CAA FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE -- OCT. 18
CAA Football Players of the Week -- Oct. 19
Offensive Player of the Week - Jonathan Hernandez, RB, Massachusetts
Hernandez earns CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week honors after helping No. 18 Massachusetts to an upset win over visiting No. 4 New Hampshire, 23-17, Saturday night. The sophomore running back garnered a game-high 166 rushing yards and a touchdown on 29 carries against New Hampshire’s league-leading defense. The Leominster, Mass., native scored the game-winning touchdown on a 42-yard scamper late in the fourth quarter. Hernandez added to his fourth-quarter rushing total of 104 yards when he broke loose on a 34-yarder with just under two minutes left to play. His 34-yard run set-up what proved to the be the game-icing field goal for UMass.
Defensive Player of the Week - Fred Maldonado, DB, Villanova
Maldonado, the CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week, led the Wildcats to a 27-0 shutout-win on the road over defending league champion James Madison. Maldonado was the leading tackler for the Villanova defense by racking up 11 total tackles, including six solo stops. The West Chester, Pa., native also logged 1.5 tackles for a loss of seven yards and picked up one of James Madison’s two fumbles on the day. The Wildcats’ defense recorded its first shutout since 2002, while the shutout at Bridgeforth Stadium was the first since Appalachian State blanked the Dukes at home in 1990.
Special Teams Player of the Week - Derek Hatcher, PR, Richmond
Hatcher, the CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week, returned a third-quarter Maine punt 90 yards for a touchdown in No. 1 Richmond’s 38-21 road-win over the Black Bears. The St. Petersburg, Fla., native averaged over 43 yards on his two punt returns on the day, while his 90-yarder ranks as the second-longest punt return in school history. The TD-return, the second of his career, was also just three yards off the CAA Football punt-return record of 93 set by UMass’ Ron Harris in 1974.
Rookie of the Week - Miguel Maysonet, RB, Hofstra
Maysonet earned Rookie of the Week honors after helping Hofstra to a 28-16 win at Rhode Island. Maysonet led the Pride in rushing with 83 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. The Riverhead, N.Y., native broke free for a 24-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter which helped to the put the Hofstra victory away. On the year Maysonet leads the Pride with 259 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 48 carries.
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 in this week’s poll.
-- Four of the eight editions of this year’s poll have included six league squads, including three-straight weeks from Sept. 21-Oct. 5.
-- 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 seventh-straight week in 2009.
-- CAA Football’s strength in this week’s poll continues to show by making up four of the Top-9 spots, two more than any other league has in the Top-10.
-- CAA Football also boasts three of the Top-5 in this week’s poll, while the remaining two teams are from the Big Sky (Montana) and Missouri Valley (Southern Illinois).
-- CAA Football has now had at least six teams ranked in 22 of the last 23 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 63-straight weeks and 89 of the last 93 editions.
FCS Coaches Top-25
-- CAA Football shows six in this week’s edition of the Top-25 for the fifth-straight week.
-- The league opened the 2009 campaign with eight among the Top-25, then had seven in the poll each of the first two regular season weeks (Sept. 7-14).
-- Richmond’s No. 1 ranking gives the league seven-straight weeks atop the 2009 rankings, after it owned No. 1 for 11-straight weeks in 2008.
-- The league holds four of the Top-8 spots in this week’s poll, marking seven-straight editions the league has had at least four in the Top-10.
-- Since the FCS Coaches Poll debuted in 2007 CAA Football has had at least four squads ranked in every edition (36 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, as recognized by the NCAA, over BCS/FBS teams this season have come from CAA Football (4-77).
Note: Central Arkansas (Southland, FCS) beat Western Kentucky (Sun Belt, FBS), 28-7, Sept. 19, but is in its final year of NCAA Division I FCS transition and is not recognized as an FCS program in the NCAA statistics.
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.
Poll Position
Richmond’s No. 1 ranking, Villanova and William and Mary at No. 4 and 5, respectively, and New Hampshire’s spot in the Top-10 are among the nation’s longest active streaks for Top-10 rankings. The Spiders have been part of the Sports Network’s Top-10 for 26-straight weeks which trails only Appalachian State’s 56 consecutive weeks and Northern Iowa’s mark of 37-straight weeks. Villanova’s 17-straight weeks in the Top-10 is right behind Richmond, while New Hampshire’s string of 10 weeks and William and Mary’s mark of seven-straight ranks seventh and eighth-longest, respectively.
