Complete Game Notes

GAME INFORMATION
#7 Bloomsburg (5-0, 2-0) vs. Millersville (1-4, 0-2)
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 - 12:30 p.m.
Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium - Millersville, Pa.

SERIES INFORMATION
Series vs. BU: 39-30-5
Series Streak: BU, 12
First Meeting: 1916 (BU 42, MU 0)
Last Meeting: 2011 (BU 46, MU 7)

PROMOTIONS
- "Take a Kid to the Game Day"
- Kids 14 and younger get in free with purchase of adult ticket.
- Kids receive Marauder giveaway at the gate.
- Kids go on the field after the game to pass football with the adult that brought them.

TICKET INFORMATION
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Reserved Seat: $8
General Admission: $6
Senior Citizen: $3
Visiting Students with ID: $3
Children under 6: FREE
MU Students: FREE with valid ID
Faculty and Staff: FREE with valid ID

MEDIA INFORMATION
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GAME OVERVIEW
•      Millersville dropped its fourth straight game in a 41-6 loss to No. 22 Indiana (Pa.) last week. The schedule only gets tougher this week as the Marauders host No. 10 Bloomsburg, which is 5-0 with one of the best rushing offenses in the nation. The Huskies have scored at least 40 points in four of their five games while Millersville has managed just three offensive touchdowns in the last four games.
•    Bloomsburg is the third-straight nationally-ranked opponent on Millersville's schedule and the last five opponents (including Bloomsburg) have a combined record of 22-3.
•    Against IUP, Ted Stachitas did not start and missed the bulk of a second straight game. Sean Quarterman logged his first career start and led the team in rushing. He broke off 52-yard run, giving Millersville quarterbacks four runs of more than 40 yards this season. It was the longest by a Marauder since a 58-yarder against Cheyney in 2009.
•    Defensive end Reggie Slaton continued to emerge as a playmaker on defense. The team's leading tackler picked up a fumble and returned it 40 yards to set up the Marauders' only touchdown.
•    While Millersville has struggled offensively in the last four games, it totaled 87 rushing yards for the most against IUP in a game this season. Quarterman's 52-yard rush, which was the longest of his career and the longest by any player against the IUP defense this season. A Millersville quarterback has led the team in rushing in four of five games.
•    Millersville's defense has forced at least one turnover in each of the last 11 games dating to the 2011 season.
•    Since rushing for an average of 191.5 yards per game in the first two games, Millersville has failed to rush for 100 yards in each of the last three games and has averaged a mere 68.3 yards per game. The passing game hasn't picked up the slack. The pass game has averaged 109.6 yards per game, ranking 15th in the PSAC. Millersville has gone 17 consecutive games without throwing for at least 200 yards. Over the last 20 games, Millersville has averaged 12.3 points per game.
    
