CAA FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE -- NOV. 15
CAA Football Players of the Week -- Nov. 16
Offensive Player of the Week - Chris Treister, QB, Maine
Treister earns CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading Maine to a 41-17 win over Rhode Island Saturday. The sophomore quarterback, playing in place of an injured Warren Smith, completed 40-of-46 passes for 468 yards and five touchdowns. He also led the Black Bears in rushing with 35 yards and a touchdown on 12 attempts. The Cape Elizabeth, Maine, native set school records in his offensive outburst -- Treister’s 40 completions break the Maine record set by Mickey Fein in 1997, while his completion percentage of 87.0 marks a new all-time single-game best for the Black Bears’ program.
Defensive Player of the Week - Adrian Tracy, DL, William and Mary
Tracy, the CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week, led No. 5 William and Mary to a 20-17 win over No. 8 New Hampshire at home Saturday. The senior defensive end garnered a team-high seven tackles including three solo stops. The Sterling, Va., native also made three stops behind the line of scrimmage for a loss of 19 yards and sacked UNH quarterback R.J. Toman twice for 17 yards. The Buck Buchanan award candidate led a Tribe defense which allowed just 27 rushing yards, 140 yards off New Hampshire’s season average. The William and Mary defense also limited the Wildcats to just 226 yards of total offense, 147 yards off their season average entering the weekend.
Special Teams Player of the Week - Jon Striefsky, PK, Delaware
Striefsky, the CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week, was responsible for 12 of Delaware’s 18 points in the Blue Hens’ loss at Navy Saturday. The senior booted a 47-yard field goal in the first quarter helping get Delaware on the board. His 39-yard kick seconds into the second quarter pulled the Blue Hens within one and his 25-yard field goal on the last play before halftime gave Delaware a 9-7 lead heading to the lockerrooms. After a Navy score early in the third quarter, Striefsky pulled Delaware within two points with a 21-yard chipshot. The Lansdale, Pa., native tied a career-long with the 47-yard kick and has now converted 39 field goal tries in his four-year Delaware career.
Rookie of the Week - Kyle Hunte, LB, Northeastern
Hunte earned his second Rookie of the Week honor this season by helping lead Northeastern to a 14-13 win over Hofstra at home Saturday. The Brookline, Mass., native made four tackles in the Huskies’ win, and played a part in one Hoftra turnover when he intercepted a pass in the second quarter. Later in the second quarter Hunte, a true freshman, knocked a ball loose from the Pride quarterback deep inside Hofstra territory. In just six games this season, Hunte has made 29 tackles, forced two fumbles and made three interceptions.
CAA Football In The FCS 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 five squads among the Top-25 this week, marking the third-straight week the league has been at five -- a season-low total.
-- CAA Football had not had fewer than six programs ranked this season prior to Nov. 2, and had as many as seven ranked on four occasions earlier in 2009 (Preseason-Sept. 14 & Oct. 12).
-- The league fell from the No. 1 spot Nov. 9 after previously-top-ranked Richmond loss to Villanova, Nov. 7. That loss, and subsequent drop in the polls, snapped a nine-week streak in which Richmond (CAA Football) held the top-spot in 2009.
-- CAA Football 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 five teams ranked in 39-straight 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 67-straight weeks and 93 of the last 97 editions.
FCS Coaches Top-25
-- CAA Football’s total of ranked teams in this week’s poll dropped to a season-low four.
-- The league has had as many as eight ranked this season in the Coaches poll, while this week’s total of four equals the fewest dating back to the Sept. 3, 2007 edition when only four CAA Football teams were among the FCS Coaches Top-25.
-- Richmond’s loss to Villanova, Nov. 7, caused the Spiders to fall from the No. 1 ranking Nov. 9 and snapped the league’s nine-week hold on the poll’s top-spot this season. CAA Football held No. 1 for 11-straight weeks in 2008 (James Madison).
-- The league holds four of the Top-9 spots in this week’s poll, marking 10-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 (40 weeks).
Richmond Earned Associated Press Top-25 Vote -- An FBS Poll
Richmond became the first FCS team in two years to earn votes in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll, Nov. 1. The Spiders were listed on one ballot (Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle) and became just the third-ever FCS team recognized in the Poll.