Ranking, Team - Consecutive Weeks In The Sports Network Top-10
No. 8 Appalachian State - 56
No. 6 Northern Iowa - 37
No. 1 Richmond - 26
No. 4 Villanova - 17
No. 2 Montana - 16
No. 3 Southern Illinois - 11
No. 9 New Hampshire - 10
No. 5 William and Mary - 7
No. 7 Elon - 3
No. 10 South Carolina State - 1
FCS Non-Conference Domination
CAA Football schools are a combined 62-14 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 16-5 in non-league games against FCS foes.
Road-Field Advantage
So much for home-field advantage. Home teams are 9-12 in CAA Football games thus far in 2009. Over the last three weeks of league play (Oct. 3-17) home teams are a combined 5-10 in CAA Football league contests.
Walter Payton & Buck Buchanan Watch Lists Include Eight CAA Football Athletes
The Sports Network updated its 2009 Watch lists for both the Walter Payton (Overall) and Buck Buchanan (Defensive) Player of the Year Awards, Oct. 15. CAA Football had a total of eight honorees on the updated lists.
Walter Payton Award Watch List Honorees
-- Pat Devlin, QB, Delaware (added Oct. 15)
-- Tony Nelson, RB, Massachusetts
Buck Buchanan Award Watch List Honorees
-- Charles Graves, DB, Delaware
-- Jeromy Miles, DB, Massachusetts
-- Arthur Moats, DL, James Madison (added Oct. 15)
-- Osayi Osunde, LB, Villanova
-- Justin Rogers, DB, Richmond
-- Adrian Tracy, DL, William and Mary
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, as recognized by the NCAA. FCS teams are a combined 4-77 this season against the BCS/FBS level.
-- Richmond carries the nation’s second-best overall win-streak into its game against Massachusetts. Its overall win streak of 15 games, dating back to its last-second loss at home to James Madison in 2008, trails only Florida’s 16-game win streak in all of major college football.
-- Richmond owns a 10-game win streak away from UR Stadium -- longest among all of the major college football ranks (BCS/FBS & FCS). The Spiders’ road-win streak will be tested again Oct. 31 when they visit Towson at 1 p.m.
-- CAA Football held five the of the Top-7 in each national poll from Sept. 7-28 (4 weeks), marking the only league ever to occupy at least half of nation’s Top-10 FCS teams in one week.
-- Top-ranked Richmond and Villanova (now No. 4 in both polls) were 1-2 in both polls over a span of four weeks this season (Sept. 14-Oct. 5).
#19/23 DELAWARE (5-2, 3-2 CAA)
This Week: Bye Week
Next Week: James Madison (2-4, 0-3)
-- Delaware won its third-straight game with a dominating 49-21 victory at Towson Saturday. The Blue Hens led 35-0 at the half and 49-0 after three quarters before Towson scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns. Delaware’s margin of victory was the largest in a league contest since a 38-9 win over Rhode Island on Sept. 15, 2007 and the biggest league win on the road since a 59-17 win at Connecticut on Nov. 7, 1998.
-- Delaware has now won three-straight for the first time since 2007 and has a two-game CAA Football road win streak for the first time since 2007.
-- Cornerback Charles Graves returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half to give Delaware a 35-0 lead at Towson Saturday. Graves’ return was the ninth longest in UD history. The senior now has four interceptions on the season and 10 for his career.
-- Wide receiver Mark Duncan entered this season with six career touchdown receptions, and has now caught five in the last three weeks. (two at Towson)
HOFSTRA (4-3, 2-2 CAA)
This Week: #9/8 New Hampshire (5-1, 2-1)
Next Week: Bye Week
-- Quarterback Steve Probst ignited a second-half Hofstra explosion by passing for one touchdown and running for a second in the third quarter of Hofstra’s 28-16 victory at Rhode Island. Coming off the bench, Probst completed 4-of-6 passes for 112 yards and and 89-yard touchdown to Anthony Nelson. Probst also finished second on the team in rushing with 60 yards on seven carries.
-- Miguel Maysonet, the CAA Football Rookie of the Week, led the Pride in rushing with 83 yards on 13 carries and scored the second touchdown of his career on a 24-yard run late in the fourth quarter against Rhode Island.
