35<br />
passes, while junior receiver Cole King and tight end Brian Parker each<br />
tallied a team-high four receptions, totaling 27 and 19 yards, respectively.<br />
Senior Jameel Gay led the squad with 31 receiving yards and a touchdown<br />
grab with two catches in the contest. Totaling 79 all-purpose yards, junior<br />
running back Omar Osbourne totaled 50 rushing yards on 16 carries, as well<br />
as 29 receiving yards, making three receptions. Meek finished the night<br />
with 44 rushing yards and a touchdown on five carries. Defensively, the<br />
Great Danes baited the Tigers into four turnovers, as Jojo McClary and Cory<br />
Connell each nabbed an interception, and Christian Dorsey and Randall<br />
Exantus both forced a fumble. Dorsey also led the team with 11 tackles,<br />
followed by Exantus’ eight.<br />
WEEK NINE – BYE<br />
WEEK TEN – RICHMOND<br />
While UAlbany held a lead into the second quarter of play last Saturday<br />
evening at Robins Stadium, the hosting University of Richmond Spiders battled<br />
back to take a 27-10 victory. Richmond improved to 3-6 on the season<br />
and 1-4 in the CAA, while UAlbany fell to 1-8 overall and 0-5 in conference.<br />
Leading the Great Danes’ offense, quarterback Will Fiacchi totaled 212<br />
passing yards, completing 17-of-27 attempts. Running back Omar Osbourne<br />
led the squad with 18 carries, totaling 56 rushing yards and a touchdown,<br />
while senior wide receiver Kevin Chillis caught a team-best four passes<br />
for 39 yards. Defensively, Randall Exantus totaled a career-high 14 tackles,<br />
including eight unassisted, as well as nabbed an interception. Redshirt<br />
freshman Michael Nicastro brought down eight, while Tramaine Wilson<br />
totaled seven tackles and logged a fumble recovery.<br />
UALBANY AT A GLANCE<br />
THE OFFENSE: While UAlbany lost eight all-conference players from 2012,<br />
there are plenty of strong pieces remaining, including a solid offensive<br />
contingent. Quarterback Will Fiacchi returns after an impressive redshirt<br />
sophomore campaign in 2012, starting all 11 games and accumulating 2,156<br />
passing yards. The Great Danes have added depth at the quarterback position<br />
this fall with Guilderland native Ryan Smith, and wildcat quarterbacks<br />
Jake Meek and Ryan Spelman. Running back Omar Osbourne looks to fill<br />
the shoes of Drew Smith, who rewrote the UAlbany record book last season.<br />
While Smith often powered his way up the middle, Osbourne (2012: 503<br />
yrds-108 carries-5 TDs) is best at weaving his way through traffic with a<br />
good deal of acceleration. The Great Danes also have a number of experienced<br />
linemen protecting the pocket in Kadeem Williams, Eric LaPorta, and<br />
Adam Pasnik, as well as a deep selection of outstanding receivers down<br />
field -- Cole King, Kevin Chillis, and Jameel Gay. The Danes also look to<br />
tight end Brian Parker and fullbacks Pat O’Connor and Nic Ketter as other<br />
options for first downs.<br />
THE DEFENSE: Defensively, UAlbany has had the task of replacing four solid<br />
linebackers in Chris Wilk, Dave Plungas, Jon Morgan, and Chris Bouchard.<br />
The Great Danes have looked to Christian Dorsey and Jake Dwyer to<br />
step up, while Alex Helmer (2012: 36 tackles, 1 sack) returns after playing<br />
a majority of the snaps at the outside linebacker position. Defensive end<br />
Andrew Smith (2012: 28 tackles) and defensive tackle Tim Kologrivov (2012:<br />
24 tackles) serve as the group’s veterans on the line, while seniors Tramaine<br />
Wilson (2012: 11 tackles, 3 interceptions) and Randall Extantus (2012:<br />
40 tackles, 6 pbu) are a presence at the safety and cornerback positions,<br />
respectively. In 2012, UAlbany’s rushing defense ranked first in the NEC<br />
and 14th in the nation (117.91 yrds/game), second in the league in scoring<br />
defense (22.73 pts/game), and third in total defense (340.45 yrds/game).<br />
THE SPECIALISTS: With the graduation of kicker Sean Kenny and punter<br />
Paul Layton, who is currently first on Temple’s two-deep as a graduate student,<br />
the Great Danes have filled the void with fresh faces. Jonathan Martin,<br />
a redshirt freshman from Delmar, N.Y. has taken over punting duties and<br />
currently ranks seventh in the CAA, averaging 40.2 yards per punt, while<br />
redshirt sophomore Tom O’Riordan has won the place kicking starting spot.<br />
TRIPLE THREAT<br />
UAlbany and Towson are the only teams in the CAA to have a trio of players<br />
record a 300-yard passing performance, 200-yard rushing performance, and<br />
a 100-yard receiving performance this season. Quarterback Will Fiacchi<br />
totaled 346 yards at Duquesne (8/31), running back Omar Osbourne rushed<br />
for league-high 252 yards at Colgate (9/7), and wide receiver Kevin Chillis<br />
received over 100-yards in both outings.<br />
THE ROLE OF THE UNDERDOG<br />
In their first season in the CAA, the Great Danes embrace the role of the<br />
underdog. UAlbany, who had 35 scholarships as a member of the NEC, has<br />
moved up to 54 scholarships for the 2013 season. While it is more, it is still<br />
well under the 63 limit that a majority of the CAA programs are at. UAlbany<br />
looks to average 57 scholarships across the next two seasons in order to<br />
play an FBS opponent in 2015 and have that game count in the opposition’s<br />
bowl eligibility.<br />
NEARING 100 DIVISION I WINS<br />
Since becoming a Divison I FCS program in 1999, UAlbany owns a 98-66<br />
overall record – just two victories away from the century mark.<br />
FIACCHI’S RECORD-BREAKING OUTING<br />
Junior quarterback Will Fiacchi’s opening day performance at Duquesne<br />
(8/31) was one for the record book. His 27 completions and 45 passing<br />
attempts both broke UAlbany single-game program records, while his 346<br />
passing yards ranks second all-time for a single game in program history. It<br />
also marked just the fourth 300+ passing game by a Great Dane quarterback<br />
and the first since Dan DiLella tossed 306 yards against Monmouth<br />
on Nov. 12, 2011. In just his second season as a starter, Fiacchi ranks third<br />
all-time on UAlbany’s career passing yards list with 4,127 yards.<br />
300 vs. 300<br />
Marking just the second time in UAlbany program history, both starting<br />
quarterbacks totaled over 300 passing yards in the Great Danes’ week one<br />
contest at Duquesne. Will Fiacchi (27-45-1) totaled 346 passing yards, while<br />
the Dukes’ Dillon Buechel (21-28-0) finished with 309 yards. The only other<br />
time this has happened in the Great Dane archives was in UAlbany’s 42-40<br />
win over Southern Connecticut State on Nov. 15, 1997. Joe Savino (19-36-1)<br />
totaled a still standing program record 398 passing yards, while the Owls’<br />
Kevin Dickinson (20-40-0) threw for 366 yards.<br />
1974 TEAM INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME<br />
The 1974 UAlbany football team was inducted into the University at Albany<br />
Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 20th. Headed by Coach Ford, ’74 team is the<br />
only squad in program history with an undefeated record, going 9-0. Current<br />
UAlbany linebackers coach Don Mion was a member of that team and<br />
set the record for tackles in a single game during that year. He recorded 24<br />
tackles against Alfred on Sept. 28, 1974. The ’74 team was inducted alongside<br />
two other athletes – Todd Cetnar (Basketball, 1996-2000) and Alissa<br />
Gibbs (Volleyball, 1999-2002).<br />
CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED<br />
The team elected junior Will Fiacchi and seniors Kadeem Williams, Eric<br />
LaPorta and Randall Exantus as captains for the 2013 season.<br />
• Fiacchi, a native of Marcellus, N.Y., started all 11 games at quarterback<br />
in 2012 and set a record for completed passes in a regular season. Fiacchi<br />
completed 188-of-309 passes with just five interceptions, while connecting<br />
for 11 touchdowns. Fiacchi also threw for 2,156 yards, good for third all-time<br />
at UAlbany. In his first season in the pocket, Fiacchi averaged 196.0 passing<br />
yards per game with 127.96 pass efficiency.<br />
• Williams, a 6-7, 310 pound offensive lineman from Jersey City is a twotime<br />
first-team All-Northeast Conference award winner as well as a 2012<br />
College Sports Madness second-team All-America honoree. Last season,<br />
Williams helped UAlbany to the league’s top-ranked scoring offense (34.1),<br />
and limited opponent sacks to just 1.45 per game, starting all 11 games at<br />
left tackle. He was also named a Preseason All-American by Phil Steele’s<br />
College Football Preview this summer.<br />
• Also a member of the o-line, LaPorta enters his third season as UAlbany’s<br />
starting center and has excelled both academically and athletically for the<br />
Great Danes. After starting his career as a walk-on, the Yorktown Heights,<br />
N.Y. native was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District<br />
Football Team and helped UAlbany win back-to-back Northeast Conference<br />
titles.<br />
• Exantus, a cornerback from Greenlawn, N.Y., has been a consistent con-<br />
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tributor and a vocal leader for the Danes throughout the past three seasons.<br />
Starting all 11 games, Exantus totaled 40 tackles and broke up six passes in<br />
2012. He also played in all 12 games in 2011 and 10 in 2010.<br />
UALBANY FOOTBALL OFFICIALLY OPENS A NEW CHAPTER<br />
Along with new addition Stony Brook, the Great Danes ventured into the<br />
CAA for the 2013 season, joining current members Delaware, James Madison,<br />
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Richmond, Towson, Villanova,<br />
and William & Mary. UAlbany wrapped up a 14-year tenure in the Northeast<br />
Conference with six championships, including a share of the title in 2012.<br />
The Great Danes also boasted the best record the program has ever seen at<br />
the Division I FCS level, going 9-2 overall last year and also ranked as high<br />
as No. 18 in the FCS Coaches Poll and No. 20 in the Sports Network Top-25.<br />
CAA HISTORY<br />
In the past, UAlbany has had success over CAA members, having tallied a<br />
7-5 all-time record entering the season. The Great Danes previously faced<br />
Delaware (1-1), Maine (4-2), Towson (2-1) and New Hampshire (0-1). The<br />
Great Danes’ 17-10 upset at then-No. 11 Delaware on Sept. 16, 2006 marks<br />
one of the program’s greatest wins. Last season, UAlbany also topped then-<br />
No. 23 Maine, 30-20, in Orono. UAlbany will have an opportunity to expand<br />
on its rivalry with Stony Brook this fall, having played the Seawolves 15<br />
times in the past, accruing a record of 10-5 all-time.<br />
WILLIAMS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN BY PHIL STEELE<br />
Senior Kadeem Williams was named a Preseason All-American by Phil<br />
Steele’s College Football Preview. Williams, a 6-7, 310-pound offensive<br />
lineman was selected to the offense’s third-team by the magazine. The<br />
Jersey City native is a two-time first-team All-Northeast Conference award<br />
winner as well as a 2012 College Sports Madness second-team All-America<br />
honoree. Last season, Williams helped UAlbany to the league’s top-ranked<br />
scoring offense (34.1), and limited opponent sacks to just 1.45 per game,<br />
starting all 11 games at left tackle. Williams was also named to the Colonial<br />
Athletic Association’s first team by Phil Steele’s College Football Preview,<br />
while kickoff return specialist Kevin Chillis and defensive back Justinian<br />
Mason were named to the third team.<br />
CHILLIS EARNS SPOT ON CFPA KICKOFF RETURNER AWARD WATCH<br />
LIST<br />
College Football Performance Awards, the largest awards organization in<br />
D-I college football, recently announced its watch list for the 2013 CFPA<br />
Kickoff Returner Award and UAlbany’s Kevin Chillis has earned a spot. In<br />
2012, Chillis was a two-time Northeast Conference Special Teams Player of<br />
the Week, and ranked second on the team with 901 all-purpose yards and<br />
six touchdowns. As a junior, Chillis made 11 kickoff returns, averaging 27.5<br />
yards per return, including a 79-yard touchdown scamper against Central<br />
Connecticut State.<br />
MASON, WILSON NAMED TO CFPA DEFENSIVE BACK WATCH LIST<br />
College Football Performance Awards also announced its watch list for<br />
the 2013 CFPA Defensive Back Award, and two UAlbany student-athletes<br />
earned spots on the list -- Justinian Mason and Tramaine Wilson. The<br />
preliminary watch list highlights 36 returning performers, vying for the top<br />
individual defensive back award in the Football Championship Subdivision.<br />
Mason, a senior from Mason, Ohio, started all 11 games at safety in 2012<br />
and earned NEC Defensive Player of the Week honors once. He ranked fifth<br />
on the team with 46 tackles, including 35 solo, and picked off three passes,<br />
running them back for 99 yards and one touchdown. Unfortunately, Mason<br />
ruptured his Achilles tendon in a summer workout and will not play in the<br />
2013 season. Wilson, a senior from Staten Island, N.Y., started nine games<br />
at safety and totaled three interceptions for 66 yards in 2012. He also made<br />
11 tackles, helping the Great Danes win back-to-back Northeast Conference<br />
titles.<br />
FIACCHI EARNS SPOT ON 2013 CFPA QUARTERBACK AWARD WATCH LIST<br />
Announced this summer, UAlbany quarterback Will Fiacchi earned a spot<br />
on the 2013 CFPA FCS Quarterback Award Watch List. The preliminary<br />
watch list highlights thirty-two returning performers, vying for the top<br />
quarterback honor in the Football Championship Subdivision. In 2012, Fiacchi<br />
led UAlbany to a 9-2 overall record. He completed 188-of-309 passes for<br />
2,156 yards. He contributed 11 passing touchdowns with only 5 interceptions,<br />
adding two touchdowns on the ground.<br />
MORGAN, SMITH SIGN NFL FREE AGENT CONTRACTS<br />
Shortly after the conclusion of the 2013 NFL Draft, UAlbany football players<br />
Jon Morgan and Drew Smith signed free agent contracts with the Detroit<br />
Lions and Buffalo Bills, respectively. Linebacker Jon Morgan, a two-time<br />
first-team All-NEC honoree, led UAlbany with 72 tackles, three interceptions,<br />
and two blocked kicks in UAlbany’s 2012 NEC championship season.<br />
The Copiague, N.Y. native finished his career ranked eighth all-time at<br />
UAlbany with 265 career tackles. Tailback Drew Smith also boasted a<br />
historic collegiate career, finishing as UAlbany’s all-time leader for touchdowns<br />
scored (45) and the co-leader for all-time rushing touchdowns (40).<br />
In four active seasons, Smith accrued 3,196 career rushing yards and 4,721<br />
all-purpose yards, both good for second all-time. In 2012, the Schenectady,<br />
N.Y. native eclipsed the 1,000 rushing yards mark for the second time in his<br />
career and the 10th time in program history, rushing for 1,001 yards and 18<br />
touchdowns, while totaling 1,280 all-purpose yards. Smith also led the NEC<br />
and ranked fourth at the FCS level for scoring (11.40).<br />
AARON SMITH AND KEVIN ROSS JOIN COACHING STAFF<br />
For the first time since 2010, the UAlbany football team has fresh faces<br />
on the coaching staff. Head Coach Bob Ford announced the additions of<br />
wide receivers coach Aaron Smith and tight ends coach Kevin Ross to the<br />
UAlbany program last April. Smith, a native of West Point, N.Y. and son of<br />
an Army colonel, brings seven years of collegiate coaching experience to<br />
UAlbany. He spent last season leading the wide receivers at Boston College<br />
and the five seasons prior as the receivers coach at Columbia University<br />
(2007-11). Smith also served as Columbia’s recruiting coordinator in 2011.<br />
He started his coaching career at the United States Coast Guard Academy<br />
in 2006. Ross, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, also comes with a military<br />
background. The son of former San Diego Chargers and Detroit Lions<br />
head coach Bobby Ross, Kevin served as Army’s offensive coordinator for<br />
four seasons (2004-07) under his father’s tutelage. Ross also spent time at<br />
Virginia, directing the running backs from 2000-03 and helped the Cavaliers<br />
to consecutive victories over West Virginia and Pittsburgh in the Continental<br />
Tire Bowl. Prior to accepting a position at Virginia, Ross spent two<br />
seasons overseeing wide receivers and assisting with special teams at The<br />
Citadel (1999-2000). The Lexington, Va. native also spent time working on<br />
the defensive side of the ball at Georgia Tech (1998) and Southwest Texas<br />
State University (1997).<br />
DEFENSIVE ROLES SHIFT ON UALBANY FOOTBALL STAFF<br />
Heading into a new chapter of UAlbany football in 2013, the Great Danes<br />
have announced a shifting of roles in the coaching staff. Mike Simpson will<br />
be stepping down from his position of defensive coordinator to focus on the<br />
development of the squad’s young linebackers, while Drew Christ will move<br />
from the defensive backs coach to defensive coordinator for the upcoming<br />
season. Simpson, who enters his 28th season on UAlbany’s football staff,<br />
has three decades of experience as a defensive coach. With two of those decades<br />
at the coordinator position, the Great Danes have won or shared six<br />
Northeast Conference championships (2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012)<br />
and captured two Eastern Football Conference titles (1997, 1998) during his<br />
tenure. Christ, who is in his second tour as a member of Bob Ford’s coaching<br />
staff, will enter his eighth season in UAlbany’s program. The Bay Village,<br />
Ohio native is familiar with the defensive coordinator position, previously<br />
serving the role at the University of Rochester. Christ also spent three years<br />
as a secondary coach under Al Bagnoli at the University of Pennsylvania<br />
where the Quakers won Ivy League championships in 2002 and 2003 during<br />
his stay with the program.<br />
FORMER GREAT DANES, SAMSON BROWN AND JIM O’NEIL, HIRED BY<br />
BUFFALO BILLS<br />
Amidst the National Football League’s coaching carousel, former UAlbany<br />
standout player and assistant coach Samson Brown as well as 2001 UAlbany<br />
assistant Jim O’Neil landed positions on the Buffalo Bills staff. Brown<br />
and O’Neil come most recently from the New York Jets organization under<br />
defensive coordinator Mike Pettine. With the hiring of new Bills head coach<br />
Doug Marrone (formerly the head coach of Syracuse University) Buffalo<br />
announced Pettine as their new defensive coordinator on Jan. 10th. Consequently,<br />
Brown received the nod as the Bills assistant defensive backs<br />
coach and O’Neil as the Bills’ linebackers coach.<br />
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A NEW HOME<br />
University Field had been the home of the Great Danes since Bob Ford<br />
started a club football team in 1970. In 43 seasons, UAlbany accrued a<br />
135-67-1 record on the natural grass gridiron. With the move to the CAA,<br />
the Great Danes move to Bob Ford Field, a brand new 8,500-seat stadium<br />
with an artificial turf field, video board, and luxury suites. The Danes’ old<br />
digs will become a state-of-the-art track and field venue that will be ready<br />
to host UAlbany meets next spring. UAlbany opened Bob Ford Field on Sept.<br />
14th with a sold-out crowd of 8,500 fans and a Comcast SportsNet regional<br />
audience.<br />
BUILT FORD TOUGH<br />
UAlbany’s Bob Ford is first among active NCAA Division I FCS coaches with<br />
265 career victories. He is also fourth on the all-time FCS chart. Ford, the<br />
architect of the UAlbany program, has a 256-167 career record in his 41st<br />
varsity season. Under his direction, the Great Danes have moved from the<br />
club level in 1970 to its present NCAA Division I FCS status. More than 100<br />
of Bob Ford’s assistant coaches are currently working in the professional,<br />
college and high school ranks. Dave Campo, a former UAlbany graduate<br />
assistant in 1973, spent 23 years in the NFL, including 18 with the Dallas<br />
Cowboys. He is currently the assistant head coach at Kansas. Dave Clawson<br />
(Bowling Green) and Pete Lembo (Ball State) are in the Mid-American<br />
Conference. Ford assistants who are Division I FCS head coaches include Al<br />
Bagnoli (Penn), Kevin Callahan (Monmouth), Walt Hameline (Wagner) and<br />
Chuck Priore (Stony Brook).<br />
UALBANY FOOTBALL’S POSTSEASON APPEARANCES<br />
Nov. 19, 1977, NCAA DIII Quarterfinal (at Hampden-Sydney), 51-45, W<br />
Nov. 26, 1977, NCAA Division III Semifinal (at Widener), 33-15, L<br />
Nov. 23, 1985, ECAC-North DIII Championship (at Plymouth State), 33-21, W<br />
Nov. 23, 2002, ECAC Division I-AA Classic (vs. Duquesne), 24-0, W<br />
Dec. 1, 2007, Gridrion Classic (at Dayton), 42-21, L<br />
Dec. 6, 2008, Gridiron Classic (vs. Jacksonville), 28-0, W<br />
Nov. 26, 2011, NCAA DI FCS Playoffs First Round (at Stony Brook), 31-28, L<br />
UALBANY’S BEST FCS TOTAL OFFENSE GAMES<br />
600 vs. Drake, Oct. 12, 2002<br />
591 vs. Wagner, Nov. 1, 2003<br />
573 vs. Central Conn. State, Oct. 22, 2011<br />
543 vs. Canisius, Oct. 19, 2002<br />
539 vs. Monmouth, Nov. 12, 2011<br />
538 vs. Stony Brook, Oct. 25, 2003<br />
535 vs. Saint Francis, Pa., Oct. 23, 1999<br />
524 vs. Sacred Heart, Oct. 13, 2007<br />
523 vs. Saint Francis, Pa., Oct. 9, 2004<br />
518 vs. Colgate, Sept. 14, 2013<br />
511 vs. Monmouth, Sept. 29, 2012<br />
504 vs. Sacred Heart, Oct. 18, 2008<br />
SHUTDOWN<br />
UAlbany’s defense has recorded 11 shutouts as a Division I FCS program<br />
with the last being a 24-0 victory against Wagner on Oct. 29, 2011. UAlbany<br />
held the Seahawks to 204 total yards, including 25 passing.<br />
UALBANY’S DEFENSIVE SHUTOUTS (SINCE 1999)<br />
Oct. 16, 1999: Albany 40, Massachusetts-Lowell 0 (164 total yrds)<br />
Nov. 6, 1999: Albany 41, Sacred Heart 0 (233 total yards)<br />
Nov. 23, 2002: Albany 24, Duquesne 0 (146 total yards)<br />
Oct. 9, 2004: Albany 38, St. Francis, Pa. 0 (227 total yards)<br />
Nov. 19, 2005: Albany 41, Fordham 0 (104 total yards)<br />
Oct. 21, 2006: Albany 48, St. Francis, Pa. 0 (161 total yards)<br />
Oct. 28, 2006: Albany 34, Wagner 0 (140 total yards<br />
Dec. 6, 2008: Albany 38, Jacksonville 0 (228 total yards)<br />
Sept. 2, 2010: Albany 3, Maine 0 (246 total yards)<br />
Oct. 9, 2010: Albany 48, St. Francis, Pa. 0 (81 total yards)<br />
Oct. 29, 2011: Albany 24, Wagner 0 (204 total yards)<br />
UALBANY’S OVERTIME HISTORY<br />
Oct. 21, 2000: Sacred Heart 35, Albany 28 (OT)<br />
Oct. 12, 2002: Drake 49, Albany 42 (2OT)<br />
Sept. 13, 2008: Albany 22, Hofstra 16 (OT)<br />
Oct. 22, 2010: Central Conn. State 30, Albany 27 (OT)<br />
Sept. 3, 2011: Colgate 37, Albany 34 (OT)<br />
Sept. 14, 2012: Rhode Island 19, Albany 13 (OT)<br />
HOME CROWDS<br />
UAlbany broke its home attendance record with the opening of Bob Ford<br />
Field on September 14, 2013, filling the stadium to its capacity of 8,500. The<br />
Danes repeated the feat on homecoming against Towson, Oct. 19. Attendance<br />
has topped 6,000 fans 14 times since 1973.<br />
UALBANY’S TOP HOME CROWDS<br />
1. OCT. 19, 2013: 8,500 VS. TOWSON – L (44-17)<br />
SEPT. 14, 2013: 8,500 VS. RHODE ISLAND – L (19-13 OT)<br />
2. Nov. 6, 1978: 7,500 vs. Ithaca – W (9-6)<br />
3. Sept. 20, 1975: 7,500 vs. Ithaca – L (33-0)<br />
4. Oct. 13, 2012: 6,852 vs. Saint Francis, Pa. – W (36-13)<br />
5. Oct. 9, 2010: 6,624 vs. Saint Francis, Pa. – W (48-0)<br />
6. Oct. 5, 1974: 6,500 vs. RIT – W (49-7)<br />
-7. Sept. 10, 1984: 6,500 vs. Ithaca – W (10-6)<br />
8. Oct. 13, 2007: 6,419 vs. Sacred Heart – W (38-7)<br />
9. SEPT. 21, 2013: 6,412 VS. CCSU – L (20-17)<br />
9. Oct. 10, 2009: 6,255 vs. Duquesne – W (55-10)<br />
10. Sept. 10, 2005: 6,212 vs. Hofstra – L (36-7)<br />
11. Sept. 1, 2012: 6,194 vs. Colgate – W (40-23)<br />
12. Oct. 12, 1996: 6,082 vs. Union – L (23-6)<br />
CAREER VICTORIES<br />
UAlbany’s Bob Ford is fourth among the winningest Football Championship<br />
Subdivision head coaches in career victories (265). Grambling’s Eddie Robinson<br />
leads the list with 408.<br />
WINNINGEST FCS COACHES ALL-TIME BY VICTORIES<br />
408, Eddie Robinson, Grambling (408-165-15, 55 years)<br />
314, Roy Kidd, Eastern Kentucky (314-124-8, 39 years)<br />
300, Tubby Raymond, Delaware (300-119-3, 36 years)<br />
265, Bob Ford, St. Lawrence, Albany (265-189-1, 45th year)<br />
246, Mike Kelly, Dayton (246-54-1, 27 years)<br />
245, Billy Joe, Cheyney, Central State, Florida A&M, Miles (245-127-4, 34 yrs)<br />
241, Jim Tressel, Youngstown State, Ohio State (241-79-2, 25 years)<br />
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COACH FORD!<br />
Celebrating his 76th birthday Wednesday, September 11th, University at<br />
Albany head football coach Bob Ford ran the program’s first practice at UAlbany’s<br />
brand new $19 million multi-sport complex. The athletic department<br />
and team gathered around a cake and sang “Happy Birthday” to Coach<br />
following practice on the turf with his same name.<br />
UP NEXT<br />
UAlbany closes the 2013 season and the Bob Ford coaching era at Stony<br />
Brook next Saturday, taking on the Seawolves at 1:00 p.m.<br />
OVERTIME GAMES<br />
Including UAlbany’s home-opening heart breaker to Rhode Island, the<br />
Great Danes have fallen in each of their last three overtime games. UAlbany<br />
recorded the program’s first ever overtime victory in a 22-16 decision<br />
against Hofstra on Sept. 13, 2008. TB David McCarty’s 7-yard touchdown<br />
run decided the outcome. UAlbany suffered setbacks in its previous two OT<br />
decisions.