The Associated Press changed its policy and opened its Poll to all Division I football teams following Appalachian State’s epic upset at Michigan in September of 2007. Previously, just FBS (I-A) teams were permitted.
The Mountaineers went on to receive votes in two consecutive Associated Press Polls (Sept. 9 and 18) that season. Northern Iowa appeared once (Nov. 18) and Appalachian State got votes in the final poll after winning the National Championship. No FCS teams received Associated Press Poll recognition last season.
Richmond, which reclassified to I-AA (FCS) prior to the 1981 season, has been ranked in the Associated Press Poll just once in school history - No. 20 on Oct. 22, 1973 after beating West Virginia, 38-17, to improve to 6-0. The Spiders lost 14-8 at Northeast Louisiana the next week and dropped out.
Bring On The BCS/FBS
CAA Football has logged a record-breaking total of 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 victories to the league’s current total of 23 non-conference wins in 2009.
The league has an all-time mark of 27-112 (.194) 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 (4-85).
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
Villanova, Richmond and William and Mary’s spots at No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, in the Sports Network’s 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 30-straight weeks which trails only Appalachian State’s 60 consecutive weeks. Villanova’s 21-straight weeks in the Top-10 is right behind Richmond, while William and Mary’s mark of 11-straight ranks as the sixth-longest current streak. New Hampshire had its string of 13-straight weeks in Top-10 snapped this week when it fell to No. 11 in the poll following a loss at No. 5 William and Mary.
Ranking, Team -- Consecutive Weeks In The Sports Network Top-10
No. 6 Appalachian State - 60
No. 4 Richmond - 30
No. 2 Villanova - 21
No. 3 Montana - 20
No. 1 Southern Illinois - 15
No. 5 William and Mary - 11
No. 10 Elon - 7
No. 7 South Carolina State - 5
No. 8 McNeese State - 2
No. 9 Northern Iowa - 1
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
FCS Non-Conference Domination
CAA Football schools are a combined 63-14 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. In the 2009 regular season CAA Football teams were 17-5 in non-league games against FCS foes.
2009 CAA Football -- Did You Know...
-- Villanova’s Andy Talley has won 202 games in his 30 years as a head coach. The Wildcats’ 36-7 win over Rhode Island (Oct. 24) put him in company with 55 other NCAA Football head coaches which have reached the 200-win plateau in the 130-history of college football. That list of now 56 names includes Texas’ Mack Brown, Ohio State’s Jim Tressel and Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer.
-- William and Mary’s defense has forced 50 three-and-outs in 109 opportunities -- a league-best 45.9 percent success rate at getting its offense back on the field.
-- With NCAA Division I Championship selections being announced Sunday, Nov. 22, it is important to note that only four CAA Football league teams have been kept out of the bracket’s Top-4 seeds after having suffered only one loss during the regular season. Delaware (1995), New Hampshire (1994) and Villanova (1991) were all 10-1 heading into the playoffs, but weren’t among the Top-4 seeds. In 1990 Massachusetts was 8-1-1, but was left out of the Top-4 seeds.
-- Maine’s Landis Williams hauled in 18 catches for 239 yards in the Black Bears’ 41-17 win over Rhode Island. His single-game receptions mark ties for the best in league history and is also one-better than the Maine school record of 17 set by receiver Arel Gordon against New Hampshire in 2006.
-- CAA Football boasts two of the nation’s Top-5 tackle-for-loss leaders. James Madison’s Arthur Moats leads the country with a 2.35 TFL/game average, while William and Mary’s Adrian Tracy ranks fifth in the nation with a 1.75 TFL/game average.
-- 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 held five of the Top-7 in each national poll from Sept. 7-28 (4 weeks), marking the only league ever to occupy at least half the nation’s Top-10 FCS teams in one week.
-- Richmond and Villanova were 1-2 in both polls over a span of four weeks this season (Sept. 14-Oct. 5).
#25/RV DELAWARE (6-4, 4-3 CAA)
This Week: at #2/3 Villanova (9-1, 6-1)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- Placekicker Jon Striefsky, the CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week, kicked a school record four field goals to account for 12 of Delaware’s 18 points in the loss at Navy. Striefsky connected on a career-long 47 yarder in the first quarter and also added kicks of 39, 25 and 21 in the game. The senior has made 39 field goals in his career and is 11-of-12 on field goal tries this season.