ABOUT THE SERIES
•     Bloomsburg has won 12 consecutive games in the series with Millersville's last win coming in 1999. The last win over Bloomsburg at Biemesderfer Stadium came in 1998.
•    Bloomsburg holds a 39-30-5 lead all-time. From 1968-1999, Millersville dominated the series, going 21-7-1. But since 2000, Bloomsburg has won every game, and has put up at least 40 points in nine of those games including five in a row. The Huskies are averaging 45.2 points per game since 2007. Millersville has scored a total of two touchdowns in the last two meetings.
•    Last season at Bloomsburg, Dan Miller scored a second quarter touchdown to give Millersville a 7-6 lead, but Bloomsburg went on to score 40 unanaswered points. It was a 13-7 game until a 23-yard touchdown pass four seconds before halftime started Bloomsburg's run. Franklyn Quiteh did not play, but Eddie Mateo rushed for 201 yards and scored three touchdowns. Mike Jones rushed for 88 yards and caught five passes for Millersville.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
•    Danny Hale's Huskies have long been known for a powerful running game, and this season's team is no different. Last week against Gannon, the Huskies totaled 483 yards rushing--the highest total since 2004. Junior running back Franklyn Quiteh rushed for 202 yards on 26 carries, bringing his career total to 4,034 yards. He is just one of 11 runners in PSAC history to eclipse 4,000 yards rushing. Quiteh currently ranks third in Division II in rushing yards per game with 165.40. He shares the load, though. Teammate Eddie Mateo ranks ninth in Division II with 129.0 yards per game. Quiteh has 114 carries and averages 7.3 per tote. Mateo has 88 carries and averages 7.3 per carry.
•    Bloomsburg ranks third in Division II in total offense with 529.8 yards per game, and 67 percent of its offense comes from the running attack. With 355.8 yards per game on the ground, the Huskies rank second in Division II. First-year starting quarterback Tim Kelly is efficient, throwing 10 touchdowns to four interceptions. Kyle Fisher is his favorite target with 20 catches for 424 yards and five touchdowns but he is not expected to play because of an injury.
•    The Huskies are averaging 40.6 points per game and have scored at least 40 points in five games this season.
•    On defense, the Huskies have an opportunistic defense that ranks third in the PSAC with eight interceptions and 16 sacks. It is one of only four teams allowing fewer than 100 yards per game on the ground. If there is a weakness, it is against the pass. The Huskies have given up the third most passing yards (278.0) and the second most touchdowns (13).
•    Linebacker Jarrett Pidgeon leads the team in tackles and ranks eighth in the PSAC with 42. Larry Webster has emerged into a pass rushing demon. It is his first season with the football program after staring as the center on the basketball team. Webster has racked up 7.5 sacks, ranking No. 1 in the PSAC and fourth in the NCAA.

THE LAST TIME OUT FOR THE MARAUDERS
•      No. 22 Indiana (Pa.) entered Saturday's game at Millersville with a reputation for a stout defense and physical running game. It lived up to that billing in a 41-7 win over the Marauders.
•    IUP (4-1) recovered nicely from a heartbreaking 27-25 loss to California (Pa.) one week ago. Millersville (1-4) dropped its fourth consecutive game and was held to just one offensive touchdown and less than 250 yards of offense for the third consecutive game. IUP boasted the best rushing defense in Division II coming into the game, allowing a mere 28.8 yards per game. The Marauders, however, rushed for 87 yards--the most against IUP all season.
•    Quarterback Sean Quarterman, making the first start of his career, totaled 52 of those yards on one carry in the second quarter. It was the longest run against the IUP defense this season, but it was not nearly enough for the Marauders to overcome the Crimson Hawks. Millersville was held to 55 yards passing as Quarterman completed 5-of-18 passes and threw two interceptions.
•    Millersville also became just the third team in five games to score a touchdown against IUP when Quarterman took a QB sneak from 1-yard with 28 seconds left in the second quarter. It capped a drive set up by a 40-yard fumble return by defensive end Reggie Slaton. That was also Millersville's first touchdown in the last four games against IUP dating back to its last win in 2006.
•    Despite putting seven on the board to end the quarter, Millersville already trailed 21-0 before the score, and the opening kickoff the second half was returned 92 yards by IUP's Pat Brewer, putting any hopes of a comeback to rest.
•    Quarterman led Millersville in rushing for the second consecutive week. While he had a 52-yard run, he was sacked five times, and negative plays pushed his total back to 35 net yards. Brent Collins came in late and totaled 21 yards on six carries. Montay Green (91) and De'Antwan Williams (85) led IUP in rushing yards, and Harvie Tuck ran for two one-yard touchdowns. IUP quarterback Mike Box threw for 278 yards on 15-of-24 passing, and the team totaled a season-high 346 passing yards.
•    IUP had racked up at least 420 yards of offense is every game this season, but its 552 yards against the Marauders was a season best.
•    Marauder punter Jeff Lawson averaged a solid 39.7 yards on 11 punts, landing five inside the 20-yard line.