-- Hofstra produced its third-best offensive output of the season with 412 yards against Rhode Island. Only in the Maine (533) and Bryant (467) games did the Pride rack up more yardage.
-- After having seven turnovers against Maine last week (Oct. 10), the Pride did not commit a turnover against Rhode Island.
JAMES MADISON (2-4, 0-3 CAA)
This Week: at #5/5 William and Mary (5-1, 2-1)
Next Week: at #19/23 Delaware (5-2, 3-2)
-- James Madison’s shutout loss to Villanova Saturday marked its first since 2003 (43-0 at Va. Tech). The Dukes had not been shutout by an FCS foe since 2002 (26-0 at Richmond). The shutout at home was the first in nearly 20 years dating back to a 24-0 loss against Appalachian State in Bridgeforth Stadium in 1990.
-- The Dukes have gone three-straight weeks without forcing a turnover. James Madison opened the season by forcing at least two turnovers in each of its first three games.
-- James Madison lost two fumbles against Villanova and has turned the ball over 11 times in its last four games. JMU did not commit one turnover in its first three games of the season.
-- Defensive end Arthur Moats had nine tackles, including two for loss and a sack in the loss to Villanova. The senior now has 15 TFL’s on the year, while his 2.5 TFL/game average is tops in the country.
MAINE (3-4, 2-2 CAA)
This Week: Bye Week
Next Week: #14/16 Massachusetts (4-2, 2-1)
-- Wide receiver Landis Williams had his fifth game of six receptions or more against Richmond by hauling in six passes for 30 yards.
-- Quarterback Warren Smith threw for 327 yards against Richmond Saturday, his third game with at least 250 yards passing in the last four games. The sophomore’s 58 passing attempts are the most by any quarterback in the league this season, while his 35 completions equal a league single-game high set by W&M’s R.J. Archer earlier this season.
-- Smith, a transfer from Iona College, has now thrown for at least two touchdowns in four-straight games dating back to a three-touchdown effort at Syracuse.
-- A total of six Black Bears garnered at least one tackle for loss marking the fourth-straight game the Maine defense has made six tackles or more behind the line of scrimmage. Linebacker Donte Dennis, who leads the team with eight tackles for loss, garnered one TFL for one yard in the loss to Richmond.
#14/16 MASSACHUSETTS (4-2, 2-1 CAA)
This Week: at #1/1 Richmond (6-0, 4-0)
Next Week: at Maine (3-4, 2-2)
-- Victor Cruz became the ninth player in UMass history with 100 career receptions after a catch late in the second quarter against New Hampshire. With his six catches in the New Hampshire game, he moved to seventh in career catches with 101 passing Tim Berra (99), Kerry Taylor (100) and tying Chip Mitchell (101).
-- Cruz also moved to seventh in career receiving yards with 1,573 passing Jimmy Moore (1,494) and Bob Simeone (1,571).
-- Wide receiver Julian Talley had his first-career touchdown on a 10-yard reception with 1:17 left in the first half against New Hampshire. It came on his 35th career catch.
-- Defensive back Kumar Davis hauled in the first interception of his career in the New Hampshire win. It came in the end zone on the game’s final play helping to seal the Massachusetts victory.
#9/8 NEW HAMPSHIRE (5-1, 2-1 CAA)
This Week: at Hofstra (4-3, 2-2)
Next Week: Northeastern (0-6, 0-3)
-- Linebacker Terrence Klein, last week’s CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week, had two key interceptions in the loss at Massachusetts as both led to scores. The first led to a Tom Manning field goal which tied the score at 10-10 in the third quarter. Klein’s second came later in the third quarter and led to a fourth-quarter touchdown for New Hampshire.
-- Tight end Scott Sicko caught two touchdown passes in the loss at Massachusetts as part of his 10-catch, 145-yard day. The senior All-American has now garnered 100+ yard receiving games in each of the last two games, and has scored a touchdown in three-straight games.
-- Trailing 23-17, quarterback R.J. Toman drove New Hampshire 54 yards in the final 1:26 at Massachusetts, but had a 13-yard pass picked off in the endzone as the final three seconds ran off the game clock. The loss was the Wildcats’ first of the season.
NORTHEASTERN (0-6, 0-3 CAA)
This Week: Towson (2-4, 1-2)
Next Week: at #9/8 New Hampshire (5-1, 2-1)
-- Quarterback Matt Carroll continued to progress as a collegiate quarterback by throwing for 238 yards on 16-of-28 passing and two touchdowns in the loss to William and Mary. His 76-yard TD pass to Tony Lott was the longest pass of his career. Over his last two games (William and Mary and Holy Cross), Carroll has thrown for 486 yards and five touchdowns.