NOTES<br />
WILL FIACCHI<br />
Passing<br />
(2012) Comp-Att. Int-TD Yards<br />
Colgate 16-25 1-0 143<br />
at Robert Morris 17-21 0-3 208<br />
at Youngstown St. 23-35 0-2 228<br />
at Maine 13-29 1-0 132<br />
Monmouth 16-30 0-2 248<br />
at Bryant 23-34 1-0 255<br />
Saint Francis 21-31 0-0 255<br />
at Sacred Heart 14-32 1-2 195<br />
Wagner 18-33 0-0 113<br />
at Duquesne 14-22 0-1 130<br />
CCSU 13-17 1-1 242<br />
(2013)<br />
at Duquesne 27-45 1-2 346<br />
at Colgate 13-24 1-1 180<br />
vs. URI 17-36 1-0 181<br />
vs. CCSU 12-21 0-0 140<br />
at Old Dominion 15-26 1-1 221<br />
at James Madison 26-43 0-1 214<br />
at Delaware 17-26 1-1 212<br />
vs. Towson 17-35 1-1 126<br />
at Richmond 17-27 1-0 212<br />
vs. Maine 9-20 1-2 139<br />
Total 358-613 13-20 4,127<br />
Rushing<br />
(2012) Rushes/Yards TD<br />
Colgate 3/-6 0<br />
at Robert Morris 7/35 1<br />
at Youngstown St. 5/-2 0<br />
at Maine 2/-1 0<br />
Monmouth 4/-21 0<br />
at Bryant 5/-11 0<br />
Saint Francis 3/13 0<br />
at Sacred Heart 4/-16 0<br />
Wagner 5/1 0<br />
at Duquesne 7/27 1<br />
CCSU 4/-4 0<br />
(2013)<br />
at Duquesne 4/-2 0<br />
at Colgate 2/0 0<br />
vs. URI 6/-6 0<br />
vs. CCSU 5/-41 0<br />
at Old Dominion 1/1 0<br />
at James Madison 9/-20 0<br />
at Delaware 9/-15 0<br />
vs. Towson 3/5 0<br />
at Richmond 6/10 0<br />
vs. Maineq 4/22 1<br />
Total 96/-35 3<br />
ALL-TIME CAREER PASSING YARDS<br />
Player PA PC INT PCT YDS TD<br />
1. Joe Savino (1994-97) 946 493 37 .521 7,015 56<br />
2. Vinny Esposito (2006-09) 837 482 29 .576 5,692 38<br />
3. Will Fiacchi (2011-) 613 358 13 .584 4,127 20<br />
4. Ryan Roeder (1999-02) 495 291 16 .588 3,564 24<br />
5. Dan Di Lella (2008-11) 498 284 15 .570 3,275 29<br />
6. Pat Ryder (1986-89) 514 233 24 .453 3,153 25<br />
7. Jaan Laap (1990-93) 394 202 16 .513 2,942 19<br />
8. Eric Williams (1995-99) 310 164 9 .529 2,518 24<br />
9. Mike Milano (1983-85) 320 141 15 .441 2,156 25<br />
10. Michael Oliva (1996-99) 178 109 7 .612 1,758 23<br />
ALL-TIME CAREER RUSHING YARDS<br />
Player Carries Yards Avg. TD<br />
1. David McCarty (2006-09) 798 4,287 5.4 35<br />
2. Drew Smith (2009-12) 615 3,278 5.2 40<br />
3. Gary Jones (2002-03) 442 3,033 6.9 40<br />
4. Greg Garrett (1996-99) 634 2,958 4.7 28<br />
5. Tom DeBlois (1973-76) 439 2,680 6.2 26<br />
6. Peter Pedro (1986-89) 480 2,612 5.4 22<br />
7. Brian Manigault (1998-01) 433 2,251 5.2 24<br />
8. Pat Ryder (1986-89) 639 2,245 3.5 30<br />
9. Dave Soldini (1981-85) 411 2,075 5.0 8<br />
10. Glenn Sowalskie (1973-77) 308 1,973 6.4 19<br />
11. Chuck Priore (1979-81) 349 1,881 5.4 13<br />
12. Omar Osbourne (2011-) 398 1,851 4.7 19<br />
ALL-TIME CAREER RECEIVING YARDS<br />
Player No. Yards Avg. TD<br />
1. Ryan Kirchner (2009-12) 172 1,883 10.9 14<br />
2. Tim Bush (2007-09) 147 1,880 12.8 7<br />
3. Dan Gmelin (1994-97) 136 2,243 16.5 17<br />
4. Chris Phillis (1999-01) 124 2,100 16.9 20<br />
5. Cole King (2011-) 97 1,536 15.8 11<br />
6. Irani DeAraujo (2004-07) 95 915 9.6 1<br />
7. Seth Thomas (1994-97) 94 1,207 12.8 13<br />
8. Andy Shein (1991-94) 93 1,537 16.5 12<br />
9. Michael Ettz (1996-99) 92 1,249 13.6 5<br />
10. Kevin Chillis (2010-) 91 1,209 13.3 8<br />
11. Glenn Carlin (1985-87) 86 1,392 16.2 12<br />
12. John Donnelly (1983-85) 78 1,269 16.3 13<br />
OMAR OSBOURNE<br />
100+ RUSHING PERFORMANCES<br />
Rushes/Yards TD<br />
2011<br />
CCSU 9/103 1<br />
2012<br />
Colgate 16/113 1<br />
2013<br />
at Colgate 35/256 2<br />
vs. CCSU 32/119 2<br />
at Delaware 34/142 3<br />
vs. Maine 29/134 1<br />
KEVIN CHILLIS<br />
100+ RECEIVING PERFORMANCES<br />
Receptions/Yards TD<br />
2013<br />
at Duquesne 9/135 2<br />
at Colgate 5/112 1
LAST TIME VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE<br />
#10 NEW HAMPSHIRE 32, UALBANY 24<br />
Saturday, September 20, 2008 / DURHAM, N.H.<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
Albany 10 7 7 0 24<br />
UNH 7 7 15 3 32<br />
ALBANY UNH<br />
FIRST DOWNS 23 21<br />
Rushing 6 11<br />
Passing 14 10<br />
Penalty 3 0<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 99 158<br />
Rushing Attempts 53 41<br />
Average Per Rush 1.9 3.9<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 2 0<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 168 191<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 69 33<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 283 255<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 21-31-0 21-33-2<br />
Average Per Attempt 9.1 7.7<br />
Average Per Completion 13.5 12.1<br />
Passing Touchdowns 1 4<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 382 413<br />
Total offense plays 84 74<br />
Average Gain Per Play 4.5 5.6<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 3-20 5-48<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 2-57 6-180<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 28.5 30.0<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 28.5 26.5<br />
Inside 20 0 3<br />
50+ Yards 0 1<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Fair catch 1 0<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-373 6-340<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 62.2 56.7<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.2 42.7<br />
Touchbacks 0 1<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-21-0 0-0-0<br />
Average Per Return 7.0 0.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-64-0 6-132-0<br />
Average Per Return 16.0 22.0<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-9-0 0-0-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 32:02 27:58<br />
1st Quarter 8:10 6:50<br />
2nd Quarter 9:21 5:39<br />
3rd Quarter 8:24 6:36<br />
4th Quarter 6:07 8:53<br />
Third-Down Conversions 9 of 19 7 of 17<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 5 1 of 1<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 1-1<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-18 2-6<br />
PAT Kicks 3-3 3-3<br />
Field Goals 1-3 1-1<br />
Durham, N.H. -- R.J. Toman passed for 255<br />
yards and four touchdowns as New Hampshire<br />
rallied for a 32-24 non-league victory<br />
over UAlbany on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Cowell<br />
Stadium. The Wildcats are ranked No. 10 in<br />
both the Sports Network and FCS Coaches<br />
national polls.<br />
UAlbany (1-2) took a 24-23 lead with 6:16<br />
left in the third quarter when quarterback Vinny<br />
Esposito eluded a blitzing linebacker and hit Chris<br />
Kenneally in the seam with a 19-yard scoring pass.<br />
Esposito complete 21 of 31 attempts for a career-high<br />
283 yards.<br />
New Hampshire (3-0) regrouped on its next<br />
possession. Chad Kackert, who rushed for 106 yards<br />
on 16 carries, ran for a first down on fourth-and-one<br />
at midfield. Toman, using a play-action fake, drilled<br />
a 24-yard touchdown to Mike Boyle for the go-ahead<br />
points in the fourth lead change of the contest. The<br />
two-point conversion pass failed, but UNH added a<br />
45-yard field goal on the first play of the final period.<br />
The Great Danes, who were playing the third<br />
of four straight Colonial Athletic Association opponents,<br />
had two opportunities to draw even. David<br />
McCarty, who ran a school-record 39 times for 130<br />
yards, helped lead his team inside the UNH 5-yard<br />
line, but Esposito’s fourth-down pass fell incomplete.<br />
Cornerback Ross Bertrand blocked a punt<br />
with 3:51 remaining; however, UAlbany stalled out<br />
on downs at the UNH 24.<br />
“New Hampshire may not have as much talent<br />
as UMass or Montana, but they play hard on every<br />
down,” UAlbany coach Bob Ford said. “The momentum<br />
went back and forth, but we made too many<br />
mental mistakes. We battled back and had a couple<br />
of chances in the home stretch.”<br />
The Wildcats, who were meeting the visitors for<br />
the first time on the gridiron, threw an interception<br />
on their first play from scrimmage, but survived to<br />
take a 7-0 lead. Tight end Scott Sicko, who was wide<br />
RUSHING: Albany-David McCarty 39-130; Vinny<br />
Esposito 6-22; Colin Simmons 2-2; Justin Gannon 2-2;<br />
Dave West 1-minus 4; Chris Lynch 1-minus 10; TM<br />
2-minus 43. New Hampshire-Kackert, Chad 16-106;<br />
Simpson, Robert 13-64; Mangieri, M. 2-11; Jellison,<br />
Sean 1-7; TEAM 3-minus 8; Toman, R.J. 6-minus 22.<br />
PASSING: Albany-Vinny Esposito 21-31-0-283. New<br />
Hampshire-Toman, R.J. 21-33-2-255.<br />
RECEIVING: Albany-Tim Bush 6-109; Jason Smith<br />
4-38; Daniel Bocanegra 3-65; David McCarty 3-18;<br />
Chris Kenneally 2-28; Jason Poore 2-20; Dan Archer<br />
1-5. New Hampshire-Boyle, Mike 7-79; Sicko, Scott<br />
5-104; Kackert, Chad 4-53; O’Brien, Matt 4-11; Jellison,<br />
Sean 1-8.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: Albany-Dave Casale 1-9; Justin<br />
Brancaccio 1-0. New Hampshire-None.<br />
FUMBLES: Albany-None. New Hampshire-None.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): Albany-Rich Duff 1-0; Dave West 1-0;<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
open on the left sideline, hauled in a 65-yard scoring<br />
pass from Toman on his team’s next offensive set.<br />
UAlbany used a flea-flicker play to set up its<br />
first points when Esposito took a pitch back from<br />
wideout Tim Bush and delivered a 41-yard strike<br />
to Daniel Bocanegra. Herb Glass later connected<br />
on a 47-yard field goal, tying the third-longest kick<br />
in program history. Bush had six receptions for a<br />
career-high 109 yards.<br />
The Great Danes reached the end zone on its<br />
next two possessions to build a surprising 17-7<br />
advantage. McCarty capped a 12-play march with<br />
a 19-yard touchdown run. The junior tailback took<br />
a toss and cut off right tackle. Esposito’s throwing<br />
and running produced the next score. He found<br />
Bush with a pair of 20-plus yard completions, before<br />
turning a quarterback sneak up the middle into an<br />
11-yard touchdown.<br />
UNH closed the gap to 17-14 at halftime by<br />
moving the length of the field in less than one minute.<br />
The Wildcats converted a third-and-10 when<br />
Toman hooked up with running back Chad Kackert<br />
on a 26-yard screen pass. Toman later moved from<br />
out of the pocket from pressure and rifled a 19-yard<br />
scoring pass to Kackert at the goal line with three<br />
seconds remaining.<br />
In the third quarter, UAlbany miscues in the<br />
punting game put the Wildcats in the lead. Chris<br />
Lynch was tackled while trying to get off a punt<br />
and that led to Toman’s 24-yard TD pass to Sicko<br />
in the left corner of the end zone. New Hampshire<br />
increased its margin to 23-17 when a high snap from<br />
center forced Lynch to heave the football out of the<br />
end zone for a safety.<br />
“The line protected well, our receivers did<br />
a good job, but we sputtered in the red zone,”<br />
Esposito explained. “We have a good idea about<br />
our team through these first three games. We had a<br />
chance to win all three, so we are disappointed with<br />
the results.”<br />
1st 13:39 UNH Sicko, Scott 65 yd pass from Toman, R.J. (Manning, Tom kick) 2-72-0:27 0 - 7<br />
11:40 ALB Herb Glass 47 yd field goal 5-44-1:52 3 - 7<br />
05:13 ALB David McCarty 19 yd run (Herb Glass kick) 12-81-4:54 10 - 7<br />
2nd 10:40 ALB Vinny Esposito 11 yd run (Herb Glass kick) 10-84-4:53 17 - 7<br />
00:03 UNH Kackert, Chad 19 yd pass from Toman, R.J. (Manning, Tom kick) 7-68-0:43 17 - 14<br />
3rd 13:04 UNH Sicko, Scott 24 yd pass from Toman, R.J. (Manning, Tom kick) 1-24-0:07 17 - 21<br />
10:45 UNH TEAM safety 17 - 23<br />
06:16 ALB Chris Kenneally 19 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick) 7-77-2:27 24 - 23<br />
03:37 UNH Boyle, Mike 24 yd pass from Toman, R.J. (Toman, R.J. pass failed) 7-60-2:31 24 - 29<br />
4th 14:56 UNH Manning, Tom 45 yd field goal 5-13-1:52 24 - 32<br />
Attendance: 7215 Kickoff time: 12:00 PM End of Game: 2:46 PM Total elapsed time: 2:46<br />
Tom Pandolf 0-1; Chris Blais 0-1. New Hampshire-Peters,<br />
Kevin 1-0; Parent, Matt 1-0.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): Albany-Dave West 4-5; Rich Duff<br />
3-6; Chris Blais 3-5; Justin Brancaccio 1-6; Dave Casale<br />
4-2; Tony Sparano 1-5; Tom Pandolf 4-1; Ross<br />
Bertrand 2-3; Trevor Anderson 2-3; Chris Simpson<br />
0-4; Jean Juste 2-1; Mark Peretore 1-2; Garrett<br />
Askew 0-3; Raymond Dorcely 1-1; Wil Moushey 0-2;<br />
Daniel<br />
Avery 1-0; Duane Harper 0-1; Marc Wargo 0-1; Mike<br />
Kelly 0-1; Chris Wilk 0-1; Kyle Hussey 0-1; Jake Ciccarello<br />
0-1; Eddie Delaney 0-1. New Hampshire-Ware,<br />
Sean 5-8; Vasso, Dino 7-5; McNally, Brian 1-8; Parent,<br />
Matt 2-6; Jackson, Devon 2-6; Long, Jordan 0-8; Clements,<br />
John 4-2; Peters, Kevin 2-4; Souza, Hugo 3-2;<br />
Hinds, Ryan 3-2; Maroney, Kyle 2-2; Greer, John 2-1;<br />
Young, Steve 0-3; Mailloux, Lance 0-3; Klein, Terrence<br />
1-1; Greene, Mike 0-2; Duper, Maurice 1-0; Steele,<br />
Tim 1-0; Boyle, Mike 1-0; Taylor, T.J. 0-1; Perkins,<br />
Mike 0-1; Jellison, Sean 0-1; McGuinness, R. 0-1;<br />
Mohammed, K. 0-1.
WEEK 12 DEPTH CHART<br />
OFFENSE<br />
Pos. No. Player (Ht., Wt., Cl.)<br />
LT 76 Kadeem Williams (6-7, 300, Sr.)<br />
78 Matt Campion (6-5, 330, RFr.)<br />
LG 60 Domenic LaFragola (6-2, 275, RFr.)<br />
66 Wesley Sanon (6-3, 270, RFr.)<br />
C 63 Eric LaPorta (6-2, 270, Sr.)<br />
60 Domenic LaFragola (6-2, 275, RFr.)<br />
RG 74 Adam Wierbinski (6-3, 265, RFr.)<br />
70 Nick Nerolien (6-2, 285, Fr.)<br />
RT 78 Matt Campion (6-5, 330, RFr.)<br />
72 Adam Pasnik (6-3, 270, RSo.)<br />
WR 87 Cole King (6-1, 185, Jr.)<br />
82 Malachi Lawrence (6-3, 170, Jr.)<br />
WR 9 Kevin Chillis (5-9, 175, Sr.)<br />
2 Jameel Gay (5-11, 165, Sr.)<br />
QB 14 Will Fiacchi (6-3, 200, Jr.)<br />
7 Ryan Smith (6-2, 205, So.)<br />
TE 80 Brian Parker (6-4, 240, Jr.)<br />
89 Kevin Malloy (6-5, 240, RFr.)<br />
FB 49 Nic Ketter (6-4, 210, RFr.)<br />
42 Pat O’Connor (6-3, 215, RSo.)<br />
TB 23 Omar Osbourne (6-1, 195, Jr.)<br />
27 Presley Beauvais (5-4, 150, RSo.)<br />
SPECIALISTS<br />
Punter<br />
Placements<br />
Kickoffs<br />
37 Jonathan Martin (6-2, 185, RFr.)<br />
13 Tom O’Riordan (5-10, 200, RSo.)<br />
15 Ian Maltz (5-10, 165, Fr.)<br />
37 Jonathan Martin (6-2, 185, RFr.)<br />
15 Ian Maltz (5-10, 165, Fr.)<br />
Snapper - Punts 99 Cory Connell (6-2, 245, RSo.)<br />
Snapper - FG/PAT 62 James Sanchez (5-11, 255, Sr.)<br />
Holder<br />
Kickoff Returns<br />
12 Ryan Spelman (6-1, 215, RFr.)<br />
9 Kevin Chillis (5-9, 175, Sr.)<br />
25 Clay Harris (5-11, 180, Jr.)<br />
DEFENSE<br />
Pos. No. Player (Ht., Wt., Cl.)<br />
DT 59 Andrew Smith (6-2, 255, Sr.)<br />
91 Zach Troutman (6-3, 265, RSo.)<br />
NG 94 Tim Kologrivov (6-0, 265, Jr.)<br />
52 Joe Fasano (6-0, 260, Sr.)<br />
DT 98 Zach Morton (6-5, 255, Jr.)<br />
90 Tom Bradley (6-4, 230, Sr.)<br />
OLB 21 Alex Helmer (6-1, 200, Sr.)<br />
53 Terrence Russell (6-1, 215, RFr.)<br />
ILB 33 Christian Dorsey (5-11, 215, Jr.)<br />
54 Jake Dwyer (6-2, 220, Jr.)<br />
ILB 32 Marcel Ngachie (5-11, 225, Fr.)<br />
58 Cody Greenhagen (6-0, 220, RFr.)<br />
OLB 11 Michael Nicastro (5-11, 201, RFr.)<br />
17 Prosper Mbongue-Muna (6-3, 225, Sr.)<br />
CB 25 Clay Harris (5-11, 180, Jr.)<br />
22 Dorian Polk (5-10, 170, Jr.)<br />
SS 1 TJ Idowu (5-11, 210, Jr.)<br />
19 Brandon Baylor (6-0, 200, Jr.)<br />
FS 5 Tramaine Wilson (5-10, 190, Sr.)<br />
48 Rayshan Clark (6-0, 180, RFr.)<br />
CB 6 Randall Exantus (5-8, 165, Sr.)<br />
8 JoJo McClary (5-8, 160, So.)<br />
OFFENSE<br />
Starters Returning............................................................6<br />
Lettermen Returning.....................................................12<br />
Rushing Offense...............................................156.5 (8th)<br />
Passing Offense................................................204.4 (7th)<br />
Total Offense.....................................................360.9 (8th)<br />
Scoring Offense................................................19.8 (10th)<br />
(CAA rank)<br />
DEFENSE<br />
Starters Returning............................................................5<br />
Lettermen Returning.....................................................13<br />
Rushing Defense............................................204.9 (10th)<br />
Passing Defense.............................................257.5 (11th)<br />
Total Defense..................................................462.4 (11th)<br />
Scoring Defense................................................35.1 (11th)<br />
Punt Returns<br />
9 Kevin Chillis (5-9, 175, Sr.)
NUMERICAL ROSTER<br />
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)<br />
1 Olatunji Idowu S 5-10 190 Jr. Wexford, Pa. (North Allegheny)<br />
2 Jameel Gay WR 5-11 165 Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Alonso)<br />
3 Jake Meek WR 6-1 215 Jr. Penfield, N.Y. (Bishop Kearney)<br />
4 Rhakeem Wiggins WR 5-10 175 Sr. Cheektowaga, N.Y. (Cleveland Hill)<br />
5 Tramaine Wilson FS 5-10 190 Sr. Staten Island, N.Y. (Tottenville)<br />
6 Randall Exantus CB 5-8 165 Sr. Greenlawn, N.Y. (Elwood-John Glenn)<br />
7 Ryan Smith QB 6-2 205 So. Guilderland, N.Y. (Colgate) (Guilderland)<br />
8 Jojo McClary CB 5-8 160 So. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas)<br />
9 Kevin Chillis WR 5-9 175 Sr. Buffalo, N.Y. (McKinley)<br />
10 Shane Sweeney QB 6-1 210 Fr. Phelps, N.Y. (Geneva)<br />
11 Michael Nicastro OLB 5-11 210 RFr. Clarksville, Md. (Our Lady of Good Counsel)<br />
12 Ryan Spelman RB 6-1 215 RFr. Monroe, N.Y. (Monroe-Woodbury)<br />
13 Tom O’Riordan P/PK 5-10 200 RSo. Stony Point, N.Y. (North Rockland)<br />
14 Will Fiacchi QB 6-3 200 Jr. Marcellus, N.Y. (Marcellus)<br />
15 Ian Maltz P/PK 5-10 165 Fr. Millstone Township, N.J. (The Hun School)<br />
16 Ricky Joseph CB 5-10 170 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Thomas Jefferson)<br />
17 Prosper Mbongue-Muna OLB 6-3 225 Sr. Albany, N.Y. (Albany Academy)<br />
18 Kyle Downer QB 6-3 220 Fr. Oak Hill, Va. (Oakton)<br />
19 Brandon Baylor S 6-0 200 Jr. Washington D.C. (St. John’s College)<br />
20 Andre Martin RB 5-10 215 Fr. Bristow, Va. (Gateway)<br />
21 Alex Helmer OLB 6-1 210 Sr. Pompton Plains, N.J. (Pequannock Twnshp)<br />
22 Dorian Polk CB 5-10 170 Jr. Lockport, N.Y. (Erie CC) (Lockport)<br />
23 Omar Osbourne TB 6-1 195 Jr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Bishop Ludden)<br />
24 Nick Beach CB 5-11 175 RSo. Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek)<br />
25 Clay Harris CB 5-11 180 Jr. West Henrietta, N.Y. (Rush-Henrietta)<br />
26 Power Lawrence RB 5-11 185 RFr. Bloomfield, N.J. (Montclair Kimberly)<br />
27 Presley Beauvais RB 5-4 150 RSo. Spring Valley, N.Y. (St. Joseph Regional)<br />
28 Justinian Mason FS 6-1 190 Sr. Mason, Ohio (Cincinnati St. Xavier)<br />
29 Anthony DeLuca CB 5-9 165 Fr. Longwood, Fla. (Lake Mary)<br />
30 Martel Williams OLB 6-0 205 Fr. Plantation, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas)<br />
31 Kyle Jordan OLB 5-11 200 Jr. Bernardsville, N.J. (Immaculata)<br />
32 Marcel Ngachie ILB 5-11 225 Fr. Silver Springs, Md. (Our Lady of Good Counsel)<br />
33 Christian Dorsey ILB 5-11 215 Jr. Montclair, N.J. (Montclair)<br />
34 Ryan Griffin ILB 6-0 215 Fr. Latham, N.Y. (Shaker)<br />
35 Mat LaDucer ILB 6-1 225 RSo. Wyckoff, N.J. (Ramapo)<br />
36 Neil Morrison S 5-11 195 Fr. Miramar, Fla. (Pembroke Pines Charter)<br />
37 Jonathan Martin P/PK 6-2 185 RFr. Delmar, N.Y. (Bethlehem Central)<br />
38 Karl Allison RB 5-6 175 RSo. Bay Shore, N.Y. (Bay Shore)<br />
39 Kenny Mathieu CB 5-10 190 Fr. East Greenbush, N.Y. (Columbia)<br />
40 Adegboyega Asanpaola CB 6-1 175 RFr. Hempstead, N.Y. (Holy Trinity)<br />
42 Pat O’Connor FB 6-3 215 RSo. Valley Cottage, N.Y. (St. Joseph Regional)<br />
44 Colin Cooper ILB 6-3 250 Jr. Geneva, N.Y. (Monmouth) (Geneva)<br />
45 Mike LaNoir OLB 6-3 215 Fr. Queensbury, N.Y. (Glens Falls)<br />
46 Christian Harris S 6-0 205 RFr. West Henrietta, N.Y. (Rush Henrietta)<br />
47 Parrish McKnight S 5-10 190 RFr. Webster, N.Y. (Webster Schroeder)<br />
48 Rayshan Clark S 6-0 180 RFr. Theresa, N.Y. (Indian River)<br />
49 Nic Ketter FB 6-4 210 RFr. Queensbury, N.Y. (Queensbury)<br />
51 Nate Hatalsky ILB 6-1 215 Fr. Mechanicville, N.Y. (Mechanicville)<br />
52 Joe Fasano DL 6-0 260 Sr. Franklin Square, N.Y. (Carey)<br />
53 Terrence Russell OLB 6-1 215 RFr. West Orange, N.J. (West Orange)<br />
54 Jake Dwyer ILB 6-2 220 Jr. Springboro, Ohio (Springboro)<br />
55 Ben Pagan DE 6-2 235 Fr. Hightstown, N.J. (Peddie School)<br />
56 Dan Naples DT 6-2 260 RFr. Branchburg, N.J. (Somerville)<br />
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)<br />
58 Cody Greenhagen ILB 6-0 220 RFr. Denville, N.J. (Morris Knolls)<br />
59 Andrew Smith DT 6-2 255 Sr. Wading River, N.Y. (Riverhead)<br />
60 Domenic LaFragola C 6-2 275 RFr. Little Egg Harbor, N.J. (Holy Spirit)<br />
62 James Sanchez OL 5-11 255 Sr. Washington Heights, N.Y. (Cardinal Hayes)<br />
63 Eric LaPorta C 6-2 250 Sr. Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (Yorktown)<br />
65 DaeSean Timmons DT 6-0 265 Fr. Baltimore, Md. (DeMatha Catholic)<br />
66 Wesley Sanon OL 6-3 270 RFr. Nyack, N.Y. (Rockland CC) (Nyack)<br />
67 Doug Draude OL 6-3 295 RSo. East Rockaway, N.Y. (East Rockaway)<br />
68 Dirk Weisenburger OT 6-6 270 RFr. Norwalk, Ohio (Norwalk)<br />
69 John Forster DL 6-4 240 RFr. Huntington, N.Y. (Huntington )<br />
70 Nick Nerolien OL 6-2 285 Fr. Roslindale, Mass. (Lexington)<br />
72 Adam Pasnik OL 6-3 270 RSo. Orchard Park, N.Y. (St. Francis Athol Springs)<br />
73 Chizi Mba OL 6-4 265 Fr. Union, N.J. (Union)<br />
74 Adam Wierbinski G 6-3 265 RFr. Camillus, N.Y. (West Genesee)<br />
75 Will Allen OL 6-6 295 Fr. Springhill, Fla. (Springstead)<br />
76 Kadeem Williams OT 6-7 310 Sr. Jersey City, N.J. (Hudson Catholic)<br />
77 Michael Senn OL 6-3 300 Fr. Orchard Park, N.Y. (Orchard Park)<br />
78 Matthew Campion OT 6-5 330 RFr. Stillwater, N.Y. (Stillwater)<br />
79 JP McCauley OT 6-4 290 Fr. Queensbury, N.Y. (Queensbury)<br />
80 Brian Parker TE 6-4 260 Jr. Henrietta, N.Y. (McQuaid Jesuit)<br />
81 Austin Weeks WR 6-1 172 Fr. Durham, N.C. (Hillside)<br />
82 Malachi Lawrence WR 6-3 170 Jr. Bronx, N.Y. (Nassau CC) (DeWitt Clinton)<br />
83 Devin Maio WR 5-10 170 RSo. Henrietta, N.Y. (Rush-Henrietta)<br />
85 Brad Harris WR 6-3 200 Fr. Orlando, Fla. (University)<br />
86 Cameron Lewis WR 5-9 175 RFr. Springfield, Va. (Robert E. Lee)<br />
87 Cole King WR 6-1 185 Jr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Henninger)<br />
88 Kalief Joyner TE 6-5 248 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Cheshire Academy)<br />
89 Kevin Malloy TE 6-5 240 RFr. East Northport, N.Y. (John H. Glenn)<br />
90 Tom Bradley DE 6-4 230 Sr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Solvay)<br />
91 Zach Troutman DL 6-3 265 RSo. New Providence, N.J. (New Providence)<br />
92 Michael Smith DT 6-3 225 RSo. Wading River, N.Y. (Riverhead)<br />
93 Jack Knecht DE 6-3 247 Fr. Haddonfield, N.J. (Haddonfield)<br />
94 Tim Kologrivov DT 6-0 265 Jr. Wyckoff, N.J. (Ramapo)<br />
95 Nick Cleveland DL 6-2 225 RFr. Niskayuna, N.Y. (Christian Brothers Academy)<br />
96 Jon McGriff DE 6-3 220 RFr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Christian Brothers Academy)<br />
97 Samuel Gray DT 6-5 265 Jr. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt)<br />
98 Zach Morton DE 6-5 225 Jr. Burnt Hills, N.Y. (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake)<br />
99 Cory Connell DL 6-2 245 RSo. Ramsey, N.J. (Ramsey)<br />
COACHING INFORMATION<br />
Head Coach............................................ Bob Ford (Springfield ‘59)<br />
Record at UAlbany.....................................256-167 (41st season)<br />
Career Record.........................................265-189-1 (45th season)<br />
Assistant Coaches<br />
Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator.......Ryan McCarthy<br />
Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs......................Drew Christ<br />
Inside Linebackers..................................................... Mike Simpson<br />
Offensive Line.................................................................Mike Morita<br />
Defensive Line...............................................................Bill Banagan<br />
Outside Linebackers..........................................................Don Mion<br />
Wide Receivers.............................................................. Aaron Smith<br />
Running Backs............................................................ Jamie Casullo<br />
Tight Ends.........................................................................Kevin Ross<br />
Cornerbacks.......................................................................Matt Scott<br />
Director of Football Operations.................................... Jeff Dittman<br />
Strength & Conditioning Coach................................Conor Hughes<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 13
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER<br />
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)<br />
75 Allen, Will OL 6-6 295 Fr. Springhill, Fla. (Springstead)<br />
38 Allison, Karl RB 5-6 175 RSo. Bay Shore, N.Y. (Bay Shore)<br />
40 Asanpaola, Adegboyega CB 6-1 175 RFr. Hempstead, N.Y. (Holy Trinity)<br />
19 Baylor, Brandon S 6-0 200 Jr. Washington D.C. (St. John’s College)<br />
24 Beach, Nick CB 5-11 175 RSo. Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek)<br />
27 Beauvais, Presley RB 5-4 150 RSo. Spring Valley, N.Y. (St. Joseph Regional)<br />
90 Bradley, Tom DE 6-4 230 Sr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Solvay)<br />
78 Campion, Matthew OT 6-5 330 RFr. Stillwater, N.Y. (Stillwater)<br />
9 Chillis, Kevin WR 5-9 175 Sr. Buffalo, N.Y. (McKinley)<br />
48 Clark, Rayshan S 6-0 180 RFr. Theresa, N.Y. (Indian River)<br />
95 Cleveland, Nick DL 6-2 225 RFr. Niskayuna, N.Y. (Christian Brothers Acad.)<br />
99 Connell, Cory DL 6-2 245 RSo. Ramsey, N.J. (Ramsey)<br />
44 Cooper, Colin ILB 6-3 250 Jr. Geneva, N.Y. (Monmouth) (Geneva)<br />
29 DeLuca, Anthony CB 5-9 165 Fr. Longwood, Fla. (Lake Mary)<br />
33 Dorsey, Christian ILB 5-11 215 Jr. Montclair, N.J. (Montclair)<br />
18 Downer, Kyle QB 6-3 220 Fr. Oak Hill, Va. (Oakton)<br />
67 Draude, Doug OL 6-3 295 RSo. East Rockaway, N.Y. (East Rockaway)<br />
54 Dwyer, Jake ILB 6-2 220 Jr. Springboro, Ohio (Springboro)<br />
6 Exantus, Randall CB 5-8 165 Sr. Greenlawn, N.Y. (Elwood-John Glenn)<br />
52 Fasano, Joe DL 6-0 260 Sr. Franklin Square, N.Y. (Carey)<br />
14 Fiacchi, Will QB 6-3 200 Jr. Marcellus, N.Y. (Marcellus)<br />
69 Forster, John DL 6-4 240 RFr. Huntington, N.Y. (Huntington )<br />
2 Gay, Jameel WR 5-11 165 Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Alonso)<br />
97 Gray, Samuel DT 6-5 265 Jr. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt)<br />
58 Greenhagen, Cody ILB 6-0 220 RFr. Denville, N.J. (Morris Knolls)<br />
34 Griffin, Ryan ILB 6-0 215 Fr. Latham, N.Y. (Shaker)<br />
85 Harris, Brad WR 6-3 200 Fr. Orlando, Fla. (University)<br />
46 Harris, Christian S 6-0 205 RFr. West Henrietta, N.Y. (Rush Henrietta)<br />
25 Harris, Clay CB 5-11 180 Jr. West Henrietta, N.Y. (Rush-Henrietta)<br />
51 Hatalsky, Nate ILB 6-1 215 Fr. Mechanicville, N.Y. (Mechanicville)<br />
21 Helmer, Alex OLB 6-1 210 Sr. Pompton Plains, N.J. (Pequannock Twnshp)<br />
1 Idowu, Olatunji S 5-10 190 Jr. Wexford, Pa. (North Allegheny)<br />
31 Jordan, Kyle OLB 5-11 200 Jr. Bernardsville, N.J. (Immaculata)<br />
16 Joseph, Ricky CB 5-10 170 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Thomas Jefferson)<br />
88 Joyner, Kalief TE 6-5 248 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Cheshire Academy)<br />
49 Ketter, Nic FB 6-4 210 RFr. Queensbury, N.Y. (Queensbury)<br />
87 King, Cole WR 6-1 185 Jr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Henninger)<br />
93 Knecht, Jack DE 6-3 247 Fr. Haddonfield, N.J. (Haddonfield)<br />
94 Kologrivov, Tim DT 6-0 265 Jr. Wyckoff, N.J. (Ramapo)<br />
35 LaDucer, Mat ILB 6-1 225 RSo. Wyckoff, N.J. (Ramapo)<br />
60 LaFragola, Domenic C 6-2 275 RFr. Little Egg Harbor, N.J. (Holy Spirit)<br />
45 LaNoir, Mike FB 6-3 215 Fr. Queensbury, N.Y. (Glens Falls)<br />
63 LaPorta, Eric C 6-2 250 Sr. Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (Yorktown)<br />
82 Lawrence, Malachi WR 6-3 170 Jr. Bronx, N.Y. (Nassau CC) (DeWitt Clinton)<br />
26 Lawrence, Power RB 5-11 185 RFr. Bloomfield, N.J. (Montclair Kimberly)<br />
86 Lewis, Cameron WR 5-9 175 RFr. Springfield, Va. (Robert E. Lee)<br />
83 Maio, Devon WR 5-10 170 RSo. Henrietta, N.Y. (Rush-Henrietta)<br />