ONE BIG BOOT
•     Following the first series of the Sept. 22 game at Shippensburg, punter Jeff Lawson kicked the longest punt in school history. With the ball snapped from his own 19-yard line, Lawson booted the ball into the Shippensburg end zone for a touchback and an 81-yard punt. That kick out-distanced the previous mark by eight yards. George Rule owned the previous record, kicking a 73-yarder againts Wittenberg in 1979. It is the longest punt in the PSAC this season.

KICKING AWAY
•     Senior punter Jeff Lawson has been busy this season. His 8.6 punts per game is the most in Division II. His average of 39.1 is 48th in the nation. 13 of his punts have landed inside the 20 yard line while only one has been a touchback. He has three punts of at least 50 yards.
•    In his last three games, Lawson has three punts of 50-plus yards and nine punts inside the 20. He's punted the ball 31 times in the last three games, averaging a solid 39.6 yards per punt.

SENIORS' MOMENT
•     Millersville's roster is led by 20 seniors. Of that group, 17 entered 2012 with starting experience. Lou Brown, Matt Egenrieder, Pat Maloney, Mike Jones, Brian Knell, Zack Riley, Jeff Lawson, Josh Hunter and Pat Cantrell are all multiple-year starters. As many as 13 seniors have started a game this season. The entire senior class has combined for 230 career starts. Riley, with 32, is the team leader.

MAKING THE SWITCH
•     Millersville flipped three players from offense to defense in the offseason, and two of them started the season opener and all three played. Lou Brown, who spent two-and-a-half seasons at wide receiver, moved to cornerback for the final five games of 2011. He finished the season with an interception and a recovered fumble. He was recruited as a corner, so it is his more natural position. So far this season, Brown has picked up right where he left off, picking off two passes including one against Shippensburg's Zach Zulli, who had previously thrown only one interception this season. Brown ranks third on the team in tackles with 27 tackles. He has recorded a career-high seven stops in each of the last two games.
•     Dean May has traveled a bumpy road for three seasons at Millersville. After redshirting in 2009, he was not on the team in 2010 and then suffered a serious knee injury that kept him out nearly the entire 2011 season. After working as a receiver for three seasons, coaches moved him to the hybrid outside linebacker/safety position in the spring, and he has worked his way to No. 1 on the depth chart ahead of players like Shakar Jones and Jake Allen, who have both played extensively in the past. May has 16 tackles in five games and totaled a career-high six stops against IUP.
•    Last season's starting quarterback, Dan Miller, is also moving to defense. Coaches recruited him as a cornerback, and he is back in the secondary but as a safety. Miller started the first 10 games of 2011 under center and led the team in total offense. Miller has nine stops through five games.

PRODUCING DUO
•     Millersville is more than happy to have Matt Egenrieder back on the field. The senior co-captain redshirted during the 2011 season but in 38 games, and 26 career starts has 93 catches and 1,262 yards receiving. Egenrieder ranked 10th in the PSAC in receiving yards while playing alongside All-PSAC East First Team pick Jamal Smith in 2010. He averaged an explosive 17.5 yards per catch that season. He's also totaled 1,310 kick return yards and averaged 18.2 yards per return in three seasons as the primary return specialist.  He could become just the 10th player in school history with 100 catches, and also need 350 yards to move into 10th in career receiving yards.
•     In Egenrieder's last 16 games, he's caught nine passes of at least 24 yards and four of more than 40. He's also recorded a catch in 28 of 30 games.
•     Couple Egenrieder with Dominic Sanders, and the Marauders have two productive pass catchers. Sanders led the team with 41 catches and 424 yards in 2011, and he has 11 catches for 144 yards so far this season. He and Egenrieder combine for 2,034 receiving yards and 167 catches through week two. The Marauders haven't had such a productive duo enter a season together since Ryan Clift and Andy Neupauer in 2004. That duo finished with 3,477 career yards, totaling 1,486 of those in 2004.