-- Aside of the score, the Blue Hens won the statistical battle with the Midshipmen Saturday. Delaware held Navy to 320 total yards, outgaining the high-powered Mids 370-320. The Blue Hens held a 22-16 advantage in first downs and a two-minute advantage in time of possession. Delaware also converted 10-of-16 third-down situations which led to its time-of-possession triumph.
-- Quarterback Pat Devlin completed 17-of-26 passes for 194 yards in the loss at Navy. Mark Duncan caught six passes for 76 yards, while running backs David Hayes and Jerry Butler turned in ground performances of 65 and 55 yards, respectively against the Mids.
HOFSTRA (4-6, 2-5 CAA)
This Week: Massachusetts (5-5, 3-4)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- Quarterback Steve Probst completed 12-of-23 passes for 161 yards and a four-yard touchdown pass to Nick Talbert in the loss to Northeastern. Probst also led the team in rushing with 38 yards on 20 carries. His fourth-quarter touchdown pass and the ensuing two-point conversion run by Everette Benjamin brought the Pride to within three at 14-11.
-- Linebacker Luke Bonus led the Pride with nine tackles including a game-high seven solo stops in the Pride’s 14-13 loss at Northeastern Saturday. Bonus also tallied 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack for six yards and forced a fumble. The Pride held the Huskies to 175 yards in the loss.
-- Wide receiver Anthony Nelson accumulated 173 all-purpose yards Saturday in the loss at Northeastern. He returned three kickoffs for 51 yards, four punts for 25 yards and led the Pride with seven receptions for 97 yards. Nelson got double-duty with receiver and returner Aaron Weaver out of the lineup with an injury.
JAMES MADISON (5-5, 3-4 CAA)
This Week: Towson (2-8, 1-6)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- Running back Scott Noble had what head coach Mickey Matthews called the best game by a Dukes’ running back this season when he rushed a career-high 29 times for 105 yards. Noble, a sophomore, was making just the second start of his career and hadn’t carried more than nine times in any previous game this season.
-- Defensive end Arthur Moats, the CAA Football leader in sacks/game (1.10) and tackles-for-loss/game (2.35), had a team-high 11 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss in the win at Massachusetts. Moats raised his season sacks total to 11 and his season TFL total to 23.5. The senior has now set the Madison season tackle-for-loss record and is one sack shy of Chris Morant’s (1998-2000) single-season sack mark of 12 set in 1999.
-- Quarterback Justin Thorpe ran 20 times for 89 yards and a touchdown and completed 8-of-13 passes for 120 yards in the win at UMass. Thorpe reached the 1,000-yard passing mark, and stands at No. 2 on JMU’s freshman passing list behind Greg Maddox’s 1,296 in 1996.
MAINE (5-5, 4-3 CAA)
This Week: at #11/9 New Hampshire (8-2, 5-2)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- Quarterback Chris Treister, playing for injured starter Warren Smith, had a record-breaking offensive performance in the Black Bears’ 41-17 win over Rhode Island. Treister, CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week and Sports Network National Offensive Player of the Week, completed a school record 40 passes for 468 yards and five touchdowns. His completion percentage of 87.0 (40-of-46) also broke a Maine mark. The sophomore also led Maine in rushing with 35 yards and touchdown on 12 carries.
-- Receivers Landis Williams and Tyrell Jones were also part of the Maine offensive explosion against Rhode Island. Both receivers hauled in a majority of Treister’s tosses -- Williams made a school-record 18 catches for 239 yards and Jones came down with nine grabs for 112 yards. Williams’ 18 catches are tied for the best-ever single-game total in league history and rank as the most-ever catches by a senior in league history.
-- Maine’s defense was overshadowed by its offense in the Rhode Island win, but held the Rams to just 184 yards of offense -- 115 off their average coming in.
MASSACHUSETTS (5-5, 3-4 CAA)
This Week: at Hofstra (4-6, 2-5)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- Massachusetts’ senior class finished its home career with a record of 24-3. The group posted seasons of 9-0 in 2006, 6-0 in 2007 and 5-1 in 2009. The senior class is now in line to tie for the all-time best four-year record in UMass history. Last season’s senior class finished 37-14 while this year’s group is currently 36-15.