89 Malloy, Kevin TE 6-5 240 RFr. East Northport, N.Y. (John H. Glenn)<br />
15 Maltz, Ian P/PK 5-10 165 Fr. Millstone Township, N.J. (The Hun School)<br />
20 Martin, Andre RB 5-10 215 Fr. Bristow, Va. (Gateway)<br />
37 Martin, Jonathan P/PK 6-2 185 RFr. Delmar, N.Y. (Bethlehem Central)<br />
28 Mason, Justinian FS 6-1 190 Sr. Mason, Ohio (Cincinnati St. Xavier)<br />
39 Mathieu, Kenny CB 5-10 190 Fr. East Greenbush, N.Y. (Columbia)<br />
73 Mba, Chizi OL 6-4 265 Fr. Union, N.J. (Union)<br />
17 Mbongue-Muna, Prosper OLB 6-3 225 Sr. Albany, N.Y. (Albany Academy)<br />
79 McCauley, JP OT 6-4 290 Fr. Queensbury, N.Y. (Queensbury)<br />
8 McClary, Jojo CB 5-8 160 So. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Saint Thomas Aquinas)<br />
96 McGriff, Jon DE 6-3 220 RFr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Christian Brothers Acad.)<br />
47 McKnight, Parrish S 5-10 190 RFr. Webster, N.Y. (Webster Schroeder)<br />
3 Meek, Jake WR 6-1 215 Jr. Penfield, N.Y. (Bishop Kearney)<br />
36 Morrison, Neil S 5-11 195 Fr. Miramar, Fla. (Pembroke Pines Charter)<br />
98 Morton, Zach DE 6-5 225 Jr. Burnt Hills, N.Y. (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake)<br />
56 Naples, Dan DT 6-2 260 RFr. Branchburg, N.J. (Somerville)<br />
70 Nerolien, Nick OL 6-2 285 Fr. Roslindale, Mass. (Lexington)<br />
32 Ngachie, Marcel ILB 5-11 225 Fr. Silver Springs, Md. (Our Lady of Good Counsel)<br />
11 Nicastro, Michael OLB 5-11 210 RFr. Clarksville, Md. (Our Lady of Good Counsel)<br />
42 O’Connor, Pat FB 6-3 215 RSo. Valley Cottage, N.Y. (St. Joseph Regional)<br />
13 O’Riordan, Tom P/PK 5-10 200 RSo. Stony Point, N.Y. (North Rockland)<br />
23 Osbourne, Omar TB 6-1 195 Jr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Bishop Ludden)<br />
55 Pagan, Ben DE 6-2 235 Fr. Hightstown, N.J. (Peddie School)<br />
80 Parker, Brian TE 6-4 260 Jr. Henrietta, N.Y. (McQuaid Jesuit)<br />
72 Pasnik, Adam OL 6-3 270 RSo. Orchard Park, N.Y. (St. Francis Athol Springs)<br />
22 Polk, Dorian CB 5-10 170 Jr. Lockport, N.Y. (Erie CC) (Lockport)<br />
53 Russell, Terrence OLB 6-1 215 RFr. West Orange, N.J. (West Orange)<br />
62 Sanchez, James OL 5-11 255 Sr. Washington Heights, N.Y. (Cardinal Hayes)<br />
66 Sanon, Wesley OL 6-3 270 RFr. Nyack, N.Y. (Rockland CC) (Nyack)<br />
77 Senn, Michael OL 6-3 300 Fr. Orchard Park, N.Y. (Orchard Park)<br />
59 Smith, Andrew DT 6-2 255 Sr. Wading River, N.Y. (Riverhead)<br />
92 Smith, Michael DT 6-3 225 RSo. Wading River, N.Y. (Riverhead)<br />
7 Smith, Ryan QB 6-2 205 So. Guilderland, N.Y. (Colgate) (Guilderland)<br />
12 Spelman, Ryan RB 6-1 215 RFr. Monroe, N.Y. (Monroe-Woodbury)<br />
10 Sweeney, Shane QB 6-1 210 Fr. Phelps, N.Y. (Geneva)<br />
65 Timmons, DaeSean DT 6-0 265 Fr. Baltimore, Md. (DeMatha Catholic)<br />
91 Troutman, Zach DL 6-3 265 RSo. New Providence, N.J. (New Providence)<br />
81 Weeks, Austin WR 6-1 172 Fr. Durham, N.C. (Hillside)<br />
68 Weisenburger, Dirk OT 6-6 270 RFr. Norwalk, Ohio (Norwalk)<br />
74 Wierbinski, Adam G 6-3 265 RFr. Camillus, N.Y. (West Genesee)<br />
4 Wiggins, Rhakeem WR 5-10 175 Sr. Cheektowaga, N.Y. (Cleveland Hill)<br />
76 Williams, Kadeem OT 6-7 310 Sr. Jersey City, N.J. (Hudson Catholic)<br />
30 Williams, Martel OLB 6-0 205 Fr. Plantation, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas)<br />
5 Wilson, Tramaine FS 5-10 190 Sr. Staten Island, N.Y. (Tottenville)<br />
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE<br />
Adegboyega Asanpaola.... ah-DAY-boy-YAY-gah; Ah-SHAHN-PAH-o-la<br />
Presley Beauvais............................................................................. bo-VAY<br />
Doug Draude.............................................................................. DRAW-dee<br />
Randall Exantus................................................................... ex-ZAN-toose<br />
Joe Fasano................................................................................fuh-SAH-no<br />
Will Fiacchi.................................................................................fee-AH-kee<br />
TJ Idowu.................................................................................... E-DAH-wu<br />
Matt LaDucer............................................................................. la-DEW-sir<br />
Domenic LaFragola.......................................................... LAH-frah-GO-la<br />
Mike LaNoir...................................................................................la-NORE<br />
Jack Knecht.............................................................sounds like “connect”<br />
Tim Kologrivov............................................................... ko-low-GREE-vov<br />
Devin Maio.........................................................................................MAY-o<br />
Chizi Mba ..................................................................... chee-zee; em-BAH<br />
Prosper Mbongue-Muna.............................................MUN-gay, MOO-na<br />
Marcel Ngachie .................................................................. na-GAH-chee<br />
Adam Pasnik................................................................................. PAZ-nick<br />
Adam Wierbinski................................................................ weer-BIN-skee<br />
Rhakeem Wiggins...................................................................... rah-KEEM<br />
Coach Casullo........................................................................ kuh-SUE-low<br />
Coach Mion........................................................................................MY-on<br />
Coach Morita........................................................................ moore-EE-tah<br />
14<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL
HEAD COACH BOB FORD<br />
“The Architect of UAlbany Football”<br />
The architect of the<br />
University at Albany football<br />
program, Bob Ford has<br />
established a solid reputation<br />
with his positive<br />
attitude and a coaching<br />
philosophy that instills loyalty<br />
among each member<br />
of his team and staff.<br />
Ford, who has been<br />
UAlbany’s only head coach<br />
since the program was<br />
reinstated after a 46-year<br />
absence, was appointed<br />
on April 27, 1970. Since<br />
then, he has compiled a<br />
41-season varsity record<br />
of 256-167 as the Great<br />
Dane mentor, while his<br />
265 career victories rank<br />
first among active NCAA<br />
Division I college football head coaches. His UAlbany teams own a 98-67<br />
mark as a Division I FCS program.<br />
Announcing that he will retire at the end of the 2013 season, Ford (265-<br />
189-1) will carry the Great Danes through UAlbany’s 41st varsity season,<br />
the program’s first year in the Colonial Athletic Association, and the first<br />
season at Bob Ford Field -- UAlbany’s brand new $19 million stadium.<br />
In 2012, the Great Danes closed a 14-season chapter as an associate<br />
member of the Northeast Conference, compiling a 78-24 record in the tenure.<br />
In their last season competing in the NEC, Ford piloted UAlbany to its<br />
sixth Northeast Conference title with a 9-2 overall record and 7-1 league<br />
mark. The Great Danes ranked as high as No. 18 in the FCS Coaches Poll<br />
and No. 20 in the Sports Network Top-25, and tied the program’s Division<br />
I record for wins in a season. In addition, nine Great Danes earned All-<br />
NEC honors, including six first-teamers. Senior Ryan Kirchner finished<br />
his career as UAlbany’s all-time leading receiver with 172 career catches,<br />
while tailback Drew Smith closed his career as the program’s all-time<br />
leading point scorer (270), touchdown scorer (45), and tied for most rushing<br />
touchdowns scored (40).<br />
During the 2011 season, Coach Ford recorded his 250th career victory<br />
with a 38-10 win over Northeast Conference rival Duquesne, and was<br />
named the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year for the fourth time.<br />
Ford led the program to its first NCAA FCS postseason appearance, its<br />
first NCAA appearance in football since 1977, taking on Stony Brook in<br />
the first round of the FCS Playoffs. The Great Danes earned a share of<br />
their fifth Northeast Conference championship with 31-21 victory over<br />
Sacred Heart, and reached the eight-win plateau for the fourth time as<br />
a NCAA Division I FCS program. UAlbany placed eleven players on the<br />
2011 All-Northeast Conference squad, led by defensive end Eddie Delaney,<br />
who was just the second UAlbany defensive lineman to be recognized on<br />
three occasions during a career.<br />
The squad finished up the 2011 season ranked on two national polls,<br />
and was receiving votes in a third. The Great Danes were voted 23rd in<br />
the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches’ Poll, and 21st in the Any<br />
Given Saturday FCS Poll. UAlbany was also receiving votes in the Sports<br />
Network Media Poll.<br />
The Great Danes, who went 6-5 overall in 2010, established a school<br />
record with their fifth consecutive winning campaign. UAlbany posted<br />
a 7-4 record and finished second in the Northeast Conference standings<br />
the previous season. UAlbany also defeated No. 20 Maine, 20-16, the first<br />
victory over a national top-20 opponent since the 2006 season.<br />
In 2008, The Great Danes put together their second consecutive<br />
championship season with a NEC crown and a victory over Jacksonville<br />
in the Gridrion Classic. Ford’s squad became the first NEC program to<br />
win the Gridiron postseason game. UAlbany finished with a 9-3 record,<br />
the most victories in a Division I FCS campaign. Ford, who was voted<br />
NEC coach of the year for the third time, led UAlbany to an undefeated<br />
league season for the second straight year. Tailback David McCarty, the<br />
school’s career rushing leader, and offensive tackle Raphael Nguti were<br />
both chosen as All-Americans.<br />
UAlbany also won the NEC championship in 2007, when Ford was<br />
named the conference’s top coach. The Great Danes made their fifth postseason<br />
appearance in team history when they played Dayton for the FCS<br />
mid-major national title in the Gridiron Classic. UAlbany posted an 8-4<br />
record, including a perfect 6-0 mark against league opposition.<br />
Ford, who was honored at the 69th annual Maxwell Awards for recording<br />
his 200th career win at UAlbany on Nov. 5, 2005, has produced 12<br />
All-America players and 137 all-conference selections at the FCS level. Nguti<br />
became the fourth Great Dane to be selected to the AFCA FCS All-America<br />
first team in 2008, joining J.T. Herfurth (2000), Geir Gudmundsen (2004)<br />
and Colin Disch (2006).<br />
In 2003, UAlbany shared its second consecutive Northeast Conference<br />
crown by finishing in a tie for first place in the conference standings with<br />
a 7-4 overall mark. The Great Danes were fourth among the FCS Division I<br />
leaders in rushing, while tailback Gary Jones was named to the Associated<br />
Press All-America Team for the second time in his career.<br />
The Great Danes put together one of their most celebrated seasons in<br />
2002 by winning the program’s first-ever Northeast Conference title and<br />
capping the year with a 24-0 upset of previously unbeaten Duquesne in<br />
the ECAC Division I-AA Football Classic. Ford, who directed his team to<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 15
THE COACH FORD FILE<br />
EDUCATION<br />
Wachusett Regional High School, Holden, Mass.<br />
Springfield College, B.S. in physical education, 1959<br />
St. Lawrence University, M.S. in educational admin, 1960<br />
Springfield College, Pe. D. in physical education, 1970<br />
ATHLETIC BACKGROUND<br />
Wachusett Regional H.S.: Football, Basketball, Baseball<br />
Springfield: Football<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Birthdate: September 11, 1937<br />
Hometown: Holden, Mass.<br />
Wife: Donna<br />
Children: Sherri Lee<br />
Grandchildren: Aiden, Kyra<br />
an 8-4 record, was named the NEC Coach of the Year. UAlbany placed 14 players on<br />
the all-conference squad.<br />
Ford, who has served as president of the American Football Coaches Association,<br />
marched UAlbany to a 7-2 record in its inaugural campaign as a Division I-AA<br />
program in 1999. The Great Danes garnered seven wins in 2001, and finished among<br />
the conference’s top teams for the third straight year.<br />
As a Division II program, Ford led the Great Danes to their second consecutive<br />
Eastern Football Conference championship, an EFC Atlantic Division title, and a 10-1<br />
record in 1998. He was named the conference’s coach of the year for the second straight<br />
season. Ford also received the Gordon White-Herschel Nissenson Division II Coach of<br />
the Year Award by the Metropolitan New York Football Writers Association.<br />
Ford coached his 1997 team to a school-record 11-1 mark and an EFC championship.<br />
For his efforts, he was named the Football Gazette Division II non-scholarship<br />
national Coach of the Year, and voted the top Region I coach by GTE and the American<br />
Football Coaches Association.<br />
At one time, Ford was the youngest head football coach in the nation, when the<br />
26-year-old took over the reins at St. Lawrence University in 1965. In his first season,<br />
he guided the Saints to an Independent Collegiate Athletic Conference (ICAC) title.<br />
He arrived in the Capital Region five years later to start the first gridiron squad at the<br />
University since 1924.<br />
After three seasons at the club level, the program was upgraded to varsity status<br />
in 1973, and finished with a 7-2 record. One year later, the Great Danes completed the<br />
school’s only undefeated season with a 9-0 mark.<br />
Ford’s 1977 team earned a NCAA Division III playoff berth. After a season-opening<br />
loss, the Great Danes rebounded with nine consecutive victories. UAlbany defeated<br />
Hampden-Sydney in a thrilling 51-45 contest to begin the postseason before losing to<br />
eventual national champion Widener in the semifinals.<br />
In 1978, Coach Ford’s mystique grew before a national audience on ABC television.<br />
His last-minute addition of a field goal kicker direct from the soccer team paid off in a<br />
COACHING HISTORY<br />
1959 St. Lawrence Univ. Runnings Backs, Secondary<br />
1960 Albright College Secondary, Offensive Backs<br />
1961 Albright College Secondary, Offensive Backs<br />
1962 Albright College Secondary, Offensive Backs<br />
1963 Albright College Secondary, Offensive Backs<br />
1964 Springfield College Secondary<br />
1965 St. Lawrence University Head Coach (4-4)<br />
1966 St. Lawrence University Head Coach (2-6)<br />
1967 St. Lawrence University Head Coach (1-6-1)<br />
1968 St. Lawrence University Head Coach (2-6)<br />
1969 Springfield College Defensive Coordinator<br />
1970* University at Albany Head Coach (2-4)<br />
1971* University at Albany Head Coach (4-4)<br />
1972* University at Albany Head Coach (6-1-1)<br />
1973 University at Albany Head Coach (7-2)<br />
1974 University at Albany Head Coach (9-0)<br />
1975 University at Albany Head Coach (7-2)<br />
1976 University at Albany Head Coach (4-5)<br />
1977 University at Albany Head Coach (9-2)<br />
1978 University at Albany Head Coach (7-3)<br />
1979 University at Albany Head Coach (6-3)<br />
1980 University at Albany Head Coach (5-5)<br />
1981 University at Albany Head Coach (7-3)<br />
1982 University at Albany Head Coach (6-3)<br />
1983 University at Albany Head Coach (3-7)<br />
1984 University at Albany Head Coach (5-5)<br />
1985 University at Albany Head Coach (9-2)<br />
1986 University at Albany Head Coach (4-6)<br />
1987 University at Albany Head Coach (5-5)<br />
1988 University at Albany Head Coach (5-5)<br />
1989 University at Albany Head Coach (5-4)<br />
1990 University at Albany Head Coach (3-7)<br />
1991 University at Albany Head Coach (5-5)<br />
1992 University at Albany Head Coach (6-4)<br />
1993 University at Albany Head Coach (6-4)<br />
1994 University at Albany Head Coach (4-6)<br />
1995 University at Albany Head Coach (3-7)<br />
1996 University at Albany Head Coach (7-3)<br />
1997 University at Albany Head Coach (11-1)<br />
(Eastern Football Conference Champion)<br />
1998 University at Albany Head Coach (10-1)<br />
(Eastern Football Conference Champion)<br />
1999 University at Albany Head Coach (7-2)<br />
2000 University at Albany Head Coach (5-6)<br />
2001 University at Albany Head Coach (7-3)<br />
2002 University at Albany Head Coach (8-4)<br />
(Northeast Conference Champion)<br />
2003 University at Albany Head Coach (7-4)<br />
(Northeast Conference Co-Champion)<br />
2004 University at Albany Head Coach (4-7)<br />
2005 University at Albany Head Coach (5-6)<br />
2006 University at Albany Head Coach (7-4)<br />
2007 University at Albany Head Coach (8-4)<br />
(Northeast Conference Champion)<br />
2008 University at Albany Head Coach (9-3)<br />
(Northeast Conference Champion)<br />
2009 University at Albany Head Coach (7-4)<br />
2010 University at Albany Head Coach (6-5)<br />
2011 University at Albany Head Coach (8-4)<br />
(Northeast Conference Co-Champion)<br />
2012 University at Albany Head Coach (9-2)<br />
(Northeast Conference Co-Champion)<br />
*club teams<br />
16<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL
victory over third-ranked Ithaca. Dario Arango kicked a 45-yard field goal<br />
in the last two minutes to provide a 9-6 victory.<br />
In 1985, the Great Danes rallied from a three-touchdown deficit for a<br />
33-21 victory over Plymouth State and the Eastern College Athletic Conference<br />
(ECAC) North championship. The ‘85 team, which produced one<br />
of the greatest comebacks in Ford’s coaching career, boasted offensive<br />
and defensive units which were nationally ranked, and supported by five<br />
Pizza Hut and one Associated Press All-America players.<br />
UAlbany’s football program is also known for the high standards<br />
required of its coaching staff. Ford’s “coaching factory” has allowed many<br />
of his assistants to earn their master’s degrees while working at the collegiate<br />
level. According to a recent review, more than 100 coaches, who have<br />
started their careers under Ford’s tutelage, are currently employed with<br />
60 different high schools, colleges, and professional teams from around<br />
the nation and the world.<br />
A starting quarterback in his senior year at Springfield College in<br />
Massachusetts, Ford was given the “Greatest Desire to Improve” Award<br />
by the school’s athletic department. He received an undergraduate degree<br />
in physical education from Springfield in 1959, and later would earn his<br />
doctorate from the College in the same discipline. He gained a master’s<br />
degree from St. Lawrence in educational administration in 1960.<br />
Ford’s first coaching opportunity came as an assistant at St. Lawrence<br />
in the fall of 1959. He then moved to Albright College in Pennsylvania as<br />
an assistant for four seasons, where he coached the secondary and offensive<br />
backfield, and was part of a program which produced a 21-game<br />
winning streak.<br />
At Albright College, Ford also coached the wrestling and golf teams.<br />
He returned to Springfield in 1964 as a secondary coach, and later was<br />
named defensive coordinator at his alma mater in 1969.<br />
Beginning in 1977, Ford was UAlbany’s director of athletics for five<br />
years. During that time, he managed a program which sponsored 25 varsity<br />
sports for men and women.<br />
A 1986 inductee into the Wachusett Regional High School Hall of<br />
Fame and a 2012 inductee into the Springfield College Hall of Fame, Ford<br />
is presently active in the National Football Foundation & Hall of Fame, and<br />
serves as vice president of the NFFCHF’s Capital District Chapter. He was<br />
honored by that organization in 2000 with its Service to Football Award.<br />
Ford, 75, has been a member of the American Football Coaches<br />
Association’s Board of Trustees since 1994, and presently is serving on<br />
the AFCA’s Division I FCS All-America Team Selection Committee. Ford<br />
received the New York State Athletic Administrators Distinguished Service<br />
Award in 2005.<br />
In August of 2010, Ford was recognized by the National Football<br />
Foundation Capital District Hall of Fame with its Service to Football Award.<br />
Ford was previously presented by the UAlbany Alumni Association with<br />
its Citizen of the University Award in 2007 which recognizes outstanding<br />
contributions to the University by a non-alumnus or alumna through leadership,<br />
service or a special gift.<br />
Ford and his wife, Donna, reside in the Capital Region.<br />
He has a daughter,<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 17
COACH FORD BY THE NUMBERS<br />
860<br />
446<br />
265<br />
256<br />
98<br />
54<br />
43<br />
...letterwinning athletes coached by Bob<br />
COACH FORD’S MILESTONE WINS (OVERALL)<br />
Ford at UAlbany since 1973. No. Opponent Date Score<br />
...games coached at UAlbany. Coach Ford<br />
led the Great Danes to a 12-9-1 record at<br />
the club level, before going 256-167 at the<br />
varsity level.<br />
...wins in Fords’ head coaching career.<br />
Coach Ford led St. Lawrence to nine<br />
victories during his four-year tenure before<br />
recording...<br />
...wins in 40 completed varsity seasons at<br />
UAlbany.<br />
...Division I FCS wins. After taking UAlbany<br />
from a club team, to Division III, to Division<br />
II, Coach Ford led the Danes into the Division<br />
I FCS era in 1999.<br />
...years of college football coaching<br />
experience. Ford began his coaching career<br />
in 1959 as the running backs coach at St.<br />
Lawrence. After a four-year stint at Albright<br />
and a year at Springfield, Ford earned his<br />
first head coaching position at St. Lawrence<br />
at the age of 26. Five years later, he set foot<br />
on the UAlbany campus.<br />
...completed seasons at UAlbany. Ford began<br />
his tenure at UAlbany in 1970, heading the<br />
Great Danes’ club team for three seasons<br />
before turning to a Division III varsity<br />
program in 1973.<br />
50 at Cortland Oct. 28, 1978 41-31<br />
100 at Rensselaer Oct. 3, 1987 30-17<br />
150 vs. Merrimack Oct. 4, 1997 42-3<br />
200 at Wagner Nov. 11, 2003 28-7<br />
225 at Central Conn. Nov. 17, 2007 49-14<br />
250 vs. Duquesne Oct. 8, 2011 38-10<br />
40<br />
14<br />
10<br />
4<br />
1<br />
...completed varsity seasons at UAlbany.<br />
Starting at the DIII level in ‘73, Ford took the<br />
progam to DII in ‘95, and DI in ‘99.<br />
In 14 seasons in the Northeast Conference,<br />
UAlbany won six NEC titles with 78 total<br />
wins in league play. UAlbany enters its first<br />
season in the Colonial Athletic Association<br />
in 2013.<br />
...UAlbany players have inked NFL deals<br />
under Coach Ford’s watch, including Drew<br />
Smith and Jon Morgan, who signed free<br />
agent contracts with the Buffalo Bills and<br />
Detroit Lions, respectively, in 2013.<br />
...NEC Coach of the Year honors. Ford earned<br />
the conference honor in 2011, 2008, 2007, and<br />
2002.<br />
Bob Ford ranks first among active NCAA<br />
Division I coaches with 265 career victories<br />
and is the longest active tenured coach in all<br />
of college football. He also ranks fourth on the<br />
all-time FCS wins chart.<br />
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL
DUQUESNE 35, UALBANY 24<br />
Saturday, August 31, 2013 / Pittsburgh, Pa. / Week 1<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
UAlbany 3 7 7 7 24<br />
Duquesne 9 7 16 3 35<br />
ALBANY DUQ<br />
FIRST DOWNS 20 17<br />
Rushing 4 4<br />
Passing 15 11<br />
Penalty 1 2<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 67 89<br />
Rushing Attempts 30 38<br />
Average Per Rush 2.2 2.3<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 1 2<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 97 125<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 30 36<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 354 309<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 28-47-2 21-28-0<br />
Average Per Attempt 7.5 11.0<br />
Average Per Completion 12.6 14.7<br />
Passing Touchdowns 2 2<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 421 398<br />
Total offense plays 77 66<br />
Average Gain Per Play 5.5 6.0<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 9-80 4-29<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 4-195 7-233<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 48.8 33.3<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 49.0 32.6<br />
Inside 20 2 3<br />
50+ Yards 2 0<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Fair catch 1 1<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-313 7-435<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 52.2 62.1<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 39.2 40.9<br />
Touchbacks 0 3<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-5-0 1--1-0<br />
Average Per Return 5.0 -1.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-74-0 6-78-0<br />
Average Per Return 18.5 13.0<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-25-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 28:06 31:54<br />
1st Quarter 7:55 7:05<br />
2nd Quarter 7:48 7:12<br />
3rd Quarter 4:20 10:40<br />
4th Quarter 8:03 6:57<br />
Third-Down Conversions 4 of 14 6 of 16<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 4 1 of 1<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 3-3<br />
Touchdowns 1-1 1-3<br />
Field goals 0-1 2-3<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-23 1-5<br />
PAT Kicks 3-3 3-4<br />
Field Goals 1-1 2-2<br />
RUSHING: Albany-Osbourne, Omar 21-79; Meek, Jake<br />
1-8; Beauvais, P. 1-2; Fiacchi, Will 4-minus 2; King, Cole<br />
1-minus 7; Chillis, Kevin 2-minus 13.<br />
Duquesne-HO, Ryan 23-76; JOHNSON, Juan 2-7; FLECK,<br />
Aaron 1-7; DOUGLAS, Jason 3-6; RAWLINS, Chavas 1-3;<br />
Team 1-minus 2; BUECHEL, Dillon 7-minus 8.<br />
PASSING: Albany-Fiacchi, Will 27-45-1-346; Smith, Ryan 1-2-1-8. Duquesne-BUECHEL, Dillon 21-28-0-309.<br />
PITTSBURGH - It was an uphill climb throughout Saturday afternoon’s season-opener at Rooney Field for<br />
the University at Albany football team, as the Great Danes fell to Duquesne University, 35-24. UAlbany<br />
never led in the non-conference clash, falling to 0-1 on the season.<br />
The Great Danes totaled 421 yards of offense, including 354 passing yards. Junior quarterback Will Fiacchi<br />
completed a program record 27-of-45 passes with one interception and two touchdown tosses to senior<br />
Kevin Chillis. Chillis logged a team-high nine receptions, while Presley Beauvais (41 yards) and Cole King<br />
(31 yards) each had four. Jameel Gay (64 yards) and Omar Osbourne (16) had three apiece.<br />
On the ground, Osbourne carried the ball 21 times for a total of 79 yards and one touchdown.<br />
Defensively, Alex Helmer’s career-high 11 tackles, including eight unassisted, led the Danes. Michael Nicastro<br />
also stood out with seven tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and 1.5 sacks, while Andrew Smith also had 1.5 sacks and<br />
two tackles for a loss.<br />
While UAlbany’s kicking game was an area of concern coming into the contest, punter Jonathan Martin and<br />
kicker Tom O’Riordan served as a highlight. Martin punted four times, averaging 48.8 yards, including two over<br />
50-yards and two that pinned the Dukes within the 20-yard line. Also making his debut donning purple and gold,<br />
O’Riordan was 1-for-1 for field goals and 3-for-3 for point-after attempts.<br />
With the Dukes winning the opening toss, the Great Danes set up to receive the 2013 season kickoff. The ball<br />
sailed into the end zone, and after a slight hesitation, Chillis carried the ball out, but was brought down at the 13-<br />
yard line. The Danes tried to rush it out of dangerous territory, but Duquesne’s Aaron Reed and the defensive line<br />
suffocated the run, resulting in a safety with just 19 ticks off the clock.<br />
With a 2-0 lead, the Dukes added a touchdown with 9:35 remaining in the first quarter, led by freshman quarterback<br />
Dillon Buechel. Buechel completed three consecutive passes, including an 81-yarder to Dave Thomas, putting<br />
the Dukes on the 2-yard line. Running back Ryan Ho took two attempts, but pushed his way across the goal line,<br />