RACK 'EM UP
•     Senior Pat Maloney has been among Millersville's leading tacklers going on four consecutive seasons, and has piled up 198 in his career. His numbers have improved each season, jumping from 43 as a true freshman to 78 as a junior. He was averaged 10.6 per game as a sophomore until he was injured after game five. Maloney led the PSAC in tackles at the time of his injury.
•     Last season, he also led the Marauders in tackles for loss with 9.0 and sacks with 4.0. He aims to become just the sixth player since defensive stats started being recorded in 1973 to lead the team in tackles in back-to-back seasons. Matt Sutjak most recently performed the feat in 2008 and 2009. The last Marauder linebacker to do so was Lee Rizzotto, who did it from 1997-99.
•     So far in 2012, Maloney is second on the team  with 32 stops. He also has a quarterback sack to his credit.
•     Maloney's 13 tackles against Mercyhurst were a game high, giving him eight games with double-digit tackles in his career. He has also led the team in tackles in seven of the last 14 games that he has played.

FIRST IN A WHILE
•     Jordan Rigby became the first Millersville defensive player to be named PSAC East Defensive Player of the Week in over five years Sunday after intercepting two passes and returning one for a touchdown in the week one win over W.Va. Wesleyan.
•     His 19-yard interception return for a touchdown turned the tide of Saturday's game. Millersville trailed 10-7 in the third until Rigby's interception return put the Marauders on top to stay. He picked off Nate Montana twice, totaling 26 return yards. He also hurried Montana once, broke up another passes and tallied five tackles including a half-tackle for loss.
•     His INT return was the first by a Marauder since Dan McClellan's in the 2008 season opener at Bentley.

THREE BY ONE
•     Running back Mike Jones totaled a career-high three touchdowns in week one against W.Va. Wesleyan. One came on a reception and the other two were rushing. In his 12 previous games as a Marauder, Jones had scored just two touchdowns, and his first quarter, 1-yard run against Wesleyan was his first TD since scoring on a 74-yard run against Shippensburg on Oct. 30, 2010. It was also the first three-touchdown performance by a Marauder since Jamal Smith totaled three touchdown catches against Lock Haven on Sept. 11, 2010.

LIVING ON THE EDGE
•     Marauder defensive end Reggie Slaton is having a breakthrough season. His 37 tackles rank first on the team and 21st in the PSAC.  His 7.5 tackles for loss are not only a team best, but rank third in the PSAC.
•     No Marauder has had more than 93 stops since Joe Hollister won the PSAC East Defensive Player of the Year award in 2004, and no player has had more more than seven sacks since Lee Rizzotto totaled 13 in 1999.

SPECIAL SPECIAL TEAMS
•     As a team, Millersville ranks third in the PSAC in kick returns  after averaging 27.4 yards on 25 returns. Of players with more than five returns, David Coates is third in the league in average at 31.4 on 19 returns. His 97-yard touchdown return against West Chester is the second-longest return in the PSAC this season and was one of just seven returns for touchdowns. He also had a 61-yard return against against Wesleyan and a 60-yard return against Shippensburg.
•     Coates has five returns of at least 40 yards this season. The TD return at West Chester was the first of his career and the second TD of his career. It was also the first touchdown on a kickoff return since Jamal Smith's against LIU Post in 2010. It also came within three yards of matching the school record for the longest return. Coates now leads the PSAC in return yards (519) and kick returns (16).
•     Coates is averaging 3.8 kick returns per game--more than any other player in Division II. He ranks 12th nationally in average.
•     Coates is well on his way to a record-setting season. The school record for kickoff returns in a season is 32 by Terrance Trogdon in 1991. Kevin Cannon (1994) owns the kickoff return yards record with 760. Coates is on pace for 42 returns and his 31.4 average puts him at 1,319 kick return yards by the end of the season.