CAA FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE -- SEPT. 27
CAA Football Players of the Week -- Sept. 28
Offensive Player of the Week - R.J. Archer, QB, William and Mary
Archer earned CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week honors after registering a career-high 313 yards passing by completing 23-of-37 attempts in the fifth-ranked Tribe’s win over Delaware, 30-20. The Earlysville, Va., native got his night started with a 91-yard touchdown completion to junior Chase Hill for first scoring play of the game. Archer’s toss marked the longest completion in Tribe history, besting the previous mark of 87 yards set in 2004 by Lang Campbell (Dominique Thompson). The senior went on to complete passes to seven different receivers on the evening, including one more TD-toss to Hill.
Offensive Player of the Week - Eric Ward, QB, Richmond
Ward notched CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week recognition after completing 28-of-39 passes for a career-best 394 yards and three touchdowns in No. 1 Richmond’s 38-28 win over VMI Saturday. The Atlanta, Ga., native posted the second-best passing yardage total in school history, upped his career-highs in completions and attempts, and connected on 17 passes of 10-or-more yards. Ward completed TD-passes to three different receivers on the day, including a 53-yard toss to sophomore Donte Boston, and had two wideouts go over the 100-yard receiving mark for the first time since 2005.
Defensive Player of the Week - Arthur Moats, DL, James Madison
Moats, the CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week, was part of No. 7 James Madison’s defense which led the Dukes to a 24-10 win over No. 25 Liberty on the road. Moats, a Portsmouth, Va., native made a team-best nine tackles, including three for a loss of nine yards. The senior also recorded one of JMU’s two sacks on the night, and forced a fumble. Moats and the Dukes’ defense limited the Flames’ offense, averaging better than 325 yards/game, to just 217 in the contest and only 96 on the ground.
Special Teams Player of the Week - Matt Goff, P, James Madison
Goff, the CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week, played an important role in the field-position battle during No. 7 James Madison’s 24-10 win over No. 25 Liberty. The Fairfax, Va., native totalled three punts on the night for an average of 46.3 yards. The junior’s biggest boot of the night came with just over seven minutes left in the game. Goff, pinned against the back of the endzone, punted the ball 65 yards to the Liberty 29-yardline and forced the Flames to drive the length of the field. The 65-yard punt marked the eighth-longest punt in James Madison history.
Rookie of the Week - Perry McIntyre, LB, Massachusetts
McIntyre earned Rookie of the Week honors after helping No. 15 Massachusetts to a 44-17 win over Stony Brook Saturday. The Royal Palm Beach, Fla., native made a team-high eight tackles, including one for a loss of three yards. The true freshman was part of a Minuteman defense which gave up just 229 yards of offense to the Seawolves, including just 97 yards after halftime.
CAA Football In The Polls
For a complete rundown of both the Sports Network Top-25 and the FCS Coaches Poll visit page 22 of the weekly release. Below are highlights and notes about CAA Football in this week’s rankings.
The Sports Network Top-25
CAA Football shows six ranked teams for the second-straight week in 2009. The league’s six ranked teams are three more than any other league in the country has this week.
Richmond’s No. 1 ranking helps place the league atop the poll for the fourth-straight week in 2009. The Spiders and Villanova, which have been 1-2 in the poll for the last three weeks, mark the second time in as many years CAA Football has held the Top-2 spots in the poll -- Richmond and James Madison were 1-2 in the poll last season on Sept. 22. Prior to 2008, only the Big Sky had placed two teams in the Top-2 spots of the Sports Network poll in 1991 (Nevada and Idaho, respectively).
CAA Football’s strength in this week’s poll continues to show by making up five of the Top-7 spots. Even more impressive is that four of the six CAA Football South Division squads are part of the national Top-7. Four of the CAA Football squads in the Top-7 received at least one first-place votes in this week’s edition.
CAA Football has now had at least six teams ranked in 19 of the last 20 editions of the Sports Network poll. The league has had at least three teams ranked every week since the poll’s inception and two teams among the poll’s Top-10 in 60-straight weeks and 86 of the last 90 editions.
FCS Coaches Top-25
CAA Football shows six in this week’s edition of the Top-25 for the second-straight week.