giving Duquesne a 9-0 head start.<br />
After each squad punted away, the Great Danes put together their first scoring drive of the season. UAlbany<br />
started its 10-play, 28-yard drive on the 50-yard line after forcing the Dukes to punt out of their end zone. The drive<br />
featured an eight-yard first down rush by quarterback Will Fiacchi, an 11-yard pass to Chillis, and a three-yard rush<br />
by Osbourne, setting up O’Riordan’s 39-yard field goal with 2:09 remaining in the opening quarter.<br />
The Dukes answered back with 3:45 left in the half, as Ho capped an eight-play, 74-yard drive with a 25-yard<br />
scamper into the end zone.<br />
Trailing 16-3, the Great Danes cut the deficit to six with a successful hurried final drive in the closing 1:26 of the<br />
half. Starting on their own 33-yard line, Fiacchi connected an 11-yard pass to Chillis, a 21-yard pass to Cole King,<br />
and a drive-capping 35-yard touchdown pass back to Chillis, making the score 16-10 at the break.<br />
Out of the locker rooms, the start of the second half belonged to the home team, as Duquesne marched down<br />
the gridiron with an opening nine-play, 78-yard drive. On the final play, Sean Brady made a spectacular one-handed<br />
catch at the goal line (27-yards), giving Duquesne a 23-10 lead with 11:03 to go in the third.<br />
The Dukes quickly took possession of the football again after Sam Martello sacked Fiacchi and forced a fumble.<br />
One play later, Buechel threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Gianni Carter, stretching the margin to 19 points, 29-10.<br />
However, the Great Danes battled back immediately with a five-play drive, featuring a 28-yard scamper by<br />
Beauvais, and back-to-back completed passes to Chillis. The second was a 35-yard touchdown reception, making<br />
the score 29-17 with 7:56 remaining in the third quarter.<br />
On their next drive, Duquesne settled with a 30-yard field goal with 4:35 to go in the quarter.<br />
With time becoming a factor for the Great Danes in the final quarter, UAlbany cut the deficit to eight points, 32-<br />
24, with 6:33 remaining. The 10-play, 44-yard drive was capped by Osbourne’s two-yard push across the goal line.<br />
The Danes’ defense stepped up to the challenge and forced the Dukes to punt with nearly 3:00 minutes remaining<br />
in the ball game. Taking over on the eight-yard line after a well-placed boot by Aaron Fleck, Osbourne rushed<br />
12-yards for a first down. However, after three incomplete passes, the Great Danes’ winning shot came down to 4th<br />
down. With a great deal of pressure coming from the line of scrimmage, Fiacchi’s pass up the middle was picked off<br />
by Rich Piekarski and returned 25-yards to the 10-yard line.<br />
With 1:04 on the clock, Duquesne clinched the victory with Crimmins’ 22-yard field goal, making the final score,<br />
35-24.<br />
Buechel finished the game 21-for-28, totaling 309 passing yards and two touchdowns. Receivers Carter (103<br />
yards) and Thomas (107 yards) both broke the 100-yard barrier to lead the Dukes, while Ho totaled 76 rushing yards<br />
and two touchdowns with 23 carries.<br />
The Great Danes now have a 5-2 all-time record against the Dukes.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
1st 14:48 DUQ REED, Aaron safety 0 - 2<br />
09:35 DUQ HO, Ryan 1 yd run (CRIMMINS, A kick) 5-90, 2:16 0 - 9<br />
02:09 ALB O’Riordan, Tom 39 yd field goal 10-28, 3:59 3 - 9<br />
2nd 03:45 DUQ HO, Ryan 25 yd run (CRIMMINS, A kick) 8-74 yards, 3:24 3 - 16<br />
00:22 ALB Chillis, Kevin 35 yd pass from Fiacchi, Will (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 5-67, 1:04 10 - 16<br />
3rd 11:03 DUQ BRADY, Sean 27 yd pass from BUECHEL, Dillon (CRIMMINS, A kick) 9-78, 3:48 10 - 23<br />
10:03 DUQ CARTER, Gianni 29 yd pass from BUECHEL, D. (CRIMMINS, A kick failed) 1-29, :08 10 - 29<br />
07:56 ALB Chillis, Kevin 35 yd pass from Fiacchi, Will (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 5-75, 2:07 17 - 29<br />
04:35 DUQ CRIMMINS, A 30 yd field goal 8-57, 3:15 17 - 32<br />
4th 06:33 ALB Osbourne, Omar 2 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 10-44, 3:22 24 - 32<br />
01:04 DUQ CRIMMINS, A 22 yd field goal 4-5, 1:07 24 - 35<br />
Attendance: 2,001 Kickoff time: 12:10 PM End of Game: 3:00 PM Total elapsed time: 2:50<br />
RECEIVING: Albany-Chillis, Kevin 9-135; Beauvais, P. 4-41; King, Cole 4-31; Gay, Jameel 3-64; Osbourne, Omar 3-16; Malloy, Kevin 2-31; Lewis, Cameron 2-18; Lawrence,<br />
M. 1-18. Duquesne-CARTER, Gianni 6-103; THOMAS, Dave 5-107; BRADY, Sean 4-60; KING, Chris 2-12; ENRIGHT, Kevin 1-13; POMMERER, Brian 1-7; RAWLINS,<br />
Chavas 1-4; ODUHO, Noel 1-3.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: Albany-None. Duquesne-PIEKARSKI, Rich 2-25.<br />
FUMBLES: Albany-Fiacchi, Will 1-1. Duquesne-None.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): Albany-Smith, Andrew 1-1; Nicastro, M. 1-1. Duquesne-MARTELLO, Sam 1-0.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): Albany-Helmer, Alex 8-3; Nicastro, M. 6-1; Idowu, Olatunji 4-1. Duquesne-REED, Aaron 5-4; KUNTZ, C 2-5; EILAND.Reggie 2-4.<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 19
UALBANY 37, COLGATE 34<br />
Saturday, September 7, 2013 / Hamilton, N.Y. / Week 2<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
UAlbany 10 14 6 7 37<br />
Colgate 7 7 6 14 34<br />
ALBANY COLG.<br />
FIRST DOWNS 22 28<br />
Rushing 15 13<br />
Passing 7 15<br />
Penalty 0 0<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 338 283<br />
Rushing Attempts 47 45<br />
Average Per Rush 7.2 6.3<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 4 4<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 341 297<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 3 14<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 180 303<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 13-24-1 25-31-1<br />
Average Per Attempt 7.5 9.8<br />
Average Per Completion 13.8 12.1<br />
Passing Touchdowns 1 1<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 518 586<br />
Total offense plays 71 76<br />
Average Gain Per Play 7.3 7.7<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-3<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 6-35 4-26<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 4-163 3-114<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 40.8 38.0<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 37.5 38.0<br />
Inside 20 0 2<br />
50+ Yards 0 0<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Fair catch 2 1<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-389 6-316<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 55.6 52.7<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 38.6 26.8<br />
Touchbacks 0 3<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-13-0<br />
Average Per Return 0.0 6.5<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-80-0 7-119-0<br />
Average Per Return 20.0 17.0<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-4-0 1-7-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 28:17 31:36<br />
1st Quarter 6:32 8:28<br />
2nd Quarter 6:09 8:51<br />
3rd Quarter 7:18 7:35<br />
4th Quarter 8:18 6:42<br />
Third-Down Conversions 6 of 13 8 of 12<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 1<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-6<br />
Touchdowns 3-4 4-6<br />
Field goals 1-4 0-6<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-9 0-0<br />
PAT Kicks 4-5 4-4<br />
Field Goals 1-1 0-0<br />
RUSHING: Albany-Osbourne, Omar 35-252; Beauvais,<br />
Presley 6-59; Meek, Jake 4-27; Fiacchi, Will 1-0; TEAM<br />
1-0. Colgate-McCarney, Gavin 14-95; Wilkins, John<br />
11-76; Russell, D. 15-60; DeCicco, Jimmy 3-50; Pavalko,<br />
Ed 2-2.<br />
PASSING: Albany-Fiacchi, Will 13-24-1-180. Colgate-McCarney, Gavin 25-31-1-303.<br />
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Using Omar Osbourne’s historic running performance and a few key defensive plays,<br />
the University at Albany football team overcame the hosting Colgate University Raiders, 37-34, Saturday<br />
night at Andy Kerr Stadium. With the victory, the Great Danes improve to 1-1 on the season, while the<br />
Raiders fall to 0-2.<br />
The biggest defensive play of the game came with 4:26 remaining in the ball game. Colgate faced<br />
fourth-and-goal on the one-yard line, trailing by three, 30-27, and chose to take a gamble. Going for it with<br />
a run play, the Great Danes’ defensive line suffocated the attempt and gave UAlbany possession on a turnover<br />
of downs.<br />
The Danes then drove 99-yards down the gridiron on the back of Osbourne’s four carries, including a 36-yarder,<br />
as well as Presley Beauvais’ drive-capping 45-yard touchdown scamper. With Tom O’Riordan’s point-after attempt<br />
sailing through the uprights, the Great Danes held a 37-27 lead with 1:34 remaining.<br />
While Colgate did answer with a touchdown of their own with 18 seconds remaining, UAlbany handled the onsides<br />
kick with ease, securing their first win of the 2013 season.<br />
Topping his career-high in the first half alone, junior running back Omar Osbourne rushed for 252 yards with 35<br />
carries, marking the third-best rushing performance in program history. Osbourne also crossed the goal line twice<br />
and totaled 260 all-purpose yards.<br />
Beauvais totaled 59 yards with six carries, while wildcat quarterback Jake Meek rushed the ball four times,<br />
totaling 27 yards.<br />
Senior wide receiver Kevin Chillis also racked up the yards, recording his second straight 100+ receiving game,<br />
connecting with Will Fiacchi five times for 112 yards and a touchdown.<br />
Fiacchi totaled 180 passing yards, completing 13-of-24 attempts with just one interception.<br />
Defensively, junior Christian Dorsey finished with a career-high 12 tackles, including nine unassisted, as well<br />
as forced a fumble. TJ Idowu and Cody Greenhagen both tallied seven tackles, while Clay Harris brought down six,<br />
and Alex Helmer tackled five, including a sack for a loss of nine yards.<br />
After falling behind early in the season-opener at Duquesne a week ago, the Great Danes responded with a<br />
quick spark versus Colgate. On the very first play after kickoff, Tramaine Wilson picked off Gavin McCarney’s pass,<br />
immediately putting momentum in the Danes’ favor.<br />
Four rushing plays later, UAlbany took its first lead of the season, 7-0, on Osbourne’s five-yard touchdown rush<br />
and O’Riordan’s kick.<br />
On the next drive, Colgate marched 72 yards down the field on eight plays and looked to tie it up. However,<br />
McCarney tried to stretch the ball one-handed across the goal line, the ball knocked loose, and rolled out of the end<br />
zone, handing UAlbany possession with a touchback.<br />
The Great Danes took advantage, using 13 plays to set up O’Riordan’s 32-yard field goal for a 10-0 lead with 5:00<br />
minutes remaining in the first quarter.<br />
The defending Patriot League champions responded with their first points of the game, capping an eight-play,<br />
80-yard drive with John Wilkins’ one-yard touchdown rush with 1:02 left in the opening stanza.<br />
Holding a steady upper hand throughout the first half, UAlbany answered back with 14 straight points, sparked<br />
by the Great Dane defense. Dorsey stripped the ball from Wilkins and Kyle Jordan recovered. Wilkins was knocked<br />
out of the game with a knee injury on the play.<br />
Again, UAlbany took full advantage of the Colgate miscue, as Fiacchi connected a 51-yard touchdown pass to<br />
Chillis with 8:29 to go in the half.<br />
Forcing Colgate to punt, the Great Danes struck again on their next possession with the help of five Osbourne<br />
rushes and a 33-yard reception by Chillis. Beauvais capped the 92-yard drive with a five-yard touchdown run for a<br />
24-7 lead with 2:44 on the clock in the second quarter.<br />
After a defensive stop for the Raiders, Colgate made it a 10-point game, 24-14, heading into halftime as McCarney<br />
finished an eight-play, 67-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown pass to Nat Bellamy.<br />
Out of the break, UAlbany struck again, as Osbourne rushed for 15-yards into the end zone on a fourth-and-1<br />
situation, stretching the lead to 30-14 with 10:02 on the clock.<br />
Still hanging around, Colgate answered with a touchdown of their own, as Jimmy DeCicco scampered 40-yards<br />
into the end zone with 3:23 left in the third quarter.<br />
Becoming a real threat, the Raiders cut the deficit to three points after picking off Fiacchi’s pass on the 16-yard line,<br />
and then rushed for another quick touchdown, making the score, 30-27 with 14:55 left in the game.<br />
However, that is when the Danes’ defense stepped up and held off the Raiders for the remainder of the way.<br />
1st 13:52 ALB Osbourne, Omar 5 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick), 4-27 0:48, 7-0<br />
05:00 ALB O’Riordan, Tom 32 yd field goal, 13-65 4:47, 10-0<br />
01:02 COL Wilkins, John 1 yd run (Burgess, Andy kick), 8-80 3:53, 10-7<br />
2nd 08:29 ALB Chillis, Kevin 51 yd pass from Fiacchi, Will (O’Riordan, Tom kick), 2-58 0:42, 17-7<br />
02:44 ALB Beauvais, Presley 5 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick), 8-92 2:50, 24-7<br />
00:14 COL Bellamy, Nat 3 yd pass from McCarney, Gavin (Burgess, Andy kick), 8-67 0:46, 24-14<br />
3rd 10:02 ALB Osbourne, Omar 15 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick failed), 12-73 4:51, 30-14<br />
03:23 COL DeCicco, Jimmy 40 yd run, 2-53 0:37, 30-20<br />
4th 14:55 COL Russell, D. 1 yd run (Burgess, Andy kick), 5-16 2:25 30-27<br />
01:34 ALB Beauvais, Presley 45 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick), 6-99 2:52 37-27<br />
00:18 COL Russell, D. 2 yd run (Burgess, Andy kick), 7-76 1:09 37-34<br />
Attendance: 5,217 Kickoff time: 6:06 PM End of Game: 9:07 PM Total elapsed time: 3:01<br />
RECEIVING: Albany-Chillis, Kevin 5-112; King, Cole 3-18; Parker, Brian 2-21; Beauvais, Presley 1-13; Osbourne, Omar 1-8; Lawrence, Malachi 1-8. Colgate-Cason, Dan<br />
6-78; O’Connell, K. 6-68; Bellamy, Nat 5-67; Russell, D. 3-16; Morrison, Ryne 2-41; Quazza, John 1-17; DeCicco, Jimmy 1-11; Wilkins, John 1-5.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: Albany-Wilson, Tramaine 1-4. Colgate-Nairin, Andrew 1-7.<br />
FUMBLES: Albany-None. Colgate-McCarney, Gavin 1-1; Wilkins, John 1-1; Morrison, Ryne 1-1.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL
RHODE ISLAND 19, UALBANY 13 (OT)<br />
Saturday, September 14, 2013 / Albany, N.Y. / Week 3<br />
1 2 3 4 OT Score<br />
URI 3 3 7 0 6 37<br />
UAlbany 0 0 13 0 0 34<br />
URI ALBANY<br />
FIRST DOWNS 17 23<br />
Rushing 7 12<br />
Passing 8 9<br />
Penalty 2 2<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 140 216<br />
Rushing Attempts 53 42<br />
Average Per Rush 2.6 5.1<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 2 2<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 166 247<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 26 31<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 136 194<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 16-27-0 18-37-1<br />
Average Per Attempt 5.0 5.2<br />
Average Per Completion 8.5 10.8<br />
Passing Touchdowns 0 0<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 276 410<br />
Total offense plays 80 79<br />
Average Gain Per Play 3.5 5.2<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 2-2<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 5-46 7-58<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 8-320 5-186<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 40.0 37.2<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 40.4 37.0<br />
Inside 20 3 1<br />
50+ Yards 2 0<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Fair catch 0 1<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-205 3-154<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 51.2 51.3<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 23.2 30.0<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-1-0 1--3-0<br />
Average Per Return 0.5 -3.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-64-0 4-112-0<br />
Average Per Return 21.3 28.0<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 4 0<br />
Possession Time 32:44 27:16<br />
1st Quarter 8:46 6:14<br />
2nd Quarter 10:55 4:05<br />
3rd Quarter 5:18 9:42<br />
4th Quarter 7:45 7:15<br />
OT Quarter 0:00 0:00<br />
Third-Down Conversions 7 of 20 3 of 16<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 3 of 5<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 2-5<br />
Touchdowns 2-5 2-5<br />
Field goals 1-5 0-5<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-25 1-8<br />
PAT Kicks 1-2 1-2<br />
Field Goals 2-3 0-2<br />
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Bob Ford Field opened its gates to a sellout crowd of 8,500 on the campus of the University<br />
at Albany on Saturday night. The stadium was buzzing with anticipation for the first game at the<br />
Great Danes’ new home.<br />
To the chagrin of their fans, the Great Danes could not get their coach a win to open the stadium<br />
that bears his name. UAlbany dropped a closely contested 19-13 game in overtime to the visiting Rhode<br />
Island Rams.<br />
From the onset, the game was played close to the vest. It was an offensive struggle for both teams<br />
due to stout defensive play from both teams. The only scoring of the first half came off the right foot of Rhode Island<br />
kicker Dylan Smith, who knocked down a 45-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 36-yarder on the Rams’<br />
final drive of the first half. Quarterback Bob Bentsen was efficient in the half, going 12-for-20 with 121 yards<br />
passing.<br />
For UAlbany, things did not come easy during the first half. They struggled to run or throw despite senior<br />
wide out Kevin Chillis electrifying the crowd with a 53-yard run. However, the drive stalled after a missed 40-<br />
yard field goal attempt.<br />
Rhode Island went into the break with a 6-0 advantage and was poised to extend its lead. The Great Danes<br />
fumbled a punt on their own 17-yard line, leading to a short field for the Rams. Bentsen then took it in himself on<br />
a draw to give Rhode Island a 13-0 lead halfway through the third.<br />
There was no quit in the Great Danes, who responded with a score of their own almost instantly with a seven<br />
play, 64-yard drive that resulted in a 10-yard touchdown run from last week’s CAA Player of the Week, Omar<br />
Osbourne. The drive saw Fiacchi and the UAlbany offense move the ball downfield in a way not seen in the first<br />
half. The key play of the drive was a crucial 25-yard conversion to Jake Meek, who was lined up in the slot. It<br />
was the best throw of the night for Fiacchi, who sold the play action perfectly before delivering a strike on third<br />
down. The score was now 13-6 after senior defensive tackle Josh Moody would block the extra point for URI.<br />
After forcing a three-and-out on defense, the Great Danes got the ball back and went back to work moving<br />
down the field. The highlight of the drive came on a do-or-die 4th and eight, which Fiacchi hit junior Cole King<br />
with another well thrown pass under pressure. The final play of the third quarter was the biggest offensive one.<br />
Meek took the snap, optioned to keep the ball, and took it into the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown that tied the<br />
game at 13 apiece. The drive was 10 plays, 77 yards and made it a brand new ballgame.<br />
The tide seemed to be turning in UAlbany’s favor as it stopped Rhode Island on a 4th and one and got the<br />
ball back. It looked at the time like it would be the most important play of the game. The combination of Fiacchi<br />
and Meek under center drove the Great Danes down the field and gave them a chance to take the lead. Unfortunately,<br />
Tom O’Riordan had his kick blocked. Once again, it was URI’s Moody, who also forced a fumble in the<br />
game.<br />
While it was a setback for UAlbany, the defense picked the Danes back up and got the ball back in the latter<br />
stages of the game. An interception from the Rams’ Doug Martin gave Rhode Island great field position with<br />
under three minutes remaining. Fortunately for the Great Danes, kicker Dylan Smith missed a field goal, keeping<br />
the game tied and giving UAlbany another chance. Fiacchi threw up a Hail Mary in the closing seconds, but it<br />
fell short, sending the game into overtime.<br />
Overtime began with a Rhode Island touchdown, one that would prove to be the game-winner. Justin Semmes<br />
took the ball in on a 1-yard carry before Smith missed an extra point, putting the Rams up by six. A holding<br />
penalty and a sack by the Rhode Island defense stalled another comeback attempt for the Great Danes, and<br />
UAlbany’s first overtime game since 2011 ended with the first conference defeat of the year.<br />
Junior linebacker Christian Dorsey led the defense, recording 14 tackles, including eight solo.<br />
On offense, Meek displayed his versatility from playing slot receiver to taking snaps under center, one of<br />
which resulted in a touchdown. Coach Ford was sure to mention Meek’s consistency after the game.<br />
“I think he gives us a pretty good threat in the run game,” Ford noted. “He’s quick and can hit the holes.”<br />
Also on the offensive end, Fiacchi totaled 181 yards on 17 completions in 36 attempts, including 12-for-21 in<br />
the final two quarters. Osbourne finished the night with 96 rushing yards and a score.<br />
“We had enough opportunities to win the game,” Coach Ford said. “And we just didn’t get it done.”<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
1st 09:36 URI Dylan Smith 45 yd field goal 3 - 0<br />
2nd 00:16 URI Dylan Smith 36 yd field goal 6 - 0<br />
3rd 08:14 URI Bob Bentsen 3 yd run (Dylan Smith kick) 13 - 0<br />
05:47 ALBANY Osbourne, Omar 10 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick blockd) 13 - 6<br />
00:00 ALBANY Meek, Jake 17 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 13 - 13<br />
OT 15:00 URI Justin Semmes 1 yd run (Dylan Smith kick failed) 19 - 13<br />
Attendance: 8,500 Kickoff time: 7:07 PM End of Game: 10:24 PM Total elapsed time: 3:17<br />
RUSHING: URI-Justin Semmes 19-73; Robbie Delgado 11-29; Bob Bentsen 12-22; Jawaun Wynn 3-20; Kolt Peavey 1-2; Jordan Sebastian 4-1; Abdul Ibrahim 3-minus 7.<br />
Albany-Osbourne, Omar 22-96; Chillis, Kevin 3-77; Meek, Jake 11-49; Fiacchi, Will 6-minus 6.<br />
PASSING: URI-Bob Bentsen 16-27-0-136. Albany-Fiacchi, Will 17-36-1-181; Meek, Jake 1-1-0-13.<br />
RECEIVING: URI-Robbie Jackson 3-45; Robbie Delgado 3-minus 4; Andrew Matos 2-33; Jordan Sebastian 2-0; Ross Kim 1-21; Justin Favreau 1-17; Justin Semmes 1-8;<br />
Josh Gross 1-7; Jawaun Wynn 1-6; Abdul Ibrahim 1-3. Albany-Gay, Jameel 7-96; Chillis, Kevin 4-22; King, Cole 2-26; Parker, Brian 2-24; Osbourne, Omar 2-1; Meek, Jake<br />
1-25.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: URI-Doug Johnson 1-0. Albany-None.<br />
FUMBLES: URI-None. Albany-Lewis, Cameron 1-1; Fiacchi, Will 1-1.<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 21
CCSU 20, UALBANY 17<br />
Saturday, September 21, 2013 / Albany, N.Y. / Week 4<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
CCSU 3 7 0 10 20<br />
UALBANY 3 7 7 0 17<br />
CCSU ALBANY<br />
FIRST DOWNS 17 17<br />
Rushing 8 12<br />
Passing 8 5<br />
Penalty 1 0<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 186 136<br />
Rushing Attempts 44 48<br />
Average Per Rush 4.2 2.8<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 1 2<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 203 182<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 17 46<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 140 140<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 13-22-0 12-21-0<br />
Average Per Attempt 6.4 6.7<br />
Average Per Completion 10.8 11.7<br />
Passing Touchdowns 1 0<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 326 276<br />
Total offense plays 66 69<br />
Average Gain Per Play 4.9 4.0<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 0-0<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 9-59 5-34<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 5-142 7-299<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 28.4 42.7<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 28.4 40.0<br />
Inside 20 1 1<br />
50+ Yards 0 1<br />
Touchbacks 0 1<br />
Fair catch 1 1<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-288 4-232<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 57.6 58.0<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 41.8 33.5<br />
Touchbacks 1 1<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2--1-0 0-0-0<br />
Average Per Return -0.5 0.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-73-0 4-54-0<br />
Average Per Return 24.3 13.5<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 32:44 27:16<br />
1st Quarter 5:22 9:38<br />
2nd Quarter 11:54 3:06<br />
3rd Quarter 6:24 8:36<br />
4th Quarter 9:04 5:56<br />
Third-Down Conversions 9 of 17 6 of 16<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 2<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-3<br />
Touchdowns 1-2 2-3<br />
Field goals 1-2 0-3<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-38 0-0<br />
PAT Kicks 2-2 2-2<br />
Field Goals 2-2 1-2<br />
RUSHING: CCSU-HOLLOMON, Rob 30-145; LEE, Darius<br />
12-42; CLEMENTS, Andrew<br />
1-11; BERARDINO, Aaron 1-minus 12. Albany-Osbourne,<br />
Omar 32-119; Meek, Jake<br />
8-41; Chillis, Kevin 2-15; Beauvais, Presley 1-2; Fiacchi, Will 5-minus 41.<br />
ALBANY, N.Y. – Despite a touchdown lead heading into the fourth quarter, the University at Albany football<br />
team suffered its second straight home loss at Bob Ford Field Saturday night, as the visiting Central<br />
Connecticut State Blue Devils scored 10 unanswered points in the final stanza to steal a 20-17 victory.<br />
CCSU’s Steven Calitri hit a 40-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining after driving 61-yards down<br />
the gridiron, improving the Blue Devils’ record to 1-3 on the season, while the Great Danes also fell to 1-3<br />
overall. UAlbany tried to respond quickly in the closing seconds, throwing a 40-yard Hail Mary pass as<br />
time expired. Jameel Gay caught Will Fiacchi’s toss but he was brought down at the 10-yard line, ending<br />
the game.<br />
Leading UAlbany’s strong running attack, Omar Osbourne earned his second 100+ yard rushing game of the<br />
season, totaling 119 yards with two touchdowns. With 96 points scored in his career, Osbourne is now tied with<br />
Orin Griffin (1973-76) – a member of the 1974 team that was inducted into the University’s Hall of Fame this weekend<br />
– for 23rd all-time in the program’s archives. In a pregame ceremony, players from the 1974 squad served as<br />
honorary captains for the game.<br />
Also leading the Great Dane offense, Fiacchi finished with 140 passing yards on 12 completions in 21 attempts.<br />
Gay totaled 50 receiving yards on two catches. Defensively, Cody Greenhagen led the Great Danes with eight<br />
tackles, including one for a loss.<br />
UAlbany received the opening kickoff, getting a drive-opening six-yard run from Osbourne. The Great Danes<br />
went three-and-out and punted.<br />
On CCSU’s first drive, Rob Holloman converted a couple of third downs on a 13-yard catch and later a 13-yard<br />
run. Holloman kept rushing the ball up to the UAlbany six, but a combo block on second-down by Tom Bradley<br />
and Andrew Smith of Holloman and an Andrew Clements incompletion forced fourth down. Steven Calitri converted<br />
the 30-yard field goal to put the visitors up 3-0 with 8:31 left in the first quarter.<br />
Despite punting on their next drive, UAlbany swung momentum back into their favor, as CCSU’s Nick Bacarella<br />
fumbled the fair catch attempt, and Michael Nicastro recovered on the UAlbany-48. The Great Danes drove down<br />
the field, with Osbourne converting a fourth down with a four-yard run, facing 4th-and-1. The Danes rushed the<br />
ball to the 22, leading to Tom O’Riordan 39-yard field goal, tying the game at 3-3 in the closing seconds of the<br />
quarter.<br />
Following kickoff, Aaron Berardino fumbled the ball in the backfield on the first play of the CCSU drive. Michael<br />
Smith fell on the ball in front of Berardino, giving UAlbany the ball at the CCSU 26.<br />
After an opening three-yard gain, Jake Meek entered at quarterback and ran the ball twice in a row for a total<br />