-- Running back Tony Nelson had his 11th career 100-yard game and fourth this season with 115 yards on 18 carries against James Madison. Nelson also moved into a tie for sixth in career rushing touchdowns with 22 -- Greg Landry (22).
-- Placekicker Armando Cuko kicked two PATs in the loss to James Madison and moved into third in career PATs at UMass with 98. He passed Doug White (97) and is one shy of Chris Koepplin’s mark of 99.
-- Linebacker Tyler Holmes had his sixth-career 10-tackle game and fifth this season with 14 tackles against James Madison. Linebacker Perry McIntyre had his second-career double-figure tackle game with 11 stops against the Dukes.
#11/9 NEW HAMPSHIRE (8-2, 5-2 CAA)
This Week: Maine (5-5, 4-3)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- New Hampshire will face Maine at Cowell Stadium Saturday in a noon kickoff. The two teams, meeting for the 97th time in the series’ history, will not only be playing for the Brice-Cowell Musket but also for the CAA Football North Division title. The Wildcats enter the game with a league mark of 5-2, while Maine comes to Durham at 4-3 in the league standings. A UNH win gets it to 6-2, while a Maine win moves it to 5-3 with a head-to-head tiebreaker.
-- Chad Kackert now has 2,257 career rushing yards -- seventh-most all-time at New Hampshire.
-- Tight end Scott Sicko ranks 10th on New Hampshire’s all-time career receptions list with 147. The senior needs four more to take over ninth and pass Mike Gallagher’s total of 150 (1989-92).
-- The Wildcats are undefeated at home this season with a 5-0 mark and have won eight-straight at Cowell Stadium dating back to Oct 11, 2008, when they fell to William and Mary, 38-34.
NORTHEASTERN (2-8, 2-5 CAA)
This Week: at Rhode Island (1-9, 0-7)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- Running back John Griffin picked up his third 100-yard rushing game over the last four weeks with 140 yards on 28 carries in the 14-13 win over Hofstra. The junior now has 524 rushing yards over the last four weeks and 855 yards for the season -- 14th best all-time in Northeastern single-season history.
-- Linebacker Jason Vega recorded a career-high 12 tackles and made the defensive play of the game in Northeastern’s 14-13 win over Hofstra. With less than four minutes left in the fourth and leading by three, Vega came up with a tackle on Steve Probst, who was trying a quarterback sneak on fourth-and-inches. The stop gave NU possession and allowed it to run out the clock. Vega also had 1.5 sacks in the game upping his season total to seven overall.
-- CAA Football’s Rookie of the Week, linebacker Kyle Hunte, finished Northeastern’s win over Hofstra with four tackles, an interception and a forced fumble. The two-time league Rookie of the Week now has 29 tackles, three interceptions a sack and two forced fumbles in six games this season.
RHODE ISLAND (1-9, 0-7 CAA)
This Week: Northeastern (2-8, 2-5)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- Rhody limited Maine to (-2) yards rushing in the first half as it took a 10-7 lead into the lockerroom Saturday. The Rams held the Black Bears to just 44 yards rushing in the game -- lowest ground-total allowed by the Rhode Island defense this season.
-- Quarterback Chris Paul-Etienne threw a touchdown pass for the fourth-consecutive week as he hit Shawn Leonard for a 35-yard touchdown in the second quarter against Maine. In his last four games, Paul-Etienne has thrown eight touchdowns and just two interceptions. Five of the quarterback’s 11 touchdown passes this season have been for 25-or-more yards.
-- Receiver Shawn Leonard surpassed 100 yards receiving (102) for the second-straight week, Saturday at Maine. In his last four games, Leonard has caught 25 passes for 513 yards and six touchdowns. The senior now ranks fourth in receiving touchdowns (18), seventh in receptions (138) and sixth in receiving yards (2,190) on Rhody’s all-time career receiving charts. Leonard leads this season’s team in receptions (42), receiving yards (695) and touchdowns (8).
#4/4 RICHMOND (9-1, 6-1 CAA)
This Week: #5/5 William and Mary (9-1, 6-1)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- A win over William and Mary Saturday will give Richmond at least a share of the CAA Football Championship. A loss by Villanova, coupled with a win, will give the Spiders the outright league Championship and CAA Football’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division I National Championships. A league title for the Spiders would mark their fourth in 10 seasons and third since 2005. Richmond’s most recent league crown came in 2007 when it shared the Inaugural CAA Football Championship with Massachusetts.