Richmond’s No. 1 ranking gives the league four-straight weeks atop the 2009 rankings, after it owned No. 1 for 11-straight weeks in 2008. Villanova’s No. 2 ranking gives CAA Football ownership of the No. 1 and No. 2 spots at least one week in each of the last two seasons. James Madison and Richmond garnered the Top-2 spots last season on Sept. 22, marking the first time since 1998 one conference held No. 1 and No. 2 in the same Coaches’ poll (The Southern’s Georgia Southern and Appalachian State, respectively).
The league holds five of the Top-7 spots in this weeks poll, while four of the league’s six CAA Football South Division teams appear in the Top-6.
Since the FCS Coaches Poll debuted in 2007 CAA Football has had at least four squads ranked in every edition (33 weeks).
Bring On The BCS/FBS
CAA Football has logged a record-breaking four wins over BCS/FBS opponents in 2009. New Hampshire (Ball State), Richmond (Duke), Villanova (Temple) and William and Mary (Virginia) all have added BCS/FBS wins to the league’s current total of 22 non-conference wins in 2009.
The league has an all-time mark of 27-111 (.196) against BCS/FBS opponents dating back to the 1978 I-A/I-AA split by the NCAA. Prior to 2009, the league had not beaten more than three BCS/FBS squads in a single season.
CAA Football finished the 2009 season 2-1 against the Mid-American Conference and had a .500 (2-2) mark against the Atlantic Coast Conference (BCS). The only wins for FCS squads over BCS/FBS teams this season have come from CAA Football (4-69).
CAA Football has now won 18 games versus BCS/FBS opponents in the last 10 years. The league has garnered at least one win over BCS/FBS foes in seven of the last eight years, and multiple wins over BCS/FBS teams in six of the last eight years.
For a complete list of CAA Football’s wins over BCS/FBS opponents check out page 21 of the weekly release.
Walter Payton & Buck Buchanan Watch Lists Include Seven CAA Football Athletes
The Sports Network released its 2009 Preseason Watch lists for both the Walter Payton (Offensive) and Buck Buchanan (Defensive) Player of the Year Awards. CAA Football had a total of seven honorees on the preseason lists.
Walter Payton Award Watch List Honorees
-- Tony Nelson, RB, Massachusetts
-- R.J. Toman, QB, New Hampshire
Buck Buchanan Award Watch List Honorees
-- Charles Graves, DB, Delaware
-- Jeromy Miles, DB, Massachusetts
-- Osayi Osunde, LB, Villanova
-- Justin Rogers, DB, Richmond
-- Adrian Tracy, DL, William and Mary
FCS Non-Conference Domination
CAA Football schools are a combined 62-12 against non-conference FCS regular-season competition since 2007. League schools combined to go 21-4 against non-conference FCS regular-season foes in 2007, then compiled a 25-5 non-conference regular-season FCS mark in 2008. Thus far in 2009 CAA Football teams are 16-3 in non-league games against FCS foes.
VERSUS To Televise CAA Football Conference Game
CAA Football and The Comcast Sports Group announced the October 3 matchup of No. 5 William and Mary at No. 2 Villanova will be broadcast nationally on VERSUS at 3:30 p.m.
The contest will be the league’s first-ever conference game to be nationally televised. VERSUS, which reaches 73 million homes nationally, is available on cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States.
2009 CAA Football -- Did You Know...
-- Four CAA Football teams have earned wins over BCS/FBS foes in 2009 including New Hampshire (Ball State), Richmond (Duke), Villanova (Temple) and William and Mary (Virginia).
-- CAA Football squads own the nation’s four wins in BCS/FBS contests. FCS teams are a combined 4-69 this season against the BCS/FBS level.
-- CAA Football has advanced a record five programs to the NCAA Division I National Championships each of the last two years. No league had ever advanced more than four teams prior to the 2007 season.
-- CAA Football has been represented in the NCAA Division I National Championship game in five of the last six years.
-- CAA Football teams make up five of the Top-7 in each of the two National polls. Four of the six CAA Football South Division squads are part of the Top-7 in each poll.
-- The four CAA Football teams among the Sports Network’s Top-6 all received at least one first-place vote in this week’s poll.