-- Wide receiver Jordan Batts continues to be the Huskies’ top receiving threat, making six catches for 57 yards in the William and Mary contest. He now has 32 catches for 304 yards over the last four games.
-- Running back John Griffin had a career-high 75 receiving yards, including a 43-yard gain on a screen pass in the loss to William and Mary. Griffin has garnered a team-high 325 yards on 86 carries for Northeastern thus far in 2009.
-- Linebacker Phil Higgins recorded a season-high 15 tackles against William and Mary and leads the team with 54 total tackles on the season. The senior is now up to 223 career tackles, quickly approaching the Northeastern all-time Top-10.
RHODE ISLAND (1-5, 0-3 CAA)
This Week: at #4/4 Villanova (6-1, 3-1)
Next Week: #5/5 William and Mary (5-1, 2-1)
-- Quarterback Chris Paul-Etienne returned to the lineup against Hofstra - after missing the last two weeks with an injury - to throw for a career-high 207 yards. He also ran for a touchdown.
-- Wide receiver Ty Bynum posted a career-high six receptions against Hofstra. He finished the game with a team-high 75 yards receiving. Bynum currently leads the team with 279 receiving yards.
-- Linebacker Matt Hansen finished the Hofstra game with 12 tackles. This season Hansen has recorded 10-or-more tackles in three games (UMass-14, UConn-13, Hofstra-12). Dating back to 2007, Hansen has recorded 10-or-more tackles in 10 games.
-- Linebacker Rob Damon posted 10-or-more tackles for the fourth time this season as he finished with 12 against Hofstra (Fordham-11, UMass-16, UConn-19, Hofstra-12). Damon and Hansen have combined for 132 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, four sacks and four forced fumbles this season.
#1/1 RICHMOND (6-0, 4-0 CAA)
This Week: #14/16 Massachusetts (4-2, 2-1)
Next Week: at Towson (2-4, 1-2)
-- Richmond’s win over Maine extended its school-record winning streak to 15-straight, while stretching the team’s school-record road winning streak to 10-consecutive. Each of those streaks rank as the longest in the FCS and the road winning streak is the longest in all of Division I football.
-- Richmond has beat nine-consecutive opponents from the CAA Football North Division. Since the start of 2007, Richmond is 7-0 versus the North Division and out-scoring its North Division opponents 460-242 in that span.
-- Derek Hatcher’s 90-yard punt return for TD against Maine was the longest punt return in his career and ranks as the second-longest in school history. Only a 92-yard return by Arthur Jones vs. VMI in 1938 is longer. The return was three yards shy of the CAA Football record set in 1974, and is the second-longest punt return in the country this season.
-- Quarterback Eric Ward became the school’s all-time leader in TD-passes with his 55th on Saturday at Maine (Bob Bleier - 1983-86).
TOWSON (2-4, 1-2 CAA)
This Week: at Northeastern (0-6, 0-3)
Next Week: #1/1 Richmond (6-0, 4-0)
-- Delaware ruined Towson’s Homecoming with a 49-21 victory over the Tigers at Unitas Stadium Saturday. The Blue Hens scored 28 points in the second quarter to grab a 35-0 halftime lead, but the Tigers scored 21 points in the fourth quarter pulling within 28.
-- Quarterbacks Blair Peterson, Brian Potts and Tommy Chroniger all saw action against Delaware after starter Peter Athens left with an injury. Chroniger played most of the second half and rushed for a career high 97 yards on 11 carries, including a 71-yard run. The freshman had practiced the entire week leading up to the Delaware game at the linebacker position.
-- The Tigers outrushed Delaware Saturday by a 231-204 margin, and only trailed the Blue Hens by nine yards in total offense, 331-322.
-- Through six games, Towson has rushed for 859 yards. The Tigers have already surpassed last season’s 12-game total of 666 yards. Towson is averaging 3.7 yards per carry as opposed to its 2.0 yards per carry average last season.
#4/4 VILLANOVA (6-1, 3-1 CAA)
This Week: Rhode Island (1-5, 0-3)
Next Week: Bye Week
-- Quarterback Chris Whitney completed 11-of-16 passes for 93 yards and a career-high three touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 27-0 shutout win over James Madison.
