Complete Game Notes

GAME QUICK FACTS
Indiana (Pa.) (1-0) at Millersville (0-2)
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 - 1 p.m.
Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium
Audio: Marauder Sports Broadcasting Network

TICKETS
Reserved Seat: $8
General Admission: $6
Senior Citizen: $3
Children under six: Free
MU Students, Facults, Staff with ID: Free

THE SERIES
Indiana (Pa.) leads 9-5
First Meeting: 1988 (MU 27, IUP 24)
Last Meeting: 2007 (IUP 45, MU 0)
Current Streak: IUP, 1

ABOUT THE GAME
• Millersville dropped a 28-24 heartbreaker to Slippery Rock last week in the home opener, dropping its season record to 0-2. It is the third-straight season that the Marauders have opened the season with two-straight losses. Saturday's opponent, Indiana (Pa.), was impressive in its Sept. 6 debut, routing PSAC Eastern Division foe C.W. Post 41-0 behind a big play offense that racked up 459 yards of total offense.
• Saturday's contest will be a reunion of sorts for Millersville head coach Greg Colby and Indiana (Pa.) head coach Lou Tepper. The two PSAC coaches formerly worked together on the Illinois staff from 1988-95. Tepper and Colby both joined the staff as defensive assistants in the 1988 season and Tepper was later promoted to head coach in 1991. The two coached in six bowl games together and produced the No. 2 and No. 3 picks in the 1996 NFL Draft in Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice, who both went on to be Pro Bowl players.
• Audio coverage can be heard on the new home for Millersville athletics, the Marauder Sports Broadcasting Network (MSBN). MSBN is accessed by visiting the Millersville athletics' site (www.millersville.edu/~athletic). Millersville alum Domenic Panza will be the play-by-play commentator and Matt Majewski will be the color commentator.
• Against Slippery Rock last Saturday, Millersville was edged on a last minute touchdown drive while tropical conditions were pounding Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium. The Marauders were in position to win thanks to its special teams which produced 17 points.
• Indiana (Pa.) became just the third PSAC team this season to pitch a shutout on Saturday. Tobias Robinson, returning from a broken leg, totaled 178 yards on just 13 carries, and took the first carry of the third quarter for 85 yards, which was the second longest run in IUP history.
• While the rest of the PSAC has played two games to Indiana's one, the Crimson Hawks still rank in the top four of 17 PSAC team stat categories. The Crimson Hawks rank first in total offense, scoring offense, scoring defense, kick returns, punt returns, turnover margin and field goals.

THE HEAD COACHES
• Greg Colby spent most of his career as an assistant at the Division I level, but has served as a head coach. From 1979-86, he was the head coach at Schlarman High School and Naperville High School in Illinois. While at Schlarman, Colby led the team to back-to-back Illinois High School 2-A State Championships (1981-82).
• Colby has an impressive resume. He came to Millersville after serving as the defensive coordinator at Northwestern from 2002-07 during which time the Wildcats posted three-straight six-win seasons for the first time in 70 years. He was also the defensive coordinator at Kent State for four seasons and served as a defensive assistant at Michigan State under Nick Saban and at Illinois under Lou Tepper.
• Lou Tepper took over at IUP in 2006 and has quickly returned to the program to among the PSAC elite. In his first season, he led the team to an 8-2 record and finished the year ranked 25th in Division II. Last year, his squad posted a 9-3 mark and reached the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. Along with a 17-5 mark at IUP, Tepper boasts a career mark of 82-62-2. That includes records of 25-31-2 at Illinois (1991-96) and 40-26 at Edinboro (2000-05).
• Tepper has been named PSAC West Coach of the Year in three of the last four seasons. The Keystone, Pa. native earned his bachelor's degree from Rutgers in 1967.

ABOUT THE SERIES
• While both Millersville and Indiana (Pa.) are long-time members of the PSAC, the two programs did not meet until 1988 and that was in the NCAA Division II Playoffs where the Marauders registered a 27-24 victory. The win came at Indiana and was the first postseason victory in Millersville history.
• The schools began its regular season series in 1990 and including the 1988 playoff game, Indiana holds a slight 8-5 edge. Indiana responded from the playoff loss to defeat the Marauders by scores of 38-0 and 47-0 in the next two meetings (1990 and 1991). Millersville's first regular season victory came by a 10-9 score in 1999.
• Millersville and IUP have met each of the last 10 seasons. IUP has won six of the last 10 meetings, but Millersville has won two of the last three including a 28-9 victory in 2005 and a 17-14 win in Lou Tepper's first season at the helm.
• The Marauders will be looking to bounce back from last season's 45-0 defeat. It was the most lopsided score in series history and improved Tepper's record to 1-1 all-time against the Marauders, as he never faced them while coaching Edinboro.