-- The five CAA Football squads among the national Top-7 are a combined 9-0 against non-conference FCS foes this season. Those same teams have also compiled an unblemished 30-0 record in non-league regular-season FCS games since the 2007 season.
-- CAA Football student-athletes have logged a total of five National Player of the Week honors this season. Most notably, William and Mary’s B.W. Webb became the first-ever FCS athlete to be recognized as the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of the Week, Sept. 7.
DELAWARE (2-2, 0-2 CAA)
This Week: at Maine (2-2, 1-0)
Next Week: #14/16 Massachusetts (3-1, 1-0)
-- Delaware lost to No. 5 William and Mary 30-20 in Williamsburg, Va., Saturday. The Blue Hens entered Saturday’s contest with the Tribe having won two-straight at William and Mary’s Zable Stadium.
-- William and Mary was the second Top-5 opponent for the Hens this season. In Week 2 Delaware fell to No. 1 Richmond, 16-15.
-- Quarterback Pat Devlin completed 33-of-49 passes for 302 yards and three touchdowns against William and Mary -- all career-highs. Rob Jones had 10 catches for 113 yards, Tommy Crosby had eight catches for 83 yards and Mark Mackey snared seven passes in the William and Mary contest, all career-highs.
-- The Blue Hens had trouble in the running game against the Tribe as they gained -2 yards on the ground for the game -- marking the second lowest rushing total in school history. Only a -23 effort against Grambling in the 1973 NCAA College Division playoffs was a lower total.
HOFSTRA (2-2, 0-1 CAA)
This Week: #7/6 James Madison (2-1, 0-0)
Next Week: Maine (2-2, 1-0)
-- Receiver Aaron Weaver recorded his first 100-yard receiving game of the season and the second of his career Saturday at Western Michigan. His 43-yard touchdown grab from quarterback Cory Christopher gave the Pride a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. His eight catches were one off his career best.
-- The Pride played Western Michigan without running back Everette Benjamin for the second-straight game due to injury. Kwabena Asante led the ground game for Hofstra with 50 yards on 10 carries as he and four others (Miguel Maysonet, Steve Probst, Brock Jackolski and Cory Christopher) had five-or-more carries.
-- Brock Jackolski continues to play at three positions for the Pride and posted his best defensive effort Saturday against Western Michigan. He rushed five times for 21 yards, caught a pass for 11 yards, had three kickoff returns for 65 yards and was third on the team in tackles with eight, including seven solo stops.
#7/6 JAMES MADISON (2-1, 0-0 CAA)
This Week: at Hofstra (2-2, 0-1)
Next Week: #1/1 Richmond (4-0, 2-0)
-- Tailback Corwin Acker had career highs of 12 rushes, 147 yards and two TDs in James Madison’s 24-10 win at Liberty. Acker, who replaced Jamal Sullivan after he was injured in the contest, broke a 10-10 tie early during the third quarter with a career-long 65-yard touchdown run.
-- CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week, punter Matt Goff averaged 46.3 yards on three punts in the win over Liberty. The junior booted a 65-yard punt, eighth-longest in team history, from the Madison six-yardline late in the fourth quarter. The punt left Liberty at its own 29-yardline trailing 17-10 in the game.
-- James Madison ran for 301 yards against Liberty, outgaining the Flames by 205 yards on the ground. The Dukes rushed for just 145 yards in its previous week’s game against VMI (W, 44-16).
-- The Dukes committed their first three turnovers of the season in the win over Liberty. JMU lost a fumble and threw two interceptions Saturday.
MAINE (2-2, 1-0 CAA)
This Week: Delaware (2-2, 0-2)
Next Week: at Hofstra (2-2, 0-1)
-- The Black Bears outgained Syracuse by a 430-385 margin, but fell 41-24 in the Carrier Dome Saturday. The Maine offensive attack was sparked by quarterback Warren Smith’s 305 passing yards and three touchdowns.
-- Receiver Landis Williams caught six passes for 102 yards and two scores -- his third-straight game with a touchdown. Williams added 27 yards on two rushes to the Black Bear offense.
-- Linebacker Donte Dennis led the Maine defense with six tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in the Syracuse game.
-- Maine held a 17-13 edge over the Orange at halftime, but was outscored 14-0 in the third quarter and 28-7 in the second half.