of 14 yards. At 3rd-and-5 on the CCSU 7, Osbourne took over, powering his way into the end zone for the touchdown.<br />
O’Riordan’s extra point gave UAlbany a 10-3 lead with 13:36 remaining in the second quarter.<br />
However, CCSU responded in its next drive, converting three third-downs on a Clements 11-yard run, Holloman<br />
13-yard reception and Denzell Jones 23-yard catch. Holloman’s nine-yard reception put the Blue Devils on the oneyard<br />
line for a 4th-and-goal attempt. Clements completed a rollout pass to Tom Tarantino for the touchdown, tying<br />
the game at 10-10 after the extra point with 8:01 to go in the second quarter.<br />
With rain starting to fall in the third quarter, UAlbany forced a three-and-out on CCSU’s opening drive of the<br />
half, but were then forced to punt themselves.<br />
The defensive battle continued, until the Great Danes used a 15-play, 78-yard drive to take a 17-10 advantage<br />
with 16 second remaining in the quarter. The Great Danes primarily used a ground attack with nine rushing plays.<br />
With 1st-and-goal on the five, Osbourne ran three times, getting to the one. On fourth down, Osbourne ran it again<br />
and converted for his second touchdown of the game to put UAlbany back in the lead. O’Riordan’s extra point<br />
made it a seven-point game.<br />
However, on the next drive CCSU tied it back up, as Hollman took the handoff and ran to his right, going 59<br />
yards for the touchdown. Calitri’s extra point made it 17-17 with 14:19 left in regulation.<br />
After each side’s next two drives were three-and-out, UAlbany had a chance to take the lead with under five<br />
minutes remaining. Osbourne took six rushes for a total of 24 yards on the drive as the team pushed to the seven-yard<br />
line. However, the field goal attempt sailed wide right, giving the ball to CCSU with 4:53 to go.<br />
Holloman led the attack, combining for 41 yards on seven rushes and a nine-yard reception, as the Blue Devils<br />
got to the UAlbany-23. With 17 seconds left, Calitri kicked a 40-yard field goal to give CCSU a 20-17 lead.<br />
Fiacchi tried to lead one last drive, finding Chillis for 15 yards to stop the clock at seven seconds. At midfield,<br />
Fiacchi heaved a Hail Mary pass down the near side, completing the heave to Jameel Gay for 40 yards as time<br />
expired, ending the game for a 20-17 CCSU win.<br />
For the Blue Devils, Holloman finished with 205 total yards, including 145 on the ground. Clements passed for<br />
140 yards, completing 13 passes in 22 attempts. Chuck Watson had 15 tackles on defense, including three for loss.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
1st 08:31 CCSU CALITRI, Steven 30 yd field goal 3 - 0<br />
00:16 ALBANY O’Riordan, Tom 39 yd field goal 3 - 3<br />
2nd 13:36 ALBANY Osbourne, Omar 7 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 3 - 10<br />
08:01 CCSU TARANTINO, T. 1 yd pass from CLEMENTS, A. (CALITRI, Steven kick) 10 - 10<br />
3rd 00:16 ALBANY Osbourne, Omar 1 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 10 - 17<br />
4th 14:19 CCSU HOLLOMON, Rob 59 yd run (CALITRI, Steven kick) 17 - 17<br />
00:17 CCSU CALITRI, Steven 40 yd field goal 20 - 17<br />
Attendance: 6,412 Kickoff time: 7:07 PM End of Game: 9:55 PM Total elapsed time: 2:48<br />
FUMBLES: CCSU-BACARELLA, Nick 1-1; BERARDINO, Aaron 1-1. Albany-None.<br />
PASSING: CCSU-CLEMENTS, Andrew 13-22-0-140. Albany-Fiacchi, Will<br />
12-21-0-140.<br />
RECEIVING: CCSU-HOLLOMON, Rob 5-60; JONES, Denzell 3-51; HOLMES, Tyrell<br />
1-13; BACARELLA, Nick 1-8; BRADDOCK, Matt 1-6; TARANTINO, Thomas 1-1;<br />
LEE, Darius 1-1. Albany-King, Cole 3-33; Chillis, Kevin 3-27; Gay, Jameel 2-50;<br />
Beauvais, Presley 2-13; Osbourne, Omar 1-10; Malloy, Kevin 1-7.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): CCSU-ROBINSON, Mark 1-0; ELMORE, Jevon 1-0; YOPP, Elijah<br />
1-0; WATSON, Chuck 1-0. Albany-None.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): CCSU-WATSON, Chuck 10-5; CELERIN, Josh 4-6; REESE,<br />
Antwione 2-8; Albany-Greenhagen, Cody 4-4; Helmer, Alex 4-3; Idowu, Olatunji<br />
2-5; Exantus, Randall 2-5.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: CCSU-None. Albany-None.<br />
22<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL
OLD DOMINION 66, UALBANY 10<br />
Saturday, September 28, 2013 / Albany, N.Y. / Week 5<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
UALBANY 7 0 3 0 10<br />
ODU 21 21 10 14 66<br />
ALBANY ODU<br />
FIRST DOWNS 17 36<br />
Rushing 6 12<br />
Passing 10 22<br />
Penalty 1 2<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 96 224<br />
Rushing Attempts 34 47<br />
Average Per Rush 2.8 4.8<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 0 7<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 104 234<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 8 10<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 229 390<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 17-31-2 32-37-0<br />
Average Per Attempt 7.4 10.5<br />
Average Per Completion 13.5 12.2<br />
Passing Touchdowns 1 2<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 325 614<br />
Total offense plays 65 84<br />
Average Gain Per Play 5.0 7.3<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 0-0<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 4-42 4-27<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 3-78 0-0<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 26.0 0.0<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 26.0 0.0<br />
Inside 20 2 0<br />
50+ Yards 0 0<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Fair catch 1 0<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-171 10-626<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 57.0 62.6<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 36.7 44.0<br />
Touchbacks 0 2<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Average Per Return 0.0 0.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 6-136-0 3-61-0<br />
Average Per Return 22.7 20.3<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-40-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 10<br />
Possession Time 28:20 31:40<br />
1st Quarter 6:05 8:55<br />
2nd Quarter 10:22 4:38<br />
3rd Quarter 9:12 5:48<br />
4th Quarter 2:41 12:19<br />
Third-Down Conversions 7 of 15 10 of 12<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 1<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 9-9<br />
Touchdowns 0-3 8-9<br />
Field goals 1-3 1-9<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0<br />
PAT Kicks 1-1 9-9<br />
Field Goals 1-2 1-1<br />
RUSHING: ALBANY-Osbourne, Omar 10-49; Martin, Andre<br />
11-27; Spelman, Ryan 4-8; Beauvais, P. 5-8; Allison,<br />
Karl 2-7; Fiacchi, Will 1-1; Chillis, Kevin<br />
1-minus 4. Old Dominion-D. Washington 7-46; C. Goo wyn 12-42; G. Johnson 10-<br />
34; T. Heinicke 6-30; C. Boyd 4-23; L. Pinkard 2-21; A. Vaughan 2-16; C. Bradshaw<br />
3-9; H. Taylor 1-3.<br />
NORFOLK, Va. -- Taking on a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) transition team for the first time in<br />
program history Saturday night at S.B. Ballard Stadium, the University at Albany football team<br />
battled Old Dominion University in front of a sell-out crowd of 20,118. While the Great Danes<br />
scored a touchdown on their first drive of the game, the Monarchs responded with a controlling<br />
offensive surge, overcoming UAlbany 66-10. With the victory, Old Dominion improved to 3-2 on<br />
the season, while UAlbany fell to 1-4 overall.<br />
Led by the 2012 Walter Payton Award winner – the FCS version of the Heisman Trophy –<br />
junior quarterback Taylor Heinicke led the Monarchs with 365 passing yards and two touchdowns,<br />
completing 28-of-33 passes. In all, ODU totaled 614 yards of total offense and had 36 first downs.<br />
For the Great Danes, Will Fiacchi threw for 221 yards and a touchdown, as he completed 15-of-26<br />
passes. Senior Cole King served as the top target, recording five catches for a total of 73 yards. On the<br />
ground, junior Omar Osbourne carried the ball 10 times, netting 49 yards, while freshman Andre Martin<br />
rushed 11 times for 27 total yards. UAlbany finished with 325 yards of total offense.<br />
Defensively, TJ Idowu and Michael Nicastro both broke double-digits, recording 12 and 10 tackles,<br />
respectively.<br />
Entering the game with some of the top offensive numbers in the nation, Old Dominion quickly made<br />
a statement driving 66-yards in less than three minutes for a 7-0 head start. Heinicke connected an<br />
eight-yard pass to Larry Pinkard to cap the scoring drive.<br />
The Great Danes hastily responded, tying the game, 7-7, with 8:59 remaining in the first quarter. After<br />
two third-down conversions, Fiacchi connected with tight end Brian Parker for a 55-yard touchdown<br />
reception. Catching the ball on the Great Danes’ sideline, the 6-foot-4 Parker broke two tackles as he<br />
scampered over 30-yards after the grab.<br />
However, ODU went on an offensive tear, converting five straight touchdown scoring drives leading<br />
up to halftime. Cam Boyd made it 14-7 with a two-yard rush with 6:35 remaining in the first.<br />
As a result of some early trickery, UAlbany started its next drive with good field position after a<br />
failed ODU onside kick. However, the Great Danes’ fleaflicker pass to Parker got batted skyward and<br />
into the hands of ODU’s Fellonte Misher. The Monarchs then drove 67-yards on eight plays to take 21-7<br />
advantage with 3:20 remaining in the opening quarter.<br />
In the second stanza, ODU used only 51 ticks off the clock to find the end zone, as Heinicke capped<br />
the three-play drive with a 21-yard pass to Zach Pascal.<br />
Looking to get back on the board, UAlbany kicked a 40-yard field goal, but the Monarchs got a hand<br />
on it and the missed attempt led to an eight-play 67-yard touchdown drive. Colby Goodwyn crossed the<br />
goal line with a five-yard rush, giving Old Dominion a 35-7 lead.<br />
Old Dominion continued to keep momentum on its side, blocking UAlbany’s punt at the 18 and<br />
recovered the pigskin at the 24-yard line. The Monarchs then used seven plays to punch in another<br />
touchdown at the four-minute mark. Heinicke’s one-yard rush capped the drive, giving the Monarchs’a<br />
42-7 halftime lead.<br />
Out of the break, Goodwyn finished ODU’s 92-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown rush.<br />
However, the Great Danes responded with Tom O’Riordan’s 36-yard field goal, making the score 49-<br />
10 with 3:09 remaining in the third quarter.<br />
Slowing ODU’s pace, UAlbany held the Monarchs to a 37-yard field goal of their own with 30 seconds<br />
on the clock, making the score 52-10 at the end of the stanza.<br />
In the fourth, Old Dominion capped the contest with Gerard Johnson’s two-yard touchdown run with<br />
6:15 remaining, and David Washington’s five-yard TD rush with 30 seconds left in the ballgame.<br />
UAlbany was 7-for-15 on third-down conversions and were 0-for-2 on fourth-down. In the red zone,<br />
the Danes finished 1-for-3, while ODU was a perfect 9-for-9.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
1st 12:03 ODU L. Pinkard 8 yd pass from T. Heinicke (J. Brown kick) 0 - 7<br />
08:59 ALBANY Parker, Brian 55 yd pass from Fiacchi, Will (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 7 - 7<br />
06:35 ODU C. Boyd 2 yd run (J. Brown kick) 7 - 14<br />
03:20 ODU C. Goodwyn 1 yd run (J. Brown kick) 7 - 21<br />
2nd 14:28 ODU Z. Pascal 21 yd pass from T. Heinicke (J. Brown kick) 7 - 28<br />
08:05 ODU C. Goodwyn 5 yd run (J. Brown kick) 7 - 35<br />
04:00 ODU T. Heinicke 1 yd run (J. Brown kick) 7 - 42<br />
3rd 08:18 ODU C. Goodwyn 1 yd run (J. Brown kick) 7 - 49<br />
03:09 ALBANY O’Riordan, Tom 36 yd field goal 10 - 49<br />
00:30 ODU J. Brown 37 yd field goal 10 - 52<br />
4th 06:15 ODU G. Johnson 2 yd run (J. Brown kick) 10 - 59<br />
00:30 ODU D. Washington 5 yd run (J. Brown kick) 10 - 66<br />
Attendance: 20,118 Kickoff time: 6:00 PM End of Game: 8:40 PM Total elapsed time: 2:40<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: ALBANY-None. Old Dominion-F. Misher 1-25; D. Simon 1-15.<br />
FUMBLES: ALBANY-Osbourne, Omar 1-0. Old Dominion-None.<br />
PASSING: ALBANY-Fiacchi, Will 15-26-1-221; Smith, Ryan 2-5-1-8. Old<br />
Dominion-T. Heinicke 28-33-0-365; D. Washington 4-4-0-25.<br />
RECEIVING: ALBANY-King, Cole 5-73; Chillis, Kevin 3-11; Parker, Brian<br />
2-61; Gay, Jameel 2-34; Osbourne, Omar 2-25; Beauvais, P. 1-16; Lawrence, M.<br />
1-13; Martin, Andre 1-minus 4. Old Dominion-B. Roberts 6-92; L. Pinkard 5-80; C.<br />
Goodwyn 4-54; A. Vaughan 4-17; M. Vaughn 3-32; C. Boyd 2-39; Z. Pascal 2-26; M.<br />
Thomas 2-18; G. Shillow 2-12; K. Spellman 1-17; J. Bailey 1-3.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): ALBANY-None. Old Dominion-None.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): ALBANY-Idowu, Olatunji 4-8; Nicastro, M. 5-5; Exantus, R.<br />
6-3; Ngachie, Marcel 2-6; Smith, Andrew 4-2; Baylor, Brandon 3-1; Harris, Clay<br />
3-1; McClary, Jojo 2-2; Helmer, Alex 1-3; Williams, Marte 0-4; Polk, Dorian 2-1;<br />
LaDucer, Mat 2-1; Old Dominion-A. Wilson 3-8; D. Simon 4-5; D.<br />
Guinn-Bailey 2-3; S. Chapman 2-3; R. Coward 1-4; J. Darr 0-5; M. Johnson 3-1;
NO. 21 JAMES MADISON 40, UALBANY 13<br />
Saturday, October 5, 2013 / Harrisonburg, Va. / Week 6<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
UALBANY 3 0 10 0 13<br />
ODU 12 14 0 14 40<br />
ALBANY JMU<br />
FIRST DOWNS 21 25<br />
Rushing 5 13<br />
Passing 13 11<br />
Penalty 3 1<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 81 211<br />
Rushing Attempts 35 42<br />
Average Per Rush 2.3 5.0<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 0 3<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 111 242<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 30 31<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 243 249<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 30-48-0 18-28-0<br />
Average Per Attempt 5.1 8.9<br />
Average Per Completion 8.1 13.8<br />
Passing Touchdowns 1 3<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 324 460<br />
Total offense plays 83 70<br />
Average Gain Per Play 3.9 6.6<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 9-66 10-95<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 7-275 4-198<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 39.3 49.5<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 38.0 48.0<br />
Inside 20 1 1<br />
50+ Yards 0 2<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Fair catch 2 1<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-189 8-486<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 63.0 60.8<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 44.0 40.9<br />
Touchbacks 0 3<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-6-0 2-9-0<br />
Average Per Return 2.0 4.5<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-84-0 3-57-0<br />
Average Per Return 16.8 19.0<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 35:07 24:53<br />
1st Quarter 10:34 4:26<br />
2nd Quarter 7:10 7:50<br />
3rd Quarter 9:50 5:10<br />
4th Quarter 7:33 7:27<br />
Third-Down Conversions 5 of 19 6 of 11<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 5 0 of 0<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 4-4<br />
Touchdowns 1-3 4-4<br />
Field goals 1-3 0-4<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-26 4-29<br />
PAT Kicks 0-0 4-5<br />
Field Goals 1-1 0-1<br />
HARRISONBURG, Va. – In front of a sell-out crowd of 25,201 at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Va., the University<br />
at Albany football team fell 40-13 to the hosting James Madison University Dukes Saturday afternoon in CAA<br />
play. JMU improved to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play, while the Great Danes dropped to 1-5 on the season and<br />
0-2 in the CAA.<br />
On target all afternoon, junior quarterback Will Fiacchi completed 26-of-43 passes for a total of 214 passing yards<br />
and one touchdown. Tight end Brian Parker had a career day as Fiacchi’s top receiver, recording eight receptions<br />
for 71-yards. Senior wide receiver Kevin Chillis was also a go-to option with six receptions, 22-receiving-yards and a<br />
touchdown catch.<br />
On the ground, Omar Osbourne carried the ball 17 times, netting 59 rushing yards.<br />
Defensively, the Great Danes were led by Christian Dorsey’s eight tackles, while Alex Helmer and Michael Nicastro logged<br />
seven apiece.<br />
As a team, UAlbany finished with 324 yards of total offense, while JMU recorded 460. Neither squad surrendered a fumble<br />
or interception.<br />
After forcing the Great Danes to punt in their first possession, James Madison quickly put points on the board with a<br />
four-play, 78-yard drive. Tailback Khalid Abdullah took the handoff and rushed 38-yards into the end zone, breaking six tackles<br />
along the way to give JMU a 6-0 head start. With 11:18 on the clock in the first quarter, the Dukes went for two, but the run<br />
was stifled by the UAlbany defense.<br />
The Great Danes immediately responded with a 10-play, 68-yard scoring drive. With third-and-seven Fiacchi found Cole<br />
King 40-yards down field along the visitor’s sideline, giving UAlbany a first down on the JMU-21. Five snaps later, kicker Tom<br />
O’Riordan connected a 24-yard field goal, making the score 6-3 with 6:36 remaining in the opening quarter.<br />
The hosting Dukes answered back with a touchdown on the next drive, using four plays to cover 78-yards in 1:10. JMU<br />
quarterback Michael Birdsong capped the drive with a 41-yard touchdown pass to Daniel Brown. However, the Dukes again<br />
missed the point-after, as the kick sailed wide right, making the score 12-3 with 5:26 left in the first quarter.<br />
James Madison added another touchdown at the start of the second quarter, closing a 10-play, 67-yard drive with Dae-<br />
Quan Scott’s three-yard rush across the goal line. With their first successful extra point, the Dukes held a 19-3 lead with 11:54<br />
remaining in the second quarter.<br />
Forcing UAlbany to punt, JMU took over on its own 36-yard line and drove down the gridiron with 10 plays. Birdsong<br />
zipped a pass to Brown in the back of the end zone with 6:06 left in the first half, giving the Duke s 26-3 advantage after the<br />
kick.<br />
The Great Danes looked as though they were in line for their own successful scoring drive after a roughing the kicker<br />
penalty gave UAlbany a fresh opportunity at the UAlbany-45. The Danes drove to the 10, using an 11-yard fleaflicker pass to<br />
Osbourne, a 10-yard pass to Parker, and a 10-yard scramble by Fiacchi. However, a holding penalty and a third-down sack for a<br />
loss of 10 forced a punt with just under two minutes remaining in the half.<br />
While the Dukes were given another chance to score, the Great Dane defense displayed their best performance of the<br />
game, recording back-to-back sacks by Joe Fasano, Christian Dorsey, and Michael Nicastro. With the ball at the JMU-5, the<br />
Dukes punted out of the back of the end zone, giving UAlbany the ball with 30 seconds remaining. Fiacchi completed passes to<br />
Parker and Malachi Lawrence, but time ran out, sending the teams into the locker rooms with a 26-3 score on the board.<br />
Out of the break, the UAlbany defense came up with a stop and set the tone for the rest of the third quarter. James Madison<br />
attempted a 44-yard field goal, but it wobbled wide left with 11:26 on the clock.<br />
Using trickery, the Great Danes avoided a quick three-and-out in their first possession of the second half. With fourth-andtwo,<br />
the Great Danes faked a punt and Chillis rushed seven yards for a first down. A pass interference call on third down gave<br />
UAlbany another first down on the JMU-30 before driving all the way to the two-yard line with five rushes by Osbourne. Facing<br />
fourth-and-goal, the Danes went for it, but unfortunately Fiacchi’s pass to Cole King was dropped in the back of the end zone<br />
with under 6:00 minutes remaining in the third.<br />
While the Danes didn’t score on the play, the defense made quick work of JMU, forcing a three-and-out punt. UAlbany took<br />
over on the JMU-46 with 4:47 remaining in the third. Completing two 10+ yard passes to Parker and a 16-yard pass to Jameel<br />
Gay, Fiacchi led the Great Danes to the seven-yard line. Two short rushes by Ryan Spelman led to Fiacchi’s five-yard touchdown<br />
pass to Chillis. Chillis caught the ball at the one and stretched across the corner of the goal line. Going for two, Fiacchi<br />
found Chillis in the same location, making the score 26-11 with 2:05 left in the third.<br />
Momentum continued to stay on the side of the visitors. With JMU’s drive starting on the 10, UAlbany’s defense stepped<br />
up again, pushing the Dukes backward to the six-yard line on Kologrivov and Nicastro’s shared tackle. On the next play, Kologrivov<br />
pressured Birdsong in the end zone, and an intentional grounding penalty awarded UAlbany two points for the safety.<br />
UAlbany trailed 26-13 heading into the fourth quarter. However, James Madison scored two unanswered touchdowns in<br />
the final stanza to make the final 40-13 score. With 11:48 on the clock, Scott rushed one yard, capping a 10-play 86-yard drive.<br />
Lastly, with 2:10 remaining, Brown caught a two-yard pass from Birdsong after driving 55 yards down the field for the final<br />
points of the game.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
1st 11:18 JMU Khalid Abdullah 38 yd run (Dominick Richards rush failed) 0 - 6<br />
06:36 ALBANY Tom O’Riordan 24 yd field goal 3 - 6<br />
05:26 JMU Daniel Brown 41 yd pass from Michael Birdsong (Cameron Starke kick failed) 3 - 12<br />
2nd 11:54 JMU Dae’Quan Scott 3 yd run (Cameron Starke kick) 3 - 19<br />
06:06 JMU Daniel Brown 12 yd pass from Michael Birdsong (Cameron Starke kick) 3 - 26<br />
3rd 02:05 ALBANY Kevin Chillis 5 yd pass from Will Fiacchi (Kevin Chillis pass from FIACCHI,W.) 11 - 26<br />
01:20 ALBANY TEAM safety 13 - 26<br />
4th 11:48 JMU Dae’Quan Scott 1 yd run (Graham Sharples kick) 13 - 33<br />
02:10 JMU Daniel Brown 2 yd pass from Michael Birdsong (Graham Sharples kick) 13 - 40<br />
Attendance: 25,201 Kickoff time: 1:30 PM End of Game: 4:30 PM Total elapsed time: 3:00<br />
ALB RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.<br />
Omar Osbourne 17 59 0 59 0 6 3.5<br />
Beauvais, Presley 3 23 0 23 0 16 7.7<br />
Andre Martin 3 7 0 7 0 3 2.3<br />
Kevin Chillis 1 7 0 7 0 7 7.0<br />
Ryan Spelman 3 6 1 5 0 3 1.7<br />
Will Fiacchi 8 9 29 -20 0 4 -2.5<br />
Totals... 35 111 30 81 0 16 2.3<br />
JMU RUSHING<br />
Khalid Abdullah 13 91 4 87 1 38 6.7<br />
Dae’Quan Scott 19 88 1 87 2 19 4.6<br />
DeAndre’ Smith 1 26 0 26 0 26 26.0<br />
Quintin Hunter 1 6 0 6 0 6 6.0<br />
Rashard Davis 1 5 0 5 0 5 5.0<br />
Michael Birdsong 7 26 26 0 0 10 0.0<br />
Totals... 42 242 31 211 3 38 5.0<br />
ALB PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack<br />
Will Fiacchi 26-43-0 214 1 40 4<br />
Ryan Smith 4-5-0 29 0 10 0<br />
Totals... 30-48-0 243 1 40 4<br />
JMU PASSING<br />
Michael Birdsong 18-28-0 249 3 41 4<br />
Totals... 18-28-0 249 3 41 4<br />
ALB RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg<br />
Brian Parker 8 71 0 13<br />
Kevin Chillis 6 22 1 5<br />
Cole King 3 56 0 40<br />
Jameel Gay 3 37 0 16<br />
Malachi Lawrence 3 19 0 10<br />
Cameron Lewis 2 14 0 10<br />
Omar Osbourne 2 12 0 11<br />
Beauvais, Presley 1 5 0 5<br />
Rhakeem Wiggins 1 4 0 4<br />
Nic Ketter 1 3 0 3<br />
Totals... 30 243 1 40<br />
JMU RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg<br />
Daniel Brown 5 86 3 41<br />
Quintin Hunter 3 44 0 15<br />
Josh Hogan 2 22 0 13<br />
Rashard Davis 2 19 0 15<br />
Marquis Woodyard 1 33 0 33<br />
DeAndre’ Smith 1 21 0 21<br />
Deane Cheatham 1 17 0 17<br />
Brandon Ravenel 1 11 0 11<br />
Dae’Quan Scott 1 0 0 0<br />
Khalid Abdullah 1 -4 0 0<br />
Totals... 18 249 3 41
DELAWARE 33, UALBANY 30<br />
Saturday, October 12, 2013 / Newark, Del. / Week 7<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
UALBANY 3 7 7 13 30<br />
DELAWARE 0 16 6 11 33<br />
ALBANY DEL<br />
FIRST DOWNS 18 24<br />
Rushing 9 13<br />
Passing 9 10<br />
Penalty 0 1<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 176 279<br />
Rushing Attempts 49 43<br />
Average Per Rush 3.6 6.5<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 3 3<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 211 301<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 35 22<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 212 207<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 17-26-1 20-36-0<br />
Average Per Attempt 8.2 5.8<br />
Average Per Completion 12.5 10.4<br />
Passing Touchdowns 1 1<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 388 486<br />
Total offense plays 75 79<br />
Average Gain Per Play 5.2 6.2<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 1-1<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 5-45 5-51<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 7-275 5-191<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 39.3 38.2<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 34.1 38.6<br />
Inside 20 0 2<br />
50+ Yards 1 0<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Fair catch 2 2<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-333 6-375<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 55.5 62.5<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 42.0 40.2<br />
Touchbacks 0 5<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2--2-0 3-36-0<br />
Average Per Return -1.0 12.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-9-0 5-81-0<br />
Average Per Return 9.0 16.2<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-66-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 33:22 26:38<br />
1st Quarter 8:22 6:38<br />
2nd Quarter 5:40 9:20<br />
3rd Quarter 9:42 5:18<br />
4th Quarter 9:38 5:22<br />
Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 6 of 15<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 4 of 4 0 of 0<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-5<br />
Touchdowns 3-4 3-5<br />
Field goals 1-4 1-5<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-10 5-32<br />
PAT Kicks 3-3 1-2<br />
Field Goals 1-1 2-3<br />
RUSHING: Albany-Osbourne, Omar 34-142; Meek, Jake<br />
3-39; Beauvais, P. 2-9;<br />
Chillis, Kevin 1-1; Fiacchi, Will 9-minus 15. Delaware-Pierce,<br />
Andrew 20-120;<br />
Jones, Rob 3-68; Hurley, Trent 10-44; Laing, Julian 4-28; Randolph, Jalen 5-15;<br />
Harrison, Jerel 1-4.<br />
PASSING: Albany-Fiacchi, Will 17-26-1-212. Delaware-Hurley, Trent<br />
20-34-0-207; Jones, Rob 0-1-0-0; TEAM 0-1-0-0.<br />
RECEIVING: Albany-King, Cole 4-60; Chillis, Kevin 3-69; Parker, Brian<br />
3-37; Gay, Jameel 3-30; Ketter, Nic 1-12; Osbourne, Omar 1-2; Malloy, Kevin 1-2;<br />
O’Connor, Pat 1-0. Delaware-Boyle, Nick 5-73; Johnson, Mich. 5-57; Jones, Rob<br />
3-24; Pierce, Andrew 3-18; Cobb, Ryan 2-6; Harrison, Jerel 1-20; Randolph, Jalen<br />
1-9.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: Albany-None. Delaware-Hawkins, Travis 1-66.<br />
NEWARK, Del. – With just 3:18 remaining in the<br />
fourth quarter, Omar Osbourne’s third rushing touchdown<br />
of the game gave the University at Albany<br />
football team a 30-22 lead in Saturday afternoon’s<br />
nationally televised CAA clash at Delaware Stadium.<br />
However, the hosting Delaware University Blue Hens<br />
rallied in the closing minutes to score a game-tying<br />
touchdown with 1:42 left, and a game-winning 42-<br />
yard field goal with two ticks on the clock to steal a<br />
33-30 victory over the Great Danes.<br />
With the loss, UAlbany falls to 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the<br />
CAA, while Delaware improves to 5-2 on the season and 2-1 in<br />
conference play.<br />
Omar Osbourne led the Great Danes with three touchdowns<br />
and 142 rushing yards on 34 carries. Junior quarterback<br />
Will Fiacchi threw for 212 yards and one touchdown,<br />
completing 17-of-26 passes.<br />
Fiacchi connected with Nic Ketter, marking the redshirt<br />
freshman’s first touchdown catch of his career and his only<br />
reception of the game. Cole King led the receivers with four<br />
catches and 60 yards, followed by Kevin Chillis’ three grabs for<br />
a total of 69 yards. Jameel Gay and tight end Brian Parker also<br />
made three receptions, garnering 30 and 37 yards, respectively.<br />