THE LAST MEETING
• The Indiana (Pa.) cruised to a 45-0 win over visiting Millersville in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) cross over game on Sept. 22, 2007 at George P. Miller Stadium.
• Indiana (3-0) was led by quarterback Andrew Krewatch's 243 yard effort on 16 of 29 passing. He threw for one score. Running back Kareem Dutrieuille had two touchdowns on the ground for the Crimson Hawks. He recorded 42 yards on 12 carries.
• Poohbear McNeal was the team's leading runner with 55 yards on eight touches. Wide receiver Anthony Cellitti caught eight passes for 86 yards. Mychal Skinner had a receiving touchdown. Akwasi Owusu-Ansah had a punt return for a score.
• Defensively, linebacker Cosie Spigelmeyer had a team best 10 tackles. Lineman Anthony Guerra had six tackles and three sacks. He also contributed on offense with a touchdown run. Defensive back Ken Evans added with a 31-yard fumble return for a touchdown.
• Running back Brad Lantz paced Millersville (1-3) with 124 yards on the ground on 27 carries. Quarterback Jamal Smith was 4-of-15 passing for 16 yards. Running back Jared Johnson was the team's top receiver with two grabs.

THE LAST TIME OUT
• In a game that was as wild as the rain and wind that pounded Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium, Slippery Rock's Ryan Lehmeir rushed for a 13-yard touchdown with 22 seconds remaining to cap a 201-yard performance and a come-from-behind 28-24 win over homestanding Millersville Saturday afternoon.
• The effects of Tropical Storm Hanna played a major factor in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) crossover contest, keeping both teams one dimensional offensively and causing several unconventional scores. Millersville scored 17 points off special teams including a 47-yard punt return by Andy Tischbein just before halftime. Derrick Bass gave Millersville a late fourth quarter lead when he recovered a muffed punt inside the end zone.
• Red-shirt junior kicker and punter John Banzhof starred for Millersville as well. He drilled a 41-yard field goal and averaged 42.6 yards on nine punts—landing five inside the 20—despite the conditions.
• Defensively, Jerrod Bowling registered a career-high 16 stops including 1.5 for losses. It was the most tackles by a Marauder since Joe Hollister tallied 17 against Shippensburg on Sept. 18, 2004. Fellow linebacker Matt Harmon totaled a career-high 10 tackles.
• For the second consecutive week, Millersville (0-2) were topped in time of possession. Slippery Rock (1-1) pounded Lehmeier 34 times and Damarcus Cleckley 16 times (52 yards), to total 274 yards on the ground, 402 total, 28 first downs and over 35 minutes in time of possession. Millersville, meanwhile, managed just eight first downs and 22 yards through the air on 4-of-10 passing from Jamal Smith. Freshman Matthew Booker rushed for a career-high 78 yards on 12 carries.

SCOUTING IUP
• Lou Tepper's Crimson Hawks have won 17 games in the last two seasons and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs a year ago. They were picked to finish behind California (Pa.) in the PSAC Western Division Preseason Poll, but through two weeks of the season, IUP appears poised to capture its first PSAC West title of the Tepper era. The team returns 15 starters from last season including eight on defense.
• Led by Tobias Robinson's 178 yards, the Crimson Hawks pounded homestanding C.W. Post 41-0, becoming just the third team in the PSAC to score a shutout this season. Robinson, who missed all of last season with a broken leg, returned in style, averaging nearly 13 yards per carry and ripping off the second longest run in IUP in the third quarter (85 yards). He now leads the PSAC in rushing yards per game and yards per carry. The IUP rushing attack also ranks fourth in the PSAC at 218 yards per game.
• Quarterback Andrew Krewatch was also sharp. The junior hit on 14-of-26 passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns. After one game, he ranks third in the PSAC in passing efficiency, total offense and passing average. He threw a pair of touchdown passes to All-PSAC East First Team pick Ken Witter. The two hooked up for 85-yard and 27-yard touchdown strikes in a three minute stretch during the second quarter.
• While the defense did not allow a score, it still surrendered 331 yards of total offense and 23 first downs. C.W. Post totaled eight more first downs that IUP and rolled up 125 yards on the ground and 206 through the air. C.W. Post also controlled the clock for nearly five more minutes.
• IUP was impressive in the red zone, converting on all four chances. The defense, however, blanked C.W. Post in both trips to the red zone. The IUP defense also generated three turnovers. Andre Henderson and Akwasi Owusu-Ansah each had interceptions and Owusu-Ansah took his pick 74 yards for a touchdown. IUP had 10 players total 16 tackles for loss in the game as well.