-- Richmond extended its road winning streak to 12-consecutive games with the 49-10 victory at Georgetown Saturday. That streak is a school record and the longest road winning streak in college football.
-- Richmond and William and Mary enter Saturday’s contest with identical 9-1 overall marks. The two teams’ 18 combined wins represents the most ever in the 118-year series history by the two squads. The rivalry, fourth oldest in all of college football and the oldest in the South, was recently renamed to the “Capital Cup” to recognize Virginia’s last two capital cities -- Richmond and Williamsburg.
TOWSON (2-8, 1-6 CAA)
This Week: at James Madison (5-5, 3-4)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- Five of Towson’s nine losses, have come at the hands of nationally-ranked FCS teams from CAA Football. The Tigers have lost to No. 23 Delaware, No. 6 New Hampshire, No. 1 Richmond, No. 5 William and Mary and No. 3 Villanova.
-- Quarterback Brian Potts, a redshirt-freshman, saw extensive action in Towson’s loss to Villanova. Potts completed 21-of-31 passes for 177 yards and had one interception.
-- Towson’s touchdown with 2:47 left in the third quarter against Villanova Saturday ended a scoring drought which stretched back two weeks. The Tigers had gone more than two full games without scoring -- 128:07 in gametime. A 12-yard touchdown run by Tommy Chroniger with 10:54 left in the third quarter against Richmond, Oct. 31, was the last time Towson scored prior to the Villanova game. Running back Tremayne Dameron ended the drought by scoring his sixth touchdown of the season on a one-yard run against the Wildcats.
#2/3 VILLANOVA (9-1, 6-1 CAA)
This Week: #25/RV Delaware (6-4, 4-3)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- A win by Villanova this Saturday over Delaware will give the Wildcats a share of the CAA Football Championship and the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division I National Championships by virtue of CAA Football’s first divisional tiebreaker - head-to-head. Villanova has beaten both Richmond and William and Mary, both of which are also 6-1 in the league. A league title for Villanova would mark its second in the last 10 seasons and first since sharing the Atlantic 10 crown in 2001.
-- Villanova’s win over previously-ranked No. 1 Richmond makes the Wildcats 2-6 all-time versus No. 1 ranked teams. The two wins have come in each of the last two seasons.
-- Receiver Matt Szczur is the only player at the Division I level (FBS and FCS) in 2009 to have scored touchdowns as a rusher, receiver, kick returner and passer.
-- Villanova has outscored its opponents 94-16 in the first quarter this year. The Wildcats led Towson 21-0 after the first quarter last weekend.
#5/5 WILLIAM AND MARY (9-1, 6-1 CAA)
This Week: at #4/4 Richmond (9-1, 6-1)
Next Week: To Be Determined
-- A win over Richmond Saturday will give William and Mary at least a share of the CAA Football Championship. A loss by Villanova, coupled with a win, will give the Tribe the outright league Championship and CAA Football’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division I National Championships. A league title for the Tribe would mark their third in 10 seasons and first since sharing the Atlantic 10 title with Delaware and James Madison in 2004.
-- William and Mary is 9-1 for the first time since 1947. That season the Tribe finished the regular season with a 9-1 mark and travelled to face Arkansas in the Dixie Bowl, falling 21-19 to the Razorbacks.
-- Saturday’s win over New Hampshire was the Tribe’s sixth-straight over a CAA Football North Division team. William and Mary’s last loss to a North Division foe came in the 2007 season, when the College was dealt a 38-14 loss at Hofstra.
-- The Tribe now has a 6-1 league record, marking the sixth time since 1993 the College has recorded six-or-more wins in league play.
MAINE AT #11/9 NEW HAMPSHIRE
Saturday, Nov. 21 - 12:00 pm
Cowell Stadium (14,000), Durham, N.H.