Defensively, Christian Dorsey led the squad with 12<br />
tackles, including seven solo, followed by freshman Michael<br />
Nicastro’s 10 tackles and a sack for a loss of three yards. Marcel<br />
Ngachie and Randall Exantus each brought down nine.<br />
The Great Danes broke onto the board first, following a<br />
suffocating defensive effort. Forcing the Blue Hens to punt<br />
after three plays in the opening drive, UAlbany took over on<br />
their 49-yard line. The Great Danes converted twice on thirddown<br />
and once on fourth-down in the 14-play scoring drive,<br />
leading to Tom O’Riordan’s 33-yard field goal. Sailing through<br />
the uprights with 7:43 on the clock, UAlbany took the initial<br />
lead for the second time this season.<br />
The score remained stagnant through the rest of the<br />
opening quarter, but Delaware worked quickly at the start of<br />
the second stanza. On their first drive, the Blue Hens used four<br />
plays to cover 65-yards, and capped the drive with Andrew<br />
Pierce’s six-yard touchdown run with 13:50 on the board.<br />
Catching the hosts off guard, the Great Danes faked a<br />
punt on 4th-and-7 on their 45, snapping the ball to Meek who<br />
scampered for a 34-yard gain. A 23-yard pass to Cole King and<br />
Osbourne’s 1-yard rush across the goal line gave UAlbany a<br />
three-point lead, 10-7, with 11:10 on the clock.<br />
However, Delaware answered with a 68-yard drive resulting<br />
in a 23-yard field goal, tying the ballgame 10-10 with 7:17<br />
remaining in the second.<br />
The Delaware defense forced a three-and-out and took<br />
advantage of their next drive, using 12 plays to cover 58 yards<br />
in 3:54. Pierce recorded his second rushing touchdown of<br />
the game on a 4-yard run with 1:35 left in the half. The Great<br />
Danes blocked the extra point, holding the Blue Hens’ lead to<br />
six, 16-10.<br />
The closing two minutes of the opening half foreshadowed<br />
the rollercoaster ride that the final minutes of the game<br />
would bring. The Great Danes punted away as a result of a<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
three-and-out, but stepped up the defensive pressure. With<br />
3rd-and-17, UAlbany’s Michael Smith stripped the ball from<br />
Delaware’s quarterback, Trent Hurley, and Rayshan Clark<br />
recovered on the Delaware-47 with 24 seconds left before the<br />
break.<br />
However, with 15 ticks to go, Fiacchi’s pass was picked<br />
off by Travis Hawkins and returned 66-yard to the UAlbany-3,<br />
as Osbourne made the touchdown-saving tackle with just one<br />
second on the clock.<br />
Rather than attempt a field goal, the Blue Hens went for<br />
the score. However, the Great Dane defense stifled the attempt,<br />
sending the squads into the locker rooms with a 16-10<br />
score still on the board.<br />
Out of the halftime break, UAlbany held Delaware to a<br />
field goal attempt in their first drive, but the ball sailed wide<br />
right.<br />
The Great Danes then responded a with an 11-play,<br />
77-yard touchdown drive. Facing 4th-and-3 on UAlbany’s 23,<br />
Fiacchi found Jameel Gay for a 15-yard 1st-down reception.<br />
Handing off to Osbourne twice, the junior running back found<br />
the end zone, giving UAlbany a 17-16 lead with 5:00 minutes<br />
left in the third quarter.<br />
Delaware quickly answered, scoring on their next drive<br />
with 3:48 on the clock, as Rob Jones scampered 71-yards into<br />
the end zone for a 22-17 lead. The Blue Hens attempted a twopoint<br />
conversion, but fumbled.<br />
The lead continued to seesaw in the fourth quarter, as the<br />
Great Danes regained the advantage, 23-22, driving 88-yards<br />
down the gridiron with eight plays. After two handoffs to Osbourne,<br />
gaining six yards apiece, Fiacchi completed a 49-yard<br />
pass to Chillis, moving the chains to the Delaware-26. With<br />
2nd-and-10 at the 12, Fiacchi threw to the back right corner<br />
of the end zone, finding Ketter, who hauled in the touchdown<br />
pass. Going for two, a false start penalty set the Great Danes<br />
back five yards, and the conversion attempt failed.<br />
UAlbany stretched the margin to eight, 30-22, with<br />
Osbourne’s 21-yard touchdown run with 3:18 left in the game<br />
and O’Riordan’s successful point-after kick. The 10-play,<br />
73-yard drive featured eight carries by the Syracuse native,<br />
including his drive-capping scamper on 4th-and-1. UAlbany<br />
finished the day 4-for-4 on fourth down attempts.<br />
With 3:02 remaining at the start of their drive, the Blue<br />
Hens worked quickly, covering 57-yards with five plays in 1:20.<br />
Hurley connected with Jones for a 20-yard touchdown pass.<br />
Hurley also found Michael Johnson on the two-point conversion<br />
attempt, tying the game, 30-30, with 1:42 to go.<br />
The Delaware defense forced UAlbany to punt after three<br />
plays and took over on the Delaware-37, starting their drive<br />
with 52 second left. A 22-yard pass to Johnson and a 9-yard<br />
rush by Pierce set up Sean Baner’s 42-yard field goal attempt<br />
with two seconds on the clock. Despite two icing timeouts,<br />
Baner’s kick sailed high and through the uprights, giving the<br />
Blue Hens a 33-30 victory.<br />
Hurley finished with 240 passing yards, completing 20-of-34<br />
attempts. Pierce led the Delaware ground game with 120<br />
rushing yards and two touchdowns.<br />
1st 07:43 ALBANY O’Riordan, Tom 33 yd field goal 3 - 0<br />
2nd 13:50 DEL. Pierce, Andrew 6 yd run (Baner, Sean kick) 3 - 7<br />
11:10 ALBANY Osbourne, Omar 1 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 10 - 7<br />
07:17 DEL. Baner, Sean 23 yd field goal 10 - 10<br />
01:35 DEL. Pierce, Andrew 4 yd run (Baner, Sean kick blockd) 10 - 16<br />
3rd 05:00 ALBANY Osbourne, Omar 4 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 17 - 16<br />
03:48 DEL. Jones, Rob 71 yd run (Greenway, G. rush failed) 17 - 22<br />
4th 10:09 ALBANY Ketter, Nic 12 yd pass from Fiacchi, Will (Fiacchi, Will pass failed) 23 - 22<br />
03:18 ALBANY Osbourne, Omar 21 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 30 - 22<br />
01:42 DEL. Jones 20 yd pass from Hurley (Johnson pass from Hurley) 30 - 30<br />
00:00 DEL. Baner, Sean 42 yd field goal 30 - 33<br />
Attendance: 17,363 Kickoff time: 12:07 PM End of Game: 3:28 PM Total elapsed time: 3:21<br />
FUMBLES: Albany-Fiacchi, Will 1-0. Delaware-Hurley, Trent 1-1.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): Albany-Smith, Andrew 1-0; Nicastro, M. 1-0.<br />
Delaware-Hollerman, V. 2-0; Mackall, David 1-0; Kerr, Zach 1-0; Saulsberry, D.<br />
1-0.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): Albany-Dorsey, C. 7-5; Nicastro, M. 2-8; Ngachie, Marcel<br />
3-6; Exantus, R. 2-7; Idowu, Olatunji 4-1; Helmer, Alex 3-2; McClary, Jojo 3-2;<br />
Wilson, T. 3-1; Troutman, Zach 2-1; Smith, Andrew 1-2; Kologrivov, Tim 0-3;<br />
Williams, Marte 2-0; Delaware-Mackall, David 4-8; Rowson, Mario<br />
6-5; Callaway, Pat. 2-7; Kerr, Zach 1-7; Williams, Jeff 0-7; Hollerman, V. 3-3;<br />
Thomas, Jordan 2-4; Saulsberry, D. 3-2; Gayle, Kyle 2-3; Hawkins, Travis 1-4;<br />
Brodsky, Craig 2-2; Tinsley, David 1-3; Gibson, Karon 0-4; Tatum, Roman 1-1;<br />
Titre, Irvin 0-2;
NO. 7 TOWSON 44, UALBANY 17<br />
Saturday, October 19, 2013 / Albany, N.Y. / Week 8<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
TOWSON 3 21 14 6 44<br />
UALBANY 7 3 7 0 17<br />
TOWSON ALBANY<br />
FIRST DOWNS 25 16<br />
Rushing 13 5<br />
Passing 11 8<br />
Penalty 1 3<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 279 126<br />
Rushing Attempts 44 36<br />
Average Per Rush 6.3 3.5<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 4 1<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 301 145<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 22 19<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 294 141<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 22-33-2 19-39-1<br />
Average Per Attempt 8.9 3.6<br />
Average Per Completion 13.4 7.4<br />
Passing Touchdowns 1 1<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 573 267<br />
Total offense plays 77 75<br />
Average Gain Per Play 7.4 3.6<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 2-0<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 8-96 11-107<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 2-84 7-258<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 42.0 36.9<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 42.0 34.0<br />
Inside 20 1 3<br />
50+ Yards 0 1<br />
Touchbacks 0 1<br />
Fair catch 1 3<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 8-425 4-228<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 53.1 57.0<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 36.5 42.8<br />
Touchbacks 0 1<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Average Per Return 0.0 0.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-32-0 8-133-0<br />
Average Per Return 16.0 16.6<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-38-1 2-0-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-49-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 34:34 25:26<br />
1st Quarter 8:54 6:06<br />
2nd Quarter 6:13 8:47<br />
3rd Quarter 9:44 5:16<br />
4th Quarter 9:43 5:17<br />
Third-Down Conversions 5 of 13 2 of 18<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 3 of 6<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 2-2<br />
Touchdowns 3-5 1-2<br />
Field goals 0-5 1-2<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 1-10<br />
PAT Kicks 5-6 2-2<br />
Field Goals 1-1 1-1<br />
RUSHING: TOWSON-Terrance West 22-183; Darius Victor<br />
10-62; Trea Jones<br />
6-24; Connor Frazier 2-18; Navassa Brown 1-6; TEAM 1-minus<br />
6; Peter Athens<br />
2-minus 8. Albany-Osbourne, Omar 16-50; Meek, Jake 5-44; Martin, Andre 7-17;<br />
Beauvais, Presley 5-10; Fiacchi, Will 3-5.<br />
ALBANY, N.Y. – Despite an early 7-0 lead In front<br />
of a sold-out homecoming crowd of 8,500 Saturday<br />
evening at Bob Ford Field, the University at Albany<br />
football team suffered a 44-17 defeat to the No. 7<br />
Towson University Tigers. With the loss, the Great<br />
Danes fell to 1-7 on the season and 0-4 in the CAA,<br />
while Towson improved to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in<br />
conference play.<br />
After UAlbany’s initial score – Jake Meek’s 10-<br />
yard touchdown rush with 3:01 remaining in the first – Towson<br />
responded with 24 straight points, taking the lead for good.<br />
In the game, junior quarterback Will Fiacchi threw for<br />
126 yards and a touchdown, completing 17-of-35 passes,<br />
while junior receiver Cole King and tight end Brian Parker<br />
each tallied a team-high four receptions, totaling 27 and 19<br />
yards, respectively. Senior Jameel Gay led the squad with 31<br />
receiving yards and a touchdown grab with two catches in the<br />
contest.<br />
Totaling 79 all-purpose yards, junior running back Omar<br />
Osbourne totaled 50 rushing yards on 16 carries, as well as 29<br />
receiving yards, making three receptions. Meek finished the<br />
night with 44 rushing yards and a touchdown on five carries.<br />
Defensively, the Great Danes baited the Tigers into four<br />
turnovers, as Jojo McClary and Cory Connell each nabbed an<br />
interception, and Christian Dorsey and Randall Exantus both<br />
forced a fumble. Dorsey also led the team with 11 tackles,<br />
followed by Exantus’ eight.<br />
While UAlbany was forced to punt in their first possession,<br />
the Great Dane defense quickly got the crowd involved, as<br />
Exantus stripped the ball from receiver Spencer Wilkins at<br />
midfield and freshman Michael Nicastro ran the ball back into<br />
the end zone. However, a holding penalty on the return put<br />
UAlbany on the Towson 32.<br />
Unfortunately, the Great Danes could not convert, going<br />
three-and-out, punting the ball to the Towson 11. The CAA’s<br />
leading running back, Terrence West, gave Towson an 11-<br />
yard gain on second down, and Darius Victor’s 11-yard run<br />
converted on third down. However, the Great Dane defense<br />
stepped up again, as Andrew Smith tackled Victor behind the<br />
line on scrimmage, and a false start penalty and incomplete<br />
pass, made it 3rd-and-17. As quarterback Peter Athens rolled<br />
out and threw, UAlbany’s Cory Connell batted the ball in the<br />
air and intercepted the pass -- his first of the season – giving<br />
UAlbany possession on Towson’s 24.<br />
The turnover led to a 7-0 lead for the Great Danes, as Omar<br />
Osbourne rushed up the middle for 10 yards and a first down,<br />
and wildcat quarterback Jake Meek rushed twice, rolling out<br />
to the left for a 10-yard touchdown scamper. Tom O’Riordan’s<br />
extra point capped a three-play, 24-yard drive with 3:00 minutes<br />
left in the first quarter.<br />
Starting at their own 27, the Tigers worked their way<br />
down the field, eventually settling for a 50-yard field goal,<br />
kicked by Drew Evangelista with no time remaining in the<br />
opening quarter, cutting into UAlbany’s lead to 7-3.<br />
From there, Towson took the lead for good and never let<br />
up, scoring back-to-back touchdowns and totaled 21 points in<br />
the second quarter alone. Following a five-yard run by West,<br />
Athens completed his pass to Wilkins for a 38-yard touchdown.<br />
Evangelista’s extra point put Towson up 10-7, ending a<br />
60-yard drive with 10:20 left in the second quarter.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
Towson’s defense then intercepted Fiacchi’s pass intended<br />
for wide receiver Kevin Chillis, and Donnell Lewis returned<br />
the ball 38 yards for a touchdown, giving Towson a 17-7<br />
advantage with 8:48 remaining in the half.<br />
While Smith and Tim Kologrivov tackled West at the line<br />
of scrimmage on Towson’s next drive, West finally broke free<br />
and scampered 59 yards for his first of two touchdowns on the<br />
night. Evangelista’s extra point made it 24-7 Towson with 6:48<br />
left in the stanza.<br />
Towson looked to add another touchdown, handing off to<br />
Victor with 1st-and-goal on the five, but Dorsey stripped the<br />
ball and a pile up of UAlbany players landed on it in the end<br />
zone for a touchback.<br />
From there, the Great Danes marched down the field in<br />
the remaining 1:43 in the half, led by Meek’s 30-yard run on<br />
4th-and-3, and Fiacchi’s 22-yard pass to Osbourne. With 10<br />
seconds remaining in the half, O’Riordan’s 35-yard field goal<br />
capped the 11-play, 83-yard drive, cutting the margin to 14,<br />
24-10, at the half.<br />
Out of the break, Towson received and quickly added another<br />
touchdown for a 31-10 lead. Facing 1st-and-20 on the 42,<br />
Athens found Wilkins down the middle for 51 yards, and West<br />
capped the 10-play, 84-yard drive, rushing seven yards up the<br />
middle and into the end zone for a touchdown.<br />
While the Great Danes were forced to punt on their next<br />
possession, redshirt-freshman Jon Martin booted the ball 76<br />
yards -- the longest of the year in the CAA -- for a touchback.<br />
The Tigers then completed four straight passes to make<br />
it 1st-and-goal on the nine, but UAlbany’s defense played<br />
spoilers again, as Jojo McClary picked off Athens’ pass in the<br />
back of the end zone. While the Great Danes kept Towson off<br />
the board, they were unable to turn the turnover into points of<br />
their own, punting after three plays.<br />
With 4:33 remaining in the third quarter, Victor stretched<br />
Towson’s lead to 38-10 with a 7-yard touchdown run, capping<br />
the Tigers’ six-play 68-yard drive.<br />
Chillis looked to spark a comeback, returning the ball 39<br />
yards to start UAlbany at midfield on the next drive; the senior<br />
finished with 123 all-purpose yards on the night, including 101<br />
on five kickoff returns. Fiacchi completed his first pass to King<br />
for 12 yards to get into Towson territory, and found Chillis for<br />
eight yards. Andre Martin then converted on fourth down with<br />
a three-yard rush. Facing 4th-and-12 at the Towson 28 in the<br />
next set of downs, Fiacchi dropped back and found Gay wide<br />
open for a 28-yard touchdown. O’Riordan’s extra point finished<br />
a nine-play, 50-yard drive with 1:52 left in the third, making<br />
the score 38-17.<br />
In the fourth quarter, the Great Danes held the Tigers off<br />
the board until the final minute of play. Towson worked its<br />
way 54 yards down the gridiron on eight plays, and Trea Jones<br />
completed the drive with a 2-yard run for a touchdown with<br />
54 seconds on the clock. With rain falling from the sky as the<br />
game neared an end, the extra point was kicked wide left,<br />
making the final score 44-17.<br />
For Towson, West finished with 183 yards and two<br />
touchdowns on the ground, carrying the ball 22 times. Athens<br />
completed 22-of-32 passes for 294 yards, a touchdown and<br />
two interceptions. Wilkins totaled 129 yards and a score on six<br />
catches.<br />
1st 03:01 ALBANY Meek, Jake 10 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 0 - 7<br />
00:00 TOWSON Drew Evangelista 50 yd field goal 3 - 7<br />
2nd 10:20 TOWSON Spencer Wilkins 38 yd pass from Peter Athens (Drew Evangelista kick) 10 - 7<br />
08:48 TOWSON Donnell Lewis 38 yd interception return (Drew Evangelista kick) 17 - 7<br />
06:42 TOWSON Terrance West 59 yd run (Drew Evangelista kick) 24 - 7<br />
00:10 ALBANY O’Riordan, Tom 35 yd field goal 24 - 10<br />
3rd 11:11 TOWSON Terrance West 7 yd run (Drew Evangelista kick) 31 - 10<br />
04:33 TOWSON Darius Victor 7 yd run (Drew Evangelista kick) 38 - 10<br />
01:52 ALBANY Gay, Jameel 28 yd pass from Fiacchi, Will (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 38 - 17<br />
4th 00:54 TOWSON Trea Jones 2 yd run (Drew Evangelista kick failed) 44 - 17<br />
Attendance: 8,500 Kickoff time: 3:37 PM End of Game: 6:40 PM Total elapsed time: 3:03<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: TOWSON-Donnell Lewis 1-38. Albany-Connell, Cory 1-0;<br />
McClary, Jojo 1-0.<br />
PASSING: TOWSON-Peter Athens 22-33-2-294. Albany-Fiacchi, Will<br />
17-35-1-126; Smith, Ryan 2-4-0-15.<br />
RECEIVING: TOWSON-Spencer Wilkins 6-129; Leon Kinnard 5-36; Terrance West<br />
4-27; James Oboh 3-65; Emmanuel Holder 2-27; Brian Dowling 1-7; Andre Dessenberg<br />
1-3. Albany-King, Cole 4-27; Parker, Brian 4-19; Osbourne, Omar 3-29; Chillis,<br />
Kevin 3-22; Gay, Jameel 2-31; Malloy, Kevin 1-10; Ketter, Nic 1-4; Martin, Andre<br />
1-minus 1.<br />
26<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL<br />
FUMBLES: TOWSON-Darius Victor 1-1; Spencer Wilkins 1-1. Albany-Fiacchi,<br />
Will 1-0; Gay, Jameel 1-0.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): TOWSON-Syd Holt 1-0. Albany-Ngachie, Marcel 1-0.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): TOWSON-Tye Smith 8-3; Christian Carpenter 4-5; Telvion<br />
Clark 5-3; Monte Gaddis 3-5; Donnell Lewis 5-2; Malik Jackson 4-2; Max Tejeda<br />
2-2; Jon Desir 0-4; Albany-Dorsey, Christian 5-6; Exantus,<br />
Randall 3-5; Smith, Andrew 4-3; Idowu, Olatunji 3-4;
RICHMOND 27, UALBANY 10<br />
Saturday, November 2, 2013 / Richmond, Va. / Week 10<br />
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
UALBANY 7 3 0 0 10<br />
RICHMOND 3 14 0 10 27<br />
ALBANY RICH<br />
FIRST DOWNS 17 30<br />
Rushing 5 14<br />
Passing 11 14<br />
Penalty 1 2<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 106 192<br />
Rushing Attempts 34 41<br />
Average Per Rush 3.1 4.7<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 1 1<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 116 209<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 10 17<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 212 316<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 17-27-1 27-41-1<br />
Average Per Attempt 7.9 7.7<br />
Average Per Completion 12.5 11.7<br />
Passing Touchdowns 0 1<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 318 508<br />
Total offense plays 61 82<br />
Average Gain Per Play 5.2 6.2<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 6-55 5-55<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 3-118 1-27<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 39.3 27.0<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 35.0 27.0<br />
Inside 20 2 0<br />
50+ Yards 0 0<br />
Touchbacks 0 0<br />
Fair catch 0 0<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-157 6-337<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 52.3 56.2<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 39.0 35.3<br />
Touchbacks 0 3<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 1-13-0<br />
Average Per Return 0.0 13.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-50-0 3-40-0<br />
Average Per Return 16.7 13.3<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-0-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 26:14 33:46<br />
1st Quarter 6:16 8:44<br />
2nd Quarter 7:17 7:43<br />
3rd Quarter 6:57 8:03<br />
4th Quarter 5:44 9:16<br />
Third-Down Conversions 6 of 13 5 of 12<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 2 of 2<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 3-4<br />
Touchdowns 1-4 1-4<br />
Field goals 1-4 2-4<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 2-6<br />
PAT Kicks 1-1 1-1<br />
Field Goals 1-2 4-5<br />
RICHMOND, Va. – While the University at<br />
Albany football team held a lead into the<br />
second quarter of play Saturday evening at<br />
Robins Stadium, the hosting University of<br />
Richmond Spiders battled back to take a 27-<br />
10 victory. Richmond improved to 3-6 on the<br />
season and 1-4 in the CAA, while UAlbany<br />
fell to 1-8 overall and 0-5 in conference.<br />
“I was proud of how we battled in the first half<br />
and a little disappointed in the second half,” said<br />
head coach Bob Ford. “Maybe we ran a little bit out of<br />
gas because of a depth situation, but that’s the hand<br />
we have been dealt.”<br />
Leading the Great Danes’ offense, quarterback<br />
Will Fiacchi totaled 212 passing yards, completing 17-<br />
of-27 attempts. Running back Omar Osbourne led the<br />
squad with 18 carries, totaling 56 rushing yards and<br />
a touchdown, while senior wide receiver Kevin Chillis<br />
caught a team-best four passes for 39 yards.<br />
Defensively, Randall Exantus totaled a career-high<br />
14 tackles, including eight unassisted, as well as<br />
nabbed an interception. Redshirt freshman Michael<br />
Nicastro brought down eight, while Tramaine Wilson<br />
totaled seven tackles and logged a fumble recovery.<br />
Winning the coin toss, the Great Danes deferred<br />
and kicked off to the hosting Spiders to start the<br />
conference clash. Richmond made its way down the<br />
field, but missed a 32-yard field goal on their opening<br />
drive, hitting the upright.<br />
Taking advantage of the Spiders’ miscue, UAlbany<br />
answered with a successful 80-yard drive, capped<br />
by Omar Osbourne’s 2-yard touchdown rush. In the<br />
12-play drive, Fiacchi connected a 35-yard pass to Jameel<br />
Gay down Richmond’s sideline, and Osbourne’s<br />
12-yard rush on 2nd-and-11 put the Great Danes on<br />
Richmond’s 21-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-6, Fiacchi<br />
converted, finding Cole King 10-yards down field,<br />
making it 1st-and-goal. Again, the Great Danes were<br />
successful on third-down, as Osbourne rushed to the<br />
right and into the end zone, giving UAlbany a 7-0<br />
lead with 5:03 remaining in the first quarter.<br />
Richmond answered on their next possession with<br />
a 43-yard field goal by Brandon Jordi. The Spiders<br />
drove 57-yards on 12 plays, cutting the margin to<br />
four, 7-3, with 26 seconds remaining in the opening<br />
quarter.<br />
Despite a 39-yardpass to redshirt freshman Nic<br />
Ketter, the Great Danes turned the ball over on downs<br />
after a pass interference penalty set UAlbany back 15<br />
yards.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
Taking over on their own 32, the Spiders then took<br />
advantage on their first possession of the quarter,<br />
driving 65-yards to the three-yard line. Facing 4th-and<br />
goal, Jordi kicked a 20-yard field goal, making it a<br />
one-point game, 7-6, with 7:59 remaining in the half.<br />
UAlbany looked to answer but a fumble on their<br />
third play put the ball back into Richmond’s hands<br />
at UAlbany’s 40 with under seven minutes left in the<br />
stanza. The Spiders then used seven plays to drive<br />
40-yards into the end zone on Seth Fisher’s three-yard<br />
run. Going for two, the hosts converted as Strauss<br />
connected a short pass to Thomas Evans up the middle,<br />
giving Richmond its first lead of the game, 14-7,<br />
with 2:58 on the clock.<br />
Undeterred, the Great Danes marched 68-yards<br />
down the gridiron, setting up Tom O’Riordan’s<br />
24-yard field goal with 58 seconds remaining. The<br />
successful kick cut the deficit to four, 14-10.<br />
However, Richmond’s Brandon Jordi made an<br />
astounding 48-yard field goal as time expired to send<br />
Richmond into the break leading 17-10.<br />
The third quarter featured a defensive battle and<br />
a scoreless stanza for just the second time this season.<br />
The Great Danes forced the Spiders to turn the<br />
ball over twice. The first being Exantus’ interception<br />
in the end zone at the 9:03 mark. However, UAlbany<br />
was unable to take full advantage after the touchback<br />
and was forced to punt. With 30 seconds remaining<br />
in the quarter, junior Tim Kologrivov stripped the ball<br />
out of Fisher’s grasps and into the hands of teammate<br />
Tramaine Wilson. The Great Danes took over on their<br />
own 40, but again were forced to punt in the drive.<br />
While the Great Danes defense stifled every<br />
offensive attempt in the third, Richmond finally struck<br />
with 8:12 remaining in the fourth. Strauss connected<br />
a 30-yard touchdown pass to Rashad Ponder, giving<br />
the Spiders a two-touchdown lead, 24-10.<br />
Richmond quickly put the game out of reach with<br />
4:54 remaining, as Jordi’s 34-yard field goal sailed<br />
through the uprights, making the score 27-10. The<br />
Spiders gained possession as a result of a Mylon<br />
Blueford’s interception at UAlbany’s 39-yard line.<br />
UAlbany attempted to get a few final points on<br />
the board, but O’Riordan’s 40-yard attempt fell just<br />
short, and the Spiders ran out the remainder of the<br />
clock.<br />
1st 05:03 ALBANY Osbourne, Omar 2 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 7 - 0<br />
00:26 RICHMOND Brandon Jordi 43 yd field goal 7 - 3<br />
2nd 07:59 RICHMOND Brandon Jordi 20 yd field goal 7 - 6<br />
03:48 RICHMOND Seth Fisher 3 yd run (Thomas Evans pass from Michael Strauss) 7 - 14<br />
00:58 ALBANY O’Riordan, Tom 24 yd field goal 10 - 14<br />
00:00 RICHMOND Brandon Jordi 48 yd field goal 10 - 17<br />
4th 08:12 RICHMOND Rashad Ponder 30 yd pass from Michael Strauss (Brandon Jordi kick) 10 - 24<br />
04:54 RICHMOND Brandon Jordi 34 yd field goal 10 - 27<br />
Attendance: 8,700 Kickoff time: 4:07 PM End of Game: 6:59 PM Total elapsed time: 2:52<br />
RUSHING: Albany-Osbourne, Omar 18-56; Chillis, Kevin 3-22; Fiacchi, Will<br />
6-10; Meek, Jake 4-9; Martin, Andre 2-8; Beauvais, Presley 1-1. Richmond-Seth<br />
Fisher 18-89; Jacobi Green 10-54; Ben Edwards 5-25; David Broadus 3-10; Michael<br />
Strauss 3-9; George Boston 2-5.<br />
PASSING: Albany-Fiacchi, Will 17-27-1-212. Richmond-Michael Strauss<br />
25-39-1-300; Kyle Lauletta 2-2-0-16.<br />
RECEIVING: Albany-Chillis, Kevin 4-39; Meek, Jake 3-23; Osbourne, Omar<br />
3-17; King, Cole 2-50; Gay, Jameel 2-43; Parker, Brian 2-1; Ketter, Nic 1-39.<br />
Richmond-Ben Edwards 9-83; Stephen Barnette 7-85; Rashad Ponder 3-53; Reggie<br />
Diggs 2-41; James Pavik 2-16; Hunter Westfall 1-27; Seth Fisher 1-7; Shane<br />
Savage 1-5; Jacobi Green 1-minus 1.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: Albany-Exantus, Randall 1-0. Richmond-Mylon Blueford 1-0.<br />
FUMBLES: Albany-Martin, Andre 1-1. Richmond-Seth Fisher 1-1.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): Albany-Helmer, Alex 1-0. Richmond-Jacob Pierce 1-0; B.J.<br />
Scott 1-0.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): Albany-Exantus, Randall 8-6; Nicastro, Michael 5-3;<br />
Wilson, Tramaine 7-0; Helmer, Alex 5-1; Idowu, Olatunji 1-4; McClary, Jojo 4-0;<br />
Beach, Nick 3-1; Harris, Clay 3-1; Bradley, Tom 2-1; Dwyer, Jake 1-2; Dorsey,<br />