PEAK PERFORMANCES
• Several Marauders turned in career efforts Saturday against Slippery Rock.
• Sophomore Linebacker Jerrod Bowling racked up 16 tackles, which were not only a career high, but also the most by any Millersville player since Joe Hollister totaled 17 against Shippensburg in 2004.
• Senior Matt Harmon and sophomore Jacob Haines also totaled career-highs with 10 and nine tackles respectively. Harmon's previous best was nine, which came at Lock Haven on Sept. 16, 2006.
• After not tallying more than two tackles in any game in 2007, Haines has set career-highs in each of his first two games of 2008. He made four stops against Bentley and topped it with nine against Slippery Rock. He has also recorded at least one tackle for loss in both games.

MAKING A NAME
• Freshman Matthew Booker has made an immediate impact, leading the Marauders in rushing through two games with 121 yards. His 5.8 yards per carry average is also a team best. Booker totaled a career-high 78 yards against Slippery Rock, and he is the first Millersville freshman since Brad Lantz in 2006 to lead the team in rushing in the first two games of his career.

CENTURY STREAK
• With 176 yards rushing against Slippery Rock, Millersville has totaled more than 100 yards rushing as a team in each of the last 12 games dating back to the second game of 2007.
• The streak began in quarterback Jamal Smith's first career start. Millersville is averaging 170.58 yards rushing per game since.
• The team has averaged 47.25 rushes per game in each of those games. But on Saturday against Slippery Rock, the team logged 39 carries, which marked the first game under 40 carries since the streak began.

GREEN LIGHT IN RED ZONE
• Despite dropping its first two games of the season, Millersville has been automatic in the red zone, scoring on all five trips including three touchdowns and two field goals.
• Millersville is second in the PSAC in red zone offense, trailing only West Chester which is 8-for-8 in red zone conversions. Millersville and West Chester are the only schools to be perfect in the red zone through two games. Indiana (Pa.) went 4-for-4 in its lone game of the season.

SLUGGISH STARTS
• Millersville has started 0-2 for the third-straight season but is looking to avoid going 0-3 for the first time since the 2001 and 2002 seasons. The program has started 0-3 just five times since 1957.
• In 2001 and 2002, the Marauders lost their first three games by an average of 18.6 points per game. This year, however, the team's margin of defeat is just 8.5 points per game and it has held a lead in the third quarter of both games.

MOVE PAYS OFF
• In an effort to bolster the receiving corps, the coaching staff moved senior Derek Fry from tight end to wide receiver. The moved paid immediate dividends for the coaching staff.
• While Fry entered the season with just 15 career catches and five touchdowns (all five coming in 2006), he hauled in a team-high and career-high six catches and totaled a career-best 47 yards in the season opener against Bentley. Fry also scored a career-high two touchdowns, bringing his career total to seven. In the Aug. 29 game alone, Fry matched his 2007 season totals in receptions (four) and yards (41).

BEST FOOT FORWARD
• Matthew Booker and Matt Sutjak each made positive impressions in their Millersville debuts on Aug. 29 against Bentley and each were on different sides of the ball.
• Booker, a freshman running back, totaled a team-leading 43 yards on nine carries for a team-best 4.8 yards per carry. His gain of 12 was the team's second longest of the game. He is the first freshman to lead the team in rushing in the season opener since Brad Lantz in 2006. Lantz rushed for 53 yards on seven carries in his rookie debut.
• Sutjak, a sophomore transfer at safety, registered a team-high and career-high nine tackles as well as his first career interception. Sutjak took the interception for a 23-yard return. The last player that led the team in tackles in his Millersville debut was Andrew Pough in 2006. Pough made eight tackles. The last Marauder to make an interception in his first game was Brandon Shelton in 2004 against Indiana (Pa.).