Television: The Comcast Network - Philadelphia, Comcast SportsNet - New England, Comcast SportsNet - Mid-Atlantic Plus
Series: New Hampshire leads 45-43-8
Maine (5-5, 4-3 CAA)
Coach: Jack Cosgrove
Career: 93-100 (17 years)
School: 93-100 (17 years)
Offense
Rushing: Derek Session (10 G, 119-479 yards, 3 TD)
Passing: Warren Smith (8 G, 159-260-13-1695 yards, 12 TD)
Receiving: Landis Williams (9 G, 65-742 yards, 8 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Donte Dennis (10 G, 44 solo, 55 assisted, 99 total)
Sacks: Jordan Stevens (10 G, 10.0-45 yards)
Interceptions: Jerron McMillian (10 G, 5-65 yards)
New Hampshire (8-2, 5-2 CAA)
Coach: Sean McDonnell
Career: 78-52 (11 years)
School: 78-52 (11 years)
Offense
Rushing: Chad Kackert (9 G, 124-642 yards, 8 TD)
Passing: R.J. Toman (9 G, 137-251-10-1749 yards, 12 TD)
Receiving: Scott Sicko (10 G, 44-589 yards, 7 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Devon Jackson (9 G, 33 solo, 48 assisted, 81 total)
Sacks: Kyle Maroney (10 G, 5.5-45 yards)
Interceptions: Terrence Klein (10 G, 5-9 yards)
#5/5 WILLIAM AND MARY AT #4/4 RICHMOND
Saturday, Nov. 21 - 12:00 pm
URStadium (21,319), Richmond, Va.
Television: The Comcast Network - Mid-Atlantic, Cox 11 (Williamsburg, Va.)
Series: William and Mary leads 59-54-5
William and Mary (9-1, 6-1 CAA)
Coach: Jimmye Laycock
Career: 198-139-2 (30 years)
School: 198-139-2 (30 years)
Offense
Rushing: Jonathan Grimes (10 G, 189-922 yards, 6 TD)
Passing: R.J. Archer (10 G, 193-306-5-1951 yards, 14 TD)
Receiving: D.J. McAulay (8 G, 39-456 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Evan Francks (10 G, 41 solo, 26 assisted, 67 total)
Sacks: Adrian Tracy (10 G, 10.0-60 yards)
Interceptions: B.W. Webb (10 G, 5-102 yards)
Richmond (9-1, 6-1 CAA)
Coach: Mike London
Career: 22-4 (2 years)
School: 22-4 (2 years)
Offense
Rushing: Justin Forte (10 G, 170-871 yards, 5 TD)
Passing: Eric Ward (10 G, 151-238-6-1833 yards, 15 TD)
Receiving: Tre Gray (10 G, 38-510 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Eric McBride (10 G, 31 solo, 44 assisted, 75 total)
Sacks: Martin Parker (10 G, 5.5-29 yards)
Interceptions: Michael Ireland (9 G, 3-115 yards)
NORTHEASTERN AT RHODE ISLAND
Saturday, Nov. 21 - 12:30 pm
Meade Stadium (6,555), Kingston, R.I.
Series: Rhode Island leads 29-25-2
Northeastern (2-8, 2-5 CAA)
Coach: Rocky Hager
Career: 110-72-1 (16 years)
School: 19-47 (6 years)
Offense
Rushing: John Griffin (10 G, 179-855 yards, 3 TD)
Passing: Matt Carroll (9 G, 83-129-5-787 yards, 7 TD)
Receiving: Jordan Batts (10 G, 47-428 yards, 5 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Phil Higgins (10 G, 36 solo, 46 assisted, 82 total)
Sacks: Jason Vega (10 G, 7.0-51 yards)
Interceptions: Darryl Jones (10 G, 3-0 yards)
Rhode Island (1-9, 0-7 CAA)
Coach: Joe Trainer
Career: 14-29 (4 years)
School: 1-9 (First year)
Offense
Rushing: Ayo Isijola (10 G, 85-365 yards, 1 TD)
Passing: Chris Paul-Etienne (9 G, 135-252-6-1554 yards, 11 TD)
Receiving: Shawn Leonard (10 G, 42-695 yards, 8 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Rob Damon (10 G, 54 solo, 60 assisted, 114 total)
Sacks: Steve Weedon (8 G, 4.0-18 yards)
Interceptions: Jarrod Williams (10 G, 3-29 yards)
MASSACHUSETTS AT HOFSTRA
Saturday, Nov. 21 - 1:00 pm
Shuart Stadium (13,000), Hempstead, N.Y.