#14/16 MASSACHUSETTS (3-1, 1-0 CAA)
This Week: Bye Week
Next Week: at Delaware (2-2, 0-2)
-- In his first career start, tailback Jonathan Hernandez rushed for career-best 140 yards on 29 carries and three touchdowns in the win over Stony Brook. The sophomore became the first UMass back with three rushing TDs since Matt Lawrence in 2007. Hernandez also had two catches for 43 yards in the contest.
-- Placekicker Armando Cuko equalled a career-high with three field goals for the third-straight game. Cuko connected on attempts of 30, 42 and 35 yards in the win Saturday. The 42-yarder marked his fifth 40+ yarder of the year.
-- Linebacker Perry McIntyre, the CAA Football Rookie of the Week, piled up a team-best and career-best eight tackles with two solo stops in the win over Stony Brook. McIntyre was part of a UMass defense which held the Seawolves to 229 yards including just 97 in the second half. The Minutemen also blanked Stony Brook on the scoreboard for the final 32:33 of the game.
#6/7 NEW HAMPSHIRE (3-0, 0-0 CAA)
This Week: at Towson (1-2, 0-0)
Next Week: #2/2 Villanova (4-0, 1-0)
-- New Hampshire outscored Dartmouth 24-0 in the second half to earn the 44-14 victory over the Big Green. The Wildcats have now outscored the opposition 31-10 over the final two quarters of play this season.
-- The Wildcat recorded an impressive 528 yards of total offense in the win over Dartmouth.
-- New Hampshire’s defense forced four turnovers in the win over Dartmouth, running its turnover margin to +6 on the season. The Wildcats trail only Rhode Island’s +7 turnover margin in the league standings.
-- The Wildcats spread the ball around in Saturday’s win over Dartmouth as 10 different players rushed the ball and 11 different players caught passes for New Hampshire.
-- Running back Chad Kackert returned to action Saturday, after being slowed by a hamstring injury. He carried the ball 12 times for 71 yards and two touchdowns.
NORTHEASTERN (0-4, 0-2 CAA)
This Week: #21/22 Holy Cross (3-0)
Next Week: #5/5 William and Mary (4-0, 1-0)
-- Receiver Jordan Batts made seven catches for a career-high 92 yards, including a 48-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter at Villanova Saturday. His touchdown catch was the longest by a Huskies rookie receiver since Tony Lott’s 80-yard touchdown reception against Richmond in 2006. Batts leads the Huskies in receptions (15) and receiving yards (155) this season.
-- Quarterback Alex Dulski was 16-for-31 passing for 138 yards in the loss at Villanova.
-- For the second consecutive week, Darryl Jones reached double digits in tackles, this time with a team-high 12. He leads the Huskies this season with 35 tackles. Phil Higgins, who had four tackles in the Villanova game, is now just two tackles away from 200 for his career.
-- Northeastern plays it next three games at home, beginning Saturday against Holy Cross, which visits Parsons Field for the first time ever. Holy Cross and Northeastern are separated by just 45 miles.
RHODE ISLAND (1-2, 0-1 CAA)
This Week: at Brown (0-2)
Next Week: Towson (1-2, 0-0)
-- Saturday’s game against Connecticut marked the 94th time the two teams had met. UConn leads the all-time series 51-35-8. In its 110 seasons of football, Connecticut stands as Rhode Island’s most common opponent. The Huskies and Rams were original members of the Yankee Conference and both moved the Atlantic 10 in 1997. UConn left the league in 1999 to play at the FBS level.
-- Quarterback Chris Paul-Etienne led the Rams’ passing attack as he totalled 108 yards through the air against Connecticut. Paul-Etienne completed passes to seven different receivers on the day. His first-quarter touchdown pass to Ty Bynum (66 yards) was the longest completion of the URI signal-caller’s career. It also marked the longest reception in Bynum’s career.
-- Rhode Island forced four fumbles and recovered two in the loss to Connecticut. This season URI has forced 17 fumbles and recovered nine. The Rams lead the league in turnover margin having forced 11, while losing just four (+7).
#1/1 RICHMOND (4-0, 2-0 CAA)
This Week: Bye Week
Next Week: at #7/6 James Madison (2-1, 0-0)
-- Richmond’s win over VMI extended the school-record winning streak to 13-straight games. It stands as the longest current win streak in the FCS.