IN RELIEF
• On Aug. 29 against Bentley, red-shirt sophomore quarterback Bill Shirk came off the bench to complete a career-high 8-of-12 passes for a career-best 74 yards. His fourth quarter TD toss to Derek Fry was also the first touchdown pass of his career.
• Shirk's previous best outing was also against Bentley. In 2007, he completed a then career-high 6-of-9 passes for 50 yards.

PICK SIX
• Sophomore cornerback Dan McClellan turned defense into offense in the season opener against Bentley, taking a third quarter interception 43 yards for his first career touchdown. It was just the second interception of McClellan's career. Millersville has now had at least one interception return for a touchdown in eight-straight seasons dating back to 2001.
• The most notable playmaker in recent years was Brandon Shelton. Shelton returned five interceptions for touchdowns in his four-year career, including two in 2007 and two as a freshman in 2004.
• McClellan is just the fifth player in the last eight years to take a pick for a touchdown. Along with Shelton, Andrew Siggins performed the feat twice, returning one in 2005 and one in 2002.

DUAL THREAT
• While playing running back in his first two seasons at Millersville, Brad Lantz not only showed ability to run the football, but also catch the football. He not only led Millersville in rushing in 2007 and ranked second on the team in receiving. He made 15 catches for 119 yards to go with his 902 yards rushing. Including his receiving yards, Lantz finished the season with a team-leading 1,061 all-purpose yards and averaged 96.5 yards per game.
• His pass catching ability prompted the coaching staff to move him to wide receiver for the 2008 season. He made the most of the position switch, catching five passes for a team-leading 78 yards in the season opener at Bentley. On Millersville's second offensive play, Lantz made a 43-yard reception which is now the longest of his career. His previous long was a 36-yard catch on Sept. 30, 2006 against Kutztown. He now has four career catches of more than 30 yards. Lantz added a touchdown catch in the second game of the season as well. It was his first receiving touchdown since Nov. 4, 2006.
• So far in 2008, Lantz is the team leader in receptions with eight and has totaled a team-best 101 yards for an impressive 12.6 yards per catch. He also ones one of only three receiving touchdowns the team has this season.

THE END OF THE LINE
• There is no dispute that pass rushers are key to a top-tier defense, and Millersville is fortunate enough to have not just one, but two senior defensive ends that were both All-PSAC East honorees last season.
• Kevin Kershner was a first teamer in 2007 and Jarrod Linn was named to the second team for the second-straight season. Millersville enters the season as the only team in the PSAC to return two all-conference defensive ends.
• Both players are making their presence felt in 2008 as well. Linn totaled four tackles and registered a half sack against Bentley and made a tackle for loss against Slippery Rock. Kershner totaled three tackles including a half tackle for loss and a pass breakup at Bentley and then totaled six stops and two tackles for loss against Slippery Rock.
• Kershner has 22 tackles for loss in three seasons and 7.5 career sacks. Linn has 9.5 for loss and 6.0 career sacks. He has also forced three fumbles and recovered two.
• The tandem has combined for 168 tackles in three seasons at Millersville.

BY LAND AND AIR
• Millersville red-shirt sophomore quarterback Jamal Smith was named PSAC East Rookie of the Year in 2007, making him the first Marauder to earn that award since quarterback Drew Folmar in 1997 and just the second ever.
• He earned the award by impressing the opposition with his feet. In 2007, he rushed for a team-high five touchdowns and totaled nine on the season. His 1,440 yards of total offense led the team, and his 633 yards rushing was 352 more than any other quarterback in the league. Clarion Tyler Huether was second among quarterbacks with 281 yards.
• Smith's 633 yards is the most rushing yards by any quarterback in Millersville history and stands as the most rushing yards by a PSAC quarterback since before 2000. Only East Stroudsburg's Jimmy Terwilliger (503 in 2006) and Clarion's Adam Almashy rushed for more than 500 (513 in 2002) since Slippery Rock's Randy McKavish rushed for 641 in 2000.
• So far in 2008, Smith has scrambled for 76 yards and thrown for 112. He has rushed for 30 or more yards in nine of his 13 career appearances and for positive yards in 12 of his appearances. With his performance against Bentley, he has thrown for 90 or more in five of his last eight games.