Christian 1-2; Baylor, Brandon 1-2; LaDucer, Mat 0-3; Gray, Samuel 1-1;<br />
Greenhagen, Cody 1-1; Ngachie, Marcel 1-1; Spelman, Ryan 1-1; Smith, Andrew 0-2;<br />
Clark, Rayshan 1-0; Kologrivov, Tim 1-0; Morton, Zach 1-0; Mbongue-Muna,Prosper<br />
1-0; Polk, Dorian 1-0; Fasano, Joe 0-1; Morrison, Neil 0-1; Meek, Jake 0-1;<br />
O’Connor, Pat 0-1. Richmond-Walt Sparks 2-8; Eric Wright 2-8; Justin Grant 5-1;<br />
Aaron Roane 2-3; Sean Ryan 1-4; Evan Kelly 1-4; Kerry Wynn 0-4; David Jones 2-1;<br />
Jacob Pierce 1-2; Wayne Pettus 1-1; Adam Farley 1-1; DeShawn Holmes 1-1; Justin<br />
Williamson 1-1; B.J. Scott 1-1; Reggie Barnette 1-1; Kieran Gregory 0-2; Ayo<br />
Ogunniyi 0-2; Omar Howard 0-2; Winston Craig 0-2; Trevor Jones 1-0; Mylon<br />
Blueford 0-1.<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 27
1 2 3 4 Score<br />
MAINE 7 7 13 6 33<br />
ALBANY 7 7 6 7 27<br />
Maine Albany<br />
FIRST DOWNS 23 21<br />
Rushing 10 13<br />
Passing 11 6<br />
Penalty 2 2<br />
NET YARDS RUSHING 166 223<br />
Rushing Attempts 38 42<br />
Average Per Rush 4.4 5.3<br />
Rushing Touchdowns 2 2<br />
Yards Gained Rushing 186 231<br />
Yards Lost Rushing 20 8<br />
NET YARDS PASSING 231 139<br />
Completions-Attempts-Int 20-32-0 9-20-1<br />
Average Per Attempt 7.2 6.9<br />
Average Per Completion 11.6 15.4<br />
Passing Touchdowns 3 2<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 397 362<br />
Total offense plays 70 62<br />
Average Gain Per Play 5.7 5.8<br />
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-2<br />
Penalties: Number-Yards 13-119 6-99<br />
PUNTS-YARDS 5-204 5-177<br />
Average Yards Per Punt 40.8 35.4<br />
Net Yards Per Punt 36.8 33.8<br />
Inside 20 2 1<br />
50+ Yards 2 0<br />
Touchbacks 1 0<br />
Fair catch 1 2<br />
KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-374 5-281<br />
Average Yards Per Kickoff 62.3 56.2<br />
Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.3 32.0<br />
Touchbacks 1 0<br />
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-8-0 2-0-0<br />
Average Per Return 4.0 0.0<br />
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-121-0 5-107-0<br />
Average Per Return 24.2 21.4<br />
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-34-0 0-0-0<br />
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0<br />
Possession Time 35:27 24:33<br />
1st Quarter 9:32 5:28<br />
2nd Quarter 8:12 6:48<br />
3rd Quarter 5:40 9:20<br />
4th Quarter 12:03 2:57<br />
Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 1 of 7<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-7 3-3<br />
Touchdowns 5-7 3-3<br />
Field goals 0-7 0-3<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 3-12<br />
PAT Kicks 3-5 3-4<br />
Field Goals 0-1 0-0<br />
NO. 8/9 MAINE 33, UALBANY 27<br />
Saturday, November 9, 2013 / Albany, N.Y. / Week 11<br />
ALBANY, N.Y. – Throughout much of Saturday<br />
night’s contest at Bob Ford Field, the hosting<br />
University at Albany Great Danes appeared<br />
as though they might spoil No. 8/9 Maine’s<br />
unblemished conference record, but in the end<br />
the Black Bears escaped with a 33-27 win over<br />
the hosts. Maine improved to 9-1 overall and 6-0<br />
in CAA play, while UAlbany fell to 1-9 on the<br />
season and 0-6 in conference.<br />
Trailing by a touchdown with 1:50 remaining in the<br />
contest, the Great Danes started their drive on their own<br />
20-yard line after Maine punted into the end zone. However,<br />
the Black Bears quickly quashed what would be<br />
UAlbany’s last chance for victory, as Trevor Bates sacked<br />
Will Fiacchi and forced a fumble. Maine recovered on the<br />
12 and ran the remainder of the clock out, sealing the<br />
win.<br />
Offensively, junior quarterback Will Fiacchi totaled<br />
139 passing yards and threw for two touchdowns,<br />
completing 9-of-20 passes. Senior Kevin Chilis served as<br />
his top receiver with three catches for a total of 74 yards,<br />
including a 44-yard touchdown reception. Tight end<br />
Brian Parker also caught a touchdown pass and totaled<br />
39 receiving yards for the Danes.<br />
On the ground, junior running back Omar Osbourne<br />
netted 134 rushing yards and a touchdown, as he carried<br />
the ball 29 times. Out of the wildcat, Jake Meek found<br />
a number of holes, rushing eight times for a total of 59<br />
yards, averaging 7.4 yard per carry.<br />
Defensively, junior Jake Dwyer led UAlbany with 11<br />
tackles, followed by senior Tramaine Wilson’s nine, and<br />
classmate Andrew Smith’s eight, including a sack.<br />
Looking to capture the program’s first win in the<br />
new stadium, the Great Danes won the coin toss and<br />
deferred, kicking off to the Black Bears. Maine wasted<br />
no time getting onto the board, as Nigel Jones capped a<br />
nine-play, 66-yard drive with a 1-yard run with 10:36 in<br />
the first quarter.<br />
While UAlbany lost their first possession due to a<br />
fumble, they came away unscathed, as Maine missed a<br />
47-yard field goal attempt at the 6:29 mark.<br />
The Great Danes immediately responded with a<br />
nine-play, 70-yard drive into the end zone. Taking hits<br />
along the way, Fiacchi battled his way across the goal<br />
line with a drive-capping 10-yard rush. Tom O’Riordan’s<br />
made extra-point, tied the ballgame, 7-7, with 3:11<br />
remaining in the opening stanza.<br />
UAlbany’s defense held Maine at-bay, forcing three<br />
straight punts until the Great Danes were able to capitalize<br />
offensively with a four-play, 67-yard scoring drive.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY<br />
Starting from their 33, Osbourne rushed three times for<br />
a positive gain, setting up Fiacchi’s 44-yard touchdown<br />
pass to Chillis. All alone, Chillis was untouched as scampered<br />
into the end zone, giving UAlbany a 14-7 lead after<br />
O’Riordan’s kick with 6:43 remaining in the half.<br />
However, Maine tied it up on their next possession,<br />
as quarterback Marcus Wasilewski connected a 23-yard<br />
touchdown pass to Derrick Johnson at the 4:41 mark. A<br />
flag-ridden final few minutes held both squads off the<br />
board, sending the teams into the break with an even<br />
score.<br />
Much like the opening half, Maine scored first,<br />
picking off Fiacchi’s first pass of the third quarter and<br />
returned it to the UAlbany-6. Jones then rushed six yards<br />
into the end zone. Missing the extra-point, Maine took a<br />
20-14 lead with 14:04 on the clock.<br />
Undeterred, the Great Danes marched down the<br />
gridiron with a 12-play, 79-yard scoring drive. Fiacchi<br />
hit Parker in the end zone with a 16-yard pass, tying the<br />
game with 9:18 remaining in the third quarter. While<br />
UAlbany had a chance to take the lead with the point-after,<br />
the Black Bears blocked the kick, keeping the score<br />
at 20-all.<br />
The see-sawing nature of the game continued<br />
late into the quarter with Maine getting on the board<br />
again with 3:42 to go. Wasilewski connected a 13-yard<br />
touchdown pass to John Eberling, finishing a nine-play,<br />
86-yard drive, giving the Black Bears a 27-20 lead.<br />
Determined to upset the first-place visitors, UAlbany<br />
battled 86-yards down the field and into the end zone.<br />
In the drive, Fiacchi completed a 36-yard pass to Chillis,<br />
and Meek rushed four times for a total of 37-yards<br />
(18/6/6/5), setting up Osbourne’s 4-yard touchdown<br />
dash. Making the extra-point, the game was again tied,<br />
27-27, with 14:35 remaining in the conference contest.<br />
On their next drive, Maine scored what would be the<br />
winning and final touchdown of the night with 11:16 to<br />
go. Starting on their own 35, the Black Bears used six<br />
plays to travel 65-yards, ending with Ebeling’s 4-yard<br />
touchdown catch from Wasilewski. Again, Sean Decloux<br />
missed the extra-point, giving the Great Danes an opportunity<br />
to steal a win in a single possession, trailing just<br />
33-27.<br />
However, both squads were forced to punt twice<br />
as the clock ticked down, leaving the score as is for the<br />
remainder of the contest.<br />
For Maine, Wasilewski finished with 231 passing<br />
yards and three touchdowns, completing 20-of-32<br />
attempts. Defensively, freshman Christophe Mulumba<br />
totaled a game-high 19 tackles.<br />
1st 10:36 MAINE Nigel Jones 1 yd run (Sean Decloux kick) 7 - 0<br />
03:11 ALBANY Fiacchi, Will 10 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 7 - 7<br />
2nd 06:43 ALBANY Chillis, Kevin 44 yd pass from Fiacchi, Will (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 7 - 14<br />
04:41 MAINE Derrick Johnson 23 yd pass from Marcus Wasilewski (Sean Decloux kick) 14 - 14<br />
3rd 14:04 MAINE Nigel Jones 6 yd run (Sean Decloux kick failed) 20 - 14<br />
09:18 ALBANY Parker, Brian 16 yd pass from Fiacchi, Will (O’Riordan, Tom kick blockd) 20 - 20<br />
03:42 MAINE John Ebeling 13 yd pass from Marcus Wasilewski (Sean Decloux kick) 27 - 20<br />
4th 14:35 ALBANY Osbourne, Omar 4 yd run (O’Riordan, Tom kick) 27 - 27<br />
11:16 MAINE John Ebeling 4 yd pass from Marcus Wasilewski (Sean Decloux kick failed) 33 - 27<br />
Attendance: 4,912 Kickoff time: 3:30 PM End of Game: 6:22 PM Total elapsed time: 2:52<br />
RUSHING: Maine-Stevens, Rickey 10-85; Wasilewski, Mar 14-43; Jones, Nigel<br />
12-42; TEAM 2-minus 4. Albany-Osbourne, Omar 29-134; Meek, Jake 8-59; Fiacchi,<br />
Will 4-22; Chillis, Kevin 1-8.<br />
PASSING: Maine-Wasilewski, Mar 20-32-0-231. Albany-Fiacchi, Will<br />
9-20-1-139.<br />
RECEIVING: Maine-Ebeling, John 6-41; Johnson, Derric 4-54; Aultman,<br />
Damarr 3-44; Reuss, Sean 2-38; Stevens, Rickey 2-29; Williams, Arthu 2-17;<br />
Jones, Nigel 1-8. Albany-Chillis, Kevin 3-74; Parker, Brian 2-39; Osbourne, Omar<br />
2-8; Ketter, Nic 1-11; King, Cole 1-7.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: Maine-Mangiarelli, Mi 1-34. Albany-None.<br />
FUMBLES: Maine-Wasilewski, Mar 1-0. Albany-Osbourne, Omar 1-1; Fiacchi,<br />
Will 1-1.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): Maine-Bates, Trevor 1-0. Albany-Smith, Andrew 0-2;<br />
Nicastro, M. 0-1; Smith, Michael 0-1; Exantus, R. 0-1; Dwyer, Jake 0-1.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): Maine-Mulumba, Christ 2-17; Eastman, Troy 2-9; Bates,<br />
Trevor 3-4; Mangiarelli, Mi 2-4; Al-Mateen, Khar 2-4; Louis, Jonathan 1-4;<br />
Ofori, Axel 1-4; Goncalves, Cabr 0-5; Ricard, Patrick 0-5; Samuels, Randy 1-1;<br />
Wilson, Matthew 1-1; James, Kendall 1-1; Carbone, Peter 0-2; Decloux, Sean 1-0;<br />
Achey, Arron 1-0; Baltimore, Sher 1-0; Roach, Erwin 0-1; Cole, Michael 0-1;<br />
Reuss, Sean 0-1; Williams, Arthu 0-1; Dunn, Jordan 0-1. Albany-Dwyer, Jake 2-9;<br />
Wilson, T. 4-5; Smith, Andrew 2-6; McClary, Jojo 4-2; Exantus, R. 4-2; Helmer,<br />
Alex 1-4; Kologrivov, Tim 2-2; Greenhagen, C. 1-3; Ngachie, Marcel 2-1;<br />
Nicastro, M. 1-2; Martin, Jon 1-2; LaDucer, Mat 0-3; Mbongue-Muna, P 2-0; Clark,<br />
Rayshan 2-0; Beach, Nick 1-1; Idowu, Olatunji 0-2; Baylor, Brandon 0-2; Fiacchi,<br />
Will 1-0; Wiggins, R. 1-0; Polk, Dorian 0-1; Bradley, Tom 0-1; Ketter, Nic 0-1;<br />
Morrison, Neil 0-1; Smith, Michael 0-1; Troutman, Zach 0-1.<br />
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL
RECORDS<br />
THE LAST TIME...<br />
INTERCEPTION FOR TOUCHDOWN<br />
Albany: Justinian Mason, 75 yards at Bryant<br />
Bulldog Stadium, 10-6-12<br />
Opp.: Donnell Lewis of Towson<br />
38 yards at Bob Ford Field, 10-19-13<br />
KICKOFF RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN<br />
Albany: Kevin Chillis, 79 yards vs. CCSU<br />
University Field, 11-17-12<br />
Opp.: Gralyn Crawford of Stephen F. Austin,<br />
92 yards at Homer Bryce Stadium, 9-11-10<br />
FUMBLE RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN<br />
Albany: Ocieka Bakou, 45 yards vs CCSU<br />
University Field, 11-17-12<br />
Opp.: Cory Giddings of Stony Brook,<br />
34 yards at LaValle Stadium, 10-7-06<br />
PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN<br />
Albany: Ryan Kirchner, 80 yards vs. Wagner,<br />
University Field, 11-13-10<br />
Opp.: Gralyn Crawford of Stephen F. Austin,<br />
72 yards at Homer Bryce Stadium, 9-11-10<br />
BLOCKED PUNT - RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN<br />
Albany: Kyle Jordan, 19 yards vs. Colgate,<br />
University Field, 9-1-12<br />
Opp.: Michael Scott of Sacred Heart, 38 yards at<br />
Campus Field, 10-21-00<br />
100-YARD RUSHING GAME<br />
Albany: Omar Osbourne, 134 yards vs. Maine,<br />
Bob Ford Field, 11-9-13<br />
Opp.: Terrance West of Towson, 183 yards<br />
Bob Ford Field, 10-19-13<br />
200-YARD RUSHING GAME<br />
Albany: Omar Osbourne, 252 yards vs. Colgate,<br />
Andy Kerr Stadium, 9-7-13<br />
Opp.: Jordan Brown of Bryant, 200 yards<br />
at Bulldog Stadium, 10-30-10<br />
100-YARD RECEIVING GAME<br />
Albany: Kevin Chillis, 112 at Colgate<br />
Andy Kerr Stadium, 9-7-13<br />
Opp.: Spencer Wilkins of Towson, 129 yards<br />
Bob Ford Field, 10-19-13<br />
200-YARD PASSING GAME<br />
Albany: Will Fiacchi, 212 at Richmond<br />
Robins Stadium, 11-2-13<br />
Opp.: Marcus Wasilewski of Maine, 231 yards<br />
Bob Ford Field, 11-9-13<br />
300-YARD PASSING GAME<br />
Albany: Will Fiacchi, 346 at Duquesne<br />
Rooney Field, 8-31-13<br />
Opp.: Michael Strauss of Richmond, 300 yards<br />
Robins Stadium, 11-2-13<br />
DIVISION I FCS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS (1999-PRESENT)<br />
TEAM -- 1999-Present<br />
Rushing Yards...........................................................468 vs. Wagner, 11-1-03<br />
Passing Yards....................................................... 354 vs. Duquesne, 8-31-13<br />
Total Yards..................................................................600 vs. Drake, 10-12-02<br />
First Downs..............................30 vs Canisius, 10-19-02 & Fordham, 9-9-07<br />
Low Rushing.Yards Allowed................... minus-51 vs. Robert Morris, 11-4-06<br />
Low Passing Yards Allowed ..................................21 vs. Wagner, 10-28-06<br />
Low Total Yards Allowed..................... 74 vs. Central Conn. State, 9-13-03<br />
Fewest First Downs Allowed.........................3 vs. St. Francis, Pa., 10-9-10<br />
Turnovers Forced...................6 vs. Stony Brook, 10-2-99 & Towson, 9-1-01<br />
Points (Game).........................................................64 vs. St. Peter’s, 10-4-03<br />
Points (Half)............................................... 41 vs. Duquesne (first), 10-10-09<br />
Points (Quarter)....................................28 vs. Duquesne (second), 10-10-09<br />
................................................................. 28 at Duquesne (second), 11-10-12<br />
Victory Margin............................................55 vs. St. Peter’s (64-9), 10-4-03<br />
Loss Margin..........................................56 vs. Old Dominion (66-10), 9-28-13<br />
INDIVIDUAL -- 1999-Present<br />
Rushing Yards.......................271, David McCarty vs. Jacksonville, 12-6-08<br />
Rushing Touchdowns............................ 4, Gary Jones vs. Wagner, 11-1-03<br />
....................................................4, David McCarty vs. Jacksonville, 12-6-08<br />
Touchdowns Scored............................... 4, Gary Jones vs. Wagner, 11-1-03<br />
....................................................4, David McCarty vs. Jacksonville, 12-6-08<br />
Passing Yards................................. 346, Will Fiacchi vs. Duquesne, 8-31-13<br />
Touchdown Passes...................... 5, Dan Di Lella vs. Central Conn. State, 10-22-11<br />
4, Dan Di Lella vs. Sacred Heart, 11-19-11<br />
......................................................... 3, Will Fiacchi vs. Robert Morris, 9-8-12<br />
.......................................................3, Michael Oliva vs. Stony Brook, 10-2-99<br />
................................................... 3, Ryan Roeder vs. Robert Morris, 11-11-00<br />
......................................................... 3, Marcus Rotondi vs. St. John’s, 9-8-01<br />
................................................................ 3, Ryan Roeder vs. Wagner, 9-22-01<br />
........................................................3, Vinny Esposito vs. Duquesne, 10-4-08<br />
Receiving Yards.................... 251, Chris Phillis vs. Robert Morris, 11-11-00<br />
Receptions............................... 12, Ryan Kirchner vs. Stony Brook, 11-26-11<br />
..............................................................10, Chris Phillis vs. Hofstra, 11-18-00<br />
..................................................................10, Tim Bush vs. Wagner, 11-15-08<br />
................................................................... 10, Tim Bush vs. Bryant, 10-17-09<br />
............................................. 10, Tim Bush vs. Central Conn. State, 10-31-09<br />
Touchdown Receptions......................... 3, Cole King vs. Robert Morris, 9-8-12<br />
..........................................................3, Ryan Kirchner vs. Sacred Heart, 11-19-11<br />
................................................................. 2, Chris Phillis vs. Wagner, 10-9-99<br />
................................................................. 2, Chris Phillis vs. Wagner, 9-23-00<br />
.................................................... 2, Chris Phillis vs. Robert Morris, 11-11-00<br />
.......................................................2, Jonathan Garrick vs. St. John’s, 9-8-01<br />
................................................................. 2, Chris Phillis vs. Wagner, 9-22-01<br />
....................................................................2, Tim Bush vs. Wagner, 11-15-08<br />
............................................................2, Kevin Chillis vs. Duquesne, 8-31-13<br />
All-Purpose Yards.................286, David McCarty vs. Jacksonville, 12-6-08<br />
Tackles.................................................... 18, Josh Bazan vs. Drake, 10-12-02<br />
............................................18, Colin Disch vs. Central Conn. State, 9-24-05<br />
Interceptions...............................2, Jon Morgan vs. Sacred Heart, 10-27-12<br />
2, David Cross vs. Central Conn. State, 9-4-99<br />
.................................................................2, Mike Grever vs. Wagner, 10-9-99<br />
..............................................................2, Samson Brown vs. Towson, 9-1-01<br />
............................................................ 2, Samson Brown vs. Wagner, 9-22-01<br />
..................................................2, Kamar Elliott vs. St. Francis, Pa., 10-26-02<br />
......................................................2, Ryan MacLean vs. Duquesne, 11-23-02<br />
.......................................................2, Eric Neugebauer vs. Wagner, 10-29-05<br />
....................................................2, Rashad Barksdale vs. Delaware, 9-16-06<br />
......................................................2, Dave Casale vs. Robert Morris, 11-8-08<br />
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL 29
2013 NATIONAL POLL RANKINGS<br />
THE SPORTS NETWORK FCS TOP 25<br />
Team (First-place votes)<br />
Record Pts. Prev. Rank<br />
1 North Dakota State (156) 9-0 3,900 1<br />
2 Eastern Illinois 9-1 3,686 2<br />
3 Eastern Washington 8-2 3,579 3<br />
4 Sam Houston State 8-2 3,332 6<br />
5 Fordham 10-0 3,178 7<br />
6 MAINE 9-1 3,049 8<br />
7 Montana 8-2 2,624 10<br />
8 Montana State 7-3 2,598 4<br />
9 McNeese State 8-2 2,523 11<br />
10 TOWSON 8-2 2,328 13<br />
11 Coastal Carolina 9-1 2,257 5<br />
12 Northern Arizona 7-2 2,208 14<br />
13 Charleston Southern 10-1 2,108 18<br />
14 Southeastern Louisiana 8-2 2,035 16<br />
15 Youngstown State 8-2 1,697 9<br />
16 William & Mary 7-3 1,428 23<br />
17 Chattanooga 8-2 1,208 24<br />
18 Bethune-Cookman 8-2 1,089 12<br />
19 South Dakota State 6-4 1,087 19<br />
20 Lehigh 7-2 982 21<br />
21 DELAWARE 7-3 969 15<br />
22 Jacksonville State 8-2 592 NR<br />
23 NEW HAMPSHIRE 5-4 513 25<br />
24 Wofford 5-4 453 17<br />
25 Princeton 7-1 267 NR<br />
Others Receiving Votes: Samford 180, Tennessee State 142, JAMES<br />
MADISON 140, Southern Utah 133, Villanova 93, South Carolina State<br />
75, Harvard 52, Northern Iowa 35, Central Arkansas 25, Jackson State<br />
20, Eastern Kentucky 19, Georgia Southern 18, Furman 15, Cal Poly<br />
14, Illinois State 14, Sacred Heart 10, Missouri State 7, UT Martin 6,<br />
Liberty 4, Southern Illinois 3, Jacksonville 2, San Diego 1, Florida A&M<br />
1, Alcorn State 1.<br />
FCS COACHES’ POLL<br />
Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points Prev. Rank<br />
1 North Dakota State (26) 9-0 650 1<br />
2 Eastern Illinois 9-1 621 2<br />
3 Eastern Washington 8-2 598 4<br />
4 Sam Houston State 8-2 545 7<br />
5 Fordham 10-0 543 6<br />
6 MAINE 9-1 479 9<br />
7 TOWSON 8-2 455 11<br />
8 Montana 8-2 426 12<br />
9 Coastal Carolina 9-1 412 3<br />
10 Montana State 7-3 410 5<br />
11 McNeese State 8-2 404 13<br />
12 Charleston Southern 10-1 376 16<br />
13 Northern Arizona 7-2 343 14<br />
14 Southeastern Louisiana 8-2 324 17<br />
15 Youngstown State 8-2 305 8<br />
16 Bethune-Cookman 8-2 247 10<br />
17 Lehigh 7-2 205 19<br />
18 Chattanooga 8-2 194 23<br />
19 South Dakota State 6-4 182 20<br />
20 William & Mary 7-3 175 24<br />
21 Wofford 5-4 97 15<br />
22 DELAWARE 7-3 89 21<br />
23 Jacksonville State 8-2 79 NR<br />
24 Princeton 7-1 61 NR<br />
25 JAMES MADISON 6-4 54 18<br />
Others Receiving Votes: NEW HAMPSHIRE 52, Harvard 26, Samford<br />
24, Tennessee State 19, Southern Utah 16, Jackson State 11, Cal Poly<br />
7, South Carolina State 4, Sacred Heart 4, Central Arkansas 2.<br />
UALBANY IN THE WEEKLY NATIONAL POLLS<br />
Week: Pre S3 S10 S17 S24 O1 O8 O15 O22 O29 N5 N12 N19 N26<br />
TSN Top 25 Media Poll RV RV RV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --<br />
AFCA FCS Coaches Poll RV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --<br />
BOLD = UAlbany 2013 opponents<br />
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOOTBALL
2013 The COMBINED Automated STATISTICS<br />
ScoreBook<br />
Albany Combined<br />
Current<br />
Team<br />
Record:<br />
Statistics<br />
1-9, 0-6 CAA<br />
(as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
All games<br />
Date Opponent Score Att.<br />
Aug 31, 2013 at Duquesne L 24-35 2001<br />
Sept 7, 2013 at Colgate W 37-34 5217<br />
* Sep 14, 2013 URI L 13-19 8500<br />
Sep 21, 2013 CCSU L 17-20 6412<br />
Sep 28, 2013 at Old Dominion L 10-66 20118<br />
* Oct 05, 2013 at #21 James Madison L 13-40 25201<br />
* Oct 12, 2013 at Delaware L 30-33 17363<br />
* Oct 19, 2013 #7 TOWSON L 17-44 8500<br />
* Nov 1, 2013 at Richmond L 10-27 8700<br />
* Nov 09, 2013 #8 MAINE L 27-33 4912<br />
Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g<br />
Osbourne, Omar 10 234 1061 21 1040 4.4 11 36 104.0<br />
Meek, Jake 9 44 284 8 276 6.3 2 34 30.7<br />
Beauvais, Presley 9 24 116 2 114 4.8 2 45 12.7<br />
Chillis, Kevin 10 14 130 17 113 8.1 0 53 11.3<br />
Martin, Andre 8 23 62 3 59 2.6 0 8 7.4<br />
Spelman, Ryan 10 7 16 3 13 1.9 0 5 1.3<br />
Allison, Karl 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 3.5<br />
TEAM 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0<br />
King, Cole 10 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 0 -0.7<br />
Fiacchi, Will 10 47 113 163 -50 -1.1 1 12 -5.0<br />
Total 10 397 1789 224 1565 3.9 16 53 156.5<br />
Opponents 10 435 2264 215 2049 4.7 29 71 204.9<br />
Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g<br />
Fiacchi, Will 10 115.27 170-303-8 56.1 1971 9 55 197.1<br />
Smith, Ryan 5 62.75 9-16-2 56.2 60 0 12 12.0<br />
Meek, Jake 9 209.20 1-1-0 100.0 13 0 13 1.4<br />
Total 10 112.94 180-320-10 56.2 2044 9 55 204.4<br />
Opponents 10 149.30 214-316-4 67.7 2575 15 81 257.5<br />
Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g<br />
Chillis, Kevin 10 43 533 12.4 5 51 53.3<br />
King, Cole 10 31 381 12.3 0 40 38.1<br />
Parker, Brian 9 25 273 10.9 2 55 30.3<br />
Gay, Jameel 10 24 385 16.0 1 43 38.5<br />
Osbourne, Omar 10 20 128 6.4 0 23 12.8<br />
Beauvais, Presley 9 9 88 9.8 0 28 9.8<br />
Lawrence, Malachi 7 6 58 9.7 0 18 8.3<br />
Ketter, Nic 10 5 69 13.8 1 39 6.9<br />
Malloy, Kevin 10 5 50 10.0 0 22 5.0<br />
Meek, Jake 9 4 48 12.0 0 25 5.3<br />
Lewis, Cameron 8 4 32 8.0 0 11 4.0<br />
Martin, Andre 8 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 -0.6<br />
Wiggins, Rhakeem 10 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.4<br />
O'Connor, Pat 10 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0<br />
Total 10 180 2044 11.4 9 55 204.4<br />
Opponents 10 214 2575 12.0 15 81 257.5<br />
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk<br />
O'Riordan, Tom 8-13 61.5 0-0 2-4 6-6 0-3 0-0 39 2<br />
PAT<br />
Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts<br />
Osbourne, Omar 11 - - - - - - - 66<br />
O'Riordan, Tom - 8-13 20-23 - - - - - 44<br />
Chillis, Kevin 5 - - - 1 - - - 32<br />
Beauvais, Presley 2 - - - - - - - 12<br />
Parker, Brian 2 - - - - - - - 12<br />
Meek, Jake 2 - - - - - - - 12<br />
Ketter, Nic 1 - - - - - - - 6<br />
Gay, Jameel 1 - - - - - - - 6<br />
Fiacchi, Will 1 - - - - 1-2 - - 6<br />
TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2<br />
Total 25 8-13 20-23 - 1 1-2 - 1 198<br />
Opponents 45 14-19 33-40 0-3 2 2-2 - 1 351<br />
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total<br />
Albany 50 48 66 34 0 198<br />
Opponents 68 117 72 88 6 351<br />
Record: Overall Home Away Neutral<br />
All games 1-9 0-4 1-5 0-0<br />
Conference 0-6 0-3 0-3 0-0<br />
Non-Conference 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-0<br />
Team Statistics ALBANY OPP<br />
FIRST DOWNS 192 242<br />
Rushing 86 107<br />
Passing 93 121<br />
Penalty 13 14<br />
RUSHING YARDAGE 1565 2049<br />
Rushing Attempts 397 435<br />
Average Per Rush 3.9 4.7<br />
Average Per Game 156.5 204.9<br />
TDs Rushing 16 29<br />
PASSING YARDAGE 2044 2575<br />
Comp-Att-Int 180-320-10 214-316-4<br />
Average Per Pass 6.4 8.1<br />
Average Per Catch 11.4 12.0<br />
Average Per Game 204.4 257.5<br />
TDs Passing 9 15<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE 3609 4624<br />
Average Per Play 5.0 6.2<br />
Average Per Game 360.9 462.4<br />
KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 44-839 40-726<br />
PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 9-6 15-78<br />
INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-4 10-210<br />
FUMBLES-LOST 10-6 10-9<br />
PENALTIES-Yards 68-634 67-603<br />
PUNTS-AVG 52-38.9 40-37.8<br />
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:23 31:37<br />
3RD-DOWN Conversions 45/148 66/141<br />
4TH-DOWN Conversions 17/32 8/13<br />
Interceptions no. yds avg td lg<br />
McClary, Jojo 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Connell, Cory 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Wilson, Tramaine 1 4 4.0 0 4<br />
Exantus, Randall 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk<br />
Martin, Jonathan 51 2024 39.7 76 2 15 13 5 0<br />
TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1<br />
Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg<br />
Chillis, Kevin 4 11 2.8 0 6<br />
Meek, Jake 4 -2 -0.5 0 2<br />
Lewis, Cameron 1 -3 -3.0 0 0<br />
Total 9 6 0.7 0 6<br />
Opponents 15 78 5.2 0 17<br />
Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg<br />
Chillis, Kevin 25 532 21.3 0 42<br />
Harris, Clay 13 246 18.9 0 49<br />
Meek, Jake 2 25 12.5 0 15<br />
Ketter, Nic 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Martin, Andre 1 12 12.0 0 12<br />
Greenhagen, Cody 1 8 8.0 0 8<br />
Clark, Rayshan 1 16 16.0 0 16<br />
Total 44 839 19.1 0 49<br />
Opponents 40 726 18.1 0 38<br />
All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g<br />
Chillis, Kevin 10 113 533 11 532 0 1189 118.9<br />
Osbourne, Omar 10 1040 128 0 0 0 1168 116.8<br />
Gay, Jameel 10 0 385 0 0 0 385 38.5<br />
King, Cole 10 -7 381 0 0 0 374 37.4<br />
Meek, Jake 9 276 48 -2 25 0 347 38.6<br />
Total 10 1565 2044 6 839 4 4458 445.8<br />
Opponents 10 2049 2575 78 726 210 5638 563.8<br />
Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g<br />
Fiacchi, Will 10 350 -50 1971 1921 192.1<br />
Osbourne, Omar 10 234 1040 0 1040 104.0<br />
Meek, Jake 9 45 276 13 289 32.1<br />
Beauvais, Presley 9 24 114 0 114 12.7<br />
Chillis, Kevin 10 14 113 0 113 11.3<br />
Total 10 717 1565 2044 3609 360.9<br />
Opponents 10 751 2049 2575 4624 462.4<br />
Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd<br />
## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-ydsUNIVERSITY int-yds brup AT ALBANY qbh rcv-yds FOOTBALL ff kick saf 31<br />