-- The Spiders’ 548 yards of total offense against VMI is the eighth-best in UR history and the most since rolling up 612 yards against Bucknell (9/22/07). The school record of 642 yards was set against Northeastern (9/8/07).
-- Quarterback Eric Ward posted the second-best passing game in school history, throwing for a career-high 394 yards and three TDs against VMI. His performance stands second only to Buster O’Brien’s 447 yards in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl win over Ohio University.
-- Ward completed his first six passes of the game to five different receivers for 61 yards. His first incompletion was a pass intended for Jordan Mitchell in the end zone with five minutes left in first quarter. The senior went on to complete a career-high 28 passes in the win, including 17 which went for 10-or-more yards.
TOWSON (1-2, 0-0 CAA)
This Week: #6/7 New Hampshire (3-0, 0-0)
Next Week: at Rhode Island (1-2, 0-1)
-- Running back Tremayne Dameron ran for a career-high 126 yards on 28 carries in Tigers’ 12-9 loss at Morgan State. The redshirt freshman also caught three passes for nine yards in the loss. Dameron’s efforts helped Towson outrush Morgan by a 196-33 margin, and marked the highest single-game rushing total since Nick Williams ran for 139 yards at William and Mary Sept. 29, 2007.
-- The Tiger defense held Morgan State to 33 rushing yards on 33 attempts Saturday. It was the Tigers’ best defensive effort against the run since holding Lock Haven to 13 yards in a 70-0 win Sept. 10, 2005. By outrushing Morgan 196-33, the Tigers have outrushed their opponents in two-straight games.
-- Wide receiver Dave Newsom caught four passes for 90 yards in the Morgan State loss. He also had six punt returns for 46 yards, topping Towson’s 2008 season total for punt return yards -- 30 punt return yards last season.
#2/2 VILLANOVA (4-0, 1-0 CAA)
This Week: #5/5 William and Mary (4-0, 1-0)
Next Week: at #6/7 New Hampshire (3-0, 0-0)
-- With its 56-7 win over Northeastern, Villanova improved to 16-6 all-time in conference openers.
-- In Saturday’s offensive outburst of 552 yards, the Wildcats had a 100-yard rusher (Aaron Ball, 7-109) and a 100-yard receiver (Brandyn Harvey 7-102) in the same game for first time since 2005.
-- The 410 yards rushing tallied by Villanova in its win over Northeastern is the third-highest rushing total in school history and is just the fifth time in program history Villanova rushed for 400-or-more yards in a single-game.
-- Villanova had three interceptions in the win over Northeastern. The Wildcats now have eight picks in four games this season -- a mark which leads the league and ranks third in the country.
-- Six different players scored a touchdown in Villanova’s 56-7 win over Northeastern Saturday, including multiple TD’s by Tony Canci and Lawrence Doss.
#5/5 WILLIAM AND MARY (4-0, 1-0 CAA)
This Week: at #2/2 Villanova (4-0, 1-0)
Next Week: at Northeastern (0-4, 0-2)
-- The Tribe’s 4-0 start, following a 30-20 win over Delaware, is the program’s best record to begin a season since it posted the same mark in 1994. William and Mary went on to an 8-3 overall mark in 1994.
-- William and Mary will be looking to start a season 5-0 for the first time since 1992. The Tribe finished 9-2 in 1992 and won the Epson Ivy Bowl. The following season marked The College’s inaugural season as members of the Yankee Conference (now CAA Football).
-- Quarterback R.J. Archer, one of two CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week honorees, completed 23-of-37 passes for 313 yards and two scores in the win over Delaware. Archer’s 313 passing yards marked a career-high. His night was highlighted by a 91-yard TD connection with Chase Hill for the game’s first score. The catch and run was a record for the College, besting the previous mark of 87 yards (Lang Campbell to Dominique Thompson) set in 2004 against Delaware.
#7/6 JAMES MADISON AT HOFSTRA
Saturday, Oct. 3 - 3:00 pm
Shuart Stadium (13,000), Hempstead, N.Y.