-- Villanova’s 27-0 win at James Madisons was its first shutout since a 20-0 win at Colgate on Sept. 7, 2002.
-- The Wildcats rushed for 225 yards in the win over James Madison, marking the third 200-yard rushing game of the year for Villanova.
-- The Wildcats have outscored opponents 63-20 in the first quarter of games this season.
-- Wide receiver Matt Szczur hauled in two touchdown catches against James Madison, marking a career-high. The junior finished the game with eight rushes for 76 yards, four catches for 53 yards and returned the game’s opening kickoff 25 yards.
#5/5 WILLIAM AND MARY (5-1, 2-1 CAA)
This Week: James Madison (2-4, 0-3)
Next Week: at Rhode Island (1-5, 0-3)
-- William and Mary’s 34-14 win at Northeastern marked the Tribe’s 11th-straight win over a unranked FCS opponent.
-- Quarterback R.J. Archer completed 22-of-31 attempts for 188 yards in the road-win at Northeastern.
-- The Tribe has now won four-straight games against the CAA North Division and has a mark of 9-6 vs. the North since 2004.
-- William and Mary is off to its best start since the 2004 season when it began 5-1. The Tribe went on to share the league title that season with Delaware and James Madison, and saw its season end in the NCAA Semifinals to James Madison, 48-34, at Zable Stadium.
-- Wide receiver D.J. McAulay caught seven passes for 86 yards in the win at Northeastern. McAulay now has a streak of 18-straight games with a catch.
JAMES MADISON AT #5/5 WILLIAM AND MARY
Saturday, Oct. 24 - 12:00 pm
Zable Stadium (12,259), Williamsburg, Va.
Television: Comcast SportsNet - Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet - New England, Comcast SportsNet - Philadelphia
Series: James Madison leads 17-14
James Madison (2-4, 0-3 CAA)
Coach: Mickey Matthews
Career: 78-50 (11 years)
School: 78-50 (11 years)
Offense
Rushing: Justin Thorpe (6 G, 75-332 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: Justin Thorpe (6 G, 33-66-33-420 yards, 1 TD)
Receiving: Rockeed McCarter (6 G, 20-336 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Arthur Moats (6 G, 24 solo, 26 assisted, 50 total)
Sacks: Arthur Moats (6 G, 6.0-36 yards)
Interceptions: Jon Williams (6 G, 1-62 yards)
William and Mary (5-1, 2-1 CAA)
Coach: Jimmye Laycock
Career: 194-139-2 (30 years)
School: 194-139-2 (30 years)
Offense
Rushing: Jonathan Grimes (6 G, 107-483 yards, 4 TD)
Passing: R.J. Archer (6 G, 127-203-3-1321 yards, 9 TD)
Receiving: D.J. McAulay (6 G, 32-414 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Jake Trantin (6 G, 20 solo, 23 assisted, 43 total)
Sacks: Adrian Tracy (6 G, 5.5-34 yards)
Interceptions: B.W. Webb (6 G, 4-84 yards)
TOWSON AT NORTHEASTERN
Saturday, Oct. 24 - 1:00 pm
Parsons Field (7,000), Brookline, Mass.
Series: Northeastern leads 6-3
Towson (2-4, 1-2 CAA)
Coach: Rob Ambrose
Career: 5-11 (2 years)
School: 2-4 (First year)
Offense
Rushing: Tremayne Dameron (6 G, 103-366 yards, 5 TD)
Passing: Peter Athens (6 G, 59-112-12-691 yards, 6 TD)
Receiving: David Newsom (6 G, 21-257 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Danzel White (6 G, 22 solo, 35 assisted, 57 total)
Sacks: Brady Smith (6 G, 2.0-14 yards)
Interceptions: Jeremy Gardner (6 G, 1-38 yard)
Northeastern (0-6, 0-3 CAA)
Coach: Rocky Hager
Career: 108-70-1 (16 years)
School: 17-45 (6 years)
Offense
Rushing: John Griffin (6 G, 86-325 yards, 0 TD)
Passing: Matt Carroll (6 G, 68-105-4-632 yards, 5 TD)
Receiving: Jordan Batts (6 G, 34-316 yards, 4 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Phil Higgins (6 G, 26 solo, 28 assisted, 54 total)
Sacks: Craig Kenney (6 G, 2.0-12 yards)
Interceptions: Darryl Jones (6 G, 1-0 yards)
#9/8 NEW HAMPSHIRE AT HOFSTRA
Saturday, Oct. 24 - 3:00 pm
Shuart Stadium (13,000), Hempstead, N.Y.