Television: Verizon FiOS1 (Long Island)
Series: Tied 6-6
Massachusetts (5-5, 3-4 CAA)
Coach: Kevin Morris
Career: 29-37 (7 years)
School: 5-5 (First year)
Offense
Rushing: Tony Nelson (8 G, 134-638 yards, 6 TD)
Passing: Kyle Havens (10 G, 146-264-15-1908 yards, 9 TD)
Receiving: Victor Cruz (10 G, 48-713 yards, 5 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Tyler Holmes (9 G, 44 solo, 57 assisted, 101 total)
Sacks: Michael Hanson (10 G, 3.5-30 yards)
Interceptions: Tyler Holmes (9 G, 4-12 yards)
Hofstra (4-6, 2-5 CAA)
Coach: Dave Cohen
Career: 17-27 (4 years)
School: 17-27 (4 years)
Offense
Rushing: Miguel Maysonet (10 G, 75-362 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: Cory Christopher (10 G, 154-241-7-1604 yards, 7 TD)
Receiving: Aaron Weaver (9 G, 48-606 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Luke Bonus (10 G, 51 solo, 27 assisted, 78 total)
Sacks: Joe Akabalu (10 G, 4.5-40 yards)
Interceptions: Jordan Dangerfield (7 G, 2-54 yards)
TOWSON AT JAMES MADISON
Saturday, Nov. 21 - 3:00 pm
Bridgeforth Stadium (15,500), Harrisonburg, Va.
Series: James Madison leads 15-5-1
Towson (2-8, 1-6 CAA)
Coach: Rob Ambrose
Career: 5-15 (2 years)
School: 2-8 (First year)
Offense
Rushing: Tremayne Dameron (10 G, 153-521 yards, 6 TD)
Passing: Jeremy Jayne (3 G, 27-53-3-302 yards, 1 TD)
Receiving: David Newsom (10 G, 27-375 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Danzel White (10 G, 40 solo, 65 assisted, 105 total)
Sacks: Brady Smith (10 G, 3.0-22 yards)
Interceptions: Jeremy Gardner (10 G, 1-38 yard)
James Madison (5-5, 3-4 CAA)
Coach: Mickey Matthews
Career: 81-51 (11 years)
School: 81-51 (11 years)
Offense
Rushing: Justin Thorpe (10 G, 138-622 yards, 5 TD)
Passing: Justin Thorpe (10 G, 68-124-6-1001 yards, 3 TD)
Receiving: Rockeed McCarter (10 G, 28-545 yards, 3 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Arthur Moats (10 G, 40 solo, 43 assisted, 83 total)
Sacks: Arthur Moats (10 G, 11.0-82 yards)
Interceptions: Jon Williams (10 G, 2-62 yards)
#25/RV DELAWARE AT #2/3 VILLANOVA
Saturday, Nov. 21 - 3:30 pm
Villanova Stadium (12,000), Villanova, Pa.
Television: The Comcast Network, Comcast SportsNet - New England
Series: Villanova leads 21-20-1
Delaware (6-4, 4-3 CAA)
Coach: K.C. Keeler
Career: 150-59-1 (16 years)
School: 62-38 (8 years)
Offense
Rushing: David Hayes (10 G, 94-388 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: Pat Devlin (10 G, 178-286-6-2257 yards, 15 TD)
Receiving: Mark Duncan (8 G, 38-583 yards, 6 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Benard Makumbi (10 G, 35 solo, 26 assisted, 61 total)
Sacks: Brandon Gilbeaux (10 G, 5.5-31 yards)
Interceptions: Charles Graves (10 G, 4-131 yards)
Villanova (9-1, 6-1 CAA)
Coach: Andy Talley
Career: 202-120-2 (30 years)
School: 174-102-1 (25 years)
Offense
Rushing: Chris Whitney (10 G, 131-590 yards, 2 TD)
Passing: Chris Whitney (10 G, 114-171-3-1345 yards, 16 TD)
Receiving: Brandyn Harvey (10 G, 44-585 yards, 5 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Terence Thomas (10 G, 43 solo, 31 assisted, 74 total)
Sacks: Terence Thomas (10 G, 6.5-49 yards)
Interceptions: James Pitts (10 G, 4-16 yards)