Television: Verizon FiOS1
Series: James Madison leads 6-2
James Madison (2-1, 0-0 CAA)
Coach: Mickey Matthews
Career: 78-47 (11 years)
School: 78-47 (11 years)
Offense
Rushing: Jamal Sullivan (3 G, 48-212 yards, 3 TD)
Passing: Drew Dudzik (3 G, 20-33-1-385 yards, 5 TD)
Receiving: Mike Caussin (3 G, 8-220 yards, 4 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Pat Williams (3 G, 10 solo, 15 assisted, 25 total)
Sacks: Arthur Moats (3 G, 2.0-13 yards)
Interceptions: Jon Williams (3 G, 1-62 yards)
Hofstra (2-2, 0-1 CAA)
Coach: Dave Cohen
Career: 15-23 (4 years)
School: 15-23 (4 years)
Offense
Rushing: Kwabena Asante (4 G, 29-140 yards, 0 TD)
Passing: Cory Christopher (4 G, 74-121-2-830 yards, 4 TD)
Receiving: Aaron Weaver (4 G, 22-288 yards, 1 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Basim Hudeen (4 G, 22 solo, 11 assisted, 33 total)
Sacks: Johnny Hartsfield (4 G, 1.0-11 yards)
Interceptions: Leslie Jackman (4 G, 1-0 yards)
#6/7 NEW HAMPSHIRE AT TOWSON
Saturday, Oct. 3 - 3:30 pm
Unitas Stadium (11,198), Towson, Md.
Television: Comcast SportsNet - Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet - New England, Comcast SportsNet - Philadelphia
Series: New Hampshire leads 5-0
New Hampshire (3-0, 0-0 CAA)
Coach: Sean McDonnell
Career: 73-50 (11 years)
School: 73-50 (11 years)
Offense
Rushing: Sean Jellison (3 G, 50-204 yards, 3 TD)
Passing: R.J. Toman (3 G, 41-71-3-461 yards, 3 TD)
Receiving: Mickey Mangieri (3 G, 2-88 yards, 0 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Sean Ware (3 G, 12 solo, 9 assisted, 21 total)
Sacks: Dan Ruhl (3 G, 1.5-15 yards)
Interceptions: Dino Vasso (3 G, 2-34 yards)
Towson (1-2, 0-0 CAA)
Coach: Rob Ambrose
Career: 4-9 (2 years)
School: 1-2 (First year)
Offense
Rushing: Tremayne Dameron (3 G, 63-243 yards, 1 TD)
Passing: Peter Athens (3 G, 39-66-5-420 yards, 4 TD)
Receiving: David Newsom (3 G, 15-212 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Danzel White (3 G, 12 solo, 15 assisted, 27 total)
Sacks: Yaky Ibia (3 G, 1.0-9 yards)
Interceptions: Jeremy Gardner (3 G, 1-38 yard)
#5/5 WILLIAM AND MARY AT #2/2 VILLANOVA
Saturday, Oct. 3 - 3:30 pm
Villanova Stadium (12,000), Villanova, Pa.
Television: VERSUS
Series: William and Mary leads 14-11
William and Mary (4-0, 1-0 CAA)
Coach: Jimmye Laycock
Career: 193-138-2 (30 years)
School: 193-138-2 (30 years)
Offense
Rushing: Jonathan Grimes (4 G, 76-297 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: R.J. Archer (4 G, 70-117-2-779 yards, 8 TD)
Receiving: D.J. McAulay (4 G, 18-228 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Jake Trantin (4 G, 14 solo, 15 assisted, 29 total)
Sacks: Adrian Tracy (4 G, 2.0-10 yards)
Interceptions: B.W. Webb (4 G, 3-68 yards)
Villanova (4-0, 1-0 CAA)
Coach: Andy Talley
Career: 197-119-2 (30 years)
School: 169-101-1 (25 years)
Offense
Rushing: Chris Whitney (4 G, 53-276 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: Chris Whitney (4 G, 45-69-1-506 yards, 5 TD)
Receiving: Brandyn Harvey (4 G, 20-261 yards, 2 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Osayi Osunde (4 G, 11 solo, 13 assisted, 24 total)
