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Tyler Zilen

Football Ethan Hulsey, Director of Athletic Communications

Marauders Close 2015 Against Edinboro

MILLERSVILLE VS. EDINBORO
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Millersville Marauders
2015 Record: 1-9, 1-6 PSAC East
Last Game: 26-6 W vs. Cheyney
Coach: Greg Breitbach , 3rd season
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Edinboro Fighting Scots
2015 Record: 0-10, 0-7 PSAC East
Last Game: 23-44 L vs. Seton Hill
Coach: Scott Browning, 10th season
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Game Information
Date: Nov. 14, 2015 | Kickoff: 4 p.m.
Location: Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium, Millersville, Pa.

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Series vs. Edinboro: 5-6
Series Streak: Edinboro, 3
First Meeting: 1977 (Ville 24, EU 12)
Last Meeting: 2014 (EU 21, Ville 9)
Largest Margin of Victory: 35 (1998)
Largest Margin of Defeat: 28 (1980)
Record at Biemesderfer: 3-2
Most Millersville Points: 42 (1998)
Most EU Points: 52 (1993)


































GAME OVERVIEW
• Millersville captured its first win of the 2015 season in last week's 26-6 victory over Cheyney and looks for back-to-back wins for the first time since September of 2010. Edinboro comes into the game looking to avoid its first winless season since 1951. Edinboro edged Millersville 21-9 in last season's finale despite being held to -17 yards rushing on 18 carries and 204 yards of offense. Millersville committed six turnovers in the game. Edinboro has won three in a row in a series that has seen just 11 match-ups since 1977. Millersville's last win came in 1999 by a 20-10 score.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The Fighting Scots were in the NCAA in 2009 and spent back-to-back seasons in the NFHCA Top 25. But the program has had four consecutive sub-.500 seasons. In 2015, the Fighting Scots have struggled on defense, allowing 40.4 points per game, which is 15th in the 16-team PSAC. Edinboro also ranks 15th in total defense, allowing 504.4 yards per game. It is especially susceptible to the run, allowing 247.7 yards per game.
• Edinboro averages 21.2 points per game and relies on its passing attack for the majority of its offense. It averages 228.5 yards per game through the air compared to 91 yards per game on the ground. True freshman QB Jake Sisson has tossed 16 touchdown passes but has also thrown 16 picks. His favorite target is Darren Massey, who has tallied 84 catches. Alex Cartelli is a deep ball threat, totaling 814 yards and eight touchdowns while averaging 16.6 yards per catch.

THE LAST TIME OUT (MILLERSVILLE 26, CHEYNEY 6, NOV. 7, 2015)
• Kevin Wiggins caught three touchdown passes and Millersville's defense held Cheyney without an offensive score in Saturday's 26-6 victory at Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium. Millersville (1-9, 1-6 PSAC) scored points in every quarter Wiggins finished with five catches for 81 yards and three scores, giving him eight touchdown catches in his last three games. Wiggins has scored every Millersville touchdown scored in that stretch. J.J. Paige completed 18-of-31 passes for 192 yards and boosted his touchdown pass total to 12. Cimirrow Moat also added 72 yards n 13 carries--his highest total since the season opener.
• Cheyney's lone touchdown came on a fumble recovery return in the second quarter, and the Millersville defense allowed just 19 yards rushing while picking up nine tackles for loss. It is the third time this season Millersville has held an opponent to no more than 61 yards on the ground. The Marauders forced six three-and-outs including three in a row in the fourth quarter. Cheyney ran just 51 offensive snaps with only two drives extending beyond five snaps.

DEFENSE ON THE RISE
Millersville's defense has climbed to No. 2 in the PSAC in pass defense, allowing just 191.2 yards per game and a 54.8 completion percentage, which ranks seventh-best. After last week's showing, the Marauders rank eighth in total defense, and if they can finish in that spot or higher, it will be the best finish since finishing seventh in 2005.
• Millersville has finished last or second to last in the league in total defense each season since 2008 but now ranks ninth in the 16-team league, allowing 45 fewer yards per game compared to 2014. The pass defense ranks second in the league with the ninth-best completion percentage against and sixth-fewest touchdown passes against. Millersville's 25 sacks ranks sixth in the league and is a nine-sack improvement from last season. The Marauders' 6.9 tackles for loss per game is the best rate since 2005.
• Millersville did not allow an offensive score against Cheyney, marking the second time this season the defense did not allow a single point in regulation. The 191 yards of total offense allowed to Cheyney was the best single-game performance by a Marauder defense since holding Mansfield to 118 in the 2006 season finale.