WORK HORSE
• Brad Lantz has emerged as one of the most durable backs in the PSAC the last two seasons. He was named All-PSAC East Second Team last year aftering ranking sixth in the PSAC with 902 yards and an average of 82 yards per game.
• More impressively, he lugged the ball 234 times, which ranked second in the conference trailing only Bloomsburg's Harlon Hill nominee Jamar Brittingham. In the last two seasons, Lantz has totaled 1,759 yards and 12 touchdowns.
• Lantz is quickly advancing up the Millersville career records lists. In just two seasons, he has has moved into 13th-place in career yards and needs just 253 more to pass John Flamish (1998-2000) for 10th all-time. If Lantz stays on his current pace of 879 yards per season, he will finish his four-year career with 3,516 yards, placing him second to only the legendary Ricke Stonewall, who totaled 4,169 from 1981-84.
• Also, Lantz already ranks sixth in career carries with 427. He is on pace for 854 career carries, which would shatter Stonewall's record of 648. It would also place him fifth in PSAC history behind Bloomsburg's Jamar Brittingham (2004-07).

SHOOTING FOR TWO AND THREE
• Millersville landed eight players on the All-PSAC East team a year ago. Tackle Adam Cobb and defensive end Kevin Kershner were first team honorees, and Brad Lantz and Jarrod Linn were on the second team.
• Cobb was the first Millersville offensive lineman to be a first team selection since center Matt Doherty in 1998. If he earns first team honors in 2008, Cobb will be the first Millersville offensive lineman to be a two-time first teamer since guard Chris Smith in 1993-94 and the first tackle since Greg Faulkner in 1992-93.
• Linn could possibly be a three-time All-PSAC East pick. The most recent Marauder to be a three-time selection was cornerback Marcus Banks (2005-07) and defensive back Braden Steffey was a four-time honoree from 2000-03.

FIRST TIME NOT A CHARM
• History was not on Greg Colby's side in the Aug. 29 opener against Bentley. With the 35-22 defeat, new Millersville coaches are 6-12-2 all-time in their debut. However, picking up a win in the first game is no indication of long-term success.
• Only one of the last 11 Marauder coaches won their debut. Joe Trainer defeated Indiana (Pa.) 28-9 in 2005. Before Trainer's victory, the last coach to win his Millersville debut was Philip Aines in 1923. At that time, Millersville was known as Millersville State Normal School and his team defeated Stevens Trade School 13-7.

RETURN OF THE STATE GAME
• One of the biggest changes to the PSAC this season is the return of the “State Game.”
• This will serve as the conference championship game and will be contended between the two division winners on the final day of the season. It will be the first time that the State Game has been contested since 1987.

MAKING CHANGES
• Not only did Millersville introduce a new head coach in Greg Colby and several new assistant coaches, but the PSAC picked up three new members in Mercyhurst, Gannon and C.W. Post.
• Mercyhurst and Gannon, both formerly of the GLIAC, will compete in the PSAC Western Division, and C.W. Post joins Millersville in the Eastern Division. The expansion brings the total number of football schools in the PSAC to 16, making it the largest football playing conference in Division II.
• In the wake of the PSAC expansion, the NCAA decided to create four “Super Regions.” These Super Regions pull together two regions. In the past, PSAC, NE-10 and WVIAC combined to create the Northeast Region. The PSAC, WVIAC and CIAA now make up the Atlantic Region and are apart of the East Football Super Region with the NE-10, NYCC and CACC of the New England Region.
• Now, to reach the NCAA Playoffs, a team must be ranked in the top eight in the region rather than the top 10.

NICE TO MEET YOU
• In addition to Greg Colby, Millersville football has added some new faces to the coaching staff. Among the newcomers are offensive line coach Derrick Roche, wide receivers coach Dave Keeny, tight ends coach Corey Adderly and intern Dondre Gilliam who will be helping with wide receivers and the return game.
• Roche was an All-American offensive lineman at Washington State and played in the 2003 Rose Bowl. He also spent the last three seasons at UTEP as a special teams assistant and program coordinator.
• Keeny served as the head coach at Kutztown from 1998-2005 and became the third winningest coach in school history.
• Gilliam was an All-PSAC wide receiver and returner while at Millersville from 1999-00.
• Also, changing responsibilities on the staff was Ron Rankin, who switched from the offensive line to the defensive line. Aubrey Kelly is now defensive backs coach instead of cornerbacks coach.