6 Exantus, Randall 10 38 33 71 3.0-11 0.5-2 1-0 3 . . 1 . .
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Albany Individual 2013 Season/Career INDIVIDUAL Statistics STATISTICS (as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
All games<br />
SEASON<br />
CAREER<br />
Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g<br />
Osbourne, Omar 10 234 1061 21 1040 4.4 11 36 104.0 33 398 1893 42 1851 4.7 19 46 56.1<br />
Meek, Jake 9 44 284 8 276 6.3 2 34 30.7 28 74 433 47 386 5.2 4 38 13.8<br />
Beauvais, Presley 9 24 116 2 114 4.8 2 45 12.7 19 42 229 16 213 5.1 3 67 11.2<br />
Chillis, Kevin 10 14 130 17 113 8.1 0 53 11.3 41 56 592 57 535 9.6 4 77 13.0<br />
Martin, Andre 8 23 62 3 59 2.6 0 8 7.4 8 23 62 3 59 2.6 0 8 7.4<br />
Spelman, Ryan 10 7 16 3 13 1.9 0 5 1.3 10 7 16 3 13 1.9 0 5 1.3<br />
Allison, Karl 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 3.5 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 3.5<br />
TEAM 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0<br />
King, Cole 10 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 0 -0.7 33 2 12 7 5 2.5 0 12 0.2<br />
Fiacchi, Will 10 47 113 163 -50 -1.1 1 12 -5.0 23 96 236 271 -35 -0.4 3 13 -1.5<br />
Total 10 397 1789 224 1565 3.9 16 53 156.5<br />
Opponents 10 435 2264 215 2049 4.7 29 71 204.9<br />
Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g<br />
Fiacchi, Will 10 115.27 170-303-8 56.1 1971 9 55 197.1 23 121.48 358-613-13 58.4 4127 20 81 179.4<br />
Smith, Ryan 5 62.75 9-16-2 56.2 60 0 12 12.0 5 62.75 9-16-2 56.2 60 0 12 12.0<br />
Meek, Jake 9 209.20 1-1-0 100.0 13 0 13 1.4 28 2.30 1-4-1 25.0 13 0 13 0.5<br />
Total 10 112.94 180-320-10 56.2 2044 9 55 204.4<br />
Opponents 10 149.30 214-316-4 67.7 2575 15 81 257.5<br />
Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g<br />
Chillis, Kevin 10 43 533 12.4 5 51 53.3 41 91 1209 13.3 8 51 29.5<br />
King, Cole 10 31 381 12.3 0 40 38.1 33 97 1536 15.8 11 49 46.5<br />
Parker, Brian 9 25 273 10.9 2 55 30.3 28 30 424 14.1 4 57 15.1<br />
Gay, Jameel 10 24 385 16.0 1 43 38.5 41 65 833 12.8 2 43 20.3<br />
Osbourne, Omar 10 20 128 6.4 0 23 12.8 33 50 458 9.2 2 58 13.9<br />
Beauvais, Presley 9 9 88 9.8 0 28 9.8 19 9 88 9.8 0 28 4.6<br />
Lawrence, Malachi 7 6 58 9.7 0 18 8.3 7 6 58 9.7 0 18 8.3<br />
Ketter, Nic 10 5 69 13.8 1 39 6.9 10 5 69 13.8 1 39 6.9<br />
Malloy, Kevin 10 5 50 10.0 0 22 5.0 10 5 50 10.0 0 22 5.0<br />
Meek, Jake 9 4 48 12.0 0 25 5.3 28 4 48 12.0 0 25 1.7<br />
Lewis, Cameron 8 4 32 8.0 0 11 4.0 8 4 32 8.0 0 11 4.0<br />
Martin, Andre 8 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 -0.6 8 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 -0.6<br />
Wiggins, Rhakeem 10 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 31 4 30 7.5 1 13 1.0<br />
O'Connor, Pat 10 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 18 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0<br />
Total 10 180 2044 11.4 9 55 204.4<br />
Opponents 10 214 2575 12.0 15 81 257.5<br />
Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g<br />
Fiacchi, Will 10 350 -50 1971 1921 192.1 23 709 -35 4127 4092 177.9<br />
Osbourne, Omar 10 234 1040 0 1040 104.0 33 398 1851 0 1851 56.1<br />
Meek, Jake 9 45 276 13 289 32.1 28 78 386 13 399 14.2<br />
Beauvais, Presley 9 24 114 0 114 12.7 19 42 213 0 213 11.2<br />
Chillis, Kevin 10 14 113 0 113 11.3 41 56 535 0 535 13.0<br />
Smith, Ryan 5 16 0 60 60 12.0 5 16 0 60 60 12.0<br />
Martin, Andre 8 23 59 0 59 7.4 8 23 59 0 59 7.4<br />
Spelman, Ryan 10 7 13 0 13 1.3 10 7 13 0 13 1.3<br />
Allison, Karl 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 2 2 7 0 7 3.5<br />
King, Cole 10 1 -7 0 -7 -0.7 33 2 5 0 5 0.2<br />
Total 10 717 1565 2044 3609 360.9<br />
Opponents 10 751 2049 2575 4624 462.4<br />
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Albany Individual 2013 Season/Career INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS<br />
Statistics (as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
All games<br />
SEASON<br />
CAREER<br />
PAT<br />
PAT<br />
Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts<br />
Osbourne, Omar 11 - - - - - - - 66 21 - - - 1 - - - 128<br />
O'Riordan, Tom - 8-13 20-23 - - - - - 44 - 8-13 20-23 - - - - - 44<br />
Chillis, Kevin 5 - - - 1 - - - 32 13 - - - 1 - - - 80<br />
Parker, Brian 2 - - - - - - - 12 5 - - - - - - - 30<br />
Beauvais, Presley 2 - - - - - - - 12 3 - - - - - - - 18<br />
Meek, Jake 2 - - - - - - - 12 4 - - - - - - - 24<br />
Fiacchi, Will 1 - - - - 1-2 - - 6 3 - - - - 1-2 - - 18<br />
Ketter, Nic 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6<br />
Gay, Jameel 1 - - - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - 12<br />
TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2<br />
Total 25 8-13 20-23 - 1 1-2 - 1 198<br />
Opponents 45 14-19 33-40 0-3 2 2-2 - 1 351<br />
Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg<br />
Chillis, Kevin 4 11 2.8 0 6 5 6 1.2 0 6<br />
Meek, Jake 4 -2 -0.5 0 2 5 1 0.2 0 3<br />
Lewis, Cameron 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 1 -3 -3.0 0 0<br />
Total 9 6 0.7 0 6<br />
Opponents 15 78 5.2 0 17<br />
Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg<br />
Chillis, Kevin 25 532 21.3 0 42 46 997 21.7 1 79<br />
Harris, Clay 13 246 18.9 0 49 39 811 20.8 0 50<br />
Meek, Jake 2 25 12.5 0 15 10 153 15.3 0 27<br />
Ketter, Nic 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Greenhagen, Cody 1 8 8.0 0 8 1 8 8.0 0 8<br />
Martin, Andre 1 12 12.0 0 12 1 12 12.0 0 12<br />
Clark, Rayshan 1 16 16.0 0 16 1 16 16.0 0 16<br />
Total 44 839 19.1 0 49<br />
Opponents 40 726 18.1 0 38<br />
Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg<br />
Wilson, Tramaine 1 4 4.0 0 4 4 70 17.5 0 33<br />
Exantus, Randall 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 23 7.7 0 23<br />
McClary, Jojo 1 0 0.0 0 0 2 5 2.5 0 5<br />
Connell, Cory 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Total 4 4 1.0 0 4<br />
Opponents 10 210 21.0 1 66<br />
Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg<br />
Nicastro, Michael 1 49 49.0 0 49 1 49 49.0 0 49<br />
TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Total 2 49 24.5 0 49<br />
Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
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2013<br />
Season/Career<br />
INDIVIDUAL<br />
Statistics<br />
STATISTICS<br />
(as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
All games<br />
SEASON<br />
CAREER<br />
All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g<br />
Chillis, Kevin 10 113 533 11 532 0 1189 118.9 41 535 1209 6 997 0 2747 67.0<br />
Osbourne, Omar 10 1040 128 0 0 0 1168 116.8 33 1851 458 0 0 0 2309 70.0<br />
Gay, Jameel 10 0 385 0 0 0 385 38.5 41 15 833 0 0 0 848 20.7<br />
King, Cole 10 -7 381 0 0 0 374 37.4 33 5 1536 0 0 0 1541 46.7<br />
Meek, Jake 9 276 48 -2 25 0 347 38.6 28 386 48 1 153 0 588 21.0<br />
Parker, Brian 9 0 273 0 0 0 273 30.3 28 0 424 21 0 0 445 15.9<br />
Harris, Clay 9 0 0 0 246 0 246 27.3 32 0 0 0 811 2 813 25.4<br />
Beauvais, Presle 9 114 88 0 0 0 202 22.4 19 213 88 0 0 0 301 15.8<br />
Ketter, Nic 10 0 69 0 0 0 69 6.9 10 0 69 0 0 0 69 6.9<br />
Martin, Andre 8 59 -5 0 12 0 66 8.2 8 59 -5 0 12 0 66 8.2<br />
Lawrence, Malac 7 0 58 0 0 0 58 8.3 7 0 58 0 0 0 58 8.3<br />
Malloy, Kevin 10 0 50 0 0 0 50 5.0 10 0 50 0 0 0 50 5.0<br />
Lewis, Cameron 8 0 32 -3 0 0 29 3.6 8 0 32 -3 0 0 29 3.6<br />
Clark, Rayshan 10 0 0 0 16 0 16 1.6 10 0 0 0 16 0 16 1.6<br />
Spelman, Ryan 10 13 0 0 0 0 13 1.3 10 13 0 0 0 0 13 1.3<br />
Greenhagen, Co 9 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.9 9 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.9<br />
Allison, Karl 2 7 0 0 0 0 7 3.5 2 7 0 0 0 0 7 3.5<br />
Wiggins, Rhakee 10 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.4 31 0 30 0 0 0 30 1.0<br />
Wilson, Tramaine 10 0 0 0 0 The 4 Automated 4 0.4 ScoreBook 33 52 40 0 325 70 487 14.8<br />
Fiacchi, Will 10 -50 0 0 0 0 -50 -5.0 23 -35 0 0 0 0 -35 -1.5<br />
Albany Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
Total 10 1565 2044 6 839 4 4458 445.8<br />
All games<br />
Opponents 10 2049 2575 78 726 210 5638 563.8<br />
Field Goals att SEASON good long blkd att good CAREER long blkd<br />
O'Riordan, Tom 8 39 2 13 8 39 2<br />
## Total Defensive Leaders 13gp ua 39 a total 2 tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk<br />
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Opponents<br />
Exantus, Randall<br />
19<br />
10<br />
14<br />
38 3<br />
50<br />
3 71 0<br />
3.0 0 . 5 1 3 . 1 . 43 93 58 151 7.0 2 . 5 3 17 1 3 .<br />
33 Dorsey, Christian 8 36 33 69 1.5 0 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 28 58 47 105 2.5 0 . 5 . 1 . 4 .<br />
1 Idowu, Olatunji 10 35 32 67 1.0 . . 2 . . . 21 54 43 97 3.0 . . 3 . . .<br />
Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk<br />
11 Nicastro, Michael 10 27 30 57 6.5 3 . 5 . . 2 . . 10 27 30 57 6.5 3 . 5 . . 2 . .<br />
21<br />
Martin,<br />
Helmer,<br />
Jonathan<br />
Alex 10 30 51<br />
26 2024<br />
56 39.7<br />
6.5<br />
76<br />
2 . 0 . . 1 . .<br />
51<br />
39<br />
2024<br />
66 39.7<br />
59 76<br />
125 0<br />
14.0 3 . 0 1 . 1 2 .<br />
59 TEAMSmith, Andrew 10 25 12 8 05 3 0.0 12.0 0 3 . 51<br />
. 2 . . . 41 60 54 114 21.0 7 . 5 1 4 1 3 .<br />
54 Total Dwyer, Jake 9 11 522 620243 738.90.576 0 . 51<br />
. . . . . 17 22 26 48 1.5 1 . 5 1 . . 1 .<br />
58 Opponents Greenhagen, Cody 9 20 401 615133 637.82.066 . 0 . . . . . 9 20 16 36 2.0 . . . . . .<br />
32 Ngachie, Marcel 8 12 22 34 4.5 1 . 5 . . . 1 . 8 12 22 34 4.5 1 . 5 . . . 1 .<br />
5Kickoffs Wilson, Tramaine no. 10 yds 1 avg 8 1 tb4 ob3 2 1.0 . 1 2 1 . . no. 33 yds3 0 avg1 7 tb 47 ob 2.5 . 4 3 1 . .<br />
25 Martin, Harris, Jonathan Clay 40 2215 9 55.4 20 19 02 9 2.0 . . 5 1 . . 40 32 22153855.42 4 1 62 0 3.5 1 . 0 2 6 1 . .<br />
35 Maltz, LaDucer, Ian Mat 4 232 10 58.0 11 1 7 02 8 0.5 . . . . . . 4 202321658.01 9 1 35 0 0.5 . . . . . .<br />
8Total McClary, Jojo 44 2447 10 55.6 17 12 0 02 7 1.0 . 1 2 . . . 21 33 16 49 2.0 . 2 4 1 . .<br />
91 Opponents Troutman, Zach 66 3867 10 58.6 9 21 16 25 3.0 . . . . . . 19 12 18 30 4.0 1 . 0 . 1 1 . .<br />
94 Kologrivov, Tim 10 7 17 24 2.5 1 . 0 . . . 1 1 33 24 32 56 9.5 2 . 0 . . . 1 1<br />
19 Baylor, Brandon 10 12 7 19 0.0 . . . . . . 29 19 16 35 0.5 . . . 1 1 .<br />
48 Clark, Rayshan 10 12 5 17 0.0 . . . 1 . . 10 12 5 17 0.0 . . . 1 . .<br />
90 Bradley, Tom 10 9 6 15 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 38 18 19 37 4.5 3 . 0 . . . . .<br />
52 Fasano, Joe 10 4 10 14 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 20 10 17 27 2.5 2 . 0 . . . . .<br />
98 Morton, Zach 10 6 6 12 0.5 0 . 5 . 2 . . . 33 17 21 38 2.0 0 . 5 . 3 1 . .<br />
99 Connell, Cory 9 8 4 12 0.0 . 1 . . 1 . 19 14 8 22 1.0 . 1 . 1 1 .<br />
22 Polk, Dorian 8 8 4 12 0.0 . . 2 . . . 8 8 4 12 0.0 . . 2 . . .<br />
17 Mbongue-Muna,Prospe 10 8 3 11 2.0 . . 1 . . . 27 15 8 23 3.5 . . 1 . . .<br />
97 Gray, Samuel 8 6 4 10 2.0 . . . . . . 8 6 4 10 2.0 . . . . . .<br />
24 Beach, Nick 10 6 3 9 0.0 . . . . . . 15 8 3 11 0.0 . . 1 . . .<br />
36 Morrison, Neil 10 6 3 9 0.0 . . . . . . 10 6 3 9 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
92 Smith, Michael 10 5 3 8 0.5 0 . 5 . 1 1 1 . 17 8 3 11 2.5 1 . 5 . 1 1 1 .<br />
30 Williams, Marte 5 2 5 7 0.0 . . . . . . 5 2 5 7 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
4 Wiggins, Rhakeem 10 4 3 7 0.0 . . . . . . 31 5 3 8 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
53 Russell, Terrence 9 . 5 5 0.5 . . 1 . . . 9 . 5 5 0.5 . . 1 . . .<br />
31 Jordan, Kyle 2 4 1 5 0.5 . . . 1 1 . 25 68 42 110 15.0 3 . 0 . 6 1 3 .<br />
37 Martin, Jonathan 10 2 2 4 0.0 . . . . . . 10 2 2 4 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
20 Martin, Andre 8 3 . 3 0.0 . . . . . . 8 3 . 3 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
96 McGriff, Jon 4 . 3 3 0.0 . . . . . . 4 . 3 3 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
3 Meek, Jake 9 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . . 28 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
12 Spelman, Ryan 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
93 Knecht, Jack 3 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 3 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
42 O'Connor, Pat 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 18 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
49 Ketter, Nic 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
23 Osbourne, Omar 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 33 6 3 9 0.0 . . . 1 . .<br />
14 Fiacchi, Will 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 23 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
72 Pasnik, Adam 9 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 20 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
TM TEAM 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . 1 . .<br />
76 Williams, Kadeem 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 43 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
40 Asanpaola,Adegboyega 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .<br />
Total 10 433 411 844 57 16 4 24 9 8 1<br />
Opponents 10 346 468 814 53 22 10 39 6 7 5<br />
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Albany Game Superlatives (as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
All games<br />
UAlbany Individual Game Highs<br />
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS<br />
Rushes 35 Osbourne, Omar at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
Yards Rushing 256 Osbourne, Omar at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
TD Rushes 3 Osbourne, Omar at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
Long Rush 53 Chillis, Kevin vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
Pass attempts 45 Fiacchi, Will at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Pass completions 27 Fiacchi, Will at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Yards Passing 346 Fiacchi, Will at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
TD Passes 2 Fiacchi, Will at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
2 Fiacchi, Will vs MAINE (Nov 09, 2013)<br />
Long Pass 55 Fiacchi, Will at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Receptions 9 Chillis, Kevin at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Yards Receiving 135 Chillis, Kevin at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
TD Receptions 2 Chillis, Kevin at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Long Reception 55 Parker, Brian at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Field Goals 1 O'Riordan, Tom at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
1 O'Riordan, Tom at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
1 O'Riordan, Tom vs CCSU (Sep 21, 2013)<br />
1 O'Riordan, Tom at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
1 O'Riordan, Tom at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
1 O'Riordan, Tom at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
1 O'Riordan, Tom vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
1 O'Riordan, Tom at Richmond (Nov 1, 2013)<br />
Long Field Goal 39 O'Riordan, Tom at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
39 O'Riordan, Tom vs CCSU (Sep 21, 2013)<br />
Punts 7 Martin, Jonathan vs CCSU (Sep 21, 2013)<br />
7 Martin, Jonathan at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
7 Martin, Jonathan at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
7 Martin, Jonathan vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Punting Avg 48.8 Martin, Jonathan at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Long Punt 76 Martin, Jonathan vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Punts inside 20 3 Martin, Jonathan vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Long Punt Return 6 Chillis, Kevin at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Long Kickoff Return 49 Harris, Clay vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
Tackles 14 Dorsey, Christian at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
14 Dorsey, Christian vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
14 Exantus, Randall at Richmond (Nov 1, 2013)<br />
Sacks 1.5 Nicastro, Michael at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
1.5 Smith, Andrew at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Tackles For Loss 3.0 Smith, Andrew vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Interceptions 1 Wilson, Tramaine at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
1 McClary, Jojo vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
1 Connell, Cory vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
1 Exantus, The Randall Automated Richmond ScoreBook<br />
(Nov 1, 2013)<br />
Albany Game Superlatives (as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
All games<br />
Opponent Individual Game Highs<br />
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS<br />
Rushes 30 HOLLOMON, Rob, vs CCSU (Sep 21, 2013)<br />
Yards Rushing 183 Terrance West, vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
TD Rushes 3 C. Goodwyn, at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Long Rush 71 Jones, Rob, at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
Pass attempts 39 Michael Strauss, at Richmond (Nov 1, 2013)<br />
Pass completions 28 T. Heinicke, at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Yards Passing 365 T. Heinicke, at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
TD Passes 3 BIRDSONG,M., at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
3 Wasilewski, Mar, vs MAINE (Nov 09, 2013)<br />
Long Pass 81 BUECHEL, Dillon, at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Receptions 9 Ben Edwards, at Richmond (Nov 1, 2013)<br />
Yards Receiving 129 Spencer Wilkins, vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
TD Receptions 3 BROWN,D., at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Long Reception 81 THOMAS, Dave, at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Field Goals 4 Brandon Jordi, at Richmond (Nov 1, 2013)<br />
Long Field Goal 50 D. Evangelista, vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Punts 8 DiPaula, vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
Punting Avg 49.5 ARNONE,C., at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Long Punt 66 ARNONE,C., at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Punts inside 20 3 FLECK, Aaron, at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
3 DiPaula, vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
Long Punt Return 17 Jones, Rob, at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
Long Kickoff Return 38 Johnson, Mich., at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
Tackles 19 Mulumba, Christ, vs MAINE (Nov 09, 2013)<br />
Sacks 2.0 Hollerman, V., at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
Tackles For Loss 3.0 WATSON, Chuck, vs CCSU (Sep 21, 2013)<br />
3.0 Telvion Clark, vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Interceptions 2 PIEKARSKI, Rich, at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
UAlbany Team Game Highs<br />
The Automated ScoreBook<br />
Albany Game Superlatives (as of Nov<br />
All games<br />
TEAM GAME HIGHS<br />
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Rushes 49 at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
Yards Rushing 338 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
Yards Per Rush 7.2 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
TD Rushes 4 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
Pass attempts 48 at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Pass completions 30 at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Yards Passing 354 at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Yards Per Pass 8.2 at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
TD Passes 2 at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
2 vs MAINE (Nov 09, 2013)<br />
Total Plays 83 at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Total Offense 518 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
Yards Per Play 7.3 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
Points 37 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
Sacks By 4 at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
First Downs 23 vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
Penalties 11 vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Penalty Yards 107 vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Turnovers 3 at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
3 vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
3 vs MAINE (Nov 09, 2013)<br />
Interceptions By 2 vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Punts 7 vs CCSU (Sep 21, 2013)<br />
7 at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
7 at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
7 vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Punting Avg 48.8 at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
Long Punt 76 vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Punts inside 20 3 vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Long Punt Return 6<br />
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at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
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Game Superlatives (as of Nov<br />
All games<br />
Opponent Team Game Highs<br />
OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS<br />
Rushes 53 vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
Yards Rushing 283 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
Yards Per Rush 6.5 at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
TD Rushes 7 at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Pass attempts 41 at Richmond (Nov 1, 2013)<br />
Pass completions 32 at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Yards Passing 390 at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Yards Per Pass 11.0 at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
TD Passes 3 at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
3 vs MAINE (Nov 09, 2013)<br />
Total Plays 84 at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Total Offense 614 at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Yards Per Play 7.6 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
Points 66 at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Sacks By 5 at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
First Downs 36 at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Penalties 13 vs MAINE (Nov 09, 2013)<br />
Penalty Yards 119 vs MAINE (Nov 09, 2013)<br />
Turnovers 4 at Colgate (Sept 7, 2013)<br />
4 vs TOWSON (Oct 19, 2013)<br />
Interceptions By 2 at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
2 at Old Dominion (Sep 28, 2013)<br />
Punts 8 vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
Punting Avg 49.5 at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Long Punt 66 at James Madison (Oct 05, 2013)<br />
Punts inside 20 3 at Duquesne (Aug 31, 2013)<br />
3 vs URI (Sep 14, 2013)<br />
Long Punt Return 17 at Delaware (Oct 12, 2013)<br />
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Duquesne 4-14 / 6-16 1-4 / 1-1 28:06 / 31:54 -3:48 2.2 / 2.3 7.5 / 11.0 5.5 / 6.0 4-48.8 / 7-33.3 9-80 / 4-29 3 / 1<br />
Colgate 6-13 / 8-13 1-2 / 0-1 28:10 / 31:50 -3:40 7.2 / 6.3 7.5 / 9.5 7.3 / 7.6 4-40.8 / 3-38.0 6-48 / 4-26 1 / 1<br />
URI 3-16 / 7-20 3-5 / 0-2 27:16 / 32:44 -5:28 5.1 / 2.6 5.2 / 5.0 5.2 / 3.5 5-37.2 / 8-40.0 7-58 / 5-46 1 / 3<br />
CCSU 6-16 / 9-17 2-2 / 1-1 27:16 / 32:44 -5:28 2.8 / 4.2 6.7 / 6.4 4.0 / 4.9 7-42.7 / 5-28.4 5-34 / 9-59 0 / 4<br />
Old Dominion 7-15 / 10-12 0-2 / 1-1 28:20 / 31:40 -3:20 2.8 / 4.8 7.4 / 10.5 5.0 / 7.3 3-26.0 / 0-0.0 4-42 / 4-27 0 / 0<br />
James Madison 5-19 / 6-11 3-5 / 0-0 35:07 / 24:53 10:14 2.3 / 5.0 5.1 / 8.9 3.9 / 6.6 7-39.3 / 4-49.5 9-66 / 10-95 4 / 4<br />
Delaware 5-17 / 6-15 4-4 / 0-0 33:22 / 26:38 6:44 3.6 / 6.5 8.2 / 5.8 5.2 / 6.2 7-39.3 / 5-38.2 5-45 / 5-51 2 / 5<br />
TOWSON 2-18 / 5-13 3-6 / 2-3 25:26 / 34:34 -9:08 3.5 / 6.3 3.6 / 8.9 3.6 / 7.4 7-36.9 / 2-42.0 11-107 / 8-96 1 / 1<br />
Richmond 6-13 / 5-12 0-2 / 2-2 26:14 / 33:46 -7:32 3.1 / 4.7 7.9 / 7.7 5.2 / 6.2 3-39.3 / 1-27.0 6-55 / 5-55 1 / 2<br />
MAINE 1-7 / 4-12 0-0 / 1-2 24:33 / 35:27 -10:54 5.3 / 4.4 6.9 / 7.2 5.8 / 5.7 5-35.4 / 5-40.8 6-99 / 13-119 3 / 1<br />
Totals 45-148 / 66-141 17-32 / 8-13 283:50 / 316:10 -32:20 3.9 / 4.7 6.4 / 8.1 5.0 / 6.2 52-38.9 / 40-37.8 68-634 / 67-603 16 / 22<br />
Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks<br />
Duquesne 24 - 35 20 / 17 4 / 4 15 / 11 1 / 2 30-67 / 38-89 28-47-2 / 21-28-0 354 / 309 77-421 / 66-398 79 / 102 3 / 0<br />
Colgate 37 - 34 22 / 28 15 / 13 7 / 15 0 / 0 47-338 / 45-283 13-24-1 / 25-32-1 180 / 303 71-518 / 77-586 84 / 139 1 / 4<br />
URI 13 - 19 23 / 17 12 / 7 9 / 8 2 / 2 42-216 / 53-140 18-37-1 / 16-27-0 194 / 136 79-410 / 80-276 109 / 65 3 / 0<br />
CCSU 17 - 20 17 / 17 12 / 8 5 / 8 0 / 1 48-136 / 44-186 12-21-0 / 13-22-0 140 / 140 69-276 / 66-326 54 / 72 0 / 2<br />
Old Dominion 10 - 66 17 / 36 6 / 12 10 / 22 1 / 2 34-96 / 47-224 17-31-2 / 32-37-0 229 / 390 65-325 / 84-614 136 / 101 2 / 0<br />
James Madison 13 - 40 21 / 25 5 / 13 13 / 11 3 / 1 35-81 / 42-211 30-48-0 / 18-28-0 243 / 249 83-324 / 70-460 90 / 66 0 / 0<br />
Delaware 30 - 33 18 / 24 9 / 13 9 / 10 0 / 1 49-176 / 43-279 17-26-1 / 20-36-0 212 / 207 75-388 / 79-486 7 / 183 1 / 1<br />
TOWSON 17 - 44 16 / 25 5 / 13 8 / 11 3 / 1 36-126 / 44-279 19-39-1 / 22-33-2 141 / 294 75-267 / 77-573 182 / 70 1 / 4<br />
Richmond 10 - 27 17 / 30 5 / 14 11 / 14 1 / 2 34-106 / 41-192 17-27-1 / 27-41-1 212 / 316 61-318 / 82-508 50 / 53 2 / 2<br />
MAINE 27 - 33 21 / 23 13 / 10 6 / 11 2 / 2 42-223 / 38-166 9-20-1 / 20-32-0 139 / 231 62-362 / 70-397 107 / 163 3 / 0<br />
Totals 198 - 351 192 / 242 86 / 107 93 / 121 13 / 14 397-1565 / 435-2049 180-320-10 / 214-316-4 2044 / 2575 717-3609 / 751-4624 898 / 1014 16 / 13<br />
Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs<br />
First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn-<br />
3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties<br />
The Automated ScoreBook<br />
Albany Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
All games<br />
UALBANY COMPARISON STATS<br />
Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category<br />
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Albany Red-Zone RED Results ZONE STATS (as of Nov 10, 2013)<br />
All games<br />
Albany Inside Opponent Red-Zone<br />
Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ<br />
Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game<br />
Aug 31, 2013 at Duquesne L 24-35 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Sept 7, 2013 at Colgate W 37-34 4 4 23 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Sep 14, 2013 URI L 13-19 5 2 13 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0<br />
Sep 21, 2013 CCSU L 17-20 3 2 14 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Sep 28, 2013 at Old Dominion L 10-66 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0<br />
Oct 05, 2013 at James Madison L 13-40 3 2 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0<br />
Oct 12, 2013 at Delaware L 30-33 4 4 23 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Oct 19, 2013 TOWSON L 17-44 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Nov 1, 2013 at Richmond L 10-27 4 2 10 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0<br />
Nov 09, 2013 MAINE L 27-33 3 3 20 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Totals 32 23 134 17 14 3 6 5 4 0 0 0 0<br />
23 of 32 (71.9%)<br />
Opponents Inside Albany Red-Zone<br />
Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ<br />
Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game<br />
Aug 31, 2013 at Duquesne L 24-35 3 3 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Sept 7, 2013 at Colgate W 37-34 6 4 28 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0<br />
Sep 14, 2013 URI L 13-19 5 3 16 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0<br />
Sep 21, 2013 CCSU L 17-20 2 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Sep 28, 2013 at Old Dominion L 10-66 9 9 59 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Oct 05, 2013 at James Madison L 13-40 4 4 28 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Oct 12, 2013 at Delaware L 30-33 5 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0<br />
Oct 19, 2013 TOWSON L 17-44 5 3 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0<br />
Nov 1, 2013 at Richmond L 10-27 4 3 14 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Nov 09, 2013 MAINE L 27-33 7 5 33 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0<br />
Totals 50 40 245 32 23 9 8 3 2 1 2 2 0<br />
40 of 50 (80.0%)<br />
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2013 CAA CENTRAL<br />
CAA STANDINGS<br />
---------------------CAA----------------------- ---------------------OVERALL----------------------<br />
Team Record Pct Home Away Streak Record Pct Home Away Streak<br />
Maine 6-0 1.000 3-0 3-0 W6 9-1 .900 4-0 5-1 W6<br />
Towson 4-2 .667 1-2 3-0 L1 8-2 .800 2-2 6-0 L1<br />
Delaware 4-2 .667 2-1 2-1 L1 7-3 .700 5-1 2-2 L1<br />
William & Mary 4-2 .667 3-0 1-2 W3 7-3 .700 5-0 2-3 W3<br />
New Hampshire 4-2 .667 3-0 1-2 W1 5-4 .556 4-0 1-4 W1<br />
Villanova 4-3 .571 2-1 2-2 W1 5-5 .500 3-1 2-4 W1<br />
James Madison 3-3 .500 3-0 0-3 L1 6-4 .600 6-0 0-4 L1<br />
Richmond 2-4 .333 1-2 1-2 W2 4-6 .400 3-2 1-4 W2<br />
Rhode Island 2-5 .286 1-3 1-2 L2 3-8 .273 2-3 1-5 L3<br />
Stony Brook 1-5 .167 0-3 1-2 L5 3-6 .333 1-3 2-3 L3<br />
Albany 0-6 .000 0-3 0-3 L6 1-9 .100 0-4 1-5 L8<br />
WEEK 1<br />
Aug. 29 Fordham 51, Rhode Island 26<br />
Towson 33, Connecticut 18<br />
Delaware 51, Jacksonville 35<br />
Aug. 31 Boston College 24, Villanova 14<br />
West Virginia 24, William & Mary 17<br />
Duquesne 35, UAlbany 24<br />
James Madison 38, CCSU 14<br />
Maine 23, Norfolk State 6<br />
Richmond 34, VMI 0<br />
WEEK 2<br />
Sept. 7 *Stony Brook 24, Rhode Island 0<br />
Towson 49, Holy Cross 7<br />
Maine 24, Massachusetts 14<br />
Central Michigan 24, New Hampshire 21<br />
UAlbany 37, Colgate 34<br />
Delaware 42, Delaware State 21<br />
Akron 35, James Madison 32<br />
NC State 23, Richmond 21<br />
Fordham 27, Villanova 24<br />
William & Mary 31, Hampton 7<br />
WEEK 3<br />
Sept. 14 New Hampshire 53, Colgate 23<br />
Navy 51, Delaware 7<br />
Maine 35, Bryant 22<br />
Buffalo 26, Stony Brook 23 (5OT)<br />
James Madison 24, St. Francis 20<br />
Gardner-Webb 12, Richmond 10<br />
William & Mary 34, Lafayette 6<br />
*Rhode Island 19, UAlbany 13 (OT)<br />
Towson 49, Delaware State 7<br />
WEEK 4<br />
Sept. 21 Towson 35, North Carolina Central 17<br />
*Villanova 35, Stony Brook 6<br />
Delaware 49, Wagner 9<br />
James Madison 34, Charlotte 7<br />
Richmond 30, Liberty 21<br />
William & Mary 20, Rhode Island 0<br />
CCSU 20, UAlbany 17<br />
Northwestern 35, Maine 21<br />
WEEK 5<br />
Sept. 28 Lehigh 34, New Hampshire 27<br />
Rhode Island 42, CCSU 7<br />
*Maine 28, Richmond 21<br />
Villanova 35, Penn 6<br />
Old Dominion 66, UAlbany 10<br />
*Delaware 29, James Madison 22<br />
*Towson 35, Stony Brook 21<br />
WEEK 6<br />
Oct. 5 *Towson 44, New Hampshire 28<br />
*Villanova 20, William & Mary 16<br />
*James Madison 30, UAlbany 13<br />
*Maine 62, Delaware 28<br />
Brown 31, Rhode Island 14<br />
Stony Brook 21, Bryant 13<br />
WEEK 7<br />
Oct. 12 *New Hampshire 59, Rhode Island 19<br />
*Delaware 33, UAlbany 30<br />
*James Madison 38, Richmond 31<br />
William & Mary 27, Penn 14<br />
Stony Brook 27, Colgate 3<br />
*Villanova 45, Towson 35<br />
WEEK 8<br />
Oct. 19 *New Hampshire 29, Villanova 28<br />
*Maine 34, William & Mary 20<br />
*Rhode Island 12, Richmond 10<br />
*Towson 44, UAlbany 17<br />
WEEK 9<br />
Oct. 26 *Delaware 35, Rhode Island 13<br />
*Towson 48, Richmond 32<br />
*Maine 37, Villanova 35<br />
*William & Mary 17, James Madison 7<br />
*New Hampshire 31, Stony Brook 13<br />
WEEK 10<br />
Nov. 2 *Maine 19, Stony Brook 14<br />
*William & Mary 17, New Hampshire 0<br />
Old Dominion 66, Rhode Island 14<br />
*James Madison 31, Villanova 21<br />
*Richmond 27, UAlbany 10<br />
*Delaware 32, Towson 31<br />
WEEK 11<br />
Nov. 9 *William & Mary 24, Delaware 10<br />
*New Hampshire 33, James Madison 17<br />
*Villanova 45, Rhode Island 0<br />
*Richmond 39, Stony Brook 31<br />
*Maine 33, UAlbany 27<br />
WEEK 12<br />
Nov. 16 *Richmond at Delaware - Noon<br />
*Rhode Island at Maine - 12:30 p.m.<br />
*Towson at William & Mary - 1:30 p.m.<br />
*New Hampshire at UAlbany - 3:30 p.m.<br />
*Stony Brook at James Madison - 3:30 p.m.<br />
WEEK 13<br />
Nov. 23 *Maine at New Hampshire - Noon<br />
*UAlbany at Stony Brook - 1 p.m.<br />
*James Madison at Towson - 3:30 p.m.<br />
*William & Mary at Richmond - 4 p.m.<br />
*Delaware at Villanova - TBD<br />
PRESEASON POLL<br />
1. Villanova (11)<br />
2. Towson (3)<br />
3. New Hampshire (3)<br />
4. Richmond (1)<br />
5. James Madison (4)<br />
6. Delaware<br />
7. Stony Brook<br />
8. Maine<br />
9. William & Mary<br />
10. UAlbany<br />
11. Rhode Island<br />
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK<br />
OFFENSE<br />
Terrance West (TOW) Sept. 2<br />
Omar Osbourne (ALB) Sept. 9<br />
Terrance West (TOW) Sept. 16<br />
Michael Johnson (DEL) Sept. 23<br />
John Robertson (VU) Sept. 30<br />
Terrance West (TOW) Oct. 7<br />
John Robertson (VU) Oct. 14<br />
J. Robertson (VU)/<br />
M. Wasilewski (MN) Oct. 21<br />
Terrance West (TOW) Oct. 28<br />
Trevor Sasek (DEL) Nov. 4<br />
Michael Strauss (RICH) Nov. 11<br />
DEFENSE<br />
Joey Harmon (VIL) Sept. 2<br />
Reuben Johnson (SBU) Sept. 9<br />
Andrew Bose (URI) Sept. 16<br />
Stephon Robertson (JMU) Sept. 23<br />
Stephon Robertson (JMU) Sept. 30<br />
Telvion Clark (TOW) Oct. 7<br />
Cameron McCurry (VU) Oct. 14<br />
Donnell Lewis (TOW) Oct. 21<br />
Telvion Clark (TOW)/<br />
Stephon Robertson (JMU) Oct. 28<br />
Luke Rhodes (WM) Nov. 4<br />
Jerome Couplin (WM) Nov. 11<br />
SPECIAL TEAMS<br />
Dae’Quan Scott (JMU) Sept. 2<br />
Rob Jones (DEL) Sept. 9<br />
Derrick Joseph (URI) Sept. 16<br />
Wayne Pettus (RICH) Sept. 23<br />
Brad Prasky (UNH) Sept. 30<br />
Connor Arnone (JMU) Oct. 7<br />
Dejor Simmons (JMU) Oct. 14<br />
Dylan Smith (URI) Oct. 21<br />
D. Houston-Carson (WM) Oct. 28<br />
Brandon Jordi (RICH) Nov. 4<br />
Travis Hawkins (RICH) Nov. 11<br />
ROOKIE<br />
Taylor Reynolds (JMU) Sept. 2<br />
Kendall Anderson (WM) Sept. 9<br />
Christophe Mulumba (MN) Sept. 16<br />
Darius Victor (TOW) Sept. 23<br />
Christophe Mulumba (MN) Sept. 30<br />
Gage Steel (JMU) Oct. 7<br />
Kwe’shon Williams (JMU) Oct. 12<br />
Dalton Crossan (UNH) Oct. 21<br />
Eric Enderson (DEL) Oct. 28<br />
Christophe Mulumba (MN) Nov. 4<br />
Christophe Mulumba (MN) Nov. 11<br />
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