WIGGINS FINDS THE END ZONE
• Wide receiver Kevin Wiggins has caught fire over the last three weeks, catching eight touchdown passes and 22 total catches for 267 yards. Wiggins has caught at least two passes in all nine games he has played this season and in 20 consecutive dating back to the start of his freshman season. With 86 career grabs, Wiggins is the second-fastest to 80 catches in program history, trailing only hall of famer Sean Scott, who totaled 108  grabs, 1,503 yards and 17 touchdowns in his first two seasons. Wiggins is tied for seventh in the PSAC in touchdowns receptions and ranks 15th in catches and 22nd in yards.

BREAKING UP NOT SO HARD TO DO
• Senior cornerback Joey Pham broke up 13 passes in 2014 and has a team-leading 11 passes defended this season, ranking him eighth in the PSAC. His 24 over the last two seasons is more than any player in the PSAC. 

JOHNSON ENTERS THE RECORD BOOKS
• Rasheed Johnson's 95 tackles ranks third in the PSACI. Johnson is five stops shy of becoming just the third Marauder since 2000 to total over 100 tackles in a season. Johnson has recorded at least 82 tackles in each of the last three seasons and his 328 stops ranks eighth in Millersville history. He also ranks sixth in career solo tackles with 168.

SACK MASTER
• Sene Polamalu picked up a half sack against Cheyney, boosting his total to a team-leading 5.0, which is the most by a Marauder since Nick Reynolds' 7.0 in 2001. Polamalu also led the team in sacks as a freshman in 2014, making him the first Marauder since Jarrod Linn (2006-07) to lead the team in sacks in back-to-back seasons and just the sixth since 1979 to accomplish the feat. His 9.0 sacks through 21 career games are the most since Millersville Hall of Famer Scott Martin totaled 10 as a freshman and sophomore in 1990-91.

RETURN FOR TWO
• Joey Pham returned a blocked extra point for two points against Cheyney. It is the second time in the last three years that Millersville has done that against Cheyney. Dean May did the same at Cheyney in 2013.

TIGHT END TOUCHES
• Sophomore tight end Tyler Zilen is up to 12 catches on the season, which are the most by a Marauder tight end since Chris Hemmert's 26 in 1998. Zilen's five catches against Bloomsburg were the most by a Marauder in a single game in more than 15 years.

BY RUN, CATCH AND PASS
• Sean Quarterman, who spent the bulk of his first three seasons at Millersville as a quarterback, has now totaled 217 yards rushing, 239 yards receiving and 449 yards passing in his career. This season, he has made a catch in seven of nine games and his 23 are third on the team. He caught a career-high seven passes against Clarion. Against Lock Haven, Quarterman threw a touchdown pass, joining him with Jamal Smith as Marauders that have scored a touchdown rushing, receiving and passing.

SANELLI'S STREAK
• A mainstay of the offensive line entering his fourth season is Lenny Sanelli. The senior has started all 43 games since stepping onto campus in 2012, and his consecutive starts streak ranks second in the PSAC to only Bloomsburg quarterback Tim Kelly, who has logged 46 in a row.

DUGAN'S DEFENSE
• Since week nine of the 2014 season, Sean Dugan has been among the most productive linebackers in the PSAC. He intercepted a pass and blocked a kick against Cheyney, giving him 57 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks, four QB hurries, four passes defended and a blocked kick. He has at least one TFL in seven of 10 games this season. His 11.5 tackles for loss ranks fifth in the PSAC. He has 17.5 TFL over his last 13 games dating back to 2014
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Players Mentioned

Sean Dugan

#34 Sean Dugan

OLB
5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
Rasheed Johnson

#7 Rasheed Johnson

S
5' 11"
Redshirt Senior
Cimirrow Moat

#30 Cimirrow Moat

RB
5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
J.J. Paige

#15 J.J. Paige

QB
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Joey Pham

#13 Joey Pham

CB
6' 0"
Senior
Sene Polamalu

#4 Sene Polamalu

OLB
6' 0"
Sophomore
Sean Quarterman

#6 Sean Quarterman

WR
6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
Lenny Sanelli

#76 Lenny Sanelli

OL
6' 4"
Senior
Kevin Wiggins

#1 Kevin Wiggins

WR
5' 9"
Sophomore
Tyler Zilen

#86 Tyler Zilen

TE
6' 5"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Sean Dugan

#34 Sean Dugan

5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
OLB
Rasheed Johnson

#7 Rasheed Johnson

5' 11"
Redshirt Senior
S
Cimirrow Moat

#30 Cimirrow Moat

5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
RB
J.J. Paige

#15 J.J. Paige

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
QB
Joey Pham

#13 Joey Pham

6' 0"
Senior
CB
Sene Polamalu

#4 Sene Polamalu

6' 0"
Sophomore
OLB
Sean Quarterman

#6 Sean Quarterman

6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
WR
Lenny Sanelli

#76 Lenny Sanelli

6' 4"
Senior
OL
Kevin Wiggins

#1 Kevin Wiggins

5' 9"
Sophomore
WR
Tyler Zilen

#86 Tyler Zilen

6' 5"
Sophomore
TE