Television: Verizon FiOS1
Series: New Hampshire leads 7-5
New Hampshire (5-1, 2-1 CAA)
Coach: Sean McDonnell
Career: 75-51 (11 years)
School: 75-51 (11 years)
Offense
Rushing: Sean Jellison (6 G, 70-280 yards, 3 TD)
Passing: R.J. Toman (5 G, 79-144-6-1037 yards, 6 TD)
Receiving: Scott Sicko (6 G, 25-383 yards, 4 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Sean Ware (6 G, 21 solo, 26 assisted, 47 total)
Sacks: Devon Jackson (6 G, 3.0-14 yards)
Interceptions: Dino Vasso (6 G, 3-65 yards)
Hofstra (4-3, 2-2 CAA)
Coach: Dave Cohen
Career: 17-24 (4 years)
School: 17-24 (4 years)
Offense
Rushing: Miguel Maysonet (7 G, 48-259 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: Cory Christopher (7 G, 116-184-5-1221 yards, 6 TD)
Receiving: Aaron Weaver (7 G, 36-438 yards, 2 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Luke Bonus (7 G, 34 solo, 19 assisted, 53 total)
Sacks: Joe Akabalu (7 G, 2.5-21 yards)
Interceptions: Jordan Dangerfield (4 G, 1-28 yards)
#14/16 MASSACHUSETTS AT #1/1 RICHMOND
Saturday, Oct. 24 - 3:30 pm
UR Stadium (21,319), Richmond, Va.
Series: Massachusetts leads 13-10
Massachusetts (4-2, 2-1 CAA)
Coach: Kevin Morris
Career: 28-34 (7 years)
School: 4-2 (First year)
Offense
Rushing: Jon Hernandez (6 G, 75-408 yards, 6 TD)
Passing: Kyle Havens (6 G, 104-186-9-1456 yards, 8 TD)
Receiving: Victor Cruz (6 G, 29-483 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Tyler Holmes (6 G, 24 solo, 30 assisted, 54 total)
Sacks: Anthony Monette (6 G, 3.5-21 yards)
Interceptions: Tyler Holmes (6 G, 2-12 yards)
Richmond (6-0, 4-0 CAA)
Coach: Mike London
Career: 19-3 (2 years)
School: 19-3 (2 years)
Offense
Rushing: Justin Forte (6 G, 98-499 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: Eric Ward (6 G, 102-157-3-1222 yards, 10 TD)
Receiving: Tre Gray (6 G, 27-323 yards, 2 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Collin McConaghy (6 G, 20 solo, 29 assisted, 49 total)
Sacks: Martin Parker (6 G, 4.0-25 yards)
Interceptions: Darryl Hamilton (6 G, 1-33 yards)
RHODE ISLAND AT #4/4 VILLANOVA
Saturday, Oct. 24 - 3:30 pm
Villanova Stadium (12,000), Villanova, Pa.
Series: Villanova leads 13-2
Rhode Island (1-5, 0-3 CAA)
Coach: Joe Trainer
Career: 14-25 (4 years)
School: 1-5 (First year)
Offense
Rushing: Anthony Ferrer (6 G, 70-279 yards, 3 TD)
Passing: Chris Paul-Etienne (5 G, 64-109-4-677 yards, 3 TD)
Receiving: Tyquan Bynum (6 G, 17-279 yards, 1 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Rob Damon (6 G, 38 solo, 34 assisted, 72 total)
Sacks: Matt Hansen (6 G, 3.0-16 yards)
Interceptions: Jarrod Williams (6 G, 3-29 yards)
Villanova (6-1, 3-1 CAA)
Coach: Andy Talley
Career: 199-120-2 (30 years)
School: 171-102-1 (25 years)
Offense
Rushing: Chris Whitney (7 G, 100-437 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: Chris Whitney (7 G, 76-115-1-854 yards, 10 TD)
Receiving: Brandyn Harvey (7 G, 30-411 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Terence Thomas (7 G, 30 solo, 22 assisted, 52 total)
Sacks: Terence Thomas (7 G, 4.5-34 yards)
Interceptions: Ross Ventrone (7 G, 2-27 yards)