Sacks: Terence Thomas (4 G, 3.0-26 yards)
Interceptions: Ross Ventrone (4 G, 2-27 yards)
DELAWARE AT MAINE
Saturday, Oct. 3 - 6:00 pm
Alfond Stadium (10,000), Orono, Maine
Television: WABI-TV
Series: Delaware leads 21-7
Delaware (2-2, 0-2 CAA)
Coach: K.C. Keeler
Career: 146-57-1 (16 years)
School: 58-36 (8 years)
Offense
Rushing: David Hayes (4 G, 44-155 yards, 1 TD)
Passing: Pat Devlin (4 G, 79-124-2-923 yards, 6 TD)
Receiving: Mark Mackey (4 G, 20-225 yards, 0 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Benard Makumbi (4 G, 13 solo, 14 assisted, 27 total)
Sacks: John Higginson (4 G, 2.5-11 yards)
Interceptions: Charles Graves (4 G, 2-33 yards)
Maine (2-2, 1-0 CAA)
Coach: Jack Cosgrove
Career: 90-97 (17 years)
School: 90-97 (17 years)
Offense
Rushing: Derek Session (4 G, 72-354 yards, 3 TD)
Passing: Warren Smith (3 G, 42-64-4-517 yards, 4 TD)
Receiving: Landis Williams (4 G, 18-228 yards, 4 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Donte Dennis (4 G, 14 solo, 20 assisted, 34 total)
Sacks: Jordan Stevens (4 G, 4.5-23 yards)
Interceptions: Trevor Coston (4 G, 3-20 yards)
RHODE ISLAND AT BROWN
Saturday, Oct. 3 - 12:30 pm
Brown Stadium (20,000), Providence, R.I.
Series: Brown leads 66-25-2
Rhode Island (1-2, 0-1 CAA)
Coach: Joe Trainer
Career: 14-22 (4 years)
School: 1-2 (First year)
Offense
Rushing: Anthony Ferrer (3 G, 34-115 yards, 1 TD)
Passing: Chris Paul-Etienne (3 G, 45-77-3-470 yards, 3 TD)
Receiving: Tyquan Bynum (3 G, 9-178 yards, 1 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Rob Damon (3 G, 20 solo, 26 assisted, 46 total)
Sacks: Matt Hansen (3 G, 2.0-12 yards)
Interceptions: Rodney Mitchell (3 G, 1-20 yards)
Brown (0-2)
Coach: Phil Estes
Career: 66-46 (12 years)
School: 66-46 (12 years)
Offense
Rushing: Zachary Tronti (2 G, 37-129 yards, 1 TD)
Passing: Kyle Newhall (2 G, 54-86-3-492 yards, 4 TD)
Receiving: Buddy Farnham (2 G, 18-156 yards, 1 TD)
Defense
Tackles: James Develin (2 G, 8 solo, 4 assisted, 12 total)
Sacks: James Develin (2 G, 1.0-7 yards)
Interceptions: David Clement (2 G, 1-0 yards)
#21/22 HOLY CROSS AT NORTHEASTERN
Saturday, Oct. 3 - 1:00 pm
Parsons Field (7,000), Brookline, Mass.
Series: Holy Cross leads 4-1
Holy Cross (3-0)
Coach: Tom Gilmore
Career: 33-25 (6 years)
School: 33-25 (6 years)
Offense
Rushing: Eddie Houghton (3 G, 17-132 yards, 1 TD)
Passing: Dominic Randolph (3 G, 8-133-2-981 yards, 6 TD)
Receiving: Luke Chmielinski (3 G, 18-228 yards, 1 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Anthony DiMichele (3 G, 22 solo, 6 assisted, 28 total)
Sacks: Nicholas MacDonald (3 G, 2.0-12 yards)
Interceptions: Michael Wright (3 G, 1-38 yard)
Northeastern (0-4, 0-2 CAA)
Coach: Rocky Hager
Career: 108-68-1 (16 years)
School: 17-43 (6 years)
Offense
Rushing: John Griffin (4 G, 57-197 yards, 0 TD)
Passing: Alex Dulski (4 G, 40-75-5-367 yards, 2 TD)
Receiving: Jordan Batts (4 G, 15-155 yards, 1 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Darryl Jones (4 G, 22 solo, 13 assisted, 35 total)
Sacks: Craig Kenney (4 G, 2.0-12 yards)
Interceptions: Darryl Jones (4 G, 1-0 yards)